The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-03
CITY. NEWS.

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DIR. Geo. F. Jenkins has removed
his office to 3o5 NO. 7th StAdv.
The missionary entertainment to-
be given at the First Baptist church
Tuesday, March 4. at s p. m. will be-
free
Look! Best Springfield lump coal
$3.50 per ton. ]. C. McManus Con-
struction Co. Phone 215.--Adv.
Keokuk lawyers regret to learn OF
the death Of Judge John w. Harvey
of Leon, Iowa, a well known member
of the Iowa bar.
The members OF De La Sale
Council 619 attended st. Peters Cath
Ole church in body yesterday and
received holy communion.
The National Association of sta
tionary Engineers will meet in
Burlington May 18th to the gath. An
excursion to see the big Sam is one
of the entertaining features.
Hazen l. Sawyer, chairman OF
the dam celebration committee, con-
suited with members of the CONNER
cial Exchange at Burlington today re
garding the support q that city to
the celebration.
Laura B. Sullivan, age SO of Al
exandria, Mo-, and NJ. j. Nash, age 80
of st. Louis, Mo-, owner and man
ager of two large moving picture
shows In st. Louis were married Fri
day by Justice Burrows OF Keokuk.
John Nolan, the city planner, has
written Vim. Ballinger that the pre-
liminary plan is nearing completion
The final plan will be delayed until
permanent decision is reached regard
ing the Kilgallan plan.
"A number of youngsters are bus
lily engaged in putting the various
hills of the city into coasting condi-
ton. The cold weather is retaining
the icy surface and the younger set
are promised several days of the
sport.
You can't lose Keokuk. The
Grand opera house at Burlington has
installed a moving picture booth and
the first use will be to display the
latest moving pictures Of the Keokuk
dam next Friday and Saturday. The
same company that made the Keokuk
dam pictures will make a set of films
Iof Burlington and these will be dis
played two weeks afterwards.
The local postoffice clerks are
obliged to weigh both incoming and
outgoing letters and packages during
the months of March and April, ac-
cording to an order tepeived from
Washington. Each year the mails
are weighed with view OF determin-
ing the pay of railroads for hauling.
Instructions have also been received
at the postoffice that clerks shall not
work over eight hours The carriers
have been on the straight eight hour
day for some time but the clerks have
all been working overtime because of
pressure Of business here.
For several years Clarinda has
been asking the Burlington railroad
company for better passenger service
over the Keokuk and Western road,
and also the people along the western
half Of the line A meeting was ar
ranged to be held in Clarinda Wednes-
day evening to talk the matter over and
Mr.. P. s Eustis of Chicago was pres
ent. Also representatives from Shen-
andoah, Yorktown, Tingley, and dag
onal, all asking better service The
cause was presented In a strong man
ner to the railroad officials and a
very friendly feeling prevailed all
around. Mr.. Eustis was the spokes-
man for the G. B. & @. and in his
talk presented reasons why the com
pany should not meet the demands of
the people, the principal feature being
that the road had never paid ex-
penses as operated and he could not
see how additional expense could i'm
prove his statement of loss. However,
he agreed to take the matter UP with
the company and give relief If pos
sible. A one train each way daily
service is not what the people desire
and they want another round trip
train affording morning and evening
service each way in order to let peo-
pie get in and out of the towns.