The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-21
Opens tomorrow.

doned on the canal. Local ice men
have not nearly completed their har-
vest yet and hope for another colo
spell.
announcement has been made
that Stainer''s beautiful story OF the
passion THE Crucifixion," is to be
given at ST Johns church on Palm
Sunday afternoon, under the direction
of Frank e. Fuller, musical director
of that parish. The choir of st. Johns
will be augmented by number Of
singers from other choirs in the city,
and 1t is expected that both devo.
tionally and unsteady it will be one
of the best renditions ever gwen in
our city. II.
Mrs. Ella Evans, who received q
telegram from Pittsburgh saying that
she had inherited $4,000, has receiv-
ed no additional particulars but il
arranging to leave for that city soon
to claim the legacy.
John P. Kennedy, the well-known
Montrose postmaster, visited Des
Moines recently and interviewed q
number Of the representatives rela,
tive to the improvements contemplate
!; ed in erecting a monument to mark
the site OF the first orchard In Iowa
and to preserve the old well which
served the soldiers when Montrose
was Fl Des Moines. While there are
| some discouraging features yet the
demand upon the state and the small
amount needed and the really his
torical necessity it seems may infu
| ence the members of the state assem-
| bly, to either cut some other appro
priation down or at least grant the
small amount needed to build the
monument decided upon by the Won
ans Civic club of Montrose.
The local high school team vii
4 20 to Hannibal this afternoon to NEE
the high school team o, that city
1 The local team has improved vastl.
within the past three weeks and OK
poets to bag victory; King, OF tn
/ Y. Nj. C. A., will accompany the team
4 and referee the game.
The Burlington Gazetta of Thurs
day evening said that. a COMMITTEES
composed of three or -four Keokul
| gentlemen are scheduled to come t
that city late this afternoon to COME
4 with local commercial officers in re
gard to the arrangement of the pro
i cram for the opening of the Keokul
dam next sun mer.
A Keokuk hotel man said thi
year was going to be a big one TO
! the hotels of the city. The trade il
/ picking up and the travelling mel
1 ought to continue to come here il
/ large numbers, until the hot days Q
summer bring lull in the bushes
world. There has been an increas
4 of drummers making heokuk dui
ing the past year. and the hotels hav
! profited as result.
The Gate City has had specia
representative at the Farmers Inst
\ tute at Donnellson this week. TIL
meeting is proving to be OF great In
terest and profit to the farmers. Ses
/ sions close tomorrow afternoon.
! The annual convention of tn
/ Iowa Retail Hardware Dealers Asso
citation will be held at the Coliseum
i in Des Moines on February 20, ", =
and %. All Of the floor space for tn
mammoth exhibit has been sold an
i indications are that this feature vii
be the largest in the history of tn
convention. Keokuk dealers are e,
!. pecting to have representatives pres
ent.
:. Last evening a delegation fror
the Quincy lodge of Elks came
Keokuk to inspecs the local buildin
4 and to gather information as to hoy
the Keokuk Elks built their fine ne'
home. C. A. E. Koch, past exalte
ruler, and several other Quincy Elk
came up on the evening train and vii