The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-17
CITY NEWS.

oo eAc hSW ldiiu ISuuCSu your
cost of living? If it has not. perhaps
you can reduce it yourself.
-keokuk factories are prosperous
and within the past year or so almost
all have enlarged their facilities.
Several members Of the Masonic
fraternity are arranging to so to
Davenport next week to attend Ma
sonic sessions
Supervisor Hosier, well known in
keokuk, has been in Missouri recent
" investing in mules. The mule is
Is favorite Missouri product.
Colonel W. P. Hepburn, who visit
ed Keokul1 during the water power
celebration, is to address the Second
Iowa cavalry reunion, held in West
Liberty.
The Gate City urges subscribers
to report failures on the part of the
carriers to leave the paper regularly
and promptly and properly Unless
complaint is made the service cannot
be corrected.
Howard Elliott has been elected a
director Of the Maine Central. He is
the president of the New Haven. A
number of Keokul people keep track
of Mr.. Elliott's railroad career as he
was formerly located in this city.
Hundreds of readers of this pa
per look through the want ads. the
first thing when they pick up the pa
per. What countless selling POSSIBLE
titles the want column suggests. There
lis no better, quicker, cheaper way OF
getting your want" met than through
The Gate City.
Forty prosecutions for al
| legged violations of the state fish and
game laws We're made during the
month Of September through the activ
Il ty of the Iowa fish and game wardens
according to the report of E. C. Hin
shaw, warden. Just made public. Iowa
/ City heads the list for violations
| Keokuk has a clear record.
1 Corn husking has commenced II
certain sections of the state, the
long, dry and hot weather In the
early fall having fastened maturity
considerably. The state will not har
west the bumper crop that it has II
some former years, but taken as ;
whole the Iowa farmer is feeling pref
ty good, because he will garner more
per acre than the farmer of any othe,
IT, fbA ,,oiop
4 The Keokuk delegation to thu
4 Upper Mississippi River improvement
Association convention held in Han
l.ibal, arrived home last night ate
taking part in the proceedings an'
enjoying the sessions Of the associa
ton The returning delegation con
sisted of j. A. Trawick, M. Meigs, ]
B. schouten, S. w Mocrhead, o. I
,Towne, Geo. S. Tucker. stephen irwin
&. F. Mcfarland. T. A. Hamill, 7. 4
Craig, A. E. Matless, M. p. Justice
and c. G. Califf
Shortage of meat In the Unite
States and the way to increase tn
supply are discussed by experts Il
the department of agriculture, IN
special bulletin issued to the farmer
of the country That there is a de
cided meat shortage is explained b
James NJ Pickens, of the bureau G
animal industry, while George N
Rommel, chief OF the animal hu'
handry division, urges maintenance
and increase in the meat supply b
revival Of beef cattle raising in tn
corn belt, its extension in the easter
states, and increasing the productio
! of beef cattle and hogs in the soutl
-Keokul1 people resret that Majc
c. Keller is to leave the Mississippi
river. He has been in charge of tn
Mississippi with headquarters at Roc
Island His last public appearance i
Rock Island was before the Roc
Island club yesterday IIe is succeed
led by Major Thompson who has bee
transferred from the Isthmian con
mission Major Keller left today fo
Mobile, Ala, where he was assigned
. short time ago by the war deDar
. ment. He visited Keokuk frequentl
during his Rock Island administr;
ton and made many friends in TIL
, city. At the Upper Mississippi Rive
improvement Association conventio
: held in Hannibal. President Fhoma
!. wilkinson made appreciative CONNER
iabout Major kellers services