The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-24
CITY NEWS.

Phone "a for case Of Leisg
beer when you're out.-Adv.
Hunters report ducks very scarce
this fall
Sherwood, the harness man, sells
auto s.-Advertisement
Might as we'll get that furnace in
! condition. Won't be long until fur
mace weather arrives.
Phone 81 for a case Of Leisy
beer when you're out.-Adv.
"A marriage license has been is
sued to Clyde Inman. %, and Helen
NJ Jones, 10.
Buy an auto robe at Sherwood
"A pretty line to select from Adver-
tisement
Burning leaves on the new streets
and paved streets is forbidden in Keo.
kuk this fall and the police will keep
on the lookout for offenders. People
are told to burn the leaves on their
own premises or In the alleys.
-keokuk Camp NJ. W. A. No. 62z
will hold i.5 regular meeting toniEht
at Woodman hall. All members are
requested to be present.--Advertise-
inert
"A force of men yesterday was put
Ito work by the Keokuk Water Works
Co., on the Improvement work of the
company just above the present wat
er plant. The work will be rushed
through with hope of having the new
building completed before cold wealth
er. The work was delayed because OF
right Of way CONTROVERSY
1t will make the tired rest easy
1t will give you an appetite. What?
A cool bottle of Puritas beer, the beer
made in Keokuk. Order case OF
Puritas today Phone 1S9.-Advertise-
ment
The contractor for the Masonic
temple hopes to encounter the kind
| of weather that will permit him to
put the foundation in and get the
building considerably advanced be-
fore the winter stops the work. Good
progress Is being made on this struc-
ture which will be fine addition to
the city.
The practice of fast automobile
driving on Main and Fifth and other
streets of the city will probably con-
tinue until some one is seriously In
jured or killed. Then the question
of observing the speed limit will re-
ceive attention. The speed limit in
the city limits should be reduced to
| ten miles an hour and enforced.
Deputy Treasurer E-imhold is
being kept busy by tax payers now.
After the first OF October the taxes
for the last half of 1912 become de-
linquent and the tax payers are rush
ing In to avoid the penalty. The
taxes for the first half of the year
that were not paid are OF course,
already delinquent.
The Burlington road has sent out
warning to merchants OF raany towns
to beware OF some practices of band
OF expert check raisers operating
tamong the foreign laborers. The
Americans, playing on the foreigners
deficiencies in English and ignorance
of the laws easily made rnem the
medium through which they have
worked frauds.
John M. Dawson OF Kahoka, Mis-
souri,, former assistant attorney gen
eral of Missouri at Jefferson City for
the past four years, has located
in Keokuk to practice his chosen pro-
fession. Mr.. Dawson w>v popular
member OF the Clark county Missouri
bar before his appointment as assist
ant attorney general and has often
been engaged in important cases In
our court. The members OF the bar
will find him genial member, and a
formidable opponent. Keokuk will
welcome him and his family to the
citizenship of our city and state.
Travelling over the long water
route from Lake Okauchee, Wis, to
the Gulf OF Mexico via the Rock and
Mississippi rivers, Arthur Olson,
well known light weight pugilist, ac-
companied by Tony Bohm and Edward
Lang, are due to arrive in Keokuk this
4 week on their way to New Orleans.
The trio started from the Wisconsin
resort on September and are averag-
ing about forty miles day. Olson
is making the trip primarily to get In
shape for some ring battles.