The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-07-18

learn their limits on that In time it
viii become as popular as the river
used to be, but the people living on
the lake will learn to take life preserv-
ers with them when they go sailing,
and will be prepared for all emerg
encies. So far sixteen people have
been drowned just in short time,
and it is q big toll. Three of the
bodies still are in the river
The death Of Engineer Herrick was
certainly tragic. He was the superin-
tendent of the Iowa division. A few
weeks before his death Chief Engi-
neer Cooper wanted to send him
away to another job they have. Her
rick said, 1T would break my heart to
be sent away now when we are about
to see the completion of the work
here He was SO hurt by the thought
of being sent away that his chief let
him stay and later as you already know
he was killed by live wire. 1t was
"a terrible shoe to everyone who
knew the fine young fellow. He was
10y siAA ~ I'LL yC1lS OlQ anu W uS
married about a year and half be-
fore his death. His wife was pros
trated and is now away in Maine seek
ing the recovery of her health.
Mel Roberts of the TT. Madison
Democrat, made talk on unfair com
petition, and his talk appealed to all
|of us. Every newspaper has it's trou-
|bles when it comes to cutting prices
The other fellow is always doing it, OF
course, and we suppose he thinks the
same of us, SO there you are. And
this writer was allowed to get his
thoughts out of his system and the
Constitution-Democrat printed most of
them for which we are much obliged.
There was a baseball game on be-
tween Keokuk and Burlington and the
score was Ia to 4 in favor of Keokuk.
! It looked like football score. | have
seen more interesting games played
by our own Twilight League teams.
The game was so dull that Horace
Barnes of the Abba Republican slept
through most of it. O.. E. Hull and
A.. P. Norton of the Fremont Gazette
had on new ice cream suits and were
afraid to lean back in their seats for
fear of soiling them or think they
would have joined Horace. You may
know that when Horace Barnes Is
asleep at the switch there is nothing
doing, for there isn't newspaper man
in Iowa who runs on higher gear all
the time like Horace does. He only
has one speed-high.
Jap Allen of Wayland and Joel Fry
of Noble were down attending the
postmaster's convention. They had
DR.. Rittler and Jake Wenger of Way
land with them. That is, l think
Rittler and Wenger took them down
and looked out for them, for fear they
might lose their jobs under the new
administration. Both belong to what
was once called the grand old party
but right now t is the sad old party
AS they are fans they were at the
Igame. The weather was warm dowr
town, but out there the breeze wa!
fine.
i In the evening the Keokuk Indus
trial Association gave us dandy ban
lquet at the Grand Hotel. 1t was
4 fine layout, indeed, and after TIL,
things to eat had been disposed OF
there was toast program C. r. Joy
president of the association, acted a
toastmaster. He introduced S. w
Moorhead of The Keol1uk Gate City
!, but unfortunately / missed his tall
!, as I had gone to the train to NEE
Jack Dalton and young Brant of tn
! Iowa City Republican, neither ha
: been in the city before and l was t
guide them to the hotel, but Bran
{ failed to come and in the crush
} missed Dalton who was at the tabl
, when | got back The next time q
/ to meet some newspaper boys shal
, insist on having band with me s
, that they won't miss me- Dalto
3 made a happy five minute speech
/ One sentiment seemed to strike TIL
r popular chord. He said he hoped tina
t next year when the postmasters an
the editors met in the same towr
: the editors would be the postmaster
t and the postmasters would be tn
t editors.
) Alex Miller of Washington was O
]. the program, but couldn't come an
e as ! was supposed to be my brother
i keeper ! suggested Hen Gittinger q
E the Charlton Leader to Will Greer
! who is the secretary and publicit
$ man of the association, to take Alex
t Place. Gittinger did 1t and hay
4 sent word to Brother Alex that Gil
$ finger did better job than he coul
t have done. The other speaker wa
s George Washburn Childs who is
$ special writer for Golfers. Mr.. 10
Y in introducing him said that he wa
8 not only a great business man, a SUI
S cessful manufacturer | am taking hi
word for it, and I hope Mr.. Child
e won't feel hurt If say that / neve
. heard of him before He Is a dow
t east Yankee, the blue bellied kline