The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-10-13
CITY NEWS.

--latest in auto robes. Sherwood's.
Advertisement.
DIR. A. B. Hughes residence tele
phone is changed to 444Ring 2.-Ad-
rertisement.
Main street business men con-
| tinue to put In line new electric signs.
1t is expected that by the first Of the
year there will be $50 electric signs
| in Keokuk.
Phone 1857 for reliable auto livery
and taxi service. Smith & Cox.-Ad-
vertisement.
Sunday was great day for auto
mobile trips and the Keokuk motor
lists took advantage of the good
weather and good roads to drive over
the country.
The beautiful weather yesterday
sent large parties into the woods to
gather hickory nuts. Many tree car
ried lighter burden after the young
people fms ssd their attack on the
trees.
Contractors are now reckoning the
number of days that will be allowed
them to finish up the jobs under way
before the real winter arrives. and 1t
appears as If little work will remain
unfinished over the winter-perkaps
none
Mrs. Katherine Laubersheimei,
who has been in California for the
past year visiting her daughter, Mrs.
Chas. vanSittert. is expected to re-
turn to Keokuk during the next week,
| to make her home.
| The remains of the old third lock
are still to be seen from the road alonE
the shore of the lake. While only
parts OF the old buildings and lock
work are sticking above the water it
is last reminder OF the old canal up
the stream.
/ Limestone will be hauled by rail
roads from one point in Iowa to anoth-
er point in the state for one-eighth
1 the former charge as result of the
semi-annual hearing before the state
railroad commission last week. The
concession was made without fight
by the railroads.
the state legislature who served with
State Senator j. NJ. Junkin OF Red Oak
will regret to learn of that gentle
4 mans sudden death at his home in
Red Oak last Saturday. He was one
of the most brilliant members OF the
senate in his time.
-Autoists who take the new lake
shore road now will find the road In
excellent shape most Of the way to
Montrose but will find some very bad
places close to Keokuk. From a point
below Anschutz hill to near Prices
creek the road is torn up and work is
being done on it. While it Is passable
it is very rough and hard on auto tires.
The Gate City has called at
tention many times to the necessity OF
/. an improved train service if this city
is to be trading point. 1t is noticed
that the BUSINESS men of Creston, Red
Oak and Vllisca appeared before the
< Iowa Railroad Commission last week
presenting their reasons why the train
: service should be improved on the
railroad serving these cities. There is
. no question but what Keokuk needs a
!. better train schedule on number Of
) the lines entering this city.
The postoffce department has
been sending out model form of ad
| dress on a card the size of postcard
Or envelope through the city carriers
The card also has blank return no
4 tice on it as properly addressed en-
! velope should have. Some Keokui
person, however, must have though
d that the postoffice department wantcz
: him to prove that he knew it was ;
J model form of address by mailing it
L and SO he did, putting one stamp OF
it and return.
:, Governor Clarke has named L. A
3 Hamill of this city as one of the low;
delegates to attend the national con
ference of currency reform to be hell
l in New York, October 14-15 under tn
auspices of the Academy of Politica
, Science. The other delegates are: X
!, o. Green, Fort Dodge; ]. L. Waite. Bun
! lington; George w. French, Daven
port; Ben Bear, DEBORAH; George f
MCLEAN, Dubuque; B. P. Holat, Boon
! Lee Nagel, Red Oak; Harry j. Green
. DEBORAH; Thomas D. Foster, Ottumwa
j. H. Darrah, Charlton.
i, The Burlington Gazette of last Sa
! urday says: For the last two days tn
h stage of water on Lake Cooper ha
- been excellent. The water gates a
: the Keokuk dam have evidently bee
operated more evenly which has eau;
ed the fluctuauon of the great river t
be more gradual. 1t was stated by
steamboat man that the reading of tn
gauge at Ft. Madison this morning wa
g. twelve foot and six inches which is a
ID excellent stage of water Little diff