The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-11-21

James Anderson and VIM. Moore of
saw today.
Dave Swigelson and wife visited
home folks In Hamilton Wednesday
The ceiling of the Eckbohm garage
Is to be of metal in ornamental de-
sign.
The new white way" for Warsaw,
several plans for which have been
offered by the electric light company,
is agitating the public mind and ought
to be decided at the next council
meeting Tuesday, November IS, as the
|other electric work is about complet
ca. Some people argue that it is fool.
|ish to maintain white way" on
Main street, when SO many dark
places north and south Of Main
lstreet need lighting but they forget
THAT Main street brilliantly lighted
lis one of the best advertisements for
Warsaw to the world at large that
she could have, and besides, electric
Hight is good protection against
burglary and arson, for crime breads
the light. electric light is acknowl-
lodged the country over as a fine aux
Hilary to the police system of any city,
land this fact ought to be emphasized
by the press. The installation of a
good white way ought not to be SO
very expensive. With steel posts
carrying two or three lamps, one only
need be lighted for year or so-for
|instance-and light the other lamps
when it was felt they could be afford
ed. also increasing the power of the
lamps. The lamps In the whole
/ white way" could be grated in pow
er from levee to Seventh street, be-
ginning low, increasing UP to Fifth
street, and diminishing at Seventh
street. This only as temporary ar
to save expense. In other
words, increase the intensity of the
light as it was felt 1t could be af-
forded AS to burying the wires, that
could be done later by Greater War
saw" when our busy little city had
improved. Better at first put money
In bright lights than bury it in the
ground; the overhead wire will hardly
be seen as notice the present system.
The Keokuk Electric Light and Pow
er company have been doing good
work in getting the "old junk" off of
Main street and leading the wires in.
tic the rear of business houses, thus
making Main street look cleaner. II
the telephone company would carry
their poles and cables to the rea<.
Main street would be greatly improv-
ed.
DR.. F. F. Worthen of Des Moines.
is one of the liberal former Warsaw
donors to the FIT. Edwards monument
fund.- having sent his check for
$4,000. There is no question but the
absent ones" will make good their
promise of $2,500.0o towards the mon
ument fund of s7,500.O0
Russell Shipe, son of Frank Shipe,
of Mallard, ILL.,, died this week from
typhoid pneumonia, after very short
illness, starting with cold His age
was .IWenty-tWo, very exemplary
young man and clerk of Mallard M.
w. A. camp. His loss is greatly
mourned
Warsaw high school fttingly cele.
brated the fiftieth anniversary OF Lin
coins Gettysburg speech by beau.
tiful and touching program Oh We'd
nesday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock in
the high school room. The exercises
were opened by the singing of Amer
lea by the school. Professor Fairfax
then made few remarks, followed by
Milton 7. Hunt, IT., son of Postmaster
Hunt, who read THE Perfect Tribute. :
The school then sang the Battle
Hymn Of the Republic after which
Miss Mildred Mckinney read Lin
cola's favorato poem, 20 Why Should