The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-18
CITY NEWS.

Smoke Grand Leaders.
For the good of your soles. come
to sayiler's shoe hospital. 112o Main
street.
Duplicate auction score pads, SOC.
Something new. Obtzinable only from
Gate City Co. IS North Sixth street.
Electrical contracting and repair
ing. Forme riy with King Plumbing
company T. h Wills. Phone Red
1863
-Pucketchetuck lodge No. 43 meets
every Friday evening at 500 o'clock.
W. L. UtIey, y. G.; Gorge W. Inn
megart, permanent secretary.
Smoke Grand Leader cigar. More
OF them used every day. Try one.
Regular meeting Keokuk council
No. 53s tonight at 8 O'Clock, Hawkes.
hall, Eighth and Main. Visiting breth-
rem fraternally invited to attend C.
e. Powell. regent; J. l. Annab1e,
secretary.
Miss Ruth Law. who will fly here
during the Keokuk fall celebration, is
the author OF a series of "air prepared
ness" articles. which appeared in an
eastern magazine and which served to
focus the country's attention on the
lack of aerial defense weapons on the
part OF the United States
A petition TO the Hamilton city
council to open the road along the nv
er front TO the bathing beach on the
Illinois side has been circulated and
many signatures attached. II will be
presented TO the council at the regu-
lar meeting Monday night
Several Keokuk people are at
tending the convention Of the United
Brethren Of Friendship, the great ne
gro order, at Quincy, this week. One
division Of this order met in Keokuk
two years ago. The Quincy Herald
has the following interesting note on
ing personages in attendance at the
convention Of the United Brethren Of
Friendship is W. T. Scott, Of Spring
field, editor and publisher OF the
Springfield Leader, . weekly paper
now In its thirtyffth year. Mr.. Scott
is the secretary Of the convention and
ia filling the position admirably. He
has the distinction Of being the only
colored man ever nominated for presi-
dent Of the United States and this
honor came to him in 1904 at the ma
tionaI convention Of the Liberty par
" held at st. Louis. He was not
elected. Of course, and did not expect
TO be, but ne received surprisingly
large vote and Ead r1Bnt 10 IeSi Coan
pIfrnented by the nomination and the
returns.
The most credftable features OF
the lately authorized rivers and har
Dor bill is the appropriation Of $50
| o00 for experimental tests in freight
handling on the Mississippi river The
ibflI provides that board OF engineers
TO be named may expend this amount
from the unexpended balance of $500.
COO appropriated by the act OF june
rs. 1910. for designing and construct
ing governmental towboats and barges
and loading and unloading facilities
iaIong the Mississippi river and IT.
tributaries The amount designed fol
Yse will not be found sufficient to per
nit of construction CT barges and tow
boats but Is ample to permit OF experi
mental work with the several types
LOT barges now In operation on the
Mississippi LIKELY there IL no dispo
sition on the part of the government
Ito enter into competition with thoss
agencies which are now engaged II
lbarg,ug along the river but experi
mental work will reveal the posi-
lbnities of river transportation ant AM
lshould be the means OK extenoInt
lbarge trafdc