The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-05-11
CITY NEWS.

Good sod. Freshly cut. For sale
cheap. Y. NJ. c. A.
Dollar day May 9th. Get your
advertising copy ready.
Ludwig has a dandy line OF
pumps at $3.50 per pair
Patrons of the classified col
unns must send cash with their
orders.
Ludwig has a fine new line of
pumps and straps, gun metals and
patent feathers. 50 up.
The board OF directors Of the
Keokuk Public library are to hold
their regular meeting tonight.
Advertising in the classified col
uInns Is cash. No book accounts are
kept for this kind OF advertising.
sirable to eliminate bookkeeping for
want ads. So please send your cash
with your classified advertisements.
Good sod. Freshly cut. For sale
cheap Y. NJ. C. A.
The regular May meeting of the
board OF education will be held this
evening at o'clock in the office OF
the superintendent. The board meet
ings from now until September will
commence half an hour later than dur
ing the winter months.
in the comparative statement OF
the financial condition OF the city on
April ]. 1915, and April l, 1915, TAX
en- from the report of state municipal
account examiner, and printed in
The Gate City last night, a minor
mistake in subtraction was noted.
The increase in deficit over 1915
should have been s15,31S50 instead
of s16,31S.50. and the net unauthor-
| lied deficit for the year S10,044.87
instead Of s11,O44.87.
That complaint against Charles
H. Hennemann, chief of police, would
be filed and that he wanted a date
set for the hearing in order to make
nounced to the city commissioners
this morning by Frank M. Ballinger.
Mr.. Ballinger stated that he was act
| ing as an attorney for a client who
would make the charges. The date
Of hearing was set for Friday, May
10, at 10 o'clock. No petition or
statement was filed today.
The Mississippi advanced another
notch since yesterday and at o'colck
this morning registered 17.2 feet. the
/ highest stage since the March food.
says the Quincy Herald. The river
! is again over the railroad track at
two or three places between West
Quincy and Alexandria. Andy Zenge,
purser on the steamer Keokuk, which
came down this morning from Keo-
| kuk. said that when the boat passed
Lone Tree, he could see nothing but
a broad expanse of water, extending
back to the foot Of the bluffs. Near
Fenway, the water was over the rails
and for some distance on either side
the waves Tapped the ends OF the
I ties. Pilot riders have been placed
on all trains.
| Quincy Herald: A further hear
ing of the case of the Lima lake and
Hunt drainage districts regarding the
proper draining of the Hunt district
and preventing the overflow of water
of the latter onto the Lima district
was held in the circuit court room yes
| terday. Several witnesses, mainly
land owners testified that there was
a surplus of water on the ground of
the Lima district and that it came
from the Hunt district, which lies to
the north Commissioner Hea1y Of
the rivers and lakes commission was
in charge of the hearing. The hear
ing was adjourned and will be re-
surned in Warsaw on May 10, when
| the Hunt commissioners will have a
chance to state their side of the
question.
! Concerning the movement OF the
steamer Keokuk, the Quincy journal
has the following: The down-river
racket service on Monday by the
steamer Keokuk will be discontinued
until the steamer Dubuque begins