The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-03-23
CITY NEWS.
Register Saturday.

cat fish. F. D. Haubert.
-Ludwigs shoes look better, wear
better and feel better. 1904 Main.
We replace broken parts with
new. Ayres & Chapman, watchmakefs.
Have you registered? Saturday Is
last day.
Spring vacation in the KeokHh
schools win commence on Friday.
March 81, and viii continue until Mon
day. April 8.
You can't vote II you're not reg
! istered. Don't lose your vote through
carelessness. Registration boards IN
session on Saturday.
-Seryiceable shoes for delicate
feet at Ludwig's, 1904 Main street.
/ Registration day Saturday. Your
name on the books?
! An endeavor may be made to get
the good roads special train to enlarge
its territory enough to make Keokuk
and some OF the towns in this district.
! Cards at s:15, dancing from to
I12. Moose hall tonight. Come.
in the Y. W. G. A. basketball
league tonight, team number one
plays team number two in the fourth
round OF the season. Team threa leads
] in the race, with one, second and two.
third.
-Forty-eight cars containing the
famous Fighting Fifth" regiment.
which has been stationed at Fort
Sheridan, at Chicago, passed through
Fort Madison last night, enroute to
the southern border to report to Gen
/! eral Funston. The soldiers special
was run in three sections.
Don't forget to see that your name
| is on the poll book. Registration
boards will be in session Saturday.
There will be a meeting in Maui
VOC this evening of the citizens there.
/ to talk over the proposed interurban
from that town to Fort Madison ana
Keokuk and Carthage. The meeting
is called for the purpose of discussing
the general situation. If Nauvoo does
mot show enthusiasm at the meeting.
the promoters will take 1t for granted
there Is little interest, according 70
one Of the Nauvoo papers.
BE sure to register on Saturday.
"A. G. Hillberg, former chief en-
gineer of the Mississippi River Power
company, now located in Park Row
building in New York, has Just pub
lished a book on turbines. The book
contains four articles on the subject
contributed TO the Engineering Record
last year. The full title OF the book
is Design of Intakes, Scroll Cases
and Turbine Draft Tubes for Single
Runner Turbines"
-Ferndell sterilized bran. Imme-
CARTS.
H. Edgar wisherd of Quincy, will
| be captain Of the steamer G. w. Hill
this year He will take the place OF
his brother, Walter Wtsherd. Edgar
Wisherd was last year clerk on the
same boat. Virgil Dent, OF Hannibal
who last year was purser on the Hill,
probably will hold the same position
| this year. In the event that he IS
not a member Of the Hill force ne
will be auditor on the steamer Sidney.
The Keokuk Electric company
will put a force Of men at work to-
morrow, at repairing the street car
track on North Thirteenth street.
Orders have also been placed for the
necessary materials for the relaylng
of the track on Franklin street from
Fifth to Twelfth street and on North
Fourth street from Blondeau to Nor
gan street. The material is expected
here shortly and work will start i'm
mediately upon its arrival.
| C NJ. Rich has written the city
clerk from Hot Springs, Arkansas, re-
uuesting a ballot for the coming city
election: Thomas F. Riley. conduc-
tor, stopped off here yesterday after
noon and voted. James Fallon voted
on Tuesday before he left for Alton,
ILL.,, and H. E. Eaton has cast his
vote as he intends to leave keokuk
tom orrow. Others who have applied
for the ballot on the absent voter
clause are G.. F. Dennis, a travelling
man, and w. H. Green.
,o1t Nd Ana
haddie at Jos. Haubert's. 709 Main
street.
Because of trouble in the ignition
system, the auto fire truck was I'M
able to respond to fire alarm turned
in from the home of Joseph Skinner
at 2007 Bank street at 10 o'clock this
morning Mrs Skinner was in the
basement with a lighted candle and
in some manner the fame set fire to
some old clothes. The Tenth street
department responded. There was no
damage. An automobile took the men
of the central station to the place of
the alarm, but their services were not
needed.
National auto livery. Phone 533.
The first spring water test Of the
Sixth street fire fighter was made this
morning and afternoon. In the morn
ing the pump was turned on and
water was thrown nearly to the top
of the spire on the United Presby-
terrain church at Ninth and Blondeau
streets through the one and three
quarters inch nozzle. Other tests will
be held from time to time. The mag
neto in the ignition system failed to
work directly after the test had been
r-@do Int had been repaired by the
afternoon.
10. is the time to have your
tin work, guttering and spouting
looked over. Let Chaser do It, Fl