The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-20

CITY NEWS.

SILK dress sale SO ,rp. Lowitz.
Contractors anticipate consider
able building this season.
Fresh catfish at Jos. Haubert's.
7O9 Main street. Phone 49,
Dallas City, Illinois. is the second
Hancock county town to follow the
leSd Of Keokuk and adopt the commits
sion form OF government.
500 new waists. Special. Low1tz.
Regular meeting OF Pukechetuck
encampment No. Z. l. o. o. F.. at
Odd Fellows hall at o'clock tonight.
Visiting brethren fraternally invite1
to attend.
Approving the increase IN sub
from 81 to $3.50 per year, the Nauvoo
Independent says that any good week
ly is worth $3.50 per year.
Special Easter sale: suits SO up,
coats IS up. Lowitz.
On December 81, 1915. Iowa claim
ed 4,194 Of the 1852 scouts and
scout workers connected with the Boy
Scouts of America. There are g.
299 Boy Scouts in Iowa; 143,395 in
the United States. Iowa has one boy
scout to every CAT persons.
-Children's coats 50 to 81. Lowitz.
A censored letter from Canada
has been received in Keokuk by the
| Industrial association. The letter
was opened by the censor, who past
I ed q sticker over the opened end,
marked Censored" The epistle re-
lated to industrial matters.
II W. Matlack Of Grinnell was ell
ected president of the Iowa society Of
music teachers Tuesday Mr.. Mat
lack is known here, having appeared
here in informal recitals. He married
Keokuk girl, Miss inertia johnson,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. John
son.
AT the last meeting OF the Canton
(Mo.) Commercial club the following
officers were elected: J. 3. McCutch-
an, president; J. R Smith, C. J. Cason
and T. G. Yeager, directors for the two
year term. The hcld-overs are Mayor
G. L. Martin, G. L. Chappell and G. N.
Gieger1ch.
Special Easter sale: suits $40 up,
coats IS up. Lowitz.
&c. w. Petsch expects to complete
soon plans for the interurban line to
Nauvoo. This Is the line on which Mr..
Payne, of Fort Madison. devoted so
much time and for which many Keo-
kukians subscribed. An interurban
line running from Keokuk to Nauvoo
and Carthage would be Of real bene-
tit.
800 new waists. Special. Lowitz.
Thomas H. Picker of the U. S.
revenue service with office at Omaha,
was in Keokuk today, looking over
the recorders books, to see how the
revenue stamp act was being obeyed
by the persons filling deeds and
papers on which stamps are required.
A similar inspection is being made at
all county seats in the district.
Regular meeting of Keokuk
lodge. No 1o6, B. P. o. E., tonight at
o'clock. Elks' hall. Sixth and Blon.
deau streets. Visitors invited. Initia-
ton and installation Of officers.
Mrs. II. H English was reelected
assistant principal of the grammar
department of Fort Madison schools
recently. She was formerly teacher
in the local schools. The FIT. Madison
school board is considering abolishing
the office Of superintendent and giving
three school principals supervision
over three districts. A resolution to
this effect was introduced but is be-
ing held over for another meeting.
--Children's coats 81 to 81. Lowitz.
business over our system con-
tinues fairly steady" says a Burling-
ton official. Shipments of grain,
which have been heavy for the past
few weeks, are still 100 per cent ahead
OF a year ago. Miscellaneous freight
is now showing gain of "a per cent.
On the other hand, coal tonnage has
deprecated 40 per cent and live stock
IA per cent, while merchandise has in
creased 3 to per cent
Special Easter sale: suits so up,
coats IS up. Lowitz.
Copies of a soil survey OF Lee
county have been received here. The
survey was made by L. V. Davis OF
the U. S. department OF agriculture
and by Martin E. Sar OF the Iowa
Agricultural station. The survey is
very exhaustive and gives much use
full and valuable information. "Keo-
kuk is the largest town in the county
and one of the county seats" it says.
at has a number of manufacturing
interests and the development OF
water power for generating electrical
energy is feature"
&C. w. Petsch, of Minneapolis, who
in conjunction with H S. Payne Of
this city is promoting the Fort Madi
son Nauvoo Interurban railway, will
arrive in Fort Madison within few
days to complete the plans for the
line to that city, says the Democrat.
A trip will be made to Nauvoo to
complete the arrangements there. The
promoters now have sufficient funds
on hand to start the construction Of
the line and to complete it. Mr..
( pafcch hoe Snent tho mast few daya