The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-15

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Big fur and coat sale. Lowitz.
-S1.45 buys silk velvet hat al,
Karlls.
counties will meet in carthage Nov.
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Read Gate City advertisemen
1 they will help you solve your shop
| ping problems.
Keokuk attending the federal court,
serving on the grand jury.
| The weather for the past few
j days would seem to indicate that
| Indian summer had changed loca-
tons.
Regular meeting Of Keokuk
lodge No. log. B. p. 0. E., tonight at
o'clock, Elks' hall, Sixth and Blon-
deau streets. Visitors invited.
This was the last day to send
Christmas packages to the boys in
/; the trenches in France. If you failed
to dispatch your gift today you failed
to get a present to some soldier
, fighting for Uncle Sam IN the great
world war. You are the loser.
Big fur and coat sale. Lowitz.
w. A. Lalor, general passenger
agent for the "Burlington-M Missouri"
lines, and w. Gray, general freight
agent for the same system in Mis-
souri,, were in the city yesterday
looking after interests for their COM
pany. f
"A class of over eighty candidates
will be taken into the order by the
knights of Columbus at the tri-city
initiation to be held in Fort Madison
November Is, says the Burlington
Gazette. Thirty-five Of these candi-
dates will become members Of Bur-
lington council. The cities interested
are Burlington. Fort Madison and
Keokuk.
Try Ludwig's for your shoes.
The steamer Keokuk was in
Quincy yesterday and the Journal
says: The steamer Keokuk was here
today with big load, and left this
afternoon for the north. 1t will re-
turn Friday of this week on the last
trip of the season. Then it will be
put in the harbor in Quincy bay.
Captain Bruegge of the White Collar
line will leave next week for Daven-
port, Iowa, to spend the winter.
The telegraphy class will meet at
z o'clock this evening at the Y. M. c.
A. The class is in need Of more in
struments, and would be glad IL any
body having instruments not in use
would loan or sell the same to them
"A suit was filed in the district
court here by Jos. H. HARRIET VS..
Walter l. Nanny asking for writ of
attachment and judgment for $500
and interest. Judgment was allowed
in court for plaintiff for sum of
$500 it is alleged in the suit, but 1t
is not paid, and plaintiff is now seek
ing Judgment and a writ Of attach
ment.
Geo. W. Conlee of this city has
letter from the Office Of the deputy
collector of the third district at Bur
lington in reference to motor boat tax
which will be of interest to motor boat
owners. Mr.. Conlee's letter was for
the purpose Of obtaining information
and the deputy Office answers him as
follows: eff your boat was in use Oc-
tober 4th, 1917 or at any time during
the month CT October, then the tax is
due from you from October to and in
elusive OF June 3Oth. 1918, and you
will have to fill out form, swear to II
and send with tax due before Nov. l.
1917. Otherwise there will be a SO
per cent penalty in addition to the
tax In computing the tax due figure
on this basis (using the motor boat
with fixed engine not over five net
tons for illustration) October to June
inclusive. nine months. Tax being
SIS a year, the month tax is forty-one
and three-ffths cents and the nine
months tax s5.74. If the boat has not
been in use (even once) since Oc-
tober LIST, and will not be until say
next May, then two months tax is due,
thereafter on July 1st of each year
a full years tax must be paid, not
withstanding the boat will be in winter
quarters most OF the time."