The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-12
CITY NEWS.

Mrs. Anna Wiesemann is i'm
proving from her recent illness.
Cord wood cut to stove lengths.
$3.50 per two horse load. keokuk
Boz Co. Tel. Black 1877.
Masonic special meeting, Mgle
lodge, No. IL, Tuesday evening, Feb
Mrs. Fred Cowley has bean re.
moved to her home from st. Joseph's
hospital She is improving rapidly.
Manager Walsh Of the Peoples
Gas & Electric company states that
plans formulated some time ago for
the extension of the Keokuk power
wire to Mediapolis. Morning Sun and
Wapello, and eventually line to Win
field, will become reality In the
spring. when work will be begun, says
the Burlington Hawk-Eye. Some OF
the right of way for the putting
through Of this line has been acquired.
but 1t Is not thought there will be
any serious obstacles in obtaining
the land, as the power will be OF
great benefit to those towns, where
there are already power plants. many
of which are owned or partially con-
trolled by the Walsh interests.
For the protection OF the health
and life Of the men at work in the
Green Bay levee and drainage district
under the supervision Of Engineer
Edmund T. Perkins, the board of su-
pervisors, IN accordance with the
rulings of the workmen's compensa-
ton laws, passed a resolution where
by the engineer in charge OF the dis
trict is to take out casualty or indem-
nifty insurance. At present there
are only about ten men who would be
affected by this ruling a. work in the
district and who. are directly respon-
sible to Engineer Perkins. The pre-
miums for this insurance will be
torne by the county and VIII be ef-
fective as soon as the policies, etc,
are made out.
Tho Santa Fe bridge across the
Mississippi river at Fort Madison
from now on until the war cloud has
lifted, will be guarded. says the Fit.
Madison Democrat Arrangements
were contaminated Friday between
the Chicago federal authorities and
railways OF the middle west for the
guarding Of all important railroad
bridges. Secret service operatives
and railway police will cooperate IN
the work. Especially strong guards
will be placed at Rock Island. III,
Cairo, Ill, and st. Louis BRIGGS
Secret service operatives in this sec
ton Of the country are numerous, q
heavy guard has been stationed about
the British and Russian reInount
stables ct Lathrop. Mo-, and every
horse train leaving Lathrop is close
Jy guarded until ii reaches its destin-
alton, Newport News, Va
When classified advertisements
are signed with q key letter or word
C"Address A. Address Housework,"
etcD it is a waste of time TO ask the
PAPER for details regarding the mat
ters advertised, as such information
is not kept on file in the Offices Of
the publishers and could not be given
out IL il was available Advertise
n1ents are keyed for various reasons.
For instance, a man with house TO
sell may not care to have people tele-
phoning or calling upon him ct all
hours of the day. so he has his ad-
vertisement keYed and the answers
left at the newspaper Office He can
then go over the replies at his leisure
and take up the matter of the sale
with only the people who would be
( most likely 70 NAME a puFNIese " nen
an ad is keyed. do not phone the pa
per or call at the Office and ask TO
see the advertiser. Frequently the
publisher will not even know who the
advertiser is and would not be in a
position 90 give ont the name IL 1t
was known Replies should be writ
ten ard mailed TO the Office or left
there bv the person wishing TO an
Srss- The advert isernenr Such re-fies
should be addressed as follows. "A
Care The Gate City. keokuk, Iowa, g
'.TIousewo-E. Ce-s The Gate CITY.
Keokuk. Iowa" or in accordance with
whatever key the advertisement Is
Stzued With