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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28
ERHARDT LEAVES
SHOE FACTORY
After Twenty-seven Years in keokuI
He Started East This Morning
to Stay Perma-
nentIy

Phil J. Erhardt left early this morn
ing for the east, his permanent re,
moval from Keokuk after a residence
here of twenty-seven years during
which time he has had host Of warm
friends
During all that time he has been on
the staff of the manager of the big
Huiskamp shoe factory here, and most
Keokuk people considered him as
much of fixture as the factory build
ing at Second and Johnson streets.
OF pleasing manners and warm
heart, he made close friends, and gen.
eral regret is expressed all over town
at his departure.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28
OFFICIAL COUNCIL
PROCEEDINGS

There being no further business
1913, 8 a. m.
ED. S. LOFTO,, Mayor.
Attest
o. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
August g. 1918, 9 a. m.
Council convened after recess with
all members present, Mayor Lotion
presiding.
Resolution No. 654, having been on
file and posted in the Office Of the city
clerk for a period Of one week for
public inspection, as required by law,
! is now before the city council and
same is passed by the following vote:
Roll CALI Ayes-Lofton, Hemmy,
Hickey.
ED. s. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
There being no further business,
council took a recess until August 10,
1918, 9 a. m.
ED. S. LOTION, Mayor.
Attest:
o. w. SANDBERG, City Clerk.
August 10, 1918, 9 a. m.
Council convened after recess with
all members present, Mayor Lotion
presiding.
Special Ordinance No. 49S, having
been on file and posted in the office OF
the city clerk for a period o. one week
for public inspection, as required by
law, is now before the city council and
same is adopted by the following vote:
Ayes-Lofton, Hemmy, hickey.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. SANDBERG. City Clerk.
There being no further business,
council upon motion adjourned.
ED. s. LOTION,
Attest; Mayor.
o. w. sANDBERG. City Clerk.
August IL, 1918, a. m.
Council met in regular session with
all members present, Mayor Lotion
presiding. Minutes of meetings of
August s, and 10, 1918. were read
and approved.
Resolution No. 657.
Be 1t Resolved. By the city council
fthe City of Keokuk:
That the following pay rolls and
bill be, and they are hereby approved
and ordered paid:
Warrant No. 7475, street $50. s314.4o
Warrant No 7476. general 49, 1895
Warrant No. 7477, park 80. 6372
Warrant No. 747S, sidewalk -. .73
Warrant No. 7479, Sam Berry,
burying dogs and cats, police 3.75
Roll call:
Ayes-Lofton, Hemmy, Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. w. SANDBERG. City Clerk.
! Ordinance No. 499, being IAN ordi-
nance amending Section Il, of O>di-
nance $50 of the City of Keokuk,
which said ordinance was passed by
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28
JOINT LABOR
BOARD MEETS
Agrees on Detailed Plan for Hand
ling tho War Needs In Lee
County and Her AiIot-
nents.
SURVEY AND CLASSIFY
Plan Submitted to State Labor Board
for Approval Before Being Civ
en- Out or Made e.
fective.

The joint labor board Of Lee coun
ty, being the two boards appointed
one for Keokuk and one for For,
Madison, held joint session yester
nay afternoon at the Keokuk Indus
trial association rooms which did
not adjourn until after o'clock
All details for a census and classi
fication of labor in the two cities
were agreed upon, including the form
of the QUESTIONABLE and the facts ia
be obtained thereby, but this is not
to be given out until it has the ap
proval and authority of the state
board, to which 1t is to be submitted
at once.
All members of the two boards
were present at the Joint session.
They are T. F. Brady, Joseph H. Nc,
Namara and D. J. Hemmy, of Keo.
kuk and Joseph R. Frailey, A. P.
Brown and G. S. Pratt, of Fort Madi-
son.
Labor census Of Lee County.
While, owing to the peculiar civic
organization of Lee county, there
are two labor boards in it, it was
unanimously agreed that the two
boards must act Jointly in doing
their work, while each will be in bet
ter position to attend to details and
secure information in its own town.
The first thing to be done is to
take census of labor In the two
cities. This will include the name
and address of workers and those
entitled to work at war work, with
many details about the qualifications
of each man. 1t is the form OF this
QUESTIONABLE and the method of get
ting the information which Is sub
mitted to the state board The Keo-
kuk board is thinking of getting the
new war aid organization here to
take this census of labor for it, as
1t Is a very big job.
To Classify All Workers.
After the labor census is taken,
the men in 1t will all be classified
according to their present employ.
ment and its relation to war needs,
and their mobility inside the county
and outside the county and state,
somewhat after the fashion OF ascer-
tanning the duty Of a drafted man as
regards entering the army.
Then all this information will be
reported through the state board to
the government, which will act upon
1t.
It is the duty of the local labor
boards to determine the status Of
each factory as regards doing war
work, but this Is not expected to be
very difficult task
As soon as the state board ap-
proves a plan in detail, work will be-
gin on the labor census and classifi-
cation.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28

A girl of Brighton, England boasts
that since the war began she has
been engaged sixteen times, and
has broken every engagement her
self.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28
Food Headquarters.

The United States food ad-
mlnistration for Iowa maintains
dozen headquarters. All OF
the officers In them are directed
and the divisions and headquar-
tiers are managed out Of the
headquarters Of Administrator
Deems at Burlington. The diff
ferent headquarters include the
following:
At Burlington, in charge OF Food
Administrator J. F. Deems and
Executive Secretary r. q. Logs-
don. Flour division in charge Of
D. G. Thompson, located here
also.
At ottumwa, for the sugar divi-
sion, in charge Of W. T. NOEL
roy.
At Davenport, for tho hotel and
restaurant division. In charge of
W. F. Miller
At Ottumwa, for the milk and ice
division. in charge of w. T. Har-
per.
At Webster City. for the women's
committee Of the food adminis-
tration for iowa, in charge Of
Mrs. Francis E. Whitley.
At Waterloo, for the League OF
College Women, IN charge of
Mrs. II. B. Boies
At Waterloo, for the bakers ser-v-
Ice commission. in charge OF c.
F. Altstadt.
At Arles. for the home economies
and home demonstration divi-
sions, in charge OF Miss Cathe-
rine J. Mckay and Mics Neale
g.. Knowles.
At Des Moines. for the library d.
vision. In charge of Miss Julia A.
Robinson.
At Des Moines, for the moving-pic-
ture division. In charge of A. H.
Blank
At Des Moines, for Herbert r.
Wright. organizer for the negroes
OF Iowa
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28

| the city council on June 18th, 1911,
was presented to the council. 1t was
moved and seconded that the rules be
suspended and said Ordinance No
499, be place upon its passage. Car.
ried. 1t was moved by Councilman
Hickey, seconded by Councilman Hem
my, that said Ordinance No. 499.
which reads as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 4e9.
An Ordinance amending Section II
of Ordinance 1872 of the City of Keo-
kuk, which said ordinance was passed
by the City Council on June II, 1911.
| Whereas, the public safety demands
that the cars of the Keokuk Electric
Company shall be stopped on the
near side of street intersections in
stead of on the far side, as provided
by Section IL Of Ordinance No. 1872.
Therefore, be 1T ordained by the
City Council Of the City Of Keokuk.
that Section II of Ordinance No. 1872
of the City. Of Keokuk above re-
ferred to, be. and the same is hereby
amended and made to read as follows,
to-wit:
1.-THE right and privileges herein
conferred are subject to the follow
ing conditions:
Passenger cars operated in city
service shall be run substantially in
conformity with the following rules,
to-wit:-
Cars shall leave terminal stations
not later than 6:15 o'clock a. m, and
run continuously at least until 1920
o'clock p. m, daily except Sundays,
when cars shall begin running not
later than o'clock a. m, and during
the above time they shall run at in
tervals of not more than thirty 600
minutes in the same direction be-
tween terminal stations. No car shall
be run at a greater average speed,
including stoppages to take on and
off passengers than ten Q0) miles
an hour in the business part Of the
city and fifteen (15) miles an hour in
the residence portion thereof.
No car shall stop upon an intersec-
ton of the streets, but shall stop on
the near side of all intersections, in
all cases for the purpose of taking
on and letting off passengers. except
at the intersection Of Exchange and
South Fifth streets and at the inter
section of Cedar and South Fifth
streets, the car when going toward
the south shall stop on the 1ar SIDE
of such intersections.
All reasonable care shall be used
by conductors and motormen to pre-
vent injuries to teams. carriages,
wagons and other vehicles. as well as
to all persons.
This ordinance shall not take effect
until accepted by the Keokuk Electric
Company in writing, filed with the
City Clerk within ten days from the
passage thereof, and until It has been
published at least once in the Daily
Gate City, a newspaper published in
Keokuk, Iowa.
All ordinances and parts of ordin-
ances in conflict with the provisions
hereof are hereby repealed.
Adopted August II, 1918, by the
following vote:
Lofton-Aye.
Hemmy-Aye.
Hickey-Aye.
ED. S. LOTION, Mayor.
Attest: o. w. SANDBERG.
City Clerk.
be passed and adopted. Carried by
the following vote:
Ayes-Lofton, Kenny, Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION,
Attest: Mayor.
o. W. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28

This is the las. week for paying
mail subscriptions to The Gate
City at the old rate. Papers sent
by mail, on which there is back
payment due, will be stopped next
Monday No mail subscription
payments accepted at old rates
after next Monday. The Gate
City Co.
Thursdays racing program at the
Hancock county fair:
2:2O Trot, Purse $500.
1. Chimes Wood, D. l.. Conklin,
Hamilton Ill.
2 Shellbark. D. l. Conklin. Hamil-
ton.
8. Everett B., II. e. Alton. Keokuk.
T. Finland. w. ]. Fett, Keokuk.
s. Joe Frazier, o. Rowe, Poplar
Bluffs, Mo.
6. Margaret Mead, Barton & Walk.
er, Wyoming, Ill.
7. Canthrox. Ed Green, Howard,
Kans.
6. Jessie E., G. E. Miller, Canton.
ILL.,
2:14 Trot, Purse $500.
1. Shellbark, D. l.. Conklin, Ham
ilton
2. Red Ricog, c. Harris. Mt. Ster-
ling, Ill.
8. Fay H., Barton & Walker, Wyo-
ming, Ill.
4. Hattie Forbs, A. P. Gorsline,
Chicago.
5. King Clansman, A. P. Gorsline,
Chicago.
6. Mohayna, F. g. Warden. Des
Moines, la.
Z. Rexie d., o. D. Harris, Plymouth.
8. Security, H. L. Clark, Peoria
2:2o Pace, Purse $500.
1. Lady Esther, Frank Dye, Car
thage.
2. Boliver, Cyrus Jenkins, Lorraine.
8. OIL McGregor, OH Head, Ma
comb, Ill.
4. Birdie K, ]. T. Kinsella, Clay
ton.
S. J. Kerron, o. Rowe, Poplar
Bluffs, Mo.
6. Manana. w. S. Harlan, Lock-
hart. Ala.
7. Red Dot, Toller Brothers. La
Harpe, Ill.
8. Missouri Earl, Tom Lane, Quin-
cy. III. w.,
9. Onward, l. H. Best, La Harpe.
10. Rhizone, Ed Green, Howard.
Kans.
II. Josephine B., John Dennis,
Augusta
u. Bud Patenter, Charles Harris,
Carthage.
10. Meta Todd, J. w. Ireland.
Quincy.
Ia. Butcher Boy Charles Altizer,
Carthage.
Is. Elbenia.- f. Haines. Macomb,
16. Earl Yates, Charles Yates, Aug
usta, Ill.
II. Gladys Marie, H. l.. Clark,
Peoria.
Is. Charles Glenn, T. C. Histed.
New Boston. III.
a-Year-oId Pace, Purse $3.50.
1. First Citizen, John F. Austin,
Carthage.
2. Bonnie Earl, G. W. Aldrich. La
Harpe.
8. Echoroll, Neal & McGinnis.
Augusta.
4. Night Mist, Franklin Boyd,
Brousard, La.
5. Lord Busby, H. A. Busby, Chi
cago.
6. Earl Win, McGinnis Brothers,
I. Red Dot, Toller Brothers, La
Harpe.
8. Bengen Wood, Jr., Max H. Hoff-
man, Buffalo, Ia.
In the Prize Rine-FulI-Blood Clyde
ct
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28

To facilitate writing in the dark,
an inventor has patented an electric
flashlight to be attached to lead
pencil.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28

Oculists have found that peculiar
form Of eye strain is due to persons
reading while lying down.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28
Never to Go Back.

Sioux Falls Press: It appears
that the Americans are able not only
to go ahead, but to remain where they
have gone.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28

It was ordered that Ordinance No
400. remain on file and posted in thE
Office Of the city clerk for a period Of
one week for public inspection as res
CURED by law, and same shall be com
sidered for final passage on Angus
20, 1918.
Ayes-Lofton, Hemmy, Hickey.
ED. S. LOTION, II
Attest: Mayor
O. W. SANDBERG. City Clerk.
There being no further business
council upon motion adjourned.
ED. s. LOTION,
Attest: Mayors
o. w. sANDBERG. City Clerk.
August is, 1918, 8 a. m.
Council met in regular session witt
all members present, Mayor Loftor1
presiding. Minutes Of meeting o.
August IL, 1913, were read and aps
proved There being no further bust
ness, council took recess until Aug.
ust II. 1918, 9 a. m.
ED. s. LOTION.
Attest: Mayor
o. W. sANDBERG, City Clerk.
August II, 1918. a. m.
oouncli convened a''eI recess Ml1
all members present. mayor EoIeonS
presldins. "a
. -. Il
Be II Resolved, By the city council
of the City Of Keokuk:
That the mayor and city clerk be-
and they are hereby authorized to Is
sue S. 100 In Time Warrants, Nos:
74S0 to 7491, inclusive, payable 90
rate OF six per cent from date. the
same being sold at par TO the State
Central Savings Bank as OF August
IT. 1918, to secure funds for necessary
current expenses to be placed as a
credit to the Following FUNDS:
General ..''.'..'. 80 % ''-- S3' S0sI
FIRE ..'--''' 80 $500 - - - 49, S Soss
water --'-' - -f--' - -' - - - a. ~
Light '..-'..'..... :--' A0A-
,oc
eo'AoS
Roll call:
Ayes-Lofton, Hemmy, Hickey.
ED. s. LOTION
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28
Young Women


A Good School for Keokuk Young People.
There never has been such great demand
for young women in the business world, as
there is today. A great many Keokuk
young people are planning to attend our
school this year. We prepare our students
teaching.
Our Employment Department places our
students in desirable positions without
charge. A great many of Keokul's leading
business men and women have attended the
Gem City Business College in the past.
Write for our year book, which we shall
be pleased to send free.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28
Civil Service

We make speciality of preparing our
students for Civil Service. Over two hun
dred students have accepted positions with
the United States Government during the
past few months.
Our school has been successfully operat-
ing under the same management for nearly
half a century. In choosing your school,
choose one with strong faculty, whose
courses are thorough, and whose graduates
900 building, which we built especially for
our school,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28

the city council on June 18th. 1911
was presented to the council. 1t was
moved and seconded that the rules be
suspended and said Ordinance No
499, be place upon its passage. Car.
ried 1t was moved by Councilman
Hickey, seconded by Councilman Hem
my, that said Ordinance No. 499.
which reads as follows:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28
Resolution No. $50.

Resolution No. $50.
Be It Resolved, BY the city council
of the City of Keokuk:
That the following pay rolls and
bill be. and they are hereby approved
and ordered paid:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-28

There being no further business.
council took recess until August 8,
1918, 9 a. m.
ED. S. LOFTO4,, Mayor.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-01
ANOTHER LIMIT CLUB
MEMBER IS REPORTED
The Sale of War Savings Stamps Con-
tinues in Maysyille and Mason
County Despite Close of In
tensive Campaign.

Although the intensive campaign
for the sale of War Savings Stamps
in Mason county was closed several
weeks ago, the workers are not los
ing every possible opportunity to get
new members of the War Savings
Stamp Clubs now actively engaged in
lending their money to the govern
ment in every precinct in the county,
The county headquarters of. the w.
s. S. campaign yesterday reported an
other thousand dollar subscriber in
Mr.. w. II. Mackoy, former sheriff Mr.,
Mackoy by virtue of his investing
thousand dollars in War Savings
Stamps becomes a member of the
county's already large Limit Club,
Local agents in charge of selling
stamps yesterday received from the
state headquarters attractive signs to
be placed in their windows and every
agency will in the future be plainly
marked.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-01
CANNING ORDERS GO
BACK TO JULY list
County Food Administrator Makes II
Plain That Those Purchasing
Twenty-Five Pounds Of Sugar
Since July First Have
Purchased Their
Limit.

There seems to be a great deal of
misunderstanding about the recent
order of the Food Administration in
regard to the purchase of twenty-five
pounds of sugar at one time for can
ming and preserving.
Yesterday afternoon County Food
Administrator w. d. Cochran said
that those who have purchased twen-
ty-five pounds of sugar since the first
of July have purchased their limit and
can secure no more sugar for canning
or preserving.
Many who have made application
for sugar did not understand that the
order goes back to the first of July
and thought it only affected those who
had purchased sugar in twenty-five
pound lots since the order has been
announced by the State Food Admin
istration.
Mr. Cochrans office is kept busy
explaining this sugar order to those
who have been refused further sugar
certificates for canning or
preserving.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-01
HIGHER TAX ON LUxURIES
AND NON-ESSENTIALS
Suggestions Of the Treasury Depart
ment as Regards Taxes on Nom
essentials Are to Be
Modified.

Washington, July 31-Taxes on lux
uries and non-essential expenditures
anne up for discussion today before
the House Ways and Means commit
tee, which is framing the new $S000,-
100000 revenue bill. Suggestions for
such taxes we're recently laid before
the committee by the Treasury De-
partment That the Treasury depart
ment suggestions will not be adopted
as made, was indicated yesterday,
when the committee tentatively
agreed upon a tax of 10 per cent. on
gross sales of manufacturers, pro-
ducers and importers of automobiles,
cosmetics, patent medicines, cameras,
graphophones, sporting goods and
smaller articles. The Treasury de-
partment had recommended tax of
20 per cent.
The tax on luxuries or non-essen-
tials suggested by the Treasury
would include clothing, house fur
nlshings, furniture and hotel bills,
above certain amounts or prices, and
upon servants, yacht and pleasure
boats
A heavy tax on firearms was de-
clded upon, including n tax Of 100 per
cent. on dirks, stllettOs, sheath knives
and similar deadly weapons. The tax
for shOtguns and rifles was fixed at
10 per cent. RevOlvers and pistols
were listed for a % per cent. tax.
Chairman Kitchen announced that,
in addition to the 10 per cent.-taX on
automobiles, plans were being con-
sidered to tax the owner of a ma
chine through a Federal licensing
system, probably to be collected from
the user in the same manner as the
state license is now obtained. The
Treasury department has recon-
mended that such a tax run from
500 to $50. The tax of 10 per cent.
on automobiles will produce about
$7O,0O0,OO0, according to Treasury
department estimates.
Player pianos, base ball bats, golf
clubs, fishing rods and reels, pool
and billiard tables and tonics were
also included in the 10 per cent
schedule. All of these are now taxed
per cent.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-01
COOPERATION
IS SOUGHT FOR
new BOAT Line
Representative Of Liberty Transit
Company Expected Here To-day
Line VIII Compete With
Greene Line in This
District,

As was limited at through the col
umns of the Public Ledger few days
ago, Maysville Is to have another boat
service along the Ohio River in the
very near future. Mr.. r. e. Spencer,
traffic manager of the Liberty Tran
sit Company. of Wheeling, w. Va, is
on his way down the Ohio River call
ing on the business men and various
commercial organizations asking
their cooperation in establishing a
first-class freight and passenger SER
vice between Pittsburgh and Cincin-
natl.
Mr. Spencer is expected in Mays
vile today or tomorrow. He is bring
ing with him to show to the mer-
chants his Local Freight Tariff No,
FL"
This tariff publication is the most
substantial indication so far that riv-
err transportation is to be revived in
a determined and systematic manner
The Wheeling company has the cap
ital to carry out its modest plans and
the personnel of the company is an
earnest of consummation il the sup
port that is deserved is given.
The slogan of the company, printed
on the front cover page of the tariff,
is express service at freight rates"
The tariff names class and commodity
rates, applying in either direction be-
tween Pittsburgh and Louisville. The
commodities listed are clay products,
iron and steel, live stock, sal amoniac,
sand and gravel, stone quarry scrap,
etc.
Mr.. Spencer is quite optimistic over
the prospects for business. Pledges
of cooperation are being given by
leading shippers at all river points on
the boat lines schedule,
1t is purposed by the company to
make at least one round trip a week
between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati,
during the first few months of opera
ton, and to gradually increase the
frequency of the trips as boats are
added to the line. Freight will be
transferred at Cincinnati to the Lou
isville line, with reverse transfer for
the up-river trips,
1t is expected to have q boat with
barges leave Pittsburgh Saturday
evening, returning to that point the
following Saturday morning.
The Elan the first boat of the line
is now being overhauled in order to
fit her for navigation for the low wat
err period, This boat has already
made two round trips between Pitts
burgh and Cincinnati, but on the sec
ond trip she was delayed and other
wise Inconvenience by shallow pools.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-01
COUNTY LOAFERS
WILL WORK ON
ROADS and Pixies
County Officers VIII Investigate All
Vagrancy Charges and Use Men
to Repair Pixies If They
Don't Work.

County Judge II. p. Purnell yester-
day said that up to the present time
only few men from the country pre-
cincts have been reported to his Of
Office as not working and he said that
the cases of those who have been re-
ported will be investigated thorough
ly.
The County Judge is anxious that
all cases of loafing be promptly re-
ported to his office and under the pro-
visions of the vagrancy law all the
county officials are required under Sc
we're penalty to investigate and en-
force the laws.
Just at the present time the County
Commissioners are doing considerable
work on the pixies of the county and
Judge Purnell yesterday said that all
of the men who were found who
would not work on the farms would
be tried under the new state vagrancy
law and the clause requiring all loaf
ers proven guilty to work for a sixty
day period on the county pixies would
be taken advantage of.
The county is now needing quite q
quantity of stone on the pixies and
work in the quarry will be given all
those in the county who are not kept
busy on the farms.