The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-04-20
CITY NEWS.

vi. Iou DOus
-Ewers' Grand Leader. best sc cigar.
The girl Thief at Dodges tonight.
-Buggies and harness at Sher-
woods.
Mrs Kids pin money pickles at
Recks grocery.
-Karle takes great bride in dong
first class shoe repair work
-Colvin is singing THAT Fasicinat-
ing Rag Time Glide" at Dodges to-
night.
The last week of Ayres Auction,
a Big crowd last night, be sure and
come tonight.
A marriage license was issued to-
day to Miss Mary Elizabeth Miller
and Harry A frost.
-Keokuk Camp M. W. A. No. 622
will hold its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hall. All members are
requested to Re present.
Chief John Anderson was officially
sworn in as chief of the Keokuk Fire
Department this morning George
Jaeger was sworn in as driver of the
west end reel and John Fisher will be
extra driver and electrician.
John B. Parker has transferred to
Aliza Ellen Eppers part of lots II and
II, block ~. the property being en- the
corner of Fifth and Ridge streets
Preparations are going on a live
ly rate at the high school for the COM
mencement which will be here in just
about a month. The graduating class
yesterday afternoon had their pictures
taken and work on the annual class
book is well under way. In short
while the committees will be chosen
for the different departments of work
which it will be their share to under
take under the new form of govern
ment which has been established in
the high school. Today at noon the
reports are issued to the parents OF
the students
A West Point news dispatch says:
Mr.. and Mrs. James NJ Gale, two
highly respected residents of West
Point, reached their fitch wedding
anniversary today Fifty golden
years have passed during which these
two estimable people have shared
with one another all the joys and
sorrows, all the trials and all the
good and bad that mankind has to
meet with. A reception was given By
them in honor of the event from 2 to
8 p. M, and family dinner was also
served, attended by many of their
old tine friends and relatives.
According to the opinion of Geo.
A. Wells, secretary of the Western
Grain Dealers association, only slight
damage to the grain crop of Iowa
resulted from the recent cold wave.
Although few farmers in Iowa have
reported small damage the majority of
the reports are optimistic That the
fruit crop in Iowa was severely dam
aged was confirmed by reports reeeiy-
ed yesterday at the Des Moines wealth
er bureau Practically all the fruit
trees in Iowa We're in full bloom be-
fore the arrival of the cold weather.
j LIS SAVE INC lfOSL dill opportunity
to reach the heart of the buds. Lit
tie hope for the fruit crop is enter
tanned by the farmers and fruit grow
ers in the state. In the weekly bulle-
tin, Dir. Chapel writes as follows on
the effect OF the cold wave: "As yet
it is not possible to ascertain the ex-
tent of damage caused by freezing
weather to fruits, garden truck and
early seeded cereals, but fruits and
garden truck are undoubtedly seri-
ously injured. The soil is in fine
working condition and rapid progress
was made during the week in blowing
for corn and planting Considerable
corn was planted in nearly all sec
tons of the state and some of ii is
up. Grass and small grains were do
ing well until SATURDAY, but the snow
and freezing temperature will check
the growth of grass and has to some
extent injured the grain crops