The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-17
CITY NEWS.

cScI1cE Tnes,zaF evsning. May "a,
1916 WORK On first Gegree- WISHING
brethren trzrerzaLEy EEFEreG- By order
q rhe M H Johnston, SECT
If gou- harness leeds repairing,
rake i 70 Sherwood, 80 Main
Regular meeting Morning scar
Lodge No. ), Knights Of PYthizs TO-
night at 7-s5 o1csccE ~ Castle haII,
FfssE and BIrEdez1- Visiting Knights
Izyltsd-
RegElar meeting az the Order OF
Owls tonight, Il thet- hau, corner
Third and Johnson streets Visiting
Owls tavfts1- BIZ order q WorthE
President PaEI T. Pscafseiz sscre
zg-
- car load Of three inch oak
EoorIag Vas received ~ the bridge
company tEis nzn-aing and vii he
used In repair work o. tie bridge
sco- The painters are putting the
finishing Eogc1ss On tae Toll houses
and the Gra~ t11se
Pupils 81 the new George Wash
tEgton school are bzsE zellEEfza-- postal
cards with Tie picture OF the building
On them 10 make money TO help pay
for pictures 70 be used n the inter.
ior decoration About twe1ty dollars
hare been cleared TO date and q good
trade IS being established
TEe Eeokuk high school Athletic
Association viii hold their annual
election Of officers for the ensuing
rear q the close OF school today. and
also the election Of the various man
& ayers Of the athletic teams Will take
4 place No candidates have snncunc-
ed their intention OF running fer any
Of the various Offices and not much
i excitement Is noticed.
Hiss Ella u. Pierce, : uenbe.
o. the faculty Of the Lincoln school
care IN exhibition OF the genera
work Of her pupils last week. TIE
exhibition was givea 30 that the ps
rents could get an idea OF TIE work
Of their children Samples OF ths
Tear's work covered the four walls O,
tie room and contained some fas
specimens Of drawing, writing. NUN
ber work geography, and the othel
branches taught.
ID r Ziegler, state chairman o
the press committee Of the Travellers
Protective Association, has written /;
letter OF thanks TO The Gate City 10
the recent press notices Of the 7. I
4. convention held N Des Noines. Mr.
Ziegle- states that the press is on'
of the associations fundamental al
juncts and that through its columns
It has given US almost fnestimabl.
benefts.''
Prof. Edward Bennett Garriott
supervising forecaster OF the veaths
bureau at Washington and one Of tn
best known scientists In the capital
died suddenly last SATURDAY evenini
1t his home. from an attack OF angini
Dectoris- He was cousin Of Mrs. s
Il. Johnston Of this city and had beeI
connected with the weather bureau
for the past fifteen years.
Thompson, the Egyptian, is con-
ing next week to hold a meeting 70
the Bank Street Christian church
The big tent viii be located on Six
teenth and Des Moines street. Thi
is a splendid location and within
walking distance Mr. Geo. Hassel
has very generously allowed tn,
church 10 use his property. A cordia
invitation is extended to everybody
Don't forget the date, May %.
-Ottumwa Courier: The F'iras an,
Plymouth Congregational churches o
Ottumwa, will be represented by sey
eral delegates at the seventy-frst an
nual session OF the General Congrcs
sionsl association OF Iowa which vii
be held at Keokuk, May IT, IS, 10 ant
20. Rev Robert j. Locke and Mrs
D. F. Morey will represent the FRS
Congregational church. Mrs. r. /
Root will represent the Woman
Home Missionary Union of the FRS
church at the convention. NJ. F
Chisman will the delegate from
the Plymouth church OF South OF
tumwa. F. V. Ear.iart and Dan Find
lay VIII represent the brotherhood 0
the same and hrs. George Friend, tn
Woman's Homo Missionary Union a
the convention
The weather crop bulletin 70
Iowa for the week ending May Is
has just been issued as follows: TIL,
past week was unseasonably cool, ant
except In the extreme southeastern
county 1t was abnormalIy dry prior I,
the 18th. Frost occurred generally OF
the 18th, 18th anG 14th with freezin,
temperature on the last date in north
. ern districts There was, however
more than the averi re amount Q
sunshine and rapid progress was mad
in corn planting. Fully 10 per cei,
! OF the corn has been planted with The
. ground generally in excellent physica
condition, but owing to the col
weather the seed Is terminating yer
slowly, and considerable replantin
districts where the ground is dam
from the heavy rains of the preyiou
week. Small Grain and grass. Will
making slow growth, are doing a
well az could be expected under tn
will be done especially in southern
unfayorable conditions and some i'm
, movement Ia reparted EarIv pata