The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-26
CITY News

Fly nets cheap at SHERWOOD $.
Air Dome tonight. The cool pace.
-s5.50 silk petticoats, SS.1s. Lowitz
"A big new bin at the Air Dome
tonight.
IS. S. Lowitz is quite Ill at ms.
residence on North Fifth street.
Big reductions on hats shirts
neckwear, etc. Jones, the Halter
Last Ave days removal sale;
everything one-half price. Lowitz.
Midsummer clearance sale, every
thing in stock. Jones, the Halter.
jackson & Margret, refined novel;
ty singing act, tonight at the AIT
i Dome.
Sherwood sells harness, harness
supplies and buggies at greatly re-
duced prices 100 Main.
-B. e. Sutlive sent the fire depart
ment two boxes of cigars yesterday IN
appreciation OF the services of the de-
partment rendered him In the blaze
at the Sutlive residence. 504 Grand
avenue, the latter part Of last week.
Since the announcement by the po-
lice department that 1t would put forth
every effort to keep automobilists from
scorching in the city, the owners Of
machines have taken notice and APP
pear more careful than heretofore. It
is for the general good of the public
that care be exercised by the owners
of autos when driving them about the
thoroughfares.
This morning at ten O'Clock, fun
eral services for the late S. A. Duke.
whose obituary appeared in this paper
last evening, we're held in Oakland
cemetery, Rev. Rowena M. Morse,
pastor of the Unitarian church hay-
ing charge. A number of floral pieces
we're pretty and fitting tributes to the
close of this aged gentleman's life.
The following gentlemen acted IS
I body bearers: Jno. H. Cole, Captain
| B. G. Taber, John P. Christy, S. ..
/, Westcott, Asaph Buck, ]. w. Hobbs.
Rock Island Union: This morning
at about 10 o'clock the sand pumps
Acorn. belonging to Capt. J. G. Schrick-
er, and Lone Star Of the Builders Sand
and Gravel company, left the Iowa
shore for the scene of the steamer
Helen Blair accident. It is expected
that she will be raised some time this
afternoon and will be brought to the
tKahlke Brothers harbor where she will
be put on the ways as soon as posi-
BILE. Divers have been at work on her
for several days. Bulkheads were con
structed. All day yesterday they
worked putting heavy canvass over
the bulkheads. The holes in her bot
tom had been examined and were
found to be in good shape, and accord
ing to statements given out at the
conlpany's office this afternoon it is
now supposed that the water that sank
her the last time must have coz il
at the time she listed, not through the
holes in her hull but over the guards
-Ottumwa Courier: In six weeks
time the surveyors who are working
on the Des Moines river will be in OF
/ tumwa and then the balance of the
stream from Ottumwa south will be
covered in hurry, according to the
information given out by Engineer A
o. Rowse who Is in the city. Mr.
Rowse says that the river above OF
tumwa is very crooked, and for this
| reason progress has not been fast
The course from Ottumwa south, how
ever, is more straight and the worl
will therefore be done more rapidly
L 70 n,yfI0ol
for the Des Moines river, Mr.. Rowst
replied that he would furnish data tt
the government department covering
what would be necessary to provide
the lock and dam system, which would
make the river navigable for the entire
| summer periods, and also information
about improving the stream at Ger
tain points. which would make IL,
stream open for navigation during the
ordinary stage of water. Mr. Rowst
will visit the northern part of the
state next week to look up some reser
voirs for storage of water. This is t.
provide water for power on the De!
Moines river during the low stages
The Iowa weather crop bulletin
for the week ending July "a, has JUS
been issued as follows: The NEAR
temperature for the past week wal
slightly below the normal, the days be
ing bright and hot and the nights mod
, erately COOL The rainfall was muct
below the average and badly distribut
ed, few localities reporting copiou,
showers, while bulk of the state re
ceived little If any relief, and thu
drouth is unbroken. The heavies
rainfall, as in the past two weeks, wa.
reported from the northwestern coun
ties, but copious showers occurred il
some localities in the northeastern
district. Corn has held its own remark
ably well and up to date has suffered
little II any damage, but the croI
has reached the danger line and vii
begin to retrograde If rain does no
come soon. In some localities wher,
showers have not occurred recently
| The plants wilt and the leaves curl dur
!. ing the day but still maintain health,
color. The bulk of the hay and small
: grains have been cut and secured ii