The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-08-15
CITY NEWS.

thunder storm came to keokuk and
wet the dust, also cooled off the at
mosphere trifle
Swedish Mutual Aid Association
excursion to Quincy Thur, Aug. II.
Leave at o'clock a. m.
Regular meeting this evening. In
dependent Order of Owls, at the hall,
25 North 9th. BY order Of the Worthy
President. Ed ". Kiser. Secretary.
Lee Hovey, president.
Buy harness Of Sherwood
Regular meeting Independent Or
der of Owls tonight o'clock Elec-
ton of officers. Lee Hovey, president.
Chas. Haubert, Secretary.
The steamer st. Paul passed Keo-
kuk last night on it's way south. The
boat didn't land here, having no pas
sengers to board or discharge. The
st. Paul will be up stream Thursday
night at 1880. The packet is making
schedule time now, the first this sea-
son.
Rev. DR.. j. w. Potter OF Trinity
church conducted short funeral SER
vices at o'clock this afternoon for
the late P. E. Walker, at the residence
OF the son, E. E. Walker, 800 High
street. The body will be taken to
Douds-Leando this evening and burial
will occur there tomorrow.
All indications point to a busy
time for Keokuk this fall That the
natural trade will be good is general
ly admitted. The extensive improve
ments In the public utilities that the
Stone & Webster Co. will inaugurate
in a short time will help swell the
activities. And the big work on the
water power will continue to keep the
commercial wheels moving in the
most speedy manner.
"A. Oppenheim, accompanied by
Mrs. Oppenheim. has been in the city
for few days inspecting the work on
the water power. Mr.. Oppenheim rep
resents Sperling & Co., of London, a
large financial concern which has
financial interest in the water power.
He spent two days In Keokuk viewing
the work and gathering information
which will be presented to his firm on
his return to London. During the
construction period capitalists and en-
gineers from all over the world will
visit the water power and the num-
Der will keep growing as the work de-
velops. The keokuk dam Is at the
present time attracting more atten-
ton than at any other period of its
construction, all of which places this
city in the public eye to growing adj
vantage.
Iowa live stock shippers will be
saved many thousands of dollars by c
decision Of the railroad commission
abolishing what is called the mini
mum length of car for live stock in
interstate shipments and fixing a min
imum weight for such carload lots re
| CARELESS OF car length. In effect 1t is
refusal to grant the demand of the
railroads for an increase in the mini
mum to correspond to that which has
been allowed in interstate traffic. The
order of the iowa board provides that
hereafter, without regard generally to
length of cars, the minimum weights
of carload lots shall be: For fat cat
/! tie, $4,000 pounds; for hogs, $4,000
pounds, for sheep in single deck cars
j 10000 pounds; for sheep In double
deck cars, 10000 pounds. These will
govern as to cars without regard to
size except as to fat cattle, where, II
cars Of shorter length than 36 feet arc
ordered, the minimum is to be 10000
| pounds.
Have harness repaired at Sher.
woods. 7n3 Main Street.
The Iowa weather crop bulletin
!, for the week ending August 13 has
| just been issued as follows: Both the
temperature and rainfall were above
normal during the past week; the av-
erage daily excess OF temperature be-
ing about degrees, and the rainfall
ranged from nothing in some of the
southwestern counties to 554 inches
in Dubuque county; the average fer
| the state being about 1.50 inches.
Showers occurred on one or moro
days In nearly all sections, and were
heavy over the central and northern
| districts, and excessive and damaging
| in some of the northeastern counties
where they were, in many localities,
accompanied by wind squalls, thun
der and lightning and heavy hail The
| temperature exceeded 100 degrees at
many stations in the southern section
on the 10th. The drought has been er.
fectually broken over three-fourtns ol
the state and the general conditions
have been decidedly more favorable
for all unharvested crops, pasturage
and aftermath In meadows The rains
will check further deterioration OF
vegetation and will be of material
benefit In developing the late corn
except in some localities in the south.
western counties. The rains, however
came too late to be of much benefit
to early corn which Is, in many sec.
tons past recovery and will, at the
best, make light crop. Late potatoes
show considerable improvement and
pastures are becoming green again