The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-05-23
CITY NEWS.
Sherwood repairs harness,

ShSrwocd repairs hArneSS
Big line Of fine feathers on sale
at Ttgue's poultry store.
The motto OF the high school
! senior class chosen at = recent meet
ing is; Aim at the right end"
st Louis parties we're In the city
/ today discussing With business men
the prospects OF building new hotel in
/ Keokuk.
The state association OF Iowa I'M.
der,akers will meet In convention In
the coliseum st Des Moines today,
Wednesday and Thursday
In consideration of $3.50 w B,
I Collins has conveyed to Karl Klann
/ lot 6. book ls, Kilhourne addition. the
property being on the corner OF
Eighteenth and johnson.
/ -Regular meeting Morning Star
ledge. No, S. Knights OF Pythias to-
night at 500 O'Clock at Castle hall,
Fifth and Biondeau. Visiting Knights
invited. c. c. Koepf. c. c.
{ -Keokuk bankers have received In
vitssions to attend the a5th annual
! convention of the Iowa Bankers Asso-
citation TO be held at Mason City,
/ June Is and is The invitations are
signed by John McHugh. president,
and p W Hall. secretary
! The high school seniors will COM
plete the term the last of this week,
Examinations are now in progress.
/ The students OF the graduating class
are looking forward to the many
events outlined month ago IN an
article on school closing. the last days
for the 1911 class.
The body of the late Mrs. Mary
Harrington was laid at rest this
morning in the family lot in the Ca
tholic cemetery. Funeral services
were held at o'clock in ST Peters
church. The following assisted as
body bearers: Bryan. James. Daniel
and Joseph. four grandsons. and Tim
othy and Jerry Harrington. sons.
Dennis Harrington Was placed in
the county jail this morning to serve
out time on an old mittmus. three
days of q former sentence being all
that Harrington had served. John Doe
who told the Judge he was 8 travel.
err was also taken TO the county jail
for thirty days for taking too mucn
alcohol. A. NJ. Lansing who claims 10
be an E flat cornetist. while filled
with corn juice, and headed for Pa
oria. H.. was given ten days to get
over spree in the city jail, when
araigned in court this morning.
The verses which will appear be-
meath the cuts of the high school
senior class have been completed by
those who have had the work of fran
Ing up the epitaphs particularly ap
piicable to the subjects upon which
they tried their mental brightnes s.
The verses are the work of Miss Flor
ence NJ Talbot and Messrs. T. E.
Carpenter and j. B. Davis. The photos
of the seniors singly. will appear in
the annual number of the Comment
which will be issued on class day.
Photographs OF every department of
are ready for use In the annual num-
Der OF the school year.
Arraag are being made by
local parties TO give prizes for the
best amateur photography of tie
aviation meet to be held in Keokuk
next Saturday, May q. This will af-
ford interesting competition for hun
dreds of kodaks will be on the field
and the picturetaking will be fea-
ture. In order to stimulate this con-
When the aviation meet was held in
Salt Lake City, $500 cameras were
brought onto the field in single day
Sunday. II was estimated that out
of that number twenty pictures we're
/ taken TO each camera It can
advertising 10 Keokuk will be
when these kodak pictures are print
ed and sent 10 ali parts OF the Unit
ed States Special arrangements
will be made so the amateur photo
graphers can get pictures, II should
be remembered that the contest will
be limited 10 amateurs SO when you
start for Keokuk SATURDAY. be cure
and bring the kodak.
The Iowa weather crop bulletin
for the week ending May q sa-E:
| Copious rains over the larger part Of
the state on the fourteenth, followed
| by four days Of abnormaiiy warm
/ weather, with light 70 heavy and fairly
/ well distributed showers on the last
! three days Of the week, have caused
{ rapid growth OF all Tegetation. The
4 average Temperature wac 10 20 Is de-
grees above the normal. and the rain.
fall, though generally deficient, vas
ample for present needs except over
the northwestern countries where The
rainfall has been light for seyeraI
weeks. Corn planting is nearly finish
ed and many u the early planted
fields are being cultivated. The
stand of corn IL excellent, and re.
planting VII not De necessary except
on sod ground where cut and wire
worms are very acfive. and hare Al.
ready caused considerable damage.
Grass and small grains improved dur