The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-10
CITY NEWS.


protect your horse
Regular meeting Morning Star
lodge No. s, knights of Pythias to-
night, at 500 o'clock at Castle hall,
Fifth and Blondeau. Visiting knights
invited. John P. Johnson. c. G.
Regular meeting of Loyal Order
Of Moose, Keokuk lodge No. 7o4. to-
night at o'clock in Moose hall. Wis
iting brothers cordially invited. Ed.
G. Vaughn dictator. Roy NJ. Martin
secretary.
The Lee county delegation to the
first district bull moose convention
held in Burlington yesterday was com
posed of: S. C. Westcott, L. II. Aver,
f. NJ. Ballinger, H. B. Foster, Henry
Stricken and C. F. Mcfarland, O.
Keokuk; John L. Benbow. OF For
Madison.
Burlington Gazette: SATURDAY,
evening a telephone message was re-
ceived summoning Mrs. w. ]. Wonl
went to the bedside OF her father.
Mr.. Ed Walsmith of Keokuk, who has
been near deaths door for some time
Word received this morning says the
patient rallied through the night but
| is very weak.
In this issue appears an article
from Judge Felix T. Hughes concern
ing questions involved In the political
contest now going on. Judge Hughes
| is writing number of pertinent art
icies about the questions involved II
the political arguments now going or
between the several parties and they
are worthy of careful consideration.
New line OF buggies and big stock
/ of harness at Sherwoods.
The Gate City is receiving
number of communications regarding
name for the lake to be created on
completion of the water power dam.
This paper invites general express
sion of opinion on the name OF the
lake above the dam and will be glad
to print short communications. Let
there be full and free expression.
This fall many farmers will do
like thousands of other farmers take
trip west and invest in cheaper farm
land. This has been the custom since
the days OF the pioneers and will con-
tnue to be- The advance in eastern
farm lands applies to western farm
lands and there will soon be no cheap
land. If you are interested In buyin,
good land in Colorado or western
Kansas write to S. N. wilkins, Cres-
ton, Iowa, for particulars about tracts
~ To- nd hot
good soil and have sure appreciation.
The Quincy city council is consid-
ering ordinances affecting the propos-
ed new interurban road, and at meet !
| ing held last night 1t became apparent
that majority of the members are
inclinel to favor the adoption of re-
port Of the grade committee recon-
mending the opening of Second street
from State to Delaware streets, and
to buy two pieces of property on
which the city has options in order
that the street may be graded by the
promoters of the Quincy and Western
Illinois Railway company. This means
that the chances of the proposed In
terurban becoming an assured fact
are brighter right now than at any
time since the ordinance was adopted
some months ago. This is the inter
urban that it is proposed to run
! through the western part of Illinois
through Hamilton and Carthage.
The Iowa weather crop bulletin
/ for the week ending September s, has
4 just been issued as follows from Des
Moines: The past week was one OF
the hottest of the season, with album
dant sunshine, and high percentage
1 OF humidity. Showers were frequent
during the first half Of the week, and
were quite general, although the rain
fall was very light in the southeast
ern and northwestern counties. The
heaviest rainfall occurred over the
4 southwestern quarter of the state,
and copious showers We're reported
from the central and northeastern dis
tricts. More than five inches of rain
fell In Audubon and Guthrie counties
and more than four inches In Shelby
county The weather was unusually
favorable for forcing the maturity of
corn, but the crop VIII reuire four
more weeks of dry, warm weather to
put it beyond danger of killing frost.
Much of the corn is dented, but a
large portion of the crop is only in the
roasting ear stage. Considerable
threshing was done. except where the
rainfall was the heaviest, and there
rapid progress was MAGE in blowing
and seeding fall grains. Pasturage is
generally in good condition, and late
potatoes are doing fairly well.