The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-08-04
CITY NEWS.

Buy harness at Sherwood's and
save money.
Swedish Aid society annual ex-
cursion to Burlington, August s. Boat
leaves 1880.
Born July "a to Mr.. and Mrs.
Basil e. Glasford at Montrose, Iowa,
ten pound baby boy.
Big bargains in used pianos and
organs this week. Easy terms. Guest
Piano Co, 500 Main street.
A marriage license was issued to-
day to James Coleman Campbell. %.
and Miss Florence Smith. Is. both Of
Burlington.
Square pianos. $1,000 to $500;
organs, $3.50 to $4,000. Easy terms
Guest Piano CO.. 500 Main street.
DIR. j. B. How'd. who has been sick
for several days, threatened with ap-
pendicitis, was able to be down town
this forenoon.
Regular meeting OF Morning Star
Lodge, No. 5. at Castle hall Tuesday
evening at o'clock. Visiting broth
ers invited. N. J. Montague. c. c.. J. A.
Burgess. x. OF R. & s.
Iowa viii have a tremendous
grape crop, according TO the August
fruit report issued yesterday by Wes-
ley Greene, state horticulturist. Moth
ing has occurred since spring to al.
feet the grape vines, 80 that now
tl.cre is prospect of 81 per cent OF
full crop. This means that Iowa
yill have more than it can use and
probably more than 1t can find a
market for outside the state. Apples
have continued to drop of In pros
poets. The summer variety now
promises only II per cent Of full
crop. The general condition Of fruits
is 81 per cent. points behind the
1912 crop
Square pianos, $1,000 to $500;
organs, $3.50 to $1,000 Easy terms.
Guest Piano Co., 502 Main street.
Quincy Journal: Captain Walter
Wisherd will return to St. Louis to-
night where he will superintend the
work Of raising the steamer Majestic,
at Chain of Rocks, above the Missouri
town. Two divers are now at work on
the hull, making preparations for rails
ing the vessel and a number more
will be put to work Immediately. The
vessel now rests in eighteen feet OF
water and the entire upper works and
boiler deck are out OF water. The
principal damage consists OF the
wrecked superstructure, or upper
works, and the hole in the hull, 20
by 4 feet, will prove the least part Of
the actual damage. The river is still
falling and 1t is expected that the
craft will be floating and ready to be
towed to dry dock in about two weeks.
The Iowa weather crop bulletin
for the week ending August has just
been issued as follows Quite general
showers occurred on Thursday and
Thursday night, but the amount OF
rainfall was unevenly distributed. In
some localities the rainfall was nil,
while in others the amounts were
light to heavy; the southern counties
received the least. In some localities,
hin the northern counties there was
sufficient rainfall to insure the early
corn, but for the state as whole,
and especially in the southern dis
tricts, corn. potatoes and pastures are
needing rain badly Corn has already
suffered considerable damage in ths
southern part OF the state, but the
average condition OF the whole crop
is only four points below the July 1st
estimate, or 81 per cent. Much
trouble is being experienced IN south
ern districts in obtaining water for
stock and for threshing. Small streams
and many wells are dry. Threshing
is progressing rapidly under favorable
conditions. Preliminary estimates
show the average yield of winter
wheat to be about twenty.three bush
els per acre; spring wheat, sixteen;
oats, thir.y-four; barley. twenty-seven
and rye, nineteen bushels per acre. II
these estimates are maintained by
final returns the state will produce
about 175.000.oo0 bushels OF oats;
1t, SOC, 900 of wheat; 100000 OF bar
ley and 100000 bushels Of rye.