The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-04-26
The Warsaw Gate City
Warsaw, Ill, April 26, 1915.

April 70, 1919.
, MANY thanks are due those who
MADE n such an unqualified success,
visiting officers, camp officers anu
the local committee Eighty-six mem
bers were present at the opening and
others came in later. Acorn camp Is
growing BEAUTIFULLY and has team
, that cannot be excelled In the sec
lions of the tri-states close by.
Warsaw r. o. E. had an en1oyaDie
session Thursday at their hall. when
they initiated three new members
and received eight applications After
work, they went to refreshments In
the dining hall below where an APP
tpetizing luncheon was served This
order is also growing and doing
great deal of good.
Roy williams of wythe appeared
in a quartet In a Hamilton hish
school minstrel held Thursday even
ing.
Mr.. T. H. Mason OF Monticello. Ar
kansas. who recently bought the dry
goods stock of ]. T. Battels, shows
some beautiful photos Of his home
town OF 1000 population. which prove
it is not down In the woods" Month
cello IS the county seat of Drew coun-
ty and Is situated on spur OF the
Iron mountain railway, forty-ive miles
west of the Mississippi river, and 14o
miles north Of New Orleans. the
nearest large city. and good market
for everything raised down there. The
public buildings, churches. schools,
etc, would be a credit to city OF
10000 population. 1t Is the seat OF
the state agricultural college, its build
ing, large and handsome, being located
ON tract OF hundreds OF acres. The
college has between 500 and 600 stu
dents and is doing great work. The
Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist
churches are handsome modern struc-I
lures built of brick and cement
There are two schools. one Of them q
high school OF modern architecture.
The streets OF Monticello are wide
and paved with gravel and beautifully
shaded A rich agricultural country
surrounds IL. with roads At for any
auto. The climate is mild, winters not
sacere. Wheat, corn, oats. cotton and
tobacco are raised, and lately the
farmers are becoming interested in
alfalfa. The country is fine for all
kinds of fruits, peaches predominant
ing. Melons of all kinds ara raised.
Improved land sells for SIS 90 to
$4,000 per acre; unimproved from
$500 to $500. In the bottoms east
of Monticello along the Mississippi
river a drainage system IL being In
stalled which will reclaim all the
land and will put tax on each acre
of about $500 If paid in cash. or $500
to 800 If paid in twenty years. Mon
ticello is live, wide awake little city,
full OF vim and snap, and credit to
the state OF Arkansas.
The prize baby of Hancock county
was just discovered today in the per-
son OF the seven months old boy OF
Mrs Phillips Of Rocky Run, who tip
/ ped the beam in Kraehling's grocery
at twenty-one pounds. He Is beau
tiful blonde, and very bright and in
telligent, might almost be taken for
ono roar or more old. He is good
boy and a comfort to his mother;
never has had sick day.
Ferris and Warsaw will play ball
at the fair grounds Sunday, April %.
at 200 p. m. Our boys can put up
a good game and should not let the
visitors beat them.
Over an inch OF rain fell the other
day. according to the government
gauge.
| Possibly Warsaw may have sight
| of the Colorado boosters who are
making the trip from Colorado City
| to the east coast in ten autos. The
routfit expects to be in Keokuk Tues
! day, April 27, and in Quincy the same
day and may pass through Warsaw.
Warsaw's telephone central was
represented at the operators school
hold in Carthage Tuesday and Wed
nesday. under the auspices OF the Mis-
sissippi Valley Telephone company,
by the following young ladies: Miss
Mary e. Baird, chief operator: Miss
Mabel Myers. assistant chief, and
Misses Margaret Parker and Anna
Buschling, local operators. They re-
ported very enjoyable time.
! Henry H. Hermann Of st. Louis Is
visiting Warsaw friends.
| Henry Windsor, "Popel" as he IL
Familiarity called, has been very i'll
with intestinal trouble which devel-
oped in an abscess which broke
Thursday, and he is now GONZALES
cling.
Mrs. James Peoples Is improving,
though not yet out Of danger. be-
cause of her advanced age.
Oil on the streets was agitated here
some twelve or more years ago, and
through the efforts of the secretary of
the Business Mems association ten
barrels Of crude OIL was given to the
! city by Major NJ Meigs, engineer in
charge Of the canal, who not only
| gave it free OF charge, but delivered
i It on the levee without it costing
Warsaw one cent. There it laid for
years, until some Of the barrels burst
and the oil ran out on the ground, and
| the balance of the lot was hauled
away by somebody: who, 1t was was
never known. 1t seemed impossible
at that time to get up any enthusiasm
for oilfng the streets and country
roads, though the effort was bravely
made. It is to be hoped that condi-