The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-18
CITY NEWS.

CITY NEWS.
"A marriage license was issued TO
Francis Earl Tomlinson; 20 and
Georgia May Henson, 20. both OF Eco
kuk.
The Colonial theatre win be
closed after tonight until further nc.
tice, for repairs. J. r. O'Connell, mnu-
lager.
Keokuk camp NJ. w. A. No. ga
Will .-olJ Its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hal.. All members are re-
i Quesfed to be present IS
w. "A. Balbach has received word
Of the death OF his uncle, Conrad Bal
bach, at Springfield, MINI. Deceased
was born in Germany, but has rela-
| tives in Keokuk and Franklin. Iowa
Regular meeting OF Keokuk aerie
No. 6S3. F. O. E.. tonight at Eagles
hall. 523 Main. at o'clock. Visiting
brothers always welcome. Chas. A.
Noakes. ecretary. Business OF Inn
portance.
- L. s. sscaddings, formerly or
this city. who went to Fort Madison to
be superintendent Of the electric con-
pany there. has returned to Keokuk
Iagain. Mr.. Scaddings and family ar
1
sumo the post OF superintendent Of
| the meter department OF the Mfssts-
isfppi River Power company.
1 A certified copy Of the resolution
passed by the board Of supervisors,
ordering the county clerk to pay into
| the county treasury to the credit Of
! the county fund. such part Of this
fund as properly belongs to the coun-
| ty fund, has been received here by.
the county clerk. This money will
be paid ont by Clerk vollers, accord
ing to the instructions given him by
the board Of supervisors.
Its going to cost people IN Lee
county 80 cents to find out how much
taxes are due. There was new law
passed at the last legislature making
this charge mandatory. Hence, when
anyone writes to the county treasured
to ascertain what his bill 10, he must
send 80 cents in stamps or the letter
will not be answered.
Captain A. C. Decker, member OF
Keokuk fishing party now at Pelican
Rapids. Mimi. wYites to q Keokuk
friend that they are having 4 hna
time and that fishing Is good He says
that Ira Spangler caught thirty-nine
Friday. One nsh weighed sixty
pounds which il the record for thu.
season. Weather Is reported good
The party expects to return to Kec-
kuk about the eth.
The regular monthly meeting Of
the G. w. b.. Of the First Christian
church was held last evening ana
proved to be very enjoyable and
iproftable session. The meeting was
held in the lecture room of the church
and was attended by large number
tof members. An enjoyable feature
was solo ~ Mrs w G. Hughes, and
interesting addresses were given By
/ DR.. Stafford on The Children OF the
Bible" and Religious Conditions In
Mexico" by J. O. Boyd Mrs. B. F..
Smith, who attended the national
Christian church convention in Los
count OF the meeting. After the prn.
gram social session followed.
| George w. Rntledge OF Keokuk. IS
at San Francisco. Cal. and sends the
following letter to the Nauvoo Rust
iler. He says: TT may surprise you
that write you from here. but took
q sudden notion to come. We (sisteF
and II. arrived here Sunday night. We
have good hotel accommodations In
the heart OF the city, but the better
class hotels are filed up all the time.
! San Francisco is a wideawake city
and the people are genial and court
eous. The weather conditions are
fne, air bracing. and no rain. Mona
is expected till October. The exposi
ton Is very complete, and would re-
1qufre some time to go through in de-
tail. We expect to go to Los Angeles
some time soon. and thence to San
Diego. We have met many friends
!, here, which assists IN making our visit
the more enjoyable. trust everything
iis well with you. :"
| The Iowa weather and crop serv-
ice bulletin for the week ending Aug
lust 16 has Just been issued as follows:
THE week brought the most favorable
weather OF The season for belated farm
work, and for the rapid growth Of
corn. The days gave about the aver
age amount OF sunshine. and the rain
fall was considerably less than the
normal. While the days were warm
1.-THE cool nights kept the average tern
lperature for the week down to abou'
normal Harvesting is practically an
ifshed except in the southern counties,
where farmers are still trying to save
some OF the oats that were badly
lodged. Shock threshing has begun IN
all sections and rapid progress was
made during the week. Considerable
stacking was done, especially In the
northern counties. Threshing returns
Indicate heavy yields OF small grain
but IN the southern sections the quail
Iity is generally below the normal on
account Of being damaged by wet
weather. Corn made very rapid prog
ress, and In the northern counties.
where 1t was so backward. Is begin.
ming to tassel The second crop OF
clover will make heavy hay crop, but
bushels per acre. but about half OF
the crop shows signs Of rotting. Fruits, I
potatoes, gardens and pastures are In |
good condition and fruits are improv-