The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23

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training and was we'll attended. 1t
| was given for the benefit of the High
school Athletic association.
Henry LITER had his trial yesterday
and was bound over in the sum of $500
to the October term of the circuit
court.
The Warsaw button factory is work
Ing full handed, ninety machines.
Misses Bertha and Mary Marsh at
| tended the recent convention of the
|.Women's Auxiliary of the Quincy do
cese Of the Episcopal church held in
canton, Mo. Rev. Geo. Long also at
tended and delivered an address on
Missionary Work" before the conven-
tlon. Warsaw was the unanimous
choice for the convention in Nav,
1916
Mayor r. o. Marsh has recently ad
dressed communication to the CITY
council, the industrial and social COM
mission and the board of local I'm
proVemants, urging the installation of
sewerage system and also water
mains extension, the work to be com.
Henced at once so that 1t may be COM
Pieted before the expiration of the
year. The laying of the mains and
building OF the sewer can be done at
the same time, thus tearing up the
streets but once. The sewerage sys-
tenn to cost 100000 and to cover prac-
ideally the entire settled portion Of the
CITY, including the north and south
side residential districts and the bust
ness district. leaving out lower War
saw This sewerage system to be
paid for by special assessment on the
property owners fronting the sewer
sixty foot lot costing $3.50 per year
Tor period Of ten years, with inter
est at 10 percent; smaller frontage
proportlonate rate. Mayor Marsh said
that the water mains extension could
De put In on the same plan He also
recommended that Main street be
paved, beginning in spring Of 1916.
with concreet from Second to Seventh
street. Some parties think that brick
would be preferable because leak
ages In water mains often cause the
tearing up of street which if con-
crete could not be neatly repaired,
while a brick paved street could.
Mayor Marsh Was consulting today
with representative of a street OIL
ing firm, relative to oiling our side
streets. Our mayor is a Give wire"
and wants. to do things. and is will
ing to show our citizens how he thinks
they can be dorse as he is a civil engi.
neer OF large experience. Mr.. Arthur
NJ Morgan, hydraulic and sanitary en-
gineer Of Chicago, several years ago
drew this plan for our sewerage sys-
tenn, furnished the figures for it, made
the survey and a correct blue print
of the same. He also visited Warsaw
and addressed large meeting of our
citizens one afternoon in the city hall,
clearly explaining in detail and telling
how easily the sewer could be paid
for.
Cleanup Day"-Tuesday- not
make much of a stir because Warsaw
lis always pretty clean, both streets
and alleys. cleaner than some cities
not thousand miles from here, so
visitors tell us. so the cleanup was.
not SO noticeable The wagons we're
pretty busy. however, and many big
piles Of rubbish We're hauled away.
One thing was missed, however. and
that was the city horse mower, which
was greatly needed to cut the tall
grass and weeds on the resident
streets. and would have helped great
" in making the city streets neater.
Death Of J. w. Shipe.
After an illness Of two years.
Josiah William Shipe, beloved hus
band Of Dora Ella Shipe. passed pesce-
fully away at his home west of Lima,
ILL.,, Wednesday evening. May 5, at
9:15 o'clock, being 81 years. 5 months
and II days old. His death causing sim
cere sorrow among the many friends
of the family in this community.
The deceased was born near Lima,
Adams county, H., Nov 25. 1853. one
Of a family Of seven children. four
boys and three girls, all of whom
have preceded him to his final home.
except one sister.
He was united in marriage April 2.
1885. to Miss Dora f Crenshaw of
Hancock county To this union there
was born six children, all of whom
were present except one son Elmer.
who died in infancy. He leaves to
mourn his loss, his wife and five chill
dr.2n, Mrs. Henry Hufendick of this
place, Lester, Edith, Douglas and Lula
at home, and four grandchildren and
one sister Mrs. Mary Shipe. residing
here. besides host Of relatives and
friends.
a few weeks ago this good father
ana IalLnIul nuSban was taken Serl-
ously i'll and his death was not unex-
pected and death claimed him at the
hour named. He had been in poor
health so long, but bore his sickness
with fortitude and looked on life's
bright side. r..
AS the faithful companion Of his
wife for over thirty years and as the
proud and devoted father Of six chill
dren his first thought and love was
for his home and in it he found his
greatest pleasure. Now that the chill
dren have all grown to maturity, with
the sunset of his life beginning to
cast its warm and pleasant glow over
his kindly life, the good father has
laid aside his life work and with a
smile of satisfaction and content,
closed his eyes in final sleep.
The many friends of this bareaved
wife extend to her the most sincoro