The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-02
CITY NEWS.

Read Ludwig's ad in this issue.
Automatic Baseball club is now
iopen at $40 Main street
The condition of Mrs. Anna Ogden
who was operated on yesterday, is re
iported as being favorable.
Regular meeting OF Pukechetuck
encampment No. z, I. O. o. r., at
/ Odd Fellows hall at o'clock tonight.
Visiting brethren fraternally invita-
l to attend.
Lee Dunn, son OF Alfred Dunn,
was operated on Monday, and his con-
idftion shows Improvement. His broth
Ter. Maurice, has returned home, after
/, spending the summer with his uncle
in Cambria, Iowa
Automatic Baseball club is now
open at SIG Main street.
Everybody hates to see the pass
Ing OF summer but at any rate the
advent Of autumn has several conso-
ilations In the passing OF the sport
/, shirt, the death Of many flies and the
retirement Of jiggers to regions un
known.
| -Keokul1 fire insurance agents are
still WORKING on the almost mystifying
"details OF Iowa's new fire insurance
rate law. The local men say that the
new legislation is making them an
endless amount of work as they arc
forced to figure to the fraction OF a
cent the premium On each policy.
1 Heretofore some OF the agents did not
accept policy with premium small
er than So but the new law and the big
cut in rates is forcing them to accept
small risks with little returns. Tho
accompanying work is greater than tho
returns, several declare.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. r. X McLaury, form
er residents OF neokuk, now living at
Birmingham, Ala, are the parents of
| a daughter, born yesterday. Mr.. Nc
Laury was with the Burlington Route
here and is in the employ Of that road
] in the south. The Burlington Gazette
says: There are two happy grandads
lin Burlington today. A message was
received from Robert McLaury of
Birmingham, Ala, stating that his
family had been enlarged by the ad-
vent of baby daughter. c.. Fl. Nc
Laury and H. G. Rhodes are the proud
lgrandfathers Mrs. McI1aury was for
merly Miss Cecil Rhodes Of this city.
| Crop conditions in Iowa, accord
ing to the report from the Rock Island
road, are favorable to all outstand-
| ing crops excepting corn. One fea-
/ ture Of the report was the general I'M
reasonable cool weather over the state
with light frosts in some parts. The
report declares that the second cron
lof clover hay is being cut and the
yield Is heavy. The canning or sweet
corn will begin September 1. with the
eastern Iowa factories working at
ia - Ill H. h4nx fn1-V
! Threshing is practically completei
are reported The price Of oats is as
low as 80 cents per bushel and many.
farmers are refusing to sell, hoping
for higher price later. Potatoe 3,
garden truck and pastures are In good
condition. Little fall blowing is being
done. Hot dry weather is needed for
the corn crop, Lie report says
/ The Iowa weather and CROP sery.
ice bulletin for the week ending Aug
lust 30, has just been issued az fol-
lows: The week was favorable for
work In most sections, and rand prog
tress was made with threshing and
stacking, but the weather was too cold
for corn. The average temperature
was about IL degrees below the nor
NAL and light to heavy frost OCCUR I'd
on the morning OF the both, with freezs
Ing temperatures In many localities,
especially over the northeastern cour-
ties. The rainfall was deficient ex-
cept in a few sections where copious
to heavy local showers occurred. It
rs too early to determine the amount
of damage done by the frost, but it Is
SIZE to say that the damage was al
most fnappreciable. but on low ground,
over the northeastern and north cen
trail counties corn must have been In
tured some. On account of threshing
being delayed. there has been little or
no fall blowing done, and as result
the acreage of{winter wheat probably
will be lessened. Reports continue 20
indicate large yields Of small grain,
with quality fair to poor. Pastures,
truck and fruit are in good condition
uanerally