The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-09-08
CITY NEWS.

Dill for sale at Tigue's 922 Main.
Masonic: Hardin, We'd, $3.50; LIST,
Grapes in quantities delivered
Phone 2321-F-23.
4 Rice & Dore water circus return
lengag ement Monday. Sept. 10.
A marriage license was issued
Yesterday to A. S. Conway, %, Mem
-phis. and Margaret Kimple, %, Cory
don. :,
Friends of Miss Violet Shafer will
| be glad to learn that she is recover
| ing rapidly from an operation Tor
appendicitis.
| -Keokul camp NJ. w. A. No. 622
will ..olL its regular meeting tonight
at Woodman hal. All members are re-
quested to be present.
The attachment suit OF e. D..
Hawkes. VS.. l. w. Wolf was settled
and dismissed in the superior court
this morning. Sam Levy, Mexican,
uaid $2.S5 and costs for a spree.
Extra copies Of this evenings is-
sue of The Daily Gate City can be
obtained at the business of1ce, wrap
ped and ready for mailing. The post
age will be cents. The price per
copy is cents.
Commercial Agent Bridgeman OF
the Wabash announces that train No.
IL on the Wabash will be held until
500 tomorrow-circus day-in order
to allow out-of-town people plenty OF
time to see the circus The regular
time for departure is 4:45 p. m. To-
morrow the train will leave at 500
p. N.
Miss SaIlie B. Anderson, presi-
ly,,l- fhn
Women's Christian Temperance Union
will report on the progress of the
Keokuk union at the annual confer
ence of the first district which open
ed in the Methodist church at Medi-
apolis, Iowa, today, and will extend
through tomorrow.
A delegation of assessors visited
the board of supervisors in session
yesterday. They sought an increase
over the compensation allowed. Those
appearing were Joe Miller Of Pleasant
Ridge township: 8. H. Johnston OF
Keokuk, August ,Peitzmeier OF Marion
township. AL Link Of West Point and
r. E. Bell of Cedar township. 1t is
not thought their request for more
wages can be granted.
The Gate City in yesterdays is
sue told of the salient features of En-
sineer Perkins report on the drainage
district. The Fort Madison Democrat
contains the following additional mat
ter concerning this question: One
present at the meeting raised the
legality point Of the procedure to
date, and this point will be determin-
ed before further steps are taken. It
appears that the establishment Of a
drainage district could result from
the steps so far taken, but that a
pumping station would require the
petition OF third OF the land own.
ers affected. If the pumping station
is considered as distinct from the
drainage district it might require the
signatures of that number to a petit
ton; il considered only an adjunct
OF the drainage district It might be
/ established under the present proce
dure The disposition of the matter
/ it's continuance to September 20, me,
with general satisfaction; It was, In
fact, suggested by Engineer Perkins
who was present.
The Iowa weather and crop bull
tin for the week ending september
| has just been issued as follows: Idea
weather prevailed during the week
The days were practically c1oudless
ana the nights were mOQerdLely warm
which made the best conditions pos
sible for maturing the corn crop
threshing and finishing haying. The
/ frost on August Goth and. 31st serious
lily injured corn on low ground in the
north central and northeastern coun
| ties. Probably 10 per cent OF the corr
in the northeastern counties was bad
:Iy damaged Shock threshing is near
| ly completed. A summary Of report.
received on September LIST show thu
average condition of crops to be a.
follows: Corn, &C per cent; potatoes
"a: pastures, 107; apples, 101 PEI
cent of the 1913 crop. which indicate
l2,7O0. 600 bushels of apples to b,
harvested. with favorable weather 2
per cent OF the corn will be safe from
frost September Goth, AZ per cent OF
September 30th and rs per cent o.
October 18th. Preliminary reports n
dictate average yield Of winter whea
to be % bushels; spring wheat, Is
oats. AZ; barley, 80; rye, 10; timoth.
seed, 81 bushels per acre. Threshinl
was SO per cent completed. TIT
acreage Of timothy cut for seed is i
Iper cent less than the area cut in 1919