The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-07
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HAMILTON GATECWY
Il HAMIlToN IL sEe-.z a.
HAMILTON. ILL. SEPT. 2.

a trip from Bowen 10 quincy Sdt
urday last via Golden showed very
poor prospects for corn-much worse
south of Golden than to the nortn OF
that place Evidently the rains reacn'
ed the fields in that section too Iate
TO do much for the late corn one
old weather prophet we heard OF as
saying we will have no frost before
/ October. II his guess comes trJe
there will be many acres OF iauly
good corn in western Illinois, while
| If we get a killing frost by the middle
iof September the amount Of sound
corn viii not be large. Much OF 1t Is
| still in the soft roasting ear stage.
| a thing which rather took our atten-
ton on the way was to note the very
few silos in sight from the train.
Good houses, barns, ETC., but no silos
However, few of those farmers would
have enough stuff on 100 acres OF
land to fill a fair-sized silo when the
corn crop is il the shape 1t is now.
Getting away from the farms, jnss
Ere or two about affairs in Quincy.
We were for a while at the Soldiers
home. Did not happen to see any
veteran we knew. One, however, when
we said we were from Hamilton, asked
how Ross HaZen was getting along.
He had not heard of that comrades
death several months ago.
While down town we called at the
Wing office, thinking we would get
to look over The Gate City which we
had not seen for several days. But
they told us it was no longer on their
exchange list. AS we remember, they
said they get only about twenty ex-
changes now; that where they form
erly got three papers from Peoria,
now they have but one. Retrenchmenl
if the cry. irhe Wing people have
much better looking and more COM
Portable quarters in the location
nor invest corner of Washington park.
Business and work seemed rushing in
town generally.
OF course one can always hear
about what he wishes to hear, when
listening for opinions, but in few. il
any, places could we have approved
Of the action of congress as to the
strike. All are glad there is to be
no strike, certainly. But when BY
legislation we can determine time and
wages for one set of employed men,
how long before plumbers. carpenters,
and in fact everyone may properly
get the same way to settle disputes
with employers? If there were moth.
ing else than this action on the strike
to seat Mr.. Hughes and unseat The
democratic majority in congress, it
would certainly seem this would.
The death of Arthur Hambleton last
Saturday brought sense of personal
loss to large number Of our citi
zens. In the years he had been a
resident of this community, his
genial personality, kindly nature and
moral worth 20 impressed his int:
mates that strong bond of regard
grew into ties of lasting friendship
and the bereavement that now bur
dens his family is shared in no small
degree by those of US in Hamilton
who knew and esteemed him.
The call If this pleasant autumn
| weather to the roads and woods Is
not unheeded by our people. The
road is alive with happy eager par
ties seeking the joys of the pike and
the allurements of the woodsidt
tangle and forest crowned hills. Ir
! touch with this zest of the season
the fine chicken and salad egg are
being welcomed into society by oul
best people. Last Thursday at The
Oaks, the riverside summer home O.
| MT. ana MIS-. -. Il. 11dZeu, lu0 SUCH
circle of Wythe township held {
neighborhood picnic that will long b.
remembered by it's participants as al
outing of special and satisfying
! pleasure.
| On Friday of this week Wild Ca
springs is to be the gathering spot O.
the Women's Christian Missionary SO
ciety of the Christian church Of thi:
city where a picnic supper will b.
spread by the ladies'. The ladies O.
this organization are such splendid
cooks and hospitable entertainers
that it is possible their fame ma!
produce a small famine, unless they
provide amply for the crowd Of hungry
admirers who will undoubtedly crowt
about their feast.
On Sunday last the Dadants held &
family picnic at Wild Cat springs ant
on the same day a boys Sunday
school class from Basco held high
carnival amid the beauties OIL
splendid Wild Cat park.