The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-30
This Was Report Made to the Civic
League Members at Meeting
Held Saturday
Afternoon.
SOME SUGGESTIONS MADE
People Were Asked to Point Some
Ways in Which Organi-
zation Might
Help.

The regular monthly meeting OF
the Civic league was held on Satur-
day afternoon In the girls club room
of the Y. w. G. A. Miss Eleanor
Brown, presiding. Miss Caroline
Baldwin made the secretary's report,
and Miss Younker gave the financial
report. Reports of standing COM
mittees were given, the park COM
mittee reporting that the commits
sioners being Of divided opinion on
the sale of the animals in the park,
nothing had been done as yet in the
matter. One of the buffaloeS is sick,
and indications are that 1t will die.
The committee reported that the
refuse cans recently placed in the
park are being used.
Mrs. J. J. Ayres reporting for the
social committee, asked what date
the members preferred for the an
nual Civic league luncheon. BY a
vote it was decided to set the date
in January.
Miss Martha Baldwin spoke before
the league regarding the community
band proposition. The sentiment
was strongly in favor of such an
organization.
In speaking of the city trees and
~ W oS AoPoi SSN SAAS~S
some sort of insect is destroying the
walnut trees in this section. For
some time the elms have been infect
ed and have died in large numbers:
The walnut trees are in danger and
I the tree committee was instructed to
investigate the matter. The tree
work is rather discouraging since
the spraying or treating OF tree
here and there about the city doesn't
help matters much. To be effective
it must be a community affair. At
the beginning Of the club year the
president asked for suggestions as to
Civic work which various people
inside and outside the league
thought should be brought about. The
| suggestions were diversified and
were all of a practical every day ma
ture One called attention to the
unsightliness of the empty Garfield
school building on North Fifth
street, and to the dilapidated build
ing on the corner diagonally across
from the school building. Both these
are on the street which is used more
than almost any other in town by
automobiles.
Another suggestion was that the
old pavilion in Rand park might be
made into toilet rooms and the ones
now in such a bad state, be el1m1n'
ated.
That If the street sweeper belong
ing to the city were used at night,
Main street could be kept cleaner
and at a smaller cost than the pres
ent method of hand work. The oD
| lection made by merchants in former
years was that the street sweeper
used in the day time made cloud OF
dust. This Objectionable feature
would be Of small effect il the sweep
ing were done at night.
| Another recommendation called at
tention to the unsightly spot where
garage burned several years ago
and where the debris has been al
lowed to remain. The approach to
the bridge and the surrounding OF
the union station and boat landing
were spoken of by another, and the
| first impressions made upon those
who come to the city.
A crusade against rats was sug
gested by another. The women OF
bloomfield, a year ago, opened wal
against rats an mice, and the boast
is made that the city is now Tree
from these two pests.
At the close of the meeting MISS
Brown read the call fer the first
district convention which Will De
held in Mt Pleasant November H.
with Mrs. Francis Whitley and MIS-.
Max Mayer as the principal speakers.