The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-04-27
IOWA.


en- will wear sailor suits and the boys
black uniforms on the night of the
class commencement.
CLINTON, Ia, April 27.-Anti-ty-
phoid serum for the treatment Of
members of the Iowa brigade of field
artillery, with batteries at Clinton,
Davenport and Muscatine, has been
received at brigade headquarters
here. Members of battery A of Clin-
ton, will be given the first treatment.
Ten days later the second treatment
will be administered and ten days
thereafter the third and last applica-
ton OF the serum will be made.
CEDAR RAPIDS. Ia, April 81
Miss Dorothy Smith, for nine years
night superintendent OF st. Luke's
hospital here, was drowned in the
Cedar river. The canoe which she
was padding struck a snag and cap
sized. Mae Baxter, nurse who was
in the canoe with Miss Smith, was
rescued.
CLINTON, Ia, April 27.-Promi-
nent Masons from all sections OF the
state are here attending the four
days reunion Of DeMolay consistory,
Scottish rite masons. Many of them
will remain throughout the session
SHENANDOAH, Ia, April Pr
More than sixteen years ago, Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Branson of this city
adopted a pretty infant two years old
from the orphans home in Chicago.
She was given the name Marguerite
D,-o,, vsr1
old, her mother came to Shenandoah
and claimed the little one. The child
went with her mother and her name
was changed to Marjorie England.
Last week when the girl became of
age, she returned to Shenandoah to
make her home with her foster par
ents-
TRAER, Ia, April 27.-Former Sec
rotary of Agriculture James Wilson
has been called to New York to con-
fer with gentlemen who are project
ing monthly farm publication called
the Agricultural Digest. They desire
him to be the president of the COM
pany, and also to be the managing
editor.
DIES MONIES, April 26.-worl has
been received here OF the death at
Fairfield of Joseph Clinkenbeard, 9S
years old, and for seventy years
resident of Jefferson county and Fair
field At the time of his death Mr..
Clinkenbeard was the oldest resident
in Jefferson county. He owned and
operated the first saw mill in Iowa.
He came to this state from Kentucky.
NASHUA. Ia. April 27.-The
Nashua Rod and Gun club is the name
of a new organization formed here.
1t is expected that the twenty-five
charter mem bers will soon be in
creased by an addition of 100 new
members. The object OF the club is
the protection of fish and game at all
times except when lawful to take or
kill during the open season, and to
stocked with fish.
vINTON, Ia, April 27.-The small
grain is all in and the farmers are
busy now getting the corn land ready.
Notwithstanding the, corn failure of
last year there viii be no 1essening of
the acreage this year. Iowa was never
known to have two corn failures in
succession. There will be large
acreage of corn planted.
SIOUX CITY, Ia, April 27.-Sioux
City's police department will soon be
horseless one, and the gong Of the
patrol wagon will no longer be heard
The horses are to be sold soon. Mo-
tor cars are to take their places.
The high cost of feed IL given as one
of the reasons for the innovation
ILLINOIS.
EAST DUBUQUE. ILL.,, April IA
week ago it was thought East Dubu-
que would have twenty-four saloons
on May /, fourteen new permits hav-
ing recently been granted by the city
council.
However, two Of the parties to
whom permits were granted, failed to
make deposit of the $3.50 quarterly
license at the time limit set by the
council They claim not to have been
able to get suitable locations, but it
is asserted by others that they be-
lieve the business is being overdone
and that they stood to lose rather
than make big money like the ten
saloons have been doing up to date.
QUINCY, H.. April 27.-Oil interest
has taken another boom as the result
Of information from the Plymouth
Colmar field that the well on the Viii
liam Aleshire lease, two and half
miles north of Plymouth came in yes
terday with five feet of oil sand.
SPRINGFIELD, H., April 27.-Gov-
ernor Dunno in proclamation de-
signates Friday. May 10. as Good
Roads day in Illinois. The recon-
of the governor is that on