The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-27
GOOD ROADS
WERE DISCUSSED.
Int sting and Instructive Meeting Of
Van Buren, County People
Held at keo-
sauqua.
NEWS OF
Baseball: Club ~. for Practice Sun
day, Early In the Game for
the Coming
Season.
OF %BoNAPARrE

iGeorge Shaw and son Frank
of Burlington, have been visiting
here for the past week with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Vickers and
! other Bonaparte relatives.
NJ. D. Cox and family and Lucille
HOFFMAN of Mt Zion, were Sunday
visitors here at the home Of Mrs. s.
Cox.
Mrs. E. c.. Smith and daughter
Madge, visited with Keokuk relatives
last week from Friday until Saturday
evening.
Rene Clark and sister Leila of
Memphis, Mo-, were Sunday visitors
here with their sister Mrs. Art Cum
mings, and family.
A gentleman from Des MONIES a
few days ago purchased the VIM.
House farm a fe W miles southwest of
here, and with his family and house
hold goods arrived Saturday and
moved out to the farm in the after
noon.
One of the most interesting and
instructive & Cd roads meetings ever
held in Van Buren, county was IL
at the court house at KeosauQua last
Thursday. There was a large attend
ance considering the fact that the
weather conditions were not as fay
orable as they might lave been. The
board of supervisors and a large
mum Der Of trustees and other town.
ship officials were present; also
many others who are interested in
the betterment of the conditions in
Van Buren, county in the line Of road
work. Everyone present was very
much interested and earnest in the
| discussions and anxious to learn
more of practical road building. Ray
mond Duerr, county engineer. acted
as chairman of the meeting. J. S.
Dodds of the Iowa state highway
commission, was to have been there.
but was unable to come, and Fred
White of K~eosauqua spoke in his
place. The latest road laws were
discussed in the morning session by
Mr.. White. Many things Of interest
and information for the trustees were
taken, up and they were made to feel
that they understand their duties
much better. Mr.. v. Casady also
spoke on subjects Of interest. es-
pecially as to road dragging. Mr.. J.
R. Hughes addressed the afternoon
secession and pleased his hearers
greatly. He had much information
along the line of practical road build
ing. He especially talked owe the
matter of federal aid road appropria-
tons and said several of the coun-
ties had already accepted the federal
aid. This proposition is briefly, that
of the large sum appropriated by the
government, Van Buren, county would
receive about $4,000, for which the
county would have to give an equal
I'm cunt, the requirement being that
a continuous section of the county
road system would be improved. He
spoke Of the duties Of the different
county and township officials. Mr..
Eu ghes was q trustee for several
years as well as being on the board
Of supervisors Of Henry county, and
was well fitted for the performance
of his duties. Thomas Campbell, well
known all over Iowa as the best
blade grader man in the state. and
auth ority on road grading, gave a
talk on the cost of blade grader
work. County Engineer Duerr took
up and discussed several subjects. es-
pecia1ly the necessity of dragging.
". S. Marriott who recently pur.
| chased the Lumb property, two
blocks south of the Bonaparte school
building, has been making some i'm
provements on his property. The
house has been papered and painted
and some concrete work done during
the past week.
Miss Jennie Young, one Of the
teachers in the Bonaparte schools,
visited from Friday evening until
Sunday evening with her parents at
Pulaski.
H. G.. Donnelly has purchased the
building and fixtures of the Ogren
real estate office here and the build
ing will be occupied by Mrs. Schee,
with her millinery store.
Dewey sproat of HiIlsboro. visited
a couple of days last week at the C..
S. Percival home here.
Fire which started from sparks
from a chimney, burned a large hole
in the roof at the Beird Saddler home
Saturday morning. It was discovered
before 1t had made much Roadway
and was extinguished before doing
much damage.
Miss Gladys Dick, a teacher in the
Keosauoua schools, visited here Sat
urday with her mother. Mrs. Anna
dick. and other Bonaparte relatives.
Miss whitmore OF Fairfield. is en-
loving a few days visit with her
grandparents Mr.. and Mrs. H. A.
whitmore. who live atshort distance
north of town.
Chris Engle Of Cincinnati. Iowa,
who formerly lived here several years
ago. has been visiting at the Giles.
ME home, northwest OF, here, for the
past few days
Mrs. Ethel Rigby and two children
visited with Pennington relatives. and
friends Saturday.
A. H. Cummings who was IN the
picture business here and who moved
L.. ~danendenc Kanaaa- last fall