The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-03-22

Or, r. D. Denton, secretary Of the
Hancock County Fair association, at
| tended a meeting OF the secretaries
| OF Griggsville, Rushville, Canton,
Knoxville and LaHarpe, held In Bush
nell, last week to arrange oates ior
/ the fairs, and was successful IN Sc
curing the last week in August for
the Carthage. fair. and the association
| is congratulatfng over this date, IN
asmuch as 1t will not conflict with
the state fair, as did the the Hancock
4 county fair last year, thus reducing to
measure the attendance and also
exhibits, as number of our citizens
have been sending exhibits which
have taken prizes at the state fair.
\ The schools throughout the county
will not have opened at this date,
and there can be special school
| children's day. which will be attend
| ed by the many children of the coun-
! ty, without interfering in the least
with their school work.
A list of premiums has been pre-
pared for rural, village and high
schools, the total cash prizes aggre-
eating 1926, and County Superintend-
ent OF Schools s. D. Faris, has al
! ready mailed list OF the prizes TO
the various schools, in order that
the teachers and pupils may take up
/ the work before the spring rush OF
gard ening and work begins. and all
| teachers expect to cooperate with
the fair association in its efforts to
make the educational exhibit what IT
should be and improve the schools OF
Hancock county. Prizes will be offer.
| ed for maps of Illinois, being set OIL
three, one to show agricultural prod
ucts. one mineral, and one commerce
and manufacturing; a set OF -FOUR
maps from four pupils Of one school.
| these maps to be OF grand divisions.
/ groups OF states and countries; also
set of four maps from four pupils OF
one school, showing added territory
to the United States and the pest
weather record for 1917. for at least
six weeks, between January lst, and
April LIST, 1917.
There will also be prizes for I'M
provement in penmanship during the
4 year to be represented by two 2ri-
mary. two intermediate and two ad-
vanced pupils, the upper mounts 10
show writing at the beginning ana
| the lower mounts, writing at present
time. Also for best bird boxes, col
lleetions OF fifteen or more insects
Injurious to Illinois agricultural
products, named and arranged; best
! list of five books read during the
/ year, reviews of three of them.
i selected from the Pupils Reading
Circle list; best dressed doll eighteen
inches high, by two girls; best col
lection of twenty or more wood sec
tons OF native trees; also Tor needle
work; collections OF grain, paper
cuttings, set Of four maps OF Hancock
county; mounted collection OF twelve
4 leading textiles sold In Hancock
county; maps showing the regions
/ settled by colonists from the various
countries of Europe. during the Per
| iod OF colonization and settlement in
United States history; maps showing
growth in territorial possessions OF
! the United States: for water color
| painting; exhibit by class OF pupils
OF herbarium Of local weeds, showing
| plant, flower, seed and statement
how to eradicate them; fcr forty
mounted leaves OF trees. There will
also be premiums for the best speci-
men book in each township.
The following Rebekah lodges have
i filed certificates of election of trus-
tees, with Circuit Clerk Scott:
Jessamine Rebekah, lodge No. 5o7.
Oh lpOWSJl, udSluS tlSClSA dS ~ uSLCCS
for the ensuing year. the following:
4 Arch owen, Gladys Vision. Ralph
Binkley, Stella Thompson. VIII
Matthews. Pearl Robertson, N. g.;
Dona Owen. secretary.
u Augusta lodge No. 718. James Ber-
thoR, Bernetha Walsh VIM. Reeves,
Ida Foster, Kelsey Morrison, Ollie NJ.
Fahey, N. G.; Grace L. Young, secre-
tary.
Maple Grove Rebekah lodge No. 2s3,
of Carthage, reelected their trustees,
who were: Lillian Barnes, Fred
Johnson, Lulu Ayers. z. P. Cutler,
and Oscar ODell. Nellie Roath, N.
c.; Lillian Vertner, secretary.
| Fred Boyle, of Niota township, was
the first township collector to file
his receipt with Circuit Clerk and
Recorder John F. Scott, the same hav-
ing been filed Thursday, in the sum
of $11,427.13.
| william E. HANNA, of Nauvoo
township, files his receipt for $751;
2S9.26.
/ Clay Wildrick, of Pontoosuc town
ship, files receipt for $19,039.71, and
Leo L. Worden, of Durham township,
for $1S,O39.71.
Alva Williams has been notified
by the Baltimore team. to report for
duty for the coming season, and left
the last Of the week for that city.
Miss VandenBoom. stenographer at
the Quincy office OF Hartzell, Cav
anaugh, Plantz & Green, has been in
the city few days at the Carthage
office, during the absence Of Miss
Beula Bowman. who has been in Fort
Madison. visiting her uncle, John
Stowe and family, and having her
eyes treated.
Real Estate Transfers.
Lizzie w. Lindsey to c. A. Wood.
deed. 81, $50. PIT. SW 22-7-5.