The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-04
CITY NEWS.

The high smoke stack of the
Keokuk Water Works company on
Concert street between Water and
First, has been taken down.
| Regular meeting OF Keokuk
lodge No. 1O6, B. P. o. E., tonight at
s o'clock. Elks' hall. Sixth and Blon-
deau streets. Visitors invited.
The will of the late Bell
Bracket Joy was opened and pub
licly read in the district court today.
|, The instrument is very short and her
husband is named as beneficiary in
the requests of the instrument.
Edward W. Mccoy has taken out
building permit to erect one story
frame dwelling on South Eighth
street between Exchange and Bank.
The house will be on the rear forty
| FIVE feet of lots and in block 100,
and will cost In the inighborhood Of
| $4,000 The dimensions will be 80
by "a feet.
| A new chain letter Is going the
! rounds in this section Of the country.
/ In the letter there is request to
send twenty-five cents in stamps to
Mr.. Horritts, who is said TO be the
French consul at Seattle, for a hos
pital for face and jaw cripples in
Paris The letter states that fer each
$3.50 thus raised the American Red
Cross would add $4,000. A message
from the national headquarters of the
Red Cross, however, states that the
project has neither the approval or
authorization Of that organization.
An attempt is being made to or
ganize club of young colored people
out Of the members in Keokuk high
L., NJ MI ton
is not meeting the approval of the
colored people who are leaders in
the com munity, 1t is understood, and
probably will not be completed. 1t
Is felt by these people that until
white and colored students there
should be no attempt at separate
organizations Of this kind.
The Iowa weather and crop bu.-
letin report for the week ending
October z, has just been issued az
follows: The average temperature |
for the week was about degrees |
below the normal, and light to heavy |
frosts occurred on two or three |
mornings in practically all parts OF
the state, the heaviest being in the |
eastern counties Corn made fairly |
good progress considering the cool |
weather, but fully one-third of the |
crop Is not yet safe from an ordinary |
killing frost and much more than !
that would be seriously damaged by |
freezing temperatures. Not more
than so or IS per cent will be safe |
by October 18th, and from present |
indications from to 10 per cent of |
the crop will require all of October
and at least 5 per cent is hopeless.
The soutnw estern and west central |
districts show the best condition and |
the central district the poorest. How |
ever. there Is enough of the crop /
mature IN ell districts TO insure suf- !
ficient seed for next year and the |
seed is now being gathered In large |
quantities. Much of the late bottom /
land corn Is being cut for fodder and |
many silos are being filled. Consid-
cradle corn Is still IN the roasting /
ear stage and as green as in July
Flowing and seeding Of winter wheat
and rye has been handicapped in the |;
southern and central districts by /
dry weather, but over the northern
counties there has been a decided IN
crease in the acreage of winter wheat
and rye sown. The acreage OF ciog- 1
er cut for seed will be much less than |
the normal, and large areas OF last
Springs seeding of clover and Alfalfa
have been destroyed by grasshoppers.
Cattle are on feed in many iocaiHies
on account Of shortage OF pasturage.
Rain Is badly needed for pastures,
blowing and fall sovn grains, put
corn must have dry, warm weather