The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-27

Hancock County Fair association
opens the fair grounds Tuesday, Aug.
ust IS. for the second annual fair, and
the prospects are for the biggest ana
hest fair ever held in this county,
| the entries Of live stock. poultry anu
farm products being mucn larger
! than on the previous year. !.
| The following superintendent Will
be in charge General superlntena-
ent, w. d. Egbers; races, b. M. hoo-
lbins. marshal of the ring, II. A.
WILCOX; permits and privileges. p.
n Cox: grand stand, w. E. Lyon;
liberal arts building, John Helfrich !:
Gates. w. o. Kunkel; marshal, Fred
Johnson; cattle, section l, beef
breeds, irving Mayor; cattle. section
| 2. dairy breeds, Irving Mayor; horses
H. %. WOODBURY.; sheep and swine,
FRANKLIN Hartzell; poultry, II. T.
Crum; farm implements. L. L. Cne-
wilton; farm products, fruits and flow
/ ers. Prof. Henry Lloyd; culinary.
Mrs. M. P. Berry; school work, ProL
Is. d. Faris. ,,,,,o.
I! and Chas. C. Wetzel compose the
auditing committee.
| The officers of the. association are:
liz. M. Robbins, president: Robert
| BAIRD. vice president; r. D. Denton,
secretary: Thos. F. Dunn, treasurer.
| r.. M. ROBBINS, l.. l.. CheVillon, w.
E. Lyon, w. D. Egbers, w. 0. Kunkel,
I / 7. WEIGH and Robert Baird are
the board Of directors.
! Tuesday Is childrens day, at the
Hancock county fair, when all chill
dren under twelve years, accompan-
| led by their parents or guardian,
will be admitted free.
| Prizes will be awarded on JACKS
and mules; grade draft horses ana
lponies.
tuesdays harness events at Han
cock county fair:
Mixed driving race, owners drive,
one-half mile heats. purse. $50.
| Colt race e years old or under),
mile heats, 2 in 8, purse. s10o.
Money divided so, 25, 10 and 10
! per cent, 5 per cent entrance and
| per cent deducted.
Horses trained in 1917 not eligible
for driving race.
| The third annual meeting OF the
fifteenth district patriarchal branch
IL. O. O. F. was held at Carthage, Fri
day, August "a. at which the follow
ing program was carried out:
| orenoon-Reception Of visiting
patriarchs at /. 0. 0. F. hail.
200 D. m.-Meeting called to or
der by the president.
Roll call of encam7ments.
| Address OF weicome-Rev. j. w.
Porter.
Responses-M. B. Horn, grand pat.
riarch, and Sam j. Baker, grand
scribe, of Springfield.
1 n
son, chief Of examiners and instruc.
| tor.
$3.50 D. m.-Patriarchial degree,
conferred by the Carthage encamp.
ment staff No. 211.
5:30-Auto parade to the Keokuk
and Hamilton dam.
| 500 p. m.-Supper at Hotel Cutler.
7:30 ,. m.-Session OF the grand
encampment for comforting the grand
encampment degree.
thigh priest
4 Golden Rule degree and royal pur-
pie degree-Conferred by the staff
of Willard encampment No. Ga. OF
Rushville.
Vice presidents were elected of the
following contemporaries: F. l.. John
son, Carthage, RoDt. - GLASS, husn-
vile; E. Booth, Warsaw; e. H. Sell
ers, LaHarpe; Mr.. Kinkade, Hamil-
ton; F. Holden, Plymouth; VIM.
Nichols, Bowens J. L. Gordon, Mt.
Sterling.
Rev. Long Of Warsaw, was elected
district deputy. evn
3. P. Young of Mt Sterling. sec
rotary and treasurer. ~
| q
enteen for the degree work, and a
number of others were admitted by
card.
Many visitors were present to en-