The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-06

Joseph Fry, Louis Wehner and Har'
mon Meyers, commissioners of the
Hunt drainage district, appeared be.
fore the county court, E. w. Durham,
fudge, in hearing on petition for an ad-
ditional assessment Of $4,000 In said
district, for the purpose Of realizing
funds to avail itself OF financial as
sistance from the appropriation made
by the government Of the United
States, for the purpose Of repairing.
enlarg1ng and Strengthening the levee
| of said district. and an order of court
was entered confirming said assess
ment and directing the issuance OF
bonds, notice Of said hearing having
been previously given by publication
OF notice, and posting OF said notices
| in number Of public places. a list OF
the land owners in said district hav-
ing been filed in the Office of the coun-
tty clerk of Hancock county by said
commissioners.
| Twenty-Five per cent of said assess
ment to become due and payable
March 1, 1919: twenty-five per cent
on March 1, 1920; twenty-five per cent
on March /, 1921, and twenty-five per
| cent on March 1, 1922, together with
all interest due on said assessments
at the date of payment Of said FUNDS
each year.
The new pipe organ at the Presoy-
terrain church will be dedicated by an
organ recital Monday evening. April
8. given by Eric De Lamarter, Of Chi
cago, who is the organist and musical
director Of the fourth Presbyterian
church of Chicago. He has spent q
season in Paris. where he studied.
For some time he was a member OF
the Chicago Musical college faculty.
leaving that institution in 1911 to be-
come dramatic critic on the Inter
Ocean. He has also been musical
critic with the Chicago Record-Herald
and Chicago Tribune.
The executive committee Of the Lid
erty loan campaign, at meeting held
in the office Of Chairman Berry, ar
ranged a general plan for the cam
paign drive. The allotment made by
the federal reserve district to Han
cock county is approximately S90O,oOo.
The committee had before 1t the popu-
lation of the respective townships OF
the county and also the assessed val
nation of each township and after
careful consideration the committee
concluded that a certain sum should
he allotted to the several townships
and based upon population, valuation
and other conditions, the committee
reached the following conclusions. and
allotted to the several townships, the
following amounts: Appanoose, $l6,'
moo. Rear Creek, 100000; Chill, $45,-
GOO. Durham 100000; Hancock, $l5,-
oOO. IaHarpe, 100000; Nauvoo. $780,
oO0. Pontoosuc. SIS, 200; Rock Creek,
saa 600. st. Albans. $4,000; Sonora,
s9o ono. warsaw, 100000; Wythe,
sSsooo. Augusta, s65,Oo0 Carthage,
elk Ooo. Dalla. City, $4,000; Fl.
Srean $4,000: Harmony, $4,000;
Montebelo. $4,000; Pilot Grove. s29,-
non. prairie. $4,000: Rocky Run. No.
ooo. e. Marys. $4,000: Walker, $780,
ooo. wilcox, $4,000 The committee
,ssiened TO each member Of the ex-
oo,,tive committee the following town
sh;ns for which he was to be respon-
sible: p,.o,c
H. F. Black. Appanoose, .oh'o9suI'
DaI,,s Dn,rham and LaHarpe; ]. L.
Miller ST Adams, Bear Creek; X. T.
wallace Nauvoo, Sonora, Monteoello'
yUarsaw wilcox. Wythe; E. H. FIem-
ing Chilli. Augusta, Harmony and ST
Mervs. O. F. perry, Prairie. Carthage.
Hancock. Rock Creek. Pilot Grove
I'd NJ Green. Subscriptions for the
bond. viii be received by all banks
IN the county at any time after the
sixth. frnr,nohom
80 received word OF serious accf-
don't which befell their son Earl. OF