The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-01

tiers for their secretary. c. F. Aus
tin, with H. H. Jones in the Miller
building on the west side OF the
square.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bressler Alexander
arrived last Saturday evening from
TT. Morgan, Colorado. Mrs. Alexan-
der is in poor health and on Mon
day was taken to Keokuk where she
underwent surgical operation.
| Il. H. Wiegner left last Monday for
Chicago to attend the automobile
show. From there he will go to
Camp Dodge for few days visit.
thence to Camp Funston to pay the
| Scotland county contingent brief
visit.
About 1880 o'clock last Monday
night the fire alarm was sounded,
blaze having been discovered in the
wareroom of r. D. Wilson's hard
ware store.
The members of the fire company
were soon on the. scene and with the
combined aid of a bucket brigade and
the city chemical engine the flames
were quenched, but not until prac.
tically everything in the wareroom
was damaged, if not ruined.
Mr. Wilson had left the store and
when he closed up for the night he
made survey of the building to
see that all doors, especially the fire
doors on the alley, were properly
| locked.
! The blaze undoubtedly started
] from the inside and the accepted
! theory is that some person In pass
! ing through the room sometime dur
! ing the day dropped a cigarette stub
~ -, l.
dering fire which at no time reached
a big blaze, but which destroyed,
nevertheless, nearly $1,000 worth of
merchandise stored in the rear room.
Mr.. Wilson's loss is covered by in
surance.
The smoke from the Wilson build
ing escaped in volumes to Clarkson
Bros store on the south end and to
the Scott Bros. Mercantile Co., on
the north Not much damage was
done to these stores for the reason
that it escaped as soon as the doors
were thrown open.
O. S. Derry and family are NOV
ing this week to Davenport, Iowa,
where they will make their future
home. Mr.. Derry and family have
lived here a number of years and
their friends much regret their de-
parture. Mrs. Derry and son Jay,
will depart on next Saturday.
w. A Franklin and daughter, Miss
Lola, and Misses Sylvia and May
Mallet returned last Tuesday morn
ing from several days visit with
Private Milo Franklin and Leonard
Mallett at Camp Funston. They re-
port all the boys ~as well and had a
delightful visit with them.
Moss Petty on last Monday went
to Keokuk and successfully passed
the physical examination for enlist
ment in the United States guards.
He expects to report for training
this week.
Attorney J. E. Luther has been ap-
pointed by the war department as
chairman OF the Scotland county
military entertainment council and
campaign director of the Smileage
stamp drive. He will name his as
sistants and an active campaign will
be waged as soon as weather condi-
tons will permit.
Jay Derry, the fifteen year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. o. S. Derry, has
remarkable school attendance record.
In nine years as scholar he has
not been absent nor tardy day.
We say this Is record nara 10 peat.
What say you?
On account of fuel conditions and
for conservation Of samej the follow
ing changes in electric service will
be made on and after February 5,
until further notice:
Until March rs, morning service
from $50 a. m. until daylight. ex-
cept Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
4 ~, :. No
until noon az o'clock. After March
25, from 1850 until noon on above
mentioned days. Night service from
usual lighting hours. every evening
until II o'clock p. m.
Twin brothers in Scotland enlisted
in the same company and were sent
together to France. In an attack
both x.-aro shot tbrOu oh tho left ankle