The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-04-17

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twenty-five men are to rendezvous
here and entrain for Camp Dodge.
| In making this new draft the gov
| eminent is showing the farmers rs
class every favor possible, and few
men from the farms win be included In
| the call. The orders OF General Crowd
er state that no man actively and In
ldustrially' engaged in agricultural
pursuits is to be taken at this time
This Is done so the ranks OF farm la
borers may not be crippled and the
seeding of crop hindered. The tenn
, porary exemption of farm hands Will
necessitate the sending to camp af
| this time OF many men who would
not have been called for some time.
| Those included III the call are:
| Ira Lee Bourne. Stockport; Hubert
Robert Ruark, Farmngton; Harry
McLeland, Milton; julius Sherman
Roush, Keosauqua; Harry Hagel-
Slutz, Mt. Zion; Patrick Oliver Martin.
Keosauqua: Lewis Merle jenkins.
Pennington; James Clark Gordan,
Bentonsport: Lloyd Fay Slice, Farm
ington; James Edward Bowles, Farm
| ington; Marius Wheldon Fowler.
Keosauqua: Henry Hamm. Milton;
Glenn Storms, Bentonsport; Carl Will
helm Bruggeman, Pennington; George
/ l.. Coolidge, Bonaparte; Harry A.
Lerchie, Pennington; Emmett Paul
beaverton. Milton; Frank Leslie Hoas-
lin. lsboro; Earnest Alex Camp
bell, Douds; Lew Rex Stevens, Bona
parte; John Arthur Murphy, Farming
ton.
The last contingent of Van Buren,
county boys who went to Camp Dodge
have nearly all left that camp for
other camps or foreign service. Those
who left for eastern camps will in all
probability be sent across the water
soon Only those who are commission
ed officers will be left at Camp Dodge.
for the purpose OF training the men OF
the second draft.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued from the county
clerks office during the past few days;
Elba Polling, Milton. 90; Miss Doris
Humphrey, Cantril. "a.
]. P. Kelley. Clifford. Mont, "a; Miss
Inez L. Goodin. Pennington. so.
Mrs Robt Chapman and children
departed for two weeks visit with
relatives at Gladbrook and Mason City
Iowa.
A force Of men from Pennington
were here several days last week,
loading car of pickles for the Ma.
tionai Pickle and Canning Co, from
their sailing station here.
Mr.. Scoles, the government repre-.
sentative. who has been in charge OF
the county agents office here, pending
the arrival of permanent agent. has
been engaged in making seed corn
census of Van Buren, county and the
following is his report: 54S farmers |
reported which is about one-third the /,
number in the county. OF this number
EOS have just enough seed for their |
owr use: sixty will have to buy seed, |
while 1876 will have seed to sell. The |
sixty will have to buy seed to the ex-
tent of TOP bushels, while the 1876 will |
have a surplus of 1895 bushels to sell. !
These figures show that there would /
be a surplus of seed if it would grow. |
The termination tests show that this
corn is very poor. OF the 500 ears
tested in the county agents office, /
only 457 or thirty per cent OF them are
fit for seed The best samples OF i
1917 corn that have been tested. shows
rfifty-one per cent of the ears good :
enough for seed, and it was sold on /
ninety-seven per cent test. Another /
lot Of seventy ears tested shows but .
ten ears good enough to plant. This /
corn was sold for 81 per bushel.
The f1re department was called to /
the home Of Mrs. L. w. Pearson here +
last Thursday morning flue was I
burning out but no damage resulted. /
The Bonaparte township committee
composed Of the following gentlemen, i
were at the Bonaparte Community I
hall last Saturday to give information
in regard to the third Liberty loan and 1
to sell bonds: j. A. Johnson, chair
man: A. G. Roberts, Byron Miller, I
Mike Simmons, r. NJ. Story, F. J.
Watts, DR.. W. 1. Boyle, DR.. R. n. Cres-
an. A. V. Blackford, DR.. ]. II. White.
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