The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-05-02

does his own work In raising his crop,
and making his reports. but may have
assistance in harvesting his corn and
selecting his ears for exhibit, how
ever exceptions to be made in case of
illness or other unavoidable emery
ency, when the men sers might secure
assistance. Each member should have
a note book in which to record his
work, expenses and dates, SO that in
the fall he can fill out his report blank
properly. The members will be in
structed further during the planting,
cultivating and harvesting season
The work in the other club lines is
to be conducted by the individual
members. each to keep account of the
amount of feed given, and the final re-
suits to be reported by the data kept
by the members. The Hancock County
Fair association is offering prizes for
the exhibits from these clubs, and the
boys and girls will find great salts
faction in presenting the results of
their work to the public, and compel
ing for the prizes which are offered by
the fair association. 1t IS hoped that
many exhibits will be entered and that
the members will be persistent and
continue the work throughout the re-
quired time, in order to receive the
benefits Of the work This work will
assist in giving the boys and girls life
lessons along Agricultural lines
Saturday the Hancock county ora
torical. dec1amatory and musical con-
test will be held at the auditorium of
the Carthage high school. all three
and four year high schools of the coun-
ty being eligible to enter the following
schools having signified their inten.
ton Of entering this year: Bowen, Car
thage, Dallas City. Evasion. Hamilton.
La Harpe. Plymouth and Warsaw.
The declamatory contest will be held
promptly at 10 a. M: the oratorical
contest is to be at 100 p. m. and the
musical contest to begin at the close
OF the oratorical contest. These con- |
tests have been well attended and |
created much interest among the
student body of the county. and II is
hoped the 1918 contest win be the |
best yet. A blue and white banner wifi
be given to the winner Of each con- |
test
Mr. and Mrs Asa Kimbrorgt have
returned from their sad mission to |
higgins. Idaho, where they we're
called by the drowning Of their son |
Guy. The facts as learned from eye
witnesses TO the ACCIDENT were. Guy. !
in company with three other gentle |
men one of them his cousin. John !
Kimbrough. had approached the usual /
crossing at Salmon river, and Guy i
wished to cross to carry on COM
with two of his sheep /
herders The crossing had been an
old ford. but channel had washed |
out through it and made it lower in !.
the center than on either side. The
men tried to. persuade Guy from at
tempting to cross on horseback, but /
that they would ferry him across. The /
two cousins, Guy and John Kim
brough, who were owners Of the I
sheep ranch, owning a ferry boat
about half mile above. Guy thought |
he would ride into the stream and II
he found it unsafe, would return to
the bank When they struck the chan
mel or undercurrent, the horse got i
one foot over tie rein. and both went
under. When they came to the sur
face, the young man was holding onto
the saddle horn with one hand and =