The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-02-27
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Our roads are good and moving has
begun in earnest and 1t Is said that
sitting down as soon as some one
gets up makes land dear, but it seems
to be pretty dear now. Moderately
good farms here are selling regularly
at two hundred dollars per acre.
J Earnest Allison has sold his town
property here in Elvaston to Mr.. VIM.
kimbrough of Carthage for $1,000.
making prot Of $3.50 in one years
| ownership.
| The Bockman Bros. are moving to
A. j. Ruddell's farm. Mr.. Ruddell
will move to Carthage. A Mr.. Smith
of the north country is moving on the
Wodside farm north of town.
| Henry LEM will work this summer
for Fred and Frank Marshall on the
farm they bought of Henry Seiben-
born.
Earl Kerr is moving into the Bap-
fist parsonage.
| George Newman will move into the
| house formerly known as the VIM.
Phelps property.
Russell Campbell has bought the
| D. B. Henderson residence and Will
occupy same as soon as vacated by
Otto Dennison who, we learn, Will
move to Keokuk.
John Hunt of Burlington, Iowa, Is
visiting relatives here and looking
after the property he purchased from
Mrs Emma Kari and has some idea
that he may make his home among
US unless he can rent it on paying
basis or would sell it.
| j. E. Morrison of Hamilton visited
Sunday with his brother-in-law John
A. Price. and also called on Austin
Mondon and family.
! Our sick folks are all better and
considered out of danger.
| The Ewing brothers are busy de-
| livering hay which is worth S25.OO
| per ton. Balloon and Garard are fill
| ing their buildings with hay and oats
on account of not getting cars for
| shipment.
| During the past few months num-
Der of talks have been given in Ell
yaston concerning rural school prob
! lens. The attendance. considering
| the extreme cold weather, has been
good and many discussions have
taken place following each meeting.
At first it was thought that a town
| ship high schol should be established
for the rural students of the Elvas-
ton community, but at present opinion
| favors the consolidated school plan.
The consolidated school district is
smaller than the township district
and provides central school for
grade students as well as high school
| students Under the 1917 law the
consolidated district Is permitted to
provide transportation for all stu
dents living at a distance from the
school, Allen H. Lancaster, princi-
pal of the John Swaney consolidated
school. has been secured to relate
| the history Of this famous rural
/ school at the next school meeting
which is to be held in the Elvaston
school house Saturday evening, March
| 2. A free entertainment will be given
by the students of the Elvaston
school preceding the school meeting.
After Mr.. Lancaster's talk the direc-
tors of districts 135, 124. 1876. 1913 and
127 will meet in the high school
room and decide for or against hold
| ing an election to decide the consoh-
dated school question. II two direc-
tors from each district favor the
| plan an election will be held some
time in the near future.
DR. and Mrs. c. A. Runyon went to
! Chicago Sunday evening, the attrac-
| ticn being new granddaughter
which was born to Mrs. Greta Run
yon CaliF last Thursday. The doctor
and Mrs. Runyon returned home
Tuesday morning.
Since the thrift stamp campaign
has started the school has taken
great interest in it. Glen Price and
Leonard Ewing were appointed to
oversee this work in the high school.
1t was their purpose to make the
high school hundred percent high
school, that is, each pupil of the high
school should own thrift stamp or
savings certificate. Thus the school
has purchased about $4,000 worth of
these stamps, the high school pur-
chasing $4,000 worth and the Gram
mar room the remainder.
Our local Red Cross chapter num-
bers 1916 members of which lis are
annual members, fourteen are sub
scribing and four are contributing.
two are sustaining and one is a life
member.
Mrs Myrtle Reliner Hughes came
Friday evening and visited with her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
iGrauf and family, until Saturday
morning when she and Miss Crystal
Garvy went to Camp Dodge to visit
Mr. Earl Grauf, one of our soldier
boys. They returned home Tuesday.