The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-27
Civic LEAGUE Meeting.


which Mrs. Leonard Matless presided
Department reports were made show
ing the work of the league is being
efficiently carried forward Plans wer'
made for the annual membership
luncheon to be held at Hotel Iowa II
November. AS is the custom some
prominant woman will be brought t.
keokuk for an address following the
luncheon. The league welcomes al
women Of the city to it's membership
but limits the attendance to the an
nual luncheon to its members.
| Miss Mitchell, the garden supervi
sor. reported that 400 children hac
enrolled in the garden work She re
ported that the children of the first
and third wards were not as success
full gardeners as were the childrens II
other wards, due the supervisor
thought, to the lack of cooperation OF
the parents in these two wards. She
reported the very successful garden
and poultry exhibit which was held
in September, and said the children
are much interested in club work to
instruct in the care of chickens, pigs
and Belgian hares.
Miss Mitchells work has been most
painstakingly done and merits the
commentator which it receives from
everyone The prizes for the best gar
dens will be awarded this week by
representatives Of the league.
Miss Tumelty gave an interesting re.
port on the condition of the memorial
trees and said at the proper season the
one or two trees which have died will
be replaced.
The report Of Mrs. w. J. Fulton on
the parking spaces was read. This
work has not been as successful as
the committee might wish. owing to
the poor surfacing Of the spaces. New
soil will be placed before another year
and William Laslie has agreed to re-
place whatever shrubbery that has
died.
Mrs. H. o. Whitney reported q
meeting of the Joint committee to
consider the means to secure state
park for this locality. The joint COM
mittee includes Judge William Logan
and Albert Kiefer from the city. DR..
F. M. Fuller, John I. Annable and
James M. Fulton from the Industrial
association; l.. A. Hamill and c. f..
Mcfarland from the Automobile club;
Jacob Schouten and ]. T. McCarty
from the Commercial club, and from
the Civic league Mrs. H. o. Whitney.
Miss Caroline Baldwin. anud Mrs W..
]. Roberts and Miss Mitchell. A num-
Der of sites are under consideration
and 1t is earnestly hoped that this
section of Lee county will get state
park. Mrs. W. J. Roberts told Of some
Of the nearby state parks already es-
tablished. Miss Baldwin reported that
city fountains are to BIS protected
against frost and the cups Of the buD-
bling fountains put away for the sea-
son.
The park committee reported that
there had been many complaints made
as to the condition Of the closets in
Rand park. The committee further
that the city park commits
stoners will put them in as slightly and
as sanitary condition as possible.
Mrs. John Rovane reported that
of five from the Civic
league had at the request of the SAM
tary Dairy managers visited their
plant and had found it kept in a.
clean, sanitary way and the milk
pasteurized by the approved method.
Miss Mitchell gave very interest
ing report of the first district con-
vention held recently at Salem, la.