The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-07-12

WARSAW, July 1.-THE Warsaw
Music club held its July meeting II
st. Agnes Guild hall Tuesday, July
Sth with Miss Laura Lory, hostess
The program consisted of Indian
music and was most interesting ane
instructive.
The Standard Oil company's sta
ton at Sixth and Lafayette has beer
beautified by the grounds around il
being sodded and some plants set out
The property is a great improvement
that part of the city.
Sergeant William Somehow, medl
cal department, U. S. A., is home on
thirty day furlough. He arrived
from overseas April 2Sth and has been
stationed at Mitchell Field, L. l. lie
has seen three years service down on
the Mexican border and also IN
France.
Henry Auhage and his daughter
Mrs. John Baum, and her two daugn'
tiers, Misses Maude and Beatrice, Wis
tied friends here this week.
Mrs. Elizabeth LeBron, of keokuk,
her daughter, Mrs Margaret Unser, OF
Chicago, and Mr.. Riley Evans OF chi
cago, motored from Keokuk Thurs
day evening and were entertained py
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Kirkpatrick.
The first wheat of the season came
from Missouri Tuesday and was sold
to the Farmers elevator; it graded NO.
2, SO lbs. weight Mr.. Haage brought
it. Six more loads of new wheat were
brought from Missouri Wednesday by
Billiard and Russell.
Misses Leola Maddox and Eugenia
Bott are spending the week at the
Y. w. G. A. training camp at Lake
view club, Hamilton.
Miss Belle Conner of Denver, Colo.'
is visiting Mr. and Mrs. j. B. Worthen:
The third tank Of oil is being spread
this week, making the area covered
this season the largest ever. Inere
will be no more streets oiled unless
enough requests come in that Will re-
quire tank of oil to fill them. 1t is
to be regretted that some of the
streets oiled were not also paved, as
the benefit of the oil would be more
lasting.
The T. P. & w. railway has force
Of teams and men building the new
stock yards just south Of the tire rae.
tory. The bluff is being dug out ana
dumped into the river, the land being
donated by the city. The completion
Of these yards will remove nuisance
from the best resident portion OF the
city, as the old yards are located at
lhe foot of Fourth street, few DOCKS
from the park above.
Mrs. w. F. Mayer is home from
Cambridge, Mass, where she has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. c. F. Good
win
Geo. T. Bott of Warsaw, has bought
OF Charles H. Schaad, 434 acres in
Rocky Run township situated in the
hunt Drainage district, for $115.OO per
acre or $49,910. This is a. good price
for land that not twenty-five years
ago, would not have brought one
fourth that sum, perhaps. Just !
Snort time ago, Ca few weeks), Joseph
Fry sold 1920 acres of land in the
sSme drainage district for 500 an
ere, which shows that brains and pro-
per culture of land are a good COM
bination.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Schmidt have re-
turned to their home in Milwaukee,
alter two weeks visit with relatives
here.
The Mississippi button factory VIII
resume business Monday next, the
differences between the company and
employees have been adjusted. and II
IS hoped that the factory will not be
ciosed again for it keeps good deal
VI money in circulation here.
Mrs. Dan Ernst on Wednesday after
room, entertained party of little peo-l y