The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-08-12
IT the Necessary Funds Can Be OBJ.
taIncd to Get the Parker
Carnival Company
Here.
]. D. ROBERTS PRESENT
And Rice Bell Secretary Were the
Officers Elected-A Representa-
tive TeIeeraphed
For.

ABOUT dozen firms were renresen+.
eu last night by the score or more
BUSINESS s0,s men who were present at the
an celebration meeting. The MOOT
.ns was held in the Commercial club
looin at eight o'clock with T N Cor,
s as chairman and Bert Thomson
90 secretary. In the course of the
evening It was practically decided
ehat nothing would be done in ~,
way OF hiring shows until the solicit.
,ns committees could gather in suf.
ncient money to see the thing through
u was also generally admitted that n
was absolutely necessary to secure
carnival company at this late day
owing to the fact that It would he nj.
.eriy impossible to secure good At.
.ractlons In the limited time left Tho
Parker shows which were recently at
quincy are the ones which arc ha1d
IN view by the merchants as the best
that could be secured.
some OF those present last night
thought that the matter Of a celebra.
lion should be dropped for wear and
enel maybe the knockers would an.
preciate 1t all the more the next
year and be more willing to helm II
along. But as one man present said
III Is no use trying to cure moss
packs by letting the moss grow thick
err" and nearly all conceded with him
IN this. 1t was then decided to 20 on
With the business of appointing COM
mittees and electing officers
For president of the association.
Alderman ]. R. Roberts was nominated
and his election was unanimous. Mr..
Roberts will undoubtedly make good
man at the head of the fair as he ia
well up on all matters connected with
such things. For secretary, Bert
thompson was nominated but he re-
fused to serve, saying that he realized
that 1t took a great dea, of time which
he did not think he could spare. How
ever, he said he would be willing
worker In any other capacity. After
his refusal, Rice H. Bell was put up.
and elected. Mr.. Bell has had exper-
ience in this line before and will I'm.
doubtedly fill the bill satisfactorily
again. These officers will hold provid-
ing the association remains perma-
nent, that is providing enough money
is raised to give the fair.
The next thing brought up was the
committees. 1t being moved that the
same number as last year be appoint
ed to make UP this committee, Mr..
Connors appointed the following men:
They will start tomorrow morning at
9 o'clock to solicit funds for the cele-
bration:
Wholesale committee. B. We'll.
John Leisy, John Erhardt, James
Finigan.
Levee to east side of Fifth. north
side of Main-R B. Smith, E. E.
Hawkes.. Frank LeBron, George ].
Schell
Fifth to east side of Eighth. north
sido of Main-T. N. Connors, Joe
Carwahlo, Theodore Craig, Sam Mil
Ter, Geo. Ewers and Glen Ewers.
Eighth to Fourteenth. north side of
Main-Sam Younker, B. l.. Auwerda,
James Roberts, AMI Ed Vaughan.
Fourth to Seventh, east side and
souh of Main-John l., Hawkes., N. s.
Lowitz, e. T. Bartruef, j. w. Winger,
and E. ]. Diver.
Seventh to east side of Eleventh.
south of MANI. Albert Kiedaisch,
John ]. Crimmins, Chas. Schenk and
n. T. Moore.
Eleventh to Fifteenth, south side of
Main-John Nagel. ]. ]. Ayres, John
l.. Ward, and Ed. S. Lotion.
Levee to east side of Fourth, south
side of Main-Geo Seibert. Jas. Mac.
Carthy, NJ. E. Justice, e. w. McManus.
The next matter brought up concern
ed the entertainment which Is to be
provided. The Parker Carnival COM
pany Is the company the men are try
ing to procure If the funds can be
raised. 1t is too late now to think or
booking any independent attractions.
his company If brought here would
prove big drawing ccrd as 1t is the
best thing in its line on the road A
partial list of their feaures is as fol
lows:
Three free attractions.
II paid shows
A steam caliope.
80 piece band.
Besides these things Just mention
cd, they furnish lights for their own
shows
In order to get this company to
come here, $1,000 must be guaranteed
to them. A representative Of the
company said that they would be sad
ly disappointed If they did not carry
$4,000 out OF the town with them.
We'll, If they expect to do this, why
won't they come here for nothing:
is what Emil Renaud said, and this
set everyone to thinking. Then 1t
was suggested that they use this
$1,000 to hire extra bands and get