The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-22
CITY As GRADE
PUPILS SEE III
sixth Grade pupils Of Mckinley School
Write Interesting Descriptive
Letter TO Hoquiam,
Warrington.
SPENT TIME IN RESEARCH
A Letter was Received From Hoqul-.
am, Wash, First and Then
Pupils Set 70 Work in
/ Answering It.
SPENT TIME IN RESEARCH

The grade pupils in the Keckuk 7
Public schools have been correspond [
ing with each other for some time
but until short time ago there had
never been any correspond nce with
school not in the city.
A short time ago letter was receiv-
ed from the sixth grade pupils OF the
public schools in Hoquiam, Wash.
which proved quite interesting 1t be-
Ing description Of that Washington
town.
The pupils Of the Mckinley school,
sixth grade, thought the letter quite
interesting and set to work to compose
letter in answer to it. The letter
sent In answer to the one received re-
presented the combined efforts Of thN
entire sixth grade and was quite
good description of the city Of Keokuk.
The young pupils spent much time IN
research and gained mach valuable IN
4 formation which is not only interest
ing to themselves but to others. Both
of the letters are printed below, the
first one being the answer to the let
ter from Hoquiam:
1902 Concert street, Keokuk Iowa
May 10, 1909
i The sixth Grade Pupils.
Hoquiam. Wash.
Dear Friends:
We received your letter May 4th
and were glad to get it. We are anxi-
ons ia hear from you again before
!. school closes, Our term closes June
IA.
Keokuk is situated In Lee County
lin the. extreme southeastern part OF
Iowa where the Des Moines river en-
tiers the Mississippi 1t is called the
& Cate city on account Of its situa
!. ton. Lee county has two county
u seats: one Of these county seats IS q
Fort Madison and the other at Keo
t kuk was named in honor OF tne
great level plain. The lowest point Il
!, + at Keokuk. Our city has population
Of about fifteen thousand and IS tne
| twelfth city in the state in size Keo
kuk was sa named in honor OF the
chief of the Sac tribe of Indians.
! The United States government has
{ canal between Keokuk and Montrose
MS a waterway around the Des Moine'
: rapids in the Mississippi
The canal is 7.6 miles long and ha
three locks-one guard lock at the up
per end and two lift locks. The cana
cost about s5,00O,O00 and was opene.
for navigation August 22nd. 1877. Ic
g cutting on this canal is an importan
g industry in the winter, hundreds 9
men being employed. Ice is put up no
q only for home consumption but 10
Q shipping out At the present time W
8 are hoping for the building of a waite
g mower dam which will utilize the Miss
Il issippi river for the generating OF elet
trical power
Is Keokuk,s most beautiful pleasure r.
IL sort is Rand Park. The location is
70 beautiful one and very picturesque
e being also one of the highest points
the city. 1t contains thirty-seven an
lie fraction acres. There are flores
a. trees in abundance, walks and driv'
IS WAYS. The flower garden, animal
m streams and lakes afford pleasure.
is the midst of the garden is the Roos'
20 velt elm which was planted on Arbe
It Day. April goth, 1908 when Presider
Roosevelt visited our city. Some OF
remember seeing him put shovel
dirt upon the roots of the tree. Otht