The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-05-06
Commodore Melss Receives Let
Ter From Burlington Man Say
inp Expectations Are
Surpassed.
THE KEOKUK M. B. CLUB
Are Working Toward One Great End,
i. .. to Improve the River
Front and Build Club
House.

Commodore Meigs Of the KeokuB
tor boat club is In receipt OF a letter
from Doctor Dixon Of the Burlington
Motor Boat club In which he states
that the greatest expectations for a
large crowd assembling at the motor
boat regatta to be held In that city
pn July 5th and 9th have been surpass-
ed.
The Burlington motor boat man
states that all motor boat clubs which
have been sent entry blanks for the
aces have responded with almost in
very case, twice as many launches
Is the Burlington club really expected
entertain.
But the Burlington club will be equal
the occasion and nothing will be
IT undone by the club of tina. city
show all visions on those two days.
Is time of their lives. The crowds
hich will gather in Burlington will
tremendous and that city will have
bands full with the entertainment
guests.
Great preparations are being made
the handling of the large crowds
the citizens and business men and
I program which has been arranged
the two days will be one which will
soon be forgotten by the motor
1t men who will come from far and
lie with their speed launches and in
nerabIe pleasure crafts.
The Illinois Valley Yacht club will
doubt be the most largely repre-
ted association at the Burlington
alta, though large number of M.
9 P. B. A. men will be present with
\ eral hundred launches The Keo-.
Motor Boat club as has been
ted before will be we'll represented
the Burlington affair In July and
cry member of the club who is the
sessor of a boat will be there no
q BIT to witness one of the grandest
pr boat pageants that ever floated
he Mississippi river.
keokuk Club Busy.
leanwhile the members of the Keo-
Motor Boat club are not idle. In
ID the committee appointed at the
fnt meeting OF the club are busy
erring with the business men and
RS interested in the project of turn
the ESQ feet of river front into a 4
lie for the local motor boat club.
!. tract of land to be turned over
he club which organization will
r care Of and greatly improve the
y and beautify to great extent |
river front whicl is now hardly in
esentable condition.
Aldermen on the River.
further interest the aldermen of !
i. city besides merely talking to
= about the proposed improvements
= pe land below the bridge it is the
ntion OF the members of the motor
club to take that body of twelve |
: tiemen out on The river some fine
srnoon and interest them in the
p. A number of the aldermen are /
eady greatly enthused with the spir-
OF the club members and it is the
ention OF the club to win them all
er and interest them in one of the
eatest sports of the day, something
licn every city of any consequence
latever is interested in and has
ne much for their respective towns
Quarry the Harbor.
"a a recent issue of The Gate City
= stated the fact that Major Meigs
9 obtained permission from the gov
'ment to use one of the dredge boats
rune purpose of clearing out that
y OF The river front where the boat /,
uses are stationed The ground