The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-12-14
WORKING FOR OPTIONS

FOTI MdulSOA peoplc diC SOAy AAuSAA
INTERESTED in the Keolluk water power
broject which will give to that place
"a deep harbor, cheaper power and
Epther benefits. At called meeting OF
The Commercial club there on Satur-
bay, Mr.. Cooper explained the situa-
tion that the project was not assured
yet but that everything looked hope
Eful in case the options on the land to
BE overlooked, could be secured.
1 Both Fort Madison newspapers gave
the matter considerable space and ex-
Etracts are printed from them as fol-
Aows.
Il The Democrat of last evening said:
EHugh L. Cooper, the moving spirit
Ein the Keokuk water power project,
2who has been in Keokuk for several
$days on business pertaining to the
Eproiect made trip to Fort Madl-
son Saturday afternoon in the inter-
Eests of the big proposition. He was
ACCOMPANIED by Alex. tombstone,
|bresident of the Keokuk Savings
bank. They arrived in Fort Madison
Eat 2:45 and left at S:15 for Chlca-
go. Mr.. Johnstone, by the way, Is a
Fort Madisonian by birth, leaving
here with his parents in 1868 when
Ia boy. The first two hours Of their
stay in Fort Madison were spent in
calling on Ex-Mayor Atlee and 9th
ers, they then going to the CONNER
cial club rooms, where meeting
was held at o'clock which was at
tended by some fifty members OF the
club. AS it was not known until
noon that Mr.. Cooper was coming to
4 Fort Madison, general notice of the
meeting could not be given, it being
necessary to call the meeting by per
& sonal and telephone notification. I'm
N der the circumstances the attendance
twas large.
In the absence of Mr.. Barbour
president of the club, N. G. Roberts
Ill was called upon to preside, he intro
n ducing Mr.. Cooper, who gave in full
the history of the great power pro
ject from it's inception to the present
&time.
The prime object of Mr.. Cooper's
visit was to impress upon Fort Madi
S&son people the fact that upon thu
Y work now in hand absolutely de
u ponds the success or failure of thu
proposition. The work now beins
done is the securing of options OF
lands that will be overlooked by thu
building of the dam. Options tina
have been taken heretofore expire OF
December 81 and it is necessary tina
they be renewed and that man
more be secured at once in order t
carry the project through. A nun
Der of men are now at work on bot
sides of the river from Keokuk t
Fort Madison securing these option'
4 Messrs. J. R. Frailey and Fl.
Schroeder of this city having
charge the section between Fo
Madison and Montrose 1t is hope
81 to secure enough options this wee
to insure success That this niue
to-be-desired result may be obtaine
q is certainly the hope of every OF
#S present DIT kodIuTudy iHeetluS, dI
that all of them and all other goo
n citizens will use their influence
Il that end is a certainty.
n The Gem City gives the followin.
AS stated in the Daily Gem CT
Saturday Hugh L. Cooper, the pr
II moter of the big power dam to
built at the foot of the Des Moin,
u rapids, was in the city for the purpo
of securing the cooperation of tt
people of this city in obtaining Option
on the land that will be damaged
the overflow when the dam is co
structed All that Mr.. Cooper d
sired of the people was their influen
in securing the land along the riv
between here and Montrose at ia
valuation.
Mr.. Cooper is anxious to begin t
S construction of the dam before t,
s close of January and all that now pl