The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-03-06
Button Making Plant viii Locate
There and Employ From 60 to
80 People Within Nine
ty Days.
OTHER NEWS ITEMS
A Number of Farmers Have Rented or
Purchased Homes in the City
and Will Move From
the Country.

WARSAW, ILL.,, March 6.-Warsaw
mas secured another factory, the Mis-
sissippi Pearl Button Company Of
Burlington and within 80 days the fac.
tory VIII be in operation, with from
oo TO eo employees, the expert operat.
ives coming with the firm. The site
selected belongs to the city and ad-
IONS the old electric light building.
also owned by the city, and us ed as
pumping station for the water
works. The cost of the building will
De from s2500 to $4,000 and &C mmit-
tee composed of Aldermen Hack
amack, Roth and Brault, was appoint
ed by the mayor at a special council
meeting Thursday evening, TO receive
bids for the erection of the building
which will be of cement blocks with
steel roo
The proposition Of the company.
through President Alex Moir and Gen
eral Manager Leon LeMaire. is that
warsaw provides a site and building,
and Whenever the payroll of the fac
tory amounts to $4,000 per annum,
the site and building to become the
property of the company.
The council met informally Tuesday
evening to forr.ulat plan % raise
the money at once, the company not
asking anyone to take stock. 1t was
tEere decided to ISSUE city warrants in
sums OF $1,000 each, bearing per cent
interest, so as to make it popular
with everyone, these warrants to be
taken up at the rate of $4,000 annual.
ly, or oftener s the city is able. one
saloon license fee of $4,000 being set
, apart as a sinking fund for that pur.
pose. A citizens meeting was called
for Thursday evening at city hail. to
ratify the action of the council. and
was largely attended, much enthus-
iasm prevailing. The councils action
| was unanimously endorsed and sub.
! scription list opened and two citizens
/ at once subscribed 100000. A solicit.
ing committee was at once named by
I chairman Eckbohm, consisting of
Messrs. c. e. Eyeman, H A. Brink
man and August Brault, they being
| empowered to enlarge committee
which they did, adding M 9ss.s. Geo.
Schaefer, James F. Crawford, Chas. E.
Wallace, and John D. Hopkins. War
/ saw has never had better citizens
meeting, or where there seemed a
general determination to work to-
! gether for the good of the city 1t
certainly augured well for the city,;
| future
soliciting committee reported that
they had between $500 and 500 more
than the $4,000 needed. This shows
that an excellent spirit prevails for the
improvement of the city, and doubt
! less portends a new and greater War
saw in the not far distant future.
Other News Items.
III. r. Miller and wife We're Warsaw
visitors Thursday. They are always
sure CT a warm welcome.
! The great Danish violinist Skov-
gard and his company will appear
tonight at the opera house, beirg the
last attraction of the Star lyceum
course. He should have full house
Max Buttgen was taken to the coun-
| ty house at Carthage. Friday.
VIM. Dick has sold his home on
northeast corner of 9th and Crawford
street to Jeff Blake, and will build a
comfortable cottage on Crawford street
between 9th and 10th street, vest of
Felix Koch's.
Building will be more active this
spring than it has for several years
| past.