Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-06-30
IAuNT TO kEoTA BY iNTERuRBAN
ENTHUSIASTS WAS PRoDUc-
TIVE OF cEMEhTING TIES BE-
TWEEN IOWA CITY & oTTuMWA
TWENTY.SEVEN CARS
REPRESENTED CITY
RECEPTION At kEokUk COUNTY
TOWN WAS NOT LACKING IN
ONE ITEM-RANps PLAY AND
SPEAKERS ADDRESS THRoNG.

Twenty-seyen automobiles, carrying
over 125 interurban boosters, repres-
enting every line of business endeavor
and an enthusiasm for the proposed
Iowa City, -Ottumwa interurban tina:
was not eclipsed by the Jealous boost
ers Of Iowa City and Keota combined,
made up the representation Ottumwa
had yesterday in the live little town
in the far east border Of KeokGk
county. Keota yesterday was given a
demonstration OF how Ottumwa ana
Iowa City be ,sts new enterprises, and
the wide ava te business men and re-
tired farmers of that commonwealth,
before the visitors turned their cars
homeward, fully realized that they
were right in the center, the very
heart, of two cities in Iowa that know
how to encourage projects that re-
dound to their best interests..It might
be said that this enthusiasm, or a par.
OF 1t at least, had gone to Keota
ahead of the interurban boosters from
the johnson and Wapello county seats,
for upon the arrival of the tourists,
each was presented with a ticket to
dinner, and when the palatable home
bands and a wealth of Keota residents
tagged with the towns motto, Il
WILL" on ribbons, were at the service
Of the guests. While a conference o.
the Iowa City-O Ottumwa interurban di-
rectors, with other prominent men In
terested in the proposed line, was IN
session in the G.. A. r. hall, the two
musical organizations, the Keota Kol-
cert band and the famous Keota La
dies band, together with few extern
poraneous speakers, attracted the tour
lists and the home people to beautiful
Keota park, where music and speech
making was the order. The dinners
served to Keota's guests were the COM
pliments of Kiser Bros, Singmaster &
Sons. and Hamilton Bros. & flasher,
prominent horse dealers in Keota.
Pathfinder BIazes Trail.
The pathfinder car, with H. E.
Duke at the wheel, and F. B. Clark,
L. A. Gordon and IN, Rockwell hand
ling the confetti left Ottumwa yester-
day shortly after O'Clock. The route
taken was through Highland Center,
Hedrick, Martinsburg, Ollie, Richland
and thence to Keota. Many of the
cars, however, did not follow this
route, some of them passing through
Farson and Ioka, following the route
Of the proposed interurban as closely
as possible. The pathfinder car pickeu
the cream Of the roads OF Wapello and
Keokuk counties, and the trip to and
from Keota was made in splendid time
BY the Ottumwa tourists. But few hills
we're encountered, and the time lost
IN ascending and descending these
was made up on the parlor floor
surface of the many long stretches Of
where the supervisors are doing some
'oad work, was encountered the only
,ad spot in the entire fift3-one miles
,yer which the Ottumwa cars Travelled.
Solid Stream Of Cars.
The Ottumwa boosters in autos tag
sed with banners bearing the words
'Ottumwa Interurban Boosters be-
gan to leave this city at $3.50 a. m. yes
serday. At intervals of five minutes
thereafter the twenty-seven cars start
I'd from the rooms of the Ottumwa
Commercial association. Shortly be-
fore 9 O'Clock the pathfinder car arriv-
ed in Keota. Tbs arrival Of the path
ander car was the signal for great ac-
tivity by the enthusiastic II Will"
motto bearers which Keota boasts of,
and as quickly as the remaining twen
ty-six cars pulled up at booster head
quarters, an u Will'' bearer was on
the Job with the little blue tickets,
which were later redeemed for as
many palatable dinners. The twenty
car loads OF Iowa City boosters. bear
ing the sign Iowa City, Ottumwa In
terurban Boosters" began to arrive in
Keota shortly after the Ottumwa path
finder car, and Immediately the Keota
reception committee began to intro
duce the Iowa Cityians and Ottum-
vans. This spirit Of good fellowship
given such a good beginning by the
activities Of the 81 WIFI brigade, new
er waned during the entire day.
Park Alive With People.
The Keota park, where the boosters
gathered following the dinner hour,
while the interurban directors were
in conference, proved delightful spot
for the program of the afternoon. Led
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