The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-07-21

BObble Burns that streams are ike
men, the less they're dam'ed the bet
ter and yet, by 1915 this stipend
Gus feat is scheduled to be accom-
plished and the preliminary work is
well advanced even now on the lii
nois side of the river, and Keokuk
bye and bye will have tremendous
gate indeed.
Samuel r. Curtis in his inaugural
address as mayor of the young but
ambitious river town In Sc, prophe-
sled the canal and vigorously demand
ed it of congress, most glowingly set
ting forth its advantages to all the
river states from Minnesota to the
Gulf; but not in the widest flights of
Imagination and oratory could the
latter and greater project be prognos-
ticated.
With the completion by the British
of similar and almost equally great
work on the Nile, with Uncle Sam
holding in leash great streams in the
west, and severing the isthmus at
| Panama, we may with Paul no longer
doubt and must with him exclaim 1T
| doth not yet appear what we shall
| be-"
| Six years later the prophetic mayor
was a general commanding the forces
of the Union in the west and winning
the first sanguinary battle of the
/ great conflict in that section of Pea
/ Ridge. Ark. He became popular
hero and easily leads the proud list
of Keokuk's great men.
Up on the huff at a principal street
intersection long years after he had
| departed this life they erected a
worthy monument to his memory, q
fine equestrian statue of life size il
bronze on high granite pedestal fac
ing west-the beautiful, great, free
west, and the city he served. the STATE
and the land he loved and did 81
much develop and then defend.
4 SAMUEL RYAN CURTIS.
Born 1909
West Point, 1S26-1S30.
Mayor of Keokuk, Member of Con
gress. Col. End Ia Inf. & Brig. Gen
1851. MAJ. Gen IS6Z-1Sbb.
Died 1866.
Erected by the City of Keokuk to He
Soldiers of 1S61-1S65.
Emerson said the house that hat
a library had a soul, and with equa
truth may it be said that town tina
has a park is not without soul. Keo
: kuk has a beautiful one, named afte
, former mayor, RAND PARK, ;
, large wooded undulating tract at tn,
! northern borders of the city on tt
highest bluff along the river. Mucl
: of it is densely shaded and afford
t delightful picnic and play ground
i while there are shelter payilions
abundant seats Of iron neatly painted
; urns and beds of flowers, clumps o
/. Towering shrubbery, artistic and con
: yenient placing of trees, and arrange
ment of drives and walks.
: In one portion of this pleasan
: place is an extensive flower gardel
: many of them filled with flowers a
ready in bloom, geranium, verbena
Z pansies, petunias and many othe
lalST Varieties SILL 10 SlduuSH III
2 visitor with their wealth of color an
4 perfume the season through.
Il In the midst of this great garden i
j a large pagoda of stone. Eight pillar
support It's oof which covers bronz
j and marble drinking fountain. Be
r meath the caves of the structure O.
: the ornamental cornice are carved til
y words of presentation from a publ
r spirited citizen.
+ "Prestned To My Fellow Citizen
i the People of Keokuk- Chas /
g Birge, 1901"
d While within, beneath the roof jus
p above the supporting pillars is ei
e graved a singularly appropriate lin
e of Lowelrs.
h Glorious Fountain Let My Hear
IS Be Fresh, Changeful. Constant, VI
e ward, Like Thee
From the bluffs at the easter
= boundary of this park a panorama
h surprising beauty presents itself I
lie view. Across the river, which is heI
III full mile in width, spread the cult