The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-10
Whistles Shrieked and Bells Rang
When the News Of the Water
Power Was Received
Down There.
OTHER WARSAW NEWS
New System of Street Lighting and
Fire Alarms Being investigated
For Possible Future
Use.

WARSAW, H., Jan. 10.-Warsaw
rejoices. as one of the three water
power cities over the glad tidings that
the great dam is a 'go" and that, too,
at once Word was received Saturday
| noon that Keokuk was celebrating the !.
event by the ringing Of every bell and
/ the blowing of every whistle in the
| city Warsaw was quickly in line. |
! Mayor Brinkman soon having every
whistle and bell adding its joyful din
| to the chorus People at first were
amazed, wondering what fire or other
| other calamity had befallen the city,
| and beseiged telephone central for an
/ hour or more as to the cause OF the
/ excitement The Gate City extra was
quickly snapped up in the eager
i search for verification OF the news,
and many more copies could have
been sold than we're sent. Notwith-
standing the fact that the news was
reliable, some doubling Thomases"
Of the "knocker" class, wagged their
heads and said. We'll, I'm not from
Missouri, but you'll have to show me
before I'll believe it." Others said:
ooh, that's only bluff; they'll throw
few shovelfuls of earth just to hold
their charter and that is all thereIl
be of it, and the dam will soon be for
gotten''-forgetting that Uncle Sam
does not tolerate any such foolishness,
!. for when work is ordered to be COM
menced on a contract it must be con-
tinued to a finish While not as close
I to the dam as Keokuk and Hamilton,
2 yet Warsaw will begin to feel the
boost it will give her, at once, and
! will get her share of factories to no
! small extent, besides railroad or
two The dam Is the biggest plum
9 that ever dropped into the lap OF War
saw, and it is up to her to at once
: play ball. and play it hard to win
e out.
e Henry Clark. who gave our people
t. such an inspiration in his lecture
e .Play Ball." at the NJ. e. church Fri
e day night last. spoke In the Presby
s terrain church (union services) to
.. crowded house, on the subject, Stop!
n Look, Listen" The coming of his
: gifted and magnetic orator just al
!, this time is most opportune. and his
a topics well chosen, giving our people
10 subjects for thought and deliberatior
, which they can use in the upbuildine
and betterment of Warsaw. He has {
pleasing address, an incisive, forcefu
= manner that impresses you and fixe!
10 your attention. He seems to have
is cord to every hearers heart and brair
Dc and holds it until he makes his fina
TX bow. His lecture closed the higl
IL school. senior class lyceum course, be
ing the fourth number and at a finan
. cial loss to the interchangeable and en-
ergetic manager, Mr. Oscar Johnson
of Hamilton, which latter fact is mucl
to be regretted.
Albert Colson will this week remov'
his restaurant to the building recent
ly purchased by Thomas Battles ant
just vacated by the Gipps Brewing
company.
Mr. Nesbit, manager of tie Hillmal
electric night plant here, is expert
menting with a new system of stree
lighting. with some hope of success
On Saturday he hung Tungsten lamps
each of forty candle power, on brach
cts fastened to the light poles on eac,
side of Main street, equidistant fror
each other as near as possible, ten
porarily abandoning the lights at tn
street crossings. The light was NOR
generally diffused and the effect beat
tiful. 1t is possible the new syster
may be adopted by the city.
Many of our citizens spoke on Sa
urday OF the enterprise of The Cat
City in publishing the Gate City extr
with the good news. 1t was hearth
appreciated
Some newspapers north and sout
of here, in speaking of the towns an
cities benefited by the dam, persisten
" ignore Warsaw, as If she was M
on the map. They mention Nauvc
and Hamilton, but seem 10 think Wa
saw is mot in it," Warsaw has chea
sites and low taxes; can give factorit
locations with both railroad and rive
facilities at their very doors and
sides. Warsaw can not help but
benefited while the dam is being co
structed, for the working force W
visit us whenever t.ey feel incline
OF course, no startling boom is 6
pected, but, just steady, healtl
growth.
Citizens Troubadours will give
orchestra concert and reading in Ssr
err hall Friday, January %, for 4
benefit of Warsaw camp, No. $40,
w. A. The concert will be follow
by dance lasting until 2 a. m. mus
by the Troubadours. This organic
ton was here number of times, a
always made good" and filled t
house.
The advertising and publicity co
mittee of Mayor Brinkman has ;
cepted the Craftsmanship, has sevel
inquiries for factory locations. w