The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-06-23
ODDS AND ENDS OF RIVER TRIP

Il
cy by boat is likely to overlook Left
| er's Landing If one cares for fishing
and fried chicken and things one is
pretty certain to have been there for
day If one takes no delight in the
special attractions OF the place he is
not necessarily exempt from know
ledge of them. There is apt to be
and knows all about them. and as in
cident serves to recall incident after
incident. the tale is never a brief
one. The most important parsonage
at the landing is Mrs. Letter, as all
will agree. She is quite a character,
to say the least. When she is treated
with proper Difference by a success
sion of visitors she Is urbanity, anna
bility, graciousness, complacency and
obligingness all in one package. But
! let a party of excursionists impose on
| her or offend her in any way and
4 woe be to them and succeeding par
/ ties until she is successfully propitfat-
ed. It is a matter of history that one
1 fishing party found it advisable to
present her with a brooch set with
diamonds, to atone for offenses COM
mitted by previous visitors LETTERS
Landing is the favorite haunt OF the
/ famous Skiddoo Club, of which Com
modore Sam Wakefield is high-cocka-
forum Mrs. Letter calls them the
"Skiddoo-ers," and it is worth trip
to the Landing to hear her tell about
them. Commodore A. C. Decker and
/ his friends are not unknown at the
Landing, nor unwelcome. This is one
way of saying. more or less indirect
", that Mr. Decker is something of a
diplomat. To make long story short
that life cannot be considered wholly
complete which does not include &C.
4 uuaintanee with the unique PERSONAL
ity which rules the destinies of the
river front in that locality. The next
time DR. Barr sets out to write nov.
ell he should not fail to incorporate
that personality in it as one of the
leading characters. With such sub
iect for his gifted pen no chapter
, from Dickens would be more interest
ing.
: W. E. Pringle is now the city edi
q tor of the Quincy Journal and is o
course making good as practica
newspaper man. His nose for news" i
equalled only by the care with which
he verffies everything before he al
/ lows it to get into print. This make
e him an exceedingly valuable man il
e any newspaper office His many Keo
9 kuk friends will be pleased to lear
|. that as one Of the main spokes in Ed
/, tor Wheeler's palladium of liberty h
e is appreciated as he deserves. Anotf
I er Keokuk man who is doing well Il
Quincy is DR.. c. A. Leech. He is da
clerk of the Ellis-St. James hotel an
v quite popular with the travelling pull
le lie
sr The day the writer was in Quinc
IS the first concrete was spread for tn
ut floors of the magnificent new Tr'
IN mont hotel, In the financing of whic
"a Attorney B. A. Dolan of this city too
l., an important part. To give eclat
re the occasion the Fifth Regiment Nil
s. tary band rendered a number Of pop
er lar airs at the site Of the propose
is structure and States Attorney J.
m Gilmer delivered an address. A lare
re crowd was present. including the &
he rectors Of the hotel company. Aft
OK leaving the mixer the concrete
conveyed by an elevator to heigI
of one hundred feet whence it fal
in by gravity through tubes and trougl
a TO the false work below. spreadiI
Ter over the net work of steel rods al
IN pipes put in place preparatory to
ew reception. The process is quite inte
ct esting and should be witnessed by ;
an who visit our neighboring city VIII
ed the work of construction is in pl