The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-02-01
July First VIII Find Many keokuk
Motor Boat Owners Preparing
For Cruise to Northern
City.
"a PLEASANT VACATION
Big Event Comes at INCEST Time of
the Year and no More Pleasant
Outing Could be
Suggested.

The Clan of the Early Risers of
Keokuk who wander toward the river
the first morning of July, just when
the bright summer sun is coaxing
away the cloak of filmy mists which
clings to the mirrored waters, will be
apt to find number of the Keokuk
power boat owners polishing. tuning
and securing their craft, and making
ready to start their cruise to the NJ.
V. P. B. A. regatta ct Dubuque, Iowa,
July 4, and 6.
The Keokuk boat owners are show
ing lively interest in the big western
regatta where they will have an op-
portunity to. see $4,000 enthusiastic
bugs" assembled, the greatest fleet
OF small boats ever collected in west
ern waters, the classiest races held
anywhere in the country, and where
they will be able to enjoy four days
of feasts, receptions and good times
such as only true motor boat bugs
know how to provide.
While there has been no definite
decision as to just how many boaters
from this city will make the trip, it
is regarded as certain that all those
who can arrange to take their sum-
mer vacation during the first week in
July will plan to make the cruise.
No more pleasant vacation can be
imagined. say those who have cruised
along the Mississippi, than this trip
by water to Dubuque. Nowhere in the
United States is similar scenery more
beautiful, and the fords, and even the
yellow grain fields which roll away
toward the foothills. there attaches
some entertaining bit of history or
legend, which males a trip up the
Nile fade into insignificance by COM
parison. In these hills and across
these valleys the Indians fought their
final valiant battles for possession of
the rich central west: and in the
early days their birch canoes darted
under the impulse of their swift pad
dies where now the propellers of
countless motor boats churn the wa
tiers in boiling swirls. And in an even
earlier day the rugged adventures of
France and Spain picked their dar-
ing way cautiously over the very same
waters. midst dangers and suffering,
in quest of empire.
But now It's different. The naviga-
tor of 1911 Tolls comfortably in a nest
of soft cushions with his friends,
while a faithful little iron and brass
worker does the padding. All it asks
is to be fed-and how 1t does paddle
'twould make all of Black Hawks
braves furiously working in unison,
look like stalled freight train in
comparison to the Twentieth Century
Limited. And instead of blazing the
trail" the modern navigator sits
at ease, merely guiding his craft by
the markings Uncle Sam has provided
for his safety.
Everywhere along the Mississippi,
from the head waters to the mouth,
are coy spots where tents may be
pitched and camps hastily established
for the night In view of these condi-
tons, it is expected many of those
who cruise to Dubuque next July will
take with them camping outfit, If
the distance is sufficient, and camp
o. nights" along the old Father of Wa
tiers. And in the immediate vicinity
of Dubuque there are countless camp
ing grounds, where the tents may be
pitched for the regatta week, making
it possible for those desiring to
camp out to spend the night at camp
and run into the harbor daily for the
events
The Dubuque regatta committee ex-
poets most of the visiting boats and
fleets will start so that they will get
into Dubuque sometime July ord.
There will be waiting playing bands.
and the pick of the Dubuque fleet
with flags flying, and reception COM
mittees on board anxious to extend
the glad hand" to the visitors. And
the racers will be there. too tuning
up with their exhausts roaring like
machine guns, darling everywhere I'M
der the guidance of proud mechani'
clans and owners.
It truly will be gala week and II
seems certain no motor boater OF
Keokuk who is not chained down, viii
miss the big event.
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