The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-13
Details Of the Mass Meeting Held Last Evening
in the Grand Opera House to Discuss the
Situation Confronting the City
COMMITTEE TO TAKE UP QUESTION
keokuk is Alive to Her Opportunities and In
tends to Open the Door Wide When She
Raps For Admission

he attracted to this locality by the
cheap power, were particularly inter
esting to the citizens present and ev-
cry citizen In his own mind, saw the
growth that will come if Keokuk be-
stirs itself. His statement that the
power could be sold outside of Keo-
kuk gave the audience something to
think about and brought home to
| them more fully than ever, the need
of Keokuk taking hold and using the
best efforts of the entire citizenship
/ in seeing that Keokuk shall benefit
| by the water power development as
she should.
He stated that when the power
plant is completed, it will represent
more actual power than is now deyel-
oped in the whole of Switzerland
where for one hundred years they
i have been at work. The power COM
pany will at all times favor the inn
& nroyement of the river and in ita
building has taken one great step in
4 that direction.
The idea of a metropolis springine
iup in twinlSling, was exploded by
his remarks on the length of time he
expected it would take to show re-
suits. One good big factory secured
within two years, he said would be a
good enough start and would prove
encouraging. Land control to Eoost
prices was condemned by him, hold
!, ing that real estate booms work dis
astrously and bring suffering to the
, citizens. His remark that Mayor FL
der was mayor whom everyone be-
lieved in, brought applause and bis
{ praise of the commission plan of gov
Z ernment which Keokul1 enjoys was.
, another particular point which the
, audience relished.
: Letter From James c. Davis.
: A letter from Hon. Jas. G. Davis was
> then read by EIon. Theodore A. Craig.
: Mr.. Davis expressed regret at not be.
ing able to be present at the meet
5 ing and gave assurance that he was
still just as interested in Keokuk as
$ if he still lived here instead of Des
:, Moines. In the letter he urged that
, an active boosters organization be
e created and an experienced man put
:. in charge. subscriptions from the citi
zens amounting to $4,000 or more
per year ought to be raised among the
citizens for this work. He also sug
u gested that the Santa Fe railroad
G could be induced TO build into the
city. He suggested the forming also
le of a corporation to buy and contro
g the available factory sites for use
y when they We're needed This lette,
u was heartily applauded as was the
one which followed
From w. C. Maxwell.
The second was from w C. Max
- He suggested the purchase of th
: vacant land back of the city Tor fac
:, tory sites and the building and own
- ing by the city OF belt line to tat
- this section.
at Wells M. Irwin.
he Wells NJ. Irwin was called on by th
he chairman. He said he had come t
ng the meeting to boost and to keep o
ST boosting until keokuk had reache
ge the place she deserved We have
! beautiful city, we live in happines
ch and peace and the proudest boast
he any of our citizens should be: Il al
ne a Keokukian.'
ep Our watchword should be that
AT the three guardsmen One for a
er- and all for one" If we take advantas
Sc. of our opportunities we will ru
ell this country just as much as O.
he Rome when she stood on her sepe
as hills ruled the world.
co
Use The Legal Side.
INT A Hollingsworth, having been as
nd
uld Continued on page 81