The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-01-13
rand Opera House Was Too Small Last Even
mo to Accommodate All Who Came to Attend
the Public Meeting
CITIZENS DEMONSTRATION MEANS MUCH
The Band Wagon Of Progress Started Last
Night With Big Crowd Of Boosters Filling
All Available Seats

A legal tip was given that bill
might be pushed through the legis-
lature, now In session in Des Moines,
providing that Keokuk could use the
income from the mulct tax, police
fines. ETC., for whatever purpose she
desired. This plan met with favor by
all. 1t would be legal and 1T would
throw the burden upon every citizen
and yet be no direct taxation of prop
erty. 1t would produce the funds
necessary, put the matter into the
hands of the city, work no extra hard
ship on anyone and give every citizen
an interest in the work.
A committee of citizens, fifteen in
number, is to be appointed by Mayor
Elder and Judge VIM. Logan. This
committee is to look into the impor-
tant matter and determine what is the
best method 10 pursue. As soon as
this cotnn1i9tess is through with its fiis
vestigation it viii report to the public
probably through another mass meet
ing.
Surely Rousing Meeting.
1t surely was rousing public meet
| ing. When the hour OF eight had ar
| rived. every seat in the opera house
1 was taken, even to the chairs in the
orchestra pit. The house was mass
of faces from top to bottom and the
ladies were unusually numerous.
/ Fifty or more citizens occupied
seats upon the stage and the greatest
of interest was shown by all. The
addresses made were frequently in
terrupted by bursts of applause and
each speaker was accorded the utmost
4 attention 1t was shortly after eight
i O'Clock that the meeting was called tc
order by Mayor Elder and a few min
utes before ten o'clock when the meet
} ing adjourned.
, It was rousing meeting, an impor
t tant meeting, memorable meeting
t and meeting az which Keokuk his
> tory was written.
t 1t was the first meeting of the new
< Keokuk Boosters Club--but not the
t last There will be others and the,
t will become more rousing and profit
: able than was the one last night.
u The booster spirit was abroad las
5 night and today it is penetrating guar
q ters of the town which it did no
e reach last evening. 1t is spreading
over good old Keokuk like the thick foI
g which enveloped the city this morn
g ing. reaching out to every corner. int
q the stores, the factories, the office
r and the homes. 1t is welcome ep
= demic, incurable and contagious. |
?. does more good for city than any
d thing yet heard of 1t is an invigf
y rator, an elixir of life, a stimulant.
, hypodermic injection of energy, hope
IS growth and betterment.
e Let none seek an antidote. Let
a. run its course Let ii grow and sprea
g and enlarge If anyone has anyShin
Y 10 throw at the wheels of progress
n which are starting TO move. let 1t =
lubricant that will make the wheel
move faster. This is no time fe
N sanding the track or applying tn
10 brakes.
il. Keolluk has started to move TO
lie ward. Let everyone climb INTO ~
IN band wagon at once and take in II
"a Joy ride which is ahead The du
,e behind is going to be awfully tnle
IS and disagreeable. Those who ioit'
" in the rear. will get choked
n The seeds of progress were plante
ve last nigh Lets all get busy and ne
Of irrigate the garden.
lis Forward march