The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-12-06
MINISTER BOOSTS
kE0kUk HIGH.
Rev. Or. Garrett, saint Louls Rector
Enthused by keokuk's Prospects
From Pacific Coast
Experience.
URGES SPIRIT THAT WINS
Realizes the New Industrial Center
Forming Here at keokuk and
Voices st. Louis Interest
In Il.

feel that this water power develop
ment of yours at Keokuk Is one of the
biggest and most important move
ments ever undertaken in the entire
Mississippi valley" said Rev. DR.. D.
c.. Garrett, rector of st. Peters Epis-
|copal church of st. Louis, to repre-,
sentative of The Gate City last eve
ming. j.
DR.. Garrett came to Keokuk to lee
ture under the auspices of the West
minister brotherhood of the Westmin-
ster Presbyterian church Hearing
him talk ten minutes gave one the
impression that the Industrial associa-
ton ought to employ him to hold con-
versations and make speeches over the
country for Keokuk.
The day before he talked to hun
dred business men in Burlington and
in the course of his remarks showed
much knowledge and appreciation OF
the Keokuk dam and its econimic Eff
fects. There he also spoke of success
full drainage projects in Missouri, and
said common sense is opposed to de-
stroying lands by water that may be
leveed and drained, which was apro-
pos to the resistance to a drainage dis
trict in Green Bay.
The lndomitabIe Spirit That Wins.
Il think the people of keokuk ought
to combine to boost your town-there's
no need of saying that, though. is
there?" continued DR.. Garrett to The
Gate City. rs there? You ought to do
like Seattle did when the business and
professional men of the city went out
and worked with their own hand to
build the Seattle and Eastern railroad
the construction of which brought bet
ter traffic conditions.
1T is that splendid, indomitable
spirit shown by Seattle, my old home,
that counts-the indomitable spirit
that moves mountains and knows nc
failure and changes the face of the
! world Keokuk should awaken to the
call of commerce and manufactures at
her very door and put on that indomit
able spirit and do what Seattle did.
He Saw Seattle Grow.
II lived in Seattle for seven years
: Stone & Webster were out there Their
4 Harvesting the waters of Mount Ranie,
Il to make power for Tacoma and Seat
tie, to the great advantage OF botf
cities in population, especially Seat
q tie.
q Are they here now? And they owr
4 your electrical public utilities! Well
that nearly settles it and keokuk is
;. to be heartily congratulated. They
did wonders for Seattle and Tacoma
my residence in Seattle has caused
> me to take considerable interest II
utilizing natural facilities like the wa
g ter power of this great country. This
great installation will do great things
for our nation.
q Sees New Industrial Center.
u aside from the restoration of Mis-
81 sissippi river traffic which it vii
Is move a long step forward, it mean
much for Keokuk and the towns II
this vicinity. A new Industrial cente
'e is forming here which will be one 0
the most important in the world.
Many different forms of manufae
turing will come TO this power. Their
is now tendency for cotton manufat
turing to move to the southwest, an
with the new steel barges that are con
ing on the river, why cannot the CO
ton mills of England operate her
most economically?
when / say that St. Louis is tai
. ing an intense interest in your grea
est of power dams here at Keokuk,
mean the people generally and not OF
ly those interested in business wa
sc in the large quantity of electricity 20
as are going to send us in little MOI
than year. There is great deal {
talk about this water power anon