The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-21
MOTER BOAT FANS
AFTER REGATTA
eormsnsessfsu to @open Esaagstr
Says That she keokuk Meter
Beat Club Is Atter
annusI Meet
THE PLANS OF THE CLUB
VIII consoet Membership Campaign
ard VIII Give Meet 70 Take
the Place Of Fall
Carnival.

Under the head "Keokuk Comes
Back the Open Exhaust, a motor
hoaz magazine published at Lacrosse.
Wis. gives the following
Lots Of things can't come hack but
a motor boat club can.
The Keosuk. Iowa. motor boat club, /
which disbanded couple of years
ago, has reorganized stronger than I
before, is going to build club ioUse,
and viii be AZ Davenport IN July TO J
land the 1913 regatta OF the N. "
p. B. A.
The Keosuk club has made apDlica-
ton for reinstatement in the Missis-
sippi VALLEY Power Boat Association
and is going after the game in all its
branches.
On February 2 number of river
enthusiasts. commonly known as
river rats met and reorganized the
cid club with the following officers:
Commodore, 3. wilkinson: vice com
modore, ". s. Phillips; feet captain,
Mai Montgomery Meigs; secretary,
r 0. Publisky; treasurer. l. z. Spang-
Ter, and last but not least commits
sary, G. Siebert-
At later meeting at the ONCE OF
the Decker Manufacturing Co.
number Of new members we're receiv-
ed and the plans Of the club discuss
cd The members OF thc club do not
believe in doing things By halves and
while they have many smaller things
TO get ready for. they have decided
that they are going after the Mis-
sissippi River Power Boat Association
for 1913
This regatta is The biggest thing in
the power beat world in the Missis-
sippi valley The one last year at
Dubuque had boats entered from the
Atlantic coast. the great lakes and
from the gulf Keokug will have the
finest body OF water in the middle
west and wants fair share OF the
meetings. Motor boat men think that
If keokuk can get the habit started
with one OF the official regattas il
viii not be a serious undertaking tc
have a motor boat week every year
and this week can take the place o.
all former fail celebrations, with ths
added advantage that every other cfty
in the country can't have one. ant
that they never grow stale
The club IS going TO send large
delegation 10 the 1912 meeting viii
orders to bring back the bacon.
The members have planned som.
fun, both for themselves and for III,
other citizens Of keoxuk for III,
coming year. The first event is fo
themselves: date, May -; plan,
Picnic. probably UP the river Their
Will be other picnics following. prob
ably about two weeks to mont
apart.
Another plan is for a canoe carniya
in the canal on July I. The program
has not been made ont in full, bu
there will be canoe races, joisting
swimming races. hurdy-gurdys an,
perhaps a speed boat run
To carry out the plans it viii b
necessary that the club have Iarg
membership, and TO that end nun
Der OF committees will be out shortl
looking FOR the motor fan that ha
been lost in the dry weeds during tn
winter and needs to be shown wher
The ice is going out A number @
hamilton, Warsaw and Alexandra
men have asked for membership, an
il Is probable that the organization
viii take In everyone at the foot O
the biggest lake in the valley.
A committee. consisting of Majo
81. Meigs and ". s. Phillips were az
pointed TO acquire the necessar
ground to erect building on III
river hank above the dam The clu
has two sites under consideration
che Of them being below the ice guar
in the forebay Of the power house
and the other further up the river a
tie place where tho present Anschut
hill on the river road meets the ney
boulevard to be built next summer.
The club house to be first cor
structed will contain only meetinl
room, locker room and a place TO
supplies. but will be designed an;
built so a dining room hall, kitchen
dancing pavilion and boat stalls cal
be added TO make a complete building
The club expects to secure the Ia
cation this year and to construct tn
first part Of the building in time 70
the Mississippi Valley Power Boa
Association regatta in 1913.
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