The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-30
IS
UPPERM0ST NOW.
plans Being culminated Which :~ih
Decide the Nature Of
the Entertsin-
mont.
"A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
Can Entertain More People Here This
Summer Than In Any
Previous cele-
bration.
"a GREAT OPPORTUNITY
[By WIN P. Green. ]

LILY w la 0tOSA.l
approximately two months remain
until the date Of the celebration
which will formally mark the opening
OF the Mississippi. river power devel-
opment dam. Two months eight
weeks -fifty-six days. In that time
there are thousands of things to be
done In the way of arranging for the
most important event Keokuk has
ever undertaken In the way OF a gen>
era1 jollification. When the number
of days is considered fifty-six-it is
evident that a great many things
must be done each day unless the
biggest part of the preparations Is
put off until the last minute, which
will mean general confusion and a
great deal of work half done.
The success of any celebration de-
ponds on complete arrangements.
And arrangements, to be complete,
must be put under way long before
the date of the event.
The active management of the
power celebration is In the hands of
committees. They must start to work
Immediately Upon them depends
how successful the work is carried
out provided-and this is the biggest
point of all-provided the people OF
Keokuk back them up financially.
Few people have any idea whatever
of the amount of money 1t takes to
properly finance a celebration. And
when speaking OF a celebration,
mean one that is proportionally as
great as the work whose opening il
is to mark. August should not see
merely the revival of Keokuk street
fair. Train loads are coming into
Iowa with the expectation of seeing
! something, of being entertained from
| In the morning until the clock pen
dulum swings into another day. Car
you blame them? Column after col
umn has appeared in the press abou
the Keokuk dam. Readers have beer
educated to the point where little
things cannot be thought Of in con
nection with 1t. That being the case
\ ~ lNCOhdh dOOo loI 8 CS pIASh VI Lii
celebration with its pocket-book ant
4 make 1t possible for the committee
to do something big, lot of the cap
ital that has been stored up for tn
city through power project publicit,
will be swept away.
/ Towns surrounding Keokuk refuse
i to take any hand in the power cele
bration. There was one exception
Hamilton and it is left to Hamilton
| and Keokuk to offer the entertain
ment. But merely because the res
of our neighbors sealed their wallets
do not get the mistaken impression
that they will not be In the gran
stand when anything happens O.
land or shore. Keokuk has said tina
1t will give this celebration regardless
of the support of the rest OF TIL
power zone, and Keokuk can. TIL
question Is, will It?
Within the next day or two con
mittees will start a campaign to car
vas the city for funds This Is you
best chance, Mr.. Business Man, to II
vest your money in profitable adve,
Using Iowa, Illinois and Missoul
are not going to read about you |
the newspapers next August. The
are coming right to your own fror
door to see you. I have here on m
desk a letter from the Iowa manage
OF the United Press. Here is whs
he says relative to the celbration:
l Your city has been after publ,
ity. If you ever had the opportunit
to secure it and get before the pc
pie. now Is the time"
SO when these committees call O
4 you for subscriptions, remember tbs
I the reputation OF Keokuk hospitalit
is at stake, and by that more tina
anything else in town measure
Treat your visitors right in Angus
and you will have them talking abol
you In September in every corner
the power zone.