The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-22
|[DC. Is THE BIG
CELEBRATION DAY.
p.opIe Waiting for the Special Rail-
road Trains on That pay to
Bring Thousands
Here.
NO PROGRAM ON MONDAY
Visit Of the Governors viii be a
Brief One and Will be pc
voted to Seeing
the Dam.

Tuesday, Aug. 26, stands out as the
big day of the celebration. Then it
3 Is that the exercises marking the for
mai dedication OF the water power
proiect will be held, in addition to
which all features announced by the
committee for the remaining two days
will be offered for the entertainment
B n the thousands OF Keokuk visitors.
The program at Rand park Tuesday
morning, to follow Immediately after
The parade, promises to be unusually
interesting, but without doubt the
people are looking to the $1,000 dis
play of fireworks on Lake Cooper
4 Tuesday evening as the leading fea-
lure of the program. In this they
should be fully justified, for, good
4 weather permitting, the display will
\ be the most spectacular Of its kind
\ ever seen in Keokuk. and this city has
rad remarkable exhibitions of that
Kind in the past. On Governors
pay August %. there will be no cell
ebration exercises. Tuesday is the one
( big day.
Arrangements have been made with
the railroad to hold special trains I'M
Il after tho display Tuesday night.
Hundreds of people from nearby
towns are coming into Keokuk for
the evening program only in order to
avoid the crowds and heat of the
middle of the day With bands play
Ing and large numbers of regatta
craft parked on the lake, with the
brilliantly illuminated power project
nearby, the sight should be che to re,
paw we'll those who come even thou
sands Of miles to welcome in the new
Keokuk,
Great interest is being shown on
all sides, but especially in musical
centers. in the engagement OF the
great Ferullo band. This organization
Of forty pieces, under the direction o.
Francesca Ferullo, undoubtedly this
most fascinating Italian director III
America, both in his building OF pro
grams and the manner Iii which hi
brings out the maximum OF ability IL
his men, has been the most popular
attraction at summer resorts ant
! parks for years past Atisntic City ha'
reyelled in It's music. and for sixteen
weeks at the Coliseum in Chicago
music lovers of the Lake Michigan
city were carried off their feet night,
by the thrills occasioned by Ferullo'
baton. The celebration COMMITTEE
made its ten strike" when Ferull,
and his band were secured, and thei
concerts. both on Main street and a
Rand park, are sure to pack all avail
able space surrounding the stand. TIL
band will be here for all three day
OF the celebration. and concerts ais
Will be given Monday afternoon an
evening in honor of Governors day.
The celebration will afford all
chance TO 20 over the water powe
Project and every precaution will b
provided to avoid danger. Guide
wearing badges will be stationed q
Advantageous points. and by keepin
The crowd moving along, 1t is fieure
mat every visitor in Keokuk VIII b
able to gain ascomprehensiye view {
me Plant and the features associate
with it.
Speed has an attraction for ever.
one. and there is all manner of el
tnusiasm, especially in towns alon
the river. to see motor boats on LAX
Cooper with such speed records
are held by the racers entered in tt
regatta which opens Tuesday afte
noon. Many of the speeders will a
rive Sunday and Monday, and hume
GUS other boats carrying private pa
res. are expected on those days. Mo
q the private craft will park en- Il
lake. Bluffs on the Iowa side W
ee thrown open to the crowds, ar
there is enough room to allow hu
ofeds of thousands of people to 81