The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-19
ANN UAL OUTING OF
| CLUE, Big AFFAIR
Organization Of Stone and Webster
Employees Give First Annual
| Outing Yesterday
! Afternoon.
ON STEAMER 6. w. HILL
Baseball Game a Nauvoo One ,of the
Feature Attractions-city Of
ficiaIs 90 on
Trip.

Tension club; an organization of en-
Er]oyes of Stone & Webster companies
s,,of Keokuk and cities in the vicinity,
Twas held yesterday.
u The greater part of the time was
spent on board the steamer G. w.
Fill. Old timers at river excursions
|sa'd that it was the biggest affair Of
the kind that has gone out of Keokuk
liz twenty years. There were 575
members and guests of the organiza-
tlon on board. Among the members
en- the trip were those from the Mis-
sis sippi River Power company, the
Keckuk Electric company, the Fort
Madison Electric company. and the
Dallas City Light company. Among
the guests were people from Keokuk,
Warsaw, Hamilton, Nauvoo, Fort
Madison, Montrose, and Dallas City.
Mayors and members of city councils
from several of these cities were on
tte trip, as was Major M. Meigs and
all of his lock force that could be
sLsred.
The boat left the Keokuk landing
al $3.50 and proceeded at once to Nau-
700, arriving there at about 500
dock. Everybody left the boat
there and took in the baseball game
between teams recruited from the
power house, on one side. and from
the office forces of the Keokuk Elec-
trio company and the Mississippi Rty-
er Power company on the other At
the cbd of six innings, when it WIS
necessary to end the game in order
to continue the trip, the score stood
at a / to l tie. The two teams were
Laying for a prize in the form of q
silver loving cup presented by EriH
IF. Renaud.
After leaving Nauvoo at 1880, sup
Ter was served on the boat. From
Nauvoo the boat went to Fort Madison
where the people from that city were
dropped of. The boat then came
straight to Keokuk, reaching ths
landing here at 1900 o'clock. exactly
ION schedule time. The boat was met
1T the landing by dozen street cars,
"a special car being provided for the
lreople from Hamilton.
| Many ap'use aents of various forms
! on the boat kept those who made the
trip entertained at all times. Dane
ing was one Of the most popular forms
lcf amusement with the younger people
end the orchestra was kept busy neariy
all the time A victrola on the hurri-
| cane deck supplied music at that place.
A colored quartette was singing NEST
of the time and their music was great
Nv enjoyed. On the way home from
Fl. Madison the saloon cabin was NIL
ed and everybody sang the songs on
printed lists which were passed
around. Everything that was done
was announced to those on board
through a megaphone, and thus all
were kept informed constantly OF the
complex program of the day.
The boat was decorated around the
the hurricane deck with flags and
from the main mast was suspended
large flag of the Triskelion on a white
back ground. The Triskelion is the
"coat of arms" or trade mark OF
all Stone and Webster companies. The
saloon cabin was decorated in tri-col-
ored streamers and flags, and DR..
Bars megaphone was arrayed in heht
pink and blue ribbons together with
Triskelion.
An attractive program for the &C.
casion, on card board, was presenter
To all who made the trip. Some OF
the notes given on the inside OF the
program follow:
No. The guide is not Rip Van WIN
kle.
/ The man without his wife is Rack
Miley-Watch him.
We we're going to have fat mans
race but the only men eligible-Sears
| and Rhodes-are too fat.
The silent man with the long mar
Is J. p Ingle.
Nichols started the High Tension
c,nb and was afterwards sent to TT.
Madison, the penitentiary town. Think
! it over AZ,
Mr. G. A. Sears is president of the
E;oh Tension club. The following wee
the committees in charge OF arrange
ments for yesterdays outing:
| Executive COMMITTEES. II. BisSsh'
D p Rowland. James Horasan-
Athletic committee. r. VIII
uams Frank venning. George kirch'
ner. 49, Iot,son
Entertainment committee-Johnson
Angle Frank O'Neil, Paul Newen.
cuide-Dr G. Walter Barr.