The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-04-16
State Wide Movement Headed by
Governor Planned to Promote
All Interests in
This State.
MEETING NEXT MONDAY
City Council Today Receives Request
Thai Representatives Be
Sent From This
City.

For the promotion OF statewide
organization of greater Iowa move
ment meeting of representative
citizens from all over the state will be
held at Des Moines next Monday.
The movement is being backed by
Governor Clarke and other prominent
men in the state. The city council
today received a communication IN
regard to the movement, explaining
its purpose, and requesting that two
or more representatives from this
city be sent to attend the meeting
next Monday. The council turned the
matter over to Mayor Moorhead who
is to consult with the Industrial as.
ISOLATION in regard to the matter
The letter received by the council
this morning follows:
The commission which has been to
California to select and dedicate
site for the Iowa building at the Pan
ama-Paciflc exposition in San Fran
cisco, 1915, believes the time is ripe
to start and perpetuate greater
Iowa movement; a movement which
will look to the organization Of a
permanent body of some character,
built wholly for the purpose of doing
the statewide things for Iowa, which
will insure to her greater advantage
as a state and insure to her suprem-
acy in the things which are rightfully
hers. The opportunity is present
| viii Advertise State.
A great exposition is being prepar.
ed in San Francisco for 1915, which
will show the advancement and prog
ress in arts and sciences in the past
idecade. Iowa can not afford to miss
the chance to show what she has
done and show it in big way. II
order to do 1t properly and credftabl!
lit is necessary for every patriotic
citizen Of the state to take some part
however small, in organizing and get
ting ready, and using his influence In
creating showing which will bring
to the state the widest and mos
favorable publicity. Then there are
all the other things which should be
taken up actively and diligently
such as keeping Iowa's young men al
home, promoting a fine public spirit
increasing the productivity of oul
farms, factories and mines, and man,
other subjects Of vast Importance.
Time Ripe for Movement.
The time Is here when things ma,
be achieved, and In line with the new
spirit abroad in all the land, thu
commission has decided to call
statewide meeting, to be held at TIT
state capital, for the purpose of Ell
fecting the objects set forth above
Therefore you are invited to sen'
two or more representative citizens
to this meeting which will be made III
of substantial and energetic citizen'
of the state; said meeting to be hell
lat the governors office In De-
Noines on the goth day Of April, 1914
at 1:30 p. m.
An executive committee which w
have named will have charge of tn
details of this meeting and will fol
ward to you the necessary credent1al
, to be used by those representative
which you send, and 1T Is hoped an
urged that for the welfare and ad
yancement of Iowa you will have req
resentatives there.
Signed, The Temporary Commission
NV George w. Clarke, president
, Horace E. Deemer, Ora Williams, H
10. Bernbrock, Waterloo; George How
, Ottumwa; Hugh H. Shepard, Maso
City: w. G.. Haskell, Cedar Rapids
Ralph Bolton, Des Moines; Georg
: e. French, Davenport; George E. WI
son, ST., Clinton; Allan Willis, d.
buoue; Philip P. Paschel, Counc
Bluffs.