The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-11-10
j. w. Winger Suggests Taking Auto
mobiles and Visiting Towns
Along keokuk and Des
Moines.
COMMITTEE APPOINTED
This Body Will Consider Plan and
Take Action-Committee
Reports Are
Made.

"A Suggestion was maQe 10 inc heO-
kuk Retailers league last night by J.
w. Winger that the league plan a one
or two day booster trip along the
Keokuk and Des Mofnes, visiting
Pennington, Keosauqua, Bentonsport,
Bonaparte and all of the towns along
the Keokuk and Des Moines which are
affected by the change in time on tho
road. The trip is to be made by auto
mobiles II it is undertaken. The autos
will be appropriately decorated and
the Keokuk merchants will make
themselves known If the trip is taken.
On motion, John w. Rovane, ST., who
presided, appointed the following com.
mfttee which has the power to act on
the matter:
]. w. Winger, G. A. McLoney. Sam
Younker. T. N. Conner, ]. p Ingle.
Mr.. Winger's suggestion was that
the merchants decorate their cars and
visit the people In the towns along
the Keokuk and Des Moines. In this
way they could spread the gospel OF
Keokuk good fellowship and could get
in touch with the people.
Mr.. Conner, chairman Of the Thanks
Eiving-Apprectation sale, sugg ested
that the merchants could carry along
advertising matter pertaining to the
sale, If the trip was made.
To Mark Roads.
Louis Klein suggested taking som
of the money from the Keokuk Retail
Merchants association and applying
this towards erecting sign posts point
ing the right roads to Keokuk and
giving the distances. He was author
lied to take up the matter and tn
secure the money, on motion OF j. p
Ingle. It was proposed to mark the
roads within a twenty mile radius
and to mark them to- Keokuk.
Window Display Report.
In the absence Of the chairman, D.
r.. LinQuist made a short report for
the window display committee. He
thought the contest, had been a big
success. and he Judged from the
comments he had heard that the
merchants were going to make special
efforts to win at the final contest Sat
urday. Mr.. Linquist said he thought
the merchants ought to stand by the
Judges decisions and he didn't think
that merchants who criticised the de-
lcisions always stopped to think that
the judges were doing their best. Mr..
Linquist paid compliment to Chair
man ]. J. Chapman. saying that he
had taken much of the work on him.
self, and that the method of conduct.
ing the contest made the work harder
and that Mr. Chapman was doing
much of that work himself.
About Directory.
Albert Linquist, reporting for the
grievance committee. brought up the
matter Of the rural route directory for
Lee county. This directory passed
the secret advertising committee, and
is the only proposition to receive its
Endorsement in year. The reason
tho committee Endorsed It was be-
cause It contains the names Of PEG.
pie living On rural routes, and because
Fort Madison and Montrose merchants
also are advertising. Mr.. Linquist
thought that the directory could have
been gotten up here instead Of by
outside parties. There was some dis
cussion as to whether the secret com
mittee should not in the future re.
port to the league on such matters. 1t
was decided that this would not be
wise, and that the committee should
have the final word in such matters.