The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-11
nne Hundred and Twenty
Gather at Banquet at Ho-
tel Iowa in Honor Of
New Manager.
BOOSTING IS KEYNOTE
Theodore Craig is POSTMASTER
and L. A. Hamill, Z. w.
McManus and O. w.
Kellogg Talk.
IlTrLE CRUMBS OF TOAST.

Theodore A. Craig, toastmaster-
"Keokuk may be little old fashion
ID: she may not be great city, but
,he has great big heart OF gold, and
Ill the warmth and glow Of that heart
ID extended In welcome to you to-
niqht, Mr.. Kellogg"
a, HamilI, keokuk's chief optin,-
ist-"I would speIl Booster this way,
eoost-Her. keokuk certainly can be
called feminine for she 10 most beau-
tifu. She has reputation for hos
pitaIity and she has the people ready
and willing 70 do things. All we need
is a lesson In boosting. Eliminate the
knocker and put on the smile that
won't come off,"
Edward w. McManua, keokuk's
silver tongued orator---"We are here
tonight not to dedicate factory but
10 something which will mean more
to the city. We are here to welcome
man whom we understand 10 man
Of ideas and who has the ability to
execute the ideas. 1t 10 not factories
nor wealth nor edifices alone that
make a great city. It 10 the men who
dwell there, men with ideas. Give US
the men with ideas and the factories
will come az a matter Of course"
c. w. Kellogg, the guest OF honor
1--WE must get together and behind
the MissIsslppI River Power company
and its interests. | am az optimistic
about the future of keokuk and the
power zone, az II had lived here for
long time and like Judge Logan and
others has nursed this project along
for generation"
Keokuk welcomed G. w. kellogg,
the new manager. of the Mississippi
Power company, IN the hospitable way
for which she is noted, last night at
the Hotel Iowa One hundred and
twenty live business and professional
men of the city sat down to ban
quet in the dining room of the Hotel
Iowa, with Mr.. Kellogg as their guest.
When the evening had come to close
it was felt as If keokuk had known
Mr.. Kellogg for long time, and there
could be no mistaking the genuine
ness with which Mr.. Kellogg entered
into the Keokuk spirit, and responded
to the hospitality for which Keokuk is
noted
The banquet was planned by the
Boosters club Of the city. The most
representative men of the city were in
attendance and the banquet was u
most sumptuous one. Two long tables
with shorter one at the head, where
the speakers and guest of honor sat,
were spread in the main dining room
OF the hotel. At 500 o'clock the men
were invited into the dining room.
Agnes orchestra furnished music
during the dinner. The tables were
decorated with cut flowers. The fol-
lowing menu was served:
Blue Points on half shell
Celery Olives
Cream OF tomato soup
Half spring chicken on toast
Delmonico potatoes Dreamed corn
Waldorf salad
Ice cream Assorted cakes
Coffee Cigars
AT the speakers table sat C. w.
Kellogg, guest of honor, Theodore A.
Craig, POSTMASTER; Edward w. Nc
Manus and Lee A. Hamill, the two
speakers; N. T. Wilcox. j. J. Miley,
John H. Bissell, Eugene Maxwell, all
department heads of the Mississippi
River Power company, John A. DUNLAP,
beverly B. Hobbs, Roy H. King.
T. A. Craig. POSTMASTER.
Following the banquet, Toastmast-
er Theodore A. Craig took charge of
the gathering. Mr.. Craig said keokuk
always had reputation for hospital
ity, and in the hopes OF bearing out
this reputation and to give the peo-
pie chance to greet Mr.. Kellogg, the
new manager OF the Stone & Webster