The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-08-25
). RaIston Hayden Finds Visit % san
francisco and Los Angeles Gives
Chance TO Meet For
msr citixens.
FAIR IS RENDEZVOUS
lows Building Service i Appree'assd
BY Those Who Register at & !.
Hawkeye Building at tn.
Exposition.

fornia, writes the following very In
lteresting letter on meeting keokuk
people at San Francisco and Los An
geles. The Hayden party expects to
start home tomorrow. In his letter
Mr.. Hayden says: &
| Next to an extended visit in Keo-
kuk. the best way to meet Keokukians
and former Keokukians this summer
lis to spend month in San Francisco
and Los Angeles. The two exposi-
lttons coupled with the fnducement Of
low railway rates have brought them
out by the scores. One meets them
in Market street and on the Marina.
in the hotels and doing the zone"
and have even surprised one or two
in the act of inspecting the Barbary
coast. These latter shall be name
less here, for although most tourists
who circulate on Turk street are there
to observe it's wickedness rather than
to participate in it, this distinction is
not always recognized by their fami-
lies and friends.
At the Panama-Pacific international
exposition officially posted as the p.
Up. I. F., and usually referred to as
Y the .expo"-the natural rendezvous OF
Keokukians of today and yesterday Is
the Iowa building. A couple OF hun
dred or them have registered there
since the opening Of the fair and more
are appearing every day. This fact
was smliingly mentioned by Secretary
. Clum OF the Iowa commission. "A Few
moments later he incidentally men
toned the fact that Keokuk had not
seen her way clear to participate In
raising the money to put up the Iowa
building But it Is evident that no
one is more welcome there than c.ti-
zens OF the Dam City. But the Iowa
building, by the way, Is one Of the
pleasantest and most comfortable OF
those which stretch along the Avenue
I. of States. Not 30 pretentions AZ those
lof some OF the commemorative whose
i legislatures made heavy apprOpria-
| lions, the structure represents Iowa
adequately and very creditably-
Iowans who have awaited themselves
! OF Its comforts are enthusiastic and
unanimous In the opinion that no
state building has been OF greater
service to its guests.
/ One OF the most appreciated fea-
| lures of the service rendered at the
Iowa building is the card catalogue
OF residents and former residents OF
| the state. Originally this form OF
registration was used only by the
4 Iowa commission. Its advantages
over the old-fashioned ledger were SO
obvious, however, that the system has
now been adopted by many other ex-
ll,bitors, state and private. To pore
1 through fifty pages OF hastily written
| signatures in the hope Of finding the
name OF q friend wastes time and
nervous energy. and is q task seldom
completed. II you do finish the job
you usually are so irritated by the
/ time you turn the last page that for
the moment you don't care whether
you SAe the friend ornot. Secretary
CluA HAs had the Iowa registrations
| filed thg counties, and the names are
instantly available for period OF two
mon II .aek-
u NNxThose Met on Coast.
Among Keokuk people met on the
coast are: Mr.. and Mrs. E. C. Peter
SON and son Harry. The Petersons
are interested in the Atascadero col
4 ony. situated about 225 miles south Of
San Francisco. This colony, which is
under the management Of E. G. Lewis
who formerly published the Woman's
Magazine in st. Louis, controls $4,000
acres OF fertile Agricultural land The
! tract is divided into FIVE and ten acre