The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-10-10
Committee In Charge Of This Event
Makes Report at Meeting of keo-
kuk Retailers League
Last Night.
DOLLAR DAY DISCUSSED
Experience Meeting Was Given to
Find Out Why it Was Such a
Big Successfully Festival
Being Planned.

| The community picnic, oiling Main
street road, industrial conditions in
/, Keokuk, and an experience meeting
over dollar day were some of the in
teresting features of the October
| league held last evening in the din
| ing room of the Y. w. C. A. The
members were well heeled" for bust
| ness after the splendid supper which
had been served them. The menu
| included cream of tomato soup, waf-
ers, pickles, fried chicken, mashed
potatoes and gravy, lima beans, cab
bage salad, hot rolls and jelly, apple
pie la mode and coffee. The menu
was an exceedingly good one, and
was prepared under the direction OF
Miss Helen Hambleton, cafeteria
director.
c. w. Durrett reported on the com
munity picnic arrangements. He
urged the local people to come to
Meisters' grove at Mooar, October II,
and meet the people from the rural
districts, who are going to be there
The committee which has been work
ing up the picnic has held a number
of conferences with the men from
the rural districts, and everything is
being worked out In splendid style.
Not only the retailers, but the whole
salers and others in Keokuk are in
vited to the picnic. Mr. Meister is
letting them have the grove for the
day, and in some of the districts
schools will be dismissed. E. A.
French and George Baur were named
la committee to see that each mans
name is written on card to De
pinned to the lapel of his coat. Prizes
for the events will be given in mer-
chandise and committee will solicit
| from the local merchants. NJ
Oilina Main Street.
The matter of oiling Main street
road was discussed. The road Is be-
| ing repaired to the county farm and
will be ready this week. 1t was de-
cided to appoint committee to con-
fer with the auto club, retail mer-
chants association, and other organ
izations to see if they could raise
the money for one car of oil If the
county would pay for the other car.
President Justice reported that
Keokuk was not idle industrially as
some of the members seemed to think
at the last meeting. One local fac
tory he said, had an order for four
teul STAKES etlu OiS LII SlShty
hosting engines. The tent stakes
contract will keep the plant busy
until spring, with additional men at
work.
J.. w. Winger, chairman of the
amusement committee, reported that
! it was practically impossible to ger
good attraction here for a fall
carnival, and it was decided to have
a May festival next spring instead.
A letter was read from the ladies
of the Sandusky church expressing
their appreciation of the splendid
turn out the retailers made on theil
invitation to the fried chicken supper.
Experience Meeting.
The dollar day experience meeting
was interesting. Jacob Schouten
said he thought it was a success be-
cause of the splendid committee in
charge, and because Of the fiendly
spirit worked UP by the trips to 9th
er towns taken by the league this
summer E. A. French said the banks
noticed material increase in the
months business, and thought it was
due to strong advertising. George
Schell said the merchants advertised
a. dollars worth and gave it. James
L
ton of the league members and the
fact that they gave the kind Of mer
chandise people wanted. J. w.
Winger said the merchants gave gooi
bargains in staple and disable goods.
C. w. Dickinson said he thought the
period sales made big hit, especial
ly as people were guaranteed thai
the early shopper wouldn't get all the
good things. E. G. Weisman said the
grocers were glad to get in to the
sales. P. T. Benner said the tea and
coffee men did good business, but
that naturally their field was limited.
Chairman George Baur of the COM
mittee, said the success was due to
the fact that organization was behind
the dollar day, and that it proves
that Keokuk can get trade if she
goes after it. He spoke of the fact
that 1t was all cash business.
League Must be First. i
President Justice analysed the
success as being due to the fact that
the merchants have made a reputa-
ton for honest bargains. Being so
successful for the league, he said,
some individuals might attempt it,
and this was something the league
must not countenance, for if it did,
the handwriting was on the wall. The
success of dollar day comes through
the organization.
1t was reported that 500 people
crossed the Keokuk and Hamilton
bridge one way Saturday, September
20. which was dollar day.
The merchants were asked to give
their cooperation so far as possible
to a business college here. A man