The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-05-09
CAMPING PARTY
FROM PADUCAH
Some Eminent kentuckisns Who
Are Captains Of Finance and In
dusty Come Here For an
Outing Trip.
LOCAL MEN MEET THEM
Guests Of n. T. Edgar and A. S.
Nichols Invited to Luncheon
Where keokuk and Kentucky
Blend Compliments.

Established in fishing camp In
Green Bay today are party OF Ken.
tacky captains of finance and indus
try from the city OF Paducah, who
are the guests of II. T. Edgar, of Stone
and Webster, and A S. Nichols. man
aeer of the Paducah Light and Power
company on their second annual out
ing trip.
!. Before their departure for Green
Bay, they met at a luncheon IN the
.yriffany room of the Hotel Iowa. the
department heads OF the Mississippi
River Power company. the mana gers
o. the utility companies of keokuk,
Fort Madison, and other towns near
here. and few local men.
With Mr.. Edgar at the head of the
table and Mr. Nichols at its foot,
twenty-six men enjoyed the luncheon
and few speeches following the cot
fee.
DISTINGUISHED kentGcSylans.
The party from Paducah includes
c. K. Wheeler, former congressman
who regularly refuses the nomination
for governor Of Kentucky. and is one
of the most eloquent orators in the
south; j. c. Utterback, a director OF
the Federal Reserve bank Of st.
Louis: Musco Burnett. manager OF the
water company OF Paducah; E. w.
Baker wholesale grocer; George c..
Wallace, a Memphis capitalist who
lives in Paducah: Judge W. A Berry,
leading attorney there; w. F. Brad
sshaw, president of leading bank OF
that city. Most of them are directors
of the Paducah Light and Power COM
rany
The fishing party includes, besides
the notables from Kentucky. Mr..
Edgar, Mr.. Nichols and G. A. Sears,
manager of the Mississippi River Pow
or company.
II expects to return Saturday even
ing. and will enjoy the outing In camp
however, many fish are caught In
Green Bay waters.
Welcoming the Visitors.
The visitors arrived yesterday fore
noon and were taken all over the
water power first, returning in time
for the luncheon at the hotel at 1880
O'Clock.
Besides the camping party. and the
Stone and Webster companies eXecu-
tives. the guests of Mr.. Edgar and Mr..
Nichols at the luncheon were Judge
William Logan, Neal Daugherty. OF
Hamilton. NJ. c. EclSbohm, of war.
saw. C. F. Skirvin. Ed. S. Lotion ana
DR.. G. Walter Barr.
Mr.. Edgar asked Mayor Lotion TO
tsIk to the guests from Kentucky, and
the Keokuk chief executive told OF
an incident he saw and heard in "a
.ducah once when he was travelling
salesman. welcomed the visitors TO
Keokuk and invited them to come
again.
A Famous kentuckylan.
A. w. O'Hara made postprandiai
speech ranging from the duty Of big
business men as citizens to aeroplane
landing fields on the trans-continental
route, here at Keokuk.
Ex-Congressman Wheeler sustained
his reputation as an orator and a
flower of a scrap-he is the man VINO
kept congress in a turmoil for two
weeks once over the honors paid
Prince Henry, of Prussia, in this coun-
try. and is a Kentucky democrat of
the first water and the purest ray
serene.
He sang a paean of the superiority
Of Kentucky, and boasted that his
state has fewer emigrants than any
state in the union. He asserts strong
" that he wants this to be an Anglo
Saxon country, and the next congress
to enact law Transporting every man
who does not understand the genius
of American institutions and who VIII
rot cheerfully obey our laws, leaving
America for Americans. He express
ed his great enjoyment in his visit
here.