The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-06
Formal Session Of Southeastern
Iowa Association Adjourns,
But the End is Not
Yet.
IT BROKE ALL RECORDS
Officers Report for Last Year,
and Moonlight Club Sur
passes in Entertaining
Members.

along at a mile a minute, as eyel
since 1t arrived in Keokuk. the South
eastern Iowa Lumbermen's association
closed its twenty-second annual con
vention In the middle of this after
noon.
Addresses on trade topics and so
cial diseases OF men on the program
we're followed today by the reports OF
committees and election of officers FOL
the ensuing year.
Next. ana at once, came the ban
duet rendered the visitors by the keo
kuk fum bernen in the Hotel Iowa din
ing room Following that was TIM
visit of the members Of the association
and their wives to the worlds great,
est water-power plant where they
were shown all over the place and
told as much as they could ass1miiate
In one trip there.
These active lumoermen are still
running by momentum, however, and
after visit en- masse to The movies
this evening, they go to Hannibal and
back on a special train tomorrow.
The New Officers Elected.
The new officers were elected By
the secretary casting the entire vote
q the association and its auxiliary for
The nominees of the committee. For
<he first time, the secretary cast the
votes of the women as well as the men
n the election Of officers. The new
officers of the association are:
President-C. Y Smith, OF Ottumwa.
Vice president-C. NJ. Porter, Of Or
kaloosa
Observation-Disclosures J. Reany, OF
Columbus Junction.
Directors-Ralph Jamison, OF He'd
Pick, and J.. s. White, Of Harper
The new president was conducted
TO the chair and made bright and en-
fIusiastic speech. He expressed his
appreciation of the courtesiea shown
nv the Keokuk citizens to the lumber
men and said he hoped the association
would meet here again.
Fred Beach, the outgoing president,
was remarkably efficient as pres1d-
ing officer and deserves much credit
for the rapidity and thorouShness
with which the convention did It's
work
The committee appointed previously
reported early this afternoon. w. ..
Riddle. for the auditing committee, re-
ported the accounts OF the secretary
treasurer all right J. NJ. Furlong re-
;rorted total registration for the con-
vention of 1856.
Resolutions Of Appreciation.
The formal resolutions adopted on
the report of that committee thanked
everybody concerned in the success
of the convention. They were pre-
sented by 3. r. Beach, and thanked
the city Of Keokuk as represented by
Keokuk citizens who made the COZ
yention one of the best in its history.
Y They expressed gratitude to the re-
4 tai,ers for the banquet OF the day.
They acknowledged gratefully the gift
Of the badges from the Lothman Cy-
Ystess Co. They thanked the Moon
light club for the cabaret and the ball
last night at the Elks club. They
& thanked the Keokuk Commercial club
& for the printed copy of songs used IN
tn convention. thanked the retail
ers and manufacturers for courtestes
They also thanked the Portland Ce
Z ment Co. for the trip TO be taken to
Hannibal tomorrow.
Attendance smsshes Records.
The attendance at this twenty
second annual convention broke al
records of the South eastern Iowa as
ISOLATION. It also broke some Keo
lruk convention records, which were
already high ones.
The Hotel Iowa housed more per
sons last night than ever before II
its history, increasing its previou!
largest population by about thirty.
The Grand hotel was crowded, a
was the Royal A canvass of board
ing houses last night at 10 o'clccI
found them all reporting full, witt
not a room or a bed available 70
late corners,
The committee Of arrangement
commandeered private houses an
took care of its own, but arrivals Il
town who were not lumbermen ha
hard time to get to sleep. One dot
Tor, a lieutenant in the army medica
corps on government service, wa
given bed at ct. Joseph's hospits
On account OF his uniform and hi
profession.
They are Cheerful singers.
1t being the morning after, the a
ISOLATION was not called to order III
!. IL 10 o'clock today in the Titan
DOM of the Hotel Iowa.
Guerdon Colyin led the singing
Star Spangled Banner, followed b
aaIor S. II. NJ. ByeTs Song Of Iowa
md then they sang the Illinois stat
ong and then the chorus of Nilsson
tate song and Smiles and closed wit
America.
Adolph Pfund, secretary q. II
northwestern Lumbermen's associ
ion. who hroueht greetings from ~
GARD of directors of the No7-tbu-esta,
sscciation, spoke especially NJ -
alesmanship building material bv =
alters.
He said the mechanical features
Inlber yards have improved wond.
Ally, the equipment is fine, but n