The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-04-14
Advertising Schedule Of keoisuk Com.
n,eroiai Club Presented Last
Night With Few
. Changes.
OTHER BUSINESS TALKED
Summer Closing Schedule, Endorse
ment Of Baseball and Other Mat
tiers Talked Over by As
ISOLATION.

The new advertising agreement Of
the Keokuk Commercial club, with a
few changes from the old agreement,
was adopted last night after discus
sion of its various phases The club
considered summer closing hours and
committee composed Of members
| from every line of business was ap-
pointed to handle this matter. Man
service was briefly discussed. Base
ball was endorsed by the club. No
endorsement was given by the club
| as an organization to the American
Legion's request for help in ticket
selling for the legion's dance.
The advertising agreement was re-
ported by Chairman J. w. Winger Of
! the committee of ten which consider
| ed the proposition. The principal
change allowed is that which favors
Keokuk printers. Theater programs,
| the High School Comment and the
telephone directory, when printed in
keokuk will be put on the accepted
| list.
The differentiation between the
theater curtain and the theater pro-
gram brought about quite spirited
debate. The local printers appeared
before the committee to say that the
ban ON the theater programs had
taken much business from them. A
suggestion was made to lay the de-
cisive action over for month, but
this was not accepted On q rising
vote the committees report was
adopted.
The new agreement will be signed
by each firm. Provisions are made
for penalties as severe as loss of
membership in the association for
breaking over the rules. &.~
Summer Closing.
e. F. Remand read C. K Joys let
ter about the summer closing
schedule. Mr.. Renaud said this ques-
ton of summer closing was matter
Of efficiency. President Duncan called
on the members in different lines OF
business for expression of opinion.
The grocers we're against early clos
ing, J. A. S. Pollard reported. The
clothing men, according to John Ro-
vane, had more trade in the late
afternoon than in the early morning
hours Others expressed their views
and it was left to a committee repre-
senting all lines of business to con-
slider. -.-
Farnk BeN and e. W. McManus
presented the matter of soliciting
subscriptions for baseball, and a
motion was made giving them the
unqualified endorsement OF the club.
E. F. Remand brought up the mat
ter Of mail service. The Industrial
association already has a committee
at work on this.
REQUEST From Leoion,
Following the discussion Of the ad-
vertising agreement a request was
presented from keokuk post No. A.
of the American Legion that permits
sion be granted to sell tickets to the
members for the dance the legion is
to give a week from Friday night |
No endorsement was given the re- !
quest, from the club as a body, al. |
though individual members offered To |
purchase tickets. This Is the first |
time that the returned soldiers have |
asked for anything. and the sugges-
ton made at the legion meeting of |
the clubs underwriting fifty or
tickets for distribution to
members was presented, but was not !
The question of carnivals coming
into Keokuk was presented at request
Of certain people. No action was
taken in this.
The meeting place for next month
was left to the officers for decision.
Six new members were reported by
the membership committee.
NJ. W. Cunningham, one of the new
entertained the league with
4 number Of stories. The Very Rev.
J. W. Gillespie, another of the new
spoke of the good the club
could do, and he thought 1t could help
make Keokuk one of the biggest and
pest cities.