The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-03-10
Number Of Suggestions Were Propos-
ed and Acted Upon and Merch-
ants Show Much Interest
In Organization.
TO MODIFY AGREEMENT
Contract Estimated &
Have Saved Merchants $4,000
is Up for Possible Changes
Now.

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it's meeting last night, fulfilled all
forecasts Of poppy" session. talked
| loyalty to Keokuk, out of town buy
ing, trade extension, general improve
ments, put the advertising agree
ment-estimated to have saved the
merchants in the club $4,000 since
! its adoption-in the hands of COM
| mittee for revision, decided to add
an educational committee to its other
F.; committees and planned to cooper
ate with the U. c. It's in the matter
| of decorations for the buildings and
store windows Saturday, March 20,
when some of the state and national
officers will be here.
Sell the idea of Keokuk, was the
suggestion of the Rev. Huell Warren
OF the publicity committee. People
don't talk about Keokuk as they
should, he declared He said he had
tried an experiment on clerks in
stores, and found that nine out OF ten
agreed whenever he suggested that
things didn't seem to be moving vel!
for Keokuk. 81 would suggest that
you put your clerks through course
of education" he added. He told OF
tho Trenton idea, and suggested ways
in which il might be applied to keo-
kuk.
+. r. Bulman suggested loyalty TO
Keokuk, and in that vein asked that
committee be appointed which
would secure the names OF people
buying goods outside of Keokuk from
mail order houses. With these names
it would be the committees business
to write letter to these people say
not hn
were buying out of the city, and sug:
costing that further purchases be
made in Keokuk. Mr.. Winger said
he thought such a committee should
be as secret as the advertising agree
ment committee. .
H, S. Walker reported for the legis.
fatiye committee and asked for the
cooperation of the members in pre-
senting any matters for the commit
tee to work on Karl Hemmy re-
ported for the publicity committee.
Elmer Mas said the general i'm
proyement committee was working
on plans for flowers in the boulevard
space at Twentieth and Main streets,
wading pool in Rand park, the cut
ting of the grass in the park, and I'M
provement Of the entrance to the
city from the bridge. T. r. Bar
tholomew reported on good roads;
J. w. Winger promised inducements
for trade extension, and S. A. Miller
reported four new members.
Agreement to Committee.
COPIES of the advertising agree
ment were. passed around the table
for consideration. President duncan
said it had been estimated that the
agreement had saved the members
$4,000 in the time 1t had been IN
existence There has been tend
ency Of late, he said, to break over,
and he suggested the clubs consld'
Grafton of the agreement as to any
changes or for attachment OF any
penalties for violation.
Rather than spend the rest of the
night considering the agreement, 1t
was voted to put the contract in the
hands of committee OF ten to con-
slider and report recommendations at
the next meeting. This was done on !
Mr.. Lutz's motion, and the commit |
tee will be appointed by the chair
and any lines of business having ;
suggestions to make may do SO.
Dr.. G. Walter Barr addressed the |
club on the subject Of a pageant .
which could be given here sometime,
with Keokuk history as the subject.
Decorate Stores March 20.
w. A. Balbaoh told the club what
the United Commercial Travellers
we're going to do here March ~, and
asked that the stores be decorated
and that special attention be paid to
window displays. There will be dele
cations from Burlington and Quincy
councils here, besides the state and
national officers. A big parade is
one feature and a shopping trip for /
the women another feature.
The merchants agreed to decorate
their buildings and doll up" their
windows. When asked If any particu-