The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-30
'ROOSEv WELT WILL
SPEAK At GRAND
"Chip Of the Old Block" and His Party
Will be Central Figures in Mon
ster Parade on Street Be.
fore Talk.
ARRIVES AT 2 O'CLOCK
Parade viii be Held at 1880 O'Clock
and There Will be Autos and
Big Band in
Line.

IneOQOre tuOOSeVedt, Jr., CHIP or
the old block" will speak in KeokA1k
Saturday evening at the Grand opera
house. He will come to Keokuk from
tertained at dinner The Keokuk
him here, but the Burling ton corr
11ittee made other arrangements.
Preceding the address, the lieu
tenant colonel and his party will be
chief figures in a big automobile
parade which will start from Fourth
and Main streets at promptly 1880
o'clock. The parade will move out
Main street to Twelfth headed by
the band, and will countermarcn and
go to the opera house, where the
speaking will be held.
\ Colonel Roosevelt will arrive In
Burlington and speak at 10 o'clock
there. Following this talk he will
go to the West Burlington shops and
then to a big meeting of farmers at
Grape park, where it is estimated
1000 will be present.
From Burlington he goes to Fort
Madison speaking there in the after
noon at the Santa Fe shops. He will
be entertained with members of his
party by Major T. P. HoAowell of
Fort Madison, now warden Of the
state prison. Major Hollowen served
with the lieutenant colonel in the
world war, and has invited him for
dinner.
4 The party will leave Fort Madison
in time to reach Keokuk between Z
and 1880 O'Clock where the colonel
will be the central figure in the
parade and will give his address at
the Grand.
To Taste Iowa Chicken.
I; The Burlington Hawk-Eye says of
his day in the district:
TEDDY, Jr." is going to taste some
southeastern Iowa fried chicken pre-
pared as only the wives of Iowa farm
iers can prepare it, when he visits
Des Moines county Saturday.
1t so happens that the Des Moines
county farm bureau is holding a pic
mic at Grape park Saturday, the day
Colonel Roosevelt is scheduled to be
in Burlington, West Burlington, Fort
Madison and Keokuk. Officers OF the
farmers organization, when they
learned of his coming promptly in
iyited him and his party to be their
guests, and the invitation was as
promptly accepted.
| Speaks From Rear Platform.
Plans for Colonel Roosevelts Iowa
visit were completed yesterday, and
will be carried out unless something
unforeseen happens.
w. F. Kopp, the republican nom1-
nee for congressman from the first
district, whose guest Colonel Roose-
Welt will be during his visit to the
first district, will meet him at Rock
Island and accompany him to Colum-
bus Junction, where they VIII remain
all night. Before the colonel and
Mr.. Kopp start for Burlington,
Colonel Roosevelt will make a brief
speech at the railroad station and
will also make twommute rear plat
form speeches at Wapello, Morning
Sun and Mediapolis.
The Burlington Meeting.
Remey hall was engaged yesterday
for the meeting in Burlington, which
will be held at 1880 O'Clock. Music
will be furnished by the Orchard
City band Immediately following
the Remey hall meeting the party
will 70 to West Burlington, where
Mr.. Kopp and Colonel Roosevelt will
sneak to the shopmen at 12:15. From
West Burlington they will go to
Grape park for luncheon with the
farm bureau members, and will motor
from Grape park to Fort Madison.
where a big meeting win be held in
the afternoon.
Following the afternoon meeting.
Major Tom Holloweu, warden Of the
states prison, who served with
Colonel Roosevelt overseas in the
world war, will entertain the colonel,
Mr.. Kopp and their party at dinner,
after which e.! will leave by auto
mobile for Keokuk.
Parade at keokuk.
Charles s. Abel has arranged for
a monster demonstration at Keokuk
Saturday evening. The party from
Fort Madison is expected to arrive
in Keokuk at 7:15, and the big auto
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