Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-01
AF1ER INSURANCE
HEADQUARTERS
Commercial Club Submits New
Business Proposition to
Citizens
FAVORABLE TOWARD 1T
A Fraternai insurance Company Wants
to Come to the City, Providing Res
dents Will Take Sufficient Amount of
Insurance - Company H Will Be
Helped to Secure a Suitable Armory.

The Commercial Club talked business
with the citizens Friday night at mass
meeting held at the east court room. A
goodly number was present considering
the weather and counter attractions
Secretary Sears brought two matters
before the meeting, one a proposition
headquarters of a fraternal insurance
company in this city providing the citi-
zens will take se1cient amount of in
surance. The other was the necessity
Iowa, in obtaining a suitable armory
Committees were appointed for each,
and resolutions passed favoring both.
In announcing the new insurance
venture Secretary Sears said that he
had been looking up fraternity insur-
ance during the last few days and was
surprised at the enormous amounts of
insurance the fraternal companies were
carrying and gave the names of num-
Der that were carrying vast amounts.
who had not looked up the subject. He
then introduced Mr. M. G.. Albrook, who
explained in detail the plans of his COM
pany. He made a most excellent i'm
preston on his hearers. After quite a
full discussion of the plan Mr.. c. H.
Van Law offered a resolution that it
was the sense of the meeting that the
proposition Of Mr.. Albrook's company be
approved and that committee be ap-
pointed by the chair to devise plans to
carry out the citizens part of the prop
osition. The motion was unanimously
adopted. The chair appointed as such
committee Mr.. Van Law, Secretary
Sears and Mr.. b. H. Howig.
Efforts for Company n.
1t is source Of much qualification
that the club has taken an interest In
the affairs OF Company III. 1t has come
to a point where something must be
done for the company, or else the city.
will lose it. Inspecting officer John r
Prime, who inspected the company
Thursday night. gave Capt. Brown no
tee that unless arrangements could
be made for suitable armory it would
be necessary for Adjt. Gen. Byers to
would recommend its transfer to some
,ther city that is anxious to secure
! company and will properly provide
Tor it and take some interest in the
welfare of the militianlen. Capt.
Brown made known the conditions.
and Lieut.. Clarence Froelich also spoke
relative to the situation. Lieut.. Froe-
ich said that he had been making some
and found that a suitable
armory could be erected for $4,000 In
with this it wouli be we'll to
know that the state allows $500 per
year rental to the company, and $500
% the regimental band, ana the total
would be a very fair return on the
Investment. Mr.. Greene, NJ. Van Law
md others spoke as to the desirability
If keeping up the organiza ion and o.
having an armory suitable for the use
If the military company as also for
public meetings, conventions, fairs and
such meetings.
On motion committee CT five wer, |
appointed to take up the matter ami |
after investigation to reporg their con. |
illusions to the officers of tile company
md If thought best to call another |
Meeting of the citizens. The committee |
$ Merritt Creme, A. w. Head, D. r |
oenmead, George F. Kirby and George |
I. Estabrook. A better committee |
ould not have been selected and much |
s expected from it.
Mr.. Graham w. Lawrence acted a
Hartman of the mass meeting and
dr. Sears filled the secretary's chair