Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-10
THE U. C. 7. SPECIAL
NEARLY 200 oTTUMWANs LEAVE
FOR CEDAR RAPIDS TO At
TEND BIG MEETING. :.
Seventh Annual Grand Council Of
United Commercial Travellers
cal Delegation Accompanied by Fiji
ty-fourth Regiment Band.

ty-fourth Regiment Band.
From Fridays Daily.
About 200 Ottumwans LETT on the
special train over the Milwaukee this
morning for Cedar Rapids where the
seventh annual meeting of the grand
council of the United Commercial
Travellers will be held today and to-
morrow. The local delegation was &C
companied by the Fifty-fourth regi-
ment band and will participate In the
big parade which is TO be one OF the
principal features Of the program this
morning.
Extensive preparation have been
made for the entertainment Of the
guests and it is expected that the
meeting will be one of the most en-
joyable ever held by the organization.
One of the great features Of the gath
ering will be the big parade this morn
ing. This parade will be headed by
the Iowa tsate band and the Des
Moines delegation, with following
of from 800 to 500 people who are COM
ing to Cedar Rapids for the express
purpose Of showing the Cedar Rapids
people how to pick the plums. The
plum in this case is the 100000 ma
tional home, which is to be located at
some city in Iowa by this grand coun-
Gil Cedar Rapids will have proposi-
ton to make along this line, but, Of
course, being the hostess of the gath
ering Cedar Rapids is graciously and
grateful allowing the other cities to
do all the talking just now. Several
other cities will be il this big parade,
including Ottumwa, Waterloo and Du-
buque. The Commercial club of Ce-
dar Rapids is working hand in hand
with the local members of the U. G. T.
and the members of the Cedar Rapids
Commercial club will march in the pa
rade in body. They met at the
club rooms this morning and We're
there be given their badges and other
wise made ready for their places in the
parade.
This is. the program for the two
days: .
Friday, June 9.
8 a. injecting of all committees
at council room.
9 a. m.-Band concert on street.
II to 1880 a. injecting delegates
at trains and escorting to headquar-
ters.
1 D. m.-Parade in charge Of Louis
Roth, chief marshal.
2 p. injecting of grand council
In council room.
2:3O. p. m.-Ball game between Du-
buque and Des Moines u G. T. mines.
"Hot game" at Athletic park.
4:3O p. m.-Automobile ride for dele
gates and ladies'.
$50 p. m.-Banquet at auditorium.
j. w. Geiger POSTMASTER
Address of welcome-Mayor Huston.
Response-Brother G. r. Rode.
Welcome to visiting ladies-Mrs. j.
A. Whitmore.
Response-Mrs. Geo. w. Merrill.
Cedar Rapids-Brother Louis Roth.
Cordial Attributes of Our Order
Brother Thomas Nixon.
State of the order at large-Brother
G. N. Bragg.
The Travelling Man and the Mail Or
der House-Brother Albert Braham.
The Commercial Tourist of the
Twentieth Century-Brother L. j. Jar
ret.
The Travelling Man and Successful
esmanship-Brother G. G. Porter.
u
1920 D. m.-Grand ball at Auditor
ium.
Saturday, June 10.
9 a. m.-Business session OF grand
council
2 p. m.-street car ride. for dele
gates and ladies to Bever park.
u. G. r. headquarters at Delevan
Hotel.
Information headquarters at room
121. Jim Block.
Ladies' auxiliary headquarters at
Commercial Travellers club rooms.
Order of the parade.
This is the order of the parade:
Formation of parade at i p. M, on
Third street north, facing First av-
enue:
Platoon Of police.
Des Moines band.
Grand officers in autos.
Des Moines council.
Ottumwa band
Ottumwa council.
Waterloo council.
| Dubuque band.
| Dubuque council.
Cedar Rapids band.
Cedar Rapids council.
!, Visiting ladies in automobiles.
Welded in the Philippines.
Cedar Falls, June 9.-The many
friends Of the late Major William A.
Dinwiddie, SO long Connected with the
military department of the Iowa State
Normal school, will be interested to
learn Of the announcement cards re-
ceived here OF the marriage Of his only