Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-12-25
POSSIBILITIES OF
BUREAU ARE GREAT
ORGANIZATION AMONG LOCAL
REAL ESTATE MEN MAY
BECOME NATION WIDE
Association in WapelIo County is to
Act as Nucleus for National Body
Sponsors Hopes Are strons-An
Outline Of the Plan.

If the hopes Of its sponsors are des-
tined to be realized, there has been or
ganized and now exists among Wa
pello county men an association
which shall in time become nation
Office of Roth Bros & Blair Real Estate
Co.. which was practically the first
formal meeting OF this organization,
the Western Real Estate and Immigra-
ton Bureau, was held.
This association though organized
at present only among the real estate
men of Wapello county for the better
ment of their profession, is to act as
a nucleus for first a district, then a
state, and finally national organiza-
ton of real estate men and land deal
ers. The scheme is feasible one. The
future of the project depends on cir
substances and the men who have it
in charge. But the plan is a good one
and should be successful.
There is no national organization of
real estate men, and only one state or
ganization, according to the statement
made by local land man. No class
of business men could use such an or
ganization to better advantage than
real estate dealers. The nucleus for
such an organization has been formed.
1t should grow, and Ottunwa Is to be
idea first promulgated and the first
practical results achieved.
Organize Quietly.
Last March number of local real
estate agents gathered together and
quietly organized an association. Tenn
porary officers were elected and a
committee was appointed to draft a
constitution and bylaws. About six
weeks ago the real estate men of the
city were again called together, but
this committee was not ready to re-
port. so the meeting was adjourned I'M
til last evening. Because Of the I'M
avoidable absence of one or two men,
bers Of the association, the by-lays and
constitution were not formally adopt
ed last evening, but the majority of
the members present expressed their
approval of them and they will without
doubt be formally adopted at the next
meeting
The plan Of organization of the as
ISOLATION as outlined in the preamble
of the constitution is to organize the
counties into individual bodies. The
chairman of each county is then made
a member of the district organization,
the districts being identical to the
congressional districts of tt, state.
The district chairman is, by virtue
of his Office, a member of the state
body and the president elected by the
state organization is member of the
national bureau when that bureau is
formed.
A Compact Organization.
This provides for compact organ
ization, one where all Of the power
would be centralized in few men who
are, by the very nature of the plan,
truly representative. For instance in
Iowa the affairs of the state body
would be controlled by eleven men,
men who had been trusted with the
leadership Of the district organizations
by the dealers who were themselves
the leaders in their own community,
The force of such an association
when once properly organized and in
stituted may be seen at glance. The
organization is as yet confined to the
real estate dealers in Wapello county
All Of the local land men who are eli
giSle to membership under the rules
of the constitution, with possibly one
or two exceptions, are members of the
new bureau and are intensely interest
ed In it's success. 1t is understood
that other counties where the project
has been preached stand ready to or
ganize as soon as the association is
completed in Wapello county.
First Annual Meeting Next Month.
Next month the first annual meeting
of the association will be held. Off
GERS will be elected for the ensuing two
years to take the place of the tempo
rary officials who are now serving. At
this meeting the constitution, and by
laws will be adopted and the organi-
cation formally launched.
The temporary officials Of the asso.
citation are J. H. Mitchell, chairman,