Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-11-13
0. /. MILLER HEAD
OF low A SOCIETY
HAWkEYEs ORGANIZE IN STATE
OF WASHINGTON AND
ELECT OFFICERS
H. o. Brown, Formerly Of ottumwa,
Is Member of the Executive Com
mittee-WilI be Conspicuous at the
Coming Exposition in That State.

Seattle, Wash, Nov 9-Former res
idents of Iowa, who now call Wash
tngton their home, have just organ
lied in this city the Iowa Society of
Washington. an organization unusual
In Its purpose and personnel. O. l..
Miller, formerly Of Ottumwa, is presi-
dent of the society.
The government census of 1900
showed that there lived in Washing
ton at the time the census was taken
10000 former residents Of the Hawk
eye state. Other states are we'll rep
resented, but the only one which has
sent more people to the Puget sound
country is Illinois, which had $4,000 in
Washington in 1900. At least $4,000
former Iowans now reside in the Ever
green state.
May be Others.
The Iowa society of Washington
aims to hold together In bonds of fell
lowship the people who once lived in
the corn country. While to date only
one organization has been formed, that
at Seattle, there will be others in vari-
GUS parts of the state and all will be
affiliated. The members will pay NOM
inal dues, and will be subjected to no
onerous duties. There will be fire.
quent meetings, which will be made
enjoyable, an auxiliary committee of
women having been appointed to take
charge of entertainments.
The society is already figuring on
looking out for people who come out
to Seattle in 1909 to attend the Alaska
| Yukon-Pacific exposition, and it Is
planned to have headquarters in the
Iowa building, for the Iowans of Wash
ington are determined that the old
home state shall be properly repre-
sented at the big fair. At these head
quarters there will be register, and
a list of all the people from Iowa now
living in Washington, together with
their present address, SO that visitors
may look up their old-time friends.
There will be two lists of names, one
arranged alphabetically, the other by
counties.
In all the activities incidental to the
holding OF a great exposition, the
Iowans in Washington will be promin-
emily represented. The society has a
increased The society has member
shrip of 500 and this will be increased
Other societies are to be formed in
various cities throughout the state.
O. L. Miller President.
I. The Seattle organization had It's
birth at a picnic held last summer at
\ Capital park, on call issued by Rev
i R. c. Glass. The picnic was attended
by between 300 and 400. A tempo
rary organization was effected at that
time, and on October 81 the society
held an enthusiastic meeting and
4 elected permanent officers as follows:
President. Professor o. L. Miller, for
merly of Ottumwa, Wapello county;
vice president, j. S. Johnson, Spirit
Lake, Dickinson county; secretary
Vernon W. Buck. Spencer Clay coun
| ty.
The executive committee, consisting
of nine members, is as follows: r. H
Dyer, Scott county; j. E. McGraw
Hayesyille, Keokuk county; Joseph r
Anderson. Keokuk, Lee county; John
F. Adams, Monticello, Jones county;
H. l.. Glenn, Waverly. Jones county;
H. o. Brown, Ottumwa, Wapelle
county; L. w. Nelson, Des Moines, An
drew Chilberg, E. G. Wilcox.
The auxiliary committee, which is
to have charge of the social activities
Of the club, is composed of these wo
men: Mrs A. K Glass, Sioux City
Mrs. E. G. Garrison, Mason City; Mrs
M. E. Burtis. Algona, Kossuth county
Mrs. H. P. NJ. Luther, Dubuque; Mrs
: Jennie Baker, Crawford county; Miss
Kate M. Black, Charles City; Mis-.
Bertha Teller, Kossuth county; Miss
Louise Anderson, DEBORAH; Mrs. H. w
Hagen, LeMars, Plymouth county.