Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-17
EDITORS TO MEET
NATIONAL EDITORIAL AssoclA.
TON WILL HOLD coNvEN.
TIoN IN INDIANAPOLIS
Twenty-first Annual Meeting to Be
Held June IL, 10, IA and is In lndl-
ana City Will Be Notable Event
Something About the City.

Indianapolis, IND, May l5.-Ind1an-
apolis is at present preparing to re-
ceiye the delegates to the twenty-first
convention of the National Editorial
association, which Is to meet here
June 10 to IL. Having national rep
utation as a convention city" by vir-
tue Of the hundreds Of conventions
which have assembled here in the last
few years, Indianapolis is we'll pre-
pared to receive and entertain the
newspaper men who will be here from
all parts of the United States. She
will give them every welcome and 1t
will be her especial aim that the asso-
citation suffer no regrets in its choice
Of a convention city for 1906.
It is, indeed. an opportune time for
so representative body to visit the
capital Of Indiana. Never has Indian
apolis achieved so great a prestige,
never has she been so typical of the
great western metropolis as at the
many years ago has expanded into the
greatest inland city in the world, one
Of the greatest railroad centers and a
figure of the utmost importance In the
manufacturing world.
Statistics show that 1905 was the
most prosperous year, from CONNER
cial and professional standpoint, in
it's history. It was the city's banner
building year, there being something
like $7,0O0,O0O expended in new struc-
lures, varying from the humble cot
tage to the mammoth "sky-scrapers."
About three-quarters of million dol
lars was expended In the city's
churches.
That Indianapolis is attracting a
widespread attention in the world of
manufacturing is evidenced by the
fact that during 1905 no less than
eighty-nine different manufacturing
plants were established in the city,
many of them coming from other
cities. At the present tim" oity
has almost 1890 manufactu ,b-
lishments, in which approx !5,-
900 people are employed, receiving
$751; 100000 in wages annually.
Indianapolis is one Of the greatest
railroad centers in the country At the
present time, by means of about thirty
steam railroads and interurban lines,
all Of the great cities of the Central
west can be reached from Indianapolis
in five hours.
r. lnterurban Center.
The growth of the interurban traf-
fic Is perhaps the most interesting of
recent phases in the citys. develop
ment Indianapolis Is today perhaps
the greatest interurban center In the
world and her fine Traction Terminal
building Is an object of especial inter-
oc%' IN vic Id &C. ~
one-half million people are within two
hours ride Of indianapolis. Within
a very short time there will not be
city within a radius of hundred miles
that can not be reached by traction
line.
Population Is Immense.
Indianapolis increase in population
during the last decade has been nota-
BILE, and only one city In the country
shows so great per cent of increase.
The gain has been GOA per cent. The
center Of population of the United
States is at the very gates of the city.
The population of the city has now
passed the 225,00O mark.
Indianapolis is not an old city; she
has little of historic interest to offer
the visitors. but as city Of today
and of tomorrow-she stands pre-emi-
nent. Delegates to the National Edi-
torial association will find Indianapolis
an excellent example Of the thriving
western city, where moral, intellectual
and financial life flows at high ebb
and whose citizens, all good Ameri-
cans, not content with present achieves
ments, are shaping for their city a
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