Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-01-27

TIN OrTUMWA COu
!, enhanced values of their products,
j which are the means Of increasing our
7 home industries. And while we are
4 proud of our home manufactures
4 which are today the leading factors
4 in promulgating the prosperity of our
4 progressive city, we are reminded
that 1000 skilled artisans are daily
i employed in our factories which means
the supporting of 5000 people or ngssar-
lily one-half of our population. And
when we consider that OttumWa is
centrally located in the heart CT a rich
producing country. both in lands and
Mines surrounded by 100000 acres of
!. tillable soil in Wapello county and
;. where $4,000 happy sous bask in the
sunshine of prosperity, then we must
reach out through the avenues of rap
id transit for the transportation of our
i people, if we expect to bring large vol
iumes of business to our markets, for
these are times when the old methods
} are getting ITO be things of the past.
The new ideals are the system
: through which we may expect to reap
the golden harvest and gather in the
sheaveS, for it is through these av-
enuesa we may depend for our prosper
ity .And future success We see all
around US warnings of the future and
IL we do not improve the opportuni-
Eties, while they are within our reach,
y we must not expect to win the victory
!. in the fields of competition without an
! effort Other cities are wideawake,
: and on the alert for public utilities
that will afford a sufficient revenue
!, for the building of electric railway sys-
: TENS through our rich producing prat-
: ries and woodland country.
y Thirty Years Ago.
: "a third of century ago we did not
enjoy our many miles Of brick paved
: streets, banded with iron rails and
. equipped with beautiful electric cars
! for the comfort and convenience of a
!. swift transportation for the people Of
! our busy city Nor could we point
. with pride to our great packing estab-
i. lishment, which through the location
!, and ambition of our people gave to us
one Of England's most envied enter
t prises and which stands today as a
!, peer to any modern equipped factory
/ of the west. Nor did we occupy acres
: of whirling shafts and buzzing saws
while old Moscow with her alluvium
fields was forced to surrender to the
pressure of a progressive people; nor
did we have, the Little Wonder Drill
factory, which as yet is but small In
FAINT in the activities of commercial en-
terprises, but as the star of empire
moves westward this new born factory
through the art and genius Of inven-
tons will soon be one of the means by
which the granite quarries of the wes-
tern fields will be made to yield to the
ingenuity and majesty Of the coming
, man who will help make Ottumwa the
manufacturing city Of the west.
There are many more factories in
our city worthy Of consideration, but
time will not permit me to enumerate
the various enterprises which have
been Ottumwa's good fortune to Sc
cure. But with all these advantages
, for the future welfare, our people must
, not stop and fold their arms for these
, are times when capitalists are seeking
; investments and if we desire to build
, the future metropolis Of southern Iowa
> we must take advantage of the stu
5 alton and prepare for the victory, for
all great achievements are only ac-
: complished through the unity and en-
) ergy of her ambitious people, which
: we believe that Ottumwa shares q
> noble part in, the great drama of life
} for our citizens are composed of an
7 enterprising character and wideawake
r to all public interests. And while the
commanding position of our city re-
Y minds us Of the Eternal City which
! sat upon her seven hills and from that
; throne of beauty ruled the world, and
through her wide paved highways
r which led to the most distant prov
: inces Of the empire, made Rome the
i glory of her people, we want our
. highways filled with marching teams
! and loaded wagons from the products
: of our broad acres And to make this
I city the glory of her people, we must
! build our highways straight and level,
J. smooth and wide, so we can reach out
: to more distant fields and gather the
products from the farms and mines.
. This is swift and busy age and to
meet the necessities Of the hour we
must take advantage of the opportuni-
ties, If we desire to make Ottumwa the
: central city Of this beautiful land
! And together with her commanding
position perched upon the proud emf.
> nence of an overlooking valley that
= = teens with the life and vigor of an
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