Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-05
COMMERCIAL ASSOCIATION TO BE
REoRGANIzED ON PRACTICAL
WORKING BASIS
ANNUAL MEETING HELD
Officers For Ensuing Year Are Elected,
A. w. Lee Succeeding H. L. Water.
man as President-Plans and Meth.
ods Discussed.

From Fridays Daily.
TO advertise the city of Ottumwa,
to employ competent secretary to
devote all of his time to the industrial
interests of the city. to reorganize the
Commercial association in such way
that it would have life. merit and pow
er; and to secure by donations or
increased membership dues sufficient
funds to allow the carrying out OF
these ideas; this is the plan of CAM
paign which became the keynote Of
the annual meeting Of the Ottumwa
Commercial club held in the city hall
last evening.
Officers Elected.
The following officers were elected
by the association, the vice president
and treasurer succeeding themselves:
President-A. w. Lee.
Vice PRESIDENT. d. Foster.
treasurer. q. Stevens.
The secretary Is chosen by the
board OF directors.
The following members of the board
OF directors were elected from a list
OF fifteen candidates prepared by
committee appointed for that purpose:
George Haw Jr., j. w. Neasham, w.
j. Donelan, Joseph Dain, S. HI. Har.
per, w. A. McIntire, w. T. Harper, B.
F.. SHUTS and John Wormhoudt.
The attendance at the meeting,
while not large, was much greater
than at the last annual meeting of the
association and was considered quite
encouraging. Following the election
OF officers, general discussion was
INDUCED in in which plans and. meth.
ods were su hsested to the board 81
directors, v were practically in.
stfucted to araw up " some feasible,
practical plan for reorganization OF
the club.
Confidence was expressed that sllf
ficient sums could be raised by sub
scriptions from the larger industries
OF the city and from an Increased
membership and perhaps increased
membership dues to secure a bright
energetic secretary to devote his time
to the welfare of the city, provided
scheme for handling the work was
devised that would seem practical
Reports Of OFFICERS.
The meeting was called to orde- by
President FL l.. Waterman Secretary
George F. Heindcl read The minutes II
the last annual meeting, which were
approved. Secretary Heindel read the
report of the treasurer, l.. 3. Stevens,
who was unable to be present. The
report follows:
Balance on hand, Jan. 2, 1906. $429.80
Cash received from secretary. $4,000
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Toeal ................... $763.80
disbursements ................ b26.88
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/ Balance on hand -. S24291
Secretary Heindel read his own re-
port for the year, which was in part
as follows:
''The general growth, progress and
business prosperity Of Ottumwa are
matters Of common knowledge and
need not be discussed at length in this
repor--. 1t is sufficient to say that the
manufacturing and business interests
of Ottumwa are all in a prosperous
condition, that Ottumwa has made q
in building and otherwise have kept
pace with the needs of the city.
"The most substantial addition to
our manufacturing industries is the
American Mining Tool Co., which was
purchased and removed to Ottumwa
during the past year.
"The matter of interurban railways
has occupied considerable attention
and one project was thoroughly consid-
cred and investigated and a great deal
of work done, without, as yet, arriving
at any tangible results.
Should ReoCganize Association.
/ "While Ottumwa will undoubtedly
i tn nd Re,
growth could be materially as
sisted and increased by active and
concerted effort on the part of the
citizens through the medium of the
commercial association. In order to
do this, the association should be reor-
ganizsd upon practical business
basis A compact, active, working or
ganizaticn should be made, and it
SHOULD have the united support of all
citizens"
President Waterman Talks.
4 President a. l.. Waterman stated
that ne was not candidate to sue
ceed himself He further stated that
he thought the association had done all
that lay within it's power as at present
organized, but that some sort of a re-
Organization was needed IL anything
was to be accomplished.
ut has been my observation, he
said, that we fritter away our time
and energy in investigating this and
that scheme that comes to our notice.
! During the past year at least fifty
such scheme have been taken up, BIZ
no results have been obtained.
"If we intend to accomplish
! thing as an association we must d
Through advertising. We should a.