Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-03-12
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Ottumwa CONNER.
cial Association
Secures Secretary
From Mondays Daily.


The board of directors of the Ottum-
wa Commercial association at their
regular weekly meeting today, by a
unanimous vote of all directors present
decided to enter into contract for
one year with p G. Stafford Of st.
Louis, to act as secretary of the asso-
citation. Mr.. Stafford comes to the
association very highly recommend
ed. He is now in the service of the
MISSOURI Pacific railway and has had
wide general experience, having
been travelling freight agent of the
Northern Pacific railway for some
time. Mr.. Stafford is about 80 years of
age and is a son of a former attorney
of the interstate commerce commits
sion and assisted his father in the
work before the commission to con
siderable extent. Mr.. Stafford is in the
city today and appeared before the
members of the board and stated that
he would be able to enter upon the
duties of secretary of the Ottumwa
Commercial association by the first of
April.
Permanent Rooms.
A committee consisting of w. T..
Harper, W. j. Donelan, and George
Haw, Jr., was appointed to select per-
manent headquarters for the associa-
tion and purchase the necessary furni-
ture for the same. The association
has already accepted. the generous
proposition of A. G. Leighton to do
nate the use of two rooms to the as
sociation for one year and Mr.. Leigh
ton requested that committee be ap-
pointed to select the rooms desired
motion prevailed that the fiscal
| year of the association begin and end
April 1.
Banquet in April.
A motion prevailed that the associa-
tion hold a banquet the first. week in
April, in which all the members shall
| be asked to participates: but that the
expenses of the banquet shall be paid
by the sale of tickets to those attend
ing and not by drawing upon the gen.
1 eral funds of the association. A COM
mittee on program and general ar
rangements for the banquet was APP
| pointed as follows:
j. W. Neasham, w. T. Harper and
4 w. j. Donelan and George Haw. Jr.
| the president of the association to act
| ex- x-officio as chairman of the commit
| tee.
Want Uniform Legislation.
The following resolution was pre-
sented for the consideration of the
board and adopted by a unanimous
vote:
Resolved, that it is the sense of this
board that any legislation passed by
our state legislature on the subject oi
pure drugs and medicines should con-
| form to the national law.
/ Resolved, that certified copy oi
this resolution and the action of this
board be sent to Senator Moon and
Representative Sparks representatives
| in the legislature from Wapello coun-
ty
Be Monthly Meetings.
1t was decided that in addition tC
the regular weekly meetings of the
/ board of directors of the commercia
association that arrangements should
be made to hold monthly meeting OF
the entire membership of the associa-
tion for the purpose of presenting te
| the association the work in progress
and bringine out by general discussion
| and talk matters which should be TAX
en- up by the association in order lc
accomplish the work for which 1T is iii
tended and in order that the associa-
ton may at all times be on the qui.
vive to secure and further the best in
terests of Ottumwa