Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-06-01
PLAN 3 DAYS
CELEBRAT
DISCUSSES SCHEME
FOR RousING TIME TO BE HELD
HERE ON JULY FOURTH.
ONE DAY INSUFFICIENT
Arrangements for Big Event Will Now
Be Pushed and Preliminary Prepare
tions Will Soon be Complexities
lures to be Remarkable.

From Fridays Daily.
That the coming Fourth OF July
celebration planned by Ottumwa will
be a three days celebration in place
of one was the sentiment of meeting
held by the executive board of the
Ottumwa Retail Merchants associa-
ton, committee from the Ottumwa
Commercial Association and sub
committee appointed by Mayor Phil
lips to arrange for a celebration in
this city for the Fourth.
The meeting was held at the Of
fee of George ]. Hinshaw, secretary
of the Retail Merchants association
and was a very enthusiastic one in
pont of interest taken by the repre-
sentatives of the various organiza-
tions.
The principal purpose of the meet
ing was to determine whether or not
a one day celebration was desired or
a longer one and it seemed to be the
unanimous feeling that the affair
should be made to extend over at
least three days. AS these commit
tees represent the men who will have
to raise the money and who in reality
will have full charge of the celebra-
ton, there is no doubt but that the
three days event will be held. 1t was
also the sentiment Of the joint meet
ing to make the occasion one Of tho
most noticeable ones of It's kind ever
held in this city or Vicinity and to
have special features that will draw
people from hundreds of miles around.
The retail men met again this after
noon to consider plans for raising the
money needed to defray the expenses
of the event. M A. Connolly repeat
ed his offer of the other evening to
furnish $4,000 to the city's $500
and the committee discussed the ad-
visibility of adding another $1,000 to
the citys share in order to make an
unqualified success.
Special Features.
Among the special features that
seem to be favored by the majority
of those who will have charge of the
matter are the air ship flight and the
collision of two railroad engines. 1t
lis pretty certain that either one or
both of these events will be held and
will be certain to be drawing card
that will bring thousands upon thous-
ands Of people into the city.
Among other things discussed at
the meeting this forenoon was the
advertising Of the celebration, which
will be very extensive and the coun-
try is to be thoroughly covered for a
radius of at least hundred miles.
Will be INDUSTRIOUS Affair.
The one thing above all else that
was the most noticeable feature of
the meeting this morning was the
desire and determination of the mem.
bers of the various committees to
make the coming observance Of the
Fourth of July one to be remembered
for many years. A celebration is now
assured that will make Ottumwa a
town to be talked of before and after.
wards as being city with the abil.
ity to do something unusual, some.
thing remarkable and wonderful.
Since the committee in charge OF
the matter has now sounded the sen.
timent of the retail men and others
interested in the coming celebration
the preliminary work will be pushed
as rapidly as possible and arrange.
ments will soon bic completed for
the various days. Meeting of the var.
ious committees will be held imme
diately and the details will be worked
out as rapidly as possible in order to
prevent anything from detracting
from the success of the gigantic ven.
ture.
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