Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-05-30
is TRYING TO GET MoRRELL EN-
PLoYEs TO REMAIN IN oTTUM.
WA FOR ANNUAL EVENT
TO OFFER INDUCEM ENTs
Mayor Met and Conferred With Com.
nnittee Last Night and Feels Conf
dent That he Will be Able to Induce
Them to Remain at Home
From TUESDAYS Daily

Floli uSSudy . 0dlIy i
Mayor TT. Phillips has determined
that the twelfth annual picnic of the
Morrell packing house employees must
be held in Ottu,nwa and is taking &C.
tive steps to secure the event for this
city. Up to date every picnic held
by the association has been out Of
town and the mayor thinks that OF
tumwa ought to be interested enough
in the local people and local associa
tlcns to offer some inducement to keep
the event mere this year.
The picnic is made general holiday
and is participated in by the town in
general and therefore it takes large
number Of people out of the city each
year, and incidentally thousands Of.
dollars which might as we'll be left in
Ottumwa.
Met With Committee Last Night.
The mayor held conference with
the committee OF the association last
night and this morning he states that
he feels confident that the event will
be pulled off here in place of going to
any of the many surrounding cities
that are after 1t and are working hard
to get it by offering inducements Of
various kinds, including financial sup
port.
In order to secure the picnic for this
city financial aid will have to be given
the association as 1t Is no more than a
number of other cities will do. This
mayor expects to raise the money by
popular subscription and feels that the
picnic will be worth at least $25, 900 to
the city. from the fact that instead of
taking everybody out Of town it will
fill the city with outsiders from the
surrounding country and towns Of this
vicinity
The principal expense which is ex-
pected to be paid by the money raised
will be the music and other features Of
public entertainment which would be
benefited in by everybody in the city.
VIII Advertise.
One of the plans proposed last night
at the conference between the mayor
and the committee was to advertise
freely throughout toe country sur
rounding Ottumwa for q radius of 100
miles. This ought to fill the city the
same as a big circus or other general
holiday IN which the country people
as well as those of the city are inter-
ested.
Muscatine Interested.
That Muscatine is interested in the
event Is evidenced by the following
from the Muscatine Journal:
I'm all probability the twelfth an
nual outing of the Morreli packing
plan of Ottumwa will be held in Mus
catine this year. This has been the
second time that the Packing House
Mutual Aid association has attempted
to bring the licnic to this city. A let
ter was received this morning by the
mayor. asking what inducements
would be offered to get the picnic
1 After comforting with several of the
| citizens, Mayor Astnalter Is of the
4 opinion that he will be able to offer
enough inducements to land the nam
moth outing.
'3Tne city park will be thrown open
to all of the visitors, and the manager
Of the Citizens Railway & Light com
pany has offered the Electric park and
will also provide band and many
free attractions. The mayor is very
anxious that the picnic should BIZ
brought to the city and every effor
will be made to make the day pleasant
:. for the visitors, providing they decide
to come. There will be special excur
sions ON the river and to the neighbor
ing towns.
"These picnics are probably the larg
est annual outings held in the stat,
Of Iowa, Not only the employees Of th,
: plant constitute these, but many Of tn,
) citizens not employed, as we'll a
large numbers from smaller towns II
fhn uS 0ovoro1 froanc ren
! for the excursions and the number al
> tending annually is counted in tn
{ thousands"