Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-01-19
ELOQUENT SENATOR HOLDS BAN.
QUETERs IN HIS SPELL WHILE
INFORMING THEM OF THEIR
WANTS AS BOOSTERS.
ANNUAL MEETING A
BRILLIANT AFFAIR
REV. T. w. JEFFREY scATTERs
SUNSHINE AND N. 3. HUTCHIN-
SON LAUDs slsTERHooD; WORK
OF THE ASSOCIATION is TOLD.

There are enough men at this BAN
quet tonight, II they will exert the
right kind of co-opera 10 effort to
make Ottumwa's population 5000
more in 1911" said Senator Lafayette
meeting and banquet of the Com
mercial association last night. His
address throughout rang with a mes.
sage of boost such as never before was
voiced in Ottumwa.
Boost Ottumwa featured every utter
ance made at the meeting and every.
one present became inOculated with
the virus to the extent that today more
new members are aligning them
selves with the association and new
lease on life has been taken in the
boost and industrial, commercial ard
general activity in and OF Ottumwa.
All are boosters and all want the
name Of OttumWa 6fi his brothers
ttengue. The Bigger, better and more
perfect Ottumwa is the slogan for OF
tumwans from now on, and the spread
Ing OF Ottumwa's 's pame and sDtssAn,ga 4
protl,icts is tor 90 forth on every oc-
casion that will permit. That such
will be the case was easily apparent
to anyone present at the meeting last
night. The address OF the evening was
not one Of stroking the fur and saying
f1attering things Of Ottumwa, but on
the contrary the telling of .Ottumwas
short comings. and there were none
present but liked the flaying received
and has taken the lesson to heart
Perhaps the greatest evidence of this
was the unanimous expressions Of ap-
proval and commentator of Senator
Young's able address that told so
much that is true of cities that fail to
seize their opportunities, and that like
wise pointed out the means of embrac-
| ing those same opportunities and l1ry-
! ing the acceptance Of the responsibili-
ties that are Justly his who has his
city's interest at heart.
"Ottumwa has been asleep at the
SWITCH said Senator Young, and
while she has grown rich and prosper
Gus, she could have done greater things
and become greater city, The
faults Of Ottumwa and other cities in
| Iowa were told III fearless manner
by the speaker, who said that was HIS
idea of what he was to say, and
whether SO or not, It was what the
city needed and would get from him
that have in great measure gone TO
waste in the past.
Jeffrey Provided Humor.
All was not serious during this
memorable gathering for be 1t remem.
bered that one Rev. Thomas w. Tef-
frey, and an abundance of humor, ap-
peared on the program to make
short address, While short the ad.
dress was certainly sweet and full OF
that type OF humor that hits mankind
In the right spot when he has just put
away goodly store of foodstuffs and
is slipping his java mid the fragrance
Of perfectos. The quaint and pleasing
humor of this popular apostle of sun.
l,shine was worth going miles to hear.
An address by M. B. Hutchison, re.
viewing the history of the SisterhoOd
Of the Holy Humility OF Mary, which
contemplates erecting a convent and
academy just north Of the city during
the coming year, was received with
considerable interest and found loyal
and unselfish support by the other
speakers.
A short business session, during
which the newly elected directorate
was announced, took place Immediately
following the serving OF the banquet.
Rev Father J. w. Bulger asked the
blessing before the banquet.
~ Was Born Here"
Recalling a visit to Mt Vernon.
where he was shown about the his
| toric site by venerable darky whose
1 greatest pride was in having been born
at the famous home Of Washington,
served as fitting opening to the re-
marks of Senator Young, when he COM
pared the pride Of the old colored man
to that Of his own saying Of this vicin-
ity, II was born here" Mr.. Young
| then related that he was born in Mon
roe county short distance from OF
tumwa, more specifically speaking,
about seven miles from Abba. The
! early days in Eddyville and the primi-
! tive times in Wapello and Monroe
counties in the days Of his early boy
hood, furnished a pretty theme for the
speaker for time before launching
| into his real boost talk The great