The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-10-26
It viii be Held on November Is. Fol-
lowing the Greater Iowa Week
Planned BY the Assoc
citation.
FORT b rs CHOSEN
District chaIrmen Arc Asked to
Have Preliminary Meetings In
Order to Explain Matters
to the People.

The first general state convention
OF the Greater Iowa association prob
ably will be the biggest and liveliest
booster meeting in the history Of the
entire country.
The association, through It's state
wide organization. Is now %perfecting
its plans for this remarkable gather
ing. which will be held shortly after
Greater Iowa week" It is thought
probably the convention will be held
in Fort Dodge, but the meeting place
has not been definitely decided upon.
November 26 Is the tentative date.
It Is planned by the Greater Iowa
association to have practically every
community in the state represented
at this first general convention.
The Greater Iowa association now
has a complete working organization.
The state has been districted into
two to sever counties. The general
headquarters are In Clinton, where
Secretary Woolworths Clum has a
force OF stenographers at work hand
ling the voluminous correspondence
which the movement has developed,
and from which Office the state cam
paign is directed. A city commercial
club is In charge OF each Of these thir-
ty districts, and is responsible for
promotion Of the associations work
in such districts. From the Clinton
headquarters all available informa-
ton and help are supplied to these
district officers.
Each district chairman is organic
ing preliminary meetings in his dis
trict. The plan is to call a meeting
in every county seat for the purpose
of explaining the Greater Iowa idea;
and efforts will be made to induce
the real Give wires throughout the
counties to attend these meetings and
participate. In the programs. The
Greater Iowa movement, It is ex-
pected, will be given a remarkable
impetus through this process. Men
who attend the county meetings and
hear the extensive plans the associa-
ton has developed for the advance
ment Of the states interests. will go
back to their home communities full
of enthusiasm, and will spread the
doctrine to their neighbors.
Greater Iowa week will be observed
November Is, II, Is, 10, 20 and 81. It
is proposed to secure the widest co.
operation Of the residents Of Iowa
to the end that the week may be pro-
ductive of the greatest results. Speak
ers for the county seat meetings will
be sent out from the various district
headquarters and an effort is being
made to secure speakers In all Of
1owa's 80 counties, to tour these
counties during Greater Iowa week.
One OF the principal objects Of
these county meetings will be to Sc
cure at least one delegate in each
community to attend the general
state convention.
Judging from the enthusiasm which
the district chairman. commercial
clubs and members of the Greater
Iowa association everywhere r ex-
hibiting in the coming Greater Iowa
week, and in the comprehensive plans
for advertising Iowa's resources and
advantages which the organization IL
executing, the week will be a great
success, and the state convention will
attract a remarkable representation
OF Iowa's influential citizens.
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