Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-04-10
Large Representation Out
for First Meeting to
Outline Work
COMMITTEE HAS BEEN
NAMED FOR ACTION
M i
Members Will Arrange Ton
Another Session and
Details Of Plan

OSeuuWA Will nave = Clc8n.UO CAM
paign which will not be q spasmodia
effort on the part Of q few but solid
result getting, movement In which N 4
will participate.
This fact was assured 1T meeting
OF citisens held Thursday evening n
the rooms OF the Commercial associSs4
ton. John H. Morrsll acted q chairs
man and he was instructed ~ th6s
vote OF the audience to appoint ! c0slS
mittee OF not less than seventeoI !
members. 1t shall be the work o7S|
this committee a. to arrange for thSs
next meeting at which 1t is hoped I'll
bring 1000 people together In the ~
terest Of this movement; (2) 70 aIlgS 4
range for the bringing OF one OF tUyGs
outside experts on matters Of ciyiSs
Improvement; (3) to designate ! spSos
ial Clean Up day or week in the imMo@
late future and, az to select ! nal Il
for the organization. Mr. McrrsI 4
today appointed the following: g| III:
Mayor Fred H. Carter, L. r. Clause b M
Emil Fecht. A. H. Weir, 8. G. Turnefs 81
E. H. Trent, H. e. Blackmar, WnS:S
Reece, G. w. Sloan, DR.. j. "A. Hull. Dr.
w. J. Herrick, N. p. Harrington, B6rs
ney 1omS, w. y. COOK. 34
Appoints Seven Women.
Mrs. M. B. Hutchinson, Miss Sara
Brown, Mrs. D. E. Graham, Mrs. Joh6 B
Wormhoudt, Mrs. F. A. Nimocks, III
Emma McCarroll, Mrs. G. 3. Wright.
Dame Nature planned little Cleau
Up campaign Of her 0Ynr tor OttunaNo #
and vicinity and while she worked .ou Y
a little swffter schedule than the citi.
zers, the copious showers which fell \
during the greater part OF the evening u
did not deteriOrate the interest takeU y
in the proposition for the main room a
at the association was filed with aEs
representative gathering of Ottumwasa& "a
men and women. Commercial, induS
trial and municipal organizatiOnx
schools. churches, lodges, unions, edls
cational, culture, civic and churCIj
clubs were all represented In person
and by addresses made. The cleaning 4
up OF alleys, streets, sidewalks, back
yards, side yards and front yards
throwing of waste paper on the lawns
running across grass plots and park
ings, collections Of garbage, removal
of outside closets. the allowing or m6s II
nure piles to stand uncovered, planting !
of shade trees, keeping Of lawns TIL
trim, promiscuous slaughtering Of nAss22
tive timber, and the allowing Of stray
dogs to run loose over premises, an
came in for their share OF discussion 4
by the different persons who were call Il
ed upon. slS n
Discuss Garbage Tuuestion.
One subject which received consid.
cradle attention at the hands OF all the
speakers was the matter of disposal Of 4
garbage. Physicians, who addressed
the gathering, were unanimous In their
opinion that the open garbage can was \
one Of the best breeding places OF the \
fly. A solid air-tight receptacle, to be 4
placed in the back yards and the cone
tents to be carted away at least three
times week, was the idea advocated
by all OF the speakers while one Of
them was emphatic in her suggestions
that the can be so constructed that
when the collector dumped it into his
wagon the contents would not splash
back upon his clothing, to be carried
from place to place. In connection
with the great amount Of harm done
and disease carried by the common
house ny, 1t was suggested, that slides
be thrown on the screens at the mov~
ing picture theaters, showing the life
history and development Of = hy, with
the idea In view. that when person
had once seen the health slides they n
would never again be guilty Of allOw-4s
ing one Of these little pests to live.
Scores Tree Cutting.
The promiscuous cutting Of native
timber was given severe grtlling by9
several Of the speakers. The declare
ton was made by all that OttumWa