Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-04-08
Movement Launched Agar
This Year and Boosters 4
Are After It Now
PLAN BIG PUBLIC
MEETING APRIL Ia
Garbage Disposal, Gardel
and Lawn Contests to n
Be Discussed Then

The Clean Up Ottumwa movemenl
has been started on it's course for 1911
and big public meeting is to be he12
on Monday evening April II, ct tk7
commercial club when some or III
more important questions, includiu
garbage disposal, garden and lawn COZ
tests, sanitation and parks are to T.
discussed. III
A meeting of the COMMITTEES
tWenty-one, in whose control the Woi
was placed last year. was held Thuf
day evening and plans for the biz pnl
lie gathering outlined. EverythiHf
points toward that night now al
everyone Is using every effort to N
everybody out for It. IA
Accomplished Much.
The Clean Up Ottumwa plan WI
perfected into definite organixatto1
about a year, ago and some effective
work was accomplished by II. TE7
operative machinery was very cor
plete. A committee of twenty-one M
appointed, which had direct control Z
the work. This was divided into fo9
sub committees, each to have GUAR
Of one branch of the work. I. w
carried on down from this comHittx
through sub committees to wasd CIT
tains and even as far as leaders In eag4
block Of each ward.
The committee of twenty-one, a. a
pointed last year was made up Of MaS
or Fred H. Carter, l.. r. Clauson EttS4
iFecht, A. H. Wier, s, G. Turner,
Trent, H. e. Blackrnar, William Zee
G. w. Sloan, Dr. j. A. Hull, DR..
Herrick, N. p. Harrington, Haru6
Toms, w. E. Cook, Mrs M. B. Hutch
son. Miss Sara A. Brown, Mrs. p,
Graham, Mrs. John Wormhoudt. NH
F. A. Nimocks. Mrs. c. e. Wright an
Mrs. Emma McCarroll.
Committees on Work. h
The four subcommittee appotft
ed last year. and the topics, whsaA
come under their supervision. foliQ
showing the four questions to be Oh
cussed at the meeting OF April
Sanitation, sewNg
disposal, public buildings, schools a.
movies. N. p. Harrington, chairnls
DR.. w. ]. Herrick, DR.. J. A. Hull. MI
F. A. Nimocks, Miss Sara "A. Brow
and s. C. Turner.
Police, streets and
leys, vacant lots, garbage, AshS
paper, wastes and law enforceMeH
William Reece, chairman; Mrs 81.
Wright, Mayor Fred II. Carter, Ell
Chief Charles Sloan, Barney Tor
and Mrs. D. z. Graham.
Organization-Finan pr0gra4
publicity, meetings, boys and girl
L. r. Clausen. chairman; H. r. Blael
mar, W. E. Cook; Mrs. John WorI
houdt. 80 2
City plan--Parks, boulevards, seem
improvements and billboards. En-
Fecht, chairman; Mrs. Emma McC4
roll and Allen H. Weir.
Want Busy Boosting.
The keynote Of the meeting Thur
day evening was to get the woa
started off in good shape this "
and everyone agreed that the one b9
way in which to do this was to- n
everybody boosting for It. Everyp3
was urged to talk about 1t to his nelG
Dor that he might be interested on
each to think about 1t himself. AbO1
all things all are to come out to
meeting Monday evening, April
and learn what is being planned
The committee of twenty-one 11l
year outlined the work as It Ii t0af
carried out In the future. It is
termined to pick out these four
five topics and work them out III
year. The idea Is to pick them q
and do them instead OF trying to c0y
the whole field and not get anywhA&