Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-09
REAL ESTATE MEN
HOLD LOVE FEAST
AT LOCAL HOSTELRY
NEWLY CREATED COUNTY BOARD
IS LAUNCHED WITH WILLIAM
JAMESON, OTTAWA MAN, AS ITS
PILOT-BANQUET AT CLIFTON

The La Sale County Real EStat"
Board. comprised of realty dealers OF
practically every city and town in the
county, blossomed into fun blown,
mp and going institution last night AT
a banquet at the New Clifton.
While the organization WAS formally
launched !; few weeks back, the thln
that injected pep and real lie INTO
the group OF men banded together TO-
their own protection and the booming
of city and farm land values Of the
county, was that occurrence OF last
Aight
Brought to fine fettle by one OF Nine
Host Lou Harvey's Sumptu0l
spreads, the banqueters were prepar-
ed for the sreat quantities OF advice
given them by men OF statewide re
pute in realty affairs, and quit the
feast determined to make the DCdrd
live, hustling and energetic institr'
ton which viii keep growing, instead
oi slipping into decadence and ilnai
oblivion, as is the case in many IN
= ances where men band together VIII
nip hip huoray only 10 wane in en-
lhu5iasm Il few weeks later and then
let their association snuff out for lack
al driving and life imbuine persuI.
sions essential To keeping up the
aforesaid pep
keyntte s WuJ laincu 80 the mem
ter tter disposng q the very e%'
ceIlent program OF eats, gave muc9
Of their attention to "brotherly love,
conscientiousness. abandoned jeal-
Il IA a a.
fellow ship, all agreeing that these
few important things constituted tn"
principal virtues Of the real estat,
business.
Officers Are Selected.
The love feast was attended by SIX
iy-tlve brokers, lawyers and bankers
while the press with its perspicaCity
for shopping had its own little dele2
ton there from Streator and Ottawa.
W f. Cofman OF Galesburg. who play
ed d potent part in organizing the
board. presided at a brief business
meeting which came upon the heels
of the banquet proper. In brief sur.
sey of the local" situation he cor
cred every detail essential to tn"
creation and maintenance OF a live
up and coming realty organization.
He concluded his bit of advice with
the reading of the nominating con,
mttee's report, which selected officers
TOR the ensuing year as follows.
President William Jamiecr, OttA-
wa.
a.. Vice pres dents William Colweli
Ottawa; Bernard ]. Heating. Strealor;
r. J. Kelly, Seneca; w f. Mason, Is
Sale; +, n. Childs Tonica
Secretary r. NJ. Higgins, Ottaw,
and Seneca.
Treasurer-Al f. Schoch. Ottawa
Executive board ;eorge h. Bllnch
ard, Mendoza; ). il. Ebersol, NarSril
les; G.. W. HurtenbCWer. La Sale; T..
H. Griffin, La Sale, and r \. Thoml'
son. Streator
Legal adviser--Duncan McDouea,.
Ottawa
Dean Quinn Presides
Presiding as postmaster Rev Dean
Quinn. pastor Of 81 COLUMBIA churcr,
gave to the feast his very best as
wit, logician and propounder OF good
judgment based upon fact. In his
oIening remarks the dean said:
The success OF any large under
taking such as this is conditional upoH
bIEtHlIutlbH anu 'p~c'NIh''
make your board do the work III
tended OF it it is necessary that every
man here give to he undertaking the
very best that is in him. While DOING
this aont let your thoughts rit, from
the essentials of good service, fair
dealing and justice.
The moral law applies TO You ~
does to anyone else. That code is
N'6nn tht
moral law is forgotten the structure
which We have builded up about MS
locally. state and government, it needs
must fall,
Justice is necessary Do you know
that the present high cost of living
is due to outraged Justice? This GOV
ernment and living conditions will be
back to normal only when We get bacF
to justice.
THE employers who does not pay
his employees commensurate with the
service rendered is the creator OF
anarchy and boshevis1n and must be
condemned When we get more anX
ious about the scale of Justice than
we are about the scale of prices then
only will We find ourselves arrived at
the day when justice again reiens su.
preme."
introduces Speakers.
Dean Quinn introduced as speaker
Col w. G.. Johnson. president of 'he
illinois state board, Danville, H., who
comulimented the efforts being eX
pended here in forming real estate
board, ana said the movement augui
ed we'll for La Sale County in more
ways than one
Joseph X. Bli tain, secretary CT the
Illinois state board. of Chicago, gave
a brief resume OF the things necessary
to make the association success
f. r. Duff, a director OF the state
board. from Oak Park, dealt out sound
advice to the dealers in good anC
wholesome gobs, which, If followed,
will make the La Sale County Board
one of the mos! active in the state
lmprOmptu toasts were given by Al
T.. ISchoch. Ottawa banker; Attorney
Duncan McDougall counselor of the
association Senator Thurlow EsSlne
ton OF Streator and G. w. HartenDow'
err banker OF La Sale. All four eX-
pounded the beauties and slories OF
La Sale county and approved the as
ISOLATION of La Sale county real eS'
tate dealers into an active, enterpriS-