Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1920-10-05
ENTHUSIASTIC MEET Is
HELD BY COMMITTEE
+ OF 125
PLAN BIG CAMPAIGN
CITY WILL BE AROUSED TO THOR
OUCH NEED OF LOCAL CIVIC
BOOSTING BODY AND ALL THAT
IT CAN 20 FOR TIE CITY AND
TIE PEOPLE WHO ABIDE HERE,

Bury your jcalouaies and projl
dice and all work for "a bigger AMI
better Ottawa" was the keynote
sounded hy members of the citizens
REORGANIZATION committee OF the
Chamber OF Commerce IA their meet
irg held last night at the Clifton
Hotel The meeting was attended By
more than sixty OF ottaNa's most
prominent citizens. 1t Was one q
tho largest meetings Of / 5 kind ever
held In this city Tor the purpose cf
advancing the interests OF Ottawa ANA
It's people.
The committee heartily approved
plans for the reorganization and viii
do all in its puwer to obtain hat sue
cessful conclusion through realizing
that after all tho supreme reason for
life is to transmit to the next genera
ton the benefits cleaned through ox
perience and those efforts toward bit
ter conditions in order that ottawa
may be more nearly the ideal city
twenty or fifty years from now
A committee OF five Nas appointed
to select chairman for the reorganj-
zation committee Me srs. Schoch,
Grisgs. K. C.. Jordan. Mao and CharltS
Sanders were named on this commit
tee a meeting of which is to be held
al 9 30 a. m Wednesday.
Mayor Weeks Opens Meeting.
Mayor 6 V. b Weeks, presidine ut
the meeting. in his Introductory re.
marks said that the Chamber Of Com
merce should he a potent factor in the
building of Ottawa.
There are a nImbeT of problems
confronting our city at this time, said
the mayor, and to my mind the Chant
Der of Commerce is the means TO agi-
tate them and make people think
Ninety per cent Of the members Of
the business Mems association are
members Of the Chamber Of Com
merce, | believe hat the Chamber Of
Commerce can choose a broader scope,
however and that indirectly it cau
be of great assistance to the retailer,
II one can assist his nei%ab0r bv a
cooperative working together move
ment, I'm for H., remarked l.. 4,
Brand last evening.
Edgcomb for Ottawa.
Or J II EdEconb said that the
Chamber Of Commerce could be made
a source Of potential energy for the
city.
As sec more Of this city, the roots
have grown deeper and Ottawa look
dearer to me today than ever before
The Chamber Of Commerce has done
good, praise it for what it has done.
If we take no one step further to make
it better let us do it. ii can work for
the welfare OF the city Not the at
lectCrS alone but also The members
must take an active part, said K. E
Jordan an enthusiastic booster Of o.
tawa.
Postmaster J. J. DOuGhe,ty heartily
favored the reorganization and urged
that all work hand in hand to put it
over. He called attention to the post
masters convention which is to be
held here tomorrow, aud suggested
that the bushes men should display
friendly feeling and cordial welcome
by putting ont a flag or two
Mr.. Hassett division engineer for
the waterways commission, stated That
the project was well under was. Plans
for the dam at Marsci!los and con
struction at Starved Rock a,e under
way.
Boosts Convention City.
That conventions are of great value
to q city was brought out iorcfuIlv by
Al SChoCh, president OF the MerChan $
and Farmers Bank, who said AT a
recent convention a. OmOha, from
which ! have just returned, where
nearly 700 delegates were present, Il H.
cided by one vote TO hold their neXt
meeting in Peoria, Peoria receiving
24o votes, Minneapolis 2iS. Repre-.
sentatives in the live city OF Milwau.
kee aud Omaha also made an effort to
get this convention. 1t was carried
by Peoria because OF the large mum.
bcr of delegates that lived in that VI
cinity. hope We will be able Ia
hold the next convention in two Yeas
for Ottawa.
Ottawa has been fortunate in get.
ting conventions into the city. Dele.
oates leaves $40 to $40 daily as new
money to be put into circulation. \
pamphlet containing the advantages
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