Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1922-11-21

business and professional men be.
hind the Chamber of Commerce. Law
yers, doctors and retired farmers will
find themselves greatly benefited by
Joining with us In working out the
problems that confront our city"
In his details of the years accom-.
plishments he showed that the cham.
Der had been very active. Among
other accomplishments. it helped man.
ufacturers in getting relief from the
recent car shortage by bringing pres
sure to bear on Rock Island railway
officials who had promised an early
end Of the trouble from which some
relief was already being felt.
w. r. Foster.
w Il. Foster, county superintendent
of schools. gave one of his brilliant
talks in which he besought the Cham.
Der of Commerce to aid in every way
it can the La Sale county fair and the
farmers institute held each year. He
recommended that the city abolish its
hautiness to the farmer and greet him
with a warm welcoming hand. cot
tawa should be community that em;
braces the farming territories for
miles around" he said. The farmer
must be made to feel that he is a
part of Ottawa and belongs to It.
There Is only one way that can be
done. Extend him the hand Of fell
lowship and make him part Of US.
Get him into that frame of mind he
will be happy to call Ottawa his home.
Il am glad that Ottawa has lot Of
merchants and very few storekeepers.
A merchant is man OF vision. He
ees ahead and builds for the future,
T'Na storo'' eeper keeps a store from
going to the wall, and that is all that
can be said of him. am glad the
storekeeper tribe IS rapidly diminish.
ing and soon there will be none of his
kind left"
Mr. Foster radiated humor when !
he took the floor and his sparkling |
quips kept the audience in high state |
of good humor. He indorsed the con.
stitutional convention by expressing 1t
as the last chance in which the
dNwnstate can get a constitution that
will insure it control of its legislative
bodies
Ottawa is as good town as ever
cow on' tN0 best town | know to live |
in" concluded the speaker.
Secretary Leo Carroll gave the |
financial report which Is attached to
this article.
Or. G. A. karr.
DR.. G. A. Karr in a ten-minute ad'
dress called upon the chamber to sup |
port a movement that will bring |
about the reorganization of Company |
c. He said the state soon would tire
of keeping up the armory without oc-
cupants in it. He painted picture
Of the structure being turned into a
garage, a possibility if the state,
which it probably would, decided to
sell the armory. He said there were
two companies being held for Illinois,
and one Of those would go to Ottawa
if Ottawa wanted it. He urged the
necessity of immediate action, citing |
the history of Company c from the
the d7vs when it was first organized !
dow to the time 1t returned from the
world war and was disbanded.
Harvey T. Hill
Harvey T. Hill, general secretary or
the Illinois Chamber of commerce.
ave toast on the Outlook OF Or
ganized Business" He told OF the
state body and the results 1t Is
by cooperation with the
local organizations. He said the !
=tate chamber was working for /
deep waterway, and reached the ora
torical heights when he demanded OF
ottawa that it be proud of It's gently
flowing Illinois river" The demand
didn't raise any stink, but being re-
quest that required the last degree
in optimism supreme there were no
cheers following the remark.
Singing by the assemblage and a
delightful concert by Art
Hentrich's orchestra were other fea-
lures that helped to make the ban
uuet one Of the most enjoyable in OF
tawa's history.
Secretary's Report.
Secretary L. C. Carroll in his sec
ond annual report outlined the work
ings of the organization during the
fiscal year, from the time of the last
banquet, until last night. Mr.. Car
roll told the growth and accomplish
ments of the organization, saying in
part:
"One of the first questions asked
by a member of the Chamber of
Commerce who is not in touch with