Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1920 — COMMUNITY INSPIRED TO INCORPORATE TOWN [ARTICLE]

COMMUNITY INSPIRED TO INCORPORATE TOWN

Coke Otto, a small mining community near Hamilton, OMo, Isn’t content to be just a group <* people any longer-— Coke Otto wants to be an incor porated town- ” And It’s all the result of community meetings and activities inaugurated by the Rural Extension Secretary oi Hamilton Chapter of the Red Cross. When Hamilton engaged its rural worker, she went among other placet to Coke Otto, where perhaps 700 peo pie live. Sanitary conditions' wep very lax there, so one of the firm movements was the organization of a “tin can brigade." This was divided into eight sub-regiments and prizes were offered the group that kept thf most rubbish out of the community flor a specified length of time. • Subsequent community meeting* have shown the people of Coke Otte the need for street dean-ups, flood protection and sanitation. After the third meeting the community decided that better and quicker results could be, obtained through united efforts Hence the plan to become an incur porated town,.

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