Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-28
LOCAL COMMENT.

southeast portion Of the city because
of diphtheria in the family is violating
the quarantine rules and that children
of the family are allowed to run at
large on the street. Marshalltown
wants no diphtheria epidemic, and II an
example were made of the violators of
the health laws it might have q saluta
ry effect on others.
The public park scheme is practical. |
AS not to exceed $4,000 will be required
with which to purchase the necessary |
land, and as the city will do it's part II |
the citizens will lend helping hand, all
that is now required is q little CON
certed effort. The laws of the state
give the city council the power to Gre
ate park boards, and patriotic citizens
could be found who would devote the
necessary time to park management
without pay, as do the library trustees.
The retail grocerymen, whose profits
have been cut to the smallest possible
margins in recent years, will soon be
able to say to the coal merchants that
there are others. Prices are bound to
advance. In speaking of the general
condition Of the grocery business Mr..
Fl. E. Sloan, manager of the Let's
Fletcher Company's house In this city,
said: THE business never was better
The demand for groceries is the same
| as for any other kind of product on the
market today. Whenever large stock
of any kind Is put on the market 1t Is
| picked up at once and there Is no diff
Iculty in finding buyers. The fact is
/ that 1t is somewhat hard to get the
groceries that the jobbers want, the
4 demand being so heavy. The price has
/ been steadily advancing for some time
past and it will be necessary for the re-
taller to put up his prices soon In order
Ito keep even. 1 am surprised that they
lhave not made more of an advance al
Iready. Groceries We're among the last
varieties of merchandise to advance in
tprice, but since they have commenced
to go up they will continue. There is no
reason why they should not. They
could go up pretty high and still not be
lexpensive for the reason that they have
been so cheap for some years back.
But on sugar and coffee there does not
seem any likelihood of any near adj
vance of any moment. There has not
been any successful trust formed on
sugar and the supplies of raw sugars
are too extensive. to permit the prices to
be raised much. And coffees are the
same way
Tenders for the cars of the street
railway company are a necessity for
the protection of the public. Occasion
; al collisions with pedestrians and
1 Iwheelmen seem to be unavoidable, and
/. lone life or even one limb is worth more
) 1nA0 .1.arS
Judge Ewing, who lectured on Chris
2 titan Science Thursday evening, at Least
succeeded in stirring up considerable
! adverse criticism by his remarks, One
!, good Presbyterian citizen who left the
Q hall before the conclusion of the lee
J, ture made a remark demonstrating
: that he did not believe Judge Ewing
e practiced what he preached, as TN
e Presbyterian said: Il wonder why h
y doesn't discard those glasses and qui
: taking those cough drops while he lee
: lures.
Marshalltown people will extend tn
Milwaukee cordial welcome if
i builds into this city on the line now be
i ling surveyed The chances are ten I
i
n town from Tama the company is con
d formulating the extension of the brancl
IS north and west, possibly to a connec
II tion with its northern Iowa line. AZ
d this would be a good thing for Mar
y shalltown.
The Tama Herald is advising the an
e,lers of that town to throw their gam
IL tow for 70
le4 poisoned. In reference to the matte
is the Herald says that where there ar
IN SO many dead fish there must be dan
y ger in eating those apparently health
4 when taken from the water We hav
r seen many strings of fish caught in tn
to reservoir during the past two week
ut and in every case have felt that it wa
ne highly dangerous to use them as food
O. lama ought to clean out that old resel
voir once in a while.
ne The taxpayers are beginning to wol
IT. der what Rev. Abrams is driving at
e his methods of conducting his can
he naign against local liquor dealer
While people as rule do not object
OF a proper and vigorous enforcement
u the laws-liquor and otherwise-the
Ii is considerable Impotence because u
ng Anti-Saloon League superintende
as does not seem to be making any pro
ress but, on the other hand. much e
pcnse. During the past two years
dozen or fifteen injunction suits ma
-. been brought against saloonists al
druggists. Some of these have be
carried on the docket from term
-. term. others have been dismissed
- some cause or other. while but one h
LAT been pushed to a trial. and TN
no resulted in defeat for Superintende
he Abrams. Four new cases have ~
70 been brought and If the policy of 7
- past is followed they will cucumber t
m, docket for at least several terms
as court. BY his activity in bringing nj
m. suits and his failure to follow them
,rk to q conclusion Rev. Abrams invites
NO loft-repeated charge that he is insince
ma and pursuing underhanded methods
er. Ibis so-called enforcement crusades. I
good people are wondering what tn
lar money is being spent for.
BUS
ion 1t was with pleasure that the cltize
nut. Of Marshaltown read in the colun
err LOT the Times Republican the denial
re- President Kimball. of the Iowa Centr
,ey Iof certain rumors regarding char
-. Il z.