Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-05
LOCAL COMMENT.

i
Bradford, lawyer, and Bradford,
publisher. are two different
After getting into little
as q result OF the Cation
case and after his client got worsted
in the legal proceedings, the Reflector.
of which Mr.. Bradford Is one of the
publishers, turned around and "roast
ed Mr.. Cation. Mr.. Bradford must
at least be given considerable credit for
not trying his cases in his paper.
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Some one who objected to the pres
ence of live rats on his own premises
but who didn't object to offending the
nostrils of other people with deceased
ones placed q package Of dead rodents
in the road on West Lincoln street. The
carcases became so offensive that steps
were taken to have them removed. The
Individual who put them there undoubt-
eddy belongs to the class of people who
live for self alone. and is no respector
LOT the rights Of others
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There is considerable argument in
favor Of the agitation started by the
school board to divide the south side
and add another ward to the city. 1t
the voters, and would give the terri
tory south Of Main street proper rep
resentation in city affairs. The terri-
tory lying south of Linn creek. by COM
mon consent designated as the south
side, has been favored within the past
few years with more rapid growth
than any other portion Of the city. Any
one who has not visited that part OF the
lefty would be surprised at the building
that has been done In that section dur
ing the past two years. From Center
street east to Twelfth avenue substan-
ltial residences have been erected and
1.-THE limit has not yet been reached. The
Fourth ward at the present time has in
the neighborhood OF 900 registered vot-
lers, the Third has about 800. while the
First and Second, which lie north of
Main street, have close to 600 each. In
other words, 1,700 voters have only the
same number of representatives on the
city council as do the 1920 voters north
of Main street. If the territory In the
Third and Fourth wards lying south
Iof the railway lines was apportioned
off 1t would make very respectable
ward in itself. The cost Of an addi-
Itional ward is entailed through the
maintaining of an election precinct and
1.-THE payment of the big salary of 81 per
Injecting to each councilman. The total
cost would not amount to over 5000 per
lyear.
y While there is no disposition to find
fault with the Tama county delegation
lin not casting enough of Its votes In the
Fifth district caucus at the recent state
convention to elect the Marshall can
didate seeking membership on the COM
mittee on resolutions, some Of the dele
: gates from this city say that Tama
2 should have recalled how Marshall
\ county stood by Mr.. Mowery at the Du.
buque convention one year ago. At thai
time all of the Marshall delegation witt
the exception of three or four wert
Sammis men at heart. but voted fo
Mowery for Tama county's sake.
If Marshalltown is going to do some
: thing nice and hold that street fair thi
e fall 1t is time we We're up and doing
r Many towns of this and other states ar
: going to give similar attractions thi
!. year. and a noticeable fact is that tn
$ cities which have held similar fairs i
: the past are so pleased with the result
8 that they are making arrangements TO
! the same kind of attractions on muc
n larger scale. A friend of the Times-Re
e publican in Hastings, Neb., city q
4 about the same population as Marshall
8 town. has sent Some of the advertisin
n matter prepared for the street fai
: there. Hastings has raised the larg
$ sum Of $4,000 for the fair. and expect
e to attract people not only from the sur
rounding towns and country. but fror
: all parts OF the state. Marshalltow
: would not make any such an attemI
. at a spread as that on the first effor
= land from estimates obtained from othe
q lcities where street fairs have been hel
y it is certain that creditable fair coui
e be arranged for from $1,000 to s1,40
u The T.-R. ventures the assertion that
IS one fair is held, it will be made an ar
nual feature hereafter. A meetin
is ought to be called and the question cor
IS sidered from all points Of view.
1t While little confidence is placed in IL
lpredictions of Rev. Ira Hicks, he hi
n guessed the weather very correctly
r far this month, at least as far as tn
II locality is concerned.
y. Inc local campaign Will not open L
ne to any great extent for month or mo-
le to come. This is as 1t should be. Pc
is pie are too busy to be unnecessarl
y. bothered about politics.
as A rain such as that of Friday al
Il Friday night has not been provided f
.e this vicinity for a long time. We ha'
had thunder storms and hail storms a,
the like, but the last rain was mo
on the order of the April showers tn
). make the sweet May flowers that q
- poets sing about. While the rain w
help the pastures. the farmers won
;, have preferred little delay. especial
:. those who were in the midst of t
:, small grain harvest. Luckily the grea
~ err portion of the small grain is ha
~ vested.
n The city doesn't believe in the thro,
10 ing OF stones by those living in tran
VI m ropf hn,,sas and accop,po p1,iry =