Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-18
FISHING AT ALGoSA.

tAlgona Republican,
The celebration of the advent OF the |
fishing season was a popular event!
Tuesday morning. The attendance of
small boys, middle-sized boys and big
boys was large. The procession began
before the line of march could be dis
tinguished in the gloom, said to be
deepest just before the dawn, and kept
up till after the sun shone so as to in-I
Iduce freckles. The catch was heavy
and pickere We're in great plenty. Twol
parties are said to have carried home
twenty pickercl between them. The
day previous bullheads only could be
caught, but between the 14th and 18th
of the month they disappeared or re-
organized as pickerel. They seemed to
dissolve into nothingness like the base
less fabric Of populist dream. Suckers
were quite plenty and it is reported
that one man carried home six Including
himself.
F2AvORING DISTRICT sUPERv1s-
ORS.
Rockwell Phonograph.l
A short time ago this paper expressed
the opinion that the county should be
divided into supervisor districts and the
electors Of each district be allowed to
nominate their own member of the
board With some OF the press of the
county the plan evidently meets with
approval. and 20 far is opposed by none.
The local republicans we believe favor
the adoption of such6a plan. We are all
SO in receipt Of "a strong letter of ap-
prevail from prominent citizen Of
Mason City, and a gentleman known
over the county as a man of ability and
fairness, which is at his request With
held from publication. After giving the
plan some thought we are unable to
find any valid objection to it, while
much may be said in its favor. Aside
from the diseagreabl feature of outside
i3precincts meddling With what may be
termed local AFFAIR, there are other
tspoints to be considered. In the first
| place local self government gives the
best satisfaction ag a rule. In the next
| place. the district supervisor would feel
himself accountable solely to his own
constituents and not to Tom, Dick or
4 Harry from some distant part of the
/ county that helped nominate him with
4 the intention of using this as club for
lreciprocal future favors. Not that this
lis Gone in Cerro Gordo. but there are
! such cases. II is fair to presume that
1.-THE people Of a district are best ac-
tquainted with their needs and amply
Iqualified to judge as to the proper man
Ito select to execute their WILL Then.
Aagain, It is possible that a district might
become burdened With an official that
the n.ajority thought should be excused
fat the end OF the first term, or another
Exceptionally competent one that should
be retained two. three or four terms and
in either event the outside precincts I'M
DER the proposed plan would be relieved
.of all responsibility. AS we view the
matter there is everything to be said In
flavor and nothing against the proposed
plan. This Is nothing new, no expert
ment. II is in actual practice in many,
counties and works, we think, entirely
satisfactory. With as much justice
might the electors in road district num-
bed l. Geneseo township, insist on help
ling to select the road supervisor In dis
ttrct number I, as for the people living
In Rockwell to ask or be compelled to
perform similar service for Clear Lake
lin the matter of selecting her member
of the board of SUPERVISORS. The present
.lsystem is faulty and should be remedied
as soon as possible.