Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-21
LOCAL COMM EllT.

iverttSementS OF medicines and medical
appliances space on the front cover
page. In late issue Of the
publication an excellent likeness
OF the club woman referred to
appears in connection with a full
page medicine advertisement. altho the
lexpected testimonial IL lacking. The en-
craving liz one made for special write
lup Of the Marshalltown clubs, and q
friend OF the original. who was instru-
mental in procuring the photograph, is
much disturbed and is wondering how
she can prove her responsibility for
the appearance of the picture in con-
nection with the advertisement. The
club woman is at present visiting in the
east, and trouble awaits her return.
The venerable Henry Arson IL pub
llic spirited citizen. He has demonstrated
this fact many times since he laid out
the townsite of the present city OF Mar
shalltown, and is still demonstrating It,
1.-THE last time being but a few days ago.
| When the south side needed a school
house Mr.. Arson gave to the district
1.-TWO lots on which to erect building.
4 The only proviso attaching to the gift
was one by which the land was to re-
l5vert to Mr.. Arson in case 1t should
cease to be used for school purposes.
iEOf this the present school board knew
nothing, and proceeded to sell the prop
lerty short time ago, as new building
ion new site is being erected. But
4 when the papers We're made out con-
lveying the same to the purchaser City
CLERK Trotter found that clear title
could not be given, and that Mr.. Arson
could lay claim to the land. The city
clerk said nothing. but hunted up Mr..
4 Arson and explained the situation to
4 him. I'll fix that" said the father,
Eof the city. and he Immediately signed
a quit claim deed without cent OF
consideration. Some men would have
.Iheld up the city for a considerable sum,
but Henry Arson isn't of that stripe.
The stage of the water in the Iowa
4 river Will continue higher this season
4 than for many years past, owing to the
Econti and heavy rains. which have
4 filled the ground with moisture and
scaIsed the dry runs to become babbling
j brooks not unlike those the poets tell
/ about. This condition will assist in
main Ing a good flow of water dur
ling tbs balance of the summer. Sewage
4 disposal plants, with their preceding
lawsuits would not have been necessary
Ehad the Iowa river been like its former
self and asit is at the present time.
4 Citizens who have the unpleasant duty
4! to perform OF turning In fire alarm
and who have telephone at hand
4 should remember that there is not now
Occasion to go chasing three or four
i blocks away to an alarm box. The city
officials expect that big majority OF
/ the alarms Will now be telephoned to
the pumping station and from there
turned in thru the central transmitter.
Il This piece3of mechanism ought to prove
Il tlme-saving and convenient arrange
4 ment.
Il The movement to organize the younger
Republicans into rough rider" club
q grewto magnitude and with mo-
mentum greater than the first promoters
anticipated. The only fear is that the
trough rider" feature will be lost sight
y of. The bigger and more enthusiastic
a club is all right, as organization Is as
essential in politics as in anything else.
Il But the idea of a mounted contingent,
h appropriately caparisoned. should not be
4 abandoned, and the young men of the
Jcountrty districts should be urged to
u join. az the horsemen would come large
ly from their ranks. Those of the club
4 both old and young, who do not possess
3 horses can and will walk So look
+ out for the rough rider club in the cam
{ paign demonstrations to come. The
+ members will be in evidence on foot and
elon horseback.
q A thoroughly drilled and uniformed
marching club, whether mounted OF
otherwise, could be made very promi.
lnent feature Of the campaign. There
are many such in the country. Pasa.
u dena, Cal. city not SO large as Mar
a shalltown. has u republican club organ;
lied on military principles. and az 6
battalion Of three companies, each com,
pany with it's own set OF officers. TIL,
club also has its civil organization. ant
. so widely has 1t become known that 1t /,
| in demand at gatherings in all parts o
the state, and the whole coast has beef
Inspired to form similar bodies. The or
ganization is intensely republican. blu
lis not controlled by any clique an,
works only in the interests OF the re
publican party. 1t ia just such an or
/ 6aHlZatloHs a0 MaTSaalt county ought &
possess.
/ If the following illustrates the degre
:. of intelligence of the modern democ
Tracy. the people Of the country will a
) least hesitate before turning over tn
i reins of government to the Bryanite.
An old democratic resident OF Marshall
town-one old enough to know better
bewailed, during political argument
the government banking laws for whic
/. the republican party II responsible
Said popocrat maintained. and persiste
!, in maintaining. that While he was al
lowed to charge but 8 per cent interes
{ per annun, the banks were permitte
!. to charge SO per cent. The deluded Bry
|. ante had figured ii out that becaus
5 most banking loans are for ninety, days
E Tor practically three months, the bank
/ enlarged whole years interest for tn
D three months. or at the rate Of 50 pc
cent. And this fellow actually has mon
/ ey Of his own to loan.
4 The Reflector of this week has con
4. vulsion Of one column in length owe
i the announcement that J.. NJ. Bisho
: had renowned his allegiance to tn
party OF Bryan. The organ of the mod
t ern democracy claims that Mr. Bisho
i was not good democrat in 1896. bu