Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-15
THE MISSIONARY WORK
Business Mems Committee Very suc-
cessful in its Visit to Tama
on Saturday
Signatures of All But Two of the
Plaintiffs in Injunction Suit
Secured.
Plaintiffs and Leading Business Men
Of lama Willing to Act Fairly
"A "Town Meeting

The band of missionaries that ;nvad-
led Tama county Saturday bearing a
flag of truce to bring about settle
ment of the troubles growing out of the
pollution of the Iowa river returned at
night satisfied with the result of hard
days work. The committee of bust
ness men received a respectful hearing
and from present Indications the prob
lem will be worked out all right.
AT the present time the signatures Of
all but two of the plaintiffs to the in
junction suit brought against the glu-
icose company have been secured TO the
proposition for q postponenent of the
case. 1t is probable that the others
Will sign, or al least will not resist
postponement when the matter comes
up in court. One thing is certain, and
that is that a majority of the business
men of Tama and the plaintiffs in the
case are willing to meet Marshalltown
half way, express their friendship for
Marshalltown. and Marshall county and
will cooperate in so far as they can to
bring about a solution of the sewage
question.
The portion of the committee stop
ping at Montour We're very successful
and Invited the plaintiffs residing there
to accompany them to Tama TO join
the balance of the committee in the
conference with the other parties to the
suit They accepted. At lama some
of the leading business men, including
Mayor Albrecht, called meeting Of
citizens interested in the matter. While
1.-THE meeting did not have the result the
committee and the business men of
Tama desired. in the end it is supposed
10 have strengthened Marshalltown's
cause. When the news spread that a
meeting was being held the somewhat
radical element came out in force. and
this element finally managed to secure
! their opinion the case should not be
postponed.
AS big majority of the plaintiffs. as
well as leading business men, We're
favorable to a postponement, the out
come of the meeting will not affect the
case The Marshalltown committee
had been assured beforehand that the
lplaintiffs would sign the proposition to
/ 5Marshalltown train was due when the
meeting closed, all the members of the
I committee with the exception of a. g..
/ Click, Mayor Pierce, c. H. +. Board
man and A. w. Head, came home. the
/ gentlemen named remaining to round
3,ip the situation to the best Of their
/ ability. AS a result of their prolong-
Ting their stay they succeeded in secur-
r.i.f,f
A}plaintiffs with two exceptions. and it
lis thought that these will sign later.
4 Whether they do SO or not, on the
showing that can be made In court
1 there is little question but that the in
junction suit will be postponed until
such time as a system can be installed
for the care of the glucose sewage.
When this is accomplished there will
be no reason for further complaint or
for a further resort to the courts for
relief Should Marshalltown fail to
carry out its agreement the suit could
then be pushed.
The plaintiffs who have signed the
petition are Fred Dennenbrink, c. j.
Stevens George Tewksbury. G. w. De
Long, George ID. Young, j. NJ. Blu
chanan, c. III. Hanlin, r. NJ. Tenney,
Hammond e Son and Joseph Reed.
The Marshalltown gentlemen We're
gratitied at the manner in which they
were received by the plaintiffs and a
majority of the influential business
lsmen and citizens. In turn some of the
4 Tama people were pleased to know
i that Marshalltown is in earnest now
and proposes to do the fair thing, and
4 they will do all they can to assist, re-
III,