Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-04
LOCAL COMMENT.

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| d LOCAL COMMENT.
4 George Sellers, resident Of this coun-
", is having built by manufacturing
firm of this city a threvhing machine of
the separator variety and on which he
has several inventions. II Mr.. Sellers
has good thing, why not form COM
pany of local capitalists to manufacture
and place upon the market similar ma
chimes. A better field for the making
LOT farm tools and machinery does not
Iexist than right here in the center of the
greatest agricultural country on earth.
In line with this suggestion Mr.. Click,
Isecretary of the Lennox Machine Cons
pany, makes another. He says there isi
splendid opportunityfor the establish
ment in this city of an institution for
the manufacture of heavy wagons and
ldrays. Hereferred to the fact that DUR
ling the time the old Ketchum Wagon
! Company made good vehicle it made
4 money, then Palmer became manager
and in his effort to cheaper the pro-
duct made q wagon that farmers
wouldn't buy. Marshalltown men have.
the capital. they can profit by the ex..
lperiences of the past and secure good
returns on their investment, and at the
Isame time assist in materially building
4 up the city and hold 1t in position to
enable it to keep pace With Cedar Rap
4 ids, Ottumwa, Fort Dodge, Waterloo
and others Of our enterprising sisters.
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|columns of the Reflector, Councilman.
4 Henry $ paper. suggests that work on
the water extension be delayed until
next season. Action of this kind VIII
not be at all necessary unless the coun-
sltheir coat tails.
The users Of city water are the ones
4 vitality Interested in the purityof the
same therefore from now on the hyd-
s|lrant water should be used sparingly for
Isprinkling and other purposes. The sup
i ply obtained from the west galleries and
4 from the temporary extension is just
4 about sufficient for domestic purposes,
hut il August goes dry and the
4 s'prinkling of lawns and streets is re-
4 sorted to generally ii will be necessary
to use more or less river water. If this
becomes necessary it will be unfortu-
mate. Even tho the river had had saw
4 eral good washings the past season, the
4 river water is not fit to drink. There is
4 urgent need that the water extension be
pushed to completion as rapidly as pos
slble.
To the credit Of the Marshall county
4 delegation, there was but one vote cast
siinthe preliminary caucus, for = railroad
icandidate 1t is a matter for congratu-
u lation that the delegates could not be
d bought With passes to Des Moines. and
lit is not believed they would seil their
votes for a larger sum.
y Mr.. Van Derveer can console himself
Il with the fact that he isn't the first and
]only married man who has got himself
Unto trouble thru the failure to deliver
lhis Wife's letters The only difference
1 Isl that the other fellows forgot it and
i the government didn't object, While Van
Il Derveer didn't forget it and your Uncle
a Samuel interpossd.
Il From the enthusiasm manifested. in
/, the organization of a Mckinley and
4 Roosevelt Rough Rider Club It is GER
s tain that a whole regiment could be
formed. If that were desirable, in Mar
Il shalltown and vicinity alone. Local re-
ipublicans are not selfish and want every
4 townshipin the county represented BY a
81 company in the regimental formation.
i As County Chairman Es,tabrook ia dele
. gated with the duty of selecting the
regimental officers. from colonel down
Ito the color sergeants he will soon be
aware that his campaign troubles have
just commenced. All Of US can not be
Eeolonels. however. and no great scram M
4 bic for the high offices is expected. You
lean bank on Estabrook to make good
II selections
q Without questioning the merits of the
n controyersy, or rather quarrel. between
81 the factions of the republican party in
a Eden township. 1t is a fact that the re-
moNal of MIR. Thomas Watts from the
Icounty may result in a different order
4 of things political In that section. MIR.
a Watts has been the recognized leader OF
q one of the factions. and the fight has
"A been waged with bitterness for years.
n candidates for county offices have come
II to recognize that Eden was hard see
"A ton to work and that sometimes it was
Il best tolstay away altogether. as when i;
Il became known that one faction was To
h support candidate thesother vas sure
Il to oppose him. With one Of the leaders
4 out of the way the residents of Eden
\ should now bury the hatchet.
j Il the men of Marshalltown ever
q sighed for the privilege of wearing a
4 shirt waist, it has been during the past
week, when the daily average of the
Thermometer has, been 50 and the maxi
mum 81 on several days.
People would like to know why 1t is
81 the Chicago Great Western has not been
a conlpelled to comply with the gate ordi-
nance, the same az the Northwestern
and the Iowa Central. The T.-R isn't
4 inclined to believe that the city officials
n haxe5 been contaminated With railroad
ism, but as the gates are needed ii
Y would like to zee all the companies
s treated alike.
4 Some random reflections from the Re-
4 flerfof.