Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-19
LOCAL Con llENT.

Within few days Marshalltown will
have two first-class hotels, and the
travelling men who have been running
by the town for fear OF being denied ac-
Communications at an overcrowded host
!elry may all arrange to Sunday in the
best town in Iowa.
Other timid people who have been;
staying away from Marshalltown be-
cause Of the fear OF smallpox may now
return without any alarm, for after to-
night all danger to the public will be
removed by the transferring Of the
more dangerous cases to the new hos
pital. Since Sunday there has not been
g single occasion demanding a quaran-s
tine, which would indicate that the epi-i
demic is we'll in hand. With the rigor-8
Gus measures now in force there IL no
danger at all to people who wish to visit
MarshalltOwn. The man who stays
away now has more caution than senee.
The tax ferrets are at work In their
own peculiar way. Many citizens are
receiving notices OF taxes due that are.
somewhat of a surprise to them. Some
even consult their attorneys before pay
ing up, and go the fun goee on. When a
man is made to pay taxes rightfully due
the county all other men laugh and feel
satisfied. but II the authority of tax
collector is abused the collector should
be made to suffer. However, the abused
ones will doubtless attend TO this mat
ter.
The census enumerators will be
knocking at your door in a week or so,
and in behalf of the United States gov
eminent the customary questions will
be asked. The public should remember
that the enumerators are but the serv-
ants OF the government. asking the
questions OF the government, and are
subject to severe penalties IL they di-
vulge any Of the information given
them. They should be treated with
courtesy and their questions answered
promptly as we'll as accurately. The
person who would refuse to answer the
simple questions asked by census
remuneration would be considered an ig-
noramus by his associates if the fact
were known.
A postofiice fight is on in the northern
end of this county, and the grief has not
all been told yet. Without seeming to
side with either faction, for the points
of controversy are purely local, the IT,
r. would refer all parties interested to
the experience OF the people in Mary
land with the institution OF rural mail
delivery When the system was first es-
tablished it was opposed by practically
everyone. The opposition became riot
Gus and shotguns appeared. but the
government persisted. and within less
than year the people of that district,
who had been so loud and so bitter in
their opposition, as a mark OF humilia-
ton and repentance for their mistake,
banqueted the very officials they had
previously 80 severely condemned. The
rural delivery OF mail is the coming
great reform Of this generation. The
next ten years will see practically every
farmer in Iowa receiving his mail at
his door every day. and the person or
community that opposes it only stands
in the pathway OF progress. His oppo-
sltion will be as certainly useless as it
is most always senseless.
The decision of the stockholders In
the Southwestern Mutual Life Associa-
|stion to retain the headquarters in this