Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-25
LOCAL COMMENT.

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the cemetery association is deserving OF
Il free water for Riverside. under the con-
4 ditions existing, it must be admitted
that the figures showing the amount of
water used 1T the cemetery were some
what surprising. The cost of pumping
the same amounts to very little, consid-
Iering the BENEFITS derived by the lot
5[oWners and the fact that Riverside
comes. close to providing the only public
park we have, but while the supply of
Ipure water is short 1t would seem that
the association could cut down its con-
sumption to less than $4,000 gallons
Edaily, which the city reports show to
have been the average daily consump-
Etion.
Smallpox scares are expensive. Mar
shailtowii's recent experience cost the
lefty in the neighborhood of $1,000 and
1.-The business men a considerable
ta.nount thru loss of trade during the.
4 prevalence of the disease. Had the
council passed fayorably on some of the
bills presented, the figures would be a
Igreat deal larger. One man wanted the
lefty to reimburse him for house rent
Hest because of the scare; another sent
i n "a big bill for repapering house in
which several had been sick, but for
4 which he was receiving his regular
rental. There have been coal bills, gro
tcery bills, drug bills, clothing bills. fur
Ihlture bills and almost every other kind
Iof bill. some of which are still under
4 investigation and there has been no
4 smallpox in the city for two months.
We have had lots of experience. how
lever that may be worth money in the
future
4 The city council can not hurry that
Sewage disposal plant any too fast to
salt the general public and the business
men of the CITY, The erection of new
buildings at the glucose works and the
Presumption of operations in that instf-
tuition are awaiting something more
Tangible than plans and specifications.
THE actual work should proceed at the
earliest possible moment
+ There are too many neighborhoods in
Marshalltown wherein the people do
not dwell in peace and brotherly love,
and the resort to the police courts for
i revenge among a class of chronic bel
lligerents is getting both monotonous
and expensive. What TO do and how to
deal with them is source of constant
worry TO the city, township and county
] officials.
A great deal of uncalled for criticism
/ Of the Iowa Central's management Of
the grocers excursion has been IN
sdulged in by both those who are not
conversant With the facts and by those
Who ought TO know better. While ii is
i true that the management was assured
+ by thr grocers that at least l,5O0 peo-
/ pie would go to Clear Lake and that
i more Goa hes run in two sections would
shave been more convenient for all con
/ cerned, at the same tinle the Central
\ was recently assured OF an excu8 son of
I 1.500 people out of Mason City to Os-
lsa!oosa and then hauled a string Of
empty coaches. The Central was not
Irresponsible for the last hour reports
circulated to the effect that two or
| three sections would be run, neither
| can the management be blamed for
starting the train two minutes after
the advertised time.
$3.50
| a learned le~al ligh of this eft. asks
4 the T.-R. 10 ask the council for further
| instructions relative to the aniend-5
ment recently made TO the !,icyeae or
dinance. He wants to know what a
lman#is going to doaif when he rides on
| the sidewalks whenthe roads are mud
| 5dy, he overtakes "a fast walker, dis
mounts then finds that he cannot walk
1 fast enough to get past the pedestrian.
Shall the wheelman remount, catch up
with the footman. dismount and then
laremount ad lib. or shall he stop and
| wait until the fast walker gets out of
| sight before proceeding The said legal
light saysit would be a most aggravat-
| ing experience for a wheeln,an or
| wheelWN,,nan with short pedal extrenl-
titles AMI consequently a slow pedes-s
ltrian, to try TO pass lanky stopper.
| If any Of the city fathers can furnish
the desired information this paper will
gladly print it for the benefit OF the
lawyer and Others.
In connection With the finding of the
valuable watch of Mr.. j. II. Tittemore
in the possession Of a resident of this
city and the further fact that the
owners name was engraved on THE
case, several of the law points relative
TO the finding of lost property will be of
interest and perhaps value to others
who may pick up valuabes OH the
streets. If goods, money, bank notes
or other things of any sort are found
of the value of s. or over it is thu find
er's duty under the law to notify the
owner, if known, and ff not the finder
must. within five days. take the goods
or valuables to Il justice of the peace,
make affidavit to the circumstances,
whereupon the justice shall make
record of the same and transmit res
port to the county auditor for entry in
his estray book. The penalty for fail
ure to comply with this section of the
law is fine of $50 and liability for
personal damages that the owner may
have sustained. II any person shall
trade. loan, sell or take from the state
any such property, he can be compelled
to pay double the value of the same
one-half of which sum shall go to the
plaintiff and the other half to the
county. Mr. Melick, who found Mr..
'Tittemore's watch, could be mulcted in
81 considerable sum for his failure to
return the timepiece to Its owner.
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sands die because they cannot obtain
food. In Amsrlca, the land of plenty.
many suffer and die because they cam