Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-22
LOCAL COMMENT.

81 IVNAk NVmmENl.
Even the bees in this locality are hav
ing season of unprecedented prosperi-
ty. The crop if white clover is unusually |
abundant, lawns where none reviously
existed being covered with it this year. |
The county capitol has been a quiet
place for the past week There has been
hut one day of court, and little has been
doing in any of the county Offices The
real estate market is not particularly
active at present there is a lull in the
rush of property owners to the treas
urer's Office TO pay taxes, the young
people are waiting until the fourth of
July to apply to the clerk for marriage
licenses and the sheriff and the county
attorney are wondering if the whole
county has reformed.
The local democratic machine has not
as yet fixed up IT'S slate for the county
convention to swallow, hence the con-
| vention has not been called.
! While the outside residents who are
opposing annexation are entitled to
.
\ strong proposition in opposing the plans
4 of the city to include them in the COR
| poration, as the Law gives cities almost
unlimited power. At the same time ii
!. is unreasonable for the nor residents TO
| ask that the council agree to make GER
tain improvements and concessions. as
| 1t has no right TO adopt any measure
| for that locality until after it becomes a
4 81 5,it cart .tjn
bind any future council by any agree
ment it would make. The annexation
scheme was FASTENED by the action of
the non-residents themselves, who were
4 preparing to forestall it by proceeding
to incorporate as a separate town, which
| no citizen of Marshalltown desires to
see. A new. school building, water and
i .sewer service and street improvements
/ will come to that section in the course
4 of time, and when they do come the eX-
pense will be no greater than II secured
thru municipal corporation of its own.
The. election will be held Monday from
:. a. m. to Z p. m. at the city building.
4 sss
The question is being agitated of hay
ing a special tax of half mill voted
4 annually to support the Forty-ninth
4 Regiment band This would be an
agreeable and equitable method and the
burden would fall upon many instead OF
, few as at present, but there Is con-
siderable doubt regarding the power to
: levy such tax.
If the council is wise and enterprising
and wishes TO do something that will be
of great benefit to the city. gain the
! friendship of the farmers and increase
], the local trade. 1t will not stand in the
8 way of the contamination of the plan tc
; macadamize and gravel the Nicholson
I ford road, the worst stretch of highway
+ in Marshall county. Following out In
e succeeding years the proposed plan fol
: the betterment of this thoroughfare
2 would soon result in every main tray
1 sled road leading to Marshalltowns being
G permanently improved. AL this With
$ out increasing the tax levy one cent
t Fireworks and other necessary adj
9 iuncts to the proper celebration of the
!, Fourth of July are displayed among ths
q wares of the local merchants. The can
: non and dynamite crackers. thanks e
: the mayors orders, are conspicuous b1
: their absence.
f AS proof that the T.-R. 9 contentloI
: that the tax levy in Marshalltown an'
o Marshall county should go thru TN
n trimming process. attention is called t
!. the result of a nonresident capitalist!
y visit here He was seeking investment
4 for his surplus capital and came Z
y Marshalltown with the view of purchas
: ing desirable property. OF course tn
a tax levy was one of the first matter
d inquired into--and the capitalist is nov
r seeking another field for Investment.
N
e The wise business man and those 9th
! er citizens fortunate enough TO nav
o hank accounts are not investing heavil.
L in revenue stamps just at the presen
/ time as they will have little use for then
1t after July !. when the revenue law as I
affects bank checks, kilograms. expires
orders and other documents expires. TIL
busy man will be extremely gratified be
cause he will not be compelled to adorI
almost every instrument with the littl
: sticker that was mark of tribute Z
# the Spanish American war account
While the expense was considerable ii
h the course of year the trouble and in
II convenience We're the greatest objec
n tions to the revenue law.
y DIDN'T Marry for Money.
y The Boston man. who lately marie
al sickly rich young woman. is happ
row, for he got DR.. Kings New LIZ
t Pills, which restored her to perfec
a health. Infalllble for jaundice. bilious
lie ness, malaria, fever and ague and a
"a liver and stomach troubles. Gentle. bu
re effective. Only rs cents at George j
in Powers drug store.
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