Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-06-29
LOCAL COMMENT.


they propose to sue for
a divorce. They are satisfied that the
and voters tied the nuptia. knot
in legal manner, hence their deter
minaticn to begin new suit to secure.
separation. While they are paying a
lawyer or two for advice, the T.-R. sug
gests that they would be in better con-
dition If they would drop the suit and
labor earnestly to secure their share OF
city Improvements.
The people care little how the council
settles the rows between it's employees.
but they do insist that the best work
and material shall be used in the con-
struction of the sewage disposal plant. |
If the city continues to grow and ex-
pand. there will be little of Linn town
ship left in a few years Linn township
once included the entire territory now
occupied by the city, with the present I
territory on the east and west. |
AS the CITY Increased in size ard
Importance Marshall township which
is practicaliy tne city, Was ere
lated, leaving a portion of Linn on the
east and a portion on the west with no
territory connecting them. Now that
the limits have been extended the popu
lation has been greatly reduced and does
not exceed few hundred souls outside
the membership of the Soldiers Home.
The recent annexation swallowed up the
greater portion Of one of the thrte re-
naming school districts in Linn town
ship, including the brick school house on
West Main street. leaving one school
district on the east and'onr en- the west
The brick building still belongs to the
township and will probably be removed
or torn down and the land sold. 1t ap-
pears now that 1t would be more salts
factory to the residents of the township
to secure annexation 10 Marion town
ship for that portion of Linn east of the
city. and to Marietta for that portion
west of the city This will Undoubtedly
be done IN the near future and Linn
township will disappear from the coun-
~ map.
1t must be conceded that the saloons
are sometimes useful. The law required
them to close last Monday, the day of
! the special annexation election, and
I some Of tire thirsty voters who had for
4 gotten all about the election had it re-
1 called to their minds after making vain
4 attempts to gain admlttance, and there
fore went to the poles and cast their
! ballots.
Narshalltown firemen do not propose
to allow rnodesty to stand in the way of
winning some of the tournament prizes.
| They did rot aspire to the honor of en-
pertaining the state firemen this year,
hut the officers Of the association in
sisted that this was the place for the
| meeting and the local firemen consented,
with the understanding that their teams
would enter the races. The boys are go
\ ing after more prize money than they
ever aspired to. and will not only have
a state belt team, several coupling
teams. etc. but will enter a new team
for the amateur prizes. The amateurs
Y are already In training and expect to
have a good team by the latter part OF
i August Several cities not heretofore
i represented at the tournaments will
]. have teams this year.
Some of those who enjoy fishing and
believe in the protection of the game
u fish possessed an idea that the Mar
! shalltown Fish Protective Association
!, was more ornamental than useful, but
now that several arrests of selners have
been made the applications for member
ship are coming in rapidly and the
: membership has about reached the one
, hundred mark The officers and mem
/ bers of the association are In earnest
, in their efforts to prevent Illegal fishing
and If any member should be caught
violating the law his punishment would
be insisted upon even more vigorously
than lie he We're not member. Ever
deputy game wardens can not hope tt
escape by the mere possession of com
mission. One OF those arrested Thurs
day claims to have received an appoint
ment from State Game Warden Lincoln
but nevertheless he has no right 10 VIC
late the law. There are four deputies II
this city, and some of them are doing
good work.
These game wardens are appointed
to enforce not only the laws relating t
all kinds of game. but the song birds a
we'll. and during the past week an ex
: ample was made of boy in the north
4 east portion of the city who Killed
;. thrush with a rifle. A deputy wardel
I took the youngsters rifle. reported tn
boy to his parents. and with their con
e sent and cooperation he arranged
4 penalty in the way of a certain amour
0 of work at his home for the next thirt,
days, when his weapon will be returned
The law says no song bird shall b
slaughtered for any purpose.
Another class of boys, all of whom ar
: old enough to know better who will b
: made an example of unless their depre
n dations and thieyery cease are thos
: who steal flowers and designs from tn
: graves in Riverside cemetery. Com
8 plants have been frequent OF late be
( cause Of numerous depredations of thi
d character and a few days ago mem
z Der of the fire police who had occasio
e to visit the cemetery at the noon hou
d caught some of the boys at their unhol
t work. They We're all members of fam
; lilies who reside in the Second ware
= near the cemetery, and they cried an
: begged SO hard that the officer Above
Y them to go on promise that they woul
e behave themselves. but with warnin
e that they would be arrested and pur
IS ished II caught again. The boys admit
n ted that they had stolen the design
and sold the wire frame work to fol
: lists. The matter has been reported