Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-18
LOCAL COMMENT.

LOCAL COMMENT.
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Marshalltown's city council is improv
ing. AT one and the same meeting n
saloon was barred from a residence dis
trct and a better and more satisfac-
tory arrangement was made for sweep
ing and keeping clean the paved streets:
1t would be a hard matter to convince
the law officials of he city and council
that there svirtue in raising large fam
lies AT least they say there are half
a dozen families or more in this city
with from seven to eleven children for
whom they would be pleased to charter
a special car and ship the whole bunch
TO MitcheIlvllle and Edora, and that in
this way the officers would be saved a
great deal of trouble and the communi-
ties in which the families reside would
be more harmonious.
Some of the spopulous outlying dis
tricts whose residents secure all the
benefits of living in the city with the
exception, perhaps, of adequate protec-I
ton against fire and an adequate sew
| age system, are liza BILE to be brought
within the city limits Councilman
Harris, tho a democrat, is an enthusiasts
tic expansonist and annexationist, so
| far as local conditions are concerned
and the movement inaugurated by him
| to have an official inspection of the
| city environs made may result in some
| additional territory west of the city and
| city limits That is, the proper thing to
| do ii the population is sufficient.
/
! Marshalltown is developing in the
matter of true sportsmanship With a
horishing gun club, increasing interes.
| in bowling and the greatest interest
ever shown in the splendid pastime of
| Turing the gamy bass pike md pickere.'.
| there is n field for all kinds of organiza-
| tons of sportsmen. There is wide diff
ference however. between sportsmen
and sports OF the latter Marshall
town hasa plenty already.
The high school will graduate ella ss
of twent N-seven this year. AZ the class
name The Naughty Ones has passed
the muster Of the school authorities, ii
/ might be Inferred that the latter believe
there's something in a name
$50
4 North Third street residents also wan,
TO pave, and a petition requesting the
council 10 order the work done is being
4 circulated
$50
The T--R. is not particularly solicit
tous about the hiring of stranger to
4 doEcity clerical work but the action did
stir up storm of criticism of which
fact this newspaper took notice When
city money is spent for city work city
tax payers usually prefer that citizen
be employed ifsone con be found compe-
tent to do the work Private corpora
. tons usually employ help where they
please and ii is no ones business Il
complain. However when citizens wit.
ness job railroaded thru the city
council to enable majority of the
water committee TO appoint clerk not
. wanted by the council and. possibly the
when SAID fssSorIte Is OF the KIND that
abscont.s with trust funds the citizens
fail TO be pred With confidence whel
a total stranger by the name of Suili-
van is given city job just because thu
city councilman's name Is Mcclure
!, TO be young In years may be Grim
but IT IS one for which the crimina
should not be held responsible How
ever To be old enough to know bette
and not display that knowledge canno
be excused ny lrrespensipiiisy Tor one
birth.
Those who are want to cr'ticse u
!, from force of commercial necessity
complain that the T-R's political in
tluence has been slandered by receiving
: only bottom column position in tn
oes Moines Capitai's Cummins page
; va,aic, 81 ,ba rom,ni,tea af Marshall
: avn business men The CAPITAL knew full
wen that the people of The stat. hat
i means of reading the T.R.'s common
direct from the r. r.. itself and tn
capital is too good a newspaper to prin
news everybody had already seen.
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