Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-07
LOCAL COMMENT.

"a LOCAL COMMENT. S
The arrest of Harry Flint after the
lapse of ten months during which time
he has been sought because he ran
away when called upon to testify in a
murder case, ought to be a lesson to
those who have a contempt for courts
or who are easily bribed or intimidated
by those against whom they are asked
to testify.
A new method of beating the railroads
came to the attention or a MARSHALL
town man who was riding on the Iowa
Central a few days ago, and to Guido
the schemers will be a hard matter for
the roads. A we'll dressed man who
had the appearance OF being laborer
applied for employment Of the Centrall
and asked to be assigned to the i'm
provement gang at Chaplin. The rail-
roads are taking all the good men theyl
can find, and this fellow was given the
requested job and a pass to Chaplin.
When that village was reached he did
not leave the train and when the con-
ductor came thru he sat reading pa
per with the dignity of one who had
paid his fare The conductor remem- 4
bered the pass and the destination
however, and the dead beat pretended
that he did not know when Chaplin was
reached. He was notified to leave the
train at the next station. and did so re-
marking syly to the Marshalltown man
sitting near that he was working the
company for free ride to Mason City
and would get it if he had to take the
blind baggage the balance of the dis
lance.
| A five or six story office building.
equipped with elevator, is one of the
possibilities of West Main street in the
not far distant future.
Members Of the school board have
awakened to realization of the fact
that some of the best teachers can not
be allowed to go to other cities without
limpairing the efficiency of the city
schools. Every year the district loses
on an average of half a dozen of the
best instructors in the schools from
both the grammar grades and the high
school, because some other city recog-
nizes their ability and is willing to pay
higher wages. While some of the board
members were severe in their criticism
of teachers who contract at the end
| of the year to teach the succeeding year
/ and then spend their vacations In quest
of better positions, it was admitted
that there was no help for 1t. unless
/ the radical policy is adopted of with
holding half a months salary of every
/ teacher until after the opening of the
| schools each year. While this would be
a hardship on many teachers, the board
liz confronted with <the necessity of
adopting some such measure. paying
better salaries to the best teachers, or
else seeing the schools of Marshalltown
i deteriorate. The members OF the pres
ent board, with one exception, believe
the retrenchment measures have been
carried little too far, and have ex-
/ pressed a determination that the
schools shall not suffer. Efficient IN
struction in the lower and grammar
grades is conceded to be Just as essen
4 tial as in the high school, and from now
on the policy Of the present board will
probably be one of efficiency first and
economy afterwards, as the members
believe there is no economy In retrench-
4 ing to the point of Impairment. The
board does not believe in extravaganza,
I but at the same time the problem con-
fronts them and before the opening of
i the schools next year some method OF
solution will be adopted. II 1t becomes
4 necessary to raise the present maxi
mum of salaries. the board will not hes
itate to meet the conditions confronting
them.
Il a AZ
the life of President Mckinley came to
! the people of Marshalltown as shock.
After the receipt of the first bulletins by
the T.-R and rumors became circulated
about the city scarcely any one on
the streets could believe the reports. Be-
tween the hours of and 5 o'clock the
T.-R. telephones were busy with the
calls of anxious inquirers. and when the
credibility of the reports was thus Veri-
fled there were universal expressions OF
sorrow and nothing but condemnation
for the would-be murderer and all of his
class. At this distance the people could
not believe the attempted assassination
. was the work of an insane person. as II
was too we'll planned and executed and
too deliberate for an insane mind. AND
the men were not more shocked and
=
public occurrence has SO stirred the
$ feminine citizens. The patience of the
invalid wife, the faithful devotion of hei
president husband and their beautiful
home-life have endeared both the presi-
= dent and Mrs. Mckinley to every goot
e woman of the land. Politics and politi,
: cal parties are forgotten in this hour Of
: sorrow for the entire nation.
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