Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-03
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected In the Iowa
Newspapers.
Tho News Of Iowa From Hun
dreds Of Different Towns
and Communities.
PREFERS MORTGAGE TO MONEY
TSully Ledger

PREFERS MORTGAGE TO MONEY
[Sully Ledger.l
Usually 1t is an easy matter to get
rid OF money. but an instance came |
under our observation one day last
week which proved the reverse. A gem
tleman who resides here desired to pay |
OF $4,000 mortgage and to that end he
wrote the party who held the mortgage,
and to his surprise received in reply
refusal to accept the money the mort
gage not being due for several years.
The gentleman who holds the mortgage
stated that he had no use for the mon
ey, that 1t would not be possible for him
TO dispose of 1t to advantage, conse-
quently he preferred the mortgage to
the money When before did such a
..lamentable' state OF affairs as this
ever exist in this country? Here is an
instance Of 5000 begging for its owner
TO take Il, and he utterly refuses to
have II. And yet, In the face of such
prosperity, one can occasionally hear a
calamitous wall.
FULLER GOES TO WASHINGTON.
[Cedar Rapids Republican,
Hon. w. e. Fuller Of West Union was
in the city last Saturday night. the
guest of G.. w. Holbrook. Mr.. Fuller
was on his way to Washington, where
he will investigate the duties OF the
Office of assistant attorney general of
the United States to which he was re-
Gently appointed. Mr.. Fuller has not
yet decided IL he will accept the posi-
ton, but IL he can secure a certain ar
rangement 1t Is expected that his ac-
ceptance of the announcement will soon
IN
take up the duties of the Office with the
proviao that he can return home in a
few months to enable him to make a
final disposition of some of his own
business. Unless such arrangements
can be made II is possible that Mr..
Fuller will decline the appointment.
Senator Chandler. 1t is stated, has writ
ten to Mr.. Fuller that he believes such
an arrangement can be made. But the
Cuban claims commission has on file
about $75.000.000 OF claims which 1t Will
be the duty of the assistant attorney
general to investigate. Whether this
amount OF work can be so arranged
that Mr.. Fuller Will be able to take Il
few months vacation is question he
will endeavor to have answered when
ne meets with the commission OH the
10th of this month.
THE GOOD ROAD MOVEMENT
[Sioux City Tribunel
The business men OF Danbury have
! taken steps toward practical move.
ment TO improve the roads OF Wood
bury county. AT meeting of forty
business men of that enterpris.
ing town the Business Mems Goot
Roads Association of Danbury was
formed. Its object is to interes; tn,
people of the town and surrounding
country and awaken them to the i'm
portarce of Improving country roads.
is proposed that the association shall usv
Its influence with road supervisors 7
secure the most effective results from
the expenditure of tax and labor for roat
work. Supervisor Frum is in sympath,
with the objects of the organization
and II is stated that the road supe rvis
org In the neighborhood of Danbury ar
anxious to cooperate.
The Danbury organization proposes
to extend this plan OF organization I,
other parts Of the country and 40 fas
az possible induce the entire county t
organize such an association. 1t is be
lieved in this way much better result
can be obtained from the expenditur
on roads. A member of the Danbur
association said today:
Probably the ideal practical organi
Sation for road work would be mos
nearly secured by taking 1t all out Q
the hands of sub-districts and TOWNSHIP
supervisors and making the count
board of supervisors responsible for tn
expenditure of all road funds raised i
the county AS this is not possible a
present. the next best thing would b
to have the road work done on tn
township basis. In this county. I thinl
about $4,000 is raised annually by tn
county road levy; the township ievie
and poll tax. which liz largely worke
out, add nominally three or four time
az much more to this The trouble
that the amount that is worked ou
produces practically no real benefit
The poii tax foI roads ought to be co
lected in cash and expended In systs
matte manner. and IL this We're don
we would soon have practical improve
ment in country roads"