Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-27
LOCAL COMMENT.
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The fact that Marshalltown has been
free from contagious diseases of any
kind for eight weeks is encouraging to
the health authorities. Not a quaran-
tine has been up in that length of time,
and during the entire summer there
were not to exceed two or three at any
one time. Marshalltown escaped small
poX last season in very fortunate
manner, with towns even within ra-
dius of few miles suffering to mark
ed degree. The season is now about at
hand when contagious diseases may be
looked for, and it behooves all to be as
careful as possible.
With the Third street pavement
down only a few weeks, one would
hardly know there was any asphalt
laid, so dirty has it become. OF course,
this is a hard time of the year to keep
streets clean, with the leaves rapidly
falling and blowing on about as fast as
they can be removed. There is no ex-
cuse, however, for the parking being
allowed to remain in such an unkempt
condition. The debris formed when
the excavations were made is still left
where thrown, with the result that the
appearance of the street is spoiled.
There is a half block of necessary side
walk leading from Main street that is
.unsightly, too, and, If allowed to go by
default much longer, will inconvenience
pedestrians to marked degree.
The local prohibition organ remarks
drunkenness is growing so common In
Marshalltown that it gets no newspaper
attention only as 1t becomes criminal
and drags its victim into court" II the
editor of the Prohibittonist attempts to
keep track of every case of intoxication
that comes to his notice, regardless of
police courts, he will indeed be busy
man. Even with that the case, howey-
4er, it does not go to prove that there is
more drunkenness in the city now than
ten wears ago. or even in the days of
the prohibitory law. 1t is not within the
jurisdiction of a newspaper to. publish
each day a column of names of people
who may have been known to have been
drunk the night before, or to state how
near they came to it without succeed
ing. 1t is only when the man gets into
police court that a newspaper is sup
posed to make public the proceedings of
that court, regardless of whether the
prisoner is charged with intoXication or
some other felony under the law.
Now that the Iowa division of the
Northwestern is to have a new superin-
tendent it would be We'll for some sort
of pressure to be brought to bear by
those interested and see whether the
order, recently issued by Superintend-
ent Slifer, regarding the boarding OF
west-bound passenger trains from the
south side at the union station. can not
be rescinded. Three times this week,
duril.Ase.1s..e hour of the arrival Of the
evening trains, have passengers had to
stand out in the rain waiting for the
train to pull out in order that they
might obtain shelter. Not only We're
these passengers from the Northwest
ern train, but from the CentraPs pas.
senger from the south, who We're
caught behind the long Northwestern
train and made to wait its pulling out.
Once this week We're women and chill
dren compelled to wade in water almost
to their shoe tops in order to get to the
train. Another improvement that should
be asked for by the travelling public is
that sheds be constructed over the Cen
trails tracks. Central officials them
selves are likely to interest themselves
in this matter. and the road is certainly
entitled to protection for its passengers
in stormy weather.
TITS too bad President Roosevelt is
not to tour Iowa. Every speech he
made would have gained hundreds of
votes for democracy -Marshalltown
Reflector
A newspaper man overheard cit
lien say in a barber shop this morning
well, after listening to such talk as