Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-28

1t is step that will never be regretted
and an advance toward other municipal
improvements that grow with city
Marshalltown will be better equipped
for fire protection in another week
than many Iowa cities Of $4,000 inbabi-
tants.
One Of the most considerate things
done by the school board in a long
time was the naming of the new Third
ward building in honor of DR.. George
Click, of Des Moines. DR.. Click was
one of the first business men of Mar
shalltown. was identified closely with
the city's early interests, and, altho
not a resident of the city now, he has
its interests and affairs at heart. and
is still loved by large citizenship
for the public spirit he has shown in
the past.
There has been some unfavorable
criticism in regard to the omission OF
the Seven year clause" in the paving
contract, which was before the city
council recently, an account of which
has been heretofore fully given to the
public. This criticism has unjustly re-
Elected upon the clerks office, and be-
cause the case has not been fully un-
Gerstood, and possibly. too, because
some persons have tried to stir up mis-
chief or We're over anxious and jealous
to clear themselves of any blame even
at the expense of others. 1T is enough
10 say" says member of the council,
that a thorough investigation was had
by that body and no possible blame
could attach to either the city clerks
office or the city attorney. The omis
sion was wholly clerical error, I'M
questionably in making the first copy"
The discovery of this omission after
wards, before it went to the council.
was the result of careful scrutiny of
the contract by the city attorney, or
his assistants. as was his duty to do,
and had he failed to have done this the
whole blame would then have rested
upon his shoulders. In the opinion of
the councilmen who investigated the
affair 1T was no duty of the city clerks
office to prove up or verify these copies.
The contractors may have known of the
omission and were undertaking to
nrofit by it, but that is speculation. 1t
been much fuss and wild talk over
nothing, and is another proof that the
most painstaking make errors, which
can only be rectified in the end by the
most careful proof reading and revis-
ing.
In discussing the location of the fed
eral building there are those who favor
Placing it on the square owned by tho
county and now occupied by the court
house Despite the crowding together
OF fine structures of this kind that
would necessarily result the board Of
will undoubtedly be re-
quested to sell portion of the square
for this building unless county resi-
dents outside of Marshalltown raise a
protest to members of the board.
The sudden descent from a pinnacle
OF sensationalism which has attended
the career of Temperance Reformec
Carrie Nation has led to most ridicu
lous finale. After repeated attempts at
saloons Carrie felt that she
and her Ratchet had received a call
from on high to preach the smashing
reform. Denounced by and divorced
from the husband she deserted Carrie
is now in the hands of a manager and
press dispatches tell of her appearance
as a leading attraction at street fairs,
carnivals and the like, where she lec-
lures and sells her hatchets. How
great is the fall from inspired reform
tO the carnival grafti