Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-07-25

over the interurban from Des MONIES.
He said that his hotel could accomlilo-
date from fifty to 100 extra guests lor
Sunday dinner, but that would haroiy
begin to satisfy the demand. Electric
railway journals have commented upol.
this feature of interurban traffic anu
Dunbar. with its scheme of an inter
urban park, exhibits commendabie eli.
terprise in getting in On the grouhu
floor.
1t was a generous thing for street
car company to do, and nonresident
owners at that. to donate the entire
equipment for a day to the Y. NJ. Z. "A.
building fund. Those of us who are
free with our kicking and complaining
at the swiftness of gas meters and the
magnitude of light bills should stop to
consider the handsome thing the COM
pany has just done.
Another normal institute for teach
ers, in session here for the past two
weeks, has been brought to a close, ana
has proved successful in every way anu
a credit to its manager, County Super
intendent Hostetler. The institute mas
had the best of talent obtainable as IN
structors. and it will certainly be the
fault of the individual If profit has not
been gained. With daily lectures by
Superintendent Crane and Professor W.
w, Speer, author Of the Speer method
in arithmetic, the students have peeh
given advantages seldom afforded any
one institute, and have heard addresses
on subjects of practical interest that
would cost them vastly more than
mere enrolment fee if they were heara
outside the institute. The teacher VINO
would remain at home, when such eX-
cellent opportunities were afforded her
to gain new ideas in her particular me
lis not the ambitious one or the one VINO
| is continually seeking for greater ac-
complishment of thorough work In the
school, The fact that many people IN
the city, not especially interested III
school work but lovers OF good lectures,
took advantage of the daily addresses
and heard them is an indication that
they were greatly appreciated.
The scarcity of common labor in
Marshaltown is question that Is
tent. II is almost impossible to secure
men to engage in the common oc-.
equations, no matter what wages are
offered. Only the other day, when the
T-R was receiving a large consign-
naent of print paper, thu drayman en-
gagged in delivering the big rolls FOUND
II next to an imposs!bi!ity to secure
men enough to unload the paper In the
stock room. Two dollars for snort
days work were offered and eight men
who had nothing TO do were approached
before one was found who wanted WORK.
The others preferred standing on the
street corner and discussing the nara
times" A very serious interference
is being experienced in getting men lor
concrete work where streets are being
prepared for asphalt paving, and IL
looks as tho the contractors were going
to have to violate their agreement to
employ local labor If they expect TO I'm
ish the work on time. Kansas, with her
harvest fields. isn't the only state that
needs labor II Marshalltown is any cri-
terion of the situation that exists today
| in Iowa.
DR.. w. S. Devne has contributed an
interesting article upon the typhoid
epidemic, in which he proceeds to
prove from DIR. Hoffman's report and
from data obtained from physicians
that the epidemic was caused directly
from infection in the city water, and
from no other cause. His letter is pub
lished on page five of this issue.
Since putting on two new passenger
trains, leaving north and south in the
evening, the Great Western has found
traffic on these trains more than
doubled. Farmers from south and from
north of Marshalltown can now come
to this city to trade on the forenoon
train, and return, thirty miles or more,
in time for chores, or long drive out
IN their homes before twilight hours are
gone. The Great Western service has
never been so satisfactory as at pres
emit