Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-28

people to stand for reelection. ana
their formal announcements were MADE
yesterday. 1t is not often that Two
men will be solicited by the patrons OF
the district to become candidates Tor a
public trust as have these men, ana
they fully appreciate the honor. Inc!
are men who are interested In the
schools. who have made two of the pest
members the board has ever had ana
who will be Overwhelmingly elected.
SO extensive was the petition asking
them to run, and so complete was the
representation from all classes OF citl-
Gems, that it is not likely that any OPP
position will appear in the field. There
is no opposition to them on the part OF
hold-over members of the board ana
harmony is likely to prevail. Marshall
towns schools have always had an ell.
viabe reputation. They nave risen IN
excellence during the past year under
the direction of Superintendent crane
and in a few more years they VIII COIL
mand even more attention, providing
the superintendent has board back OF
him which will listen to suggestions
and act for the best interests OF the pa
irons.
1t isn't often that Marshalltown eN-
poets good word from its sister city.
Oskaloosa or from any of her citizens.
so when a kind word is spoken, either
in q public way or privately 1t can pc
appreciated A prominent citizen OF
Oskaloosa. who had occasion to visit
the city this week, took little time
to go about town in company with a
friend, and to T.-R. man expressed
his sentiments. 81 cannot realize, he
said, that Marshalltown has grown 50
within the past few years 1t was only
nine wears ago that l was here, as a
resident. and some day, and l hope be-
fore Very long, l am again going 10
call Marshalltown my home. l had eX-
pected from what had heard. one place
and another, about the Rhoades-Caf-
mean assignment. moving away OF the
Central offices, etc, that you We're q
dead one l find just the opposite
and the moro you have to discourage
YOU, the harder your business men APP
pear to work. You are now too large
to let things like this hurt you, for any
great length of time, and from all APP
pearances the town has made great
strides toward advancement IN aii
lines. The new pottery plant would De
a credit to any city, your llprafy Is
far more beautiful than anything OF the
nature | have yet seen. You are going
TO have a federal building, they tell me,
n new Masonic temple, and new pub
lie hospital is already under way. Ihey
are beginning to add fourth stories 10
business blocks and are now talking
n gigantic illterurban railway. l nave
always said that there was nothing too
good for Marshalltown and her peo-
pie, and 1 still believe it,
The Y. M. C. A. has received en-
couragement from at least one Weii-lo-
do public spirited citizen which would
lead it to hope for response 10 -l's
needs that might result in a handsolIe
addition to its present building. Whe'h-
er its expectations are realized or not
it affords the T.-R. pleasure TO enron
icle the fact that MarshalltoWn pos
sesses citizens of this kind. We nave
long enyied the people of other toWlls
whose wealthy men have given them
libraries. contributed to their colleges,
and erected hospitals. theaters ana
other buildings for public use In one
small town which has come under the
editors observation the people rallled
loyally around wellto-do retired
farmer who was living among them.
They elected him to the city council
made him mayor and finally sent him
TO the state senate from republican
district even tho the good citizen was
himself Il democrat. So close a TREND
ship was cultivated between the gener-
Gus citizen and people that he gave
the town a $4,000 public library build
ing. In that same town another Well
to-do citizen was elected mayor, put
on the board of trustees OF the loca.
college and honored with loyal sup
port in every ambition and he built
them a beautiful theater, contributed
thousands to the building of a symnasi-
UNI and a chapel for the school. In
another town a rich lumberman was
LOYALTY supported in his ambitions to go
to the legislature and he built the
town 100000 public library. In
county north of us a rich citizen who
has always been supported by the c1ti-
zens in his railroad ventures has built
the town a beautiful theater. erected
a public hospital and contributed liber-
ally to a modern hotel. In every case
the people stood by their town and
townsmen and were rewarded. In Mar
shalltown every ambition in politics
and every enterprise in business VEN
tured by well-to do citizen has been
met by vindictive opposition from the
If the editor dared he could
name one rich and generous man who
has been soured OIL the town because
Of it's ingratitude. Other men OF means
and literally disposed are experiencing
the same treatment. Everybody crack
the high head!' is the slogan here, so
when citizen dares to stand out and
say to the Y. NJ c. a. Go ahead. III
give $500" the T.-R. fairly jumps with
Joy altho it is not now at liberty to
make public that mans name.
Nearly Forfeits His Life.