Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-07


the city. worked together for the gem
eral good. even If some of the members
of the society had property at the
other side of town." Here's the result:
A local and country telephone line 100
miles in length a $4,000 new modern
hotel. many society members taking
stock: continuous cement sidewalks on
both sides of the main business street:
IA city water plant costing $4,000; a
city gas plant costing $4,000. And as a
result OF such city Improvement many
fine residences have been erected this
season and many more talked of for
next year.
Parkersburg is another Iowa town
showing great civic pride and improve
ment. They may not have had an as
ISOLATION of business men for purposes
mentioned, but during the last few
years they have had two big fires
which seemed to have accomplished
the same result. With the present work
In operation when finished the main
street of Parkersburg will consist en-
tirely of brick and stone buildings on
both sides OF the street. An extra wide
cement SlQeMdlk ou potil SlueS VI NitS
entire length of the street will be fin
ished soon. Again, nearly every store
building now has a plate-glass front.
and the stocks inside are clean, up-to-
date and arranged city-wise. All this
didn't happen" Business men had to
pull together and realize that money
spent for the general Improvement OF
a town always comes back to the indi-
vidual giver.
The campaign is over. so 1t will nov
do to tell this story. The writer over
heard 1T all, the speakers not knowing
there was "a chiel amang We takin'
notes" There's going to be political!
speech In the church tonight" rs that
so? Who speaks ?" Judge Rirdsall."
well. / am no church member, but l
think it's a damn shame to use
church for such purposes" We'll I
don't for good republican speech.
Suppose If 1t was free silver speech
you'd have no objection to using the
church?' But wouldn't have DEM
ocratic speech delivered in my big
barn; wouldn't punish my stock that
way" For further details call up elev-
enty eleven telephone, rural line, Pope
joy, Iowa.
And once more. as the campaign Is
over. there is no use denying that Cy-
renus Cole, editor of the Cedar Rapids
Republican,, actually left the standpat-
tiers to the cold mercy of the tariff re-
yisionists for two whole weeks preced-
ing the election and spent the time
building barn on his 320-acre farm
near Storm Lake. Proudly he told the
writer: II handled every stick of lum-
Der in that big barn either in unloading
1t or handing it up to the carpenters.
l boarded with the farmers. have got
an appetite like horse and wish
could come up here every year and take
a two weeks vacation.
There's bit of an object lesson that
goes with all this that some young men
possibly can get a pointer from. In
the days when Cyrenus Cole. fresh
from the Pella farm. later from the COL
lege, and subsequently reporter on
the dailies in Des Molnes while the
other young men OF like occupation
were having "a good time with the
boys" earning $50 a week and spend
ing 1895, young Cole was putting
little money aside every week and
every year. Later as associate editor
OF the Register. with increased income,
he had chance to buy this Buena VS.
ia county farm at s23 an acre. Today
1T will take s32.ooo-s1oo an acre-for
any one else to own it. besides which
he owns big block of stock in the Re-
publican. To avoid any appearance of
this being "a taffy act" the writer is
to warn young men of three
very serious mistakes In the career of
the gifted editor of Cedar Rapids:
First, he's a bold. bad standpatter, and
as such Is sure of retribution. Second,
he fights Cummins" and therefore has
no possible show of future life OF ex-
istence. And, thirdly, there is no Mrs.
Cyrenus to live with him on that big
farm or to read proof on his anti
editorials. This makes his present con-
dition worse than his past.
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