Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-04-23
LOCAL COMMENT.
Observation-Disclosures

To print or not to print-that Is the
question TO come before the council at
its next regular meeting. 1t has taken
a long time for the council to have It's
attention called to the fact that the
printing of Official proceedings Is not
"official."
Marshalltown Is going to have an>
other state convention in July. In its
history, and all within the past few
years. Marshalltown has entertained
every political gathering Of any Inn
portance in the state. with the eNcep-
ton of the republican. The matter Of
established in favor of Des Moines,
when 1t comes to a republican conven-
ton.
If the women were privileged to vote
at the special election on May 2, when
the fate of the new interurban is to be
decided the chances are that they
would vote for the proposition. Women
are oftt4rnes more far sighted than men.
Poets call it intuition. One good wo-
man known to the T.-R. solicited the
right to sign the petition for election,
when she felt that she had been over
looked in the canvass. 1t is such wo-
men who should be allowed to vote.
They know what It means to have a
town benefited commercially, even
though the benefit might not come di-
rectly to them. They are willing to
pay their share OF the expense, how
ever, and want TO see the interurban
proposition carry.
The Oskaloosa Herald observes:
THAT brick house has to fall on some
people was exempllfied at MarShalltown
where it became necessary to tumble
over q 1,400 barrel reservoir to give the
inmates OF the jail a BATH Speaking
of jails the Herald should remember
the little axiom about the glass house,
and throwing stones. Ut wasn't so very
long ago that respectable prisoner
turned up his nose at the Oskaloosa
calaboose. At any rate the Marshall
town prisoners did not get the bath,
for the incident in question occurred at
Story City.
Is Marshalltown a favored field for
who are called to this field unfortunate
years Marshalltown has had more than
hes,; share of undesirable publicity thru
the arrests of her ministers. We can
console ourselves with the reasonable
conclusion that the preachers remain
ing must be very moral men for enough
have been arrested to eliminate all the
black sheep.
Judging from the examination of
taxpayers before the board of review,
Marshalltown has within her borders a
vast amount of worthless securities.
Well known citizens, supposedly with
all sorts of cash on hand testified that
their assets We're not worth speaking
about Many have holdings of stocks,
much of 1t mining. which they do not
consider worth the paper 1t is written
on to hear them tell it. One man
claimed ito have $500 shares of a GER
tain stock, which he said had no value
whatever He was talking to the board
reviewing his tax assessments.
The past week has witnessed a beau
tiful exhibition of public spirit and gem
crosby in the magnificent fund raised
by MarshalMown citizens for a new y.
NJ. C. A. building yet the same period
has brought to members of the COM
mercial club the greatest discourage
ment they have ever experienced. After
months of time spent Investigating
patent right schemes, fraternal insur-
ance ventures and fnnumerable propo-
sitions of that Kind, all Of which were
turned down by the directors, Secretary
Egermayer finally succeeded in bring
ing to light the best business PROPOSE
tion that has ever come before the