Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-05-14
LOCAL COMMENT.

The man who made his winters fe-
dora do until straw time, and has
row donned his Panama, is receivin.,
the good-natured quips of his friends,
who tell him how fashionable he
appears in his Panama and sprir,
top.
The T.-R. recently made Statement.
in It's discussion of the interurban. TO
the effect that to turn down the prop
csition would have an outside effect
that would take years to overcome.
The boosting that has been done in
Marshalltown is receiving favorable
comment by newspapers of other cities.
The Sioux City Tribune says editor
tally: Lately Marshalltown has been
blessed with an epidemic of boosting
and the effect is magical" The more
boosting done by a town, the bet
ter standing that town has in outside
cities.
The question of boosters" and
Knockers" came before the business
men of Oskaloosa this week upon the
occasion of the annual banquet of the
Commercial Club. Hon. John +. Lacey
Oskaloosa finds as does every other
town that no matter what it's size may
be. or how prosperous it has been
there are always some who oppose
any good thing that comes up. Mr.
Lacey has been one of Oskaloosas
boosters for good many years and
he is still in the front rank. despite
the fact thar he is getting we'll alo,ig
In years, when some men become
knockers because they are has
teens." Mr.. Lacey told of how Oska-
loosa. when a town of 1900, raised
s165, 900 to secure the Iowa Central.
George w. Sewers. general solic-
tor for the Iowa Central, also paid rs,
respects to the knockers in his adj
dress on THE Iowa Central-the Child
of Oskaloosa." Mr.. Sewers said tina.
the chief danger to the growth of a
town lay In the selfish man who
sought to have everything for his per-
sonal benefit. Oskaloosa is talking In
terurban, and is urging the promotion
with Oskaloosa as the center around
which to build. In other words, the
example recently set by Marshalltown,
is to be followed out. The Leading
business men of Oskaloosa see the flu
ture for their town. providing it can
become an interurban center. They
want to cinch this center, before some
other town gets in on the ground floor
and compels them to play second fiddle
if they wish to participate III the good
things.
1t has been generally considered In
Marshalltown that the ministers OF the
city We're for the interurban tooth and
toenail." 1t was announced In the
news columns of the T.-R., at the time,
that the Ministerial Association mem
bers declared themselves. in their
meeting, as favoring the interurban.
1t seems that one of the members, h wv
ever. has suddenly seen a great, Turk
ing danger in the new road People
will leave town on Sunday, and not go
10 church. and worse than that. it will
bring into this wicked city" the I'M
sophisticated youth from the country,
who will spend his money for peanuts
and other forms of riotous living, much
to the detriment OF his moral and spir
itual welfare. One good pastor of the
city, who heard of the rather ridicu-
ious statement of his brother in the
Lord, and in laughing at him, remarked
that in his opinion the interurban
would bring about as many people into
the city to church and Sunday school,
on bad Sundays, and when muddy roads
have to be contended with under pres
ent conditions, as it would the young
people of the country, who might be
tainted in this terrible, wicked city
Some of the intersecting streets, be-
tween State and Church, which con-
meet the two thoroughfares laid with
asphaltum last year, are to he paved.
The city council took the necessary
action at It's, meeting this week. While
there are many property owners on the
street who object to the Improvement,
there are others who favor 1T. One
man on North Second street. who has
half block in front of which to pave,
was more than anxious to have his
property improved by paving. He
thinks that 1t is a shame to pave some