Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-12
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/ and citizens was "a mile and quar-
ter long The Montezuma Re
publican referring to it says:
There We're two turnouts that at
tracted probably more attention thar
| anything else in the parade. One wa;
a little cart and q little boy bearing q
/ little banner with the inscription
1 "Haines After the Court House" He
! brought up the rear or the procession
| and seemingly never obtained the OBJ
/ iect of his search. The other rig bore
aloft Jim Hopes pig pen, intended TO
represent near as we could make
out moving the court house from Mon
tezuma to some place and back again.
The marshals having charge of the pa
rade, Wiltse. Hawkins, Harden Shell
and Stone deserve due credit for the
adlnirable manner In which the move
ment of the whole column was man
aged, everything going off like clock
work, without 4 mishap or a tangle.'
And before they fairly get cleaned
up. t. e., get the court house yard seats
removed and the peanut and lemonade
stands torn down and taken back to the
lumber yard. orangeman's day, the 18th
of July, Will be celebrated with almost
as big n crowd as on the Fourth. One
thing noticeable in Montezumas
Fourth of July celebration is that there
is talent enough in Poweshiek county
to furnish all of the speakers and
speeches. Searsboro We'd with NAL
com and Brooklyn in furnishing ora
tors. and those who listened to these
orations say there's no use of sending
out Of the county for talent In this line.
Then. too. there is. right in town Dr.
Wilson, who makes the welcoming
speech on all public occasions. When
it comes to making "the eagle scream
his equal is not found east of the
Rockies"
A point In legal practice has come
up in Nextown. which all business men
and city councilrnen will read with in
terest. Smith, Jones & Brown, of
Klondike. shipped into Nextown "a big
stock" of clothing, boots and
shoes. dry. goods, etc. They hired big
double store put out flaming notice
and proceeded to make things lively for
the other merchants. Naturally these
merchants Of Nextown. who pay yearly |
rent or own good brick blocks in which
they do business, who pay big yearly
taxes, who keep a big force of clerks.
who help support the preacher and
chip in" to everything from Fourth
of July celebration to the fund to buy
Widow johnson "a new cow. these
men who have made the town what 1T
Is. objected to such a bankrupt stock
being unloaded In town at prices way
below cost. and then for the owners of
such stock ito fold up their tents and
silently steal away" Arablike, without
paving any taxes or sharing any Of the
yearly burdens of the regular perlna-
1ent dealers. SO pressure was brought
% bear on the city council and an orr
fee of $50 per month was Inn
,osed on all sales of bankrupt stocks in
Sextown. Preliminary to law suit
md to save trouble" the owners OF
he bankrupt stock put up the $50 for
me month and then proceeded to ship
n a carload of flour MS well as a car
Dad of groceries, all good. new and
resh stock Query: Doesn't this pro-
FEEDING end that $50 month license
rhe whole business is repetition Of
he peddler's license ordinance In many
owns, on which no two lawyers will
gree concerning its constitutionality.
Ind the worst part of the flour and
.rocery deal is that If this bankrupt
took crowd commence selling flour and ,
.roceries at cost it will add fuel to the {
lame