Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-09-03
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LOCAL COMMENT


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And the winds descended, and the
floods came, and beat upon the corn
crop, and still the farmers are not dis
couraged. The general verdict among
Marshall county farmers is that, even
tho a great deal of the corn Is down as
a result of the heavy wind, the crop
will be large if the weather man can
be prevailed upon to delay his frost
prediction for time. AS a rule Mar
shall county farmers are not at all in
clined to be pessimistic.
And we are to have two more state
conventions, announced this week, Tor
October The women who wear the
white ribbons stand for high morals
and no saloons, and the Baptists OF
Iowa. are to do Marshalltown the hon
or of their presence next month.
While many will criticize labor un-
ions, as they are conducted in this day
one can not help but admire the prin-
ciples of unionism. A good 1llustra-
ton of the fraternal love that exists
between brothers of a craft was shown
here this week, when the plans for the
disposition of the body of stranger,
killed in railroad accident. came UP
in a business way. The relatives OF
the man were unable to bury the body.
and it meant either the potter's field
or the dissecting table. The machin-
lists union here agreed to take charge
of the body, thru sympathy for the
dead mans brotherin-law. union
machinist. Volunteer subscriptions
we're made, and the local machinists
were ready to bury the body, when
word received from Chicago announced
that relatives would care for it.
The criminal business before the
consideration Of the October grand
Jury is the most voluminous Of any one
term of court in eight years. The
crimes are varied, in the extreme, and
old court spectators proclaimed when
the prisoners were brought into court
that there was hardly any crime but
what might be committed by some OF
the number, judging from the lines OF
their faces. In recent years criminal
business has not been exceedingly
heavy. altho sufficiently large, and yet
with the large grist at the preiens
time the number of cases will NOT
reach half of the number in early days
when the prohibitory law was in ef-
feet. Sixty indictments were returned
to 1882, and most of them vert for
bootlegging.
Burglars were active again this week
and from now until after circus day IL
will behoove all householders to be
careful and take at least ordnatA pre-
cautions in locking doors and widows
The city council has gone onsrecord
for as liberal policy toward manu-
featuring institutions as the most en-
thusiastic could desire. 1t has met
the demand Of local factory with
prompt response. The agreement to
make the assessment on Britain &
Co.'S packing plant at $4,000 for a per-
iod Of ten years, will amount to re-
duction in the taxes It now pays out
about $3.50 per year, and the offer of
water at cost Of pumping in times Of
emergency will amount to a concession
of $3.50 more, or total of $4,000 in
ten years, for which the company pro-
misses to build it's large refrigerating
plant and make other improvements
costing anywhere from $4,000 to $780,
900. This company has operated con-
tinuously in this city for twenty-five
years, paying out from $4,000 to $780,
600 annually for labor and from a mill
lion and a quarter to a million and a
half of dollars annually for hogs, near
y all Of which come from farms with
in twenty miles of Marshalltown. The
Britain company Is now killing close
to 100000 hogs annually, employing 141
men, but its plant is greatly handicap
ped because Of lack of refrigerating
capacity. The improvement will af-
ford storage for 10000 dressed hogs
and will make 1t possible for the COM
pany to greatly increase its killing ca
pacity, and employ more men. Pros
poets of an interurban greatly influ-
enced the London capitalists to invest
the money, as a road of this kind will
open up new field Of supplies for the
packing house. Farmers within
short distance of Marshalltown receive
from 10 to % cents per cwt. more for
their hogs at Brittafrl's than they
would if they shipped to Chicago.
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"Marshalltown's new Y. M. G. "A.
building will be dedicated October 25,
over a year behind Oskaloosa," saws
the envious Herald, of that southern
town, but just think how many years
ahead Marshalltown will be when her
building is completed.