Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-28
LEGAL COMMENT


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The Times Republican has been ask
ed why 1t protects Sheriff Hutson from
the publicity Of scandalous story CIR
culated about him. The main reason
is that the story is not true. Idle ru-
mors are never published In a self-re-
speeding newspaper. .altho they are Oft
en- Investigated, In this case investi-
cation has shown the sheriff to have
been made the innocent victim of a
scandal monger whose motive, polit-
ical or otherwise, is not known The
people of this community should know
by this time that IL anything OF the
kind related by the gossips had oc-
Cured to public officer, no power on
earth could have prevented it's publi-
cation in these columns When you
see it in the T.-R. you can rest as
sured it is almost always true, and
when you don't see 1t there, just re-
member that in ninety-nine cases out
of a hundred 1t is not true. This Is
one of them.
That was enterprise on the part Of a
sion of 600 people to this city. BY,
the manner in which the visitors
bought goods more than one store-
keeper was made to believe in excur-
sions. The plan is an excellent one.
but two or three men should not be
asked to share the whole expense.
That part Of the plan was failure.
The people patronfzed many another
store and the expense should have been
spread out thin over a large number OF
merchants. If 100 merchants would
put UP liberal portion of the railroad
fare, so as to make the net rate
low one and IL they would advertise
their excursions thousands could be
brought in to Marshalltown during the
fall buying season. If it pays Black at
Waterloo to run a special train to his
store it will pay Marshalltown mer-
chants to bring in these excursions
y
The result OF this dow. rate should be
an object lesson to our merchants as
to what an interurban would do for
them. Low rates and quick transport
tation will bring the people. 1t always
does.
Then there is the rest room that
ought to be maintained. Oskaloosa
has kept hers UP for two years and
thinks 1t pays. Oskaloosa, you know,
has become an enterprising town. Her
capitalists subscribed $250,O0O Of inter-
urban stock among themselves. Why
- uoh ;otr
of women offer to maintain this rest
room in return for subsidy from the
merchants? The members could so on
duty in relays and it would prove an
easy way to make money for the
church. The Baptist or Presbyterian
church parlors would afford good To-
cation.
The following article appeared in
the Grinnell Herald of Oct "a, 1905:
The actions of some Of the Marshall-
town foot ball team, or those who ac-
companied them here, were not such
as to commend those who engaged in
them to self-respecting people, or to
win friends. for the game. There are
a large number of people who believe
that the influence of foot ball is evil, If
there are any points in its favor they
are over balanced by the attendant
evils. Now the boys, and girls too,
might have gone home on the evening
train had they chosen, as doubtless
some Of them did, instead of remain
ing over for the reception. Or if they
desired to attend the reception, they
might have gone home in the night
and thus limited the number of hours
given over to rowdyisn1, but they chose
to wait until after the college jubilee
on the campus which lasted until early
morning, and then to tramp the
streets and empty beer bottles until
the morning train took them home.
This has nothing whatever to do with
foot ball except that it was one of the
evils which followed the game and it
raises the question whether foot ball
can be played without being accom-
panied and followed by train of evil
influences which demoralize the
youth"
It is published here in order that
some unknown offender may see how
he has disgraced every person who at
tended that game and brought into dis
repute Marshalltown students as
class. OF course all of the young peo-
nile from Marshalltown did not do those
things. nor very many of them, but the
unsee1nly conduct of a few has be-
smirched the regulations of all. Re-
spectable foot ball players visiting
other towns as delegation should see
to it that individuals do not disgrace
the crowd and the town even If some
bodys head has to be bumped right
hard The wishes of the majority
should rule or individuals get off the
delegation.
The city council has before it for
consideration at the present time one
Of the most important questions in
recent years, the adoption of an or
dinance fixing the rates for gas and
electric lights for commercial use.
There are so many phases of the ques-
ton to consider that the council is
wise in taking plenty Of time to look
into the question from every view
point.
In the first place the council has
duty. to perform in this undertaking.
It owes to the public All ordinance