Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-30
LOCAL COMMENT

The business men of MarShalltoWn,
and all others interested in an occa-
sional bit. of mental recreation, can
we'll thank Secretary Fellingham, of
the Railroad Y. M. c.. A. for his work
in organizing the Searchlight Club of
last season, and providing for it this
year such rare lot of attractions. The
list for this winter would rival almost
any Chautauqua or regular lecture
course, and some Of the speakers are
of national renown. AS a fitting open
ing Of the clubs season Governor La
Toilette, of Wisconsin, has been en-
gagged for a MONDAY talk, following a
luncheon, early next month. Follow
ing him, at stated intervals, will be
other men almost equally as we'll
known, and a great many Of state
wide reputation. Altogether, the
Searchlight Club is going to afford a
seasons entertainment that no one can
afford to miss.
There is no getting around the fact
that the recent work in organizing the
buggy company to open the local fac
tory has stimulated much better feel
ing in local business. It is shown on
the city's future. One who has had
critics in the city, properties that have
been vacant, more or less, during the
past year, says that already an pn-
precedented demand is had for them.
They are not in the best of shape,
either, but people want them, and they
are being rented with but little ex-
penditure for repairs. The general
business tone is better, and instead of
so many discouraging remarks, one
has been accustomed to hear, as to
prospects for the future, just the, OPP
posite now prevails. 1t makes tie
ones who have stood up for Marshallz
town thru thick and thin feel good to
realize that their predictions have at
last come true.
BENJAMIN Packers estimate Of 80
per cent of Marshall county's corn crop
being out of the way of frost is gen.
orally accepted as conservative, and
the same figures are now given out by
Director Sage, of the Iowa weather and
crop service. Mr.. Sage places the
same estimate on the state at large,
and predicts that the average yield of
corn will be largely above what it was
last year. The average is, being
brought up by the northern Iowa
counties, which have had poor crops
for two or three seasons, owing to the
early wet weather and frosts.
The large attendance at the annual
farmers picnic at the county farm this
week shows the interest centered in
the experimental corn crop. 1t is
quite natural, however. that Marshall
county farmers should be interested in
the experiments, for they furnished
the seed from which the corn on the
county's land was grown. If the same
interest is maintained in the future a
big farmers picnic will become a per-
manent fixture in Marshall county.
The school board of the West Des
Moines Independent district has
adopted scheme on tuition that will
be Of interest to the local school board,
which has been bothered more or less
for years with the tuition problem.
Relatives living in the city will care
for children residing outside the dis
trict during the school year, and on
the pretense that pupils live here they
attempt their schooling without pay
ing tuition. The Des Moines board
has decided to prepare a form Of aff-
davit to which persons sendingschild-
rem not their own to school
must subscribe. = they can not they