Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-02-03
generally forgotten, altho the memory
of the man will live much longer

of the man will live much longer.
Mr.. Price, who has announced as
candidate for councilman from the
Third ward, has a theory regarding
the dam controversy which he can
support with a very convincing argu-
me,lt, and which is we'll worth the at
tention of every citizen. He is thor
oughly convinced that the Interior
purpose of those pushing this dam
case Is to sell n useless dam to the
city ut Il long price. He contends that
the dam for power purposes is a fail
ure, that it costs more to maintain
than the coal necessary to develop an
equal amount of steam power. Not
wthstanding the tests made Mr.. Price,
from his close reading OF irrigation
engineers magazines. contends that the
drive wells tap an underhow of water
coursing down stream and that the
head of water in the river channel
above Ale dam does not affect the
water level in the wells for the reason
that if 1t did this water would find
AN outlet below where there is no high
water i'm the river below the dam to
hold it back For these reasons he
WOulu ulSTeBuTu lUe poSSIDlllly vi
ice fight being involved In the con-
troversy and would let these fellows
who have bought worthless dam
do with 1T as they please. Then If
experience with the dam removed
should show that one were necessary
for the protection of the water supply,
u new one could be built of concrete
for less money than present owners are
trying to sell the old one to the city.
1t Is Mr.. Prices opinion that addition
al wells are needed so as to tap
larger field much more than is a dam
necessary.
The members of the board Of sup
ervisors, the county auditor and the
county superintendent, who constitute
the board of education for the letting
of Il contract for county school books
for the coming five years, are to be pit
led just now. With a horde of book
agents bearing down upon them some
soliciting in a gentlemanly way, but
more threatening. and attacking and
lying as only a book agent
can lie, the board is not
enjoying the fullest measure of
comfort. In the hopes of shutting out
the hounds among the agents a resolu-
ton was passed notifying all agents
that the board would not listen to one
OF them except at a public hearing
before the whole board, but book
agents are not always to be denied.
One gentleman. ex-Superintendent r.
Il. Willard, who represents book
house. came yesterday. discovered the
,.,,fo nf no ,rJ loft ho,
ing made his appointment to appear
before the board on the second days
hearing Others have taken the board
at their word, and have done the same
as Willard did. but some have set
about it to club the board into retain
ing their books by publishing articles
in the county press signed "a teacher.
"a patron" etc, and by circulating
petitions designed to force the hands
of the board in retaining the books
already in use because the one interest,"
ed company secured nearly all the bus
mess ut the adoption five years ago.
The selection of school books is a
technical matter, difficult to an ex-
IRENE. The present board seems to be
trying to do the best it can and to
keep the work free from scandal Cam
paigning all over the county by one
and the spreading of the most
outrageous lies about the members by
the agents of several companies ought
to prejudice the case even OF the man
with a good book to sell. Let's support
the boar. in doing book business IN
broad daylight, listen fully and at
length to the arguments of gentleman
ly men who come with a legitimate
business purpose, and let's discourage
for once the work of another class of
book hounds, whatever company they
may represent, that are unsafe any
where outside of penitenjary.