Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-16

fee per year and pay extra for work
in trying cases. yet the larger con-
Germs all hire their lawyers by the year
and when a litigant confronts them
threatening suit merely for the purpose
of securing settlement, they reply, Sue
and be - Our lawyer is hired by
the year and he might as well earn
his money" The result is their indie
pendent position often protects them
from being mulcted. In the case OF
these corporations, however, the gen.
eral manager selects the attorney who
is to be hired and he does so to make
the most money for his company. In
the case of the city attorney the people
elect him. There is no doubt that sec
ond and third rate lawyers would run
for the office with 5000 attached. First
rate lawyers might do So The people
who vote would be acting upon sympa-
thy and personal acquaintance ana
might vote 5000 to the wrong man.
Yet. as Mr.. Devine says. they would
not keep on doing so after one term OF
sad experience. The mayor, however,
expects to be mayor for two years
longer and it is these two particular
years that give him the most concern
He don't want to take chances on any
mistakes while he is trying to make
star record for the Ingledue admins
tration.
The whole problem is not easy OF So
luton. If the mayor could give a bond
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as careful as the one of the past two
years has been he would have Devine
skinned" but If Devine could have
contracted all of the cty's lawyer ex-
pense at $500 per annum for the past
six years he would have saved the city
about $4,000
The paving litigation has finally been
settled The city is out OF pocket ST.
100 for interest which has accrued
since the agreement was made between
the mayor and paving company year
ago and the property owners get all OF
their penalties rebated, get an addf-
tional guarantee on the paving for five
years after the original seven and the
lawyers get their fees. This applies to
$50 or more property owners Fifteen
to twenty others who have appealed
are all that are left and the mayor says
he will borrow no trouble over them.
The small boy and his marbles are
in evidence everywhere; a robin or two
have been seen, and some claim to
have noted the bluebird. The almanac
displays marbles for February, despite
the fact that February Is the last of
the winter months. Marbles are usu-
ally considered to be harbingers of
spring, together with the bluebird and
robin. Speaking of marbles, the boy
of today misses much of the enjoyment
that characterized the game twenty
years ago. Then the youngsters played
in a big circle, and it took real skill to
Skin" the other fellow. The old
knuckle protector of leather worn over
the right hand is no longer seen. In,
those days there &as no Judging"
and screw honey, knuckle down tight"
was unwritten law. The knuckle pro-
tector was therefore a necessity in or
der to have ones hands pass inspection
for cleanliness in the school room, to
say nothing of preventing them crack
ing from exposure to CRIME and sand.
A boys "taw" twenty years ago was
cherished next to his jackknife, and If
1t was a good one, fifty "chall1ies" or
100 "commies" would be laughed at
in a trade. Today the game of porto"
and shooting from q ring of Sx12
inchs take the place of the olden game
The youngsters have a good deal OF
fun, or at least they think they do,
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There seems to be good deal of
"jolly' in local social affairs of late.
This weeks news items chronicled the
doings of the Jolly Bunch" the "Jolly
Few" the Jolly Forty" and the Jolly
Twelve"
1t is very gratifying to note that
Marshalltown has been all winter, and
is today, comparatively free from con-
tagious disease of any kind. But one
quarantine Is up in the entire city to-
day, and it is for a case of scarletina.
Other Iowa towns and cities have had
epidemics all winter of scarlet fever,
diphtheria and smallpox, and doctors
declare that infection is more apparent
this winter than for several years past,
due probably to the mildness of the
season. 1t is to be sincerely hoped
that the same conditions locally will
continue to prevail. Early spring
cleaning Of rubbish piles, manure heaps
and garbage bins will aid In maintain
ing cleanliness and overcoming the
consequent spread of disease should the
accumulated fifth of winter be allowed
to germify under the rays of the spring
sun.
A Des Moines business man came to
Marshalltown this week to transact an
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