Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27
GRlNNELL STREETS PRETTY BAD
Present Condition Emphasizes Need o
Paving Other News.


Paving Other News.
Special To Tines Republican.
Grinnel Feb 21.--The familiar face
and form of the aged negro Mpmford
Holland. has been missed from the
streets of the city for some time. and
inquiry developed that he has been
quite sick at his home on Second ave
nue.. Indeed. it was reported on the
street one morning that he was dead.
but this proved to be not true, and he
is now making satisfactory progress
toward complete recovery.
The sudden and extreme change in
the weather Tuesday afternoon and
night transformed the deep and sticky
mud into a highway of such roughness
and solidity as to be almost impassa-
BILE Teams and tcamSterS, as well as
vehicles of all sorts, suffer even at the
SLOW pace they are obliged To maintain.
1t is this condition. coupled with the
one that must inevitably follow when
the frost really comes out of the
ground in the spring, that emphasizes
the need of paving for the streets of
Grinnel and it is the opinion of per-
haps a majority of the business men
long. Indeed. it would no doubt have
been here now had not deep wells, sew
cragc and a septic tank, and the pro-
posal for u new railroad. and many
other much needed Improvements
which have already been completed or
begun. kept the taxation at about the
limit for several years past.
Iowa College meets the Y. Nj. G. A.
team of Des Moines at the mems gym
nasium here tomorrow night. in what
promises to be the most interesting
sample of basket ball playing Of the
season.
The banquet of the Dramatic club
at the Hotel Monroe. on Tuesday eve
ming, was pronounced a complete sue
cess, altho an innovation of previous
customs for this club Twenty eight
plates were laid at a table in the form
of cross, and Il four-course supper
was served. Following this. w. K.
Metz, acting as POSTMASTER. called up
on the following members for res
sponscs: Professor j. p. Ryan, "All
the Worlds a Stage; Miss Alice Ev-
ans, "Convivialty and the Dramatic
Art; solo, Mr.. r. j. Davis; The ORA
matte Club Mr.. C. L. Lyon.
Those who went to the chapel last
evening. thinking that the lecture on
sculpture by dorado Taft was to be
a dry affair." were very happily disap-
pointed in listening to Il thoroughly
enjoyable as we'll as deeply instructive
and stimulating talk. Mr.. Taft did not
spend the time in giving dry statistics
or boollish history of the art, but
took his audience with him into the
studio and showed them the clay pre-
pared for working and modelled from
the shapeless lump before him the hu-
man countenance that gave under his
hands almost every possible change of
expression. Then he illustrated how
the molds were made and the plaster
casts taken and how released from
the outer shells when completed. There
was a large and enthusiastic audience.
The revival meetings that have been
in progress for some time under the
leadership of Rev. and Mrs. Eli Greg
south of Grinnell are reported as in
creasing in interest and enthusiasm,
arr =, n~nmse of abundant success.
The notice of the annual school cleo
ton has been published, to elect two
directors to succeed ]. P. Lyman and
G. l.. Sanders and treasurer to sue
coed S. j. Pooley, all of whom re-
tire by reason of expiration of term of
office.