Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-16
The erirn.ll News Letter.
Special to rimes-Republican.

Grinnell June 16-At the regular
meeting of the school board OF this
city last evening, Miss Hester Sanders
and Miss Margaret Christian, both OF
this city, were elected to fill vacancies
in the high school. Miss Christian has
been teaching the past year in Everett,
Wash, and was reelected there at m
increase in salary, but finds the eli
mate not so good for her health as
that of Iowa, and will return home to
be with her parents. Mrs. Mae Gohl-
man, OF Conrad, was elected to a place
in the grades.
Mrs. Sarah Davis, accompanied by
her daughter Lima, and her grandson
Wilfred, went to Tama yesterday,
morning for a brief visit with her son,
Reece Davis. at that place, and will go
from there to the home Of another
daughter in Pomona Calf. where she
will probably make her home for the
coming year.
The following recent births are an
nounced by the parties most interest
ed In the events: To Mr.. and Mrs.
James McIlrath, Of Hickory Grove
township, on Saturday last, daugh-
ter: to Mr.. and Mrs. Richard D. Clark,
of this city, on Sunday, a daughter:
and to Mr. and Mrs. j. S. McCuniff,
yesterday morning, a son.
Announcement Is made of a wedding
tomorrow at noon, at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. A. Mehlin, of this city, when
Miss Ella Mehlin and Mr.. S. R. Will
liams will be united in marriage. Both
are graduates of Iowa College, classes
of '02 and '01 respectively, and both
have been engaged in teaching since
graduation. Their future home will be
in Oberlin, where Mr.. Williams will be
at the head of the physics depart
ment.
The Waterloo, Pella & Southwestern
railway project, which has seemed to
be sleeping for some time, so far as
any signs of activity in this vicinity
are concerned, has awakened, and
money is being asked for the prelimin-
airy surveys now In progress A COM
mittee consisting of II. w. Spaulding,
W. &C. Rayburn and Prof. 8. G. Buck
has been put in charge of the $1,000
raised among the citizens here to pay
for such services, only after evidence
is produced that the service has ac-
tually been performed. Surveyors have
been active for some days on the line
of entrance and exit to and from the
city, and citizens are only too anx-
ious that the good work should go on,
realizing that rapid action must soon
take place If the road is completed
within the time limit of Jan. 1, 1910.
A sharp discussion is taking place
in one of the local papers Of this city,
regarding the necessity for the proper
inspection of milk furnished to the
people of the city, and of the cows that
furnish the milk, supply. Some mem
bers of the council appear to object to
municipal inspection, upon the score OF
cost claiming that such action would
be oppressive to the owners Of the
cows. The advocates of municipal in
spection insist that the matter of
cost will be comparatively slight, at
the most, that it will be borne by the
consumer of the milk in the end any
way, and. finally. that, no matter what
the cost or who bears it, the matter
of the health and the very life of the
community should not be weighed
against money consideration. An
ordinance has been proposed, provid-
ing that each COW from which milk
is sold to the public, shall pass the
test for tuberculosis germs at least
once a year. and only such as are en-
tirely free from such germs shall fur
nish milk for the city.