Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-26
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LOOkE|-OH III lOWN
Webster City Dec. 26.-The many
friends of Mr. Art Burnell, a long time
resident of Marshalltown, but now OF
this place, will be interested to know
that art has invented and is now
manufacturing an automobile tire COW
err that probably will make him big
| lot of money.
! Everybody is travelling these days.
The 1.-TWO seat hog now has only one
seat and generally man with a big
buffalo coat on, to make everything
snug and warm, sitting beside him.
The man that puts his grip on one seat.
his overcoat on another while he sits
down in third one to- play a game
of smear" cannot find anything in its
place as he hurrielly gets ready to set
| off at Nextown. The man with the Gig
aret has us all at his mercy now. We
cannot change seats to get rid of his
internal smudge, so some OF the boys
are ordering incense burners for use
in the smoker Yes, the whole OF Iowa
| Is going somewhere these days. Con-
ductors have to get the brakemen to
/ help take up the tickets. And we only
have little breathing spell, for when
the crowd gets off at the county seat
and we comfortably turn che first seat
to stretch out at the very next station
| in comes another bunch of to be
shoppers in the next big town, and
| trouble begins again. These days are
~, a. 70 NJ
ey back Listening to the talk in the
seat behind you, one learns where they
are going and what Christmas presents
/ they are going to buy. AS a rule It's
all figured out before hand, and il they
buy more and better articles than they
intend, it's because of good salesman
ship on the part Of the clerks in the
store where they mention they intend
Ito trade.
| In Gilman the other day they had a
town meeting" ito talk overthe building
of new school house. What is unusual
here In Iowa, is common enough down
east. Below is an account of one in
Rockville, Conn. Read 1t and notice
| that 100 interested voters had consid-
cradle to say and do about the band
concerts for 1909. This is not men
toned as a desirable precedent to es-
tablish along the tine of band concerts
butyto bring out the fact that virtually
100 voters attended the council meet
/ ing. How many Marshalltown citizens
take enough interest in city affairs, ex-
tcept to kick afterwards, to attend the
meetings of the city council. Here's
IL troF, No
meeting:
About 100 voters attended the adj
iourned city meeting held in the town
! hall Tuesday forenoon to act on the
tappropriations asked for by the COM
m on council for the year of 1909. The
meeting was presided over by Mayor
Forster, and City Clerk j. N. Keeney
read the warning. The amounts were
voted without any hesitation until the
/ item for band concerts was reached.
This was $500, and when the plan was
started, Rockville had it's own band,
| but for the past year outside organiza-
| lions have been secured, and some of
| the citizens felt that as the band had
| disbanded, the city should discontinue
| the concerts. Others were in favor OF
continuing them, as the music was
much enjoyed by large numbers of
people A vote was taken and the $500
| for concerts was stricken from the list.
The appropriations include $4,000 for
| the Improvement of High street. such
| as the relayfng of sections of the en-
| bankments wall on the north side OF
| the street The amounts voted for the
l'different departments were as follows:
| Public works. $17,600; police, $4,-
366.25; street lights, $500; fire depart
ment, $500; sewers, $1,000; filtration
beds, $500; salaries, s2,525; miscellan-
eous, s12,97O; grand total, $51,s61.25.
It was voted to lay mill tax, a
half mill of the same to be set aside
| for sinking fund.
| That's the Yankee way Of doing
| things