Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
Local Comment

Is
The month Of roses, in the year OF
our Lord, MDCCCCVlII., has sustained
dts reputation as the season Of brides.
The last remaining week has been an
especial favorite with the June bride.
And still people continue to move
to Marshalltown. No wonder the "old
citizens" who have been away for six
months or a. year. remark on returning
home that they do not know one per-
son in ten they meet on the street.
They used to think they knew every
body.
1t will be with regret that the Rail-
road Y. M. c. A. will part with the
services Of John A. Goodell as its gen.
eral secretary. When ]. III. FEELING
ham was called to a broader field as
the scene Of his labors, Marshalltown
people interested in the Y. M. C. A.
felt badly because they feared that
suitable successor would be hard to
find. In hitting upon Goodell the trus-
tees made no mistake. Now 1t is up
to them to find another man who can
become worthy follower Of two able
predecessors. A high mark in the To-
cal field has been set, and no mediocre
man will do.
The sound Of the saw and hammer
may be annoying to overwrought
nerves, but it Is music to the man who
is at all times anxious to see Mar
shalltown forge to the front. The doors
from a packing house are offensive to
the sensitive nostril, but to the man
who spells business with an upper case
3D." 1t is perfume. Noise and hustle
and factory odors are always to be
found where the hum Of industry
reigns. On Main street carpenters
iron workers. plumbers and steamf1t-
tiers are engaged in putting up what
will prove to be one of the finest bank
buildings in 1owa-the new home OF
Marshalltown's First National. Across
the street the new Benedict block is
rapidly being pushed to completion. To
the east excavations are about finished
for the new Cummings building. A
block distant from Main and cement
workers are putting the finishing
touches to the exterior of the new
Cummings flats. Other workmen, near
by, are beginning operations for a new
home for the Marshall Telephone Com
pany. 1t is not strange that former
Marshalltown men, and visitors to the
city, comment on how good everything
looks in Marshalltown.
You have doubtless seen the litho-
graphs in colors portraying "Spotless
m 1o,,& xronf tn nhSPrvA
"Spotless Town" in real life take a trip
over to certain portion of the south
side factory district. The Marshall OIL
Company has recently completed the
painting of its entire plant pure
white. This, set off by the green lawns
about the buildings, with the grass
kept nicely trimmed, affords a most
pleasing picture to the eye. To the
east, and within good range of the
vision, looms up the new plant of the
Western Grocer Company mills, which
is rapidly nearing completion. Aside
from being model plant, the grounds
are to be beautifully arranged and set
off to advantage by the landscape gar
dener. The canning factory department
of the company, it has been found
after operating two weeks, will have
sufficient business ahead of it that it
will undoubtedly be operated thruout
the entire twelve months of the year,
rather than during a period of from
sixty to ninety days, the length of time
most canning factories run.
In fact, the only blot upon Mar
shalltown's industrial ledger at the
present time is the Iowa Central shop
mems strike, which has now continued
Tor over two months. Attic the rail-