Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-09
The erinneII News.

Special to meS-Republlcan.
Grtnnell. Oct s.-David vanderveer
for many years a prominen, citizen of
Grinneu, but who has made his home
for the past two or three years in
Lincoln, Neb is here for a visit with
his old friends and relatives.
The annual special "old folks serv-
ice of the Baptist church will take
place tomorrow morning with Prof.
Ralph Lyman 20 lead in the music.
both morning and evening. The evening
services in all the churches will bear
strongly upon the idea Of evangelical
ton as preparatory for the Ostrom
meetings to begin here on Thursday
of next week.
The city council has now new sub
ject of discussion and action brought
before it in the matter of making new
ordinances or of enforcing those al
ready on the books for the removal Of
signs that obstruct the walks or en-
danger the passersby by extending out
over the sidewalks. The Commercial
Club Of the city has called attention
+, to this subject and asked that the ex-
listing ordinances be enforced and new
ones drawn if the present ones are
/ inadequate.
The question of who shall pay for
the hitching racks came up again but
as two members of the council were
absent 1t was not acted upon. A reso-
luton was offered by Councilman
Bailey which provided for the placing
of the racks upon the north and west
sides of the park and on Fourth av-
enue west of Main street as has been
all along conceded. and authorizing
the mayor TO enter into contract for
the construction of the same, and that
the city should stand the cost of the
same On this question Lyman and
Bailey voted for and Davis and Nc
Blain against. AS the mayors vote if
cast would not make a majority of the
entire body the matter was dropped
until such time as full meeting can
be had
At the recent meeting of the Con-
gregational Brotherhood the general
questions of health and sanitation We're
up for discussion and the statemen,
was made that there We're several
cases of typhoid fever in the south
western part of the city and that the
condition was due to the shallow wells
and other filth by those living there
This naturally led to the question OF
city water and sewerage being extend.
ed to all the people Of the western
part of the city. 1t was impossible t.
put in sewers there when the genera
system for the city was planned be-
cause of the lay of the land and i
has always been recognized that a sep
arate system would have to be mad.
for west Grinnell whenever the de
mand was strong enough Tor ii. Til;
extended sewer costing some 91S.00
that was put in last year for cas-
Grinnell had an outlet in the sept
tank on the southeast of the city; blu
for the west side an entirely new AM
) separate outlet must be provided.
Mrs. John P. Day, who formerl,
lived at Blue Point, nine miles soutl
Of this city, and who has been grea
sufferer from the ravages of cancer
died at her home here on Wednesda
night and the funeral was held a
1920 this morning at the Methods
> church.
Mr. and Mrs. William Peters, VIII
live on the farm belonging to j. F
Lewis, announce the birth of daugh
ter at their home on Thursday nigh
Rev. A. B. DeHaan, graduate c
Iowa College, class of 'OS, and las
spring of Oberlin theological seminar
and ordained as missionary, who i1e
been visiting here for some time, mad
his farewell address to, the college J
NJ. c. A. on Thursday evening and I
s the college at chapel yesterday morn
ing. He goes to the meeting Of the Am
erican board at Minneapolis and sal
!; from San Francisco Nov. for. his fl
n ture work in the North China mis-
sion.