Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-01-09
Looker-On In Iona


much in earnest the friends of Iowa
money by Jan. ], necessary to secure
the $4,000 from Carnegie and the
100000 from the educational fund. And
to attempt to mention any one person )
name that was instrumental in bring
ing about the successful close of the
work would be doing great injustice to
many Others for there Is typewriter
list of over 1000 names. Every one of
those on this list that did some So
Letting and secured some subscriptions.
And that the Lord helps those that
help themselves is again proven when
1t Is known that Grinnell citizens gave
at least 100000, this following many
and repeated previous donations. In
fact Grinnell Is all the time doing
something for the college" and the
generosity of some of these givers vs.
shown, where one case Il; told OF a
man here not with over $4,000 that
gave 5000. OF another whose belong
ings of all his world possessions can
be expressed in four figures, that gave
$500 And as climax Of giving, the
scene in the Colonial theater on New
Years eve, where a iollification meet
ing was in progress to properly cele-
brate the raising of this big endow-
ment fund, showed unusual features.
This crowd of Grinnell men and wom-
en- that had just given 500 900 to Iowa
College in the midst of their rejoicing
over one another's benevolence, heard
a suggestion from one speaker, that
while we had given much for home
L. y, 10
for earthquake stricken Italy, and ne
wanted to be one of several to con-
tribute S." this remark brought up a
score or more hands that had still SO
left for charity and these same men
in the audience threw a silver dollar on
the stage platform, with the remark
he had a. dollar left. Literally for nve
minutes in rained dollars on that stage
The speaker said he wasn't afraid of
dollars, but the way he lodged about
to escape the shower belittIed his
morals And when the rain ceased
and the storm was over, $144 was
picked up in silver which, with the So
subscriptions, made a total of over
5000 for the sufferers of Italy. No
newspaper comment can add anything
to this recital of fact.
Grinnell is to have a superior court.
Already the court room is finished with
rent is $500 year on five years
lease. The salary of the judge is $4,000
year. Half Of these expenses is paid
by the city, the other half by the
county. Some taxpayers will be glad
ITO know this as we'll as the fact that
in many cases these superior counts are
self-sustaining. The law governing
the procedure of these superior courts
virtually makes it police court 1t
has jurisdiction in all cases that can
come before the other courts, except
ing divorce, alimony and separate
maintenance, and probate cases. 1t
has exclusive jurisdiction of all cases
governed by city ordinances, and the
writer is told cases ordinarily started
in justice of the peace office can be
brought before the superior court. All
this is published on the request of
several citizens here.
Grinnell closes all Of it's places Of
business at p. M, Saturdays excepted.
Grinnell closed all its places of BUSH
ness all day both on Christmas and
New Years A business mems club
has committee that talks over these
and other things, and they issue an
order to close and all respect the order.
OF courses, this is out Of the ordinary,
and in some towns where the business
places are kept open till II o'clock
every night to sell one more ten-cent
plug of tobacco, and find it necessary
to open up a little while on Sunday
ito accommodate all this can not be
still it's worth mentioning
in connection with the preceding ac-
counts of how Grinnell people give"
and Furthermore that these same early
closing merchants gave a large share
of the money for Iowa college and
earthquake sufferers. Evidently the
good Lord favors the eacly-closing