Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-03
Local Comment

II : now just .hree weeks until
Chris tuas and in view of the enormous
volume Of purchasing that Will be done
as the result OF q bouCteous crop il
behooves every body to do their shop
ping early Clerks can give more at
tention 10 a customers needs stocks
are III a better condition 10 afford wide
selection. and buying done before the
rush can always be done with greater
wisdom. People who live in town
should go 20 the stores in the forenoons
and avoid the rush OF out of town trade
at noon and in the afternoon. Get
busy, everybody.
And While spending large sums for
Christmas gifts. remember the mite
that should go from every mans pock
etbook 20 charity The Salvation Army
intends TO fill Christmas baskets for the
poor. Help the Salvation Army The
organized charities. which maintains
paid secretary the year around to in
vestigate ard to help all cases of dis
tress. needs annual support Come
across with a quarterly contribution for
CHARITY which purposes to spend your
money Will, some business prudence
and information.
The board of supervisors is about to
abolish the farce Of maintaining two
more or less incompetent and some
times disreputabe township constables
in q town in which II municipal police
force and county sheriff's constabul-
airy are already located and the board
is on the right track. If one good con-
stable could be kept at work we would
have infinitely better service than we
have had in the immediate past.
The mayor talks as tho the news
papers had been turning down the city's
checks for want of funds" If the city
is in such excellent financial condition
he ought to talk to the bankers about
Il. Having convinced them the news
papers would be left with nothing to
print about city checks being turned
down at the bank.
If We had the commission plan in
force ucw a petition containing the
names Of % per cent of the voters could
force The submission Of the proposed
water power purchase TO a vote of the
people. and if it We're TO be voted upon
| today, in the face of DIR present ffnan-
cial condition. it would probably fare
about as did the sewer bond issue
a bid Of s6.S0o on water power,
which would develop thirty horse pow
or most Of the sine. and fifty horse
power more some of the time. should be
examined twice since it does not in
Glade the concrete foo;ings for the ma
chnery the house over the machinery.
or the concrete walls or foundations for
the waterway leading TO the turbines.
1t might he we'll to get a bid on the
whole thing complete and in running
order and it might be we'll To hold back
part of the purchase price until all
guarantees as TO amount Of power have
been actually made good.
The V ". C. y. al Council Bluffs. in
its new $4,000 building, offers a sug-
gestion to the Marshalltown Club. A
woman pays to the y. NJ. G. \. 10 per
cent of her gross receipts for the privi-
lege of conducting q cafeteria lunch at
noon and al evening in the building.
The members get all kinds Of good
home cooking at church supper prices
and the Y. NJ. G. y. gets $50 per month
revenue from it. The caterer employs
four girls. has her kitchen in the build
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