Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-06
Local Comment

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! To the victors belong the spoils. Thas
Is why Mr.. Northup was made city at.
torney so quickly and those who arr
inclined to complain should prepare e
accept the fortunes OF politics. He wal
elected by the votes of Councilmer
Lamb and Herman with Mayor Jones
opposed.
When the union station Is fully and
properly lighted as it soon will be we
can score one for the Marshalltowr
Club but protest from the city coun-
| Gil or mayor would have brought re-
suits. too. The lights have been 90
very long past due that much Of the
| joy in their arrival is destroyed by the
| WEAKNESS Of waiting.
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The street work OF the new COM
| mission is worthy of more comment
Under ms tru ctions Mr.. Fred Rubee,
foreman Of the street workers. has his
teams at work hauling cinders upon
many of our worst streets. East Main
street has already been greatly i'm
proved and South Center street with
others soon will be. At present the
city teams are hauling the cinders free
| Of charge to the owners but II the
commission would go into the cfnder
| business in dead earnest and advertise
to take them away at 25 cents per load
the city would have all the cinders in
town for street Improvement at half
the present cost. Citizens are paying
transfers so cents per load now to get
their cinders hauled away.
A class Of forty-two high school
graduates while not up to the marks
set by the classes Of '09 and 10 in point
of mum bers is yet a large class and
promises web for the extension of pub
lie education. However. far too many
Of our young people are permitted to
leave school before graduation day and
we will never reach perfection until
forty-two graduates gives way to $50
in a city Of $4,000 people.
Mr. Lamb is the first card" man to
DE elected 10 the city council strictly
as a union labor candidate. He is very
much Of a gentleman personally and
has an opportunity to give union labor
distinction in its representation. If
he succeeds he Will receive due recog-
nition outside OF the class which put
him there. However, Mr.. Lamb. hav-
ing never been prominent in politics,
has in store for him some surprising
discoveries in human nature. When
he has served long enough to develop
the demands Of those who are now
honeytng about him with their friendly
advances and he actually begins to see
the average selfshness Of men he VIII
have become either a statesm An or a
cvnic. Just now he should adopt the
habit Of turning everything over on the
back that IL handed TO him and exam
Inc 1t carefully before passing upon its
merits. There are men uptown who
will now profess to be friends Of labor
and who possess the art Of winning
manners but who have no standing
In the community for integrity some
Of whom would he gamblers or card
sharks or franchise srafters II they
could but are extremely we'll dressed.
suave and gentle in manner. Exoer-
fence will warn one to shun their
bland tehm ents and It is the part Of
wisdom for a man IN a position Of pub
lie trust to pick them out before any
harm has been done. Let's hope that
Mr.. Lamb Is onto the Job. Bo+h Mayor
Jones and Councilman Fernen have
had their eye teeth cut In the public
service.
A drive TO the cemetery tomorrow
viii repay any one who enjoys pretty
flowers The tulip beds are at their
hest and Mr.. Rubee's setting Of over
1000 Of them IS making a show for the
effort. Those who have had some
personal experience in lawn building
will appreciate superb piece Of work
on five-acre knoll seeded this spring
on which the grass is almost ready to
cut In less than six weeks from seed
sno and without artificial watering this