Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-06-08
Local Comment
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The protest of Third ward property
owners against paving recalls a habi:
which has been of long standing in that
ward and which has helped to prevent
development Of property values there.
Years ago when the residential section
of the town began to grow westward
the tendency was toward the Third
ward. but afterwards. the Second ward
outstripped its neighbor and it was
largely due to the fact that such pub
lie Improvements as street paving. were
opposed in the Third In the usual
contrast is the petition now before the
council Of the property owners on the
north end of the same street and in the
Second ward, who are anxious to get
| the paving.
| The council hopes to get another bid
on paving as low as the present lot
was let. because contra ctors protected
themselves on the price of cement early
in the season and if the next district is
TO go at s10s per yard the semi-annual
assessment upon sixty foot lot viii
be only 50 for curb and pavement This
50 tax will come due next spring and
will run for fourteen payments, cover
y
deferred payments added. When one
! can live on a paved street for 50 every
| six months il would seem that the i'm
! provement was a bargain at the price.
The crowds which surged against
| closed doors trying 10 get into the baby
show suggest an idea to the county
! fair management. Why not have a
! baby show at the fair with big prizes
| and classes: prizes for townships.
/ prizes for weight, prizes for looks. etc?
Let's encourage a leading industry.
j Narshalltown Is going to celebrate
on the Fourth 1t has been many years
since the trains were congested bring
! ing people here for big celebration
and the time is ripe this year for a
big celebration if ii is handled right.
Let it be done in no two by four plan.
but let everybody join hands and make
| it a big one If celebration of any
kind is put on Marshalltown as city
will have to stand responsible for it,
so let there be no half way business
| about it.
The defeat of Marshall county's can
didate for lieutenant governor in the
republican primaries is matter of uni
versal regret at home. He was SO far
superior to his opponent in personal
ability and fitness for the place that
his nomination ought to have been
made by an overwhelming majority.
but his was only another instance OF
the inability Of a mass OF voters to
choose wisely on more than few
prominent candidates The insurance
combine. the public utility companies.
and the liquor associations knew full
well that they did not want Van Law
but the people at large kept their eyes
on United States senator and COVER
nor.
So marked was this failure of the
voters to study the whole ticket that
we had the inexplicable vote Of Mar
shall county going better than two to
one for the progressive candidates a,
the head of the ticket and yet permit
ting the progressive candidate for sec
rotary of state to lose the county to a
man who vas absolutely and totally
unknown in this county. Chassell has
done more for the progressive cause in
Iowa than either Clarke or Kenyon. He
is so clean and so able that no word
; | Of criticism has been raised against
him. Allen lives in southern Iowa, is a
total stranger in Marshall county. He
did not come here during the cam
paign, nor send piece of literature
into the county, but his name came
first on the ballot. Van Duyn, the third
candidate, visited the county and some
work was done for him but when the
Votes were counted only half Of the
, pfogressives who voted for Kenyon
and Clark and Van Law had voted FOL
: the progressive candidate for secretary
. tof state, Cnasss!!. The other half had
voted for a total stranger whose name
lcame first on the ballot and out Of I,
zoo such votes there are scarcely hall