Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
Local Comment

The best that can be said Of his cold
weather is that it is all behind US. Feo-
ruary always brings many warm days
and In a few weeks it will be spring.
1t is the business of all good boosters
to commend the consolidation OF rurai
school districts with village dlstrlcts
for the purpose Of having a well grad
ed central school, but why Is there moi
the same public need in h vicinity OF
Marshalltown? Here is work for the
Marshalltown Club-to do. we should
have at least ten covered buses con-
veying 200 scholars from rural homes
to our city schools and it would oe
good public policy even If we were
compelled { o build a new ward school
in the west part of the city.
The township trustees who fail to
meet next Monday and appoint a road
SUPERINTENDENT to supervise the drag
ging Of the roads next spring VIII neg
lectfully violate the law. for it is ex-
pressly provided in the statute tna'
they shall" meet on the first Monday
in February and do this very thing.
Iho1o E1lOulu DC ~
given to the dragging Of roads turnout
the county e spring and summer as
the new statute provides h method OF
raising the revenue and Of proceeding
with the work and its provisions are
specinc in stating that the work shall"
be done.
The high price OF egg can come
-,.:al1,. a a on 0f1fnYnnhSlA flfe
when punctured. With the first CT
February the vacation period for hens
!. passed and the spring work for mil
lions OF them begins. Cut eggs out Of
your diet for ten days and the price
will then make two eggs possible in the
place of one.
Incidentally install a private 6
plant of your own, DO a few chores and
be on the other side Of the market
when people complain about the high
cost Of living. A change Of viewpoint
on his subject helps wonderfully for
the peace OF one mind.
Those who are already making ar
for building this spring
have discovered that not only is build
Hlal6Ildl OI d oAiS
hut labor is much more plentiful than
formerly. With money getting easie
this should be a good year in which to
build.
The sudden death Of Edwin Hawley
Of the Iowa Central and NJ. & St L.
furnishes its .idelight upon the wages
of big business which in so many in
49,. :. death Indigestion which
kill. is nervous overwork. The collapse
Of the ervou system strikes at the
and the human machine is
.crapped. Nj. Eawley had accumulated
fifty millions OF property but he was
a bachelor without wife or children and
his millions were merely the tools with
which he worked. He tackled enormous
tasks and worked at them under such
high tens:on that something snapped.
II was h and now he is dead. He had
ACCOMPLISHED large things in business
and would have accomplished more had
h. been indestructible but. old he live?
Men IN smaller pools can well reflect
,,non this problem. Men soiled with
the crime Of honest toll but possessed
of a sound digestion, home and family
can well reflect that the fellow in the
big office and limousine car is not al
ways reclining in the ease Of which ne
is sometimes suspected.
The attendance at the Searchligat
Club meeting. which greeted Harley
stuntz the other evening, emphasized
the fact that the present Y. NJ. c. A.
building is inadequate in size. The big
eest thing that could be done for a
Greater M~arshalltown would be to es-
tablish this cooperative man building
factory in a fine building up town.
The visiting nurse is an institution
which is worth a piece OF any mans
money. In times Of sickness and suf-
fering our hearts go out to others re-
eardiess Of previous relationship or OF
deficiencies. And it is at this time
that, the visiting nurse appears as a
ministering angel among those VINO
can least afford expert care. AS q
goes among the sick healing ana
cleansing christianity takes on a 2
form. The effort so successful this
week in raising money for the supper
Of a visiting nurse is to be commended
h reserve. The only criticism
that could possibly be made is that 1t
stopped at a 81 draft when $40 to $zS
should have been the assessment.
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