Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-30
Local Comment


Greater numbers than ever before Will
come by auto and next year there Wiz.
be more II IS runored that the price
of a popular cheap FIVE passenger car
is to drop 10 $3.50. While a complete
six cylinder, seven passenger car IS be-
ing advertised here al $3.50 and
much cheaper one was exhibited al the
state fasr for se75. The time is soon
10 arrive when every farmers family Is
10 ride in an auto Just as il came long
ago when they could all ride IN a car
Rage. The question then for the fair
management IS IS 10 what IS 10 Dc
done with the cars. Il the weather is
good people would much prefer TO
leave their cars n the grounds. which
means that room should be provided
More land adjacent should be pur-
chased for the fair grounds or else the
present site should be plated and sold
for residence lots and larger grounds
or the car line near the city park pro-
v!3ed. II is estimated that the pres
ent lane should sell for enough as lots
TO buy & larger tract and TO move al.
Of the buildings. Just as ne are
widening our road grades for the auto
w- must DO the same with our street
pavement around the court house ano
with our grounds at the fair
Here is hoping thar the ladies Of the
aid societies. auxiliaries and fraternal
orders viii serve most OF me meals al
the county fair. We can't be too par
,icular about our food IN not weather.
Visitors should beware of the average
wienie wurst stand.
The people ef sarshal,own AND
county should know mat the people
living ali along the ROAD from DaVen-
port 10 Des Monies are fairly Wild WITH
their enthusiasm at the prospect OF
getting the proposed Lincoln Highway
builr thru their towns. An sscciation
of auto manufacturers has offered 10
donate al Of TIE material for paving
a magnificent national road across the
continent which shall become the trunk
linz for auto travel 70 the Panama ex-
positi N Al san Francisco il 1915 Inc
counties are expected 20 CO the work
and il IS said that The boards OF SUI
p.rv;sors in every county along this
route in Iowa have heen pledged TO DO
tn. work If the Lincoln Highway xii
do for their towns can ne seen al Bur-
Iinc-on. vi. where The old hotel is one
block long ana TWO new. ones have re-
Gently been built. each seven stories
high. giving Burlington with only 20
000 inhabitants. better and larger no
-als man Des Moines has today Wlth
lis 100000 population. Burlington nap
pens 10 be stop over polnt on slats
scenic auto road thru the Green hlooii
,sins of Vermont and thru the " hiee
mountains of New Hampshire
strife Of communities TO secure trans
continental railways is about 10 De
Deated in the struggle Tor auto me- IN :
WAYS. Is Marshall county IN the game
The time of year has arrived "hen
; the farmers can give some "orh uPo',
the roads Those 500 Gays Worh VI
man and team pledged for the south
road TO State Center should De cane"
for now and used in cutting gov
me nils There IS some mute. 10
| mat he pledges VIII not De KEPT os
! cause somebody else did not &C an 'hal
! was represented 50 II is time ioi
showdown. NOW is the lime 1or farm
.rs to donate what work they nave 20
give upon the ROADS
! And the board of supervisors snoutc
90 about il systematically 70 secure tne
co-operation of farmers in cutting
DOWN hills. In Greene county the VOL
nn.eer labor OF farmers graTeis tne
roads By the county paying si-oV Pei
aav for man and team, which is aoou'
one.,hird price. In Marshalltown prop
sr.v owners who want sewers loan the
,ooney m the city The oil tractor
Graders are doing nothing toward cut
lin, down the hills This is vince
scraper JOB and the farmers can oe
induced TO help. Let the board la! gu
half a dozen projects OF Mill cut'lhe
and propose to the farmers ihtereste'
that those roads would be improved
first where the most volunteer men
couid be- secured. The countys roae
money could be made 10 go twice a.
far In this way and every man "oui'
he satisfied because he would be get
ting mis- own road improved 1or az
;.hor Until we begin to cut down hiil
~. viii not have dcGe much road Wori
of a permanent chara cter.
Mr.. Monohon's accident on the LIE
Grand road illustrates how liable w
all are to serious injury even tho W
are not given - fast driving. I'LL
Monohon was driving in the dark am
he never drives fast collision oc
Cured. With his eyes riveted to tn
, road as a drivers eyes must be WI
drives :n the dark he could not loo
, back to see what had happened II
. ebo,,ld have stonped but so Should III
man who drove in front OF a fast trail
at Nevada When the women N IN
rear seat looked back and thought b
, seeing the light on the motorcycle tina
| no harm had been done Monohon drov
, ! on withou. knowing that he was ieav
ing nan bleeding and wounded. In
, point is that people who drive car
!. should take nothing for granted The
: should look before they rush across
rsii-oad track and they should driv
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