Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-08
Local Comment

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The school election comes first at the
central fire station next Monday when
there will be one director to elect and
authority to vote for the board to Dor
row part Of the money needed for a
| new school house. Last year $4,000
was voted to be added to the tax levies
for this year and this money will be
paid in during the year. The board
wants to borrow $4,000 additional and
put off further increase in the taxes
until future date so as not to have
| the whole burden Of expense Of new
building come at once. The resolution
provides that the bond money If voted
can not be used for any other purpose
than the building Of new school in
the west part Of town where the board
has voted unanimously to use the site
already owned by the school district.
Mr.. Cummings, probably the best
equipped citizen in town so far as bus
mess experience is concerned. will be
opposed for reelection by Joe Mohr,
who runs on the socialist ticket, and by
Mr.. Carter, formerly chief engineer in
charge Of janitors of the schools. The
women can vote on the bond issue and
inasmuch as the woman's suffrage bill
is before this legislature 1t would be
we'll for the women to demonstrate as
to whether or not they will vote when
they can.
The books are closed for the city
election primary and aside from the
socialist ticket and a few ridiculous
entries voters will choose for mayor
between Mayor Jones, Fred Wasem
and Justice Of the Peace Willard which
will probably result in nominating
Jones and Willard, while for council
men four are to be nominated. The
two socialists, Of course, will cut very
little figure in Marshalltown and
Placek, a tailor, has very little claim
except that George Herman, Of the
same craft, has been lucky for long
time. The real contest will be to drop
one candidate from the list composed
of Allard, Lamb, Martin, Nicholson and
Herman. The excitement in the pri-
mary will be to determine the one from
this group who will be dropped by the
wayside and then two weeks later the
voters will line up on tickets composed
Of the four nominees. Allard, a sue
cessful and careful business man, will
appeal to the business element and has
many friends among shop men who
have dealt with him in the last twenty
years. Lamb and Martin and Herman
could be classed as union labor men.
altho Herman's appeal as we'll as that
of Nicholson will be to the liberal ele-
ment of the town. Martin, a clean
otS fn fta q
L. railway shop vote as he is a boiler
maker in those shops. Many of the
shop men, too, are friendly to Nichol-
son and some to Herman. while Lamb,
a union molder by trade will draw
much Of the general union vote from
all the crafts and will also poll a large
vote from the business and profess
sional element as he has won favor for
his evident sincerity Of purpose and
capacity for business administration.
The city Of Marshalltown owns
nearly half a million dollars Of prop
erty and does an annual business of'
$50 900, Three men constitute the board
Of directors in charge and people, In
voting, should forget class, friendship
and religion and pick the three men
whom they would want to serve on the
board of business enterprise. If. each
voter would ask himself "Whom would
I name as a trustee to handle my
estate?" and pick q city council on
the sole question OF capacity there are
some Of the candidates who would
hardly run ahead of Ashbrook when he
got thirteen votes in city election,
&
When a horse sale aggregating $22,-
900 can be pulled off in feed shed OF
this city with buyers and offerings from
all over the state, it is time that an
auction sale building be erected for the
regular conduct Of such sales. An
Ideal place for it would be on the corner
adjacent to the Harmon feed shed
where the present plant would be avail
able for the accommodation of the |
stock. Sales of fancy stock and Of gen.
eral auctions can be made feature Of
great value in this city. incidentally
the Times-Republican now goes to all
of the leading farmers on every rural
mail route in ten counties and can be
Of great assistance to the enterprise.
4
The board Of supervisors is to be en-
in it's determination to sit
down on the suspected business Of run
ming mill of justice overtime for the |
sake of the fees to be collected. Fees !
aggregating $216 in one month coming
up from Justice Millard's court are suf
ficient to cause the board to call a
halt. even il it can be shown that the
arrests were justified in each and every
case. Such volume of business in |
one court raises legitimate question
as, to the wisdom of the arrests made.
The justice may claim that he is there
to try the causes that are brought be-
fore h;r, and the constableS may claim |
that they were elected to make arrests
but the board of supervisors can also
reply that somebody is exceeding the
speed limit.
Attic the present council has always
voted unanimously upon the tax levies
Ind upon the expenditures for which
he levies are necessary there will be
IN attempt made to find fault with
certain increases in city levies. The
evy adopted by the council for the
current year. as it applies to city prop
,rty exclusive of agricultural lands.