Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-06
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((T HAVE seen 800 a day go to
waste all summer long on this
court house yard" said County
Supervisor Elect George w. Darling. 1
don't mean that the county has wasted
it. but that 500 day in labor has
been wasted on this lawn this summer
by loafers who ought to have been at
work at useful labor. who needed the
money, and whose families needed it.
DO YOU know" asserted Mr.. Darling,
Il believe that for a man to loaf while
his family needs the money is a crime.
when labor is in demand and the man
is ablebodied, and l look on neglect to
give men a chance to work for their
families also as next door to crime.
We ought to find some way to make
a loafer work for his family and sup
port them. and we ought to have
county and city labor ready for the
man who is out OF job, can't find one
when work is scarce. and whose family
needs it. ! have often thought that
were work provided at perhaps little
less than usual wages 1t would help
No man able to earn support for him.
self and his dependents would find 1T
necessary to go on the town. He
would always be certain of work at
wages to tide over any emergency and
could be referred to the public en-
ployment If he preferred idleness or
charity to labor at living wages. And
if he refused to support his family
when the work was offered him he
should be obliged to labor under re-
/ straint and the wage go to his family
just the same.
Sometimes think we go at what
we call charity wrong end to- con-
cluded Mr.. Darling. "The best charity
any man can have offered him is a
chance"
Favors Shrubs For Court House Park.
'Now that the streets around the
court house square are being boule-
varded and parked this court house
square ought to be made more beautl-
full and attractive with shrubbery.
said Councilman Dorr L. Lamb. I'D
like to seem somebody like Sam Ru-
bee be given a chance and put on the
job to make this square the most at
tractive spot in town. We've got the
trees, now we need shrubbery. well
! placed and grouped. Some day busi-
ness blocks are going to be built all
around this square, and 1T VIII be the
very center of town. 1t would not take
very much money to make it spot
every one would be proud Of
Tax List Promises Smaller.
From ali appearances now the de-
linquent tax list is going to be smaller
this year than last said County
Treasurer S. M Cause. The first
publication will be made on Nov. 8.
and believe the list will be a credita-
BILE showing for the thrift of the coun-
ty The largest part of the delin-
quencies will be shown in this city. as
is usually the case, and at the same
tive there will be more farm land ad-
yertised than usual. This is due largely
tc the fact that the properties Involved
are under process of litigation. and
heirs do not want to pay the taxes
until they know just how the litigation
is going to end. / have pursued an
aggressive policy this fall in trying to
get the taxes paid. and 1 believe my
efi,lts Will not have been in vain"
Ad Club is Profitable.
IF business men Of the city Will
,oin our ad club believe they will
1:Ed a most protita BILE winter ahead Of
them, said E. d. Hamilton, of the
Fair Store, president Of the club. This
winter our club is going to take up
many subjects Of interest to all busi-
ness men. Furthermore there is
statewide movement in favor OF ad
vertising Iowa. and Marshalltowu
should have a live club that will help
this work along and, incidentally, see
that Marshallthown is taken care Of.
Our club was organized for the pur-
pose OF studying advertising. Those
of us who spend large sums annually
feel that if we understood the science
Of advertising better we could get
greater returns for the morey invested
1t is not our aim to promote advertis-
ing. but to make 1t better; make It
earn more for every dollar invested.
We feel that if we can set those in
terested in advertising 20 attend the
meetings. tell their experiences with
different mediums, and what kind of
advertising pulls, 1t would prove a
most profitable venture for all who
advertise"
City Property Active.
II never saw conditions in MARSHALL
town better than they are at the pres
cnt tIme," said Dwight II. Denmead.
I'VE have had for more than twenty
years q great deal of city property
that has always been for sale, yet this
scar we purchased the Speers tract
and are now improving 1t to put on the
market. We have had so many in
quiries about local property that I be-
! lieve when we begin to sell the lots
they will all go in thirty days. We
sold eight lots in Electric addition this
summer without an effort. Two, sold
a few days ago, went Tor cash. All
this goes to show that people are buy
| ing Marshalltown property and that
| it is not a drug on the market"
les Different in Missouri.
That there is no real economic rea-
son for the high cost of living Is the
opinion of julius A. Marquardt. fire.
man in the employ Of the NJ. & st. L.
railway. since he returned home re-
Gently from a visit with relatives IN
northern Missouri. There is a leak
somewhere" said Mr.. Marquardt, "and
the high prices are due to the business
methods Of the cold storage men.
| have seen an excellent example of the
system in Missouri this fall While the
people Of Marshalltown were paying 20
cents a dozen for eggs during the sum-
mer months. and in the neighborhood
| Of 30 cents a dozen this fall, farmers
Of northern Missouri were selling their
| eggs to the merchants for just cents
a dozen. That was the best price OBJ
tainable. The farmers for the most
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