Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-27
LOCAL COMMENT

If we had had our new Y. NJ. c. A.
erected on the uptown site We would
have had place in which to handle
a banquet of visiting delegates with
ease. 1t is not desirable to the Y. NJ.
G. A. to admit general public gatherings
as ii interrupts the regular classes, but
once in a great while when visiting
conventions are too large to be accom-
modated in ordinary halls 1t will be
possible to use the new Y. N. G. A.
gymnasium and had we had 1t this time
those 200 municipal officials would
have gone home with different opin-
ion of Marshalltown.
1t is a matter for congratulation that
all of the womens societies which
served meals at the fair did well. 1t
will encourage them to try 1t again ana
the growing number who attempt this
work mean that greater numbers OF
our people are able to obtain whole
some food on the grounds. If theNT.-R.
could have its way about it the foaters
and irresponsible food vendors would
be absolutely barred from the grounds.
1t would no, be necessary for the sheriff
to even go down there to investigate
near beer nor would it be possible to
buy loud smelling fly eaten hamburger
or lemonade of unclean brew inside the
gates The county fair is an annual
festival of the best families in this
part of Iowa and nothing should be set
before them by the management which
would not be tolerated on the front
lawn of the president OF the association
Professor Steiner is a wide traveller
and an exceedingly observing man. He
has been regular visitor to Marshall
town for ten years or more but the
intervals between his visits are Suf-
ficiently long to enable him to see the
cha ges that take place in the town. 1t
is his opinion after a recent visit that
Marshalltown has made more material
progress in the past two years than In
the other eight years of the decade. He
thinks that it is astonishing to see the
amount of building that is going on or
that has been done, as well as the
cleaner, thriftier. and more prosperous
appearance of the city on every SIDE
To him the quick response with ss0.OoV
for public building is merely an out
burst of the spirit of optimism winch
pervades the whole community.
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cess Of the poultry exhibit at the fair,
where TAO birds were entered, is labor
ing hard now to instill life enough into
the Marshall County Poultry Associ-
alton to put on a creditable breeders
show this winter. He Is going to win
all right and the show will be given.
but he is nightly discouraged just now
because so few breeders have come for
ward TO help do the work. Every breed
er of fine poultry in the town and coun-
try should Join the association and help
boost for the show. AT least dozen
men must come up with willingness
TO do some OF the work of organizing
for the show Moehri is a good captain
but he needs troops.
The plan which Mr.. Noehrl has OF
putting up seven or more cash prizes
for children under Is years of age VINO
exhibit fowls of their own raising is an
excellent idea indeed. The great prob
lem Of the age Is as TO what we can
do with our boys in town to make them
useful or what can we do with them
on the farm to make them wish to stay
and in either case the breeding OF fine
poultry offers a solution. Any boy ~
wears old OF more can become breed
err of fine poultry. He can quickly learn
to raise the birds himself. The reading
he will do as to the industry VIII con-
stitute liberal education In itself he
must work early and late, but the WORK
will be light work He will learn to
buy and TO sell and when he has met
the running expenses of his chicken !
business for year he will have ac-
o,ired conception of the great world
bns onI0 meet that I
no public school could ever have given /
him There was a time in the village
life when there was plenty for boys TO
do but in our cities and towns this
has ceased. There Is room on every
back lot for a few fine fowls. however,
and the boy who has not been inter-
ested In them has been neglected oy
his parents On the farm the trouble |
with most boys has been that they
have seen only the laborious end OF |
things. The pride and thrill OF per-
soma! ownership of the Industry mas
been lacking. They have been required
TO work for their board and clothes
always too long Let the small boy
own and raise chickens OF hiSoWn. Let
him pay for his grain and sell his pro-
duct. Let him study the business Tor
himself and meet the trials and trlp- ,
uIations Of the livestock industry with
ability to climb over them and when
he is past 10 he will have been hall
graduated as q farm manager But
a above all this he will have acquired an
intense interest in the business which
will keep him from drifting to town TO |
work in a garage. |
Mrs. G. E. Pilgrim. EOS North Third