Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-23
THE MARshALLTowN WAY.
Recent Performance Of Our Citizens
Astounds Outside Public

Under title which reads 1.-THE
Marshalitown Way" w. r Orchard,
editor Of the Council Bluffs Nonpare:l
writes editorially in tina, newspaper of
our money raising campaign as fol-
lows:
'Marshailrown has set a new high
water mark in the matter Of cam
paigning Cor altruistic purposes.
"A movement for a new Y. II. c. A.
building has been for some time quiet
~ nurtured in the town. For year
a number Of people have been saying
in the HIGHWAYS and byways, I'VE need
IT."
hind the guns were given a Dewey 10
GridIey order TO fire when you are
ready They cut loose with the fey
vor of bats seeking to get out Of hades.
"The original purpose was to raise
not less than $4,000. 1t was hoped and
believed by the more sanguine ones
that the seventy FIVE or eighty thou
sand mark might be reached. Four
days after the engagement opened the
hands on the dial of the clock used as
marker indicated In round numbers
| 500 1000.
But this extra $4,000 wasn't the
| final or glorious finish OF .he move
nlent. The going was still good. a fne
hospital was TO be erected in the city
| by a state wide denomination Of the
German Evangelical church. l. was
| suggested that the town ought TO do
something on this lire. And SO the
clerks WHO kept the records in the Y
| campaign were continued in office and
| the funds for the hospital are rapidly
nearing and will soon pass the $4,000
| sum proposed. And so the good work
p! Eo=s o.-.c Na-shalltown. Beating the
! band isn't a circumstance to the things
! these Marshalhown men and women do
when the ball starts rolling. Incident
/, ally, the Congregational people Of the
| city are building one Of the finest
| churches in the state. And, prepara-
tory to these things. the city some time
| ago discontinued its saloons and ADOPT
| ed commission government.
There is a big difference in the
size OF towns. There is an equal diff
ference in quality. In size Marshall
town stands in the 10000 class. In the
average quality Of her citizenship she
| stands right near the top. This al
| tr,Iis,ic barometer proves this beyond
question or cavil.
zone of the fine things about this
work was the large number Of people
who had a share in 1t. 1t wasn't the
work of one or half dozen rich and
near deceased seeking to provide hre
escapes for themselves: it was liter
ally the work of thousands-the rich
outpouring Of spirit of good citizen
ship on the part Of the whole commun-
ity. And today you can read in the
flush of righteous victory c. the faces
OF all the people Of the city the whole
story confirming the truism that the
way to find real pleasure in this life
is to do something worth while tor
your fellowmen.
"Marshalltown men never staged
more beautiful play. Ii is .;s:...su
drama in real life. And 1t is beautiful
because it is all true. These mer
aere. gent forth better advertise
ment for their city. 1t is worth more
than II cost on this score alone. But
best of all, these donors will find a.
1.-THE days go by that they never made
!, ;,.i,..s- Investment It Is scientifically
as well as literally and scripturaiiS
true that the man who would save his
ufe must give It, and the one wht
seeks selfishly to save II must lose 1t
This philosophy applies with the sam.