Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-22
Local Comment

The people Of Liberty township are
| to be congratulated upon their good
judgment in consolidating their school
districts and giving their children the
advantages of first class graded
! school in town. While other farmers
| must leave the farm and actually SUI
fer some privations by moving to town
| in order to educate their children the
farmers of Liberty township nave
practically moved the town out to their
! farms in consolidating their school dis
| tricts Free delivery of mail, tele-
phones and graded schools are now
/ possible. Electric lights are coming
and in a short time farmers may live
on paved streets just as all decent
people try to do in town. 1t is only a
matter Of educating a population up to
its opportunities.
| The case Of the county engineer who
was attracted to Marshalltown because
he saw a copy Of the T.-R way up in
Dakota is similar to the experience
of small boy in Marshalltown who
shipped five cockerels to woman in
Illinois who had seen his ad in the
T.-R. The question is how did the
! woman on an Illinois farm come across
copy of the T.-R. and the other
question is could any one run far
(! enough TO chase down small ad in a
j big newspaper.
! The building boom for new resi-
! dcnces Is on in earnest and the season
! is yet young. AS soon as the new
street car lines appear the real estate
, additions will be plated and then the
/ town viii grow.
| The management of the street rail-
/ way company deserves credit for pub
! lie spirit and willingness to cooperate
! in bringing people TO Marshalltown
when one fare for the round trip was
conceded for Big Wednesday. If the
same kind of cooperation could be
obtained from the steam railways for
state and county fairs there would be
more boosters and fewer bills to reg
ulate,
/ TIE road meeting planned for the
! township trustees promises to be an
! event among entertainments. An Amcs
| lecturer with stereopticon views has
caused the meeting 10 be transferred 10
! the Marshall;own Club rooms where
/ it will be held on Thursday the 9th.
! Every township trustee and road boss
In the county should attend as there
/ will be fun enough to pay for the trip.
/
Patriots will now begin to offer
/ themselves for service in the manage
ment OF our municipal business but
what Is everybods's business IS 10
! body's business, hence the public will
| be unable to go out and call the men
whom some private employer would
select for the same kind OF responsible
| ity. We will have primary March /.
and take our pick from the field and
then on March 81 at the city election.
we Will have to choose from double
set OF primary nominees In the end
we Will get fairly good service bu:
the men who should have been called
will probably never appear as candi-
dates.
This year. however. this weakness in
! popular government will not worry US
so much for Mayor Jones and the two
councilmen who will run for reelection
| have been tried out and we know what
they have done. There seems to be
quite general satisfaction with the
public service rendered by Mayor Jones
| and Councilman Lamb but Councilman
Herman will raise more OF an argu-
ment as his course has aroused en-
thusia site dissatisfaction as well rs
ardent admiration. Mr.. Herman is no,
inexperienced in politics SO he may be
depended upon to cut some figure IN
the election. There is never any half
way course with Herman. He is al
ways way over-~on one side or the
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feel it with the same intensity as those
who are pleased. He has been on the
| council now for six years and was the
! only member Of the old council re-
! elected TO this one.
| The school election will come one
time director to succeed MI. Cum
mings will be elected and bonds voted
| upon for a new school building in the
extreme west part of the city. Mr..
! Cummings has made an exceptionally
| efficient member Of the school board
because of his broad business expert
ence and his ability to obtain full value
| for all money expended. II his services
are wanted for another term he will
act. This is UP to the voters.
| The erection Of school building for
the west side of the city is greatly to
be desired by large population and
must come soon now. 1t will cost 81
per capita and can be paid for in sew
| eral annual installments by means Of
| a bond issue There is some objection
~, to the site selected because 1t is on the
(! extreme western limit Of the present
| residential section but considering the
probable growth Of the city in ten to
fifteen years and the fact that people
are now living on Summit street far
Their west than Fifteenth street the
board has decided upon the site on
West Main between Fifteenth and Six
tenth streets. This land belongs to the
school district and would not sell for
more than 5000 to $500 while the site
at the corner Of Thirteenth and Main
| would have cost $4,000. The boards
action vas unanimous and the men on