Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-06
Local Comment

Inc county fair next week is going
to surprise the most veteran attend
ant with new and interesting exhibits.
Every family within thirty miles OF
The city should plan to attend.
Without passing Judgment on the
particular offer made Of which this
newspaper knows nothing, the plan It.
sen OF having a union delivery OF mer.
cnand1se about this city Is to be COM
mended. Today there is tremendous
economic waste in the delivery Of store
s9ods. BY ,co-oEeration. thru a union
-SsltNery fewer teams and leas. expense
VAL cover the entire city with mucf,
more frequent delivery. BY adopting
system and schedule people will soon
learn Just when to expect their goods,
Inc telephone and hurry-up delivery is
Responsible for a large measure Of the
lamentable high cost Of living and the
union delivery offers an opportunity to
cut it down. III
Inc school convention next SATURDAY.
should be fully attended as it is the
initiation of a new system which Is
intended to greatly benefit our county
schools. Heretofore the people at large
nave been electirg county superinterd-
ents and they know very little Of The
fitness of an administrative officer, It
would be the same We're the people at
large to elect by popular vote SUI
perintendent Of schools in Marshall
town In this city and in every village
and township we have school boards
elected to look after our schools and
employ our teachers. The new law in
voked for next Saturdays convention
creates an ex-officio county school
board composed of the presidents Of
each of the local schoo! boards and a
meeting Of the county school board
has been called. Let every member at
tend and post himself as to the full
privileges granted by the new statute.
Hereafter county superintendent will
be appointed by the county school
board. or convention, as it is called.
The iMarshalltown State Bank can
now be named as trustee for an estate
and administer property for widow
or minor the same as an individual
An amendment to It's articles Of incor-
poration enables 1t to take advantage
Of a new law passed at the last SEES
sion of the legislature, whereby banks
organized under state laws can act. as
guardians. administrators, trustees and
fiscal agents. The advantage to the
public Is that banking corporation Is
perpetual person which does not of
necessity grow weak, get sick or die
with the passing Of time and may con-
tinue to discharge its duties with even
increased efficiency and vigor with
age. For the administration of an es-
tate 1t offers the services Of group
of strong men rather than that Of an
individual and their conduct is scru-
tinized by state examiners. Other
states have laws which have per-
mitted trust companies to be incor-
porated for this very purpose but Iowa
has been deficient. The last legislature
provided for state and incorporated
savings banks to perform trust COM
pany functions and the Marshalltown
State Bank has promptly amended Its
charter to comply with the new
statute. Others will likely do the
same.
A good roads enthusiast drove an
auto over the Alpine grades Of the West
Main street road this week from the
Lamoille road corner to Marshalltown
Just to see what that road looked like
There is probably not another five miles
OF road in this county Just like It and
it is a marvel Of scenic grandeur for a
country that II devoid OF real noun
tains. People have worried over that
road now for sixty years and some Of
the hill tops have not been cut down
six inches Il months work for ten
teams would reduce sjmost any one OF
those hills to reasonable grade and Il
not more than two hills were 70 be
treated in single summer Il would be
only . very short time until the West
Main street road would have been
rescued from itus t6stt ~. i r0 ehA4peo-ss