Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-29
LOCAL COMMENT

the c. q. w. railway shouid % en-
rolled as q booster for Marshalltown
because Of the Increased passenger
service 1t Is furnishing for all travel
to and from this city and the great
cities Of Chicago, ST. Paul. Minneapolis.
and Kansas City. An additional night
train has been put on at 1925 p, m.
north and the other train north re-
mains In service. The evening train
south now goes at 6:45 p. m. which
Is much better service for all those
living between here and Des Moines.
who have business in Marshalltown.
management is building up great
railroad by giving service all along the
line.
If you would avoid the jam at the
Chris tmas, there are only fifteen days
for shopping left Better get a list
from your wife and get busy, Monday.
The election of either Frank STAINS
berry or Sanford Collins to the presi-
dency Of the county fair would insure
Its continued success. Either man has
the business capacity to manage the
fair. Stansberry has distinguished
himself at the head of the sheep and
swine departments and Collins has
rendered efficient service as vice presi
dent and chief Of the machinery dis
play. In choosing between them the
directors will have to draw lots to
decide.
In Des Moines this week a young
man was practicing with a 20 rifle
in the back yard He aimed at tree
the bullet went wild, a small boy
across the alley playing in his parents
backyard gave a cry of pain and
dropped dead with a bullet in his head.
These people are strangers to Mar
shalltown, but had the accident re-
suited in the death of one of our own
little boys the black pail OF tragic
death would have hung heavily over
this community. The moral is TO ban
ish all rifle practice from a crowded
city. None of us realize the full
carrying power or penetration OF .22
cartridge or We would be as afraid OF
ii in town as We would be of an army
rifle.
The man who assaulted football
player disgraced his town and COM
mitted a cowardly act. If he is known
he should be notified that he will never
again be admitted to a football ground
in this city. Football as played today
is still inhuman. ungentlemanly and
unsportsmanlike in many respects. The
high degree Of brute force that must
be exerted excites the players and
tempts young men beyond their powers
OF restraint until acts of brutality are
often committed which can never be
condoned by the true sportsman. but
with the player, his exc'tment and the
struggle to win excuses many indis-
element. With the bystander the ex-
element may arouse brutal impulses
but the excuse is wholly lacking. The
play is none of his business but to look
on Whenever anyone from the side
lines presumes to lay hands upon
a player he should be roughly handled
and elected from the grounds.
The T.mes-Republican Is not In
position to accuse local dealers OF
charging extortionate prices for
Thanksgiving poultry for the dealers.
themselves. insist that scarcity OF sup
plies as compared to local demand
compelled them to pay abnormal
prices for what stock they had and the
fact that everyone sold out all he had
would Justify his prices according to
the modern rules OF commerce. which
permits charging all the traffic VIII
bear The point is that somebody
should make more of an effort to
supply this market at lower prices.
There is no necessity for poultry
costing more by twenty per cent In
Marshalltown than II did In st. Paul
or Chicago on the same day. Such a
condition is the very worst thing that
can occur to the growth and pros
perity of a town. 1t increases the cost
of labor in the local factories, which
handicaps local production. and it
scares people away from making per-
homes in this city It would be
an act of town building and boosting
for the local merchants to send buyer
far from home for supplies at more
prices The cost OF doing
business here may be larger but SO is
the volume OF business done larger
and an increase Of fifty per cent In
retail prices here over the retail price
In Toledo or Conrad Is not good for
the town In all other lines of mer-
cfandis,ng Marshalltown prices are
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drive 1t away
The county fair board meets next
week and the question Of hog barns.
poultry sheds, etc. will be up, but the
people who attend the fair want to
know whether there will be place
provided in which to sit down. They
want more amphitheater room. They
read about the splendid program OF en-
tertainment and the races each year
and they are willing to pay the In
creased gate charge but when they get
into the grounds and find four persons
for every single seat in the amphi-
theater they feel very much like the
stork who was invited to dine with the
fox and was served in a shallow dish
The stork got even by dining the fox
in a long necked vase, but the public
will have to stay away in order to get
even and that is not to be desired by
anyone. TWO years amphitheater re-
ceipts will Pay for the cost Of an ex-
tension and the money had better be
borrowed and the receipts from seats
pledged TO the bank until the loan Is
paid. The fair is primarily for the
people rather than for the hogs. We