Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-07
!: LOCAL COMMENT f:


The Thanksgiving turileT- season IS
close To US again ard the average Mar
shalltcwn householder Is wondering
whether he is going 10 oe siung for
: 10 30 cents per pound w:len turkeys
are selling in the towns all around US
for - cents or better as has happened
during several seasons, Dressed tUr-
keys were quoted YESTERDAY in Mime
apoiis a IS cents per pound and in
New York a; y to 80 cents. Last year
when turkeys sold in the local shops
dressed at IS and so cents they were
quoted as low as Is cents live weight
IN Chicago. J. IS doubtful whether they
bring the farmer more than Is cents
live weight and they VIII dress out to
the equivalent Of !. cents. II farmers
wives would offer them dressed az IS
cents they would ge. pay for their la
bor enough 10 cover transportation
charges and 2 better net price besides
Local dealers heretofore have COM
planned that the demand in this city Is
50 .nucn greater than the s%pniy that
they are compelled to pay more than
anybody else for turkeys hence the
price they charge a little effort 10
find supply away from home and
ship il in would overcome this diff
Guilty. Abnormal prices for food sup
Plies IS the wors; thing that can De
said about a town and If the dealers
themselves can't overcome the Mar
shalltowr Club had better take q hand.
The women who have 5een demand
ing fresh air supply in the ward
school buildings will have 10 wait at
least another year a special school
house tax was voted last spring which
money will be paid in next year and
then the old and antiquated steam
heating plants can be modernized with
fresh air equipment provided the school
board is still impressed with the ne
cessity. Had the board been in one OF
the rooms OF the Rogers building las.
week they would have been impressed
with the need very forcibiy. With high
temperature the supply If fresh air
was SO Inadequate that The atmos-
phere Of the room smeiled bad TO one
coming into it children Characteristic
oally active and alert yawned and
dozed at their books. Were any OF
them diseased their breath had con-
,aminsted that room for every little
. child in it and mothers were left to
contend with the results al the sick
beds at home. When your children lag
in their school work or complain of
| headaches in school visit the school
room and look to the ventilation. The
chances are that the little ones are
being doped or poisoned with bad air.
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Again an election has shown US that
we need more voting precincts and
less of strain upon men 10 count the
returns. II is senseiess in this day
and age TO ask men TO sit up all night
to count the vote after they have
put in twelverhour day al the voting
booths. In the First ward he judges
were counting at noon Of the next
day. No precinct should have to ex-
/ coed 900 votes and then the complete
returns would be in before midnight.
/ The cost would be very little more for
/ the full number of hours ere charged
/, up By election officials anyway. The
strain on men which cost the life of
one election judge a few years ago
would be avoided. County Auditor
impossible to get men to serve on the
election boards because Of the all night
ordeal which it involves. Let's have at
least TWO voting precincts in each OF
the three big wards Of the city.
| Sam Myers Is certainly entitled to
the blue ribbon for good reads bons-
ter. To think that he could have
landed Christmas present Of s2.70t
worth OF cement for the Lamoille d.
vision Of the Lincoln Highway when a
similar prize had already been awarded