Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-17

The evident desire OF the people Of
Melbourne and Rhodes to follow Glenn
ons and st. Anthony In providing con-
solidated schools ID thoroughly 5usti-
fed and will be accomplished In time.
Economically a community OF people
includes the surrounding farms a. well
as the town plat and 1t 10 just as
scientifically sound for the people OF
the nearby farms to send their children
to town for an education as for them
to send them there for groceries. Every
town in Iowa should take on consolt-
dated school to include the farms with
in easy driving distance and the school
bus should be put into permanent ser.
vice to span the distance between town
and farm. The day is past when peo-
pie must leave the farm to educate
their children. The farm u the ideal
home for both child and parent and the
gra ded school in town should be made
to serve everybody whom 1t can reach.
The time will come when with hard
surfaced roads in every direction from
Marshalltown. motor buses will bring
the children from five miles or more
in every direction to Marshalltown to
school. Mechanics Will live in the coun-
which is opera ted by electric trolleys
to relieve congestion in great cities.
will be accomplished for the small
cities by motor vehicles and hard
roads.
The roads we are enjoying today
would make this ideal condition possi-
Bile were it not for the fact that we all
know they are not going to last. Good
roads of their temporary character ac-
tualIy retard progress because they re-
move the pressure Of demand for per-
manent roads. Like the Arkansas
cracker we do not repair our roofs
when the sun shines because they do
not need it and when it rains we can't
Next years date for the poultry show
in January will result in much finer
display of fowls than has been possi'
ole before. December is too early to
develop young stock to its best and 1t
is too near the moult to show old stock
to advantage.
Every member Of the Aiarshalltown
Club should now get behind the new
secretary and give him year Of UNI
questioned loyalty. Dr.. Galloway is an
exceptionally capable man for the
place. The club will seldom be able
to secure a man more competent to do
its work, and this coming year ought
to be one Of achievement which will
satisfy every member. It may not build
new factories, for commercial clubs do
not build factories. It requires men
nr, ev
line and who can connect capital with
their idea to build factories. The av~
erage man In Marshautown can help
the factories We have to grow by in
his surplus in the securities OF
local manufac turers Of which there are
several issues on the market which are
safe and sound. In this way he can
earn a big rate Of interest and keep
his money working at home 10 furnish
more jobs for more men to hive In more
houses. to employ moro men In the
building and TO buy moro goods from
our stores. The Marshalttown man
who invests his surplus in speculative
land takes tho money out Of town.
where even the man who would like to
borrow 1t and put 1t to work ct home
can't get It Investigate some OF our
local industrials and our own savings
and loan association before you invest
a dollar Of your surplus outside Of
town.
The Breen or Kelleher case gives US
a forceable illustration Of the need
there is for workman's compensation
law which would have given the in
1ured workman som ething in the way
OF an indemnity for mis- injury without
feeding 1t all to the lawyers and the