Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-28
LOCAL COMMENT

Il seemed like old times to be hob
kndbbina with the general officers OF
the Iowa Central, now Of the M. & st.
L. railroad. In the days when the rail-
roads home and headquarters were
here everybody in :Marshalltown was
friend OF the road and MIR. Hunting
toms familiar face recalls the former
times. The Huntington policy 10 70
he that of more business with the
same fixed expense instead or trying
to cut down expenses that-are aireauy
established and this policy Will re-
dound to the benefit of this community
by reason of the company's employ
ment here.
In locating the new ward schooi OH
the extreme north and east corner o!
the high school ground the schoo'
board plans to utilize the present neat,
ing plant and eventually buy addltloha'
play ground to the north II 1t is ever
for sale but there is serious questlor'
as to the wisdom of following the line
Of least resistance in public matters. IL
seems as tho larger grounds could DC
bought somewhere near the present
site if not in the same block and wnen
we consider that school bond interest,"
at per cent would cost this school
district $500 per annum Tor $lo'ooo
worth OF land with no taxes to pay l!
looks as tho the genera4aons OF schooi
children to be accommodated IN TINS
building for the next fifty to 100 years
are entitled to 10 cents per kid per an
mum for play grounds.
In a measure the children OF the
grades will have the Same GROUNDS
they now have inasmuch as the h1gh
school students do not utilize play
grounds but why shouldn't the hlgh
school students enjoy tennis courts
handball courts and ball grounds the
same as college students do? We VIII
have a high school building, manual
training building, a ward building ano
n heating plant all on one small piece
of ground when the school population
will equal that Of the average denom-
national college. At Cedar Rapids
Grinnell or Mt. Vernon someone en-
endows an athletic park or the citizens
raise $4,000 to 100000 for grounds
and the campus is made an object OF
beauty. In Marshalltown we nave
tried to make young girls climb Ions
flights of stairs and If we do not wake
up to the need of adequate GROUNDS
around our buildings we will have the
same congestion at our schools that we
have in the vicinity of tall Office
block. The board may buy more
ground to the north in the future pu'
it will be at an exorDitant price II Tx
new ward building is placed first
G
The new telephone directory tens
story Of growth and prosperity which
sneaks for itself. The last directory
contains the names Of 200 more SUD-
scr;bers than the directory issued IN
January one year ago, OF sevent!-siH
people who have come to MaTshalltoWh
to live since July last. and during the
present month Of March, which Is
moving time for many, there mas oeen
a net increase Of forty seven telephone
subscribers in this city. Trere are
fewer delinquent accounts than ever
before which means that people are
better tble to pay their telephone pills
than they ever We're. what is 'he
matter with Marshalltown? She rs mol
afraid to talk.
Marshalltown people are unique anu
far in advance of the average com
munity in the frequency with "hici
thew invite noted people of talent 20
visit them for public addresses or Y