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

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Mr.. Beaman's gift of forty acres to
the town of Beaman for a consolidated
school suggests what a magnificent
thing it would be for Marshalltown to
have forty acres for school campus
around it's high school 1t would af-
ford room for Fairgrounds for the
ward schools. athletic grounds for the
teams and park equal to college sur
roundings for the high school students
who number as many as the average
denominational college like Grinnell
for instance. Here is an opportunity
for some one to establish a memorial
worth while.
1t is doubtful if there was ever a
bigger. or more satisfied crowd of
strangers in Marshalltown than came
here to celebrate the Fourth of July.
The universal belief freely expressed,
was that nothing had been left undone
to make the day pleasant enc for the
city's guests. A few complaints We're
registered because certain section of
the grounds was set aside for auto
mobile parking purposes, an6 small
fee charged, but in defense of the
management it should be understood
that this was done only after many vis-
itors had requested it. on the ground
that they wanted to leave their cars
and preferred to feel that they were
safe, and in charge Of a Waterman.
Tho few complaints that were heard
We're from local people: not the visit
ors. 1t was a big show. clean show
and we'll managed. Fortunately it was
not marred by accidents. Contrasted
to other Fourth of July celebrations in
Iowa. on which the press has COM
in the lead Much criticism was Offered,
concerning the celebration at Cedar
Falls, which drew from some of the
territory Marshalltown expected to
reach. The Grundy County Democrat
declares that if Cedar Falls ever gives
what she left out of her Saturday pro-
gram, it will be some show"
What shall we do With our police
men? There We're no DRINKS to arrest
on the Fourth of July and only one on
circus day There is only one prisoner
in the county jail now. We are COM
ing to this stage in Marshall county
when we Will have to work our sheriff,
his deputies and the whole police force
on the roads. We might. of course, set
them to making brick to be used on
the roads but that would indirectly
compete with the laboring man. If we
had lake resort we could use them
for life savers but we lack the lake. of
course the sheriff has y make an ar
ers union puts detectives on the trail
OF local offenders but there is abso-
lutely nothing for the police TO do
Let's organize another fire crew and
station them in a city club house with
plenty of billiard tables f.. their COM
fort and convenience. Policemen ought
TO have something to do.
1t is becoming extremely dangerous
to operate street cars on Main street
and the utmost caution should be OBJ
served lest street car be run over by
some auto. The miraculous escape of
crew and passengers when the Carney
car knocked a street car over into some
neighbor's lawn was fresh in our
minds when DR.. Chesire jumped out Of
on into another street car. This time
the auto jumped back fol better
start, hit brick block, landed
on fire hydrant and killed its engine
out what it might have done to the
poor street car was something AWFUL
to contemplate. And now the mex,
assailant turns about like d Missouri
mule and backs right into the street
car with deadly intent Only by mar
velous control and agility did the
street car get out of the way with less
injury than Us companion OF the day
before when Mrs. Ely caught one
from behind wien it was not looking
and tore away part of the rear plat
form. This is the open season on
street cars now that spring shooting
has been prohibited and the slaughter
of poor street cars is something awful.
There are 2,S56 places in town using
city water OF course there are some
places which do not use city water
hence there are probably 5000 homes
in this town. At the usual quota of
five to the family there must be $4,000
people in Marshalltown. We know
that there were 300 more children in
the schools this spring than last
spring and every once III while we
can see a new house go up, in fact
they have averaged almost one a day
since the building season began.
"Meet Ne at Turner's"