Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-08
Looker-On In Iona

Grinneu. Dec S-Many mothers liy-
ing il town AID some in the country
live and worry every day because The
little tots out at play are timely ex-
posed 10 reckless automobile drivers
Bur how wouli hey IKE TO have the
;oddlers raised" in the depot build
ing at Abbott Crossing, where the
trains run all hours during the day,
twenty feet from the kitchen door and
or both sides Of the depot. AL, this
was suggested by seeing on the depot
platform, a woven wire fence cage.
about three fee, high. with the depot
for back ground. and in the cage the
miscellaneous p'gythinee which are III
common use ~ all tvo-yeaY o!ds. And
yet with all this ingenious arrangement
for the little ones TO get some fresh
air. It's safe bet that every time an
engine whistle blows. there Is pair
Of mJther's eyes. used mostly to see II
the babies are in the cage.
After some considerable trouble the
consolidated school system at Mel
bourne has resulted in a $4,000 build
Ing, modern n all respects, and .
credit TO town and county. Seven
school, buses viii bring 10 town every
morning nine.y children. brought from
twenty-&ix sections near Melbourne.
Notwithstanding the opposition TO this
project, there is general opinion the
taxpayers would not return to former
conditions, sapposing such thing was
possible.
Speaking Of "busses." Here's town
Of 400. With seven school buses and
also three buses that make Inc
trains Naturally competition is Big.
But none Of them are willing to quit
and le, the other fellow have the whole
business The new Hollenbeck garage
building. also TO be used for the
movies represents an outlay OF over
s.. 900 which is big Investment fof
email town. And an Investment OF
50, 500 vas required for town electric
light pant
! Big school houses are getting &c
common in Iowa. mention OF them Il
not news" There was time "hel
cement siieH aIks furnished gooe
copy for the LOCKER On" Then paw
! Ing Of the streets Of some town wal
] .sooe.l1 s+ifT" E-leetrcIiers aiways heiner
"hn." and lately big school houses
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/ requested by the citizens Of next town
/ So when one finds in a memorandum
! book, Grand Junction, $4,000 scnoo
I house" 1t seems as tho IL had Deer
! D,ssrtt;sn w" dozen times. But the,
have IT and have good reasons TO d.
proud Of it. And unless the reader haf
travelled over Iowa this GUNNER. ne MAJ
/, no idea of the large number OF PUBIC
/ and private buildings, stores and rest
dences that have been erected And II
the line Of the best Of all improve.
,nents for public use. this scribe wal
| intending to make out list OF al
! towns that have installed "bubbters,
/. but that item now is as common as ce'
ment crossings in nextown There'
all kinds of them from those tina
SQUIRT water up into your nose or dow
your throat, but the best is the on
where you press your loot on SOM
kind OF spring arrangement and tn
water comes Just right as long as yo'
stand there. But sad 70 relate, Sum
.:e- hss mA.. and ;"s !!::.e: has ce.se
land bubblers are out of commission
No more cool drinks at the corner til
next spring. What should be done J
flor Edison to invent bubbler tina
won't freeze up and for Carnegie t
put ten to 100 bubblers I'm every tow
in the United States. Libraries ar
good, but bubbIers kill the saloor
comparatively speaking.
II II every town In Iowa does az we
, as Scranton, this speaking with refer
ence TO population, there Will be littl
. starvation In Belgium this winter. On
man used his automobile one afternoo
and secured donations Of 1900 bushel
Of corn from the farmers near tow
ITO this will he added the town dona
tiDns. The suggestion has been mad
IN many places Of bringing over to TIL
ez,.n4ry for edeessc: thousands nS Q.
phsned children In Belgium. It strike
> this writer ~ good work for the Create
], Iows Associatiop 70 bring aver me