Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-15
: LOCAL COMMENT

Difficulties or no difficulties, DIR.
Lierle, city physician, Is right when he
insists that the city council do away
with that terribly filthy dump on North
Third avenue. 1t may be necessary to
have a city dump and 1t may not be,
but dump or no dump ii Is certainty
that we do not have to have 1t along
, side a public highway nor next door 20
a city park. IL it is q necessity we
can place it far in the interior of some
field or swamp. Transfers must have
place provided to deposit refuse. If
one is provided they can be compelled
| to stay away from all others for most
of them will obey requests. The trouble
has been that signs of $40 fine for
dumping here have gone up with no
other place provided and dump a man
must when he is getting 81 per load for
hauling stuff away. This town Is
weak in it's lack of any method of pub
lie garbage disposal or Of taking care
of the city's refuse. We need to get
busy. What is the natter with the
Marsnalltown Club and the city council
cooperating in solving this problem?
1t is good to know that our new
city wells are all drawing pure water
from the gravel beds and not muddy
water from the clay below altho ordin-
AIRY deep we'll water often comes from
! the clay formations without being po-
luted. Mr. Ford, who bored all of the
/ neew wells, is authority for the state
! ment that he placed them all in the
south part Of the field because the
gravel formation was deepest there
and that none but the TWO farthest
north ever pierced the gravel. 1t
should convince US all that Marshall
town still furnishes filtered we'll ia
ter to its people. Let's flush the mains
oftener and more efficiently and get
rid of the iron rust in the pipes
The more frequent street car servicee
is giving satisfaction to its patrons all
right and the slower speed of the street
cars is decidedly safer for the pub
lie. A man can get out Of the way of
q street car now when he sees it but
there is yet one Inconvenience for
which the people are to blame. We
must learn here as people in crowded
cities ali learn, to keep street car
coins on hand for convenience. AS il
is now with the motornan collecting
fares at the door the whole car full of
people are kept waiting while a woman
fumbles thru her handbag to find her
fare which she could Just as well have
hunted out while she stood waiting
for the car Men too. are delaying the
game When they ask for change for 81.
People should keep nickels and dimes on
hand for street ear fares or if they
can appreciate cent fares they should
buy book of 100 tickets for 81 Help
those IN the car By having your fares
ready. The conductor does not care for
he is there for all cay anyway.
Attic fines have been assessed toi
several auto owners who take the lioer-
ty TO drive their cars about the streets
in violation of law there has been much
curiosity to know whether they ever
intend TO obtain the required state Il
cense or not. The law provides thu.
the justice or MAGISTRATE shall enter
jude ment for the amount of the state
license. collect the money and send it 70
the secretary of state in addition to
assessing fine and costs and this should
be done by the local courts. In most
cases a showing has been made that
the license money has been sent In
but proof OF that fact should be re-
CURED if there is the least suspicion
that the auto owner has been trying
TO cvade his license tax. 4 S. fine and
costs is cheaper than the license and
is worth taking chance on unless it
is made apparent that it is an extra
on top of the customary license.
A travelling man tells of the attrac-
tive appearance of window boxes filed
with flowers and plants so generally
displayed from the business blocks in
Minneapolis and 1t suggests what could
be done in Marshalltown on Main street
to arrest the gaze OF tourists travelling
the Lincoln Highway The county sd
pervisors have arranged with Nh Flu
bee to beautify the court yard and
Christmas trees are to be Srown the
year around with ornamental Towering
shrubs The city council will then