Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-11-14
: LOCAL COMMENT

Ihefe Is lesson 10 every person who
drives an automobile IN the terrible ac-
cident which befell The Boardrna Ms
teW men in this city were more ex-
pert In handling a car. Not one ever
drove any faster than Mr. Boardnlan
was IN the habit of driving and no
car here was ever better constructed
or more capanle1ef holding TO its road
man the big White six cylinder car
which he drove and yet from some I'M
known cause it.sleft the road under
excessive speed few thru space and
nearly Killed both occupants, When
u landed o mass of Wreckage by the
fence. one wheel VAS gone. one other
tire gone. the hood stripped away and
much ~ the body torn apart The
moral Is that TO automobile on earth
is capable Of forty and Atty miles per
hour upon dire road With safety: not
even in expert hands and excessive
speed with any auto. even the best OF
them. endangsr the lives OF every per-
son in it A careful study of the auto
accidents a. reported in the public
press wilI disclose the fact that the
vast majority OF them have always
been due 10 excessive speed Let's get
this fact firmly fixed in our minds for
nearly all 81 Is now ride in somebody's
automobile at some time.
Ir. Heald's plating OF tract OF
land II the southeast part Of the city
is the fourth or fifth plating of resi-
dence lots which have been made with
IN the past year and it viii be followed
soon by another plating OF forty eight
lots east 81 Twelfth avenue where the
L@nno1 Furnace Company is now grad
ing Boone street thru the high ground
on the thirty acre tract which 1t has
acquired for site for its new factory
These are evidences Of growth and ex-
panSion which permit of no argument.
There are just thirty three shopping
days left before Christmas and already
the question Is floating about as to
whether Marshalltown will give an
other Christmas festival. II one is to
be held II is time the boosters were
organizing 1t would also be good
hing for the retail trade of the town
II a road grader could be run over the
main roads for ten m1es out in each
direction as the roads are not what
they ought to be. 1t might be that the
county supervisors could be induced to
heir tractor to work for week
~ lore the freeze.
When the annual report Is made in
ia nuary OF the local savings and loan
association the increased volume OF
business done. the earnings for its
stockholders and the number OF new
houses constructed in this city with
money borrowed from the association
l.. 81, fc@f
citizen among us. The time is coming
when outside money is going to be at
tracted to this savings society for safe
and profitable investment in first
mortgages on new homes in Marshall
town. Already there is in sight
probable demand :oT $4,000 of the
loan associations money for new home
building next summer and the growth
this year alone will show gain OF 300
per cent in the amount OF money
loaned out to home builders. People
vino want homes OF their own can find
the funds in this association on ten
and eleven years time and people with
money TO invest can earn six per cent
on first mortgage security.
The weather. is mild enough for long
distance travel and the season is on
for heavy trading at the retail stores
but the open weather causes people to
procrastinate. The psychological mo-
ment has arrived for a Big Wednesday.
or Dollar Day program TO bring people
to town. What is the use Of waiting
until the roads are made impassable!
One kind Of farmers have put their
corn harvest safely under roof the
other kind are still busy ~ they can
be puttfnr e,fY their corn picking until