Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-27
LOCAL COMMENT

A vast majority Of our citizens viii
be glad that the arm Of the law has
descended upon this community at
last. Under sufferancs from officials
who have not been looking for trouble
law violation hats gone from bad to
worse until conditions have become
matters Of common gossip. Most men
abhorz such conditions regardless Of
the opinions they held as to the neces-
sity for saloons in a town and swift
and certain justice will not only please
all of one faction but most Of the
other faction as welk
The arrests for bootlegging have
suddenly precipitated something for the
new county attorney to do and he can
now understand how the fellow felt
who accepted an invitation to step in
side the door just as the roof fell In.
Mr.. Farber did not solicit the job of
county attorney. He was preferred by
, a majority Of the board Of supervisors
and at least one member of the board
responsible refused to appoint Van
Law because, as he expressed 1t, HE
did not purpose to let the drys put one
over on him. but this in nowise obli-
gates Mr.. Farber The only value
| county attorneys office can ever nave
to a good lawyer and an honest man Is
in the opportunity it offers in public
place to prove to the people OF ones
community that the incumbent is both
good lawyer and an honest man ana
| it makes no difference how men may
/ feel politically at the time they Will be
F, inclined in the future to take their
| business and their friendship to the
| lawyer who succeeds In proving up
! on these two qualifications. The pres
ent county attorney in this crisis owes
duty to nobody but to himself ana
to the public and those who Know M"
best are free to predict that the law
will be enforced. 1t is assured that
the fiasco of q predecessors neglect to
identify the prisoner at bar as the man
against whom the evidence was OBJ
tanned will never cloud Mr.. Farber's
professional career. Events are crowd
| ing a little bit fast for a man so re-
Gently invited into an office but every
BODY hopes to see Mr.. Farber make
good
incidentally the arrest OF member
! of the police force upon a charge OIL
bootlegging suggests that those VINO
appoint policemen hereafter should ex-
at some standard Of qualification 1or
the place. Responsibility for such
man in a policemans uniform rests
with those who put him there and his
presence tends to bring the occupation
| of policeman into disTep"te HIS
prompt dismissal from the force is to
be commended. 1t ought to have been
done before ne was appointed.
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| It is almost useless just now to look
for a good road in the vicinity OF Mar
shalltown. The cutting Of the ceme-
| tery hill at the NJ. & st. l.. crossing on
the Lincoln Highway east and the
work recently done on Four Mile hill and
Greene's hill has disqualified that route
for smooth travelling in either direc-
ton. The county graders are at work
on the Albion road and the township
graders have cut the hill south OK
| Albion on the road TO Marietta. Town
ship graders also have torn up the
Wilcox road east from North Third
avenue. This leaves the South Center
street road, North Third avenue and
Marietta roads as the only avenues mt
for travel for the two river bottom
roads east are still rough from the
heavy rains. Every man who has SUI
pervision over road drag should work