Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-01
; LOCAL COMMENT ;


More frequent street car service will
be appreciated by the public ana
should result in a greater use of Shis
public convenience provided the one
man crew does not create tc ) much de-
lay in running time. change from
the old time service of cars twenty
four minutes apart to cars every NJ
teen minutes on the residential lines
is a marked improv ement. 1t Is al
most double the service we formerly
tolerated However there will be some
drawbacks which must ne met in
helpful spirit In order To run car
on the West Main street line every
fifteen minutes and one on the Third
street line Just as often. travelling men
using the Third street car to railway
stations will have To transfer at the
Pilgrim Hotel corner. Their wives with
picnic baskets and children bound for
the city park or Lor the ball grounds
may ride thru TO destination but when
bound for the railroad station trans
fer is necessary. For the greatest good
10 the greatest number the more fire.
ouent service back and forth between
the business district ana the homes
Will give an improved service.
That Narshantown should report it
self 10 be the city OF the lowest in
FAINT mortality in the state is but an
othar evidence Of a well known fact
namely that Narshall-ow' has always
fee7 an exceedingly healthful city.
Built upon hill with natural drainage
toward the river in one direction and
toward Linn creek in another her site
was made IDEAL by nature. Her sani-
tarv sewer system has aivayS been
adequate for q II but her outlying popu-
latior Her city water is pure well
water pumped from gravel t!lter beds
thru pipes scaled tight from all out
side contamination. Her people have
ALWAYS kept clean prem. So and the
average Of iler people has heen nigh
class 50 that there mas never been
stun, district where ba h'es are left 70
die among the sies thru ignorance. The
paople Of Marstalltown taken as
whole. know how TO live an, they are
able 10 live wholesome!y With the
pub!ic health and the public schools
Of this city standing far above all
other cities in the state TIRE can be
no better city in the state than Mar
shalltown in which 10 live.
If high school boys can rent land ana
clean UP $3.50 net proht on garden
truck while attending school what
could be done by a man end his fam
ily devoting their whole time and
energy 70 a healthful OUT of doors oc-
cupation?
Mr.. ship-on's decision 10 withdraw
as a candidate on the democratic tick
81 shows more business sense than DO
lttcal purpose. What's The use OF
democrat running for office in Mar
shall county anyway al least when
there is no booze issue paramount?
The past gear has been one OF very
low cost Of criminal cases but il has
also been the year in which he
preachers OF the city were compelled
by lawIess conditions TO Put up their
own money with which 70 employ de-
tectives and have the law enforced. We
might get along without any expense
of criminal prosecution II We didn't
prosecute anybody but most people are
better satisfied with the recent clean
up than with the economy under for
mer County Attorney DAILY.
The city councils difficulty in find
ing bidders or street paving at this
time of the year when al! contractors
are busy on other jobs illustrates the
wisdom of the suggestion made in these
columns many times tina. paving con-
tracts should always be let in the win
ter time when contractors want the
work and when prices are a the low
point for labor and material. Property