Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-08-29
! LOCAL COMMENT


The circus now mas it's automobile
problems. Not only does II fill town
so full of cars that we have to run
them over the lawns but at the circus
grounds there must be some provision
for parking cars. The state faic has
set aside seven acres of ground for
the parking of automobiles and the
circus hereafter must set aside grounds
Tor the same purpose in charge of at
PENDANTS in uniform VINO will charge
nominal fee of 10 cents for the SER
vice. The auto is bound to enlarge
, the circus tent because it moves sew
eral additional counties right up to
within one hours run of the circus
stand. 1t is therefore. deserving OF
recognition on the grounds for the SER
vice 1t has performed.
MIR. Rubee, who is busy preparing
plan for landscaping the court house
square and boulevard surrounding it.
, was somewhat dismayed Thursday at
the sight of autos overrunning the
lawn. He could see at glance what
; would have happened to his beautiful
Colorado blue spruce evergreens and
/, to his other ornamental trees and
would have to plan his plat for the in
| evitable congestion of vehicles which
! will occur in very few years when
the present number of autos in the
country has been doubled.
E. T. Austin, from his experience in
/ handling crowds at the county fair
grounds, says that the county board
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lavatories and closets in the basement
of the court house. This problem has
been partially met at the fair grounds
but he agrees that the county has
way of getting money not enjoyed by
the fair association ana the people who
come into this town are entitled to
public comfort. 1t is the testimony OF
dry goods merchants and of people
from out OF town that there was actual
distress suffered by many on circus
day because of the lack of sufficient
public closets 1t Is strange that
people who provide so literally for
themselves at home are so slow to do
the same In their public capacity. Su-
pervisor Jones says that he is willing
to put in this Improvement if the other
members of the board will consent ana
the chances are that both of the OTHER
members will be willing if the need is
called TO their attention.
Councilman Lamb and Mr.. Rubee
agree in the suggestion that the pub
lie comfort of widening the streets
around the court house square. beau
tifying the grounds and adding lava
tories and closets in the court house
will not be complete until the plot Of
ground lying between the post office
and the YIN. G. \. and the rear por-
ton of the lots south uf the postoffice
are taken over by the city upon a
lease for a publil playground. Here
the children OF many busy mother
from the city and from the country
could he left under supervision 70
amuse them selves while the women
were busy in the stores and the
Youngsters from ali over town could
gravitate to common pia! ground for
supervised play. What is good business
for every big department store In
Chicago ought to be good business for
Narshalltown merchants collectively.
aygrounds are coming into vogue as
IA 81 as kindergartens came into our
school system when they We're oncee
started. The only thing that could be
said against this idea Is the Inadequate
size Of the grounds.
q
While the inconvenience Of trans-
fer for people riding from the North
Third street car line to the railroad
stations and to work across the creek
has caused a petition for q change the
west half Of the city would be almost
unanimous in its commentator Of a
twelve mU:ute car service on the West
Main street car line. In the winter time
when the park car service is dscon
tinued il may be that the Third street
service can be corrected to suit every i
body. Certain il is that car or Third
street every fifteen minutes has its
advantages over the Jones and Hovey
service OF one car in every twenty-fo four !
minutes.
The city council is going TO make it !,
possible to bring the birds back to
town by Kidding the city of the squir-
rels which have proved themselves to
be such destructive enemies to the
birds. Squirrel pot pie and fried
squirrel will taste good this winter
but next spring We should all join
hands with the bird man at the high
school and under his direction put uo
the bird houses. bird baths and drink
ing places and cultivate the little