Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-09-26
/: FOCAL COMMENT

:LOCAL COMMENT :
From now until the election in No
yenber there viii be a great deal said
about high taxes and what taxes are
high viii be charged up TO republican
I! governor. Governors do not levy taxes
hut the governor as one Of three on the
! elecutive council did increase Nalua
Jiugs in this county. That however
: need not have incr ased taxes il the
leyies had been reduced in fact out
f, siGe of q feW small ieSies Which are
fixed ~ iaW an iucrease in valuations
{ need not change taNss = all unless To-
: cal TAXING bodies decide 10 do 50 when
they 3iN ieyies For instance the levy
on MarshtlltoWn city property viii be
( TO- mills Tor ne Year hut only ~
/ mills 90 for all safe purposes put
| together. In other words slightly less
( tlrin IKE per cent or oar taxes in Mar
< ShalltuSfn - fnT state expenses Near
; ~ malt or So mills - f"I nur puhiic
SCHOOLS ana Ne haven't made them good
! enough Net The mere item Of increase
IL school taxes over ilis year Nill iig
i.re tNice ;he entire state levy our
eltv government costs us a strong ore
taird nf ou! tax hil or 80 mills. hat
even that is less than our prhlic school
expense our couat, government costs
rs IL Mills uut at total Of lo2.
| When YOU .ild some democrat APP
! preaching you Nith face long enough
! 20 enable him 20 eat out of an old
! fashioned cashier rhurn ard b" starts
! "a talk about high taxes ana the -"
publican STATE government, just men
ton the % ner cent ~ orr tax bill
over which the stare soN eminent mas
very little jurisdiction.
As regards improving the fair
| grounds il has been suggested 10 this
newspaper by one Of the fair associa
| tiuus's officers tina, the work ought 10
be done right away by the present
board. which lis conversant with the
most pressing needs OF the fair. having
had the experience Of this year for its
teacher The next board will be will
| ing enouh but VIII it have the benefit
Of first hand knowledge OF the situa-
ton" You cant put In your public
Improvements any too soon To suit this
newspaper. We are for progress n
! all public works so long as the public
stays Within its means and when We gel
roo old or too indolent 10 champion
progress il will he time for the pres
ent newspaper management 10 be bur
! led
A great many people keep asking
! the publishers OF the T-R when the
via duct is TO be built NOBODY knows.
! The pest guess is that it viii bc q long
| time Yet. out it must be admitted that
! every step taken gets us a little bit
nearer TO it The trouble has been that
| there has been so many steps to take
I and so many interested parties to take
! them that somebody is out OF step
most of the time. ". viii have via
| duct some day That much seems as
sured
| II has also been suggested that the
| T.-R. repeat what it said q year ago
about sanitary inspection Of the food
served on the grounds. The T.-R. mas
advised that food privileges be given
to wofnens organizations city or 10
some experienced restauranter who
would comply with certain require
ments as 10 cleanliness ana whole
I someness of the stuff fed TO the fairs
guests. This year one woman who
tried TO help at an exhibit went home
sick because she could not withstand
! the horrible odor Of "wicnies' fried
all day in foul smelling grease. Food
butchers have no place ON the fair
grounds, no more than they do in the
homes Of the fair association man
ayers.
In the passing Of George r. Kirby
the community loses one of the rugged
characters which made a success o.
many Of it's largest business enter
prises and il is the sum total of bust
ness enterprises which determine the
size of a town and give employment,
10 it's citizens. In an early day he was
a builder. Fully generation ago II.
was a leading booster in the business
undertakings of his city. OF late year:
age and i'll health nave retired hin
from the foremost activities and the
people of today without they had lived
here many years ago might be excused
if they should have misjudged hin.
Giving to the public with him Away.
assumed the role of partnership witt
others in making some enterprise sue
coed. He was not the man to tall
| loudly upon the street corners of VIVA
ought to be done but his was the II
| nancial mind which devised the way o
| doing things. In his own business un
dertakings he met big losses as well q
gains but he was always as brave II
his losses az he was in his successes
1t was real courage which led him II
and his courage staid with him whel
he was compelled to retreat. He wen
into the glucose factory to make none.
and to build up the town but Ii was
loser. Mr.. Kirby never mentioned II
He went into the opera house projec
because the town needed a hall All
the obligations which he assumed lei
on him to pay but the Odeon neve
paid him a profit. He went into tn
Pilgrim hotel to give the town hots
and 1t has never paid him as much q
the same money loaned out would hav
pait' These were tho forms OF hi
public service. constructive rathe
than charitable.
But other ventures proved very pro
fitable. the quarry, the bank and hi
Main street real estate and he becam
a. rich man. However. what he &C
quired he made as a builder b.; con
lstructlve business Hiauax cneni. Il
never preyed upon the financial
weak. Taking advantage Of other