Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-12
SLoCAL COMMENT


ms and shey hook about them Tor an
/ cppovt0nity to s,aN their fare. When
Z naat hers alg about us have been bere:t
al bread " miners and must bend 10
4 The burdens OF the NASH taa 10 support
little IN lSyen. when men have been
lnoaTacitate& by sickness ard injury,
when Some Sre deaf, others Mind, when
nlAay are alone ana lonesome when
little children are adrsft in the world
without home or parents save teiapor-
airy 2o&SneRt in some Charitable IN
S:l3sltion w,aen one tzsSes account OF
h SIT ot ths accidents 81 Gse which have
nccaarre6 aaou; as !; Is then that he
\ looks across his o~n table INTO happy
faces ana s.aoa$ him 0:oon comfort and
>ecGy5ly and realizes thai he Is pos
ssSssa5 ii 50 mach more az this worlds
happiness thap s7i>sraN anotAe! tAa; ne
ca4a Afford te divide with the less for
inmate, The Good Fellows Cll.A = an
organized expression 81 this feeling %
3ooz,SvA,ula;io1a that NE are as .or;u-
maze aS We are and ina; We opsh; 10
loosen ~ Tor "a division az good
cheer.
I FNeogle generally wolla lise 10 help
so:.,etodS i they aUt knew o. The
need The average person wos.ld pre-
Ter 70 80 3.r<-ct - some family " per
son and dispense Personal scod wall
ana good cheer alons Win slftS a:
creature comforts bat the average per
son does not DO IL He lets things
,s-i:, Th4 Good Fellows club comes
along saying Here yog cnild OF plenty,
Ne Know what : on yog- mind bat
DO j: now We have the names Of
me families We Know the.r needs
and 1hey need J: now DIG" And We
Dis Checks Tor So and even $50 are
coming 70 ne treasurer hu1 best OF 81!
people ara ielephonins Tor The names Of
families IL distress and they are going
70 90 e rshszn right away.
however 10 Good Fellows CIua nor
any on4 organization can cover the
whole e5ty nor chart The entire field
6. need and want L l. 10 10 The
members 0. every organization IN the
city . 10 their part. Church societies
should practice Tor Week what they
have pro:esse6 :o- . year ard see 10 i
.l1ai me -eetsy within their OWN ac-
Q ain-arce are cared for F'raie-Tlal
orders should loosen for .he;- needy
brothers who have been more or less
forgotten during the year. Ever wona-
an II TOXIN whose bark has been
sqa-s5 from -.2@ WASH :Gb y n. }ttle.
olc man a. wax y me basement.
should - tc :; thai Christmas brings
happiness Tor pucs in th= year {, q
a9-re wA.ch kncws 50 lit1.e BIZ; iae
5re5se-E o. lie. The hospitals. Ire
Salvation ARM The visiting nurse,
cr..G-sr charitable BONES ard al. o
me Institutions which strLs-le ~ re-
lieve suffering and want should Be re-
---ense-@d- The giving 0: gifts 10 chill
DIRE. and among child-e. Is par o. the
sp:-t. 0. Christmas BIZ. unit, christian
people divert Ihe swollen stream 0:
merchandise which Tow chokss he
common carriers IN compulsory eI-
tt22.ge among grown ups o. things
/ which .ew O. them need and turn Is
waters Of plenty toward tbs poor, the
SICK AID ths lame. Until Christian
people 60 that they VIII continue to
tal short @. their ideal CnM the,
60 :. CHRISTMAS VIII Continue 20 Dc
Ia - s:sopss7s nightmare that = Is and
The Eight o. real happiness II G. deco
w=l done VIII 70, shine above ths
1aa-tel p-4ce on Christmas morn.
AID do1'. lament The things tina; III:
merchants q this city are doing Il
make q i've town. The Christina:
festival cost several hundred dollars
20 5e Er-= bit i is mt charity. Il il
advertising. People will come TO {
fve .own 10 trade ard the merchants
y mis- city have joined hands 70 maks
Marsaalltown look Ike The 1--we towr
-1a. i g Men Can not e1pec, 20 draw
trade 10 -heir stores in this day ant
~
publishers would Ike 10 have all ad
ve-tising done N the newspapers bu
he fact remains that the Christina!
VIVA. - cost and Is thereby an invest
ment Let no mar feel that he IA,
discharged z duty toward charity Fhe,
he Clipped IL On the Christmas fes
-ivaL
While iii this effort Is being mad
10 bring trade 10 town We, Of course
ara worried for fear the roads viii ge
sol. ana interfere. Then people vii
sit down a. hume wish their cataiog
and shop By mail order instead o
driving forty miles by auto 70 q GOO
town where thsy can SEE the good
.nsy buy. Therefore az a suggestion
Of what is 70 come IN the near futur
MAJ IL cited the action OF the voter
Of Verm!lion county, Illinois. Just
few miles to the east o. us where N
boosters ot De Kalb promoted Don
election which was carried overwtein
ingly for $500. 900 Of bonds Wit
which 10 pave their entire county roa
! system. When We OBTAIN such law
in Iowa as they have IN Illinois ~
VIII 10 the same thing and bon
Issue in Marshall county which woul
bring money enough INFO our county 1
pave with concrete every mile u otl
COUNTY road system and replace ever
wooden bridge and cUlvert with ma
sonry could be paid of principal ar
interest from the present county bride
fund for all bridges and for the roar
one-hals from the present county ros
tax while the other half, IL assessse
TO the property within mile and
nslf Of the improved road, would COZ
$50 per year paving tax for f1e n.aa1
ter section farm aoutting q paved ros
from it's gate TO town, Bis for II
quarter section next back and BIZ 4
the quarter back Of that bon
Issue such az the people IN the yicir
ity Of De Kalb nave voted would pa
the entire county road sggtern
Marshall county and over 80 per &c
Of the farm houses would be loca..
within d mile and a quarter OF one
the roads. Then our Christmas ira,
would never need stop for rain
snow. Farmers could go TO mark