Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-10
! LOCAL COMMENT

Hurrah. for Gilman. That vote Of
hill to 20 for school consolidation
sounds like real progress. Why
shouldn't the children of the farms
near Gilman enjoy the advantages Of a
good graded school in Gilman? Is
there any reason why town which
was created as a convenience for the
country around in banking and mer-
chandising should not also be used as
the place of convenience for good
schooling? For the same reasons that
the postotfice serves the country from
the town the school ought to educate
all the children who are within reach.
The crossroads one-room school shack
belongs TO the demonstrating days Of
the sod house. Today We are going to
send the children OF the farms to we'll
graded schools under experienced
teachers. Gilman has gone at it right.
No tight and no quarrel but an over
whelminG vote for progress. LeGrand
should get in line next. Liscomb and
Green Mountain can reflect and re-
pent.
General and universal regret has
been occasioned by Mr.. Wilson's de-
cision to move on now that he has
brought the magnificent Y. NJ. c. A. to
accomplishment. AS man he has so
nearly personiiied the ideal of what
young man should be that the men of
affairs about town who have backed
the Y. NJ. c. A. have done SO with the
utmost confidence that the plant pro-
vided would be made efficient in its
purpose. There seems to be an un-
written law among preachers who sue
coed in building up local organization
TO move on as soon as the JOB seems
to be we'll done and before any acct
dent happens to rob them of the pres
tige thus fairly gained. They view it
on the ground that a successor can DO
more with the new plant than the
leader who built it and there is fear
that this doctrine has captured the Y.
NJ. c. A. secretary. However, good Will
and kindly remembrances Will go with
him in the course which he has chosen
for himself and here is hoping that
there is another man equally as good
for the JOB soon to be vacated.
MIR Armstrong; decision to build
comfortable home in Marshalltown and
enjoy his afternoon of life amid the
{
OF a return to sanity on the part OF
Iowans who are able to enjoy their
leisure He spent the winter months
in California where relatives are
located and he had every opportunity
10 become tempted but he could not
ge, away from the fact that Iowa was
supporting most of his friends out
there and that ne owed il to Iowa TO
stay by her so long as she stands by
him. From a comfortable home in
AIarshalltown he can visit California
whenever ne desires or any other place
without tearing up the roots of
pleasant association and trying to feel
a home in a strange land amid strange
scenes.
Public hope and good will goes with
the new management of the Orpheum
hereafter TO the Casino. II It's
ideal of conducting a high class pic
ture place showing the best in the PIC
ture world is to be achieved distinct
public service will have been rend-
cred.
The writer of these lines is no fan
but judging from the talk heard about
town he has come TO the CONCLUSION
that the only way to give complete
satisfaction with a baseball team would
be 70 syndicate the entire circuit and
arrange 10 have every team win every
game on its home grounds. In this
way there would be plenty OF gate
money and no knocking.
The Mason City newspapers are
Growing now because their census
taker has counted few more inhabi-
tants than We're counted in Marshall
town. Marshalltown has had ex.
perience and Will not become dis
turbed with envy. We had a glucose
factory population here once which
helped our census in an early day as
the cement mills are DONG Tor Mason
City now In fact Mason City has
nothing which any Marshalltown man
need envy except its Clear Lake Give
US that and we could overtake Water
/ loo in five years. Give Us town OF
citizens whose employment keeps them
/ we'll above the bread line, let the count
| land where il will.