Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-18
LOCAL COMMENT

! Marshalitown must have been rails
| Ing some likely colts in the preaching
business for the recent call upon Rev
Mr.. Morris TO go TO a big church in
Denver city of $50 900 inhabitants, IS
! followed this week by a call to Rev.
! Mr.. MCGEE to fill pulpit in New
| Haven, Conn, a town Of $50 900. Being
! the seat of Yale University and a di-
vinity school il is to be presumed that
| New Haven had plenty of material
within its alumni. but & strong man
| was wanted even tho he must be found
! in the west. II New York or Boston
needs any good men let them apply in
Marshalltown.
The Christmas festival idea which
Marshalltown first gave to Iowa has
! gone all over the state until there is
hardly a county seat town in this state
! that Is not staging some kind OF q
community Christmas. Many a town
other than county metropolt are at IL
| too. The Marshalltown idea has spread
! the gospel Of good works far and wide.
=
! Those who went into the cooper
alive packing house enterprise have
| seen some Of their money go giimmer-
! ing but even IL II Is lost there should
! be consolation In the knowledge that
! they might have lost much more to the
| promoter. II the stockholders should
| finally decide to buy the plant they viii!
buy for so much less than the amount
| they were to pay that their losses in
| promotion will look small by comparl-
! son.
{ If the city council would try out its
/ snow patrol idea a start might be
! made in a central district which shall
-; include the court house square. .r
/ Young men in the high school can
! make the Junior Marshaltown Club
! the most popular organization in theif
! school life and helpful as well. A lad
| of II will be voter in the next presi-
| Dental election following the one i'm
mediately before US. 1t Is time he
knew something about his town. It Is
time he were doing something toward
the community work Of his town or he
will be an ignoramus on his first voting
day. If busy men can make clubs ano
| societies popular among themselves
lads in school can do the same thing
! The ability 70 do something in an or
ganizstion Of men Is a lession which
must be learned before a young mar
can be of any account in a business
; organization. a lodge or in community
work az citizen. Lads Of high schoo
age should begin to prepare for citi.
Zenship and work. Thru their clul
they might listen 20 men who couit
bring TO them an insight as to pro
fessions and business activities which
would az least give them inforina tioi
as to what is 10 be met in those line
OF endeaNoF. Parents VINO wish 10 b.
helpful in directing their sons towart
lives Of usefulness and efficienc!
should encourage the Junior Marshall
. town Club.
+ With half the youngsters coughin:
| and hacking from an epidemic of cold
what show has the other half in clos,
school room where the fetid air from
the lungs of those affected has to b.
hrea tiled by every one else? The rem
edy is constant flow of fresh air int
the room and outgo Of foul afr thru
vents. To admit cold air thru window
merely adds discontinue and more ex
posure TO the sick for the fresh al
supply should be warmed before 1t 4
forced into room. Open air sieepin,
porcfes are infinitely less needed in tn
| homes than fresh air in the schoo
! room because there are never so man.
persons in one room at time. Ventila
ton is equally as necessary in our pic
, ture shows and should be required b!
/ law. s15