Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-09
LOCAL COMMENT

]{ LOCAL COMMENT
| Observation-Disclosures s>sS>s-i
Are you ready for the tax man? He
may seem impairment, and want &c
know more than you think he may DC
entitled to about your private AFFAIRS
but don't get angry; keep cool. He is
icompelled to ask the questions, and
you are compelled. to answer them.
The progress Of a generation is no.
ticeable in the occupancy this month
OF the new home of the Young Mems
! Christian Association. 1t was just
twenty-five years ago this month that
the first home of the Railroad Y. M.
c. A. was taken possession of in the
Windsor block, and it was from this
very modest beginning that the pres
ent organization grew into its most
pretentious home. The association,
within that time, has not been with
out its struggles, and the reward soon
to be realized will be the more appre-
ciatei because Of them.
! The annual exhibition Of the Mar
shalltown Poultry Association, held
this week, again demonstrat ted the
magnitude and value of the poultry in
dustry in this and adjoining counties.
With over five hundred birds entered
for premium. exclusive of pet stock,
tanciers made a showing to be proud
lof. One especially interesting feature
! in connection with the exhibition was
that not a few of the exhibitors were
boys-some not yet in their teens--and
their entries compared very favorably
with the offerings of more experienced
breeders. The interest taken in poultry
by boys is a feature to be encouraged,
, and will do much toward insuring fut-
ure poultry shows in Marshalltown.
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From all appearances tho judges of
the Seventeenth judicial district are
going TO put ii up to the attorneys
as TO whether or not local court mat
tiers are TO be carried on with neat
ness and dispatch" or will hang fire"
as has been the history of some litiga-
ton in court in years past. Heretofore
| the excuse has been that the judges
| were SLOW" Now the judges are go
ing to see who are the slow ones.
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The supervisors have under contem-
| plation an order doing away with the
| portable popcorn stands that decorate
! the public square. All that the super
Z visors want is assurance that the city
4 council will not grant the owners OF
! thu. stands permission 10 do business
[ on street corners other than the public
square. There appears 10 be dis
position on the part of the council to
7 cooperate with the supervisors, and dc
Z <-,a ctr OF
( ornament. Street space in Marshall
Z town has become too valuable for traf-
( fic purposes to permit II to be blocked
/ by even ornamental popcorn and Ice
+ cream wagons Before the automobiles
! became so numerous the popcorn stands
/. did not cut so much figure. But now
/ with the streets about the court house
lawn boulevarded for automobile park
ing and with the street car company
:. planning TO place its trolley poles in
the center OF Main street, all of the
room possible will be required on
\ streets that are none too wide. There
/ is no good reason why the owner OF a
i popcorn business should not carry on
/ his trade within four brick walls the
+, same as any other merchant.
Announcement of the overdrafts ir
county funds and particularly the roa6
! and bridge funds, need not cause any
worry on the part OF citizens as to the
outlook for road and bridge work dur
; ing the coming season The bridge
fund is not in as bad shape al the be-
; ginning of 1915 as 1t was year ago
and altho the road fund is worse of
than year ago, the anticipated reve-
i nue. for road work will be sufficient tt
go ahead with improvements. even witt
the overdraft paid. The mill lev.
) for bridges, in which the entire county
participates, will yield about $4,000 af
ter paving the overdraft. For the roa6
fund there is available a / mill lew
against all property. except in villages
towns and cities, where the corpora.
tons get half Of the amount: mil
tax. and ali Of the automobile tax, al
of IL making up what Is known as tn,
cash road fund The mill yields {
little more than I'll 900: the mills
last year brought in $4,000. and tn
auto tax between $4,000 ard $1,000
Thus between 1000 and 5000 car
be anticipated for the road fund, ant
with the overdraft Of between 5000
and $4,000 paid would leave some
thing ike $24 1000 available for roads
in 1915. Between s. 600 and 5000 o
equipment bought last year. will per
nit that much more money to go actu
ally into road building this year an
with careful expenditure the money OF
hand can be made to go long way.