Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-11
!, LOCAL COMMENT

Gilman and Rhodes have Joined thu
class of electric lighted towns anc
comforts of life have thus invaded thu
villages to make living there as modern
| as it is in the large town. 1t Is
mighty small burg in Iowa nowaday:
that does not have city water, sewer
age electric lights. telephones ant
sometimes gas. Many a home there
! is as modern as the city dwelling
| When the village is connected with tht
! big town by hard surfaced roads the
! automobile will make it as convenient
! for home building as tho 1t were sit
uated within the boundaries OF the bis
town plat The experience in eastern
states has shown that population
grows in the villages in proportion tC
| the public conveniences provided for
! it's inhabitants.
The charity associa ton has met with
| a liberal response for cash funds but
| or,y very small part of the aid ac-
tually dispensed calls Tor money.
! Clothing, fuel and groceries is the
greater need and in most cases the
needful clothing can be found among
/ the useless surplus of more fortunate
!
most cases but outer garments and
wraps are always suitable even tho
i they have seen usage. Underwear that
j is good but merely outgrown can al
ways find a happy taker thru the sec
rotary of the charity association. Let's
! not permit clothing to go TO waste
when there is a charity association to
| act as clearing house between the
cliljJaSS and tho rnar1pgS child
| The city council has voted to buy a
new pump which was much needed at
the water works There was difference
of opinion among the members as to
which pump 10 buy but there was only
about $3.50 difference in the price and
the pump voted by the majority was
the cheapest in price and manufac
tured by a company Of national repu-
tation in the pump business. The pro.
fessor from Ames preferred the other
pump but the company whose pump
was selected has made pumps which
are uniformly successful in many city
water plants.
Many a local investor is asking his
neighbor whether Marshalltown is 60
ing to be overbuilt with new houses.
, 1t may be so sometime but that time
is not in sight just yet. This city
gained nearly 25 per cent in population
/ in the past five years. II it gains an
other % per cent during the next five
years there must be 200 new houses
built every year or possibly $50. We
are not building them any faster than
that. Furthermore, when the turning
point is reached if we should distance
our growth with new houses it would
be the older properties that would be
left vacant by the wayside, not the new
and attractive ones. If there IS any doubt
as to the ability of this town to grow as
fast as the builders are preparing own
ers of second class. old and out-of-
date properties should be undermining
their places. It is the aged and de-
crepit who fall in the survival Of the
fittest while the young and strong take
their places. Look to your old houses
If you would enjoy uninterrupted
rents
The Marshalltown Club would now
tackle a new and genuinely construc-
tive program for the good of our near
est neighbors living within few
miles of the city it should appoint a
competent commission to thoroughly
investigate and recommend a plan