Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-03
LOCAL COMMENT

! For once we are going to get ahead
! of the school board on the tax Dues
| ton. The board has asked for $e,OOV
more money than it had this year ana
there is no doubt that the money IS
! needed. With two new buildings to
| operate, Fairgrounds to buy and ven
| tilating plants to build, money is needed.
But our property subject to taxation
| has increased faster than the school
| boards budget. Last years millage
I, levy for schools applied to our in
creased valuations for next year will
raise over $4,000 more money, so in
! spite of the increased budget there
need be no higher evies made for
school purposes. The new property
will pay the increased taxes needed
And now the school board is afraid
| to build two rooms onto the Arson
| school for fear that another ward
| building of eight rooms is going to pc
needed shortly on the south side OF
town. No wonder Auditor Dobson's
census Is going TO run over $4,000 for
| Marshalltown. The board is wise. 1t
would be far better to rent school
! rooms somewhere until there is popula-
| ton enough to fill another ward build
| ing The paving of main streets OUT
| to the city limits will stretch the
| town out toward the country so fast
that a new school building somewhere
| Will be needed inside of the next five
| years.
The women of the city federation OF
! women's clubs have acted wisely IN
getting behind the playground move
mert. Clinton tried one play ground
| for two years and this summer has
opened three more. Clinton has a play
! ground association. :,
! The time has arrived for the city
| council to legisiate standing autos off
! from Main street from Second street
to Third avenue, but before II can be
| done additional parking space mus.
| be provided. People are clamorinS for
! the widening of Church street south
4 OF the court house square but both the
! city council and board of supervisors
! prefer to wait until the expense of two
blocks already improved are behind
! them. The economical thing to do is
: for the board of supervisors to widen
! the cinder drive in the rear of the
| court house SO as to provide parking
for autos along one, side. 1t is the auto
from the country which crowds our
streets on Saturday and the county
/; board can well afford to make room for
| it in town.
| Mr.. Carey. WHO has the paving con-
tract in Marshalltown, expects to bid
| on the new work planned for the main
| roads out to the city limits and he says
| that the work can be completed yet
| this season if the contract is actually
| let before Aug. 10, so as to permit the
| contractor to start by Sept. l. He thinks
| that the present specifications call for
the richest mixture that anyone has
yet tried to lay in concrete paving
| An increase in livestock as shown by
| the assessment rolls for the county
| means an increa Sc in convertible prop
erty. The movement to save the calves
and mature cattle which set in few
years ago is beginning to show upon
| the farms and means more prosperity
and more autos for Marshall county
when the cattle go to market. Absence
| of hog cholera. too. appears In the
assessment in an increased number OF
| hogs all Of which will lift more mort
cages and buy more gasolene. We can
all rejoice in it altho some Of us do not
keep pigs in town.
| Councilman Austin is trying to make
people cut weeds on their vacant lots
and along their streets as the law
provides but it is generally waste of
/ affnr In to IN, mt n
at it and charge it up to the property
owner. In most cases 1t will cost the
property owner less to have the city's
men cut weeds than to hire the work
done elsewhere. In any event cut the
weeds To let them grow makes a
town look like the back woodsman
who fails to have his hair cut.
! Fans should be patient with their
baseball management. There can be
only one winning team in league and
while the home team is under re-
organization everyone who feels an
obligation to be loyal should suspend
judgment and be loyal to his own
crowd. To enjoy clean and wholesome
sport at ball games well played is
worth something. Everybody can't win
all Of the time or there would soon
be no game.
The postoffice will be closed Monday
and that will prevent distribution of
the Times-Republican to its readers
thru the mails. hence the T.-R. force
will suspend publication Monday and
celebrate the Fourth Of July on the
fifth.
THE NEW TWO. IN LONE TIRE.