Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-11
LOCAL COMMENT


The Marshalltown schools are the
best in the state If the school exhibit
at the state fair is to determine the
standard. Narshanrown won first prize
at the state fair in competition with
all the big towns. II would be well for
MarshaL!rown people to thoroughly I'M
derstand this fact when writing to
friends who contemplate moving 20 this
city. Built upon a hill with natural
drainage IN every direction our con-
; d!tioas for health are the best Free
; from saloons and brothels with new
churches, new hospitals and new Y.
VI. c. a. around US our moral environ
nent IS OF the best. With our schools
taking the prize in competition with
the state our educational advantages
are Of the best We have the ideal
town in which TO live.
Whether or not We need an enor-
NOUS extersion to our hospital may
! be an open question but certain il is
that we need TO pay for the one we
have built and any campaign for dnan-
cial aid attempted should be predicated
on the agreement that the deficiencies
in the first fund be met. There are.
| OF course. certain portions OF the cost
which can be deferred by agreement
/ with creditors who are willing TO
carry the hospital for long time. This
need not be cleaned up but there are
! also loans which have rather been
/ forced because Of deficiencies in the
first subscription. These should be paid
of before the hospital IS extended.
I
And then there are the doctors who
are proitins professionally because of
F.! the hospital They should come for
ward with a liberal aid TO its erection.
{, Hospitals would De q good thing to
] have Il there were no doctors and that
! IS why they are worth supporting. but
I II some cases they have proved small
g2ld mines for doctors because Of the
/ increased business brought in from
! outside Of town Ti,hes should be paid
/! n accordance with the benefits. Let
j the campaign committee Investigate
/ this possible source Of assistance.
/ The time is coming when the people
! Of this town must meet an unhealth-
/ ful condition which exists in many Of
4 their old school buildings and it can
| be done without tearing down the
3
/ by parents in the Second ward have
virtually condemned the foul air con-
! ditions and poor ventilation which ex-
isrs in the Rogers building but, fort
unately, the boiler there has capacity
enough to be utilized in converting the
heating plant into fresh air system
at less than two-thirds what the ex-
pense would be to install a fresh air
heating and ventilating system in a
new building. This should be done at
once Mex. spring the school board
should be prepared with estimates for
re.nodeling the heating plants in all the
other buildings which are deficient and
should ask for money enough to put
them IN order. Foul air causes colds,
chronic colds cause adenotds which
stunts the growth of children and
sometimes develop ulastoiditis which
kills in its severest form. Let's pro-
vide fresh air heating. If we lived In
Massa chuseTts or in any one of sew
eral nther New England Or far west
ern states the state law would abso-
lutely prohibit such heating systems
as exist IN our Oldest school buildings.
People Of the county, who ride
around in ts:eiiT autos. ara --c... &c
quainted with the magnificent new
school building at Melbourne 1t opened
its school year this week with seven
enclosed coaches built in Marshalltowr
which cover seven regular routes thru
the neighbcring farms and bring the
} children from the farms safely and
warmly to the big brick graded schoo
in town. While mothers in the west
end Of Marshalltown were floundering
: in the mud and teachers We're wadine
: pools and other mothers keeping theil
children home from city school be-
] cause Of the weather the farmer kids
were going to school in Melbourne
J with as much comfort as milady en-
j joys when she attends dance IN {
] covered carriage. Hereafter the far.
l mers' children will have the same Ell.
? Gent public schooling in the graded
school at Melbourne dc the town ch::!!i
: has enjoyed and, incidentally, unit
t the old ward schools in Marshalltowr
g are remodeied the new schools at Mel
h bourne and Van Cleve and Haverhil
: and Ferguson will provide NOR,
: hes,.-e.:! conditions than exist in tn,
old buildings in Marshalltown. II tn
: farmers near Green Mountain and LIE
Grand have not seen a modern con
| solidated school in action let then
/. drive down 10 Melbourne in their auto
J. and learn something.
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Nothing was ever done to the Mali
}. street business district to make so no
ticeable a change as the removal o
wooden poles which carried the eros
: wires supporting the street car powe
lines. Now the street with Its uniform
lines Of electroliers looks like som
famous avenue in a large city. It ha
symmetry which adds to It's beauty
itSome day there Will 20 concerted effoI
" to modernize the older building front
= and flower boxes will ornament tn
r second story windows. Then on
o lIincoln Way with bower OF beaut
: labout our court yard viii make Mar
r shaiItown's business district one Of tn
: scenic spots on the Lincoln highway.
; Licensed 60 Wed.
:, Martin II. Goede, farmer, aged 2: