Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-29
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The purchase Of more ground for
the enlargement Of the No. st. L. rail-
way switch yards means preparation
for more ;busineaS at MAEshalltown.
II the company sPl4As fgf financing
Its rbettermerits n1Ate14a2lze there Will
be great activity this summer in the
cars building shops rsl b a 9sk well ST.
The city council is to be commend
ed for it's decision to improve the city
park with a lagoon. wading pool and
outdoor swimming pool. It would
prove a source of wholesome out of
doors amusement and might be the
means of saving lives which would be
lost were our .yoqnSstsrs to swim in
the river ITSELF ~ K
A fire, escape has been ordered by
the state fire marshal to be placed
upon the Rogers School and it will
cost $500 and upwards. The school
board had planned to remodel this
| building at cost Of $4,000 to make
! it modern in it's lighting and these
plans would have included a second
stairway which would avoid the nee
essity OF fire escape. The Rogers is
so old and decrepit that there Is a
strong demand on the part of the pat
| rons to have it torn down and the
board had hoped to postpone the ex-
pense of new building in this ward
for many years by remodeling it.. Now
the problem of sinking $500 in a fire
escape which will not be needed when
the building is remodeled becomes ser
ious. Patrons should make known
their. wants either for new building
or. for the remodeling to be done this
summer.
The movement for conservation of
waste paper is of more economic inn
portance than at first would appear
when it is known that one retail mer-
chant realized last year@as much as
5000 out Of his waste paper and at
present prices hopes to receive $500
or better this year. So many people
are burning waste paper in the alleys
that 1t would be well to know just how
many $40 bills are actually going up
in smoke during a years time.
What a college would mean for the
development of our city is best to be
realized by observing what has taken
place at other college towns. Every
year there are families moving from
very small villages or from farms to a
college town so as to be at home with
their children during the years of col
lege attendance. It often happens that
a village banker, merchant. grain deal
er or land man has arrived at rea-
5sonable competence by the time his
children are ready for college. The
desire OF the parents to postpone the
inevitable separation from the chill
dren calling in, one direction and a
long felt desire to enjoy a home some
where else than in the very small town
or farm pushing from behind results
in decision to buy or to build q
home in a college town. The first in
tent is to make the move temporary
but five or six years establishes the
home and acquaintances and when the
young fledglings finally fly the natural
easy and most Satisfactory thing is for
the parents to remain where they are.
The temporary home In college town
becomes the permanent home. This
drift Of home building in the college
town has built up Ames. Cedar Falls,
Grinnell and other college towns far
beyond their possibilities had there
been no college there. III is 4 form OF
an unearneds increment which comes
to a community fortunate enough to
possess a college which Is good enough
to attract students from outside.
= =, this e1sas.ectinrx the s1,lnns .af tl.e
general board OF education OF the ma
.tional Baptist denomination to estab-
Ish d college III iowa y 5Iftch shall serve
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