Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-07
LOCAL COMMENT

The farm show to be held In Mariet-
ia township Is the forerunner OF social
activities which are to make farm lie
in Iowa a community life in the fu-
ture. With the advent Of the auto the
isolation of the farm is to vanish. IT
will be gone when the auto can traVel
on any day or night in the year The
curse of loneliness for women and
young folks which has hung over farm
life is to disappear and a community
life is to take it's place. The business
of farming is hereafter to be promoted
by the farm club just as the CONNER
cial club in town is the organized
booster movement for business IN
town. The consolidated school with
it's agricultural experimenting grounds
VIII be associated with the community
entertainment course, the agricultural
expert, the farm show, farmers club
and the women's club of the farms.
Why not? Are people any different in
the country than In town? Conditions
of life are different but those are man
made. Get ready for the change that
is coming and watch the children be-
gin to stay on the farm.
State agents are demonstrating what
could have been done with delinquent
auto owners if there had been a vigor-
Gus enforcement of law. It is mis-
take to extend leniency to such a de-
gree that contempt for law becomes
general. One or two vigorous applica-
tons Of enforcement is all that is re-
quired to breed respect for law. 1t
in, no nj of CT y
school. The application of law en-
forcement during the first three days
of the term always determined wheth
er the teacher was to be respected and
obeyed or ducked in the creek. Times
have changed but human nature is
much the same
That graveled road to Albion by way
of Marietta is still paved mostly with
good intentions.
The public will rejoice at police
quarantine of the Italians home sus-
pected of harboring case Of paraly-
sis. The proper thing to have done
would have been to have rushed the
patient off TO the detention hospital.
Here is disease that has killed one in
every four out of 5000 cases in New
York. No smallpox epidemic in mod
ern times has ever approached that de-
gree of deadliness and it becomes RI
diculous to use an isolation hospital
for a disease which has been practical
~ conquered 3: n?edica! science and
scourge as vet unconquera BILE. Let the
cta Iat h.
weakness in the mayors office as to
enforcement of quarantine wherever
ordered.
Rev. Hurlburt is to leave the Metho-
dist church here by transfer to a su-
perintendents duties. The demonstra
ton among the members of his church
leaves. no doubt as to the wide number
Of friendships he has made. Mr. Hurl-
burt has proved himself to be one of
the most scholarly preachers who has
ever been assigned to a ministry in
For three days in December Marshall
town must entertain 1000 boys as dele
gates TO a Y. VI. G. A. convention. They
will come from all over the state At
the age of 16 they are less than ten
years from the period of constructive
which makes town so for
ward or backward. From a strictly
commercial standpoint it would be
better investment of time and labor to
impress these potential town builders
with the attractiveness of Marshall
town than the same effort expended
upon older delegates whose homes have
become permanently established "lse-
where Let's give the lads good