Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-15
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The organization OF d real estate
board can do the town good az well
~ dignity the occupation Of tho real
estate dealer IL 1t Is properly con-
Quoted. There are many small tricks
which dealers can play upon one an
other which merely invite reprisal and
y the net result Ia needless damage to
3 q legitimate business. BY knowing
each other more intimately and having
an association which will keep COM
petitors within hounds OF fair dealing
everybody's business will be helped.
But an organized force Of agents with
/ Marshalltown property for sale can do
the town good. Let there be cooper
Z alton In advertising. Just as soon as
the Marshalltown Club publishes its
souvenir the real estate board should
borrow the cuts and the type and get
out circular boosting Marshalltown
Y and listing their properties. 1t should
be done Jointly by selling several thou
sand copies to each dealer and publish
Ing q page or two in the booklet for
each dealer. Other suggestions will
follow. but q real estate board can con-
B tribute to the upbuilding of the town
Il It will devots Its energies that way.
One hundred dollars worth of shrubs
purchased by the city for identifying
\ the streets can add $4,000 worth of
y good looks to our town. It Is in line
! with the window box idea which has
Il made such hit in Minneapolis and
other growing places. And in this con-
nection Mr.. Selby, manager Of the Pill
grim Hotel, is entitled to recognition
for the window boxes which he main
" tafY1ad last summer y y .-''
& e. IL
The motor club can do for the county
that which a few individuals can not
do. One Of the obstacles in the way of
road Improvement in this county is the
fact that some Of the county officials
3 have believed the good roads boosters
i to be in the minority. A few men have
been doing most OF the work and they
have been blocked by the belief that
they were q few while the reactionaries
were believed to be the many. 1t is
now time for new set Of men to, take
hold and try their luck, but. they
should be BACKED by an organization
which can show numbers and influence.
Supervisor Lynch explains in the
sMarshalltowr Tribune that the reason
he has repudiated his written agree
ment to abide blythe will of conven-
ton is that the convention did not
adopt the committees resolution as to
] bonding for permanent grading and
bridges. He says that the aye and
y nay vote was not conclusive. The
trouble with that kind of subterfuge is
that the record is clear. The opposi-
ton to the committees full plan was
NJ invited to strike out Of the resolutions
that part to which they were opposed.
They amended to strike out the gravel
ing and leave the resolutions stand as
presented for grading and bridging.
4 II they had been opposed to any
other part they would have stricken it
out. The resolutions were then care
fully read as amended at the request
of that same opposition and were
passed almost unanimously. The
chairman declared them adopted and
no one objected or asked for roll
4 call because after amended the reso-
Iutions were then in such form as to
Il suit both factions. The secretary OF
the convention has certified them to
h have been adopted and everybody in
the convention knows that they ex-
pressed the compromise agreement
d which yas reached by tho delegates
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