Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-30
LOCAL COMMENT

The new board OF directors of the
!. .iarshailtown Club will DO called upon
soun To eject a secretary ~ succeeu
Sidney Johnson, who is to retire to
enter the advertising field The new
board will have a task that should be
taken up in a businesslike way. and
the man chosen should be one who
will follow up the aggressive admin
kistration Mr.. Johnson has given the
kClub. While not a commercial club as
Us maintained in many cities, in which
the chief aim is the promotion of new
Industries, there are many questions
of this nature that come before the or
ganizatlon, and which must be handled
largely by the secretary. The club Is
now in thriving condition. it's MEM
bership is greater than ever before. and
1.-THE influence Of the organization in
{civic affairs is being felt. 1t will be
easy to retrograde, but to push for
Eward to even better things. and keen
Space with the growth Of the commun-
&ity, the club must be In competent
=hands as far as its board of directors
land secretary are concerned. Mr.. john
son has given the club a very efficlent
[emanagement, with board Of directors
~orking tremendously with him, and
Efhe membership also always ready with
WITS help. Whoever is chosen must have
The same support if the club is to con-
tinue its mission. .
The people of Marshalltown should
themselves that in this
0day of reported coal famines turnout
1.-THE state and country the dealers OF
kthis city have a supply on hand that
Twill care for the ordinary needs OF
slocal consumers for at least a month
Eof continuous severe weather. General
Wy people have exhibited sufficient
foresight to prepare for a fuel short
Eage by putting in early all their bins
fcould accommodate. The average
home, however, has not sufficient bin
room to take care of an entire winters
Supply. and it has been up to the local
dealers to provide storage for the sur
plus. With the first lull in the extreme
cold have your bins filled up again, so
that IL period of snow blockades
does come, railroads contiscate COM
mercial coal, and dealers supplies nee
essarily grow short you will be on
Easy street" as far as fuel is con-
,cerned. !
The terrible accident that marred the
joy of Christmas in a Marshalltown
home emphasizes, the necessity of ex-
treme care of crossing streets, and to do
50 only at intersections. Coroner Peter
Hoffman, OF Cook county, Illinois, in
his address on Safety First" before
the Searchlight Club, told of the hum
dreds of accidents yearly in the city
OF Chicago that were attributed solely
to the scarelessness of people in dart
ing across busy streets and falling vic
tins before street traffic. Here n
Marshalltown conditions are different
than they were even a few years ago.
Automobiles are. to be reckoned with
almost every hour Of the day, and
Etreet cars are being operated eighteen
out Of the twenty-four hours. Pedes-
TRANS must ever be on their guard. for
mo matter how careful automobile or
sstreet car drivers may be, they can not
Eavoid all accidents if pedestrians DO
mot also do their part.
Another source Of danger that is
with us at the present time is the
Ecoasting of children in city streets and
FOn sidewalks where there are grades.
THE little folks are not going to eXer-
kcise much, If any. judgment, and extra
precautions will have to be taken by
rivers of vehicles. Parents should
Exercise all the care they can in direct
hg their children where to use their
eds and where not to. and drivers
AOuid see that they are not operating
he;rSyehicles with undue speed where
Youngsters are engaged in play. Only
= few days ago, in the west part Of
Iwn. little boy came near being
~ an down by an auto while sliding on
T. lis sled across the street. 1t is up to
10Th the children and drivers to use
Iare, but the responsibility is greater
nth the older heads.
&
y The city's plan to create sanitary
yer district in the Fifth ward, to be
i9ed in the project by both the West
Grocer Company and the Minne-
Pills e st. Louis railroad, is one to be
commended. The people of the south
part Of the city are entitled to the
me class of sewage disposal as are