Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-20
LOCAL COMMENT
Good morning, were you held up last

Good morning, were you held up last
night?
But without any joking, the holdup
game is entirely too popular In Mar
shalltown just now. Three in one week.
and another unsuccessful attempt
provide an epidemic OF lawlessness
that is alarming in city of this size,
where people are supposed to be safer
than they used to consider themselves
On South Clark street or in Covington
in the olden days. IF street car en-
ployes and passengers are to be the
favorite victims, why not swear in all
motormen as extra police and arm
them? If the south approach of the
viaduct Is the favored spot for staging
the holdups, why not have special
officer on duty there at night? Terml-
nails of the street car line offer ia
vorable conditions for holdups, but an
officer stationed at each one of these
points, and able to shoot straight,
would soon put a stop to the danger
in which innocent passengers and
pedestrians now find themselves
The directors of the Marshall County
Fair Association have gone ON record
as opposed to any reduction IN the
Price of admission to the 1917 eXhiDi-
ton. Judging from the vote the direc-
tors are practically unanimous in the
opinion that the fair can not be made
better or even maintained at its pres
ent high standard. at the lower admis-
sion price. When patrons become
used to paying the higher rate for ad-
mission there will not be so much
complaint, but the fair association.
must remember that in charging more
the fair must be made better. Most
people are willing to pay for what they
get providing they receive their
moneys worth but they do object to
paving more for an article that is no
better than cheaper one. The fair
association should maintain the fair
at the top of the list as far as quail
ity is concerned. II that is done 1t is
not likely that there will be much COM
plant on the price charged for admis-
sion.
At Iowa City patrons of city water
service are having much the same eS-
periencs as in this city, in that some
one accidentally turned in the water
of the Iowa river into the mains. 1t is
by the Iowa City press that
sickness has developed from the use
OF the polluted water but no state
ment has been made that the illness
resulting has proved TO be typhoio
fever Many reputable physicians IN
this city believe that the recent cpl
demic among children here, in which
the prevailing symptom was an IN
festival infection. was due TO the pres
ence of river water in the mains This
brings up question that was threshed
out in the council following the last
typhoid fever epidemic In 1908, when
1t was generally understood that the
valve that permitted the river water
being turned in to the city mains De
done away with so as to preclude all
of ever again permitting the
river water to enter the mains. Mem
bers of the old council declare that
action by that body called for the do
ing away with this valve. II such ac-
ton were taken no order was issued
at the pumping station, declares the
If there We're no way
Of letting the river water into the
mains it IS more than likely that more
Of an effort would be made by the wa
ter department to conserve the. pure
supply and see that the wells were kept
in working order. II is not too late
yet to destroy the river connection into
the water works