Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-14
LOCAL COMMENT

A few enthusiasts have Launched
somewhat ambitious project for the
| Country Club and yet II Is one that
could be carried out II all would see
its advantage. A $4,000 tract of land
plus a $50, 900 club house plus $4,000
worth of planting, seeding and devel-
opment quickly amounts to a $4,000
project for the pleasure and recreation
Of people who enjoy country club
and we can afford many churches and
other public buildings at that unit cost
each whereas we will probably never
have but one country club until our
population is at least doubled.
| There is some difference Of opinion
as to the most desirable site as fifty
acres of the Greene farm are available
fully as high and slightly but If the
club house is eventually located at the
apex of the hill on the Ingledue forty
north of Main street, and all the farm
buildings removed to the land south of
Main street the view afforded will be
one Of enhancing beauty forever. No
one can realize what it affords until
| he leaves the highway and actually
stands on the top of the hill command
ing view Of the Iowa river valley for
miles up and down. Exactly the same
view is available from the top of the
| hill on the Green farm, and it was pre-
! ferred by the committee which exam
| ined sites available for college but
the local men wbc are pushing the
country club project seem to favor the
| Ingledue farm. There are also sites on
South Twelfth avenue and South Sixth
street which some will think should be
considered.
1t will require several years in which
to grow permanent blue grass sod
trees and shrubbery but when done
country club site on an eminence
would forever afford far superior at
traction to club members during the
summer and the project should be
viewed far into the future. Summer
cottage homes on such site could be
more pretentious and far more numer-
Ious than on the river bottom. There
would always be cool breeze in the
heat Of summer and fog and MOSQUITOES
would be unknown. Go ahead with the
project but carefully consider all
sites to the end that there may he
the utmost harmony Of action.
The city is face to face with the
problem of lighting. It's old plant at |
the water works has been worn out and
the city's needs long ago outgrew the
capacity Of this plant. There are but
two alternatives: the purchase Of cur
rent from the local electric light com
pany or the construction of a new and
larger plant by the city. When the next
plant is constructed If that plan be
adopted it should be constructed on a
railroad track and the power wired to
the pumping station. The situation Of
fers an opportunity to the local until
tiles company to prove it's good citizen
ship This company can. if it will make
the city better rate for street light
ing than the city could obtain for. it
self Will the men .Who, own ,the local
utilities make that, kind of. "a rate or
will they seek to seize an advantage
from the city's present distress?
- .@s,
The boosters of State Center can we'll
| afford to join the citizens living along
the roads to Gilman and Albion in the
offer of bonuses for graveled roads
| from joint funds ofthe county and fed
eral aid. With over $4,000 @already rails
ed inside the town for crawling out
side the State Center committee could
easily bring their bonus up to $500 per
mile along the route from the county
line to MarshaHtown a distance of six
teen miles. State Center business men
| already having signed up for s125 for
each Of the sixteen miles the owners
of four quarter section farms fronting
| each mile should come across for 500
apiece. If that plan could be adopted
along all Of the routes all Of the main
| roads across the county could be in
cluded in the federal aid plan, If it is
not done somebody is going to be left
out and somebody else is going to get
| the s45. 900 Of federal aid spent on his
road to the exclusion of others whose
roads are fully as. deserving as main
arteries of travel Il.
49,
In advance Of the official apporton-
nent to this county for the draft it is
difficult to estimate the exact number
(which will be apportioned to Marshall
county The state has furnished S,s77
men in the national guard for which
Marshall county will get small credit
for we have no guard companies here.
The number to be drafted from the
state Is to be 12.749. Marshall county
| must meet it's full share Of the gross
number from this state IF there had
been no enlistments from this county
in the regular army our apportlonment
would have been about 1855 men gross
and 1t is probable that 800 or about one
a
drafted for this first army.
West Nevada street Is an example Of
/ the impetus paving and municipal i'm
provement gives Since the car line
has been extended the street is remark
able for its activity in this direction.
Porches and rebuilding and better kept