Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-01-27
LOCAL COMMENT

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One might infer from the assessor
wanted" advertisement Of the board OF
supervisors that Marion township
might be going to have as hard time
getting an assessor as Marshalltown
has had on different occasions in Sc
curing a dog catcher.
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With the city's paving budget al
ready assuming the proportions Of two
miles for 1917, still other petitions in
course Of preparation, and incompleted
work from last season to finish this
year, there is great deal of work in
sight next summer for laborers on paw
ing contracts. The council is acting
wisely in getting property owners lined
up for the seasons work. Determine
upon the streets trat are to be paved.
and let a contract as soon as possible
Then begin work just as soon as the
weather will permit, and the result
ought to be a finished product before
the cold weather begins, and at price
much lower than it would be had the
contract been let in mid season, when
all contractors are busy.
The report Of the Marshalltown Saw
ings and Loan Association for the year
just closed should and doubtless does.
prove a source of much qualification
not only to the officers and directors
of the association, but to shareholders
as well. An association. practically in
it's infancy, that can show undivided
profits of $4,000 in a few years OF or
ganization, and that loaned over $40,-
900 to build twenty-one houses In a.
single year. bespeaks efficient manage
ment on the part of those who have
undertaken public service at per-
sonal loss in time. That the public has
shown much confidence in the manages
ment of the association is evidenced by
the fact that instead of people having
to be urged to take out shares when
the first few series were placed on the
market, now the series are over-sub-
scribed. From a standpoint of public
service the principle on which the as
sociation is managed is sound. Bust
ness men are giving their time to the
management without thought of re-
enumeration. They are willing to do
this for the benefit of their city. that it
may grow, and that those who want
to build homes may be assisted. The
plan is conducive to thrift. as many
shareholders will testify.
The spirit OF '9S was recalled in
MarshaIltown today with the arrival
here of the First North Dakota in
fantry. en- route home from service on
the Mexican Eorder. People who saw
the young soldiers. as they marched
down the street, could not help but
marvel at the fine specimens of ply
steal manhood of which the regiment
is composed. Neither could they help
but feel that it should never be neces-
sary for conditions to arise that would
make OF these young men, or
others who are to follow them
targets for some opposing foe. What
Marshalltown saw today in the North
Dakota ; troops is only passing
glimpse of a portion of the film that
is being screened in the living pictures
now being shown on the European bat
tlefields, where young men are being
moved down by the thousands In
heartless war. And they are just as
fit physically, just as fine young men.
as our own American boys, and just as
dear to their loved ones
Analyses of city water samples, re-
ported from the state laboratory at
| Iowa City this week, show that the
water was, at the time the samples
| were taken, in good condition. One
ANALYSIS showed the water to be bet
ter than might be reasonably expect
ed This condition demonstrates the
! result of flushing the mains, something
| that the T.-R. has urged time and time
again as needed oftener. With a pure
| water supply at its source. contain
| nation naturally comes thru dirty
mains or from an outside source. The
| only way to keep the mains clean IL to
| flush them. The cleaning of the wells
! themselves has demonstrated the fact
that there is sufficient water If the
wells are cared for. That ought to be
an easy matter. The present city coun-
Gil, and city councils to come. should
have learned a lesson from this embar-
| RAISING situation that the present coun-
ell has found itself in-short OF water
| when water is plentiful If conditions
are made such as to obtain the supply.
Turning in sewage into the mains was
| nothing short of criminal; that serious
| results did not follow seems miracle
| or an act of Providence. Now that
again we have pure water supply,
let us try and keep it pure. In other
words, let us use some business judg-
| ment in the management Of our water
supply.
Al Gorrell and his company viii!
o,osa tbai,- enpa cement at the OdeOn