Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-09-28
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
! LOCAL COMMENT

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The Marshalltown plan OF selling
liberty bonds has SO commended It
self to the self respect OF every Loyal
citizen that 1t not only was adopted In
every precinct In this county but was
used In nearly every county In Iowa
for this drive. The right kind or peo-
pie would much prefer 10 walk UP ana
volunteer fheir purchases than to have
somebody else solicit them TO help
finance this war. A FEW dollar slachers
who have tried to evade the money
draft will have to be rounded up ana
of course, 1t was impossible for a few
others to be present OH the day set
but these viii and a way to enlist Zoe
their bonds.
Marshall county may not have signed
everybody who Is needed TO suhscrine
her quota of bonds but enough have
been signed 70 make certain that the
full quota will be met.
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Waterloo has u Liberty loan system
which provides for the publication or
names of bond slackers. Allotments
are made as in Marshalltown. Com
mittees have been sitting as boards or
equalization at the Y. NJ. c. n. for
five days and 400 citizens have COM
planned. Those who refuse to meet
their final allotment are hailed before
the Judge advocates court or military
court of the war service league. "
they fail to come across there their
names are published in the newspapers
as slackers and are forwarded TO
Washington on yellow cards. We have
the allotmSnts but only one-tenth the
appeals to adjust. We have the COM
mittee on loyalty of the council OF de-
Tense and the yellow card which the
treasury department at Washington
furnishes but We have not resorted TO
publishing the names Of bond slackers.
Here is an idea.
The experience Oh two excaped patti
ents from an army hospital who nave
not yet fully recovered from the men
tai shock of being gassed telling wiero
and outrageously false war tales to a
public audience; has Ylndicated the
wisdom of The rule adopted by the
county council Of defense in which the
council insisted that all war workers
must present their credentials to the
councils executive committee before
they are permitted to talk in public.
School, church, society and entertain
ment officers should take warning that
this rule has been adopted for the pro-
lection of the public and that 1t is q
wise precaution. All war lecturers
should be presented to Mr.. Moore
chairman of the county council OF de-
Tense. He Will bring them before the
COMMITTEES of county commanders VINO
will examine into the record OF the
person who wishes to exploit patri-
otism in military uniform.
Taxes which have long been reputed
to be as certain as death have now
caught the spirit Of the times and have
gone up. The h. C. Of l. attacking
teachers in the schools and all county
and city employees and the high cost OF
materials have finally boosted the tax
budget. Some day even rents may go
up.
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Charles City whose auto went over
steep embankment ON the East Main
street road was due primarily to neg
lect on the part of our road officials
to guard such places with plank
rail painted white. In all eastern
states, in California and even in Min
nesota such places are guarded by
exc rail on posts and painted white.
Iowa still spends its money Tor tractor
grading and leaves auto drivers to
take their own chances on the roan.
The undertaken whose ambulance
called for the victim Of this accident
reports that any other driver could
easily have been misled by the weeds
along this road to believe that there
was some room on the grade in which
to turn out.
Strange as Il may seem IN these
hard times of liberty bond drives, Red
Cross and other war obligations the
local railroad offices are having rush
for California reservations already
Two weeks notice is almost necessary
to secure Bllman reservations now
and yet this last bond issue was for
s1,s1S,7 for this county alone.