Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-10
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1t Is gratifying to note that local
coal dealers have sold more coal for
summer storage than ever before In
tho history NJ the city. The fact IL
Illustrates not only the desire Of Mar
shalltown people to comply with the
fuel administrators request from a
patriotic standpoint, but also indicates
a general prosperity. The shortage Of
help in delivery Is to be expected, and
people who ordered coal for June de-
livery In some instances are now Just
being supplied. 1t will not be long
tefore the coal supplies will begin to
be drawn upon, and 1t will be source
of great satisfaction when railroads
may be blockaded to feel that ones
household II in no danger from cold
because OF an ample supply Of fuel on
hand. Even tho people this summer
may have put in more coal than usu>
| al. Its conservation should be upper
most In mind. Proper firing Of fur
naces should DO studied, 40 that the
| moe heat possible Ii obtained from
the fuel. The waste In the furnaces
of those who can AFFORD a winters
supply in advance probably would
care for all the people in the city
whose pocluetbooks necessitate their
dependence on small orders
The plan OF introducing motor.ex-
press truck service for local jobbcrs to
immediate trade territory is worthy
Of consideration. Trucking from job
bing ccnters to outlying districts is
no new enterprise, and in the east has
been established long time. The
question Of roads enters into the stu
alton above everything else. and es-
pecially must be reckoned with in
Iowa. Trucking wan pay when roads
are good, but TRUCKS can not compete
even with the railroads designated
Sailing day" when Iowa roads are
rained upon It viii be a case of
sailing days with the trucks during
the rainy seasons.
With some relief offered by the food
administration In the family use OF
-four. housewives will feel easier. Con-
servation that has been practiced and
the new crop Of wheat. bring about a
greater available supply. However,
economy in the use Of wheat must be
continued. There should be no let-up
on the part Of housewives on the saw
ing of flour. Already the government
is planning to increase the size Of the
army to 100000 men in France. This
aa,ha - ~
its allies. A surplus must be created
ITO meet the demands abroad. and in
order to create q surplus economy
must be practiced at home. The loyal
housewife still will continue to feed
her flock with liberal supply Of sub
stitutes.
The one delivery rule on the part Of
merchants should not Gauge any hard
ship. II 1t releases for war work some
men now engaged In delivery service,
1t will be well worth what little IN
convenience 1t may cause to few
people. Proper management OF homo
will obviate any necessity Of more
than one delivery, and many people
already have got so accustomed to do
ing their own delivering they no longer
depend on sery ice.
With walnut trees heing used in
great quantities by the government.
it would be well for persons desiring
trees in their yards or parkings to
plant young walnuts. Tohbe true, they
ara slow growing, but tree q few
years old will surprise most people at
the growth it obtains. They afford
good shade when matured, and wal
nuts always command market. Trees
are to be had at home, at very nom.
nal cost. Plant walnuts to take the
place of those which are now going
into gun stocks.
Complaint is be.Ag made OF a patch
of Canada thistle inside the city linn
its but adjacent to and dangerous
neighbors of the inlying farms. It us
argued that in time when production
is being forced and every foot Of tillable
ground should produce its part and
when the farmer who should let field
lie idle would be condemned as a
Stacker it is not good public policy to
allow the farms to be seeded with a
plant so noxious as the Canada thistle
One owner of property infested with
the plaHt has already cut and burned
the growth on his land. However a
large patch exists on railroad property
which late this week had received no
attention. The attention Of the rail-
road has been called to the condition
of the lots.
The Iowa statutes provide against tha
Canada thistle and penalize those who
permit them to seed on their property.
Farmers have long complained of the,
patches of Canada thistle and it is said
that legal steps will be taken if they
are permitted to seed this year. When
AOld Governor Packard managed to
get the noxious weed law thru the as
semblF he did good job for every
acre OF land in the state and that law
should be enforced much more s,\.t-
ly than at present. Noxious weeds 4 re