Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-18
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! LOCAL COMMENT :

No, II IL not true that your family
doctor expects to enter on his books
charge II he speaks to you on the street.
Neither is he going to charge you TO
pay n social call at your homo or place
hts feet under your table when invited
TO a meal But II you are SICK, anu
need hts services professionally, you
are going to pay more hereafter. BE-
fore you make up your mind that the
doctor is profiteer consider that ~
costs him a. much more to live ana
clothe himself as II does you. Then,
too, maybe when you realize that W
for night calls are expensive you VIII
struggle thru the night and await day
light before sending for the doc Phy-
sicians are 100 often called out or beu
at night on cases that would do JUST
as well had the doctor been called the
next morning, and doctors like gooa
nights sleep as we'll as the rest of us
The laying this week OF the corner
stone for tho new 100000 addition TO
ST. Thomas hospital marks another
epoch in hospital building that would
speak we'll for cities much larger than
Marshalltown When one considers
that prior to sixteen years ago this
city had no public hospital. it is indeed
gratifying to realize that within that
time we have two. and that the de-
mands OF the territory which the IN
situations serve are such that additions
have been made to BOTH and that the
end of the growth is not yet attained
Altho in the rebuilding Of he Sisters or
Mercy hospital no subscriptions have
been asked for on the part OF the local
public, donations to the building tuna
not only would be accepted, but well
coined. The expense of building Is
much greater than even anticipated
year ago, and those who can contribute
may rest assured that their money will
go to a most worthy cause
1t is practically assured that the ma
ton wide strike Of miners Will become
effective on the last day of this month.
A year ago. with the war on, and the
fuel administration conducting a cam
pagn for the storing of coal, practical
ly every one in Marshalltown able to
lay in a supply had done so by Nov. l.
This year there has been a noticeable
falling off in the provision for winters
fuel supply. Last year, with the war
on, there was no danger Of strike.
Now the conditions are different. Be
cause 80 many people put in their coal
early last year, and dealers were able
to get supplies. the yards of local fuel
merchants were filled to. capacity az
this time. Now. with coal harder to
get, the stocks are not so large. 1t Is
estimated that local dealers have on
hand today enough coal to last normal
domestic needs until Jan. l. No one
can foresee the length Of time the
strike may last. 1t may not last long,
hut whether II does or not it will pay
every person in this city to put away
right now just as much coal as he pos
sibly can store, even If he has to do
without other things he might like TO
have. Dealers books show that only
about rs per cent of the people Of this
city have laid in their supplies, and the
date of the strike is less than two
weeks distant. You had better buy
now, when coal may be secured. than
wait until your bin is empty and then
find that the purchaseable supply Is
gone.
Sportsmen of the county who enjoy
what little shooting there is during the
fall aui winter, or like TO pass their
spare time with rod and reel during the
fall months when fishing is best in
Iowa, will welcome the news Of the ap-
pointment Of deputy state game
warden for this county. This county
has been without deputy for more
than a year. Just what effect the alb
sence of a warden has had on placing
premium on illegal hunting and fish
ing can not be told, but the chances
arc that the knowledge that there was
| no likelihood Of arrest for violations of
the law tended to increase violations.
If the new game warden will secure as
| sistants who hunt and fish, and these
assistants do nothing more than keep
| their eyes open while out with gun or
rod, the results will soon speak for
| themselves, and an arrest or two will
go a long way toward curbing illegal
practices that destroy the pastime of