Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-26

LOCAL COMMENT


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Have YOU bought that victory oono7
II not. why not? May Is the time fixed
by the local committee as the date on
which persons should close their deals
AZ their banks, providing they already
have not attended TO IL. May co'h.s
next saturday. so, II your bond has not
been spoken for. prepare 10 make your
arrangements at your hank on that
date. The banks must make settlement
for all bonds Just one week from that
date May 10. and there is n great deal
Of work to be done within the banks
10 make ready for the settlement with
the United States treasury thru the
federal reserve bank. on May 90 the
new bonds begin to draw ~ per cent
interest. and tho first interest paving
date comes on June 10, so you will be-
gin to get your interest Just twenty
six days after the settlements are
made. These bonds are free from taxes
and normal taxes on incomes, and by
far the best investment the govern
ment has offered during the war. Just
| think how nice il will be, in years 20
| come, to enable your children to say.
my father did his share, and all that
was asked of him, in every liberty loan
| our government fioated during the
world war" In order to provide this
| satisfaction for your children YOU must
not become a Stacker on this last loan.
even tho the war Is over
! The municipal election contest IL a
! thing of the past. Roy Good, low man
! by few votes In the count on election
| day. has been found to be winner by
| two votes over his two opponents, and
| his election has been certified. Attic
| Mr.. Good is young, and has not estab-
| lished himself in the community as a
business man capable of running a
successful business for himself, his
case, does not establish any pre-
| cedent, for there have been other men
on the city council who have been in
a similar position. Some of them
have developed to be very good mem
| bers of the council Others have been
| classed as failures. 1t is TO be hoped
! that Mr.. Good will prove to be a sue
cess. and that those who elected him
will have every reason to be satisfied
with their judgment in supporting him
at the polls.
| The effort again TO interest the
school children in the garden move
ment is commendable, and one that
! should not stop within the schools. but
should be carried to the homes. 1t is
much easier for a fifth, sixth, OF
seventh grade schoolboy to play dur
! ing vacation than devote a part of his
! time cultivating a garden. The natural
! inclination of boys during vacation
season is to play most OF the time. But
! there will still be plenty of time for
recreation after a few hours work
| each day in a garden. and the incentive
of prizes offered FOR the best gardens
will prove an Involvement to many.
There is a great deal of satisfaction in
having successful garden, to say
nothing Of the practical benefits to be
derived. The young gardeners Of to-
day are soon to be the heads 0!
| families and will be teaching their
boys to make gardens. The lessons in
gardening learned now will never be
forgotten, and with a public school
supervisor to act as instructor the les
sons taught should be worth the time
| and trouble required to master HIM.
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| Newspapers turnout Iowa every day
| tell of transactions in high-priced land
! and Of large sums Of money being
/ made in sales of farm land held only
| a few years. The recent sale at $2a5
| per acre, of $40 acres near State Cen
ter. the entire tracs unimproved save
! for fencing only goes to prove the value
of Iowa lam. Many Iowa farms with
good Improvements sell at a high
| figure at 1925, and Marshall county
people may point with pride to their
county as one which affords land that
| is unimproved and worth over $500 per
acre.
The project looking toward the
building of a fine new hotel ip Mar
shalltown. launched this week with the
initial step of contracting for plans is
one in which the entire city should
take an interest for no other reason
than Marshalltown needs more hotel
accommodations. 1t has been little
more than twenty-five years since a
new hotel of any size was built in
Marshalltown. AS a business seeking
community We are always ready to bid
for conventions and other state gather
ings. but in doing so we know that for
a gathering of any size there are not
sufficient hotel accommodations in the
city. There was time when Mar
shalltown, by comparison with other
Iowa cities, had hotel room for state
political conventions, but that was a
long time ago. In going ahead to pro-
mote a new hotel, however let US not
get this west end" idea into our
heads. A new hotel is not needed for
the west end but for Marshalltown.