Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-08
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LOCAL COMMENT


Marshall county now promises 10
close It's most admirable war record
by standing alone as the only county
in the state which neglects to con-
tribute anything toward the relief OF
starving christians in Armenia anu
Syria. sioux city paid it's quota out
of It's local Red Cross funds. Webster
city and Cedar Falls drew checks
upon their unexpended war chests
Clarinda raised 81 per capita. The
quotas are about so cents per capita
and all counties are at work on their
funds except Marshall. altho few are
going to meet their quotas in full. The
committee OF county commanders could
not satisfy the objections of lawyers
as to their right TO divert money from
either Red Cross or union war work
funds. The ministerial union or the
county was asked TO set up new,
county organization for the drive so
ne TO put the Armenian relief CAM
paign on purely voluntary Offering
basis and get away from the assess
ment plan of the war funds, but that
organization has not yet been set up.
4 noted French prima donna sang re-
Gently in a local church. donating her
services and dividing the proceeds
$3.50" between relief for the starving
in Armenia and relief for blind sol
diers in France. Five hundred enjoyed
the Sunday evening concert and made
a voluntary offering OF SIS. The
amount actually collected was s95, but
one stranger claims that he made
mistake and put in SO bill thinking
1t was a relief fund that was being
raised instead of church collection.
Armenia is 80 far away. and so many
people are starving In Europe, that
few hundred thousand Armenian
christians. more or less, dropping dead
With hands and emaciated faces turned
appealingly toward America, fail TO
touch our hearts
The new county attorney may yet
win niche in the hall OF fame He
aspires to collect delinquent auto
licenses.
TX two creamerles in Marshall coun-
ty villages can pay out to farmer mem
bers $4,000 iir a year for dairy pro-
ducts, the farmers in the vicinity OF
twenty or more other villages in this
county must be passing up approx
mately two millions per annum In
cream checks Ina: could easily be
theirs IL their wives would only do the
milking
When coffee sells for so cents per
pound II really should not be looked
upon as a hardship. for one can do
without t. There are times when the
doctor advises that patients cut it out
for their own good. The retailer how
ever. should not be blamed for tine
ability of the Brazilian government to
corner the coffee markeI.
We will all rejoice in the new bridge
over Linn creek on South Third ave-
nue.. for X Ls needed. and may enable
the street cars TO serve the southeas!
section OF the city. but the city coun-
ell should see to ii that the bridge is
built long enopgh TO let Linn creek
foods flow under il. The old bridge
and the present bridge on East Main
street now dam the creek floods. caus-
ing endless overflow damage to private
property. The state highway commits
sion requires county highway engt-
neer TO prepare an estimate OF the
water shed to be drained under a
bridge before he length of the span Is
determined upon II the city dams
Linn creek with an ornamental bridge,
property owners ought tn recover for
their food damage as fast as II results