Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-19

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Ing that the board Of snpcrvisors call
an election TO vote . a-mill tax. for
a period OF not to exceed twenty
years. with which to build near this
city q county isolation hospital.
While there Ia not likely to be any
opposition 10 the project In the city,
where the needs Of tho hospital are
realized. there may arise turnout tho
county sentiment opposed to the
taxation because OF the mistaken be-
lief that the hospital win benefit this
city alone.
II there are any who believe that
tho hospital project IL a selfish one
on the part of Marshalltown people.
that idea should be overcome by tho
thinking people Of the county. III
built the hospital will be for tho use
Of the entire county. where any
doctor In tho county could bring
cases Of diphtheria, smallpox. IN
fluenza or any other contagious or
infectious disease, and the families
in whose homes the cases might
arise could rest assured that their
sick would receive better treatment
than would be possible In the homes.
Under tho state law the county hos
pital would be for the entire county,
and supported by the county's tax
payers.
II the people In the country Will
remember back only thru the last
two winters, and recall the number
OF cases OF Influenza and smallpox
that could have been treated to better
advantage to patients and homes by
caring for the patients In a county
isolation hospital, 1t would change
the opinion, IL there be any. that
county hospital Is not advisable.
The county is put to a big expense
annually to maintain Guaranteed
premises turnout tho county. and the
people Of the county are not free
from taxation because OF contagious
diseases Just because there is no
county hospital. 1t Is the needs OF
the people of the county that should
be uppermost in the minds OF the
people. not the expense that VIII DO
created to care for those needs.
The people Of Marshalltown should
grasp at once the Importance or the
proper entertainment of the StaVan-
ger Laget, which is to meet here IN
September. The gathering is the
biggest thing Of it's kind In the coun-
try, and will be the greatest gathering
ever assembled here for a meeting.
To entertain properly, and show the
visitors the hospitality to which they
are entitled. will mean that the
people will have to unite In throwing
open their homes and doing every
thing within their power to welcome
the visitors and make them feel at
home. Marshalltown has always had
an enviable reputation for Its nos
pitality, and II that reputation Is to
be maintained, 1t means a general
movement toward entertainment.
Before the board Of supervisors
submits a proposition to buy ad-
ditional land for the present fair
ground for the county fair. and
er very carefully the plan that has
been advocated before, Of buying new
ground for fair ground purposes, and
d,sposine of the present site for man
ufacturing purposes. While the addi-
ton of a few acres would aid the fair
association materially, before many
modern permanent improvements are
placed on the grounds the advisability
OF buying elsewhere is worth consid-
ering with the future needs para
mount The county fair idea Is likely
not to be the popular one in years to
come, for district fairs will be In de-
mand. with several counties uniting
In their maintenance.
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II ground could be purchased south
Of the city, on a line with the Con-
over tract and the present Elmwoor
Country Club. it is not unlikely that
arrangements could be made to Sc
cure the Conover tract for a city park
and street car facilities could be ex-
tended to the fair grounds. park and
country club. Railroad trackage,
necessary for fair grounds, already
is available, and with the ground high
and dry, It is much moro ideal for
fair grounds and park than the sites
now in use. Following the line Of
least resistance may permit the fair
association to meet it's demands for
the next few years, but II the county
fair is to grow as we all want to see
it, there must be more ground and
ground better suited for the fair, than
is possible at the present location.
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When the men who assaulted the
workmen going about their business
were fined a maximum Of $50, the pun
ishnent failed to fit the crime. There
is a vast difference between assault
and battery which grows out Of sud-
den anger and assault and battery
which is intended to intimidate men
who are going quietly about the bust
ness of earning a living. None Ques-
lions the right Of one man or a dozen
men to refuse to work for the wage
a private employer may offer. The
question rises into prominence when
the man who wants to work is de-
liberately assaulted because he does