10
TIm
monnwiqr'i***!*!
Kama «f LoQrand.
D, W. Krrnuaon and Abe! Rawyer
ware «KT Dm Moines Tuesday on
busings.
DfcLCQ-UGHT
templet• EUctric Light
AMI
Power Plant
Developed by the name men who
made Delco starters for automo
biles.
lESfl.
the electric shop.
M. J. RODERMEL, Prop.
14 North First Ave.
CASINO
Mary Miles
Minter
in
"Anne of
Green Gables"
PATHE
NEWS
WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
"JUBILO"
tkjaii'S**
Frank Hichsrdi sold hi* home in
the south part of town Wednesday
to WtU»er KelloNg who expeots to
take possession son. Sir. Richards
has decided to rernaln In JXlrand
nnd h&n jmrchasod the Oliver Austin
place on Kn«t Mnln street nnd will
take possession soon.
Dr. W. W. Houthwlck's mother Is
staying with them for few daya
helping to cure for the "flu" patient#
In the home.
Glenn McCarel. of Albion, waa In
LeQrnnd over Sunday on business.
Mrs. Henry Hnmmond, or near
Union, loft Monday for Kansas Olty,
to visit her sister. Miss Elsie Xoyer.
who Is teaching In the public schools
there. On hrr return ahe will vlstt
her brother, George Xoyor, at Des
Moines.
Tonite
Last Times
Mary Miles Minter
Lives her part on and
off the stage.
A Remarkable
Cast
Seldom has a screem
cast been recruited with
more names known to the
theater-goers than has
that of "Anne of Green
Gables."
You simply can't watch
mischievous Anne in her
many pranks and escapa
des without feeling that
tickling sensation around
your funnybone. You just
can't help enjoying every
minute she's on the screen.
It's Better than a Tonic!
It's Better Than
a Tonic!
ALSO
"SNUB"
POLLARD
MUTT-JEFF
NEWS-REVIEW
STARRING
WILL ROGERS
Cfe.
ADDED FEATURES
AL. JENNINGS
in "Lost In Society99
THE
BLACK SECRET
E
OPE©Ef THIEAY
BVSBY BROS., MANAGERS
SUITE DEUjyeilistrf
-ay.
C.W. BELL 6r
EVERY ROOM
show
PATHE
REVIEW
w-'A, vr.a V'-IW -.V
I S I A N A A N
"Funniest
I've seen in
900
years,
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REALTY MEN SEE MANY HOME
LESS UNLESS HOUSES
ARE BUILT.
DEMAND PAR EXCEEDS
HOUSES OFFERED TO RENT
Heads of Familiea, Unable to Rent,
Buying Homaa—Occupants Foroed
to Move But Hava No Place to Go
—Demand Cauaaa Bidding and In
creased Rantala.
What are people going to do who
will be without homes .March 1?
This is the question propounded by a
local reul estate dealer In response
to the query from a prospective
renter who asked where *he could
find house. If the Duslness housing
situation of this city is bad the prob
lems of housing the people is worse.
Just liow serious the situation will
I be March 1 and later iu the spring
only a real csute agent may guesd,
in the opinion of the agent
Unable to rent residence property
and not desiring to build with prlccs
of materials at democratic altitudes,
many have bought nomes and a
goodly number of these are to take
possession of their new residences
March 1. With the transfer of such
properties present tenants will be
dispossessed. During the winter
many farmers have retired from
their farms and have purchased
homes in the*clty. With every such
purchase a family in the city la
obliged to look for a new place to
live.
How Many Will Ba Homeless?
Just how many persons will be
without homes is a question which
brings disagreement among realty
men. One said scores, another said
possibly a hundred and a third de
clares a thousand persons must be
housed withing the next six week3.
With the scarcity constantly In
creasing rentals have shot higher.
As soon as it is known that a house
is to be vacated there Is a mad
scramble of prospective buyers or
renters ready to bid for the privilege
of moving in their goods.
An owner of a small residence In
the e-:ist part of the city, who lost a
tenant, rented the place for $25 a
month. lJefore night ne was beselg
eil by house hunters offering more
munpy. He declared the house wa?
not worth more than $2." a month
and that it had been rented. Still
thore were those who persisted thai
as he had not signed a lease the
house might be re-let at a higher
tigure. The original renter, however,
got the place.
Bought Place Ordered Out.
I A landlord o£ a different type was
the man who ordered a tenant out.
after the latter had bargained to
keep the house until April 1. The
tenant held the house temporarily,
having jjurchased a iiome which Is to
be transterred April 1. itut the
•andlord had an opportunity to rent
the place and insisted that the
tenant vacate at once. The tenant is
suit occupying the house and insists
on staying rie more weeks.
Kt-iil i-siaie agents declare there
arc no houses to oe had, and as soon
us rumor is atloat iat a property is
to be vacated housu nunters are on
the scene and disposition of the lease
is dependent largely on the one wnu
I lids t. he highest.
Few Vacant Houses Unfit.
"There are not a Hail .lozcu empty
houses in the city and tl.ose few are
unlit for dog kennels."' one agent
clcse to the situation said.
"L'nless houses are built at once
this city is going to lose some gooo
citizens. Something must be done
to provide living quarters. Marshall
town is not keeping pace with other
citics either in the matter of business
houses or places of residence."
A collector for a prominent busl
ness firm of the city who visits every
section of the city weekly, has care
fully canvassed the situutlon, and de
clares there are today four vacant
houses in the town whlcii are habit
able and all of these are In need of
repairs.
"The situation Is so serious," de-
1
I
PRICES 50c, 75c, $1.00, 51,50. and $2.00. SEATS NOW SELLING.
clared a business man, "that both
the Marshalltown Club and the city
council should get on the Job and
sock some means of providing homes
for our'peoulo. The situation affords
mm
Tomorrow
Night
wmm
feel like a boy again."—Methuselah
"•iwjt&t
-,$£+•* •+,**»rn%u .iM«,. yq^.
M*.
mini aw
^•REPUBLICAN, MARSHALLTOWN, IOWA.
the temptation for landlords to
profiteer in rantala. There la no
question more Important In thla city
today and Immediate steps to relieve
thla situation ahould be urged."
FAVORS BONUS FOR SOLDIERS
Former Commander of Leoal Feet
Diaaflreeo With Clarkesvllls Patter.
The sentiment of at least one
member of Frank Lewie Ollck poet,
American*.LetIon, which may reflect
that of many of hla comrades, la
pressed In a letter from Warren
Steven*, vlco-oommander and paat
commander, to a Dee Moines dally,
explaining hla vote eait in a apecial
session poll now being conducted by
the newspaper Stevena favors bonus
for Iowa soldiers. His letter, accom
panied a ballot on which thero ire
four questions submitted, oa follows:
"Do you favor an Immediate spe
cial aeaaion of the legislature for the
purpoae of hearing the code commis
sion report and revistng the code?
"Do you faror having the legisla
ture at this special seaalon grant a
bonus'to Iowa soldiers who served In
the world wart
"Do you favor having the legisla
ture grant primary suffrage to wom
en at thla special session?
"Do you favor having the legisla
ture at this special session pass
laws for betterment of schools ana
teaching conditions?"
"I vote 'yea' on the questions sub
mitted for consideration," wrote
fltevens. "In the first place they re
flect problema that ahould be decid
ed at once. One of the commoneat
questions put by former service men
is about the state bonua.
'T disagree with Re*. Thomas
Sherman, of Clarksvllle. when he
Bays that a bonus would sap
their noblest enthusiasm to hustle
for themselves. It has kept many a
man huatllng tp meet the obllga
tlons which he Incurred during his
jibsence in the service. This is a cold
fnct —if the former service man did
not need a bonus to offset his fi
nancial Ions during the war four out of
every five men you now meet would
not be asking abotit the bonus.
Among what kind of men and women
do the majority of the objections to
a bonus orise? Did they experience
a 'oss of time and money equal In
many casts to from eighteen
months to two years?"
QUALITY COUNTS
It Is a Trade Builder. We Have Just
Employed Another Cleaner and
Presser and Bought a New Delivery
S Car.
Our service Is now the very best.
We always employ first class tailors
to do expert altering and repairing
for la.li'"s and men. We. hjive the
'only cleaning plant In town that em
ploys first class tailors in connection,
Our work Is guaranteed to be the
very highest prude, and our delivery
from now on will be prompt.
Try our service—phone 302 and our
car will. call.
The National Tailors and Cleaners
Over Strand Theater. W. L. Jones,
Prop.
SUNDAY SCHOOL-CONFERENCE.
Worker* Plan. Tour of County for
March 7 to 12.
A new idea Is to be carried out by
the Marshall County Sunday School
Association in a Sunday schoo'
workers' conference, to be held In the
county beginning March 7 and con
tinuing thru March 12. It Is to be a
tour of the county, and Instead of
holding the conference at on« place
session.® nre to be held at different
towns in the county each day. The
officers of the state association are
to attend all the meetings and as
mans' as possible of the county offi
cers will be present as a school of
instruction Is to be held for the lat
ter.
The places and the dates for the
conferences are as follows: Chris
tian church, ('lemons, March 7 Pres
byterlar church. Marshalltown,
March 8: Reformed church. Mel
1 ourne, March 9: Friends church.
I-eGrand. March 10-. Congregational
church. Gilmnn, March II nrace Re
formed church. I/8?o'mb. March 12
Delegates from Sunday schools are
expected to attend the conference at
the town nearest their church but
they can attend all or any of the
other meetings.. The entertainment
for the visitors is to be provided by
workers at the places where the con
ference is tto be held.
A general prosram ha« been ar
ranged and will be carried out on the
same plan each day, the only chansre
being in the devotional periods,
which will be In charge of the pastor
at whose church the meetlnff la be
ing held. The aeeslons will open at
10 o'clock In the morning with reg
istration and a devotional period, to
I be followed by an explanation of the
object of the tour. Miss Dean, of
Newton, and O. G. Herbrecht, of
Des Moines, will give addresses In
the morning and evening and have
charge
ff
div'.son conferences In tho
afternoon. At the afternoon sessions
addresses will be given by Rev. Fred
erick Cooper, of demons, and Rev.
O. W. Llpplncott, of Gilman. the lat
ter president of the county associa
tion. General Instruction and an
announcements will also be a part
of each session.
MAiRCH JURORS DRAWN.
E. E. Benedict, J. W. Munro,
3. W. Whitacre, R. R. R«l,
singer. R. P. fcdsall, C. B. Darling,
Thomas Stotts, A. Welker, Harold
Wfcdward. John H. Corrlck. 0. V.
Crlpps, John B. Blue, "Will Wallau».
E. H. Rhem, W. B". Beeson. J. P. Dleht,
O. W. Darling, Anton Johnson. R. C.
Warring, C.A. Landls, D.D. Schemlck^
A G. Burg, C, T, Stewart, 3. B. Var
um, Klnsey, ,A. A. Novotny, Ed
Oaunt, C. E. Edsall, J. H. Crabtree»
Q. Iunde, Emjl Selelhe, M. R. Evert*
sen. Joseph Strohmeyer. "W. D. Liv
ingston and El. A. Francis. ...
Local Weathsr Record.
Thirty-five andr IS were the ex
tremes of temperature Monday, com
'pared with S3 and 14 Sunday and
38 and 27 a year ago Monday. At 7
this morning the temperature was !2,
compared with 13 at the correspond
ing hour Monday morning.
HUT.
PI MEETS
HEM MM
•TATI BRANCH OP ASSOCIA-
TION PICKS MAY 7 FOR
CONVENTION.
IXPICTKD THAT 100 OR
MORE PROBABLY ATTEND
Looal Branoh Haa Committee, Head
ed l»y Harold M. Cooper, Whloh
Will Have Charge of Arrange
menta—Marshalltown Club to Pur*
nlah Meeting Ptaoe.
The Iowa branch of the Travelers'
Protective Association will hold Its
anuual state convention in this city
May 7 and 8. The dates for the
meeting have Juat been selected, fol
lowing the action of the last con
vention that met in Ottumwa in
May, 1919. and selected this city as
the 1920 meeting place.
It is expected that perhaps S00, or
even more members of the associa
tion will attend. Including perhaps
fifty or sixty women delegates. The
memberahlp of the association in the
state would give the convention an
attendance of about S50 delegates If
all came. At Ottumwa last year
there were about 200, and it Is
thought that the attendance here
will be larger because of this city's
central location and the ease with
which It can be reached from all di
rections.
Directors Meet Hero.
Preliminary arrangements for the
convention are to be mads when the
board of directors of the rttate asso
ciation meets here March S and 6.
Its members are coming to take up
with the local branch and the Mar
shalltown Club details regarding the
convention.
The local branch has already made
preliminary plans for entertaining
the convention and has formed a
convention club of which Harold M.
Cooper Is president. Harry E. Win
ters is vice president and A. C.
Volker is secretary.
The Marshalltown Club will fur
nish a meeting place and will assist
In other ways In entertaining the
delegates. The place of meeting has
not been chosen and the program
will not be prepared until later.
The Travelers' Protective Associa
tion Is an accident insurance organi
zation intended especially for trav
eling salesmen. It has headquarters I
at St. Louis and state branches tn
the various states where It does bus
iness.
(Jus Kckhart, of Davenport, Is
president of the Iowa branch, and H.
G. Br.iunlich, of Davenport, is sec
retary. There is a state board of
seven members and several conven
tion committees will be appointed.
WANT MERCHANT POLICE.
Buainesa Men Seek Aid of City Pro
viding Protection.
Business men along Main street
and others, today sought of the city
council aid in solving the question of
additional protection at night because
of the absence of a merchant police.
The merchants have always employed
a man independently of the city, but
at present have no one.
The council Is" willing to furnish an
extra night officer providing the
merchants will pay the major portion
of his salary, but insists that the of
ficer be appointed in the regular way,
and serve under the direction of the
chief of police. The city'a approprl
ation for police is not large enough I
to provide the officer without aid of
the bus ness men, and the latter are
now working on a plan to get mer
chants to sign up for monthly pay
ments to be applied on the salary of
a merchant police. If a sufficient
number sign the city will make up
(the difference In salary and appoint
an additional officer for night duty.
PARLOR, BEDROOM AND BATH.
Coming to the Odeon Th«ater Wed
nesday Evening.
Abounding with snappy di&logue,
original situations nnd a plot of
never ending interest, "Parlor, Bed
room and Bath," the A. H. Woods'
famous farce festival which comes to
.Three
Drop
Corn
for
Venlra of Thirty-five Selected
MunlolpSl Court.
Jurors for the March term of the
municipal court were drawn Monday.
Veniremen will be called for service
as Jury cases are called In court. Ths
list of Jurors follows!
"QetS'lt Steps Pain Immediately and
Corns 6o Quick,
The way to handle corns Is the
tried and proved "Gets-It" way—the
way that millions have found quick
est, easiest, safest and most reliable.
few drops of "Qets-It" knocks
ths hurt .out of any corn at ontie atid
soon loosens it so tt lifts right off
without any feeling. Oh, what com
fort!
How grand to walk'and dance
«Ad jump without a single, twinge!
W
"dBts-It," the never falling, guar
anteed money-back corn remover,
costs but a trifle at any drug store.
Ufa, by X. Lawrence A Co* Chicago.
prmiip :iiT.iiiiiiifrpiiiiS|gi
FEBRUARY 24,1920.
the Odeon theater Wednesday eve
ning, Is said to ba tho most laugh
able entertainment of the pant ten
years. Fresh from a season of tri
umph that lasted five month* In
Chicago and seven months in New
York, where this attraction haa Juat
ended Its engagement at the Hopub- Hawkeyaa
lie theater, "Parlor, Bedroom and Boosters
Hath" will bo given looal theater- Schmidts
goers In Its entirety, with the same
production and the usual oast of the
Woods' standard. What transpires
whsn a young husband ventures into
an affair at a wayside Inn to con
vlnoe his wife he Is the "rasoal
among the ladlea," furnished a rea
son for the unfolding of this laugh
able tale. Odeon.
MAY RETURN TO STAOK.
T. Nelson Downe Has Offer to Prom
Vaudevilla Agent.
T. Nelson Downs, of this city,
known thruout the vaudeville world
as the "King of Kolns," who retired
from the stage a few
yeaVa
ago after
having been a headllner In this coun
try as well as thruout Europe, may
return to the stage. Because of in
creasing popularity of magic the
editor of the magical department of
The Billboard, a warm friend of
Downs has asked that the "wis"
Downs, who has interest* here,
had expected to keep away from
theatricals but the call has proved
too strong and he Is seriously con
sidering a re-entry Into vaudeville
with his coin act. 8hould he finally
determine to accept a contract.
Downs says he will not consider
more than one or two tour*.
St. Anthony Items.
Peter Mayer and William Stought
are sick with the grip.
Mrs. W. J. Dunn, who has been
sick for several days, waa removed
to the Deaconess hospital Saturday.
John Jay's little son Lyle was taken
to a Marshalltown hospital to he
operated on for appendicitis.
Charles Wyatt Is sick with the grip.
Samuel Meekim, who has been sick
is some better.
P. Pierce was In Marshalltown
Thursday on business.
Fred Russell was at Marshalltown
Friday on business.
Water*
Powder
Rob Off
Matocwr yfchi mm*-
able, abMutvIr haran
ius. BUT b* wad lot day
or analaa aabt-np.
MARINELLO
Phantom Powder
Bgactl**. aiallr wlU, prol
aasttftn. full,
tt—
tat
d«ccnona
ana aaapl*.
MARY E. STROUD,
11 North First Street.
Of
•A
THE BOWLING LEAGUE
Standing of the Teams.
P. W.
....11
....»
14
1«
II
It
11
10
10
Camels SI
Dunhams 21
K. C. Cycle* nt,i.*21
Iiqpertals 21
Mooo Quality 24
"V
.T«a
lI'.f.MS
li:' .542
10K .624
.47«
U, ,47«
1* .429
22 ,08S
2
The Mooo Quality five forfeited to
the Schmidt team Monday night.
Bower ,of the Hchmldts, rolled high
game, with 190 pins, and also scored
'high average, with 176. The scores
of the winning team:
Miller 156 149 129
Hchmldt 147 126 186
"Wonder 126 161 196
Bower ..170
Taylor ...» ....,125
124
419
462
627
460
190
162
167
162
744 779 760 2,282
Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Miller and
daughter, Marjorls, went to Belle
Plalne, Saturday, to visit Mr. Miller's
brother, Frank Miller. MY. Miller
returned home Sunday, hut Mrs. Mil-
stage a "come back." Scarcely had ler and daughter expect to stay there
Downs received this communication this week.
than he was In receipt of a letter
from s^vaudeville agent In New York
City asking him to sign a contract
for the coming season.
STRAND
TBI
Odaon Thaat
MllT HO*., Maai
Thursday, Feb. 26^
Cohan and Hsrrls proeent
GEO. M. COHAN'S
Newest and Meat Cehaneeqwe
A story of love and the secret service with a soldier of for
tune playing a winning game.
—ALSO—
"The Invisable Hand
Great Detective Serial
BRIGGS COMEDY
School Children's Matinee, Wednesday, 10 cents
REMOVAL SALE!
Wednesday, Feb. 25
On all accessories. Sale starts Wednes
day, Feb. 25th closes Saturday night,
Feb. 28th.
Having leased our room at the corner of State
and Center streets to the Army and Navy
Store, will sell all of our accessories consisting
Tires, Tubes, Spark Plugs, Spot
Lightsf 'Motometers, Chains, Etc.
while they last at just what they cost
Come early, as wp haVe not much left, but you
can save money on everything you buy during
is a 7
Saturday will be your last chance to buy at
^these low prices.
v,| it
OLDS MOTOR COMPANY
Rear of the Armb and Navy Store, corner of
State and Center streets.
Our heW^y^if'lo^ ^i'at thl^Ketchtifef &
Co., buijding, corner of Third avenue and Church street
formerly the Buggy Company buildings—^
'W
Comedy
"A Prince
There Was*
Prom Dsrrsti Aldrloh's Story
ENCHANTED HKARTS
with
JAMES QLIASON
And a New York Cast rtd
Produotion
Prloee—flOo, |1, $1.60 and 92.
Seats on sale Wsdneaday 10
a. m. Mail orders now a«
oepted.
READ THE T.-R. WANT ADS.
A smashing tale of the sea and of far-flung ports of adven
tvjre. A tale of love, rogues and of brave hearts.
—Also—*
MACK SENNET COMEDY HOLMES TRAVEL I
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