100 years ago

august 20, 1908

City Council Meeting

Regular meeting of the council was held Monday evening, August 17. All members present except Mayor Quisenberry and councilman Evans. In the absence of the mayor, councilman Lewis presided.

A license was issued to J.F. Coffman to run a bowling alley in the room adjoining the post office on the west.

The gutter on the west side of Third street between Main street and the Elgin Hotel was ordered to be re-constructed so as to better drain the street.

The city attorney and city clerk were instructed to examine the lease of the Auditorium Association to ascertain if special tax or license was excepted in the lease.

It was decided to employ a competent engineer to survey the city for the purpose of establishing block corners and walk and gutter grades.

The boardwalk on the west of the Marion National Bank, between Main street and the alley, was condemned. Council Adjourned.

Just a Maple Leaf

Just a short time ago Mr. Henry McLean, formerly of Marion, but now of Mount Vernon, Wash., sent to Mr. H.M. Thorp a bunch of leaves taken from trees and bushes and vines, naming all of them with one exception. This leaf was all of a foot in width and not unlike an oak leaf. No one guessed it to be a maple leaf—but that was what it was, according to the letter received from Mr. McLean on Tuesday. Mr. Thorp also received a sample of wheat from there Monday. It was five feet, seven inches tall, the heads large and well filled and would run fifty to sixty bushels to the acre. Mr. McLean had a nice field like the sample sent.

The Last School Bond Paid

The Marion School Board to be congratulated on the management of its affairs.

There has been little said about it lately, but the Marion school board is in good shape. All the bonds are paid, the last one having been paid in July. And the improvements recently put in are all paid for also.

When the sanitary improvements were put in last fall it was considered a good move and now that the board can report all old bonds paid and the last improvements also, it is good news to all of us.

For the school year of 1908-09 the deficit will be very small, it is thought considerably less than one thousand dollars.

For several years it has been very unsatisfactory, to teachers and pupils as well, to have more than one grade in a room. It makes twice the work for the teacher and, the worst feature is, she has no time during school hours to assist the pupil needing help without taking that time from the next class. In order to surmount this difficulty the board has decided to put the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth grades in rooms to themselves instead of having a fifth and sixth, seventh and eighth grade room in the hill and valley schools.

It is much better to adopt this plan than to continue the old and employ more teachers and it was imperative that the board do one thing or the other. Results from the schools we must have, and the board is on the right track. The assignment of grades will be made on the return of Prof. C.E. St. John.

Blood hounds from Wichita were brought up last week to try to locate the party or parties responsible for the burning of the threshing machine belonging to Henry Sallee. The hounds worked Wednesday night and Thursday morning and for a time made rapid progress, going east in an easterly direction from the field where the machine had been set for threshing on Albert Richmond’s farm, three miles west and two miles south. After the dogs had worked three miles west and one and one-half south they refused to go further and the trail was abandoned.

The Marion Gun Club met Tuesday evening instead of Monday evening of this week at the regular place, three blocks north of the ball ground. The following members attended the shoot and won the per cents given below: Walter Bown, 90; Harry McFadden, 20; Fred Wilcox, 40; Ross Good, 50; Lafe Bell, 20; Alva Yost, 80; Carl Gilchrist, 80; Roy Plunkett, 50; Jesse West, 0.

Another smallpox case has come up at Hillsboro. A son of Dan Reiswig of Hooker, Okla., who came in Saturday to see his relatives at that place, was found to be infected with the disease and was put under quarantine at once. Dr. Marner, the county health officer, went in Sunday morning and made arrangements to have the young man cared for. John J. Foth has been engaged to take care of him in a tent which has been erected for the purpose. Foth’s premises, where the tent is located, have also been quarantined.

The Dr. Jones Jersey cow that you have heard so much about will be sold at Martin’s sale in Marion Saturday, August 29th, at one o’clock. There will also be a bred Jersey heifer sold.

“Rest often and eat seven times a day,” is the advice of Charles H. Treat, treasurer of the United States of the United States. He says that to keep the system in good condition during the hot weather one should have plenty of rest and sleep and not eat heavy meals, but take a very light lunch about seven times a day. By following such an easy program as this, everyone should be able to keep in the best of health and the restaurants and lunch counters will no doubt receive a growing patronage from the followers of the Treat system among business men and clerks.