Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-03
ABOUT GOOD ROADS
IMoscrip and Meese Join Issue
on the Question Of Road
Improvement.
The Former Presents Some Prac-
teal Ideas in Answer to
Objections.
Meese Suggests That No Rem.
edy is Possible With
Iowa Soil.

Republican Mr. v. A. Reese. of Fergu-
son, picks a crow With me over my re-
cent article referring 70 Marshall
county highways. He says:
Ferguson. Dec %, 1909 Semi
Weekly Times Republi can.--Ds Sirs:
+ 1t seems 10 be the time for the periods
cal outbreak Of the good roails ques-
ton. Please ALLOW me 10 present the
other side. MIR. Maecip seems TO have
had the discussion AL his owr way 50
far and some of us are beginning TO
wonder how long. oh Lord II ~ long
Is he going to keep il up. He presents
the question a Iii Bryan on economic
questions. He tells us there Is some
thing wrong. but gives us no practical
lenlscy for il. Mr. Moscrip Nhen he
starts ON Hrs rounds starts from the t.
X. office and goes either east OF wess on
Main street or north or south on Gem
ter. which are paved to- the city limits.
Iie picks up his reins and starts at
about a tliieeninute gait Until he gets
IN the country, and then he probably
comes UP With jerk, and then he feels
ike swearing; but let him start on
When ne got TO the end he w9uld say,
sOh, Lord. Ism glad I'm here. Th.
point wish 70 make = that charity
begins i home and If you people viii
fix Your side streets and make them
passable some way that is practical
and8cheap enough to make country
reads without con.scating ous, farms.
wss VIII moi be much behind You. We
work our roafss Inc same as You do,
grade them in the center and leiive a
steh ON each side, but as long ais yo,l
use Iowa soil for a roadbed they will be
muddy when3it rains and rough when it
freezes. The Is..iv pa psrs made run of
an Old farmer becaiis.. he said Il was
the bicyele fellers that started the
agitation, but ii is a fact. and tn. rub
Der tired buggy sfellais and newspa-
.t,sr p@ttlfs,s ara Keeping it up
Now Mr. IIA.se shouldn't get tired of
the rea,.i asllation Tor good roads are
a risscAs.sitS. to tle farmer. lit makes to
i,]. comfort alisi adds yasila 10 his prop
ei3ts What he says D. our side Streets
;s f;siif,. as ,r,le as my rey,,a ,k.s On his
Gelntry roads The side streets ale
bad & NJ w4st times and freeze rough. But
the fac, thaf Mars haiifown Is rerri.se III
this matter does npt change the facts.
Sand facts and remedies are what We
are after TIL. facts are as stated our
roads ars bad Now l believe a partial
rafneeiy Tor present conditions to lie in
organized. systs a,atized plans OF road
work. sispet-visesa ny ran who ar. MOI
on4y coflEpetsnt BUT whose business i,
Is "a see HI. weiii well done and whose
s;heir .ifness far me position ana faith
III discharge Of sfieir auties.
There ire pleriy OF farmers colnpss-
tenn 10 .snpervlss road work. bur they
Won't ID IL. Tney have other business
moro lucrative. They are busy plawing
seeding. harvesting and farming. The
farmer hasn't tine. and in the best
seams sor road work finds his busy
ss4ss,i, for farm work.. n s makes roao
work a side iestic and does Fl when he
eau spare ti.e line from his farm
duties s.a.ls.s To nl4 that the hops
IL ra,d Improvement lies in the cer
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emmy or STAR orpa,,ization. The
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