Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-29
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects
as Reflected in the Iowa
Newspapers.
The News of Iowa From Hun.
dreds CT Different Towns
and Communities.
MAKE GOOD ROADS.
IGlobe Gazette.l

Cerro Gordo county should begin
the work of perfecting good roads as
Scott county has. Supervisor II. j.
Wulff, of Scott county. said at the rail-
way freight rate hearing at Des
Moines that Scott county is getting
her roads into fine condition by the use
of crushed rock. About eighty miles
have been built leading into Daven-
port. The roads are made double and
single track, according to the topog-
raphy of the road surface. The rock
is kept within the roadway with a
bank Of earth on each side, the roads
being graded up in a pike like the dirt
roads In the dry part of the year. The
improved roads are worth actual cash
money to the farmers in the price OF
grain thru being able to reach market
rapidly. Mr.. Wulff is confident that
when the railroads reduce the rates
on road making material 20 per cent
as was asked and granted by the CHM
mission, 1t win result in the immediate
building Of hundreds Of miles of good
roads.
WILL START A PIGEoNRY.
Hubbard Monitor.l
L. D. Mcfarland has rented his farm
adjoining town to Mr.. White, Of Wall
Lake, who will start a pigeonry upon
the same within a few days. Young
pigeons, or squads as they are COM
monty known, will be raised for mar
ket.
Mr.. White will use the upper story
of the large barn for the pigeonry: the
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divisions and flied with birds. Up
wards of 5000 pigeons will be placed
in the coops to start with, and several
thousand will be added later on. The
barn will be enclosed with wire net
ting, which will prevent the loss of
birds by straying away or being shot.
Mr.. White has had some experience
in raising squads for the market and
has found 1t to be profitable occu-
patton. Beside raising pigeons, he will
also keep poultry. fine bred stock and
raise considerable garden truck. The
new industry will be a curiosity to
many in this community and will be
watched with much interest.
COSTLY STUPIDITY.
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Property valued at s235,000 was de-
stroyed by fire at Red Oak the other
day. This large loss is said to have
been due In great measure to the
thoughtlessness of Il city official in
turning a valve shutting off the stand
pipe from the downtown mains in orr
DER to enable repairs to be made on
them and then forgetting to right the
valve. Red Oak has fine system OF
water works. When the fire broke out
the standpipe was full OF water and the
full force of the engines was exerted
upon the mains, but the fire fighters
found it impossible to throw a stream
higher than the first story of the burn
ing buildings. The fire gained fearful
Roadway from the failure of the water
supply, and 1t was not until several
hours had elapsed and the work Of de-
struction was about completed that the
cause of the trouble was discovered
Eut for the inexcusable stupidity of the
official the fire could probably have
been subdued in it's incipiency and
much valuable property saved. He SIM
ply didn't think" and Red Oak suf
fered penalty OF a quarter millions
dollars loss in consequence of his neg
lirence