The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-02-13
REVOLUTIONARY MEASURE.
Hobart's Plan to Improve Country
Roads.

ssS00iSo " OSO SOQuIy
Roads.
Des Moines, Feb. Ex-senator Ho-
bart of Cherokee. has introduced in
the senate what is regarded by the
friends of the good roads movement
as the most practicable measure on
this subject that has been taken up
in the legislature with serious chance
of becoming law in long time 1t
proposes to do away with the present
method of organized road districts
and to make the county a unit for all
road work, with the county supervis-
ors as the responsible authority
The bill provides for repeating
good deal of the present road law and
enacting new law in it's place. There
may be levied a county tax of not over
one mill, to be expended by the SUI
pervisors wherever they choose, ex-
cept that taxes paid by cities and
towns shall be expended on roads in
side the cities or towns, or leading
into them, as the councils may direct
Aside from this county tax there shall
be levy of not over four mills, to be
expended by the supervisors, but the
part paid by each township shall be
expended within it's limits. Thus the
supervisors can adopt general sys-
TEN of road work which will be worked
out to satisfactory results. something
impossible under the present law. A
supervisor of road work, who shall
be an expert road builder, is provid-
ed for, to be named by the supervis-
ors.
This bill has the support of the mail
carriers association of the state, and
is said to be in favor among the farm
ers generally, among whom much sent
iment has been aroused in favor of
better roads because of the demands
of the rural postal routes.
FUMlGATE ALL IOWA MAIL.
Secretary Board of Health Notified
Postmaster General! of Smallpox.
Des Moines, Feb. 10.-Secretary j.
F. Kennedy, of the state board of
health, has indited letter to Post
master General H. G. Payne at Wash
ington, d. c.. notifying that official
that small pox conditions in Iowa are
alarming; that the disease exists in
every part of the state, that it is
spread over wide areas; that the areas
are constantly growing, and .that the
authorities appear to be unable to
cope with it. DR.. Kennedy enclosed
resolutions passed by the board at
its last meeting, requesting all post
masters in the state to be yaccinated.
The board expects a general order for
the fumigation of Iowa mail to issue
from the Washington authorities. 1t
is impossible to estimate the millions
of dollars loss that Iowa will suffer
from the small poX agitation and eX-
aggeration.
Respecting the Des Moines situa-
ton, the state board passed resolu-
ton giving the city seventeen days in
which to do business in suppressing
small pox in this city. A committee
composed of Linn, Powers and Nc
Kiveen was appointed to keep tab on
Des Moines. The bill drawn by At
torney General Mullan at the instance
of the board, giving it specific and
full power to interfere in Des Moines
or any other place in which the local
authorities were not equal to the small
pox situation, has not been introduced
in the legislature as was expected.
Miss Withers Are you marrying
MANI" He--'.What do you take me for?"
Miss Withers-"Oh, this is SO student"
Suppose, Bobbie, that another boy
should strike your right cheek" asked
the Sunday school teacher, what would
YOU do!" Give him the other cheek to
STRIKE" said Bobbie. That's right"
said the teacher ''Ycssum," said Bob
bic. land ii he struck that I'd pararyze
him.
-sr. Grogan- "NNhat a. power O. flu
nerals they do be hayis: at the church
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