The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-10-26
IT'S GOOD ROADS DAY.
Burlington Good Roads Train Will
be in Leon To-Day in the In
terest of Good Roads.

MS nome VIII be IN Leon today to Wit
ness the good roads demonstration and
hear the lecture on this subject which
will be given by D. Ward King, of Matt
land, Mo-, the inventor of the King road
drag, and who has done so much to inn
prove the conditions of the roads of the
rural districts in the west.
The train is scheduled to arrive in
Leon on Wednesday evening and will
remain here over night. Thursday the
entire day will be given over to the
work of instructing the people how to
make good roads under ordinary condi-
tions, and not only will they be told but
Mr.. King will actually make several
blocks of road right here in Leon, using
one of his drags which he will build
after reaching this city, and the farmers
will have an opportunity to see just
how the drag is made and used. Don't
be afraid to come to town to witness
this demonstration under the fear that
you will be asked to subscribe any
money for the purpose of defraying the
expenses or to buy road drags. There
will be no expense to anyone. The rail
road pays all the expense Of the train
and the experts who accompany it, and
all the people are asked to do is to come
out and see for themselves how the
work is done. Mr.. King is not selling
road drags or the patent right to make
them. He did not patent his drag, but
allows anyone to make them, buying
the little material used at home, or it
can be secured in any piece of timber.
We urge on all the people of the
county the Importance of this great
movement to better the roads of the
state. Better roads means an increase
in the value of your real estate, and a
decrease in the labor of hauling your
farm products to market, to say nothing
of the time saved each week when you
drive to town to do your trading. 1t
means much to the business men of the
towns, for with good roads their trade
will be increased. n
At certain seasons of the year many
of the country roads in this county are
nearly imrassable. While they can not
he paved streets, they can be made
good roads over which it will be
pleasure to travel. Come and attend
this meeting and you will become in
terested in the good roads movement,
and so will your neighbor, and the first
you know everyone will be wondering
how in the world we ever got along
with such roads as we have had in the
past.
At meeting of the citizens of Leon
held at the court house last Wednesday
evening to take steps to lend their
assistance to the matter Mr. John W.
keeler was chosen chairman and Nj. A.
Gammill secretary, and the following
committees were appointed:
Reception w. Keller, e. D. Dorm
and Geo. e. Hurst.
Invitations Hon. V. r. McGinnis,
S. A. Gates, S. Narga. NJ. A. GammilI,
Frank Allen and Harry j. yogt.
To select place of meeting J. A.
Harris, Robert Rowsher and j. r..
Bashaw.
A. NJ. Pryor was appointed special
committee on invitation to parties hav-
ing different devices for dragging roads
to bring them to the convention to-day,
SO that all can see them and how they
are made. There are number of furm-
ers in this county who have been
doing good work on the roads in their
vicinity with different kinds of drags,
and it is hoped that as many as can will
bring their drags in SO that others can
see them.
1t was also decided to extend an in
vitation to the Garden Grove and La
moni bands, asking them to attend
to-day and furnish music.
Every man in the county, whether
resident of town or IL farmer can do
his share toward helping the good road
movement along by attending the big
meeting to-day. You don't have to be
farmer or the owner of team to be
interested in the matter. You come
anyhow, and after you see the work
done you can possibly explain it to some
one who was unable to be here, and thus
do your share towards getting better
roads. No one will claim that we do
not need better roads, but the question
is how to get them, andsthis good roads
train is being run by the railroad for
the express purpose of showing how the
roads can be made better. 1t is another
movement in the same direction as the
seed corn special which the railroads
ran last spring for Prof. Holden and the
Other corn experts who showed the
farmers how to select and test their
seed corn, and many farmer in Deca
tur county to-day has them to thank
for the fact that he raised a good. corn