Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-08-25
LEGISLATURE TO BE ASKED TO
GIVE UP PERMANENT HIGH
WAY PLAN.
BILL BYERS PREPARED
NEVER BECAME A LAW
Scheme For Permanent Highways
Dropped Because it Lacked Leader
ship Constitutional Association
Launches Movement-Foods Sold at
Fair to Be Tested.
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special TO llHlSS-t
Des Moines, Aug. 25.-The next leg
islature of Iowa Will be- asked to COM
pletely change front on the road ques-
ton and TO abandon once and for all
permanent road building in Iowa. All
that will be expected OF the legisla-
ture will be to make a change so that
the county surveyor or engineer shall
be trained in road building and have
some supervision over the roads.
The present method of having the
roads constructed according to the de-
sires OF the different localities, and
chiefly 10 be dirt roads well drained,
Will not be disturbed AT least this Is
the present program of the adrninistra-
ton.
Wanted Permanent Roads.
1t IS recalled that two years ago,
following considerable agitation COW
erng a number of years, the time was
deemed ripe for pushing thru 10 con-
clusion the long cherished Idea of very
many OF the people OF the state of pro-
viding for state aid and announcement
for permanent roads. A great many
other states have already entered up
On lNe Nolh anu II was Oil & ueo tiiiN
Iowa ought no, 70 be so far behind
the procession.
Move Lacked leadership
Attorney General Byers put the fin
ishing touches on bill which If it had
been adopted would have started the
road work in the state. Ii was strong
IS urged IN the senate by Senator's
Nichols, Savage. Larrabee, Mates and
others There were aggre ssive advo-
Gates OF good roads in the house. But
for lack 70 real leadership In general
legislative affairs the whole plan was
dropped.
That bill was prepared by Attorney
General Byers after conferences IN
which Governor Carroll participated
also Ex-Governor Garst and others. 1t
was submitted TO and approved by
Harvey Inghan, LATE Young and other
newspaper men. All agreed that the
policy Of re-making dirt roads evEy
year was a poor one and that a better
policy should be entered upon.
Encourage Dirt Roads.
Il appears. however. that the con-
clusion has been reached at least by
some Of The persons interested, that
the right thing is to encourage the
building of good dirt roads and the ex-
penditure only of the ordinary road
| funds as in the past For one thing
| the present season has been convincing
| to many that at least in some years
| Iowa roads are excellent and may easily
be kept good.
Association Launches Movement.
| The campaign of the Iowa Constitu-
tional Amendment Association has
been launched in its effort to secure
prohibition for Iowa. Every ballot on
Nov. viii bear the question Shall
| there be a convention TO revise the
institution and amend the same" Cir
culars were issued for the first time
/ this week from the offices Of the assoc
citation in Des Moines and work has
started in earnest, say the directors.
Fair Foods to Be Tested.
| Hourly tests of Weinerwursts is the
order that has been issued by the state
food and dairy commission TO the ven
ders of the same during the state fair
next week. For this purpose a labora-
! tory IS 20 be erected on the state fair
grounds and weak spots in sausages
meats. ice creams and other foods are
going to get the axe.
Want Many Teachers.
Five positions for manual training
teachers in public schools are vacant il
Des Moines and the school board is at a
loss to know what TO do with schoo
lonly two weeks distant That the
dearth of manual training teachers is
not confined TO Des Moines alone is ev-
idenced by numerous letters received
by Superintendent Riddle of the De:
MONIES schools asking aid in search o.