Evening times-Republican., 1911-05-05

tney snail furnish suitable road drags
FOR the township and pay for same out
OK tho township road fund: they shall
ADOPT a suitable form Of notice to be
given by the superintendent Of drag
sing when ordering the roads dragged.
stlp'ilating the manner OF servin g
same, end shall furnish each person
contracted With to drag roads return
cards which shall be substantially in
the following form:
10 ................, superintendent
Of drags for township,
] received your notice to drag district
| NO. .on the .. day
| OF ............. 19l... and did on
! tne ......... day of ........... .191.
comply with same and have charged
| said district. ................. for said
dragging.
! " not dragged, why not?. .........
| signed. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
More Of The same section fixes the
price OF so cents per mile for road
! dragging for each mile Travelled, etc.
also for levy of a mill tax to be
used exclusively for road dragging
! Section IS one of the duties of the
/ superintendent of road dragging. leav-
I Ing Il "to his judgment" where II is
| most beneficial. when the trustees or
! der certain roads to be dragged. etc.
4, Section 4 II shall fe the duty OF
i IN" city OF town council Of cities and
} towns to cause the main Travelled ro2 Is
J WITHIN the corporation limits leading
! lEto the city or town to he dragged.
/ and so far as practicable and possible
I the provisions OF this act shall apply
I Section .. Any violation Of any of
/ the provisions of this act by the sup
"rintendent Of dragging, or any person
, or persons. who may he required ua-
! DER contract to drag district roads or
he"Iect on the part CT any township
clerk to set aside the funds required
: by this act shall. OH conviction thereof
{ he fined not less than ten dollars Islo).
/ or more than twenty-five dollars CS25)
! for the first offerSe. and for each sub
sequent offense shall he fined not less
! than twenty-five (S25) nor more than
/ fifty dollars $500.
The point is already raised surp0s-
/ Ing the superintendent, for any reason
! Is unable 20 hire men and teams 70 10
this work at prica mentioned. will he
! he liable 70 the penalty?
ifau,pjuu has not E,t over ths r5y.
! ing fever. Four blocks and alleys viii
! he paved this year. following the work
! OF last season. And there is much talk
/
- secret society organization. The
plans are not far enough advanced to
make any explicit statement possible
but Well posted citizens say its
bound 10 be go" Another movement
; still "Cn the quiet" is for said secret
society to Jointly with a stock company
put NJ az opera house. moth society
rooms ana opera house to he modern
in ell respects.
Building work in Iowa this year is
| "streaked." While Hampton is going
ahead with a rush. all mechanics be
ing busy. other towns that for the past
five years have paved. built - public
buildings and many fine residences.
this year there is nothing doing" One
town has forty idle carpenters ex-
cepting for ii few small jobs. Several
contractors will not contract this year
fearing labor troubles. A very suggest
I've situation IS at Clifford where the
sand business Is not ore-tenth what it
was last year at this time. On the
other hand painters and paper hangers
, in every towr seem TO have more than
they can do. Never have the towns
of 1oUa made more attempts to i'm
prove the looks Of residences outside
rs well as care for lawns. flower beds.
etc. The wooden sidewalk Is fast dis
appearing in all towns. large and small
The farmer of Iowa "is taking his
rne1icine' these DAYS and is doing ii
without much kicking. His products
have gone down in price 60 general and
so fast ne would be Justified in big
com plaint. but he seems TO be taking
it philosophically and having no great
faith in the future. Hogs We're nearly
twice as high in price q year ago. Rut
ter and eggs are one third less than
g. year ago. Yet there are more
creamery prospects in sight than for
years. And the cream buyers in all of
our towns find it profitable either alone
or in connection with some other busi-
ness. And there is less trouble this
year to get farm help. For some rea
son in many towns farm help Is hunt
ing work instead OF the farmers hunt
ing up the men Slowly but surely
needed changes in working the Iowa
farm are coming about. Some opti
mists claim in the near future farm
help can be had that will help with
the milking"
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