Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-02
II 1AkEs MONEY.

Money talks. Do the farmers want
good roads? Read The bond news in
q contractors magazine in which
bulletins are published to inform road
builders where to look for road con-
tracts.
Remember that two thirds ma
jorities are needed to carry road
bond issue In Texas and yet one week s
bond news announces the following
road bond projects IN Texas counties:
IT. Worth has commenced the work
of paving its streets connecting with
those highways Of the Tarrant county
road system which are being improved
under the 31,000,o 900 bond issue au-
thorized year ago.
An election will be held Dec. Is to
decide whether two precincts of Free
stone county shall Issue bonds 10 the
amount OF $4,000 for road construc-
ton.
A petition Of taxpayers has been
granted in Brewster county for an
election Dec 20 proposing an Issue Of
100000 Of bonds for good roads.
Kinney county has voted $4,000 IN
bonds for the construction Of good
roads.
The Huntsville district has voted
$4,000 Walker county bonds to i'm
prove roads near Huntsville.
Collin county has called an election
Dec 16. to vote on the Issuing OF $780,
900 Of good roads bonds in this district.
Residents living near Rock Springs
have petitioned for an election to vote
100000 Of Edwards county good roads
bonds for their district.
The necessary two thirds Of the tax
payers living near San Antonio have
voted to issue s550,000 Of good roads
bonds for Bexar county.
Taxpayers are peutioning for an
election to vote 100000 Of good roads
bonds for Taylor district Of Williamson
county.
An election has been ordered in two
precincts OF Freestone county to vote
$4,000 Of good roads bonds.
At Temple, Tex. there IS petition
for an election to vote 100000 OF good
roads bonds for Bell county precinct
No 5.
Smith county has issued $780, 900 of
bonds for good roads.
At Alice, Tex, the taxpayers By
two-thirds majority voted Oct. % 10
issue $4,000 Of bonds for good roads.
In Texas 1t should be remembered
thirty-three out Of fifty road bond
elections held in the year 1912 were
carried by the necessary two-ta!rds
majorities Of taxpaying voters asgre-
eating over $4,000. 900 for good roads in
that year alone. But Texas Is not
alone This same contractors bond
bulletin announces 100000 voted in
Marion county, Alabama: 100000 in
King county, (Seattle) Washington:
100000 Calcasieu Parish. La; 100000
at Waynesboro, Miss. and sl50,000 at
Huntsville, Ill. Out in California an
election has been called al Sacramento
to vote $500 900 goods roads bonds.
another al Alameda 10 vote 100000 Of
road bonds, at Fresno the copn-y
board has voted to buy $4,000 OF
state bonds 30 as 10 have the state use
The money for good roads il that
county, citizens at Bakersfield are
canvassing for funds with which TO
purchase 800 900 Of state road bonds,
while at Everett, Wash an election
viii be held shortly 10 vote s1.500,000
Of road bonds.
This is all in one weeks bond news
but not one single item as 10 any
good roads bonds in Iowa because the
legislature was afraid 20 let the farm
ers vote on the question Of county
road bonds, not even with the two
thirds majority requirement Of Texas.