Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-05-01
GOVERNMENT ROAD AID.

LWaterloo Times Tribune.]
Work on the Hawkeye highway out
| OF Dubuque to Dyersville. in which
the government Is taking part, has
| begun. It 10 to be the first good road
| in Iowa made with federal government
aid and. perhaps, in all Iowa there u
not road more suited for expert
mental work. winding, - 1t does,
| around hills and up and down into and
out Of valleys.
Dubuque took advantage Of the fed
eral governments offer Of $4,000 In
| cash for road building II the county
would put up $4,000. Dubuque county
had the money on hand and agreed.
Government engineers went over the
| road to be improved and found the
| work, done properly. would cost $780,
0Oo Dubuque asked three years Ctwo
years more) to raise the additional
$4,000. 1t was granted-the federal
government therefore puts UP $4,000
and Dubuque county 100000. Two 9TH
er counties in Iowa have taken advan-
| tage OF the governments offer.
| Why not others? The government
/ could supply only a few counties In .
state, first come, first served. and
| Dubuque county gets $4,000 ap-
| preparation because other states failed
to take advantage of the offer.
! Perhaps some of the counties de-
sire to wait and view the experiment.
But there is hardly question but the
| work will be done right and will be 4
handsome investment Why not Della
ware, Buchanan and Biackhawk coun-
ties join in the movement and improve
| the Hawkeye highway. as 1t should
/ be improved from Dubuque thru
| Blackhawk county? II Dubuque can
get 100000 appropriation the other
three counties should be able to get
$4,000 each and if Dubuque can raise
$4,000 in three years, the three coun-
ties mentioned should be able to raise
a like sum in the same length Of time?
Is it worth looking into?
/ PAGE COUNTY PROGRESSIvES.
Shenandoah World1
The World has taken the progress
sive party in Page county too serious
~ this spring In giving their coun-
" conference and their candidates
the same serious attention and pub
licity that is given the conference and
candidates of the other two large par
ties we erred.
! The mistake was justifiable. to some
extent, however. We noticed that they
had nominated good men; honest, cap
able men to whom the offices Of the
county could be safely given.
1 We failed, however to take the pre-
caution of carefully interviewing the
candidates themselves. That puts 8
different light on the affair and makes
it merely a fair sized joke. The faci
that at their meeting they made 1t a
mysteriousy secret affair should have
warned us; the further fact that. In
stead Of publicly calling county
meeting, as is the only above board
and EFFECTIVE way Of doing, they
tried to make 1t secret and secret
gathering should have warned US thai
inexperienced hands We're at the helm
It now transpires that the candidates
themselves take their proposed nomina.
lions largely as joke, in nearly every
instance, they were not at the meeting
and had no notice either before OIL
after their names had been chosen
Practically all Of them are now II
positions where to even consider run
ming for county office brings smile t
their faces. One man nominated To-
one Of the most important position:
sails for Europe to spend the summe.
> about primary time. The man selecte|
, for county attorney is farmer instead
of a lawyer. There is hardly a maj
in the entire list who by the wildes
imagination could be conceived of
, fighting for a county office under tn
progressive banner. Some Of then
have not even signified their intention
! to file allegiance to this party and som
! of them do not intend to vote the pro
gressive ticket at the primary.
. Considered seriously and with a
!. eye to possible results the progressiv
conference presents about as formid
able appearance in Page county poll
tics as mock election among hig
school students in class room.
ATHLETES AND TOBACCO.
[Cedar Rapids Republican,
The professor OF chemistry in tn