Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-11-09
ORGANIZATION OF RURAL RESI-.
DENTS PUSH PLAN TO GRAVEL
STRETCH OF HIGHWAY.
HOME HELPING SOCIETY"
DOING PRACTICAL WORK
Three Miles of Road Lacks unwindins
Of County Supervisoriai Red Tape TO
Complete Big Task Undertaken in
Spirit of Home Patriotism Hogs
Gain on Soft Corn.
Special TO Times-Repubgican,

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Iowa Falls. Nov. s,--when women
are willing to enlist for military ser
wee work on the public roads and
perform other kinds of a-iuous man
nal labor it VIII be time for them 10
claim the right of suffrage" says the
man opposed 10 the idea, confident in
the belief that under no circumstances
can the conditions be fulfilled Hes
wrong. Women can Work roads or
AZ least cause them 20 be worked and
as the result Is the same, what's tie
use Of Z distinction? The following
= proof positive that in one par, Of
this country at least men have no
monopoly on the business Of road i'm
provemerr ana what the ladies OF Iowa
FANS vicinity can put over those OF
otber localities can al least attempt
VINO ever knew Of an organization
akin 10 an aid society" 10 fail in any
undertaking. however difficult seem
iEg!y2
Abou, twelve years ago there was
organized. among 12e farmers wives
out east Of Iowa Falls q body which
called and still calls itself The Chris
tan Home HELPERS Society Al The
beginning there were about dozen
El3eInhers al t5s present time the
man ae-Sl.lp is a5ouI three times the
original number Il appears tlat moth
ing short Of death terminates active
mem be-Sa.p once woman has
5o.nad ~ least one lazy VINO moved
away 10 Minnesota and another wno
Became a resident of pes Motnes still
eontinGe ~ remit their dues annually
ana this without the necessity II even
2 hrs- notice" requesting remittance
The society meets once a month and
each New Year das gives Nhat i
called a Community dinner. al the
home on some one Of tae members
''I&e donate tas 5isre- and taen pay
10 cal H. explained the husband ~
the secretary ana treasurer Never
thelesS. these dirters are very gen
orally ATTENDED and evidently enjoyed
INN enssiy The proceeds of these
dinners go to charitable and semi
charitable institutions The state or
phaus' home is the socie-y's pet but a
local hospital and otter institutions
are nor overlooked.
Now there is stretch Of public
highway nearly three miles in length
east 81 Town that was eraveled some
fifteen years ago 4 publ!c spirited
kind of people have lived along his
road For years and for years the King
drag was pun into operation without
process of law by those primarily in
terested In the FEASIBILITY Of the road
Then came the Law which permitted
pay for road dragging ard il is said
that thereafter this highway was not
kept in such good condition as before
Finally the recent road Law was enact
ed and then began series OF surveys
over this stretch, three of them in
rapid succession. No grading however
until this fall Loca! residents are
fearful that their once fine road viii
be a terror this winter and next
spring unless something is Aone ana
this soon And here is where the
Christian Home Helpers Society comes
into the story, II conceived the idea
Of gravel hauling donations. half
priced gravel and community dinner
for everybody concerned. II secured
promises from enough men 10 do the
work and from the owner Of the gravel
pit for the necessary material. Then
came an aggravating message from
county supervisor to the effect that
he wasn't sure the road had yet been
put to grade and action had 10 be post
poned The society is still waiting as
patiently as may be for word to go
ahead. When il comes the work will
he done, and II isn't the society's fault
that 1t is not done already 1t is not
on record that any mem Der of this or
ganization is an advocate Of woman
suffrage but if any such exist some ar
gunent other than the one quoted at
the beginning Of this article will have
TO be brought OF; By the opposition.
There has been considerable discus
sion in regard 10 the feeding value OF
soft corn this fall The following is
q record made by Mr. J. T. Adamson,
a well known breeder Of pure bred
hogs, on his farm near Iowa Falls a
month ago he turned seventy eight
head Of hogs ranging in weight from
thirty-fve TO 1T5 pounds each into a
seventeen acre field Of corn The ami
mails have been fed daily small
amount Of tankage and this with the
corn. water, salt and ashes has con-
stituted their daily ration. At the end
Of thirty days they were found to have
gained 1870 pounds, a daily gain per