Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-18
Looker-On In Iona

L0okeY-On In Iona
New Sharon, March iS-Twenty-f1ve
years ago there was good bus line at
Algona. But twenty-five years ago the
roads from the depots to the hotels
were good only when they were good.
During the spring months it frequent
ly was an hours trip from depot to
hotel. Last week the writer got off a
Milwaukee train, and rode UP town in
about six minutes, this in big auto
bus over a good road" Algona corr
respondence in the T.-R. mentions that
the auto bus hitched on to a road drag
and made good road a better one.
Here's another use for the automobile.
No better use of the taxpayers money
can be made than for an investment in
an automobile to haul road drag. The
auto will work twenty-four hours a
day without stopping for rest" water
or feed. Another thing, there is no
graft" in this kind of road making.
go away from town to get the news.
In a recent issue of the New York
~
the snow yesterday afternoon cab driv-
ers, taxi MEN and interested sectators
stood around in the slush and wind to
see twelve enthusiasts young corn
growers from the middle west alight
from the "Four-twenty-fve" from
Washington and stand in line to have
their pictures taken. AS a regard Of
merit for good farming. corn growing
hrao LII no rn1s
leges Of the western universities of
three states, Nevada, Iowa and Mime
sofa. arranged to give their chamions
in New York ready to see everything
from Ellis island TO The Bronx.
They were present at the last session
President Wilson. Young Eyrie Gro
we'll. 10 years old and hailing from
walthill, Neb.. was the hero of the
Nebraska delegation, as his corn made
ninety-two and a half bushels to the
acre. Earle Zeller of Iowa was not far
behind in the corn contest Clement
Miller, OF Jefferson county, Iowa. was
the winner in the baby pork contest"
OF the breadmakers Ruth E. Fleck,
II years old, OF Floyd county, Iowa, was
the prize winner. Minnesota, 1t was
said by Mrs Margaret F. Baker. the
chaperon, was the first state to start
a breadmaking contest. Margaret LOT
gren and Helen Fiergolla were the sue
cessful contestants from the Gopher
state, while Roy Halverson scored In
the contest. Sixteen hundred girls
entered the contest for breadmaking in
Minnesota last year and S,l00 ooys
took art in the corn contest.
The children are staying at the Hotel
McAlin until Tuesday morning, when
they will return to the west.
Probably no nation on earth equals
us when it comes to trading, or as the
Yankee says it, swapping" Here's
case in point: When the Christian
church college at LeGrand consolidated
with the same denomination school al
Moberly, Mo-. the building. say 40xlSo
four story brick, with an L 1Sx4o. was
traded for Minnesota farm. Both
parties to the trade made money, Sd II
was claimed. But what was the other
Teller going to do with big empt!
college building? Why. trade 1t on, o.
course. And it is reported 1t has beer
| traded again, this time Tor an lowe
farm. Now it so happens they are asi'
tating the consolidated school at Lee
Grand The writer is told thirty pupils
in the country are paying for tuition II
high schools, yet the proposition for
consolidated school was lost by 1--WE
votes. There's some talk OF agitatint
the subject again. The writer does no
know who at present owns the empt,
college building at LeGrand. out
looks to an outsider as II another trad'
might be made and the citizens OF LIE
Grand secure a high school buildlni
equal to anything in the state except
ing Of course the larger cities, this too
probably, at one-fourth the cost OF
new building, its size and location.
When the Chicago & Northwestern
railroad moved the depot nearer to LIE
Grand it was necessary to build shor
piece of road from the depot to tn
main travelled road. The railroad com
pany gave the town several carloads o
crushed rock to make good road.
Result, during the late muddy spe
the bus and dray line could only hau
small loads over the regular count
built road, had to walk the horses an
drag the wagons thru the deep mue
but as soon as they reached the depo
cross road they trotted along four mile
an hour. All this in same TOWNSHIP
same snow, same rain, same SUNSHINE
same team, driver, wagon and load. Y
course this short road was made
free crushed rock, hauled by voluntee
teams, but it does seem as tho tn
county could we'll afford to own
quarry and rock crusher. and 1t Is
fair guess volunteer teams would 3
glad to spread it over the county road!
We have rock enough in Marsha
county to make every foot OF count
roads good roads 1854 days in tn