Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-07
IOWA FARM NEWS And NOTES

made even. This work was done dur
ing an extremely dry spell and the
packing was slow. but with the coming
of two or three good showers. the torn
up materials has become repacked,
leaving much improved surface. All
this work was done by the patrolman.
but a tractor was hired to pull the
scarifler In tearing up the packed
gravel surface.
Every dollar OF the expense OF the
patrolman Is paid from the cash funds
of the committee. A careful record
OF the patrolman's work and the time
spent on each feature of 1t Is being
kept for the commission. and the de-
tails will be made available
The Eagle Grove campaign for gray
eled roads started about one year ago.
Some of the business men Of the city
and the community surrounding the
town were not satisfied with the pro-
gress made; they wanted things 70
move faster. A dozen men were named
as a good roads committee, and j. >.
Paine became tine manager OF the CAM
paign. About $1,000 in cash was Sc
cured and contributed labor to an
equal amount was promised. The lat
ter was chiefly from farmers. The
money and labor, chiefly hauling, were
given with the understanding that the
committee should use 1t to best ad-
vantage in crawling the main traV-
eled roads into town.
The greater portion OF the graveiins
was done during the winter months
when the farmers teams were not
busy. At times seventy-hve teams
were working on single road. Mos'
of the gravel was bought from farm
ers' pits near the road under improve
ment. at ten cents per load, and some
for five cents. One of the farmers sou
gravel at the regular rate OF ten cents,
but donated load for every ioao
bought. The cash contributions We're
used to defray the expense OF LOADING:
leveling and Distributing the graVei
after It was on the road. Enough OF
the money was saved to cover the ex-
pense of maintaining the regular pa
troll this season.
The committee had considerable dit-
ficulty in securing gravel, but arrange
mnts have been completed by tue
Wright county board of supervisors SO
that much of this difficulty Will De
avoided by the county purchasing pits
The present winter will see each Oh
tho roads extended and a few new ones
started. At present, the network IN
c,udes seven miles on the WOODSTOCK
road southeast, three on the county
road east. three on the Middleton road
sou,h. two on main road straight
north four on the Goldheld ROAD, Ten
on a main road and feeders nortn.
west, and six miles on county roau
west.
Some of the gravel roads were put
down without sufficient care, anu tHss
became "humpy:" riding over them
gave the impression of life on the
ocean wave" Mr.. Lamb, at the noost-
ers' orders. recently ripped up the sur
face and started packing All over
again. 1t was on the day that the
ripping up was started that Mr.. Eich-
niger editor Of the Service bulletin,
got acquainted with J. IS. Paine Cap
parently the man behind the guns)
and his six cylinder car. Possibly IL
would be wrong to intimate that this
specia! six cylinder was the original
goods roads booster that got behind
Paine and urged him on. No matter
what really started the campaign
Paine and his car are both going strong
and the cause OF good roads around
Eagle Grove Is prospersng appareh'''
as nowhere else in Iowa.
Mr.. Paine In writing OF the result o.
the patrol system says: we nave GOT
ten the roads into 100 per cent petter
shape than they were when we started
tho patrol system, We are still at IT,
They are getting better all the t"e'
When the gravel which we have just
scarifled gets packed, we can be proun
of some of the roads we have around
here"