Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-10-25
DECLARED 70 De HEST NATURAL
HIGHWAYS EXCEPT THOSE
OF GEORGIA.
yEARMERs COMMENDED
FOR WORK or DRAGGING
Acceptance and Observance Of Law
Draws Compliments Of Tourists-
TravsI Being Encouraged For An
ethsr Month. When Winter Will Stop
Auto Tourist Travel.

Clinton, Oct. 25.-NIotorists are being
advised. thru the medium Of special
pages in Sunday editions Of metropoli-
TIN papers, that the roads to the Mis-
souri, river will be open FOR travel
n for another month at least. In this
connection tho Chicago Trjbune's road
guide u giving lower roads. via Gin
ton, some splendid endorsement. In
sundays edition Of the paper Is the
following suggestion for the traveller
along the Lincoln Highway:
I'm Illinois the Lincoln Highway is
not the road that it should be. An
Important and much used artery OF
automobile travel. it should he
wider and better maintained than, II
is. The 148 miles between Chicago
and Clinton is largely q combination OF
gravel and dirt road with some per-
manently improved stretches, the most
notable Of which IS fourteen mile
connecting Dixon and Sterling, now
being paved with brick. This con-
struction work necessitates short
detour, but It Is we'll marked with
signs, especially at every turn.
''The loG4cal noon stop Is Clinton,
and il the motorist gets away at Z
o'clock in the morning he should be
ordering his luncheon at l, for the
s14s miles can be travelled in six hours
without any attempt at speeding.
s west OF Clinton the motorist
travels over the finest natural dirt
roads in the country, roads that are
wide, fast, and dragged Immediately
!. after each rain. roads in which the
Iowa farmers take special pride IN
maintaining. There are hills to climb,
the region being much more rolling
Z tran one who never has toured Iowa
ould imagine"
Another edition has yoluminous
story with the lead "Iowa's Natural
Roads Shame Illinois Highways" 1t Is
said that the iowa roads when good
are very, very good and when they are
had they are horrid," and continues:
ron the statute books Of Iowa is law
that should be enacted in Illinois. 1t
provides for the immediate dragging OF
roads in each and every township after
each and every rainstorm. Conse-
Sauently = trans state highway made
5impassable by q Monday nights rain
mo later than Thursday Is as smooth
ard Hard . 4. city Boulevard all the
way from - sAIiss1ssippt to the Mis-
souri, river: And furthermore the law
strictly observed. not because it is
a law with penalty attached but be-
cause the lows farmers are both in
4 telligent and altruistic, knowing the
value Of good roads and appreciating
y what they mean to tho motorists tour
i ing the state.
! aIn all the country Z know OF, only
one state that can boast Of as fine nat
!. ,llral Toadssas lows or ~ excellent sys-
st$em OF maintenance.
lows 10 not satished with its nat
ural dirt roads, smooth. fast, wide and
we'll maintained - they are, but it is
not ready for permanently improved
highways ut the present time.
Another excellent feature Of Iowa
roads 10 their width. On all the main
highways three cars can be driven
abreast and drivers in passing auto
mobiles do not have to exercise eau