Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1916-07-06
A TRIP ACROSS
BEAUTIFUL IOWA.
Observations Of iowa Roads and
Crops, the Results of 500
Mile Auto Trip.
,llarinda Herald.

WOIlldIl SlillIuSt anu MY tliHt S'stN
vote against Harding for governor
Mrs. i.islc and | started oul ON
a visiting tour. Our first stop
was nj ENira. whore IL sister of
Mrs. l.islc'S lives. and our next
AL Fort Dodge. where nlrmmrrolS
relations are located. From there
We Went to Linden. la. the home
of my booNhuod days. and while
making tins our headquarters we
visited niece and her family in
Dos Moimes and another niece i'm
lndianula.
We started on our return home
"trip ON Tuesday. june l3, pass
ing through pamora. Jefferson
{wherr WE took the Lincoln high
way Ia Carroll Drnison and
Missouri Valley. Here We Mere
delighted ia meet Mrs. l.islr :
sister. Mrs l.alman. and other
relatives. Mrs. l.ahman has lust
returned from n western trip
taken Mitll US II year and "A half
ago.
All This is Of little interest tn
the readers at the herald. hat MAS
intensely Interesting Ia US. fut
WE started umi mo-, only tn visit
With our relatives. hut la cnioN
the good cals lhai> We knoM hey
would furnish us. and | may add
that i'm both these features we
We're moi i'm he least disappointed
HE only trouble being that after
getting home and settling down
Ia he usual routine of life We
found dil'irnllN in coming down
la plain living.
But What think would imlrr-
esl the READERS of lle Herald MOST
is the observations ! made ON he
crops and roads. both of which
are very important Just NOW. We
outside of Page, and although !
have been gninG over Iowa prlr-
IcallV all of my life do NOT he
licNe that have ever seem more
promising prospects for great
crops ham We're in evidence all
through nili trip OF nearls 900
miles. The HAY crop is certainly
above tlr average for wears. and
the harvesting of il MAS i'm pro-
gross i'm many places. especially
of alfalfa. The surprise To me
WAS i'm the fact that there is 50
little alfalfa. since the crop is 50
valuable. AZ o the wheat and
cal :. as n rule these arc away
above he average. both i'm acre
age and i'm quality. King Corn is
Just NOM i'm tho critical stage. and
while the greater part nj il WA
large enough la show n fair de
! gree of promise. yet there was
| quite IA large fraction of il not
| vet plOwnd for the first time. on
account at the rain. One thing
is certain HE FARMERS are civ
ing much better attention la lac
| did when ! MAS Il boy and ii
| shows in the effect OF llr crops
| ] remember that i'm the early ClaN-
| The Needs that We had To- FIGHT
Milh ON lac fields of virgin soil
Mere much moro easily drStroNr.
| han those NOM i'm evidence. 81
| hat he blowing of corn now is
Am entirety different proposition
than il Mas liIy wears AGO w,
certainly We're greatly impre-sr
with tllr r;cI that "A great crop j.
i'm slne for ilr people of IONA.
The neXl factor OF interest j.
lac roads. Last year we spent in
Iowa nearly Sli 900. 600 un tn
roads. and when noticing he vas
amount OF work HAT has hrrl
dome in recent wears ann moi no
al all surprised al Tho amount ~
| lmnllrN spent. one thing Ina
! plea -ed and interested me ver,
| much j. HE fact that money i,
not being ~pnn! entirely ON lll,
hi. cross state lines. as some O
our cheap politicians have re.
GENTLY been claiming when the,
4 g.j,,
! inc io deceive the people NIGH
add that They succeeded pref T.
Well More money has been sprn
Ton the cross roads than ON ",
/ highways. as was shown hN TIN
fact ,IlaI We could go i'm amy di
4 ractinn. regardless oI The HIGH
Ways In Iarl. we found that w
could make better time hN paral
4 Irline he Inler- State HIGHWAYS
This indicates that people IN.
ial,in. ra"r OF their local roads
regardless of lac pressure lha
has been brought to bear iu civ
lno>i attention and expense ia tn
Interstate roads. This is i'm Gree,
contrast 10 conditions in Cali
fornia. whore we travelled severe
thousand miles over their boa q
ieiiNays. for HE rro-S roads am
hy-rnaAS We're entirely nr2lrrtr
an. practically impasSailr
greater par! or tl,c wear. 4
usual. Iowa is all right. and N
state N HE union compares vii
it-cy,.n "a tn The road-.
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