Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-11-07
WRIGHT COUNTY PROVES
SCIENTIFIC ROAD MAKING
IS NOT IMPOSSIBLE
,peeial 10 mines Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
BOWS. Nov. TN the three town
ships Of county road system under the
| immediate supervision of Mr.. Trow-
bridge. one Of the county supervisors
of Wright 1t is expected that the last
| mile will be put to permanent grade
before the close OF another season. AL
most four miles OF road in this district
has been or will be graveled during
| the latter part Of the present year and
drainage OF all roads where outlets
were available has been perfected. II
the present rate of road Improvement
Is kept up Il will not be long until the
entire mileage Of county road In this
county has been graded, drained and
surfaced with gravel. A comparison OF
some Of the township road work with
that done under county direction
ought to satisfy any intelligent OBJ
server that there Is such thing as
scientific road building, and just why
some half mile or mile stretches are
left with narrow ridge of unsmoothed
sods running down their centers COM
polling all traffic to keep to one side or
the other for a year or two after this
work" is done, is one Of the mysteries
of township highway construction.
If there is another rural mail route
in Iowa on which farm improvements
have this year been made to an extent
eQualling that of Rowan No. 1, it de-
serves to be made a matter Of public
record. Here Is partial list of what
is being done along this line in this
remarkable community. Roy Ryder Is
completing barn. a hog house and u
good crib. Charles Boyington near by
has arranged for the construction Of a
house on small tract which he has
recently acquired. Joe Patton, in the
same neighborhood, Is putting up q
hollow block engine house. E. Patton
is remodeling his house making 1t
modern and N. B. Olson has built a fine
modern residence such as would cost
$4,000 or $4,000 il built in a town. His
neighbor, Charles Strait, planned some
thing original He excavated for a
10x20 basement the walls Of which are
hollow block. A partition will separate
it into two compartments one to be
used as an engine room, the other ii
milk house. Above this and extending
SO as to form a building 20xS0 feet pro-
vision is made for a shop garage and
buggy shed ali under one roof. Guy
Stumph has recently finished fine
40X40 foot barn. James Smiths con
tribution is two new hog barns and
john Smith is extensively iemoleiiriS
his house. j. L. Miller and John Smith
jointly have just finished thing job
on their respective farms that in
vo.ved the laying Of dozen carloads
Of tile. G. S. Bromley has put up a
combined garage and granary. +. S.
Stout needed u garage and proceeded
accordingly. Ed AZeltine built mod
ern house on his farm and G. Gun
derson built a double corn crib on his
farm northeast OF town. John Richards
in the same neighborhood has fine
new hog house. Louie Nelson has
partly finished big double crib on his
farm and George Written has added to
his far mbuildings a double crib and
hog house. F. g. Weber had an lawful
| time" last winter achoppins his corn
fodder ont Of six inches or SO Of Ice aid
concluded to evade further trouble of
! the kind by building him silo which
he did as did also II. j. Written. An
other new silc stands on the Budlong
! farm. Wv
In the little town of Rowan, the CEN
| ter of all this activity the building
| epidemic prevails also. The Methodist
preacher explained that since he came
there less than two years ago. twenty
two houses had been built or remod-
eed. some of them good ones too" or
those lately built or projected might be
mentioned one built by Mckinley Bros.
enc by Mrs SnydeS another by Drug
gist Myers. AL French and Albert
Emerson. the rurst-mail carriers, are
each erecting modern houses. Fletcher
Howe is to be credited with a bung-
allow and Clint" kercheval will SOON
begin the erection Of dwelling. Bert
Pelley also expects to build house
this fall and Virden & Emerson. lum-
Der Dealers have planned the erection
Of a tenement house. Joe Patton re-
firing from the farm will do some
building and L.. D. Yeoman will put up
| a garage.
Some years ago when corn huskins
machines were making their appear
! ance here and there it was predicted
| by many that hand picking" would
soon go out Of fashion except on the
smaller farms, but this Is one instance
when machinery failed to supplant
hand labor. So far this season ! have
| found only one single corn husking
! machine in operation. Husking corn
is the one farm job that Is partic-
| ipated in generally by all members OF
| the family. From grandfather down
! to the 6-year-old all are in the fields.
| On the J. w. Akers farm, near BOWS.
| where the last load was brought to the
crib early last week three youngsters
| ranging from IS years down went into
the field each morning with team
| and wagon and husked q load before
driving to BOWS to school three miles
away. Then too some little mothers"
are to DO found at tho farm house
| looking after the still younger mem
bers Of the family while the mature
ones are picking corn. At the M. r.
Wells home little 12-year-old veva was
keeping house. watching over couple
OF little tots and attending to some
business matters such as Settling up
for the mes-Republican.
C. E. Wilson.