The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1917-08-23
BOTH TOWN AND COUNTRY ARE
TRYING 1T OUT.
Seems to be Giving Excellent Salts
faction in Communities Where
II Has Been Used.

The Fairfield City Council thinks so
well OF oiling the streets that it has
paid $3.50 for an outfit In this action,
the members of the city council will
be backed up by the residents of Fair
field, and within short time all main
streets in the city should be oiled. In
order to have the street oiled, it is
necessary that majority of the prop
erty owners, net enters, get up pc
tition and present it to the city clerk.
The oiling win be done on various
streets in the order in which the pc
titions are placed on file.
The price of oiling has not yet been
determined. However, the city authori.
ties beliece that it will be approx.
mately $37o for each 66 FOOT lot. Last
year this was the price charged, but
oil has raised in price since last year
from 1856 to $5.95. 'rhe city will pay
for the oiling of all intersections oil
streets and alleys, according to the
new laws governing that subject.
In oiling the streets, ii is the inCen
ton of the city to oil complete street
and not parts thereof. The oiler has
been shipped and will probably arrive
this week. Work will be commenced
Immediately, as there are at this time
five petitions on file in the office OF
the city clerk.
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They have some good reads boosters
about Sully and Lynnville who are
worth having. While others have been
considering what nice thing it would
be if the roads between towns were
only oiled they just got to work and
| oiled 'em. I
Three men-Arie Elscott and Macy
brothers, oruered enough oil to oil the
road from Lynnville to Kilduff on theil
own responsibility trusting to the lib
crafty Of the people in the towns and
along the road to make them safe and
the people came right up with theil
part and the result now is a fine
stretch of oiled roads between these
fine trading points.
Inc road is an example TO the whole
county of what our roads should be
Conditions are perfect now for spread
ing oil. The roads are smooth, the
grades are in good shape and the wea
tner is hot enough and dry enough tt
make the oil spread just right.
A special meeting of the executive
board OF the Newton Commercial AS
ISOLATION and few of the prominen
good roads boosters was led at th'
club rooms Monday aft ernoon to con
slider the question of continuing the
! Lynnville killduff oiled road from Xii
duff to Newton. Those present were
unanimously of the opinion that New
| ton should take up the work and pusl
| it through. The plan proposed was Il
ask every automobile owner in New
ton to make a small contribution t
! the fund, to raise NewtOn's share ant
asking every landowner ?!cng the pro
posed road to make a contribution a!
! they have done Oh that part of thu
road from Killduff to Lynnviile.
The committees named for this pur
pose were as follows: H. B. Allfree
w. y, Jasper, Dick DAILY, w. w. Smiu,
: A. M. Carl, Geo. Warner, Clarence
lCraven, Homer RayDurn, Wayn,
/ Sayre,, w. r. Cooper, S. S. Marshall
R. H. Bailey, H. r. Norris.
1t was the opinion of those presen
that the choice Of routes should de
pend on which way gave the most en-
enlargement to the project-either by
way of the county home or by usint
several miles of the rlver-to-river roaC
and then branching off south.