Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-06-19
5000 ROADS At
HIGH AVERAGE
WINNING OF SIX OF SEVEN ELEc.
TioNs GRATIFYING TO HIGH.
WAY ADVOCATES.
DATES FOR NINE OTHER
ELECTIONS HAVE BEEN SET
Indications Point TO Success In Major
ity Of These Counties-Defeat OF
Proposal In Story County Considered
Setback For Lineo'7, Hish~ay-Pav.
inc to Shape Course Of Travel
,ecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June l9-Altho the good
roads statute passed by the last gem
eral assembly has been a law less than
eight weeks seven counties OF the state
have already held elections under II
and all but one Of these counties have
voted for paved roads The good roads
men here say the winning OF six
elections out Of seven held thus far
this season Is better than expected and
argues we'll for future elections.
Dates for nine other elections al
ready have been fixed. while in num-
erous other counties there is every in
dication that the people will vote on
hard surfaced roads before snow flies.
The following counties have thus far
voted for hard surfaced roads. Black
Hawk Palo Alto, Sioux. Scott. Linn
and O'Brien. In Story county the prop
os!tion was defeated. thus postponing
any election again on hard surfaced
roads for that county for two years.
Election dates have been fixed in
other counties as follows. Cerro Gordo.
June %: Johnson. June %; Buchanan,
June %; Dickinson. June 26; Polk.
June 30: Tama, june 80; Woodbury.
July !: Franklin, July 8. and Boone
Oct. I.
To Win In Majority.
The indications are that the election
will carry in the ma jority II not in
practically all of these counties. Cerro
Gordo county has a paved road be-
tween Mason City and Clear Lake
which has advertised the district thru
which it runs as highly progressive.
The paved roads in Woodbury. county
which the Legislature inspected have
brought much favorable publicity for
Sioux City and Woodbury. county. The
paved road from Dies Moines to Camp
Dodge. some twelve miles in length.
has served as an object lesson 10
country paving to hundreds of thous-
ands Of people who have travelled over
il going and coming from Camp Dodge.
These three counties have therefore
had such a favorable experience with
paved roads in the county that a
mn jority vote to hard surface the
inter county roads in these counties
should carry by big majorities.
1t is regarded as unfortunate that
Story County defeated hard surfaced
roads since the Lincoln highway pass
es across that highway. The paved
roads which will be available for travel
within another five years will shape
the course Of travel across the state
and those communities and districts
where there Is no pavement will be
like inland towns without q railroad.
This IS the prediction OF experienced
observers who have witnessed the paw
ing development in the rural districts
in other states.
All this season the state of Iowa has
been avoided as much as possible by
automobile tourists. Cross country
driving has practically been out of the
question in Iowa since early last
November for a period Of almost eight
months If the Iowa roads dry out
and are smoothed down by July first
there will be about four months. dat
ing from the time the roads became
impa ssabe last November. in which
travel is at all enjoyable.