The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-06-18
PAVED ROADS

Inc question OIL pdVeu TOduS, VI
permanent road Improvement, has not
taken on definite form in Crawford
county as yet although theretis some
agitation in their favor, and In a num-
Der Of townships there have been meet
ings held with view toward educa.
ton Tin favor OF hard surface roads.
The condition Of the roads over the
county the past two weeks has in no
WISE been detrimental to the question,
however. 5@E.> i 4 sR>$ ~
Many counties of the state have de.
cided In favor of hard surfacing, as Is
shown by the returns from number
of elections held. Elections have been
held in Black Hawk, Palo Alto and
Sioux counties and in each of the coun-
ties named the proposition to hard sur
face has carried by good majorities.
In Black Hawk county the election
was held last week, but the decision
of the voters was not considered as
carrying much weight, inasmuch as
the cities Of Waterloo and Cedar Falls,
who held the balance Of power in that
county, voted in favor Of paved roads.
Such a result was to have been expect
ed. ,Palo Alto and Sioux counties,
where elections were held just recent
ly, were considered as stronger indi-
cations sof what purely agricultural
counties would decide 4 on the road
proposition. In both counties the
paved roads advocates won out. Palo
Alto county voted in favor of paved
roads by a slim majority Of 1O7 votes.
This was in spite OF the strenuous OPP
position put forth by the Iowa Home-
stead with a Especial edition. n IA,
la Sioux county seventeen out OF
twenty-s0yen precincts gave 1856
votes for paved roads and 445 against,
and there was only one precinct re-
ported as having voted against the
proposition.
We enjoyed visit Friday with our
long time friend, Mr.. James Rollins, of
East Boyer township. Mr.. Rollins is
now in his S5th year of his birth, but
that age. He does not attempt to do
manual labor, having rented his fine
farm to two of his sons, James, Jr.
and Robert But he takes the usual
interest in the farm work, and enjoys
a look now and then at the livestock
on the place. "Jim," as everyone calls
this old veteran, and he is really vet
eran, having participated in more than
forty battles of the civil war, owns
three hundred and 1sixty-three acres OF
land In East Boyer township-th very
pick OF the township-the most OF
which he purchased in the earlier days
at from $3.50 to $500 per acre. This
land Is now worth $500 an acre of any
mans money, and we doubt If one
could buy it. The original 100, lays
in sections II and 49, East Boyer, and
was purchased by Mr.. Rollins in 1865.
1t was this very place that Mr.. and
Mrs. Rollins started housekeeping IN
1869, and they have lived there ever
since Up until few years ago Mr..
Rollins devoted considerable time to
the raising Of pure bred stock, and
had some very fine Polled Durham cat
tie, Poland China hogs and some very
good horses. In addition to his agri.
cultural and stock raising pursuits
he was for many years an active agent
for the Kiron Mutual Insurance COM
pany, and found time to act as town.
ship trustee, township clerk and was
school director for nine years. In
Grand Army circles and In many of
the political maneuvers he has always
taken an active part, being an hon
ored member OF the John A. Logan
Post No, So, g. A, r., and OF the re-
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