Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-11
FEARING TO HAVE
FINE NEW SCHOOL
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP, STORY
COUNTY, VOTES $4,000
BUILDING.
WATER WORKS SYSTEM
ALSO is CONTEMPLATED
Proposed Municipal improvement
Will Cost $35, oOO-Fine New E'usi-
ness Building for Montour - What
500 Will Buy-c. e. Wilson's OBJ
servations.
,ecial to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Fearing, May 11.-By vote OF
about 3 to / Lincoln township. IN
Story county, of which the town OK
Gearing is the center, decided 10
consolidate its schools and $lSo-
600 building will be erected on
fiye-acre tract in the town. safe
and equipment included, the WI ole
will cost about S15O,O0O.
II is said that some property own
ers declared their intention of sail
ing out as soon as possible in case
the proposition carried, but the IN
formant has not heard that any $ zen
transaction has as yet taken place.
He did say that he believed town
property has advanced about 20 per
cent in value since the election.
Work on the building is to be
commenced at once and II is TO DE
completed within year Up to 'fate
in every respect. the structure VIII
contain at least one unique feature
the entrance will he of cut stone.
Above will be a bust of the revcred
president for whom the township
and school were named
Another proposed improvement for
Fearing is u $4,000 water works
system. a petition for this already
has been circulated and signed out
the instrument contained technical
error and the process will have to be
repeated, delaying the matter for a
time.
One of the residents of Gearing is
W. f. Golly. "A retired farmer who
settled near here on II farm little
more than fifry-five years ago. At
that time there were only six set
tiers in the township. In at least
two of the adjoining townships there
was but one family in each. Land
was valued at So per acre. Fifty
five years Is long time in the life
of an individual, but a short one for.
/! land to increase more than hun
bred fold in value or for an almost
uninhabited township to develop the
need OF $15O.000 public school.
A creditable addition to the bust
ness structure of the town of Mon
tour this season of delayed building
operations is the large implement
house that is now being erected. by
Nels Twedt. 1t is 4Sx100 feet and IL
feet high The wall material is hol-
low block and tile and 1t has
nd
finished it will be the largest BUSH
ness house in the town.
Much has been said of the intf-
ficiency of present day mail and
train service. The following is SUBJ
mitted as an instance of service
beyond criticism. A consignment Of
baby chicks was sent by parcels post
one morning last week from Clern-
ons postoffice to Liscomb. The eve
ming branch" train carried the send
err letter containing a money order
for the little fellows and this was
delivered in the pOstoifice box the
same day. OF course something de-
pended on the promptness of the
consignee, also the same thing might
have been accomplished with an all
tornobile substituting for the train:
even a horse and buggy might have
answered for transportation, yet the
example is one of efficient and sat
| BurlesOn's organization and also that
OF the M. & ST. l..
| A county seat resident happened
to be in the office of county super
visor when the overseer of the poor
| came in and presented the case of
family where five small children had
ceased to attend school, the parents
giving shortage of necessary funds
as the reason for the condition Of
affairs. What Is the man doing an
what wages does he draw" asked
! the county official. He is working
in the light plant and receives 800
a month" answered the other. "Oh,
we can't do anything for him." said
the supervisor, and it does seem that
! any intelligent supervisor would haze
made the same remark. but day Or
two later the lady who does the
ouying for a boarding establishment.
told of paying &c cents for sixteen
,robable monthly outlay for foot
car. another mentioned clothing
emit, fuel, an occasional doctor bill
nd the 500 that used to be consid-
red such princely income was all
counted for and more.
Among the numerous staunch re-
,ublicans living in the town of
lemons are a certain retired farm
cr, blacksmith. also restired, a
physician and a merchant. Their
political organization held caucus
last Thursday evening in a school
house three miles out in the country.
The ex-blacksmith didn't care to at
tend the meeting. Two of the 9TH
ers insisted, arranged for transpor-
tation in the doctors car, and when
he still declined it Is said that some
thing very much like physical force
/ was employed to induce him to be-
come the fourth member of the eau
cus-bound quartet Anyhow he went
/ along, remaining until the meeting
adjourned 'and then some" for when
the time came to go back home tha:
Ford which always before had beer.
absolutely reliable, refused to be
cranked. While each member of the
party tried his hand at the per-
Torrance other cars, one by one,
were driven away. About p. m.
the balky car had been pushed to
the foot of hill, where it was found
the next morning and lowed back
to town by q car from the local gar