Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-07-08

ell favOring consolidation of the Jew
ell college with Waldorf college, and
leaving the matter of location to
vote of delegates from the Lutheran
churches of the three circuits, was
made subject to the approval of con-
solidation by the board of education
of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of
America.
Four applications of Iowa boys
summer school at the naval training
station at the Great Lakes. Over
score more applications are on file.
The allotment of fiftythree boys for
Iowa will be filled very soon There
will be total attendance at the sum-
mer school of 1000 boys. They will
receive pay at the rate of S33 month
for the six weeks they are in school
and will be put to practically no eX-
pense. The work will include physi-
cal development, discipline education
of character, and the cultivation Of
naval traditions. Religious education
will not be neglected
Members of the Iowa State Veterin-
airy association met in Dies Moines re-
Gently to discuss matters of import
ance to the live stock interests Of
the state E. H. Cunningham, secre-
tary of the Iowa Farm Bureau fedora
ton, presenting the side of the farm
ers. and expressed hope that the
deliberations would result in a closer
and more confidential relationship in
the future between the farmer and
the veterinarian. Mr.. Cunningham
pointed out, in his address, that serum
is now being sold by the manufacture
ers at lie per cubic centimeter. The
at the state biological laboratories at
cost The veterinarians, in an ex-
ecutiye session after Mr.. Cunning
hams address, voluntarily recon-
mended that the charge for serum to
the farmers in the future should car
ny a profit not exceeding 25 per cent
OF the manufacturers cost, or 1Ac
per c. c., exclusive of professional SER
vices.
1t has been years since Iowa has
had as many plank roads as she has
now. Probably very few counties
have gotten this far through the year
without having mud holes which it
mas been utterly impossible to make
passable without laying board paths
for the car wheels. In the immediate
vicinity NJ of
roads where drainage has been taken
care OF in the ordinary fashion with
side bitches and which for several
seasons have given no trouble it has
been necessary to bridge over the
spots with plank pathways. Sleepers
We're laid upon the mud and upon
these two lines of 2X12 boards. two
planks wide, making path two feet
wide for each side, were laid The
most extensive road of this kind so
far reported comes from Marshall
county, where the stretch of bottom
road south and west of Lamoille was
planked for several hundred feet.
Planking road in Iowa seems like a
rather primitive way of road mainten-
ance but it was probably the only
method possible for making some
stretches of road passable for cars
All sorts of things of more than
common interest are happening in
Iowa. For instance, growing two bu.
shells of corn where one grew before.
Speeding up the hen. Competing
with other states for the supremacy
in dairy products. Buying more au-
tos than other states. Building pala-
tlal modern schools out upon the
prairies Starting new banks by the
score while the old ones grow might
Ter than ever, thus becoming indie
pendent of the money centers And a
thousand other things. Quietly and
a few persons have
launched movement that will in
time receive recognition as of equal
value with any of the others. There
is Beautiful Iowa movement started.
There are no boomers behind it If
will not be exploited as some other
movements are. But it will gain
strength and adherents from day to
day. For the time is ripe. Iowa is
growing wealthy. Perhaps Weather
than most Iowans are aware of. The
necessities of life are provided for.
The long hard struggle for mere ex-
istence lies behind the people. They
have conquered Iowa In the fullest
sense of the word And they are
very proud of it, The next step is to
make themselves perfectly at home
in Iowa. To provide for all manner
Of conyeniences and to make Iowa
not only a richer Iowa, a better Iowa.
out also Beautiful Iowa. Here peo
pie are arriving at that period when
they begin to hunger for beauty, as
they fought for the material things in
past decades. They want the finest
houses, the finest of everything in
their houses, they want the best au-
tos and they want good roads to ride
upon and then they will want more
than all else beautiful country to ride
thru, beautiful spots to visit In
little while Beautiful Iowa will be en-