Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1911 — STONE ROAD PETITIONERS A IN NEWTON TOWNSHIP. [ARTICLE]

STONE ROAD PETITIONERS A IN NEWTON TOWNSHIP.

Progressive Farmers Want Thoroughfares of That Township Improved The Coming Year. ■ - Newton township farmers are mak •ng an effort to get some improved roads and two petitions are being circulated and it is understood are being generally signed. One of the projects Js headed by Everet Halstead and of road starting at the Omar Morlan corner and running west to the Augspurger corner and thence north a mile and west to the twonship line. This is known as the old Chicago road and is badly in'need of improvement as U is much traveled. The other project is headed by Reuben Yeoman and is over the Bunkum road across the township from east to west, and i l / 2 miles long.