Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1913 — Farmers Formulate Plans For Road Improvement. [ARTICLE]

Farmers Formulate Plans For Road Improvement.

A number of representative farmers met at Center school house, Union township, Friday evening, March 14th, to discuss and formulate plans for a system of road improvement. It was decided-best to oppose road building under the two-mile road law, and In its place to advocate bonding the township to an amount sufficient to build stone roads on the main traveled highways. To further this end George Casey was chosen chairman and Ira F. Meader secretary. The following committee was appointed to meet and report Friday evening, March 28th, at Center school house, Union township: John Guss, Geo. A. Cover, M. D. Gourley, B. D. Comer, Frank Goff, F. R. Erwiir, Geo. Casey, LeAlie Alter, W. L. Wood, S. A. Brusnahan and Dan Lakin. It is the duty of this committee to confer with the public and report the mental attitude in their locality toward a bond issue; also to come to some decision as to which roads shall bo improved. Everyone is invited to attend the committee meeting Friday evening, March 28th, and help boost the movement for better roads. The secretary was instructed to send a copy of the above report to the Rensselaer papers and notify absent committeemen.