Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 208, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1919 — GRAVEL HAULING CONTEST HELD AT PARR TUESDAY. [ARTICLE]

GRAVEL HAULING CONTEST HELD AT PARR TUESDAY.

A gravel hauling contest was held Tuesday at Parr by the contractors for the Joseph Kosta road m Union township, at which time Isaac Stevenson demonstrated his superiority over six rivals. The contest lasted throughout the day and at the end of the contest it was found that Mr. Stevenson had loaded and hauled forty-eight yards of gravel, or a total of twenty-four loads during the specified time. The gravel was hauled one-quarter a mile. Mr. Stevenson’s performance was a. remarkable one and his day’s earnings totalled $15.40. His friends state that he is a good shoveler, but not a fancy one. ■, The work on the road is progressing rapidly and .Saturday saw the completion of the first mile. Itis a road for which the people of that community have long felt a Want,* and will be completed this fall.