Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1920 — ROAD MEETING THIS EVENING [ARTICLE]

ROAD MEETING THIS EVENING

PREPARATIONS BEING MADE FOR VISIT OF STATE HIGHWAY HEAD SUNDAY. There will be a road meeting at the court house this Friday evening which will be of vital interest to every tax payer in the county, and the public is especially urged to be in attendance. Plans for the road campaign to be waged in the county are to be discussed and an organization perfected that the wishes of the county may be observed when the state, highway commission hands down its decision on the route of the proposed state highway. L. H. Wright, head of the state highway commission, will be here Sunday afternoon for a trip over the proposed route of the highway through the county. At present there is a rumor afloat that the commission is considering the advisability of routing the road by the way of Mt .Ayr, which would slight the northern part of Jasper county. County Road Superintendent W. S. Sparks, accompanied by Representative W. L. Wood and *one or two others will make a trip north to Kersey and west to DeMotte this atfernoon to see if the roads are in proper condition for the visit of Mr. Wright Sunday. Every mile oft the road to be traversed, by Mr. Wright will be gone over by responsible officials of the county before his arrival. The meeting slated for this evening will be addressed by men well versed in road affairs and all should realize the importance of it an be in attendance. A highway extending from the southern to the northern limits of the county is a project that deseryes favorable action upon’ the part of every citizen of the county.