Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1903 — IMPROVEMENTS IN BARKLEY. [ARTICLE]

IMPROVEMENTS IN BARKLEY.

One can not but notice the many and rapid improvements made in Blackford and vicinity. Every home, farm and roadside looks more attractive, neat and tidy each year. New barns, new houses, new fences have taken places of old tumbledowns. A rod of rail fence can scarcely be seen for miles along the road, and in many instances good, tight woven wire fences have been erected. A new gravel road three quarters of a mile west and north from Blackford has just been finished, which speaks well for the people of that locality. Another road of the same length laid south from the farm of William Daniels to the Schorer bridge is being opened. The old saw, “strike while the iron is hot,” has been reversed by the supervisor who struck it cold. During the last freeze he called in the spring road work, taking the Gifford ditch bank near by and graded a section of the road that could not be done at any other season for its mueikness. An enterprising people in any locality may become wonderfully helpful to each other and to the public generally. The can’ts and won’ts area damage to any community. *