Debate over road building powers and highway commission
A local road policy dispute questions whether township and county officials should supervise road work or defer to the state highway commission. Critics denounce the United Taxpayers League as anti highway progress while arguing for better Iowa roads and cautioning against graft and political misuse of office. The piece defends state control and notes potential legal amendments as experience guides policy.
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Bar
Othe
Tate Highway Commission
Reha’ Ague
Ptt
United “Taxpayers League
Board of Trustees
League
Highway Commission
United Taxpay 1Ere League
Iowa
Highway ‘Commission
Local notes from Pella describe shopping and visits
Gambell and VanderPol advertise cash or merchandise for eggs and bargains at their stores. Local residents and visitors like Miss LeCocq Dr. Carpenter and Mrs. VanZante are noted with trips to Des Moines Ottley Monroe Eddyville Newton and Knoxville. The Pella orchestra provided music for a Reasnor dance while Ray VanMaren injured a toe unloading a tombstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gambell’s
Chas F. Dykstra
Des Moines
F. F. Carpenter
Margaret LeCocq
Otley
R. D. McIntire
Clark Richardson
Oskaloosa
Ollie Nicholson
Newton
Pella
P. H. Kuyper
Capital City
Art Koeleman
Monroe
Gam
Bell’s General Merchandise
F. Brunin
Wddyville
J. Marks
Ruth
Marie Phillips
Vander Pol
Bert VanVark
Prairie City
Ditching Crews Headed South as Summer Work Begins
Prices drift through a small Iowa town as crews from Pella depart for summer assignments in the southwest. Joe Helt and Van Gorkom Bros. took crews Monday. A Baptist church annual meeting and election yielded a supper and social. Gambell offers egg buying, while D G VanZante underwent appendectomy at Dr Bos hospital last week. W W Carris, former Central College athlete and editor of Springville New Era, reelected mayor by large margin. Jos Faassen plans move to Clinton in June to work in a five and ten cent store. Mrs Mamie Smith, ex-resident of Pella, returns to Ames to keep house for her son Lygaan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Joe Helt
van Gorkom
The
Baptist Church
Gambell
D. G. VanZante
Dr. Bos Hospital
Springville
W. W. Carris
Central College
Jos Faassen
Clinton
Joe
Adv
Mamie Smith
Knoxville
Ames
Lygaan
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Vander Linden’s Drug Store
Keables
J. H. Kuyper
Sharples Milker and
Vanderwal Bros
Alex Visser
Bert Baron
H. P. VanderMeulen
G. A. VanderMeulen
W. H. VanderPloeg
White Way Auto Co
Vander Pol’s. Adv
John DeCook
J. P. DeCook
Herman VanZante
Eddyville
Reasnor
J. A. den Hoedt
L. Muilenberg
Millerton
Petey van Zante
Dirk van Zante
Sipe
Main Street
T. J.reese
Beacon
Rees
Harry VanHemert
Marion County
VanderPol’s
T. D. Franklin
Bonaparte
J. W. Bailey
Grand Island
Nebr
Grand Island College
Ray VanMaren
VanderPol
Gertrude
Joyce Parker
Jeanu
Betty Phillips Mane
Dorothy Kelly Suzan
Helene Blattner
Fanch
Ruth Moorman Yvette
Garnet Dean Serpolette
Pauline Hoover
George Clark
Dwight Fuller
Frederic Walsmith
Carl Mellberg
Gaspard
Templeton
Worthy
Williams
Wortman
Wasson
Walton
Young
Allender
Bowen
Clark
Cruzen
Hilleary
Piersel
Henri
Cornville
Puritan Drug Company Mon
Chateau
Normandy
Serpolette
Germaine
Bailli
Jean Grenicheux
Miger Gaspard
Porcels
Pella Plumbing & Heating Co
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