Show 0 IOWA DOES GOOD ROAD WORK lincoln highway official Is pleased with progress each county coun ty preparing to aid that good work is being done in the improvement of the lincoln highway through io iowa iona na is the assertion ol of IT C Ostern iann field secretary of tile the lincoln highway Ilig hway association mr Ostern iann recently made a trip of inspection spec tion through the Ilaw keye state and the results were more than satisfactory to him on his journey across the state the lincoln highway official was accompanied by D E goodell of tama in ia slate consul of the lincoln ass association oc lation and thomas IT II macdon ald aid J W and in d IT II C beard of the iowa state highway commission commis gIon enthusiastic and well attended lincoln highway mec meetings tings were held at numerous points across the state a splendid plen did program of lincoln highway improvement was revealed by the re boits submitted at these meetings bering the most important developments mr states seventeen miles of the lincoln highway in clinton county have already been graveled with federal aid funds applications for federal lid aid funds have also been made by cellar cedar and counties and efm alm ilar applications will be filed in the immediate future by linn tama denton benton and probably crawford counties A lincoln highway seedling mile Is now under way in linn county and existing arrangements call for thi complete graveling of all the rest of tile lincoln highway in the county in a similar fashion the plans in mir mar county call fur for the graveling of every foot of the lincoln highway from county line to county line story boone and greene counties are practically nil all graveled at the present time and an all weather road Is report edi edt the visiting officials found that crawford county had spent more money than tiny any other county in t the he state in grading the lincoln highway field secretary Oster Os manu and state sate consul goodell expect that by g WI SM 51 ow al Z M on X good stretch of road in iowa the end of 1018 there nill ill be 1000 sustaining members of the lincoln ailigh way vay association in town iowa plans for the permanent marking of the lie route across the state were discussed with the various local officials and consuls of tho the national association and bah county in the state Is preparing to aid in financing this project to thu the extent of A start has b hien en made in this direction following the action of pottawattamie county in voting tor for this purpose to which the city of council bluffs has added the importance oi of the lincoln highway improvement Improve mant in iowa mas attested by the presence and interest of state engineer macdonald acDonald SI and his as Fo cates ates at the various meetings |