Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-12-07
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, THE NEWS IN IOWA. {

IONS who got all they could and did
nothing in return. For some time
here was silence, but at last little
girl exclaimed, with good deal of
confidence: Please, sir, it's the
}aby!"
A fire scare at the police station at
rioux CITY came about in peculiar
yanner. Robert Ray. negro, crawled
through window into the basement
md went to sleep behind the furnace,
lis clothes caught fire and set
punch of kindling wood In a blaze.
Clouds of smoke attracted the atten-
ion Of officers, who ext'nguished the
lanes before much damage had been
lone. Ray was burned, but not serious
y.
At Orange City, after few hours
ieliberation the jury IN the case OF
Matthew Baldes, a farmer who was
charged with wife murder, brought
In verdict in the second degree.
The jury decided that he may not
aave been wholly the aggressor in the
fight with his wife. though convinced
hat his blows killed her. Under the
second degree verdict he may still re-
:eive life sentence, though the term
may be for a shorter period.
Rev. w. II. Shaw Of Indianapolis,
Ind, who did much to bring about the
passage of anti-cigarette laws in In
Llama, Wisconsin and Tennessee, an
bounced while at Sioux City few days
Ego, on his way to South Dakota, that
he would inaugurate campaign
against the cigarette In Iowa in
Few days He would have more
stringent anti-cigarette law passed by
the legislature. He proposes to hold
meetings in all the larger cities OF
Iowa to arouse sentiment against the
coffin nail" He is now engaged in a
similar campaign in South Dakota.
Coal gas from hard coal burner
came near terminating the lives of
Pansy and Joseph Penney, children
IF Mr.. and Mrs. James Penney, living
within a mile and a half of Swaledale.
When found the children were uEcon-
scious, the girl lying near the window,
where she had gone to open the sash
after discovering the gas In the room.
Mrs. Penney had called the children
several times to get up for breakfast,
but receiving no answer, went up
stairs to investigate, when she, too,
came near being overcome by the
sitting fumes as they rushed from
the room. A physician was hastily
summoned from Swaledale who with
the aid of the inmates, resuscitated
boy, it seems, had risen with his
mother, and after getting drink had
retired again. In doing so he struck
the stovepipe, tanning it into the
chimney, thus shutting off the draft.
The children will recover.
Messrs. c. l.. Cook, F. r. Pember
and II. II. Snyder of the bureau of
soils at Washington have arrived at
Ames, to begin their series Of eXper-
iments and tests Of Iowa soils. Mr..
Snyder is at the head of the party
and he, with Mr.. Cook, will conduct
a series of fertility experiments in the
green house of the station of the diff
ferent Iowa soils by the wire basket
method. The idea is to determine the
fertility of the soils. BY the basket
method" soils are taken from the
Geld and mixed together with certain
elements of fertility such as lime and
manure, and put in wire baskets, and
then careful transportation is made
20 determine the growth in the bask-
cts. Mr.. Pember Is testing the soils
If the state by the bottle method.
The soil is put in bottle, water pour
ed in and thoroughly shaken and fl
tered. The seed is then grown in
way q comparison is made of the pro-
iuctiveness of the soinl. The seed
most generally used Is the wheat
Three of the colonies Of the Iowa
National guard regiments, in their an
oual reports to Commander in Chief
Cummins, through Adiutant General
Thrift, recommend the abandonment
If the permanent camp grounds of the
guard near the army post and re-
.urn to the former style Of camps, in
q new locality each year. Colonel
Lincoln, only, reports in favor OF
permanent and general state camp
ground, but he also is opposed to the
present camp grounds, for sundry
'easons. Adjutant General Thrift be-
ieves thoroughly In the state camp
ground idea, but like most of the
other guardsmen he can see defects
In tho pracapt location II 60 No, M
lieved that he would recommend the
removal of the permanent camp rlvA
this city, but as to its proper location
he Is not committed by his biennial
report just filed with the governor.
However, he suggests that the guard
be given practice marches next sam
mer instead of being modified In
camps. He would give the guards
men some experience along this line,
which the war department regulations
rather favor, because it would be
greatly beneficial to the men, and II
would allow the permanent camp
ground controversy to be adjusted fin
ally, satisfactorily and for all time
Harrison county at a special cleo
ton lost the court house $S5,000 bond
issue by about 500 votes. A heavy
vote was cast despite bad weather.
| William Boyle of lie Mars employer
of Alphonse Dunn, is out with a
statement to the effect that Dunn has
everything in the state beaten on the
corn husking proposition. He cleared
up on his employers farm in Plymouth
county eighty-nine bushels of corn in
four hours and five minutes and I'M
loaded the ears. Dunn is ready to bet
that he can husk and unload 200 bush
els in ten hours and not become ex