Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

of dirt to be removed. This is the
first contract to be made in that coun-
ty under the new drainage law, re-
Gently declared constitutional by the
supreme court of this state.
What came near to being a fatal
accident occurred at Shell Rock a few
days ago. William Reintz, a farmer
living five miles west Of Shell Rock,
while coming home from Waverly, at
tempted to cross the track Of the c.,
K. L. & p, and was struck by train
No. 10. One horse was killed, the
other horse had one leg broken, the
buggy was thrown clear of the right
of-way, and Mr.. Reintz thrown through
the fence leading to the cattle guard,
but fortunately was not seriously in
jured, only one leg being slightly
bruised. Mr.. Reintz had three brothers
killed at a crossing only about TWEEN
ty rods from this same place about
four years ago. They, too, were COM
ing home from Waverly in the night
and drove on the track and two were
instantly killed, the third dying the
second day.
Senator Jackson of Woodbury. couD-
ty has come out in favor of the anti
pass bill. In an interview on h sub
iect he says that it is plain that the
people favor the legislation and that
he believes that it would be a good
law. He says that he will vote for it
next winter. He was n of the
eighteen senators who voted against
it in the last session. 1t had twenty
four votes, two less than a majority.
He also voted for the amendments Of
feTed by Senator Jamison, and which
were fatal to the measures. Senator
Jackson say that he favors a COM
plete anti-pass bill if one is to be of
fered, and he would add to it a phro-
hibition against newspapers taking
railroad transportation in considera-
ton of advertising. The decision of
such opponents OF the measure as
Senator Jackson to vote for it next
winter leads the friends Of the pro-
position to believe that it will pass
without difficulty.
An automobile suit has been institu-
ted in Poweshiek county, and being
the first Of it's kind to be tried in that
district, the outcome will doubtless be
watched with much interest. The
plaintiff is Gabriel Strand of Chester
township. The defendant is the Grin
nell Automobile Garbage company.
Damages in the sum of $3,039.50 are
asked for injuries alleged to have been
sustained by the plaintiff by having
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driving on the road west from New
burg in June last. The plaintiff AYERS
that, as a result of the wrongful and
negligent action of the defendant, the
plaintiffs horse was frightened and
ran away, climbing a high and dan.
gerous embankment, upsetting the
vehicle and %pinioning the plaintiff
hereunder. The plaintiff states that
he had a very narrow escape from
death, and as it is, will never recover
from the injuries thus and there re-
ceived.
l. Six s~ugar-coated cookies with rails
ms in the center proved too great a
temptation for William Holland, a
~journeyman blacksmith, at Musca-
tine, and as a result he is under ar
rest with a term in prison staring
him in the face. In order to get them
he broke the seal on a c., r. l. & P.
freight car, and was munching the
last of them when the officer caught
him. Holland was passing through.
Muscatine when he spied the cookies
as a truck driver was unloading a
car. He had money in his pocket, but
he did not know where he would be
able to secure any cookies quite so
good as tie alluring sugar-coated ones,
the likes of which he had not tasted
since a boy. When the driver drove
away the car was sealed again, but
Hollands longing for the dainties re-
suited in his breaking the seal and
securing the tempting morsels. The
value of the few cookies he took is
trivial, but the offense of breaking
the seal on a car is a serious crime,
punishable by a ter1A in the. state
penitentiary.
O. o. Rock, deputy sheriff of Har-
rison county, arrested the board Of
supervisors by telephone a few days
ago. Instead of a long ride and walks
through the sultry heat, which would
have been the old method of doing
things, Mr. Rock sat ~complacently in
his office and let central do the work.
The members of the board who do not
reside in town have rural phones in
their homes, and in less than an hour
each member acknowledged himself
tc be legally under arrest" The ar
rests were made on order of Judge
0. d. Wheeler, it being charged that
the members of the board violated
an injunction granted by him at Coun.
Gil Bluffs recently by which the sup
ervisors of Harrison county were re-
strained from letting the contract for
the construction of the Harrison-Mon-
ona drainage ditch. The members,
John l.. Hall, NJ. Murray, A. B. Has
brook, j. c.. Johnson, A. Lamb and G..
H. Elliott, must appear in court at
Council Bluffs, August 10, and explain
why they violated the order OF the
court in the action brought by Flor.
ence NJ. Wood, whose property VIII be
effected by the drainage ditch. M.
Murray of Little Sioux also has =
charge of contempt of court lodged
against him.
1t sometimes happens that a law
student gives up the law business to