Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-06

the son Of c. Fl. Elmerdorff, wealthy
stockman of Lincoln, and the grand
son of George w. Frank, New York
millionaire, is under arrest In Sioux
CITY for forgery. Elmerdorff confess
ed his guilt. He forged the name
OF Postmaster G.. r. Burgarow to a
check for $40, but the fraud was de-
tected whom the check was presented.
Joseph M. King, son of ]. B. King
of Red Oak, was asphyxiated by
FUMES from gas stove in the bath
room of his boarding house at Grand
Junction, Colo. The body was found
the next morning. King had evident.
~ lighted the gas, turned 1t on full
head and laid down on the bed In
his room adjoining to wait for the
water to heat. The gas escaped fast
or than 1t was consumed and filed
his room.
Ole Jacobsen, an employe OF the
United States Gypsum company OF
Fort Dodge, has instituted a suit
against the company in the sum OF
$4,000 for personal injuries received
while in their employ. The plaintin
alleges the injuries were due to a fall
from the smoke stack which he was
ordered to repair by the foreman. II
was in an unsafe condition and ne
was precipitated together with the
stack to the ground, when he attempt
ed TO repair it.
Mrs. Charlie Peterson, a poor wild
ow who keeps a boarding house at
Fort Dodge, purchased three large,
fat ducks for her Thanksgiving din
uer. During the night some soulless
thief stole the ducks. When Mrs.
Peterson made an investigation she
found the ducks gone, but instead
fCEnd a solid gold finger ring. The
value of the ring is sufficient to pur-
chase a dozen ducks. Being an hon.
est woman she has advertised the hnd
and is willing to trade even.
An automobile running as the sec
ond section of Rock Island train NO.
3, passed through Fairfield few days
ago, bound for California and appar.
emily had no difficulty In maintaining
the speed Of thirty-five miles an hour
made by the train that was leading It,
The party came from Chicago and was
accompanied by conductor furnished
by the road. The machine was pecu.
liar in shape, not being as long as or
binary autos and the wheels being
fitted with f1anges to keep them on
the track
1t has developed that the Dubuque
police failed to report a holdup and
two other burglaries besides an unsuc.
cessful attempt. ]. J. Smith and A.
Moral were held up near the Great
Western station and robbed of q
watch and $25 In money. Smith was
on his way to the train but he gave
up the trip, being without money for
fare. The Dennis cigar store, Four.
teenth and Clay streets, was robbed of
cigars and tobacco to the value o.
$50. Entrance was secured through
a rear window. The cash register of
the Illinois Central lunch room in the
depot was rifled of $25. A burglar
entering the cellar window of a house
on Third and Bluff streets was scared
away by members of the household,
who heard noise occasioned by open
ing the window. 1t Is believed an
employee stole the money at the depot.
Perpetrators Of other crimes are IN.
known.
On December 20 will occur the hear
ing before the board Of supervisors
of Kossuth county the first notice in
the establishment of Mud Creek ditch,
a drainage district which includes
more than $50 miles Of drainage ditch,
the estimated cost of which Is little
more than $420,372. This is the most
extensive drainage proposition ever
undertaken In the state and II the
ditch Is established as proposed will
include $4,000 acres in the watershed,
400 acres Of which Is waste land
and will be reclaimed. This ditch
will include within the benefited dis
trict q greater area of land than the
famous Monona- Harrison ditch, which
up to the present time is largest In
the state. The first notice will be
served on more than 500 property and
lien holders, aside from the present
occupants of property situated In the
district benefited. The notice, print
ed in small type will cover a sheet
of paper nearly the size of the ordln
airy newspaper. Eight townships and
two towns are included in the area
benefited by the ditch, being the town
ships Of Eagle, Harrison, Swea, Green.
wood, Ramsey, Ledyard, Burt and
Seneca, and the towns OF Bancroft
and Swea City, all In the northern
half of Kossuth county. There are
now twenty-three drainage districts
in the county, none of which, how
ever, approach in magnitude the one
proposed. Total number Of yards to
be excavated, 1,023,5S0; number OF
miles Of open ditch, 25.2; number OF
miles of tile drains, 1925: total num-
her of miles In district, 147.7. AS
compared with the Monona-Harrison
ditch the one proposed In KossItn
county Is longer and narrower. In
the widest place the width Of the bot.
tom will be about forty feet and the
depth at one place will exceed ten or
twelve feet. 1t follows the general
course of Mud creek and flows into
the Des Moines river short distances
| southeast OF the town OF Bancroft.
The Monona- Harrison ditch Is ninety
feet wide at the top, sixty feet In
width at the bottom and fifteen feet
in depth.
win Porter Gardner, an unmarried
man, near Shenandoah, died OF trich'
inosis after a sickness Of two weeks
He had an unnatural appetite ioi
raw meat and ate raw pork. He nae