Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-24
IOWA
NEWS

of conducting bucket shop.
The estate of the late George
Wells, a wealthy farmer Of Grundy
county, consisting of $685. acres OF
land, will be divided into six parts
and thus divided among the heirs.
The diamond jubilee Of the found
ng Of the Methodist Episcopal So
aet in Dubuque and In the state OF
iowa. was celebrated for three days
beginning Dec, 20.
That the government will take up
he work of opening the Missouri
liver to navigation from Sioux City
to st, Louis next spring is the be-
lief of the government engineers.
John Lawrence, alias John Browr,
wanted flor defrauding banks in In
llama, Illinois and Iowa, was shot at
Waterloo by City Detective Houston
while resisting arrest.
Lora Manley. a IA year old girl CT
Lovjlla, left her home on Dec. Is. and
since that time has baff1ed all efforts
20 locate her. 1t was thought that
she had started for Marshalltown.
~ thS DiS n. loiuh
view sale of shorthorns at Webster
City, forty-fve animals were sold for
sS,62750, an average of $19S per head.
Miss Ramsop, cow, brought the top
price of $3.50.
The work Of the Anti-Saloon league
got black eye when Sam Putnam, a
spotter, was caught In the act of ac-
cepting a bride from Anton Goeden,
proprietor Of confectionery stand in
Sioux City.
Six million dollars is the value of
diseased cattle in Iowa, according to
Or. j. w. Kline and DR.. p. o Kato
And the bulk of these diseased cat
tie are afflicted with tuberculosis.
The Iowa State Savings bank OF
Creston celebrated it's twenty-ffth
anniversary December II by moving
into the handsome new quarters just
finished and planned especially for
that institution.
Covered with big tag bearing her
name and destination and loaded
down with presents given her by
Mrs. Mcfarland, Des Moines' proba-
ton officer, little 9-year-old Susan
Drone was sent to the Orphans home
at Davenport.
The Kcons farm, consisting OF 800
acres in Grundy county, was sold for
| $4,000, or $156.25 per acre. The
Kcons family bought the farm TWEEN.
ty-four years ago for $40 an acre,
and at that time the price was CON
sidered excessive.
The clothing store OF l. J. Swarz-
man Of Adair was broken into and
robbed of about 5000 worth of cloth
| ing, iewelry and shoes. After dress
ing himself up in up-to-date style
the robber took along all he court
carry and made a safe getaway, leav-
| ing no clue.
Mr.. Faville, OF Des Moines, attend
ed the National Corn exposition at
| Omaha and purchased several ears
which won the grand sweepstakes
| there. One was an exhibit of ten
ears and fer these Mr.. Faville paid
| $3.50. For a single ear which won
| the grand sweepstakes in the single
ear contest, he paid SIS.
| The LeClaire rapids, the most dan
gerous part Of the Mississippi river
to navigation, and extending for a
distance Of fifteen miles, is being
blasted out by the government The
solid rock bottom of the river is to
be blasted out to form a siE-fcot
channel from LeClaire to Rock Is
land, extending along the Illinois
: bank -
4 Tie will of Mrs. Sarah e. Winslow
/ involving $4,000 in property was
/ declared invalid in district court at
| Newton The case was under adj
yisement for some time. ;Nas. Win
slow had left $3,433, almost the en-
tire property left her by her first
| husband, William Armstrong. to Geo.
| Armstrong. Fight other children and
several grandchildren from the same
marriage had been cut off with hrt 6
few dollars each. The property had
the legatees was to have received
the income for ten years and then
to have been In possession. Undre
influence and fo~~~'tism was the
basis Of the contest.
A crisis has been reached in the
condition of the rural schools OF
Cerro Gordo county. This is made
i clear by the detailed report just
made public by County Superintend
ent of Schools Mahannah, which
shows a lack of efficiency, undue ex,
pense and a critically small attend.
ance, in some cases there being only
two pupils in the school. Figures arc
given to show that on an average
the pupils are absent from school
one-ffth of the time. The cost OF
tuition ranges from S1.69 to 81 pei
pupil per month. The attendance is
to be improved by the enforcement r.
the compulsory attendance law
while the school officers will consid
er the matter of the unusually large
cost of the schools in their districts
Boys whose parents are unable t.
give them college education car
obtain a substantial lift by attending
! the short courses at Ames and win
ming one Of the Armour scholarships
There are SIX of these to be award
ed. They are valued at $3.50 each
which means year at college.
Because tia label on the breakfast
food packages stated the weight i.
16 ounces and the actual weight wa:
four ounces lighter, ]. b. Ec!ienr7dt
agent for the Citizens wholesale sup
ply grocery house was arrested a
Iowa City by Pure Food Inspecto
NJ. e, Flynn Of Burlington