Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-03-05

ed Tor probate at Fort OOuSe, reveals
a bequest of $4,000 as a contribution
to the new Sacred Heart church, of
which the deceased was a devout
member. Burns was one of Webster
| county's hardy pioneers, who acquired
a comfortable fortune as reward for
privations and toll as one OF Its early
farmers. The bequest Is a surprise
to the pastor and his friends.
Sportsmen along the Mississippi
river are again planning to insure
rice crops for the game birds in their
haunts in the sloughs and lakes.
| They are arranging to sow large
quantities of wild rice seed as the
spring season opens, hoping to re.
plenish crop that has almost run
out in the last few years. 1t is be-
lieved that with the restoration OF the
| old feeding grounds, ducks, geese
and other birds will be plentiful dur
ing the shooting season.
At meeting of Syrian club, held
in Omaha it was decided to raise
fund to use in carrying the Hassen
brothers murder case to the supreme
court. The Hassens were convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary
from Denison recently for a term of
twenty-five years. The action Of the
Syrians in Omaha will be taken up
by different Syrian clubs throughout
the state and larger cities and no
doubt large sum of money will be
raised. At the last term of the dis
trict court, when the Hassens were
sentenced, the Des Moines contingent
of the Syrian club sent Walter Nc
Henry up from Des Moines to inter-
cede for them.
With the Christian Scientists
prayer. God is my life," Oh his lips,
Willie, the 10-year-olG son of Mr.. and
Mrs. e. e. Palmer, died at their home
in Brazil after having been sick with
pneumonia for two weeks. This was
the second child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Palmer to be fatally sick with only
prayers of Christian Scientists to aid
it. Coroner Tilmon Investigated the
case and held coroner's inquest,
the result of which was that the jury
brought in verdict blaming the par
ents for the child's death, and asking
the county attorney to take steps to
further investigate the case end pre-
vent any other occurrences of the
kind in the country.
A woman's keen instinct brought a
clever swindler to justice at Fort
Dodge. c. P. Hedges, giving his home
as Dallas, Tex, perpetrated clever
trick on Mrs. Sarah Stack. He claim
ed that he represented a prominent
soap manufacturer and the Louisiana
Lottery company. He combined the
two and with every 100 bars a limited
number OF prizes were given. He said
that he had just two cakes left and
If she drew the large prize she was
to pay $40 and If no prize 80 cents.
Recalling the $500 she had won years
ago she purchased one of the cakes
and found it contained ticket for a
found it contained a ticket for
large prize. She promptly handed
over the $40. Later she became SIS.
picious and with the aid of the police
she located the man as he was board
ing an Illinois Central train. In de-
fault of $500 bail he was turned over
to the sheriff, who will board him un-
til the next term Of court.
While there is wholesale condemna.
ton of the lax methods that have rul.
ed in the conduct or Cass county's
business in the past. the experts en-.
gagged to investigate the county's
books report that they did not find
any grating. But these are the
things that the expert did find: Tha,
prior to 1904, there were many war
rants drawn by the auditor without
action of the board, simply on the
order Of one member. Sometimes two
warrants were issued for the same
claim; damage claims were paid with
out action of the board; the action
of the board was not recorded in the
minutes in many instances; county
officers were paid for extra work no,
pertaining to their Office. But with
all the irregularities the county had
not lost a dollar and much of the
money had been returned to the treas
urer. The expert in his report con
demned the practice and the methods
of doing business and not the officials,
though he said IL man was to de-
fraud the county the methods employ.
ed by the board for several years
would have been those most likely
pursued. All these Irregularities stop
ped in 1904 and the present board
was commended.
In the projected 16-mile electric
railroad between Woodward and
Ogden Is seen the connecting link OF
an "air line" system that will give
Des Moines another trolley road into
Fort Dodge and line to Webster
| City. Indications are that 1t will be
| necessary to build only the 16 miles
| of road between Woodward and
| Ogden. The success of the project
rests solely with the business men OF
| the two towns to be connected and
the owners OF property along the line
! of survey, which already has been run
| through the territory. The big inter
ests supporting the proposed line de-
| sire to remain in the BACKGROUND
until the Woodward-Ogden link is as
| sured, when they intend to make pub
| lie their plan to drive another cleo
trio road into Fort Dodge and a line
into Webster City. 1t is said that
options already have been secured on
a Minneapolis & st. Louis line, prac
tically abandoned by that road, from
Ogden TO Fort Dodge. At Lehigh con.
nections will be made with another
rarely used railroad spur which will
take the trolley cars into Webster
City and give that city its first cleo.
trio interurban. Not only will the
new line furnish Webster City with
better service into Des Moines than is
now enjoyed, but it will make trims
between that city and Fort Dodge
more convenient.
By a contract just completed the
city of Newton purchased the water
works of the Newton Water company
located on the Skunk river, six miles
| south of that city wharn IL hnr q