Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-11-05
IOWA
NEWS

| 1900 acres east of Bankston was burn
| Ing the past week and occasioned
| terror to the people hereabouts until
| the rains rendered the blaze less for
| midable.
John w. Gardner, one of the two
| men who robbed the Bloomfield post
| office on the afternoon of Sept. 8,
| pleaded guilty in the federal court and
was sentenced by Judge Smith Nc
Pherson to four years imprisonment
at the Leavenworth penitentiary.
The Oleson Drug company Of Fort
Dodge occupying the Oleson block, one
of the finest in the city, escaped from
serious fire this afternoon by the
blaze being discovered in its incipi-
ency. The cause is a mystery as no
wires or pipes were within four feet
of where the fire originated. The loss
is slight.
To safeguard the Interstate Pro-
tective association, an organization
lately formed by bankers associa.
tons of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota
and the Dakotas against robbery, an
expert detective force will be en-
ployed, more efficient watchmen will
be had in the smaller villages and
towns, and the cooperation of pub
lie authorities secured.
DIR. Frank Horack, a professor in
the state university, has instituted a
novel custom in his political science
class He will convert the class room
into an election booth and give Young
America practical demonstration on
how to cast the ballot. The class
was taken to the city hall to see how
the voting machine worked.
Land near Hampton has been sell
Ing at the rate of $3.50 per acre. The
farm of w. L. Brown, which lies Just
south Of the townsite, was sold to
Thomas Groom for that price, spot
cash. The farm is well improved and
Is considered the best farm in Frank
lin county. 1t was purchased by Mr..
Brown in 1885 for $50 per acre.
Leaping from the platform OF a
passenger coach into a crowd on the
depot platform at Nevada, Glen Max
well, a young man of Ames under ar
rest escaped from Sheriff Ricketts,
and made his escape under the cover
Of darkness. So far no trace of HIM
has been found, although the officer Is
making every effort to recapture the
boy.
The big concrete piers for the new
st. Paul & Des Moines railway bridge
over the Iowa river at Iowa Falls
are completed and the Des Moines
Bridge & Iron Works is ready to be-
gin the steel work. This bridge will
be 500 feet long and the big steel
spans, 100 feet in length, will be
built at the factory and then trans
ported on fat cars to Iowa Falls and
set in position.
In order to make a stronger case
In a suit for $4,000 damages against
the Mcbride & Will Drug company of
Marshalltown, Mrs. Elnola Bennett
Friend, young society woman filed
q sensational amendment to her orig
inal petition, in which she recites
acts Of her husband in their own
| home when Friend was under the in
! fluence of liquor. She says that he
became abusive, broke up furniture
| and dishes and threatened her life.
Capt. Thomas Berkebile, OF Com
pany c, Iowa National guard, at
Cedar Rapids is mysteriously missing.
| Adjutant General Thrift has been here
| looking into the captains accounts.
| Captain Berkebile's resignation Wac
presented to the adjutant. The rent
| for the armory and other matters
will be investigated. A number of
creditors in the city are also anxious
but the captains friends say that h.
will turn up not later than Monda.
with sufficient funds TO Salty credi.
tors.
Muscatine is now suffering from an
| epidemic of measles. The diphtheria
scare has passed but the health de,
partment Is now facing greater
danger. The measles have spread
rapidly during the past week and q
great number of children are out OF
school. In the Washington school in
the second grade there were but six
pupils in the rooms. The school will
not be closed, however. for the latest
instructions from the state depart
ment Of health favor the continuance
of school, even in the face Of an cpl
demic.
In order to prevent Rock Island pas
senger train No. 2 from crashing in
| IN hn Woh VII 81, La
Ottumwa at 1855 o'clock, the sigma
tower man at Belknap threw the de
railing switch and put the Rocl
Island engine, tender, mail car ant
baggage car in the ditch. Both train!
are due at Belknap at the same time
1t seems the Wabash had the RICH
of way, and ii is claimed the enginee
Of the other train did not heed the
signal. The Rock Island fireman wa
seriously hurt, but all others on the
train escaped injury.
One of the largest single order
of hogs ever heard Of in THE section
of the state was received at low;
City by D. L. Hoover. A Sioux Cit.
; packing firm ordered fifty head o
, thoroughbred Tamworth gifts for tn
syndicate's big ranch in northwestern
, Iowa.
L. r. Hough has begun the buildin
! of a stock yards and slaughter hous
; in Des Moines and stated that tn
plant would be in operation not late
than December /. The buildings an
: yards are being erected On 9 six-acr
I tract which Mr. Hough recently pun
chased.
The city of Des Moines granite
| Mrc w Mnrd the Gum Of cet2 1