Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-03
IOWA
NEWS

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The Glover Overall factory Of Dy-
ersville, which employs about sixty
girls, reopened after having been
shut down for several months before
election.
| r. w. Smith, druggist of Rock
well, lost $110 to thieves who broke
into his store, taking money which
they found in bag lying near the
cash register.
Temperance meetings are being
held all over Wright county and the
temperance forces are active in TAX
ing measures against any petition for
consent to establish saloons in the
county.
Mrs. Theodore F. Gatchel has pre-
sented to the Evangelical Association
Of Methodist Ministers in Des Moines
| $500 to be used for an industrial mis-
sion to be established on North Twen-
tieth streets near the coal mines.
| John Metcalf of Paullina, vice presi-
| lent of the board Of trustees of Morn
| ingside college, died at Battle Creek,
Mich. Mr.. Metcalf gave $4,000 to
the college and was president of the
bark of Paullina.
| Fire at the Ephriam Pegg farm,
south of Green Mountain destroyed
the barn and thirty tons of hay, be-
sides all the harness. Four horses
and one cow persisted. The loss is
$4,000, with insurance of $500.
For sending a lascivious, indecent
letter through the mails to a Colfax
girl just out of short dresses, Glad
e. Gill of that town was sentenced to
serve year and a half in the peni-
tertiary by Judge Mcpherson.
The annual exhibit of poultry by
the North Iowa Poultry association
will be held in Mason City Dec. s to
Dec. IL. The association has secured
the armory, one of the largest build
ings in the city, for the exhibit.
Work on the new law building at
Iowa City has been progressing very
satisfactory the past three weeks. 1t
is probable that the corner stone of
the new building will be laid shortly
after Jan. /. when the state legisla-
ture makes its visit to the university.
Figures issued by the United States
census bureau relative to the expendi-
lures of 159 leading cities for fire
departments show the per capita cost
Of three Iowa cities as follows: Des
Moines, So; Davenport, s1.53, and
Sioux City, soc.
Mrs. Matilda Henry, who has been
matron of the Home for the Aged
since it's inauguration in Des Moines,
has resigned, owing to the condition
of her health. Mrs. Henry is one OF
Des Mones' pioneer women, and
was one of the city's early school
teachers.
The girl and younger brother
children of Seth Haley, near Emer-
son We're playing in the pasture near
the house. They thought fire
necessary to their full enjoyment of
the play, and soon had quite blaze.
che girls clothing was ignited and
she was fatally burned.
Ames is the football champion of
Iowa for the third year in success
sion. Before a crowd of 5000, the
largest one of it's kind ever gathered
in this state, Drake went down to a
glorious defeat by the score OF II to
6. The Haskins field has been the
scene of many great football bat
tie, but none more thrilling, more
spectacular, more truly earned, than
that of Thanksgiving Day.
Cleverly forging a half dozen or
more checks, Charles McQuillen, a
we'll known young man Of Mason City,
was caught and after hearing was
held 10 the grand jury for an investi-
| cation. The evidence against Nc
| CULLEN is not clear, number of his
alleged victims being unable to clearly
| identify him as the one who offered
| checks at their place of business. At
three points where he offered checks
| he was refused money, but succeeded
in getting money at five.
Prof. r. X. Bliss of Ames, head of
the department Of animal husbandry
| of the Iowa State Agricultural col,
| lege has been assisting the local com.
| mittees at Correctionville in planning
/ for the farmers short course to be
| held there under the auspices of the
| college, Feb. to 10, 1909. He an.
nounces that the college has arranged
| for two cars and that prize winning
live stock from the International Live
Stock exposition in Chicago. will be
taken to the fourteen short courses
| to be held in the state.
James Luscombe of Iowa City has
| presented the state university mu
scum with a fine specimen of the
snowy owl. Prof. l. A. Loos turned
] over to the curator of the museum
an interesting specimen of mud
| Puppy or salamander. which was sent
him from the south. University pro
fessors are particularly interested IL
this little animal, as il Is regarded
By advocates of the theory of evolu
ton as the connecting link between
reptiles and that group of water and
air breathing animals known as
amphibans.
A permanent convention fund o.
$4,000 year for two years was
unanimously voted by the Des Nome.
Commercial club at a general meet
ing.
Judge s. NJ. Weaver got more votes
at the recent election than any othel
candidate except Judge Taft Secre
tary of State Hayward was third
Treasurer Morrow was fourth, Judge
Evans fifth, Attorney General Dyer!
was sixth, Commissioner Ketchun