Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-29

About $4,000 is being expended
at Oskaloosa for street paving and
new sewers, and seventy-five new
houses will have been completed be-
for the building season closes.
The new edifice fer the First Re-
form church at Oskaloosa will be
completed ready for dedication about
Christmas time. 1t will. cost In the
neighborhood Of $4,000
William Gilmore of Mt. Pleasant has
been adjudged insane and will be sent
to the asylum. He was charged with
setting fire to the barns of neighbors
who he said had injured and sighted
him.
The meats and groceries of Webster
City are delivered by general deliv-
cry company. On Oct. "a thed riv.
ers of this company's wagons struck
for higher wages, thus causing much
inconvenience to the housewives Of
that city.
The officers of the First National
bank of Glidden deny the rumor
which was current that the local in
stitution had $4,000 tied up in tho
First National bank of Carroll C'.sh.
Ter d. E. Waldron Of the Gliddep Dank
stated that the First National Of
Glidden has not had any funds In the
Carroll bank for some time.
]. M. Miller reports that his sweet
potatoes had tendency to grow un,
usually long on his farm out in Center
township this season. One of then
measured over three feet in length.
He has lived in Mills county for fiji
ty-five years, but this Is the first time
that he has ever had to pile up his
sweet potatoes like cord wood.
G. r. Norton, the well-known farm.
er, living near Onawa, charged with
killing Eugene Fyock, a small boy
who was with a party of other boys
stealing watermelons in Norton's
field. has been held to the grand jury
by Justice Marshall. Norton secured
$4,000 bail, which was furnished by
Senator w. C. Whiting.
One Of the best paying crops in
Iowa this year in certain sections
has been the potato crop. Clyde Boore
of Humboldt, planted eighteen acres
last spring and he has already dug
and delivered $1,000 worth and has
enough left in the ground to keep
several families. The potato crop
paid him close to 800 an acre.
With one more day remaining for
registration a vote Of $4,000 in Des
Moines is indicated. Four years ago
there were 1898 votes cast for the
presidential candidates in Des Moines.
Already within 1906 of that number
have registered in twenty-six pre-
cincts. In those precincts the total
vote four years ago was 13.425.
By working far into the night after
a day of labor, the men in the Grant
Park Church Of Christ in Des Moines,
have builded tabernacle at Twenty
sixth and Dean avenue, where they
expect to hold evangelistic services
for some weeks. The building is 50x
81 feet In size, with seating capac-
ity of 600 or more. The building has
been equipped with electric light and
well heated for this religious cam.
raign work.
Sixty-seven fire insurance agents
of the state of Iowa form the charter
membership Of the Iowa State Fire
Prevention association, organized Oct.
%, in Des Moines. Officers were
elected and an executive committee
appointed to report on constitution
and bylaws at the next meeting
which will be held November 10
Those who enrolled themselves in the
organization are chiefly agents, but it
is proposed to extend the membership
to those property owners who are in
terested in the movement. The object
of the association Is to reduce fire
waste and the loss of life from fires.
The work Of the association will be
largely educational.
A certain much advertised beverage
known as near beer" which has
been causing the Anti-Saloon league
| so much worry. is the real thing
according to State Chemist Kinney,
who made an analysis or the nquln.
He declares 1t is beer, only the per
cent of alcohol is reduced. He found
it to contain 1859 per cent alcohol.
His statement is included in a stipu
lation in the suit of w. C. Barber VS.
Abe Adelman, which was filed In the
district court. Adelman was arrested
last June for selling the beverage. A
jury refused to confiscate the brew
and released him, but the dry
nague is persistent and will continr:
! he prosecution in the district court
The annual show of the North
western Poultry association. which
will be held in Iowa Falls from Dec
% to Jan. 2, promises to be the big
gest meeting of its kind held in this
rart of Iowa this season, as In addi
ton to the regular show there will
bring a big attendance. The staus
show of the Iowa Buff Rock club will
be held during the show, and alst
the district meeting of the Buff Rocl
clubs Of the states of Minnesota, Ne
braska, the Dakotas, Montana AM
Iowa. Special prizes and trophies ar
offered by the management or tn
association that promises to br.a,
here the finest display of bloode,
birds ever seen in central Iowa
, The medical department Of tn
!; State University las sent out twelv
human skeletons to be used In con
nection with the study of physiolog.
in the high schools.
After travelling over the count
fer two years in daily fear Of bein
picked up. Bayard Brooks. a fugitiy