Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-06-10

tence. Cannon Bell and others have
plead with Judge Miller and state
officers to secure his parole before
being taken away.
While sitting in the Rock Island
railway station at Des Moines wait
ing for a train which would take him
back to his home In Battle Creek,
George Phillips, state factory inspect
or of Michigan, reeled in his seat
and fell forward, dead. Heart fail
ure was the cause.
Another was added to the list Of
milkmen who have been accused by
State Dairy Commissioner Bright for
selling milk to Des Moines customers
that failed to come up to the test.
Information was filed by Milk Inspect
or Tiff in Justice Roe's court against
H. Murrow, an East Des Moines
dairyman.
AS an example of the ~hideousness
of crime. photographs of John Junk
in, Frank Shercliffe and other noted
Iowa criminals were shown to the
delegates attending the district con-
vention of the Christian Endeavor at
Charlton by B. w. Garrett, secretary
OF the state board of parole.
"If you hadn't drank so much whie-
ky that night you wouldn't be here
today" said Judge Miller of Des
Moines, to Jake Jackson this morning
when he sentenced him to an indeter-
inmate period of five years in the re-
formatory at Anamosa or conviction
of an assault to commit manslaughter.
The unknown driver of an automo-
bile came all the way from East Fifth
and Walnut streets in Des Moines to
the central fire station this morning
to have the firemen ~extinguish a blaze
which had caught in the rear of his
machine. 1t is the first time in the
history of the fire department that
the fire has come to the firemen and
not the firemen to the fire.
There are a number of cases of
scarlet fever in Humboldt. At pres
ent six families are under quarantine.
Some of these cases have been quite
severe and others rather light. Great
care has been taken to prevent the
opi eau VI INC ulotdoC.
Plans are under way whereby the
harrow factory of Creston and the
Cultivator company of Villisca are to
be consolidated, the latter company
moving their factory to Creston.
Delpha Rogers, aged LOG, said to be
the oldest resident of Iowa, is dead.
When a boy her father was a servant
in yNnchip ntnp,- Che u,oc horn
in West Virginia and before moving
to Iowa lived in northwest Missouri.
Citizens of Doom have arranged to
hold their annual old settlers picnic
Friday, June IS.
The Farmers Trust & Savings bank
of Sioux City, capitalized at 100000
and headed by James F. Toy, D. G.
Shull, j. Fred Toy and others. has
filed it's articles of Incorporation in
the office of the county recorder.
Fifty-six dollars and Logan Brooks,
the colored porter at a barber shop in
Muscatine are missing, and the police
are making an effort to locate Brooks,
believing that in doing so they will
secure some Of the missing money.
Dale Shirk, of Baldwin, aged 19
years, was fatally shot, dying ten min
utes later, and his brother, Curtis
Shirk, aged &c, was seriously wound
ed, when the two boys and a third
brother. Harlan Shirk, were fishing in
Mineral creek, five miles west OF
Baldwin. The gun, which was in the
hands of Harlan, was accidentally dis
charged.
A net gain of a half million in the
assessahle value of property in Bur
lington is shown by the report for
the year 1909, over that of 1908. OF
this gain, $564,025 is on real estate
and $4,000 on personal property.
The rain of the last two days has
stopped the planting of 100000 &c
2,OOO, 900 acres OF corn, and If 1T con
tiIues long will cause farmers a mig
loss.
John Carter, IN old soldier aged 70,
and three children of his daughter,
Mrs. Leila Shaw, were burned to death
in a fire which destroyed the Shaw
home at Eldon.
B. Fagerland, aged AZ, was killed
by a Northwestern train while cross
ing the tracks at Marshalltown. Nc
one saw the accident.
Carl Gabriel of Burlington was shot
in the head while on his way hunting
A companion named Hemming was
carrying the rife, when it was dis
charged accidentally. the ball pene
tratiug Gabriels skull. Gabriel will
die. Both are boys.
Burglars raided the jewelry store
of c. D.. Maus at Creston and secured
about $500 worth of goods. They en-.
tered at the rear.
Norwegian Lutherans will erect a
new church at Ossian. Money has
been pledged and work will begin at
once.
Company I, Fifty-fourth regiment,
is planning on a new home at Iowa
City. The structure will cost $4,000.
Plans are now being considered.
BY the courts refusing to grant an
injunction in the Marengo paving case
James Horrabin of Des Moines will
be permitted to continue with his work
Of paving. The contract is q big one
The city of Logan will hold a spec
ial election June IA, to determine
whether or not the corporation limits
shall be extended.
An epidemic of measles has broken
out in Traer and there are a number
of cases among the small children.
Thus far none have been severe.
Rome county has money to lend