Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-01-21

structlon OF the water works at spirit
Lake.
Workmen have been harvesting the
best ice crop Shenandoah has en-
joyed for five years at the river and
various lakes near there.
Because of the war over the rates
charged for electric lights there is
talk of new electric company at
Iowa City.
Carroll is to have another bank
thus re-establishing the old condition
of affairs in the financial conditions
in that city.
The State Conference OF Charities
and Corrections will meet in Des
Moines for its tenth session, COM
mencing Jan. 20, and continuing three
days.
Miss Jessica Strawbridge, Super
visor of music at Sigourney, has just
reduced to writing one of her must.
cal compositions and the band OF
the state university is to use 1t.
The combined capitalization Of the
siz Oskaloosa banks amounts to
100000, and an average of 10 per
cent in dividends was paid during the
year, making $4,000 that was dis
tributed among the 245 stockholders
A sporadic case of smallpox was re-
ported in Colfax and it has
been quarantined by the attending
physician and all precaution is being
taken to prevent the spread of this
infectious disease.
Because the Great Western road
violates ordinances and does not make
improvements ordered at crossings,
the city council of Waterloo is con
sidering cancelling it's right to enter
the city.
There are 343 active members OF
the Oskaloosa Y. NJ. c. A, according
to reports made to the annual meet
ing 1t cost $5944.47 to conduct the
work at the building and the rents
donations and membership fees came
within $500 Of meeting all expenses.
The Keokuk County News has is
sued comparative statement Of the
twenty-seven banks in the county,
which shows they have a total CAPT
tai of S6S6,5OO; surplus and undivided
profits, $154,2S9.S2; deposits, $3.50
SG5.75; cash, $99S,391.67; loans, So
4O1, 42O.91; overdrafts, $46,9S7.S5.
The Des Moines Commercial club
has practically been assured that re-
duced rates will be in effect ON all
railroads entering Des Moines for
the next annual state fair. Formal &C
ton will be taken by the Western
Passenger association at one of hts
meetings soon.
To urge that more and better grades
of oats be grown in Iowa, members
of the Western Grain Dealers assO cia-
ton and department heads of the
iowa State college are planning a
,fos of special trains to be run
Ighout the state as "oats specials"
~, L. Bowman, Prof. II. G. Bell
er instructors in farm crops
tate college will accompany
is to lecture on the subject
oats growing.
The contract for the erection of the
Western Grocery company warehouse,
which will cost about 100000, was
let to Johnson & Nelson OF Red Wing,
MINI. The firm on getting the con-
hni Il in1 iNn
to move from Red Wing to Mason
City and make this city their perma.
nent headquarters. They are one of
the strongest firms financially in the
northwest.
Unique events for short course are
planned for the meeting in Waterloo
in February. One of them will be
a spelling contest for the county, each
rural school to have contestant, and
the other is a declamatory contest
for Representatives Of the four high
schools of the county. Prizes will be
awarded to the winners in each con-
test. r. M. Gum, a progressive farm
err of Eagle township, has offered $50
in prizes for the best exhibit of corn
and the best skill in corn and stock
judging.
Mrs. James Benson of Riceyille,
northeast of here, died suddenly of
what is known as pulmonary from
bus. Her husband, who works in a
livery barn, had gone out to do some
work, expecting to return to break
fast, his wife assuring him that she
would have breakfast ready on his
return. He returned a few moments
later and found her dead on the floor.
The case is peculiarly sad from the
fact that she leaves two weeks
old babe and another child 4 years
old.
William Wilson, who robbed the
cash drawer at the Hotel Lyon a few
days ago in Jail at Rock Rapids
awaiting indictment by the grand
Jury, escaped The sheriff and fam.
ily were absent and Wilson succeeded
in breaking the lock on the cell door
with a poker and made his get away
John Beiz, fellow prisoner in the
same CELL came to the opera house
and called for the sheriff and went
back with him. Wilson had boosted
that he had been on the road to the
pen six times, but never landed A
lumber yard office was broken into
at Ash Creek early in the morning
and AZ cents secured.
A gasoline motor line between
Mason City and Hazelton via the city
park is projected. Cost $4,000.
rabearinp recently granted by the