Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-05-20


means of which he today caused the
arrest of twenty-eight Sioux City
liquor dealers on charge of selling
whiskey to Indians. The minimum
penalty in each case Is 5000 fine and
a year in the county Jail.
Friday night, May IA, the Waterloo
Conservatory of Music will produce
the opera "Martra" in connection
with the chorus of the East Waterloo
High school. The entire production of
the opera is under the direction Of
Scott Prowell and is given under the
management of the high school. A
musical department is to be organized
In the high school next year and the
proceeds of this entertainment are
to be used for the equipment
While visiting Waterloo friends,
Anna Trierwiler of Jesup strangled to
death. She was apparently well when
suddenly her throat contracted and she
| expired before doctors reached her.
She was II years old and had never
been similarly troubled before.
The Chicago and Northwestern
Railway company has just placed
three of its faithful employees on the
pension roll, effective May l. The
| three men are Engineer j. II. Ches-
bro of Carroll, Engineer H. B. King
OF Eagle Grove, brother of Engineer
| w. B. King of Boone, and Tool Room
/ Foreman E. E. Booth. Messrs. King
and King are now in Hot Springs TAX.
ing a rest.
| Col. M. l.. Temple has been secured
| to give the Memorial day address at
| Creston on Monday, May 81.
Evangelist Billy Sunday has receiv-
ed unanimous call from the preach
ers of Canton, O., to come there and
conduct revival campaign. Mr..
Sunday has replied to the call that
If one of his engagements he has for
the coming year falls through that he
may take on Canton in its place.
Miss Ollie Dugan of Valley juno
ton has been elected president Of the
P. E. o. Society of the state.
A Carnegie library has been Sc
cured for Woodbine which will cost
| $4,000.
The telephone war at Indianola
is ended and $4,000 will be expended
upon a new plant.
Seventeen death claims were paid
by the Iowa Mineworkers, District No.
IL, at Oskaloosa, for the. month or
April. Seven of them were for wom-
en- and ten for men.
/ bn onnd nf
small grain and corn in and around
Emmett county are the best now they
have been for the past seven years.
The small grain is nearly all up, show
ing a fine sturdy growth and an ex-
cellent stand. About 10 to 10 per
cent more acres of corn are being
planted over last year.
p. E. Shugart, the we'll known Ne
vada railway contractor, is loading a
part Of his railway outfit and ship
ping it to Wakkella, Mimi, where he
has taken a contract for the Milwau-
kee people. With three other parties
Mr.. Shugart has contracted to build
a 150-mile extension and Shugart him
self is to have half of the work.
Congressman w. /. Smith has sound
ed a warning to the Iowa bankers
that bank guarantee law will soon
be passed, and the the bankers, in
stead of fighting it, should aid in Sc
curing good law.
Elmer Soderbeck, 16, of Gowrie,
hanged himself to a rafter in his IA
theirs granary, fearing his father
might be angry because he had had
slight runaway.
The annual graduating exercises of
training school for nurses in connec-
ton with the Glenwood state institu-
ton was held at the chapel in the
main building. The address was de.
livered by DR.. James w. Barstow Of
Council Bluffs. The graduates are:
A. Horsefall, Misses Mary E. Ryan and
Maggie Inery.
For the first time since prohibition
went into effect. Denison saloons have
been obliged TO close their doors. This
happened when it was learned by the
State Anti-Saloon league that the petit
ton under which the saloons outside
of Denison had been operating, was
defective, and twenty-six saloons have
closed their doors until new petition
can be circulated and presented to the
board of supervisors
A gun club has been organized at
Creston with twenty-five local mem
bers, under most fattering circum-
stances. Mr.. R. C. Walker, represent.
ing the U. M. c. Cartridge company OF
New York assisted in the organiza.
ton and gave the new club some good
advice. The club expects to hold a
tournament early this fall, at which it
is expected all of the leading crack
shots of the country will be present
Lowe Palmer of Onawa has changed
his mind about disposing of mongrel
dog that recently attached itself to
his household. The other night his
2-year-old daughter wandered upon the
Chicago & Northwestern railroad track
just as the evening passenger swung
around the curve. The engineer shud.
dered, for he knew he could not stop
the train in time to save the child.
Quickly the mongrel pushed the little
girl off the track with his nose ant
then, standing between her and the
track, stood wagging his tail as the
train swept by.