Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-09
Iowa News
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.

IulSSlOn. Il ne medHueTluS ilue VI mOSI
of the meandering lakes of Iowa has
never been fixed and as a result per-
sons who have summer cottages along
the shores of those lakes have built
their wharfs wherever they pleased
and treated them as private property.
AS matter of fact, in almost every
instance the wharfs have been erect
ed on land belonging to the state. How
best to get this land is the problem,
which can only be solved by fixing
the meandering line of every meander-
ing lake in Iowa. To accomplish this
purpose Professor Mcbride OF Iowa
City, member of the commission,
will bring the matter before the con-
ference to be held in Des Moines. At
the same time Professor Mcbride will
also bring up the problem of beauti-
flying the lakes OF Iowa and making
tages. While it is not the purpose of
the state to go into the summer re-
sort business, the law creating the
state conservation commission makes
it part of the duties Of that COM
mission to SO beautify the lakes Of
the state and maintain a permanent
water level, that the lakes can be
used for summer resorts. There are
many such small lakes in Iowa and
the members of the commission feel
that If money could be spent in beau
tifying these lakes, fixing the mean
dering line and erecting dams SO that
there would always be good water
level, that many fine summer resi-
dences would spring up within the
boundaries of Iowa.
1.-THE state of Iowa is the worst Of
fender with whom we have to deal"
said member of the county board
at Council Bluffs speaking Of the poor
condition of the roads in the vicinity
Of the Iowa School for the Deaf
When the law enacted at the last ses-
sion of the legislature went into eff
feet July A, making all roads and
other highways adjacent to state prop
erty separate road districts under the
supervision of the state board of con-
troll, the county ceased to care for
the roads, and neglect Is spelled all
over the roads at the school for the
deaf. Many loud and long complaints
have been lodged with the county
board in regard to these roads, and
the board found it necessary to take
means to inform the public regarding
the situation
! Ninety per cent of the postal card
votes received are In favor OF the
consolidation of the Bell and John
son county telephone systems at Iowa
City. Already $50 replies have been
received and they are practically all
favorable to single plan of service.
Little Mildred Metzgar. aged 6
years of Iowa City, was painfully in
jured by running a fish hook through
her hand. The accident occurred dur
ing a childish quarrel between her
and the little son of MI and Mrs.
Arthur Cole.
j. E. Graham has traded his 15-acre
farm joining the city of Menlo, to
Clark Campbell for 100 acres of Cana
da land. Mr.. Graham is allowed So
600 for his Is acres and gets the Can
ada land for $4,000 in the trade.
Sheriff Rock OF Logan returned
from Troy, Kansas, with Roy Wander
poll in custody. Vanderpoll is charged
with selling horse and saddle that
did not belong to him and has been
. fugitive since October.
Mrs. N. E. Capron of MarshaIltown
has sued the owners of the Ellis
pharmacy for $4,000 damages for the
alleged sale of liquor to her husband
when he was manager of the Males
tic theater at Waterloo. .
Another special election has been
called to validate the sale of $685.
600 in bonds for the purchase of the
water plant at Waterloo. The bond.
Ing company is to pay the expense
Of the election.
A double wedding was celebrated ir
Kent when Myrtle f. Breuer and her
brother, Martin w. Breuer, were wed
ded with Pearl s. Salisbury of Union
county and Jesse ]. Thomas OF Bur
iington.
Miss Angela Miller, residing near
Iowa City may lose the sight of her
left eye as the result of burn. While
attempting to cool curling iron it
came in contact with the pupil OF her
eye.
Twenty Thousand dollars of stock
was subscribed In few minutes to
boost the new interurban at a meet.
Ing of Washington township men at
Iowa City.
Jarius Fry, so, a farmer residing
east of agency was found dead seated
at his table at home by his son, Roy
Fry. Heart trouble is assigned as the
cause.
j. M. Kelso, who stole suit case
from sleeper on the Northwestern
at Onawa last summer has been taken
to Anamosa to begin a five year SEN
tence.
Nearly $4,000 of stock In the pro-
posed Davenport and Iowa City inter
urban was subscribed at recent
meeting of the Commercial club at Iowa
City.
Fred c. Smith, assistant city en-
gineer of Sioux City. has resigned
and will enter private practice. He
has been in the engineers Office since
1887.
Dense fog was the cause Of col
lision at Hull, In which three loco
motives were badly wrecked, and En-
gineer Joseph Farrell was badly in
jured.
Mrs. w. w. Stokes has sued the