Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-09-30

uVSh uopSieSS cripple Since DILL
and never takes step without suf-
fering. She is a wonderful worker, is
at the head of the night school in
New Orleans, where she gratuitously
teaches 1000 boys. Election of Off
GERS resulted as follows: State secre-
tary, Mrs. F. J. Mansfield, Burlington;
recording secretary, Mrs. e. M. Cole
man, Davenport; treasurer, Miss Lola
Waite, Burlington; member of exc
cutive board, Mrs. Human Baker.
Iowa City.
n. t. Chaplin, now a resident OF
Grinnell. was an early settler of Cass
county. Thirty-four years ago he
bought 800 acres south of the town Of
Anita short distance, paying SIS
per acre for the same Today he
could sell out for $3.50 per acre. Thir-
ty-four years ago he planted some cot
tonwood trees on his prairie and re-
Gently he cut down a sufficient num-
Der of trees to produce $4,000 feet of
lumber. OF course cottonwood lumber
is not the best in the world, but it
will do some good.
According to the weekly weather
crop bulletin, issued by Director Chap
pei the past week has been favorable
FOR farm work and the ripening of the
belated corn, although the first two
or three days were cool, cloudy and
wet. The average temperature was
however, above the normal, the lat
ter half of the week being warm and
pleasant. The rainfall was copious in
all parts of the state, and in many
localities the amounts ranged from
two to over three inches.
Telegraphic messages to Cresco
brought news of fatal accidents in
which two of Cresco's well known
citizens were victims. The first re-
ceived was from Austin, Mimi, stat
Ing that Andrew McAndrew had been
killed in the yards of the Milwaukee
road at that place by switch engine.
The second was from small town in
northern Minnesota, stating that Will
liam James, son of Thomas James had
DSSh hiiSu III q IdliIodu dCClucut.
Col l.. NJ. Martin, who died in Chi
cago, was raised in Iowa, near Pella,
and had many friends in Des Moines.
He was veteran railroad man, start
ing in business as a telegraph opera
tor at the little station of Comstock
and at his prime holding the position
Of general manager of the Des Moines
Northern and Western railroad. At
the time of Col Martins death he
had retired from active railroad work.
Plans for the building for the coun-
tvs insane wards at Marshalltown
which will be erected at the county
farm, have been ordered by the board
of supervisors and are now being pre-
pared. The building is to be two
stories in height, fireproof throughout
and modern in every way. 1t IS not
known yet what the exact cost will
be, but it is estimated that it will be
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Another contributor to the econ
science fund" has enriched the Ma
haska county treasury to the extent
of $210, which was sent through the
mail in the form of bills, with All ac-
companying note explaining that it
was for the payment of taxes on prop
erty withheld from the assessor. The
letter was in a lady's handwriting,
without any signature, and postmark-
ed "Oskaloosa."
The Gideons of Iowa, an organiza.
ton of Christian travelling men, at
their annual meeting at Sioux City
selected Waterloo as the meeting
place next year and elected the fol.
lowing officers: President, T. G.. Belts,
Cedar Rapids; vice president, G. H.
Cummings, Sioux City; secretary
treasurer, F. w. jerks, Waterloo;
chaplain, W. d. Wright, Nevada.
IF Iowa produces 250,O0O,0OO bush.
els of corn this year, the farmers can
consider themselves lucky" said Hen.
ry Wallace of Des Moines, after he
had returned from a tour of nearly
every county in the state, and the
northern part of Missouri. 1--WE may
have that much, but it won't surprise
me if the crop yield falls 100000
bushels short of that figure"
Another worlds record was broken
al the military tournament in Des
Moines when the first section of the
! machine gun platoon of the Sixteenth
infantry from Fort Crook performed
the trick in SIN seconds. The world s
record for this contest which has
stood for five or six years was SO
seconds.
Bayard again was defeated In its
! attempt to vote bond issue for a
water works system. Bayard is a
thriving little city of 700 souls with
out any fire protection whatever. 1t
was lost by the close vote of 3, 1t
requiring a two-thirds vote to carry.
Mrs. Katherine Horack, mother OF
Mrs. Benjamin F. Shambaugh, well
known authoress, died at Iowa City.
She was SIS years of age. Two sons,
both professors in the Iowa universi-
| ty, also survive her.
B. F. Comstock of Logan has tbs
contract for building the new opera
house, which Oscar Peasley is goins
to have put up at Pisgah. They expect
to have it completed by October 1.
Elmer Reeves, Of Waverly, ha4
been selected by the National Hortf
culture congress to head the fruit
show which will be held in Council
Bluffs in December.
i. G Coffin recently made defend