Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-30

| COTn-Lne mOSL peTleCL col PiouuS"o
on Iowa land this year. All previous
| prices, except that paid by his own
associate, e. e. Fayville, at the ma
tional exposition in Omaha, were
eclipsed by Mr.. Meredith when ne
| paid $500 for the best ten ears OF
! corn raised in Iowa this year. The
best ten ears in the United States
sold for only $35 more than those
raised in this state. Judges at the
Iowa corn exposition said the Des
Moines publisher is the owner now OF
the best corn raised in the world this
year. Mr.. Meredith paid $795 for
less than one bushel of corn. A
bushel of ears such as the siRgle
ear sold at the Iowa corn show, would
be worth $4,000. If the 1853 bushels
of corn raised by John Sundberg
Of Whiting on one acre had been
composed of ears valued at the price
of Iowa's champion single ear the
output of his acre would be worth
$1,S36.000
Another serious outbreak of the
dread anthrax has occurred among
the horses of Iowa and again in
Woodbury. county. DR.. Koto, state
veterinary surgeon, received word
that horses on several farms in that
part of the state were afflicted with
the disease and that one farmer had
already lost five head. This is the
third outbreak that has occurred in
Iowa since September and the state
authorities are greatly concerned.
Projects for increasing the mem
| bership of the state organization and
for lettering the roads of the state
were the principal matters acted on
| by the convention of the Iowa state
grange, which convened in Des
Moines for its annual session. The
opening meeting was taken up en-
tirely with routine matters, consist
ing OF the approval of credentials and
of the organization of the convention
and the officers reports for the year.
While taking shotgun from load
of hay Charles Mierett, aged 20
| years. was killed by the accidental
discharge of the firearm at Sioux
| City. Ed. Lenhard, who was working
with him, ran for help. On his return
he found the load of hay had caught
fire and had badly burned the lifeless
body of the victim.
After awaking practically the en-
tire population Of Carlisle. town of
about l 600 inhabitants by several
heavy explosions of dynamite, yegg-
men rifled the vault of the Farmers
Savings bank there and escaped with
SO $50, all the currency in the building
under the very noses of it's owners.
Mike Ditto and Joe Roumania, two
| Italians arrested by Constable Clary
and brought to Sheriff Ness Office in
Des Moines in connection with the
murder of Constable Frank Sporer
have been released as Suspects, but
held as witnesses.
1t is stated that over s1,000,000 will
be spent in Des Moines for Christ
mas presents this year. Or in other
words every man, woman and child
of that great city will average about
$40 to carry out the Yuletide gift idea.
C. o. Garret of Mitchellville re-
ceived the highest agricultural honor
that can be bestowed upon a farmer
of this state-the prize for the best
ear of corn raised in Iowa at the Des
Moines corn show.
Miss Elsie Long mathematics
teacher at Westminster university,
| Wv
Iowa, slipped on the ice in front of
an interurban car and was instantly
killed at Denver.
Webster City High school defeated
the Clarion High school at Clarion in
the interscholastic debate on the sub.
ject, Resolved, That American cities
should adopt the commission form of
government.
Cattle eating under a straw stack
on the Chas. Wieder farm north of
Iowa City, caused the stack to fall
over and bury them. Four were dead
when the accident was discovered by
the owner.
Gov. B. F. Carroll granted a stay
in the judgment of Eli Hardin, former
chief of the Des Moines detective
force who was sentenced to a term
Oh tree years in the penitentiary for
conspiracy.
After keeping the $4,000 worth of
jewels belonging to Mrs. John Rey-
nolds, a Boone society woman in
september, they were returned by a
prominent society woman of Des
Moines.
No inquest was ordered in the case
of Frank Myers, the Cedar county
farmer, who committed suicide in the
haymow of his barn near Comfortable
Mrs. Maggie McCreary of Lake
City, age "a, is suffering with blood
poisoning. The infection came from
beng kicked in the face by a COW.
On account of an outbreak of diph
iberia the high school at Webster
City was closed not to be reopene6
until danger of contagion is past
Chief William Burnett of De.
Moines issued warning asking the
public to use the utmost care for thu
prevention of fires on Christmas
Among the 125 head of horses tha
! burned to death in the big fire II
Kansas City was Lord Gallant, owned
by Paul Coldren of Iowa City.
State Food and Dairy Commission
er H. r. Wright will in all probabilit,
, not be re-appointed to his present pos
, ition by Governor Carroll when hi
, present term expires in April, 1910.
| ]. H. Pennybaker, one of New Lon
, | don's pioneers passed away at hi