Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-08-26

Because an ancestor on her faith.
er's side wore feathers on his head
and moccasins on his feet, Mrs. Ada
White, of Des Moines, believes she has
a valid claim under the government
Indian laws which will entitle her
to nearly $4,000 cash and lands worth
as much again from Uncle Sam. Mrs.
White is one-sixteenth Cherokee Ind
ian, so she claims A. E. Bernard
the Bernard Secret Service agency,
has been at work establishing her
claim and now has it in shape for
presentation to the commissioners OF
Indian affairs.
Iowa corn fields need rain and
need it badly, so DIR. Chapel says in
the weekly crop bulletin. Stock water
is getting scarce, potatoes are drying
UP and in short Iowa needs soaking
rains
A number of the farmers near Glen
wood have formed an Anti-Horse
Thief association.
Daniel Fritz, pioneer. resident OF
Des Moines county, passed away at
the age Of Sc years.
Oats in Mahaska county are thresh-
ing out larger yields than the farm
ers were anticipating.
j. s. Emerson of Peru sold seventy
two head of hogs at that place for
s1.521.50.
William T. Hornaday, the well
known director of the great geological
garden in the Bronx, New York City,
was former resident at Knoxville.
He may attend the "Old Home" week
at Knoxville on Oct. 40
One of the largest tile drains ever
put in in Boone county by private
parties is being laid by James Everly
and John Bilsland of Covington, Ind,
on their farm northwest of Madrid.
The cost of the drain will exceed
$4,000.
o. o. Newberry of Argyle has filed
notice at Keosauqua of a $4,000 suit
against Ed. Leach and VIM. Cook Of
Montrose and F. S. Robinson and B.
F. Ketcham Of Pennington, for mon
ey lost on a wrestling, match at
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Aug. IA, 1906.
Instead of the thirty-nine local and
district managers, the Iowa Telephone
company will hereafter be placed un-
der the supervision Of three division
superintendent, according to an
nouncements made that the business
system in Iowa will be completely
reorganized.
The body of Rudolph Koch, 65 years
old, was found floating in the river
south of Burlington. He is supposed
to be a suicide
General c. A. Morton, commander
of the department of the Missouri,
has named the camp Of the $500
troops in the military tournament to
Z. be held in Des Moines in September
after the late Gen. John M. Cofse OF
Burlington, the man who held back
the confederates in Altoona pass when
Sherman marched to the sea.
John Israel, farmer, living near
Batavia, narrowly escaped death
when the run away horse he was
senger train and instantly killed.
Israel was thrown a, distance of 80
feet and his ankle broken. The horGe
was ground to pieces by the train and
the buggy demolished.
One hundred soldier boys of Com
panies H and L, Fifty-sixth regiment,
Iowa National Guard, left Sioux City
for Lake Okoboji to spend ten days
at the state encampment. Capt. c. e.
Can't commands Company H and
Capt. w. T. Stafford is in charge of
Company L. The camp is In COM
mand of Col. w. t. Chantland.
The mammoth Pleasantville Roller
mill, owned by s. T. Maddy and ].
w. Perry, burned to the ground, en-
falling loss of $4,000, partially COW
cred by insurance.
After intense suffering Mrs. NJ. A.
Clark, of Pella, who fell and broke
her hip bone second time, passed
away. Miss Mary w. Bliss was born
at Unadilla, N. Y, Nov. 2. 1918. Nov.
Is, 1887, she was married to the Rev.
M. A. Clark, and May 1S45, they
came to Dubuque, la. There they
lived until 1856, when they came to
Pella, where the deceased lived until
her death, Aug. 16, 1909. She was
baptized into the Baptist church in
June, 1S43. Ten children were born
to Mr.. and Mrs. Clark, of whom six
are still living. There are forty grand
children. Mr.. and Mrs. Clark had
lived together neary seventy-two
years. AS children they studied from
the same reader and spelling book,
and so far nearly all of the long, long
life of over ninety years they have
been together. The aged companion
Is much broken and yet calm and
steady in his bereavement.
Rev. o. F. Weaver, pastor OF the
First Lutheran church at Newton, has
resigned his pastorate.
After four months silence Harry
Belize, 14-year-old boy, confessed to
the murder of his stepfather, e. j
Carraher, on farm three miles east
of New Virginia on March 2.
A telegram was received at Mar.
shalltown from Jacksonville, Fla, an
nouncing the death there of DR.. H
L. Getz, a former prominent physic-
Ian of that city, and ex-president OF
the International Railway Surgeons
association.
A deal has just been closed where.
by the western Electric Telephone
company of Mason City has purchas.
ed a controlling interest in the AL