Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-12-09
Announcement has been made that

authorities will be In attendance from
all points In the middle west. The
membership OF the association num-
bers three hundred distributed over
thirty-eight states and Canada ILL
nois leads all the other states with
ffty-six members. Missouri .ones sec.
ond, with twenty-six. These members
represent seventy-one colleges, uni
versities and normal schools, sixty
seven public and state libraries and
forty-four historical societies. The
membership also includes many bust.
ness and professional men who have
a lively interest in Mississippi valley
history. The president of the associa-
ton is Grin G. Libby, professor of his
tory in the University of North Da.
kota. The other officers are: Vice.
president Benjamin F. Shambaugh,
professor of political science in the
University of Iowa; secretary and
treasurer, Clarence S. Paine, secre-
tary Nebraska State Historical So
ciety, at Lincoln, Neb.
To travel hand in hand down life's
pathway for seventy years, is the re-
markable record of venerable cou-
pie living in Barclay township four
teen miles northeast OF Waterloo.
They are Mr.. and Mrs. Richard At
kins, and on the coming Christmas
day will celebrate their SEVENTEEN
wedding anniversary. Though both
q UDh-hn
enjoying good health, and bid fair
to live several years, it not being
improbable that they may reach their
diamond wedding. Wedding bells rang
out for the couple in historic Coven-
try. England of which country, both
are natives, on Christmas day 1889.
They crossed the ocean 81 years ago,
settling at Newark, N. ]. Later Mr..
Atkins built gas works at Rutland,
VT. and Plattsburg and Whitehall N.
Y. He moved his family to Black
Hawk county in 1869. The couple
have five children, thirteen grand.
children and two great grandchildren.
They are the only couple in this part
of the state to enjoy such a long per-
iod Of happy harmonious married
life.
One hundred miles day is the
record of Conductor Charles Flint of
Creston, as he figures it, since he be-
gan work for the Burlington road
forty-eight years ago Forty years Of
that time he has been in the capacity
OF conductor. He figures off one year
of the forty to allow for sickness and
vacations, and at the rate of 100 miles
a day, he estimates he has Travelled
more than 1,216,800 miles or a dis
lance of more than forty-eight times
around the earth. Conductor Flint
began work for the Burlington in
1861.
T. B, Hanley of Des Moines, was
seriously injured about the head his
wife was slightly hurt, Mr.. and Mrs.
William Sheets, Ariston fats, Fifth
street were badly shaken up and tue
horse OF G. w. Whitaker of Rising
Sun was instantly killed in a coils
lon between an automobile driven by
Mr.. Hanley and a horse and buggy
driven by Mr.. Whitaker at East
Twelfth and Fremont streets in Des
Moines.
That the census bureau at Wash
ington realizes the great increase in
the population of Des Moines was
shown wnen the Commercial club
was notified that no restriction
would be placed on the number of
enumerators the club uses here in Sc
curing an accurate and satisfactory
census. The club recently reported
that the work could not be done eff
GENTLY with SO enumerators.
whne out hunting on Thanksgiving
day, J. w. Hoag, a farmer living In
Clayton county was accidentally shot
and bled to death before medical aid
could be had. He attempted to draw
a loaded gun from the buggy by the
muzzle. He leaves wife and three
children.
Iowa City will complete a new GEN.
sus next April. The residents are en-
deavoring to show that Iowa City has
enough population to support can
ming factory which has offered under
certain conditions to locate there.
w. ID. Robinson, aged SO years. a
travelling man whose home is in OF
tumwa. Ia, dropped dead from heart
failure in Des Moines. just after he
had stepped upon Rock Island train
bound for his home.
At Atlantic a majority Of the prop
erty owners who will be affected
have expressed themselves as prefer
ring brick pavement. 1t is probable
that the council will follow their
wishes.
The city of Cresco is defendant in
the case brought by John Linderman
for damages sustained by being hit
with a rock thrown out by blast in
a sewer trench; $4,000 is the amount
asked.
Mayor Schunk has appointed a
committee of prominent Dubuque wo-
men to cooperate with the police ma
irons in looking for the protection of
S"'uiSn n6oinSe INC iuie VI TIC VIC
ious.
Whom Mr.. and Mrs. /. Roth returned
to their home in Cedar Rapids after
spending the evening with friends
they found that sneak thieves had
entered and stolen $50 worth of sill.
yer.
The art calendar which Ia issued
annually by the art department of the
public schools of Cedar Rapids will
be out in a few days. It is entirely
the product of eighth grade pupils.
A drainage district that will benefit
$4,000 acres of swamp land, and