Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-02-03

the occasion of the fifty-ninth anniver
sary of their marriage. Mr.. and Mrs
Plat were among the very first set
tiers of Sac City, going there in 1856
Mr.. Plat was born in Connecticut
June 20, 1880, and Mrs. Plat, March
3, 1882. They were married Jan. Is
1851, in New York state. Four chill
dren were born to this union, two sur
viving, namely, Mrs. Rose Heagy, OF
Sac City, and Mrs. Jennie Irvine Of
Long Beach, Cal. Mr. Plat is one OF
the best known pioneers of the state
He still retains his vigor and strength
though he Is 80 years of age. He
does plenty of work yet, and is al
ways busy. He is public spirited, and
when proposition comes along for
the benefit of Sac City and Sac coun.
ty, Asa Plat can be counted as a
willing helper.
AS an evidence of the congestsd
traffic on the four railroads entering
Iowa Falls, it is cited that dealers in
that one dealer has had a carload OF
hogs on hand since the first Of Jan.
uary and that he has been feeding
while waiting for car to ship the
stock. 1t is stated that 800 cars OF
grain are sidetracked in the Rock Is.
land yards having come In off the
northern branches and waylaid here
because of delayed traffic to the east
ern markets and the shortage of mo-
tive power to move the shipments.
| The foremost student and writer OF
western history and one Of the most
eminent of American historians, Pro-
fessor Frederick j. Turner, president
of the American Historical sssocia.
| ton, will give one of the principal
addresses at the third annual meet
ing of the Mississippi Valley Histori,
| cal association, which will be held at
Iowa City on May 26 and 27. His ad.
dress will be on 1.-THE Significance of
the Mississippi Valley in American
History"
A party of eight from Dallas Center
and vicinity will leave San Francisco
Feb. on the steamship Cleveland
on a cruise around the world. The
party will consist of DR.. and Mrs.
| B. H. Criley, Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde e.
Brenton, Mr.. and Mrs. H. M. Shamel
and K H. Paul, all of Dallas Center,
and Charles Morris of the vicinity Of
| Waukee.
There were 200 members Of the
Mason City Commercial club at the
annual meeting. After the banquet
| the following officers were elected:
President, Frank Hanlon, vice presi.
dent, Charles H. Baker; secretary,
r. s. Stanbrry. A big committee
will work out plan to improve the
roads of the county this year.
Having walked in her sleep more
than two miles Mrs. Lincoln Weber,
of Dubuque was stopped by a police
man in North Dubuque. The woman
was sound asleep and one foot had
been frozen. She was in her night
clothes and stocking feet. Mrs. Lin.
coin has long been victim of SOM
| nambulism.
Preparations are being made for
| the annual short course in agricult-
ure to be held in Storm Lake, Feb.
| Z to IL. The officers have secured
$4,000 in premiums to be given for the
| best corn exhibited and the best
work done in the various classes.
Colfax has secured it's first manufac-
turing plant. A company with the
name, "Close-to- Nature has filed arti-
Giles of incorporation with the state
secretary to engage in manufacturing
buying and selling incubators, brood
ers and trap nests.
Frank Richmond, a Northwestern
brakeman of Boone was held up by
bandits on East Eighth street hill,
half block from home, who robbed
him of $62, then escaped Richmond
| had on a watch but this was not
| touched.
Section men dug out of the snow
part of the remains of the man killed
by the Burlington train at East Du-
buque. His body was scattered along
the right of way Part of the body
was found on the trucks of the en-
CINE.
1t is rumored at Woodward that
the Milwaukee railway company will
build their big viaduct across the
Des Moines river between Woodward
and Madrid this year The prelimi-
nary survey has already been made.
For horsewhipping his wife and
pouring molasses over his baby SO
! that it would draw flies to torture 1t,
| Nick Wells of xonteZuma has been
indicted for assault with intent to
infiict great bodily injury.
The president has nominated the
following Iowa postmasters: N. c.
| Nelson, Essex; Thomas F. Armstrong
Lenox; William H. Tyrrell, Waxerly;
Charles o. Ryan, Eldora; Charles
Chambers, West Union.
Four druggists of Hardin county
were fined a total of $3,400 under in
dictments for maintaining nuisances
Three of the druggists were from
Iowa Falls and the other from Buck
eye.
Evelyn and Marie Dallmeyer, twin
sisters, the daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
Lou Dallmeyer of Columbus Junction
died, one passing away wednesday
and the other on Thursday.
cleo Moore, who was recently Civ
en- Judgment for $1,000 against the
street car company for injuries re
ceived, was again seriously hurt by
fall on icy steps at Mason City.
A number of Clinton restaurant
keepers and grocers pleaded guilty Il