Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-10
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NEWsY iTEMo GATHERED FROM
ALL PARTS OF THE STATE.

made during the past year amounted
to s1,500,000. This is by all odds the
greatest record ever made by the city
The total includes the following: New
factories and business corporations
representing expenditures of $3.50, 900;
improvements to business houses,
$275,000; fifty-six new resi-
dences, $175,000; Improvements to
other residences, $1S5,000; public util-
tiles, $4,000; railways, s25,000;
schools and colleges, $4,000. The
thirteen banks in Mahaska county
have total assets amounting to S..
027,578.15 with deposits amounting to
$3,775.6195S. In addition. to the other
improvements, the city also came
into possession of two special features
not included in the above figures. One
OF these was the handsome statue of
Chief Mahaska, given to the city by
Hon. J. d. Edmundson of Des Moines,
costing perhaps $4,000, and the light
ing of the business streets of the city
with electroliers installed and main
tanned at private expense. Among the
fifty-six new residences was the fin
est one ever built in the city. 1t is
the new home of w. A. McNeill, built
of stone and costing over $4,000.
The prospects for the coming year
are very promising, and if the big
deals now in contemplation material
lie, the next year will show even a
better record than the past has done.
Claiming that their business in the
state of Iowa, which amounts to an
enormous figure, is being undermined
by the seizure of their flour by United
States District Attorney Marcellus
l.. Temple, the Updike Milling COM
pany of Omaha, filed a bin of COM
plant asking that an injunction be is
sued restraining Temple from further
interfering with its business This is
the latest step in the cases which or
iginated a year ago when Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson ordered that all
-four bleached by the "Alsop process"
be seized and confscated under the
food and drugs act. HI ~.
The Wright County Farmers insti-
tute and short course was held at
Eagle Grove. There were over 200
men and boys enrolled in the grain
and stock Judging classes and nearly
100 women and girls in the domestic
science department.. The short course
exceeded all expectations of its pro-,
motors and hackers. All the prize
winning exhibits were sold at auction,
and they brough about $500. One ear
of corn sold for $40, and bushel of
corn was bid in at S66. The short
course will be held here again next
year.
Five hunters of Somers have made
a strong plea for a square deal for
the hunters of the state in the mat
ter of expanding the fund which the
hunters have created by paying for
the privilege of enjoying their fav.
orite pastime. They demand that
the money be used entirely for the
propagation and protection of game,
suggesting that if the fishers of the
state want the fish protected that
they raise fund of their own.
The annual meeting and banquet of
the Boone association was held at
the new Hotel Hoist. Secretary Luci-
us Wilson of the Greater Des Moines
committee, Assistant Secretary H. N.
Clarke, Superintendent F. H. Hamill,
of the Chicago & Northwestern rail-
way and General Manager ]. L. Blake
of the Fort Dodge, Des Moines &
Southern made addresses. Covers
were laid for 200 and the meeting was
most enthusiastic.
Alone and among strangers John
Worth, sentenced to the county Jail
for vagrancy, died at Marshalltown of
an abscess on the brain. Nothing
whatever is known of the man, his
relatives, or where he lived. He was
about forty-five years old, and a post
mortem examination indicated that
he had followed coal mining for some
time, as deposits of coal dust were
found in the lungs and about the
heart.
Patton is to have a building boom
this summer. E. d. Bower will erect
a two-story store building, 2Sx72 feet,
with all modern conveniences. J. B.
Will will also erect a store building
26x62 feet. Both of these will be of
brick. Several residences will be
erected also.
Fire completely destroyed the resi-
dence of Frank Hartman at Cedar Ra-
pids during the absence of the fam
lily. The loss Is estimated at $4,000
and is Harmon's life saving. There
was no insurance. A defective fue
is thought to be the cause of the
fire. .....
The resignation of DIR. A. B. Storms,
president of Ames college, was read
at the meeting of the state board of
education at Cedar Rapids and was
accepted without comment. The resig-
nation is effective August 81.
James Uterbach, a prominent far
mer living near Sigourney, died Just
sthe Milwaukee passenger train
pulled in to Cedar Rapids. He fell
from a tree and received injuries
about the head. He was enroute to
the hospital at Iowa City for treat
ment.
George Ebert, formerly a well
known resident of Corning. was kill
ed in Ness City, Kan, by the kick
Of a horse. He was wealthy and
influential citizen, and his friends
regret his untimely death. HIS wild
ow and three children survive.
Thomas Edwards, who shot C. C.
Creeden at Alton Junction about two