Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-02-17

The Belle PLANE city council decid
ed to proceed with the construction o.
a sewer system this season. The
plant will be on the septic tank plan
and the outlet, after having been
purified in the septic tank, will be to
the Iowa river south of Belle PLANE
Funds are on hand for the outlet
work and septic tank and the neces
sary land will be bought at once, bids
advertised for and the work pushed
with all possible speed to be in full
swing as soon as the weather permits
The funeral services Of Mrs
James w. Johnson were held from
the Westminster Presbyterian church
at Keokuk, Of which she was char
ter member. This church was organ
lied in 1910 and Mr.. and Mrs. John.
sons names were among the first on
the list. She had made her home
with her daughter for some time and
had reached the age of "a years. Her
maiden name was Martha Eberhart
and she was born in Center county,
Pennsylvania, Sept. 7, 1916.
Charles McKeen Duren of Eldora is
one Of the leading bankers of the
state and for forty-one years has been
connected with one bank as the cash
Ter or presidet. He came to Eldora in
1859 to serve the Hardin County bank,
and from that day to this has given
1t his entire time and assistance. He
has served the city Of Eldora as city
treasurer for a period of thirty years,
has been clerk of the First Congrega-
tional church and a member Of its
choir for over forty years, and for
fully ten years has been one Of the
board of trustees Of Iowa college Of
Grinnell. Mr.. Duren is known to al
most every man, woman and child in
Hardin county, and he has given of
his time and money as literally to
home enterprises as any citizen of the
state.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Allen recently
celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of
their marriage at their home at La
moni. Mr.. Allen was born in Eng
land seventy-three years ago, and Mrs.
Allen was also born in England sew.
enty-one years ago. They were mar
ried at Alton, ILL.,, in 1859, and have
been residents of Lamont for num-
Der of years. Eight of their family OF
ten children are living, five girls and
three boys.
Mrs. Rowena Harrington Cole is
dead at her home at Audubon, aged
81 years and 81 days. Mrs. Cole was
born Oct 26, 1912, in Burlington, Of
sego county, New York. She was mar
ried to John Stuart Cole Jan. II, 1884,
at Howard, Steuben county, New
York. They moved to Cleveland,
Ohio, Oct. II, 1884, and to Iowa in
November, 1859. To them ten chill
dren were born, eight boys and two
girls.
DR.. a.. H. Quinn, a veterinarian.
has been appointed by the United
States government as one of the ex-
amining veterinarians Of the animal
industry of the department CT agricul-
ture to inspect all horses shipped
from this part of the state to Cana
da, and make the Malein test to as
certain whether horses are afflicted
with CHAMBERS. DR.. Quinn Is also a
deputy of the state veterinarian.
At a meeting Of the county board
of education at Ida Grove school text
books for the next Ave years were
adopted. Few changes were made, but
the board did throw out twenty-eight
books, including twelve geographical
readers, and refused to readopt them
thus saving the county $1,000. The
county auditor now has vault full
Of books adopted years ago which
have never been taken out.
The bursting Of water glass In
his engine drove a fragment Of the
glass into the eye of Engineer Charles
McEldoon of Mason City, burying 1t
self in the flesh and muscles and will
cause total blindness, it is thought
The fragment was over a quarter Of
an inch in length and over an eighth
Of an inch thick. The impact knocked
Mr.. McEldoon from the seat box.
At a mass meeting of Muscatint
merchants the consolidated delivery
system was endorsed and STOCK eu-h
pany formed to put it into operation
A big central station and barn viii
be built. It is estimated that fifteer
delivery wagons under the new system
will do the work of sixty under thu
old. .s
John Moody and wife celebrated
their fifty-sixth wedding anniversar!
at Oskaloosa. Their next door neigh
bors, Mr.. and Mrs. William Hughes
also celebrated their fiftieth wedding
anniversary the following day.
The theatricals given every montl
by the school for the deaf at Council
Bluffs are hereafter to be given II
the evening in order to give the pub
lie a chance to see the pupils work.
The boys of the high school sophc
more class at Logan were guests O
the girls of the class at one of tn
most enjoyable parties Of the winter
Roland Layton, miner at Hitemar
was instantly killed by fall of slate
The president has nominated X. {
Warner for postmaster at Dayton.
DR.. E. e. COPYRIGHT, first sergear
OF Company A, Fifty-fourth regimen
I. N. G., has been elected second lie,
tenant of the company
Upton authorities are searching IL
young man wanted for obtainin
$3.50 by forging the name of william
| Koch to several checks.