Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-10-12

Following is list of delegates ap-
pointed by Governor Carroll from
Iowa to the Upper Mississippi River
Improvement association to be held
at Alton, ILL.,, Oct. 1926, 1911: Capt.
John Killeen of Dubuque, John Blaul
of Burlington, A. C. Miller of Des
Moines, l. s. Pepper Of Muscatine,
James Powell of Ottumwa. c. b.
Mills of Clinton.
At the request of the state board
of control, DR.. James /. Gibson, state
veterinarian, next week will begin
the annual inspection of the dairy
herds of the state at the different
state institutions. More than 1000
cows are owned by the state and all
of these will be examined.
The Iowa. branch of the Kings
Daughters held its annual convention
at West Liberty with an attendance
of 100. Miss Susan Brockenshire,
of Massachusetts, delivered several
addresses. Mrs. p. j. Mansfield of
Burlington. is president Of the asso-
citation
A quilt is being pieced at Towards
vile from pieces of calico saved
from the days OF the Civil war by
the Ladies' Aid society of the Wes-
leyan Methodist church. The bits
of calico were saved and presented
the society by the late Mrs. DR..
Smith.
Five hundred Muscatine business
men at a mass meeting took stand
indorsing the Muscatine button man
ufacturers in their fight against the
local union and Endorsed Sheriff Van
Malta in his action of employing i'm
ported deputies to preserve peace ana
order.
Charles o. Berry, of Walker, Iowa,
is a candidate for the presidency OF
the National Association of Postmas-
tiers of the Third and Fourth Class.
The Iowa delegation to the convention
of the association at Indianapolis
will 20 pledged to support Mr.. Ber-
ry.
Requisition papers were issued by
Governor Carroll for Louis Sorensen,
wanted at Sac City, Ia, on a charge
of forgery. Sorensen is under ar
rest at Utica, N. Y. 1t is alleged
that he raised check for $3.50 to
$4,000 at Sac City on April II.
The second annual convention Of
the Iowa Cost congress convened at
Cedar Rapids with more than 100
delegates in attendance. S. w. Mer-
Ger of Iowa City, president of the
congress, spoke at the opening ses-
sion.
The 247-acre farm belong to Mrs.
William Eddy Of Des Moines and To-
Gated near Oxford, in Johnson coun-.
ty. was sold at public auction Tues
day, by S. X. holland Of Des Moines,
bringing s92.50' per acre.
Between ITO and $50 conductors
and ticket sellers on the main line
and branches of the Chicago & Ms,-
waukee railroad between Chicago and
Kansas City have been dismissed, for
pocketing cash taken from passeng-
ers.
Lloyd Buxton, a 14-year-old lad Of
Fort Dodge, will be crippled for life
because he boarded a freight train
for the fun of riding short distance
and then jumping Off His foot slip
ped under the car wheels.
H. L. Brand, F. j. Wesley and John
Schumann, saloon men Of Fort Dodge
pleaded guilty to the charge of sell
ing liquor to minors, for which they
recently were indicted and were
fined 5000 each and $50 for attor-
ney's fees and the costs by Judge C.
K. Albrook
Albert B. Cox, former school prin-
cipal at Des Moines, was arrested
in Chicago on a charge of his SON,
Erwin Cox, that the father had been
hypnotized and victimized by wo-
man. Mrs. Melissa Mayner was ar
rested with Cox.
Muscatine's second labor war open
ed with the unionists' force standing
firm and the manufacturers backed
by a police force of sixty-five men.
Forty special police officers were
brought into the city.
By order of Attorney General Co.'S
son, twenty-one saloons operating
outside of incorporated towns in Du-
buque county have closed their doors
for good.
AT Coburg the safe in the bank was
blown by robbers, who failed to get
any OF the $1,000 inclosed because
only the outer door was blown open.