Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-27

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! til the end of the season Iowa will
have a tremendous corn crop, &C
| cording to Section Director George
M. Chappell. The grain is In almost
i, perfect as yet he states, despite the
fact that the rainfall is 5.4S inch be.
low the average. THE last two
weeks" he said, has been most ia
vorable to the crops Of the state oil
any during the season. There is but
little hope for the pastures which
have been burned up, and the early
potatoes are almost total loss"
| The factory of the West Union Ce'
ment company has just been com.
pleted and opened for business. This
factory is owned by West Union
business men, County Treasurer Hen.
ry Blunt being president Of the com
pany The vice-president and gener.
al manager Is r. C. W.. .amson, for
merly of Carlisle, Iowa, and the plan,
manufactures the products with ma
chimes which he invented and also
manufactures.
DR.. Henry Talbot, ecently president
Of the State Veterinary Examining
Board, and OF the Iowa veterinary
medical association, is dead of gland.
ers. 1t is possible that the cause of
his death was contracted in the
course. of his work, though the doc
tors attending his case have been
unable to trace the incubation. The
last case of CHAMBERS treated by DR..
Talbot was last August.
1t has been discovered that the
soldiers and sailors monument com
mission, which had charge of the
erection Of the monument south of
the state house, has a large sum of
money to its credit which has never
been spent. The exact amount is
$3,195.10, enough to move the monu-
ment to some more prominent and
slightly place.
Des Moines police searched in vain
for Cora A. Steele and Susie Mel.
son, who escaped from the Iowa in
| dustrial school for girls at Mitchell
Vile. The Steele girl is Is years old,
and resides at Muscatine. Susie
Nelson is 16 years old, and was sent
to the Industrial school from Mis-.
souri, Valley.
| An association for house building
has been started at Boone, the prop
osition being backed by the Boone
Commercial association. The need
for houses has led to the step and
committees have been appointed with
Supt F. H. Hammill, of the North
western Railway company, as chair
man.
Senator Kenyon came from Wash
ington and filed his date at the Sac
City Chautauqua. The auditorium
was crowded, people coming from
all parts of Sac and adjoining coun,
ties. He spoke at the Glidden Chau.
tauqua also. His Cherokee date has
been cancelled.
Announcement is made of the cleo
ton Of Prof. Louis Pelzer, of the
Montana State Normal, as asslstan,
professor of American history in the
State University of Iowa. PROBES
sor Pelzer is from Atlantic, Iowa, and
was graduated from the University
of Iowa In 1907.
Appropriation of $4,000 for the
ne-w municipal electric light ant
power building, now in the course
OF construction has been made by the
city cotncil OF Webster City. The
building is fireproof, and will be ready
for occupancy by September.
The Chautauqua opens at Mt
Pleasant on July 31st. The lectur
ers are all men of national promi
nence. Among the latter are William
Jennings Bryan, Francis j. Heney
Governor Joseph w. Folk and Rev
Frank Gunsaulus.
The Iowa tax commission held q
meeting at the state house the pas
week. Plans for action were dis
cussed. The commission has not sci
selected secretary. Meeting,
probably will be held each week from
now on.
One hundred and fifty automobil
lists OF Iowa, about 20 Of them dele
gates from automobile clubs in a,
many Iowa cities, were in attend
ance at the annual meeting Of thu
Iowa Automobile association at Del
Moines.
The sleeping car OF the Chicago &
Northern eastbound limited No. s
running between Tama and Belle
PLANE, was entered by VIM. Morris
of Plainfeld, N. j., who was trying
to rob the passengers. He was sho,
by the brakeman.
While Charles Clute, one OF the
most widely-known farmers of De.a
ware county, was driving to his
farm his team became unmanagable
He sustained injuries from which the
attending physicians say he cannot
/ recover.
A creamery that will not manufac
ture butter is preparing to begin op
erations In Dubuque. The concern
which will devote itself to bottling
rasteurized milk, "a capitalized q,
$4,000.
Work Of tearing down the old high
school building at Belle PLANE Is
making rapid progress, and room for
the new high school soon will be
cleared. The new building will cost
| $4,000.
DR.. Frederick A. Cook, arctic ex.
plorer. comes to Iowa next month to
address the Iowa Epworth league as
sembly which opens its sessions in
Epworth park. Colfax, Aug. 8.
Vera Curtis, the 4-year-old daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Curtis. who re.
side four miles from Ohio, was killed
instantly, when her 10-year-old broth.
err. Phillip. accidentally shot her with
a shotgun.