Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-04-27

from the state OF Montana, whlch ne
intends to plant in Iowa. The ship
ment contained fourteen bushels Of
the grain which is about twice the
size Of the grain raised here. The
field from which this grain was TAX
en- Is in the northern part of Mon
tana and yielded eighty bushels to
the acre.
The Iowa City Civic league has
brought suit against Thomas Kelly
and T. H. Kinney before Judge Milo
Smith at Marion to secure an in
junction closing the saloon OF the de-
PENDANTS. The league alleges that
the men sell to inebriates, maintain
a nuisance and haven't the consent
Of the Iowa City State bank, which
is less than fifty feet away.
A force of men has been at work
for several days preparing to put Ia
che cement foundation for the new
Aldinger and Paullus agricultural i'm
2lement building on Walnut street in
64xs6 feet and one story in height.
1t will be constructed Of cement
blocks and the roof will be Of iron.
Captain John E. BARLEY Of Upton
has been elected major Of the Fifty
third regiment, Iowa National Guard.
by the field and company officers OF
the regiment. He takes the berth
left vacant by Major Whipple, who
suffered stroke of apoplexy in Des
Moines recently, and will not be able
to resume his duties with the guard.
The contract for the erection OF
the Park hospital building in Mason
| City was let to the Bailey Marsh COM
pany of Minneapolis for $4,000.
There were fourteen bidders, the
bids ranging between $4,000 and
$4,000. This bid does not include
the heating and plumbing. Work
will begin at once.
Judge Hamilton, the newly-appoint-
ed Judge of the first district, gave
a ten-year sentence to VIM. Curry and
Frank M. O'Neal for breaking and en-.
tering the Harrison residence in Fort
| Madison about a month ago. This
was the judges first criminal case.
They were sentenced to Anamosa.
The senior class Of Ames high
school will present Bachelor Hall.
April 2sth, AZ the annual class play.
The cast has been picked and rehear-
sails are being held under the direc'
ton of Mrs. H. Clemmer. The SEN
nior class number forty-six, twenty
seven girls and nineteen boys.
| The board of supervisors Of Lee
county accepted the offer of the in
surance companies to settle for the
court house fire for $1,000. AS soon
as plans can be perfected the build.
ing will be rebuilt. In the meantime
court is being held in the armory
building at Fort Madison.
The will of the late A. F. DeCamp
Of Ames has been set aside in the
district court. The will has attract
| ed a great deal of attention, by rea-
son of the fact that 1t left all of the
property of the deceased to two
friends, completely ignoring the only
L u
Deputy United States Marshal Geo.
e. Bidwell of Des Moines arrested
Joseph H. Warfeld Of Muscatine, for.
merly a captain in the Salvation army
who is charged with white slave traf.
fc. warfield is wanted in Chicago on
charge of importing girls from Mich
igan to that city.
| Experts from the east are examin-
ing the Iowa and Omaha short line
with a view Of floating bonds to d
nance Il. The line is nearly finished
from Council Bluffs to Treynor. 1t
is proposed to extend it to Des
Moines. via Oakland, Atlantic and
Guthrie Center.
Reservations for the special trains
to be run by Des Moines jobbers on
their trade extension trip May 16.
II and Is are coming in rapidly. They
now number fifty-nine- Three cars
will be run when seventy-six reserv.
atoms are made.
Trainmen on the Atlantic Southern
G. Northern railroad who refused to
take out trains or allow them to be
taken out until they received their
wages. have returned to work and
trains are running. The men got
| their money.
Postmasters have been appointed
as follows: New Providence, Hardin
county, Everett H. Moon. vice W. T.
Kersey, resigned; Sheldahl. Polk
county, Frank E. Horning, vice ].
Croft, resigned.
Tracks of the interurban railroad
are to be extended from Abba to Bux-
ton as soon as the weather will per-
NIT. The right-of-way has been Sc
cured and some Of the material is on
the ground.
The war of DIR. Fred Albert for pure
milk in Mason City, will continue.
The city council reelected him health
officer. He is also president of the
Iowa Health officers association.
Miss Pearl Robb and Carl Egbert,
both prominent young people of Els
therville, were married at the home
of the brides parents Friday.
The board of supervisors OF ALA
makee county finished the canvass
OF the saloon petitions. which gave
| the drys a majority of ITO.
Mrs. Griff Davies died at her homo
in Bloomfield Saturday morning. Flu
neral services were held Sunday.
After three children had died in the
Remling home at Charles City, sam
pies of the drinking water were sent
to DR.. Boyd of the State university
at Iowa City. He now announces
that the water is infected.
r. A. Neil, AZ, wealthy farmer
/ of Scott county, killed himself by
hanging from the rafters of a corn