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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-19
Adjourned June Session

Auditors iOffice, Audubon, Iowa,
June 10, 1913.
Board met pursuant to Adjourn
ment of June 4th at 500 o'clock A.
M.
Members present. E. F. Johnson.
Chairman; D. D. Sampson and R..
P. Clark.
Board proceeded to KimbalDton to
view Bridge Number SO.
On their return from Kimbanton
the Board adjourned to meet again
at One o'clock M.
100 o'clock P. M. Board met
as per adjournment. Members all
present.
On motion claims ON the County
Fund were allowed as follows:
Chris j Knudsen, trustee
Douglas township 200
Elmer Hardie, clerk, Mel
Vile township, trustee
meetings 49,. 100
Elmer Hardie, clerk, Mel
Vile township, l Board
of Health meeting and
posting notices of quar-
w M Welch Co., Anamosa,
supplies for County Super
lntendent Is IS
Audubon Commercial Club.
oiling streets So. 10 90
On motion the Official Bond of
". NJ. Jones as Deputy Treasurer
was approved.
lon motion the following claim
on the Domestic Animal Fund was
al owed:
~ w Mcguire, claimed % SO
for 5 lambs killed, allow
ed >. i. :. j. - 22 SO
On motion claims on the Road
Fund were allowed as follows:
A Hunt, dragging County
roads so, filling at
bridge 90 !. 8 so
p E Smith, grading and fill
ing county road between
Sections 81 and %, Extra
township -. 46S 0
On motion claims on the Bridge
were allowed as follows:
A Bates, hay for bridge
team Fl SO
T Spilker, agent, balance
feight ON gravel :. 49,. / 90
Lars Rasmussen. hauling ma
terial, bridge No. As,
Sharon township :. 43 9S
Lars Rasmussen, hauling bed
ding etc., for bridge crew.. 200
Sam Sorensen, labor No. 80,
Douglas 2 rs, loading cars
at Extra 10 IL 1899
Otto Pland, labor No. 80,
Douglas rs, loading cars
at Extra 10 II 80. 10 90
E c Wilson, labor No. 80,
Douglas 2 rs, loading cars
at Extra s 25, labor be-
tween Sections 13 and Ia
Leroy ss, unloading lun-
Der at Audubon 2 75.. 1913
R G Nancarrow, agent,
freight on gravel 20 SO
This being the date fixed for
hearing protests to the building
of culverts and bridges called for
by the resolution of necessity adopt
ed by the Board on the 26th day
of May 1913. No one appearing
and no objections having been
filed, the following final resolution
was adopted by the Board.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-19
BOARD PROCEEDINGS

BOARD PROCEEDINGS
Continued from last week.
VA P Topp, trustee, Sharon
townhsip 2 90
Fred ,Christofferson, clerk,
Sharon township ). !. 2 90
Gate City Stationary Company
supplies, Auditor 35 SO,
Treasurer go :. ;. 49,. So 10
Fred Sarvis, Assistant Coun-
ty Engineer, salary May 5
to June 1, 1913 Sc 40
r G Spencer and Company,
April Board Proceedings. 81 20
r G Spencer and Company,
printing and supplies ga 55,
Bar Docket 40 % -. 104 80
On motion claims on the Road
Fund were allowed as follows:
Thomas Rutherford, repair
ing road between Sections
80 and 80, Cameron twp. SO
F l. Anderson, work ON Coun-
ty road, between Section
33 Cameron and Section
Leroy townships .. -. 70
John Petersen, work on Coun-
ty road between Section
33 Cameron and Section
Leroy townships :. so
Bert McNutt, work on Coun-
ty road between Section
33 Cameron and Section 4
Leroy townships >. :. 90
Thomas Rutherford, work
on County road between
Section 33 Cameron and
Section 4 Leroy town
ships w
Frank Andersen, work on
County road between Sec
ton 33 Cameron and Sec
ton Leroy township. z SO
Robert Rutherford Jr., work
on County road between
Section 33 Cameron and Sec
ton 4 Leroy township 80. SO
Mike Farrell, dragging coun-
ty roads, Audubon town
ship, claimed IL 25, allow
ed -. =. w
On motion claims on the Bridge
Fund were allowed as follows
C P Parsons, labor on
Bridge No. 81, Douglas
township 20
C P Parsons, Labor between
Sections 81 and %, Doug
las townships. -. 4 10
C P Parsons, labor ON
Bridge No s, Leroy town
ship 10
William Powers, cash adj
vanced for labor, Bridge
No. 6 Leroy to E g Will
son 81
William Powers, cash ad-
vanced for labor, Bridge
No. 6, Leroy to Sam Sor-
,-s,-- onson~ $50 6s87
William Powers, cash adj
vanced for labor, Bridge
No. 6, Leroy, to Otto
Pland 70
William Powers, cash adj
vanced for labor, Bridge
No. 80, Douglas, to E G
wilson oV
William Powers, cash adj
vanced for labor, Bridge
No. SO, Douglas, to Sam
SorenSon D 5V
William Powers, cash adj
vanced for labor, Bridge
No. 80, Otto Pland 49,. SO
Lake View Sand and Gravel
Company, gravel for bridg
es 100 OF
William Powers, cash for
wire for bridges $50. so
C P Parsons, hauling gray-
ell for bridge No. 46, Shar-
on township ). i. So. AZ 90
M D Graves, repairing
bridge No. IA, Douglas
township SO
William Powers, May sal
airy, 80 W
E F Johnson, cash advanc-
ed for freight on lumber
and gravel }: !. $50 80
w A Jones, labor No.
4 Melville, No. 43 Leroy
and between Sections 5
and Leroy !. Is -
G Hafer Lumber Company.
lumber !. $50 So
A A Smith, pipe for pile
driver . I. 80. SIS
T ] Spilker, agent, freight
on lumber and gravel. 80 Sc
William Powers, feed and
keep bridge team j. -. Is IS
G LATER Lumber Company
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-19

This incident happened at camp,
when corporal. who was making
up the rations, was approached by
the tent orderly, and the latter sug-
gested a change in the dietary.
1--WE should like to have some
rhubarb," he said.
''You may have it" replied the
corporal, who with pencil and pa
per then commenced trying to re-
cord the order. He began "Ru,''
hastily abanoning that for "Rhe''
and then put Roo and Rheu" re-
spectively, Thoroughly exasper-
ated at that. the corporal exclaim-
ed: "Rubub be bowed. You'll have
cabbage
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-19
9 1:s;;!!sss' am

Yes" said MISUNDERSTANDING
woman, l might manage to hand
you bite to eat if you'll saw and
chop good pile of stove wood
and bring in a few buckets of wat ar
and chop the weeds out of the gar
den and fix up the fence.''
Lady" replied Meandering Mike,
I'm only hungry wayfarer. I
amt yer husband"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-19

! One day an eight year old girl
/, who had been taught to report her
mlsdeeds promptly, sought her
mother with an aspect of grief de
noting great penitence.
II broke a brick in the fireplace
the youngster explained between
sobs.
Well, that isn't beyond remedy"
smiled the parent; but how did
you do it?"
81 was pounding it with fathers
watch"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-06-19

Last Christmas middle-aged tin
plate worker married widow,
whose acquaintance he had made
but a few weeks before while work
ing some little distance from home.
Sarah, he said nervously, after
the guests had departed, q have a
weddin' present for ye."
What is it, John?"
II 'ope we won't be offended, Sar-
ah,' said he more agitated tina
ever, but it is-er-er-it is five
of EN-
Five of WHAT"
Five children, of course, l did
MT tell 'ad children-five of 'em.
Sarah took the news quite calmly
a-.d in fact, SHE appeared relieved.
ooh, we'll, John" said she, that
do make it easier for me to tell We.
Five is not so bad as me, whatever.
Seven | ave got"
Wat" howled John.
Seven" repeated Sarah. THAT
is my weddin' present. to We, john
Willie Brown did not always like
the idea of going to church, but his
mother insisted.
One Sunday, Willie's uncle was
having dinner with the family, and
looking over at Willie, asked:
II hope you are a good boy in
church, Willie, and always say a
prayer
Yes, sir" answered Willie, 81 al
ways say prayer just like all the
rest do before the sermon begins
Indeed" said Uncle, much pleas
ed. What prayer do you say?"
''Now | lay me down to sleep"
Your sister is a long time about
making her appearance" suggested
the caller.
Well" said the little brother,
shed be a sight if she came down
without making it,
Nellie was much interested in
Aunt Mary's chandelier, and when
she went home she exclaimed, ooh,
mother, l do wish we had place
for our lamps to roos on, as
Amt Mary d0oc
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20
Do 1t Today

"But, in larger sense we cannot dedicate--ve cannot consecrate-vve cannot haIow,-this ground. The brave men, living dead who struggled here have consecrated 1t far beyond weak power to add detract."
 So said Lincoln at Gettysburg There will be
 dedication. a reconsecration, that field where JO.o00 soldiers. the Blue and the Gray, laid down vived fearful Fourth July and three red, ceding days very few now live them will gather there again Confederate and Union, in radeshp. O the where their patriot ism and courage were given fiery trial
 Or the remnants of the living who participated in the first dedication who struggled there Ari- zona will be represented by least six the dedication the field. The response of the public t. The RepubIican's appeal d aid the survivors who not able to make the journey back to Gettysburg. has been generous and noble. than $35o was subscribed. later in the day this sum was increased by than $10o
 We hope that the fund may be completed to- day. would wish that it be made of many small subscriptions rather than few large ones honor of contributing to it may be more widely distributed. This is not the business of a few men. It should made the business of all Arizona. for the honor credit will be against the patriotism and gratitude of the state at large.
 w.. trust those whom the crculators of the subscription lists may will make sure their subscriptions or contributions to the fund; that they will send them in-tOday.
 time be lost. The reunion will begin at Gettysburg July l, the anniversary of the beginning of the greatest battle ever waged on the American continent. desirable that our Confederate and Union representatives may partci- pate in entire program of peace as they par ticipated in that days program of carnage
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20
Lynchings
By HOWARD L. RANN

\ lynching polite form of sudden death which is handed evil doer while he is figuring Il hung jury. While the practice is not one To be emuIated, is nevertheless fact that T thorough. workmanlike job of Bnching has very discouraging effect upon people who are
 thinking o committing murder in the first degree Some communities have of penchant for tynchings others, it is about the only form of entertainment they have The habit of lynching everybod who within four miles of the scene O the crime grew of the failure of the courts gray headed m nobody in the community slaughter or petty larceny a chicken coop It was aggravatinl5 somebody who had stolen $500 saddle horse languishing in the county Jail on fried chicken 49-cent fiction for eighteen months before a jury empaneled. when every body knew he guilty and thirsted for q chance to prove $1.35 per day Sometimes the ordinary Iynching adequate to express the dlssatls- faction of community. in which case bonfire is built public square with the accused ol- ficating as viewing of there lncen- diary conflagrations, which usually total loss without insurance. the murderously inclined will decide not kill anybody until they have a chance to ring in a court decisions
 II occasionally happens that q lynchlng has 10 be repeated three four times before the guilty party is located, this doesn's hurt anybody's always preceded by a voluntary confession, secured duty This saves costs and enables eVeryb To go to church following Sunday and listen to T sermon brotherly love. There would be fewer vnchings if didn't take the courts ln average oI four years O criminal who was caught hap dtd
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20
TRAGEDY OF A MAVERICK TREE
Indianapolis News)


 The maverick at the edge of the city woods. It belonged did not even belong to itself because it had name, but per haps for that same reason it seemed belong everybody. IL was low, scrubby tree with matted. thorny branches and close foliage Some people called il q haW tree, but others said that not really haw all just a maverick The charms of the maverick tree how popular and happy The children could it's lowest branches and climb the highest And, although they the children, the redbird and the cIuebird approved the beauty and cOnven- the maverick tree trusted O thick twining branches to conceal their nests. When the tree boOmed it sweetened all the air around and gave it's white blossoms everybody that
 one day. however. the maverick captured and taken into the city. It belonged to somebody then because it paid for and the man gave a peculiar name. Of first, there did Q be anything became dissatisfied.
 It redbrd a bluebird, and it had grown used to rocking caring them that every twig felt empty lonesome It in yard and children never climbed trees there. The maverick discovered that it part and flowers about it had purpose only, and that purpose effect" Of the maverick did appreciate the importance of effect and was so disgusted and other plans that every time the hose turned it fel ashamed. The maverick a neigh borly of tree too, but it could hear the shrubs whispering to each other about it and it knew that their class.
 a while it began to drop it's leaves to the ground. The tree toad. always inclined to make the best of things advised it to slow and that it as beautiful as ever, but it could not cheered up and kept dropping it's leaves until it stood there ugly and scrawny.
 And that is why the maverick tree died. They reason the maverick did live the fact that it could find nothing to do.
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20

THE GARDENERS PLEA Awake, O north wind: and come, thou south; blow upon my garden-Song Solomon iv. 16
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20
Arizona Republican Editorial Page

have been bent upon destruction of the dones- sugar industry? To whom would it have oc- cured except to familiar with the process of refining insert matter of "col- oring?"
 The average congressman would suppose that if there is anything in this world coloring it is refined sugar. Some congressman must have known better and have been aware of the ill., concealed presence the joker. is strange that il should have remained for board trade in a Texas detect the attempt n he interest of the refiners, incrase duty above that of he Payne -Aldrich law, which is 9-10 a pound
 The domestic sugar representatives could hardly have failed to perceive the joker though they could have had no part in it's insertion, since their interests have been studiously dsregarded in the making the schedule, they naturally saw in it a loophole of escape destruction. The sugar trust would not want such protection unless tended to make Of for keeping up prices
 This discovery illustrates blindness in which even wel-meaning bIunder along n our system of tariff tinkering Undoubtedly very large major ity of the members are sincerely desir- ous of revising the tariff downward undoubtedly q very large majority of them without capacity. natural acquired. intelligent consideration of such an intricate proposition q bill While their ideas to certain schedules may be clear and well-formed, they have no ideas at all as to the greater number the schedules
 In this though the majority honestly be- Ieved that they from sinister influences they We're legislatng in the of the most conscienceless and criminal the trusts These sinister influences can be successfully only by change of the system legislation.
 Such joker could not have yvithstood the light thrown upon the subject by the of scientific, non n-partisan tariff commission which the national progressive platform insists shall precede all tariff legislation. So long present system obtains our congresses will either boldly wishes of the interests as republican congresses done or n their iprlf,r tools of the interests he present congress has been
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20
The Startinu Point

Some citizens seem to have hay notion of the full meaning of civic center. It is not to be understood that joint city and county admnistra- ton building on the Central school block would, in itself constitute civic center civic center would mean more than a building together with the federal building group the All of them taken together would be the starting point in a general plan the Identification of the city. Lines of beauty would from it in all directions
 The standardization Of the public business, inn portant as it would be in the convenience it would afford is unmportant in comparison with the full result of the plan proposed by the advocates of the sale of the Central block the city and county beneficial effect We have pointed out would be felt in part of the city. Every block would shortly take increased value The civic would be incentive to private inn provement. would be leaven. leavening all of Phoenix
 Three years ago, few men would have cared to predict that we would have street paving soon. It was a matter rested entirely with citizens There was no way to enforce such improvement But once it was begun spread with rapdity and property owners cherfully expense that year before they would have regarded as runous All of them believe that it profitable in vestment. So would be should install a civic center We should soon see improvements of which We now only dream, spread in all directions.
 What we are proposing do is being begun in cities all over the country At this moment experts in city planning work in San Francisco, Port land. Seattle Dallas, Minneapolis, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland and Brooklyn. In each of these cities there will shortly be civic center and doubt in them there is sincere regret that it was not established years ago when could have been done much less
 Now is the time for Phoenix to do what it must sometime do We glad observe the spread the sentiment in favor of doing it Sectional jealousies disappearing. Property in the the eastern the southern and the northern parts the city, who had hitherto pulled apart getting together a greater Phonix a city
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20
WHERE WE ExAGGERATE

No American millionaire is rich people think he
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20
WHERE MAIL CARRYING IS DANGEROUS
Chicago Tribune)


 The camel pOSman in the Sahara hlSh any cinch-that is, he has a family he's anxious to live for or happens be leading free bdchelor existence-for ne needs all the that he can possiIv summon every trip that he makes, TOT inc wild tribes regard him their particular prey! and he never know when he starts out whether or not he is going reach his destination
 Neither has the postman in some parts oA Switzerland the safest job in the world In fact III several places country it is considered just about the dangerous profession that man enter
 You see some the postOffices are situated at a height of seven thousand feet There is even d letter box the summit of Languard, when Is nearly thousand feet above the sea level Here all sorts disastrous things have happened to uh- fortunate carriers mail. Three have been crushed to death by avaIanches and large number It IS rumored have been svvooped down upon and carried away by fierce eagles.
 in India the postman always has to De on snakes. It is asserted that "lthn the last hundred and fifty killed by snake bites and twenty seven eaten by tigers.
 Queer, isn't it, when in this country the busl- being postman seems about the most least dangerous of man could pick out?
 In Siberia they have only mail deliveries q year. while in he China they have regular delivery or regular postmen
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20
PROFITS IN ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY

The report just issued by the large SWISS dertaking. the Aluminium Industry Company of Neu- hausen. discloses net profit of $717O00 against $448,000, and proposes q divident of 20 against fl cent last It is stated that the exceptionally low prices which prevailed for time resulted in many being found for the metal, which favoraby influenced the development of the industry and enabled the entire production go into consumption. A agreement since been entered into by the lauminum makers. The subsidiary industries carried by the Neuha ausen viz, the manufacture of carbide and nitric acid, have quite justified the expectations K tensions being carried various directions The present capital is $2,500,GO0. and to the amount of $2,070,00O
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20

one Of our evening contemporaries. in q head line which had no relation to the subjoined matter last night declared that the movement directed against Superior Judge Phillips political gin and emanated from the Bull Moose Camp Bull Moose is used by the irreVerent synonym for Progressive our contemporary's headline writer has been misinformed and evidently he does not make an unvarying practice Of reading mat ter for which he prepares headgear movement against Judge Phillips is, know. wholly within the Phoenix Trades Council but whether the council IS unanimously supporting il, have been informed. The progressive party has no part in this campaign against Judge Phillips. believe that the judge enjoys the friendship very large majority of the members of the party. We should add that the progressive party not play politics
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20
The Suoar Joker

Who responsible joker discovered the Underwood tariff bill Wednesday, by which refined the only kind use have paid a duty a pound? Who could have interest in such a tariff except the refiners, who for purposes of tariff legsla- tion constitute the sugar trust, and years
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20
HAPPIN SS

Robert G. IngersoID
Arizona republican., 1913-06-20
WITHOUT A PRECEDENT

 "Wiam," asked the judges wife did get the spool of thread ordered you to bring home yesterday?'
 "No my dear did not Dear how provoking! Be sure to get 1t today"
 I'm sorry, but I cannot do so'' Why I'd like to know?' T have looked through all the books, and l unable find a precedent that would taking such action