Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-10-30

Iowa farmers are face to face with
a big responsibility and a bigger OPP
portunity Is the message a small army
of Iowa cattlemen and speakers from
Iowa State college will carry into
northern Iowa when the annual beef
producers special invades more than
a score Of northwest Iowa counties
over the branch lines Of the North
western.
Charlie Graemlich, 10 years old, who
lives near Church, shot q squirrel and
II lodged in a tree. He climbed into
the tree and tried to dislodge the
squirrel by kicking at 1t and in doing
so his foot came in contact with
live electric wire. He was electro
cuted. His body fell and also lodged
in the tree. ...
Farmers in northwest Iowa counties
will have more than full corncribs this
fall. according to crop reports, and the
cattlemen of the state demand that
Iowa corn be fed to Iowa beef; that
the bumper crop be marketed on the
hoof This is the mission of the spe-
cial train throughout that territory
this week.
Gen. Granville M. Dodge, who re-
Gently underwent surgical operation
at Rochester, Mimi, has recovered
splendidly and is at his Office nearly
every day in Council Bluffs. He is
past so years of age and it is de-
light to his friends to know that he
has had such vitality to sustain him.
A great haul Of fish was made at
Spirit lake one day recently. The
men who are engaged in SEEMING the
undesirable fish out of the lake, pull
ed in a net laden with 1850 pounds
of soft fish, in addition to a great
number of game fish. One buffalo
weighed seventy pounds.
A. F. Metelman, president of the
National Bank of Sidney, died at his
home there few days ago. He was
80 years old. He has been identified
with the business interests of Sidney
since 1865. He was rated as one of
the wealthiest citizens of that county.
The champion church going family
of Mason City is that of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leslie Hawkins, who, with their six
children, won a handsomely bound
family Bible Sunday at the Baptist
church in contest for the largest
church going family.
M. L. Hurd, brakeman employed
by the Minneapolis G. st. Louis rail
road at Marshalltown, was fatally in
jured. Both legs and one arm were
severed, and the man was crushed
about the body. Hurd lived at Oska-
loosa
A months revival services was
opeFs-1 in the West Liberty opera
house Sunday Nunder the direction of
the three West Liberty churches. The
evangelistic services are in charge of
the Rev. w. A. Tetley of Missouri.
George Runchy, a prosperous farm
er living ten miles southwest of AL
gona, committed suicide by hanging
himself in the hay loft of his barn He
was about 60 years old and he leaves
a wife and grown family.
Gustaf Jadeaux, farmer living
near Fort Dodge, has been notified
that he has fallen heir to $4,000 in
cash and ESQ acres Of coal land valu-
ed at $1,000 an acre. the estate being
located in OHIO.
Five large tanks OF fish were put
into the Iowa river last week by the
state fish and game warden. They
consisted mainly of. croppies, but
some black bass and pickerel were
included.
The loss Of swine in Cerro Gordo
county this year by cholera will be at
least S1,000,000, according to the esti.
mates of veterinarians there who are
treating animals in all parts of the
county.
Miss L. A. Christopherson of near
Iowa river, died at Home hospital in
Waukon from burns sustained when
she was carrying a lighted lamp and
celluloid comb in her hair caught
fire.
Seven head Of stock, 1000 bushels
of grain, and large quantity Of hay
was consumed in the burning Of the
Henry Prehn barn north of Mason
City, The loss will exceed $4,000.
Reports from cornhuskers in the
vicinity Of Marengo are that the crop
is showing up better than was ex.
pected. The yield is running sixty
to seventy bushels to the acre.
A. C. Binnie has sold forty acres
OF farm land near Alta to E. ]. Ed
wards for 5000 an acre. The land has
no improvements and Is At for farm.
ing purposes only.
The Rev. Thomas Horton, for the
last two years pastor OF Grace Epis-
copal church at Boone, has resigned
to go to st. James Parish church In
Oskaloosa.
Five years ago Grant Friedrich pur.
chased quarter section OF land nine
miles northwest of Rockwell City. He
has just sold the quarter section at
s135 an acre, having paid $3.50 for
the same. making profit of 100 per
cent in the Ave years. There are no
Improvements on the tract.
At Stockton Miss Zoe Gates lost
her right arm and part OF foot, Miss
Mabel McCullen was bruised and in.
jured internally and Miss Florence
Sharp lost an arm when they stepped
into the path Of one train while avoid.
ing another.
A 5-year-old son of Jap Robson,
who lives near Perry. accidentally shot
his baby sister with a 20 calibre
rife The infant will live, but will
be disigured for life.
/ A six ton monument of granite has
en- placed at the front gate of Ward
Passc field at Grinnell, commemor-
founding Of Ward field by
at Sml.ef 's8.
f'm> all parts OF the state
9@MDm-~ce at the annual ses-
invention at Water
ed visitors being