Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-09-18

After having been IN sight OF the
goal toward which Amity college has
struggled for months, and after hav-
ing secured pledges of $4,000 OF the
100000 required for an endowment
to the college, the trustees and Of
ficers have been forced to abandon
the effort and have ordered all
pledges returned to the signers. The
subscriptions OF $1,000 were secured
with the understanding that they
were not to become binding unless the
full 100000 was secured. Sept. / was
the time limit.
A settlement has been reached at
Fort Dodge after a five-year contest
over the will of the late Isaac Gar
moe. Morningside College, Sioux
City, will get $4,000. Garmoe, in his
will, requested that his widow leave
something to the college, and she. at
her death left 1t $4,000, besides an
additional $4,000 to the Methodist
church in Fort Dodge.
The Alpine Building company has
filed articles of incorporation at Iowa
Falls, The new company is formed
by members of Alpine lodge, knights
OF Pythias, with the ultimate object
Of building a Pythian temple, or per
manent lodge home. The incorpora-
tors have contracted for a lot.
The first man in Dubuque to feel
the weight of the laws hand under
the new "guntoting statute" has been
sentenced to four months in Jail He
is Charles Mowrey, who is alleged to
have pulled" the weapon on a bar
tender who elected him for disturb
ing customers in the saloon.
A squad OF police armed with a
search warrant entered restaurant
in Keokuk and brought away wagon
load of bottled beer. The restaur-
ant is run by l.. B. Kinder, and an In
formation charging him with having
liquor in his possession unlawfully
has been filed.
Milwaukee road civil engineers are
located at McGregor. supervising
track work on the river division. The
company is making extensive i'm
provements putting in concrete tres
ties, bridges and culverts and build
ing many new sidetracks.
Jerry Sullivan now of New York has
written letter to Secretary Nc
Adoo in behalf OF Des Moines getting
the revenue office, but Collector Muir
ply wants the office to stay in Du-
buque and 1t is clear Des Moines has
an uphill fight.
The Master Builders of Iowa will
hold their convention this year on
steamboat, while making the trip
from Davenport to Keokuk. They have
Chartered one OF the big Mississippi
steamers, which will accommodate 200
persons.
William Howe, who last May cele-
brated his sixty-eighth wedding ami
versary, is dead at his home in New
London. He was class leader in
the Methodist church for half a cen
fury. He came to Iowa seventy years
ago.
Thomas Stivers, aged 65, for the
past 26 years owner and publisher of
the Burlington Gazette, has passed
away. He leaves widow and son
George, who will conduct the Gazette
in the future.
The town of Fontanelle has let the
contract for the construction of a
lighting system. A transmission line
to Greenfield will be built and light
and power current will be brought
from that town.
Voters of Knoxville recently decid-
ed to bond the city for $4,000 for the
entire remodeling of the city water
system. Interest In the proposed
bonding has been intense and the vote
was large.
Edward Glaze, OF Harlan, was kill
ed, and John Lawrence nearly lost his
life trying to rescue Glaze, when
both men were overcome by gas in
well at Kirkman. Glaze leaves
family.
A boiler explosion at the Linwood
quarries west of the city of Daven-
port resulted in the instant death of
Charles Carson, aged 3S, a fireman.
Carson's body was torn to pieces.
BY action Of the supervisors of Ger
70 Gordo county bounty of ten cents
will be paid for crows. These birds,
many complain, destroy young birds
and the eggs Of birds.
Orient held its eighth annual
Pumpkin Days" last week. This has
grown into one Of the most popular
street carnivals In southern Iowa.
Dale Howard. 16 years old. was in
stantly killed at Dubuque when he
touched live wire at the plant of
the Crown Dairy company.
Barns on the farm of Patrick Kirk,
ten miles south OF Mason City, we're
destroyed by fire. The loss exceeded
$4,000.
Clarence and Aaron Butcher, II and
Is years old, died together In the |
Mississippi river, near Muscatine. The |
boys were In swimming. Aaron was
seized with cramps and Clarence went |
to his aid but could not get his brother |
to shore. They sank In ten feet OF
water.
One OF the largest recent deals In |
Iowa land was concluded when the |
Moses Strauss estate Of Des Moines
sold lO,O32 acres-in Palo Alto county
to Charles Duhigg and A. w. Wagner
OF Bmmetsburg. Itis understood that
the deal involved $4,000.
George Hageman. residing near
Glidden, while driving home from
Carroll fell asleep in his buggy, and
as the horse was crossing the North
western tracks, he was struck by a
cain. The horse was killed and the
rig demolished. Mr.. Hageman was
thrown some distance, but escaped
with broken arm.
Webster City will entertain the
Iowa synod OF the English Lutheran
Church Oct. 16 to 20; also the North
west Iowa conference Of Methodist
Episcopal church meets there during
October. date not fixed.