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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

Twenty persons are known to be
dead and $4,000 are homeless as the
result of the disastrous floods which
are still raging In central Texas. Prop
erty damage win exceed $4,000. 900, ac-
cording to the most conservative esti-
mates
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

Aigrettes win not be admitted to
the United States either on hats or de-
tached, according to q final ruling
sent to all collectors of customs.
Game birds will be admitted with
feathers, but the feathers must be
destroyed
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
:. cats eou.rnment Funds.


ID is expected that by the end OF
this week, over $l,000,000 of govern
meat funds will be in circulation or
Available in Iowa Sioux City ma
tio,al banks have already loaned out
$50 900 and have petitioned for an.
other 100000, which it is expected
viii be granted without difficulty.
The Iowa National bank Of Des
iMo,nes has been made custodian for
the securities put up by the Des
MONIES national banks which have
made application for a share Of the
$50, 900 offered by Secretary Nc
Adoo to move the western crops.
These are the Valley National, the
Citizens National and the Des Moines
National, all Of this city.
The securities are passed upon by
the local clearing house association
and approved. II the securities are
acceptable to the government, the
bank acting as custodian is notified
and necessary bonds for the secur-
tiles are furnished. The government
then orders the money deposited with
a central city bank which it is ex-
pected in the present case will be
Chicago.
The banks will draw upon these
funds as they find use for the money.
The money will gradually be retired
from circulation as the collateral up
on which 1t is issued is liquidated by
those who use II.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
State EpiIeptie Colony.


According to the announcement Of
the state board OF control new state
institution for Iowa will be located
this week--the hospital for epileptics.
For several weeks, members OF the
board have bee considering PROPOSE
lions made by cities and towns in va
rious portions Of the state. Over a
hundred different offers were made
Many Of these were rejected at once
because of their emanating from local
tiles too far away from the center OF
the state to be easily accessible. 9th
ers have been taken under considera-
ton and wherever they seemed prom
Using, members of the board have
made visits to the places In order to
see the lands offered.
With only one institution OF the
kind to serve the state II is reasonable
to suppose that the board will select
a site somewhere near the center Of
the state and one which affords con-
venient means OF ingress and egress.
The Boone site, the Woodward loca-
ton, and the Flynn farm at Des
Moines are likely to have advantages
in this respect.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

The war against automobile speed
ers by the New York city authorities
has resulted in three days in SEN
fences of one day or more in jail for
IS persons arrested and in total Of
$6.450 in fines imposed upon reckless
drivers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Puzzle Up to State Board.

Whether Dallas is Melcher or Melch-
er is Dallas is to be decided by the
state railway commission, as that
body took the case involving the ii.
tie under advisement
This case was taken before the COM
mission for settlement after residents
of the old town of Dallas and of the
new town of Dallas, known as Melch-
er, were unable to reach an agreement
after war Of six months
The trouble began when the Rock
Island, in building the new Allerton
short line, established the new town
south OF the old town OF Dallas. The
new town was first called Melcher
The residents of the old town protest
ed, so that the Rock Island agreed to
call the town Dallas. Later, howev-
er, the town was Incorporated Under
the name OF Melcher. Then the post
Office department changed the name
OF the old town OF Dallas to Melcher.
On protest from the residents, the
name was changed back to Dallas.
1t is now believed that the name OF
the old town is Dallas, but the big
question as to what the new town
shall be called has not been settled.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Parole Board Is On Trip.

e'S'S SSd'b 70 III
The lava board of parole is out to
make investigations under the new
law providing for sterilization OF i'm
beetles and insane.
The first investigations will be made
at the state asylum for the insane az
Cherokee. For the present the board
will confine its work to consultation
with superintendent and physicians
with view to ascertaining just what
character of people should properly
come under the new statute. The in
tent Of the law is that insane persons
and imbeciles must not have offspring
In Iowa. The board Is not only author.
lied but required by law to make the
investigations now started.
New Secretary Of Board.
w. II. Gemmil. newly elected secre
tary Of the state board OF education,
and member of the finance committee,
has begun his duties at the Office OF
the state board. Mr.. Gemmil has been
in charge of the schools at Carroll for
the last three years He and his
family will now make their home in
Des Moines.
When he has become adjusted to the
routine work OF his Office Mr.. Gemmil
plans to give his attention largely to
the educational side OF the boards
work.
Credits to High Schools.
Five high schools have been recon-
mended by the state board on secon.
dairy school relations for accrediting
with the state institutions OF higher
learning. II. C. Dorcas Of the state
university, Herman Knapp OF the
state college, and C. S. Corey OF the
State Teachers college met to consid.
ar matters pertaining to the secon.
dairy schools. The recommendation
were a part Of their work. The
schools will not become accredited.
however. until the state schools have
approved the recommendations.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Iowa a. Stock Show.

Iowa has carried away the major
portion of the prizes thus far award
ed at the International Live Stock
exhibition. The attendance at the
show was a record breaker. Escher
e Ryan Of Irwin, Ia, made almost
complete cleanup in the carload
division. The yearlings sent in by
this firm alone won a total Of 1866 in
prize money and the animals exhibit
ed by this firm are in demand, rails
ers from all parts of the country
buying up individual animals. The
Angus cattle exhibited by Escher &
Ryan swept the boards clean, win
ming firsts in all ages.
Expert buyers employed 10y the
Chicago packers pronounced the
Iowa cattle the best they had ever
seen. Other Iowa prize winners in
the carlot division were: Foster Bros,
Earlham; E. J. Smith, Lamont; NJ. J.
Mullen, Abel; c. C. Jackson, Earl
ham; r. NJ Anderson, Newell, and J.
Krambeck, Marne. Iowa exhibitors
of fat cattle won many ribbons.
One blue ribbon winner, King Gay,
young Aberdeen-Angus bull owned
by the Rosengift stock farms OF Kel
ly, Ia, was sold for $500 before he
entered the ring to come under the
eye Of judges.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
conviets Would Close Saloons.

News Of the closing OF the Des
Moines saloons has penetrated the
walls OF the penitentiary at FIT. MadI-
son. In letter to B. w. Garrett,
clerk Of the supreme court, Seward
Castor, a convict from Des Moines,
voices the hopes that saloons win be
closed forever in this city.
"How much better would 1t have
been for some of us II we had let II
alone" writes Castor. II would for
one for It has got me into the peniten.
tiary. There are scores Of people in
Iowa and elsewhere that know me
and will be gladly surprised at my
stand on the liquor question. Others
no doubt will ridicule me. Liquor
alone has brought eight-tenths Of the
men to this place and In most every
instance where a man has broken a
parole II is on account OF WHISKY. I
don't suppose there is bar in Des
Moines that have not patronized TO
the extent of from s1.00 to $4,000 in
the last forty years, and my children
at home In need Of food, clothing and
books"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Ex.seeretary Wilson Speaks.

ES-Secretary wilson speaks.
Former Secretary OF Agriculture
James Wilson, in a speech before st.
Andrews Society OF Washington. took
up his favorite topic of soil conserva-
ton, about which he and DR.. Henry
Wallace learned much in the British
isles last summer. He said robbery
of the soil in this country in part &C
counted for high cost of living. He
declared the history of the United
States so far as agriculture was con-
cerned was one of robbery, that we
had robbed the soil from the Atlantic
to the Pacific.
Two Prison Terms for Lawyer.
John n. Smith, attorney, who con-
fessed that he had used the mails to
swindle G. N. Thorley, a Springview,,
Neb., banker, out OF $4,000, was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary at Still
water, Mimi, for one year and a day
by Judge Smith Mcpherson. Smith
recently was sentenced to the state
prison at Fort Madison for an indeter-
inmate period of not TO exceed seven
Years for obtaining money under false
'rdge W. II, McHenry i'm
Htence. Thorley also pre-
ge in the s>'a court.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

To prevent waste in foreign mis-
sionary effort, women of Is Protestant
denominations have joined in common
understanding OF the general princi-
pies upon which missions shall be adj
vanced. There are 100000 women
In the new federation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

Five gray-haired women OF Volo,
ILL.,, we're found guilty of having rid
den Mrs. John Richardson on a rail
because rumors in the village accused
her of misconduct with a brother-in-
law of her crippled husband The YER
dict was brought in the Lake county
circuit court at Waukegan, Ill
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

Otto Eichman, a saloon owner. was
shot and killed at St Louis by two
negro highwaymen when he tried to
prevent them from taking $50 from
the cash register.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

Cardinal Luigi Oreglia, the last OF
the cardinals created By Pope Plus
TX. is seriously Ill in Rome with pneu-
monia
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

Thomas Duncan, chairman Of the
Indiana public service commission,
when told that street employees could
not live on ss4 . month, declared
that many lawyers in Indianapolis had
incomes Of less than $50 month. The
commissioner is the judge of arbitra-
ton in the dispute between the trac-
ton company and its employees, who
recently we're on strike
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

Colorado is practically isolated from
the world 1t is with the greatest diff
ficulty that communication OF any
kind by wire Is being maintained The
state is covered with the greatest fall
OF snow on record. Forty persons are
missing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

BY a unanimous vote the striking
coal miners in the southern Colorado
fields formally rejected the strike set
Element proposition made to them by
Governor Ammons.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11
Domestic

The bank at Primrose, Neb., was
robbed of $4,000 in currency by a
highwayman, who terrorized the cash
Ter, compelling him to hand over all
the cash, and made his escape.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-12-11

Radicals ruled the Republican state
conference in New York and forced
the approval OF a direct, statewide
primary law. State Chairman William
Barnes motion to reaffirm the more
conservative primary plank in the last
Republican platform was defeated by
1872 to 1877
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-05
very Rapid Descent.

At the exhibition Of post-impression.
list paintings in New York two Boston
men were standing in front of the
much-talked-ot canvas alleged to rep
resent a figure descending the stairs.
This is the worst yet" cried one.
Look at 1t, Il is simply a tangled
mass OF streaks and splctches."
Il think, said the other. after gax.
ing at ii q moment "thst the fault
lies in the title. which Is not sufficient.
ly explanatory It should tell us that
it is a hsura descending the stairs aft.
-- the careless scrub woman had left
q ea6C ID gcgg ga the top step"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-05

arms around her, until at the sight OF
me he shrank off. guilty as hell There
was nary flicker of shame or fear to
her, but she just stood there looking
SO grand and beautiful that my breath
caught In my throat why, Jesse"
she said, he voice all soft with joy,
I'm so glat ou've come to see. It's
the great scene, the remuneration.
Come. Salvador. from Thy people shall
be-"
/ twisted him by the ear into my
cabin, he talking along like gramo-
phone. l set him down on the stool,
myself on the bunk, inspecting him
while | cut haccy, and had a pipe. II
let him fight me with suns. she'd
make hero of him. If | hoofed him
into the cold or otherwise waited him
to the dago paradise. she'd make viii
lain of me.
You wrote an opery," says I.
He explains with his tongue, his
eyes, and both paws waving around
for the time 1t takes to boil eggs. I'm
not an egg.
You give the leading woman a base
voice."
He boiled over some more
so you got an excuse for coming"
He spread out over the landscape.
"Thinkln'," seq l. that she'd nothin'
more than Trevor to guard her honor" "
More talk
But you found her married with a
man.
He wanted to go alone to civiliza-
ton.
You stay here says, "cnd Saliva
tor, you're going to earn your board"
W.
amt claiming that this Salvador
actually earned his grub this month.
He can clean stables now without be-
ing kicked into curry hash; he can
chop water holes through ice, and has
only parted with one big toe up to
date, he can buck fre-wood il l tend
him with spurs and quirt; but his dish
washing needs more rehearsals, and
he amt word perfect yet at scrubbing
floors. He's less fractions and siothtul
since he was up-ended and spanked
in presence of lady, but on the other
hand. there's lack of joy, cheerful
ness. and application.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-05
Tribute to Women.

In the Woman's Home Companion
Ignace Paderewski. the celebrated
pianist. is interviewed on the sub
iect. What a Little knowledge OF
Music Means" In the course OF the
interview Paderewski is quoted as say.
ing:
"But for women there would today
be no art in the world. not alone in
America. but anywhere. The asser-
ton may seem sweeping one. but I
thoroughly believe it to be true. The
women it is who. through Unborn love
Of music. and responsive, deeply re-
fined feeling. encourage it in brave.
practical. energetic ways. The women
It is. too, who lead In the cause OF its
fostering. and influence by their su-
preme enthusiasm the men to follow"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-05
IN THIS DAY OF UNCERTAINTY
Sophisticated Girl Refused to Accept
Duelins Scars on Face as Proof
of German Blue Blood.

"Oh. he's a sure thing German
count said the first summer girl.
Look at the duelins scars on his face.
They mean that at heidelberg or some
such university he was one OF them
swell corps students that hack each
other up in dGels just for the fun OF
it."
But the summer girls companion.
who had travelled, said:
Darling. in these days OF mems
beauty parlors. with sunburn at a doh
lar a quart, you can be sure Of moth
ing. l was once like you. l thought
that dueling scars on a Dutchman's
face meant he was q graf. sure But
rye travelled and I've found ont that
many and many a young German
butcher or baker or clerk. sports a
face tull Of scars without ever so much
as seeing a university.
"For Germany leads the world in
mems beauty parlors as In lots Of 9th
ez things. ana Germans take treat
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-05

A moving pl, .'e concern recently
obtained permission TO take a series
of moving pictures illustrating French
parliamentary life. Legislators soon
got TO hear Of the matter. says Les
Nouvelles. some of them showing
themselves particularly anxious to fig
ure on the film. The taking OF the
flm lasted several days. and the oper-
ator took pictures OF the chamber at
all times. Photographs viii show the
de- ted benches Of the morning. with
a dozen or so deputies discussing laws
affecting the whole OF France. the sol
emn arrival Of the president. life i7
the Hobbies, a stormy afternoon SEES
sion and the thronged refreshDcnf
bar.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-05
STIRRED HEARTS OF MILLIONS
Worshlpers Of 5uddha Highly Ex
sited Over the Finding Of the
Bones Of Their Saint.

OF ALI the treasures unearthed by
Archaeological spade from the hidden
5recesses OF the earth. no find has ever
thrilled more human hearts than the
recovery OF the bones OF Gautama
lSiddartha Buddha from a mound near
Peshawar, midas northwest frontier
stronghold.
The effect of this discovery upon the
yotaries OF Buddhism, who are esti
mated to number more than 100000
900 and form large percentage Of the
population of Japan. Formosa, Korea,
China. Tartary Siam. AMMAN, Cam
'bodia. Tibet. Burma, Nepal, India and
Ceylon, and who look upon Buddha as
their emancipation. their god Of gods,
can be appreciated only when It is
Considered what g sensation the find
ing Of the remains Of Mohammed
would make in the Mohammedan
world The unearthirg of the bones
Of their reyered saint, & can be easily
imagined. has stirred the Budihists to
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-05

along to the Old Country. Shed have
me in a collar and chain with a pink
bow at my off ear. promenading IN
Strand Street.
She's been having a rough time
here, mostly living on wild meat, with
out money or servants. I'd like well
TO see her happier; I know her music
belongs to the whole world, and I've
no right to hold her for any selfish
ness. II it's up 10 her TO go. it's agin
me to look pleased. and she shall go
the day believe in her call.
v.
I made the dago bed down in here,
but he Topped over to breakfast and
they've been at ii hammer and tongs
ever since. "Tinkie tankie ping ping
pee-chee-ree-hc-o! Oh! Ohio! me-
catamiaou-ow-yow." Cougars is kit
tens to it, but I'm burned ignorant.
and noticed that the signor looked
on while she washed up.
j didn't sorrow with Kate persuad-
ing me TO drive them as far as Hun
dred Mile. The sound of her voice
stampedes me every time, but when
the dago tries to stroke my ears. he
was too numerous, so held his head
In the bucket until he began to sub
side. | don't take to him a whole lot.
From when I'd finished the horses,
till nigh on shutdown. the music ia
pered on, and got more and more
ratified. At last l walked right in.
Shed black dress, indecent round
the shoulders, and bright star on her
brow. She stood with the swines
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-05
SMELL INSTEAD OF KISSING
Peculiar Way In Which Many of the
MongcIs Pet Their Little
Children.

Many OF the Mongols pet their chill
dren by smelling their heads instead
of kissing them. In the Philippine
islands the sense OF smell is so devel-
oped that many Of the people by mere
ly shifting a handkerchief can detect
its owner. Lovers when separated
often give each other handkerchiefs.
and in their absence they keep each
other in mind by inhaling the scent.
Certain races still salute each other by
smelling. They apply the nose and
mouth to a persons cheek. and in this
way draw long breath. They do not
say Give me a kiss" but Let me
smell you"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-05

the depths OF their being In way that
nothing else could have done
What adds interest to the romantic
find, not only for Buddhists. but for
men and women of all creeds and
climes. is the fact that the exact 10.
cation where these particular relics
Of Ruddha had been inferred was
shrouded Ia mystery. hidden in an al.
most impenetrable mass Of oriental le-
gendary lore. No one knew definitely
where the shrine had been erected.
and consequently the hunt for the pre-
cious bones was no sinecure, but 1t
had TO be based to large extent on
pure gueSswork.-Wide World Maya
zine.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-05

The headhunters had been killing
the Chinese camphor wood cutters In
the mountains. Reports had been
drifting down to the government. but
China was so busy trying and falling
to whip France with magic charms
and lamentations that it didn't have
| time to get after the wild tribes. It
was great sport for the headhunters,
| swooping down on the helpless Chi
nese who were gathering camphor
wood in the forest and butchering
them. At last China found time to
start after the savages after peace
with France had been established.
Doctor Luscher was with the force
sent into the mountains to pacify the
tribes. There were 700 Chinese, un-
skilled in the use of arms. against
thousands of savages in the jungies
and in the mountains. There was
fighting whenever a head showed
through the underground. The Chi
nese cut roads through the jungles
and began the ascent of steep noun
tainside where a band of the head
hunters fortified themselves.
We came upon the headhunters in
the basin of an extinct volcano era
ter" Doctor Luscher said one day
last week. ''The crater was about a
half mile across and we threw a line
OF men around on the rim. Then we
waited. 1t was tiresome waiting and
we aroused little interest in she'll
ing them with a few light machine
guns we had dragged along. But 1t
vas no use.
"The headhunters we're too fast and
they scattered and we simply couldn't
kill them of. Besides, the Chinese
we're about as ignorant as the head
hunters and not nearly such natural
fighters. Our officers were literary
gentlemen. but all they knew about
war was hearsay. Once in a while at
night one of our men would be killed
with a spear.
Awed Them With Firecrackers.
at happened that our Chinese SOL
diers had brought along quantity OF
fireworks for their own amusements.
They had dragged the packs of rock.
cts, flrecrackers, Roman candles, mig
ger chasers and colored fire over the
mountains and through the jungles
patiently and without complaint.
Il claim credit for the suggestion.
The headhunters had never seen fire.
works. The Chinese general agreed.
We touched off every kind of fireworks
native Chinaman could devise and
threw them into the crater among the
headhunters The entire basin was
glorious spectacle Of shooting flames
of many colors. Niger chasers
chased headhunters and pinwheels
spun in glorious circles in and out
among the wild men, who were get
ting wilder every moment. 1t was a
wonderful sight. There we're binding
flashes OF colored fire ard wonderful
sprays of multi-hued flame. The poor,
bewildered headhunters had never
seen anything like it and naturally
they surrendered when they thought
all the supernatural powers of evil
were turned loose against them. They
came out and lay before us In abject
supernatural fear. They wanted pro-
lection.
Then we took them in and back
to the settled country and dressed
them up like Cinnamon and tried to
civilize them. They wouldn't stay
civilized. and I don't know what did
become OF them-so many things
might have happened to them over
there"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1913-11-05
Wireless 20 Aid Police.

A very complete wireless system is
being established throughout the Ca
madam northwest. which will be OF
great value for scientific purposes and
also to the northwest mounted police
A plant costing 100000 is about be
ing established at LePas. Manitoba
with a 150-foot mast. This town is
the southern terminus of the Hudson
Bay railway. Other plants throughout
the far northwest will be established
at an early date.