Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-03-13

with the church by the latter part Of
May.
The Rev. John Bambord, pastor Of
the Westminster Presbyterian church
at Des Moines, has received call
to the assistant pastorship of the
Second Presbyterian church Of Chi
eago.
The total enrolment of the Uni
versity Of Iowa to date is 2,235, an
increase Of nearly 200 over the same
period last year, and representing
rs per cent increase in freshman
classes.
Fred Shuman of Mason City, in-
dicted on charge of assault to COM
init murder, was sentenced to six
months in Jail after pleading guilty.
Shuman hit James Sullivan with an
iron bar.
The Northern Iowa Power Co. is
rushing to completion its $4,000 aux
ilitary steam plant. Early in March
the company expects to be sending
e-ectris power to Gilmore City, Rolfe,
Laurens and Havelock.
With the last note of the conclud-
ing number of program from a
symphony orchestra still swelling
through the Sioux City First Baptist
church, j. X. Hurd, player of the
clarinet, fell dead from his chair.
A committee from the Business
Mems association is cooperating
with the board of trustees in Usage.
The committee is DESTROYS of urging
campaign for s25, 1000 to build a new
school at the Cedar Valley seminary.
Joseph Bremerman of Pontiac, ILL.,,
10 visiting his brother, j. w. Bremen
man, and his niece, Mrs. Clinton
Crouch of Boone. 1t has been fifty
six years since the brothers met, al
though they lived only 300 miles
apart
George P. serauer & Son are
building an elevator at Arlington.
They are now engaged in wrecking
both the Hewett and Bingham ele-
vators, and will build new structure
with capacity of $4,000 bushels on
the site.
The Frank White Holstein- Friesian
cattle sale held at Hampton Is said
to have been, one of the largest stock
sales ever held in Iowa. The average
price for the hundred head listed was
5000 an animal, and a mich cow
brought 1920.
Charles S. stabler, after twenty
six years Of continuous service, has
resigned his position with the Chi
cago & Great Western Railway Co.,
and after March will remove from
Clarion to his 190-acre farm near
Charles City.
Miss Anna Booth, a graduate Of
Chicago university, Stout institute
and the Illinois Woman's college, has
been added to the faculty of iowa
State college at Ames. She takes an
assistant professorship in domestic
art and interior decoration.
On forgery charge Mrs. Anna
Michaels was fined $500 and cests, hv
Judge CLARK at Mason City, She
pleaded guilty Of drawing check
on Duluth bank and securing the
money. The fine was paid by rela-
tlves and she was released.
G. H. Lee of Clarion has brought
suit against the lighting plant. which
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when the plant blew up and did con-
siderable damage to his house. Lock-
wood q Son, agents for the company,
are also named as defendants.
Although Waterloo as city is on
the water wagon, there have been
many arrests for drunkenness and
some have told the officers that they
procured their liquor at local places.
This has moved the chief of police to
start crusade against bootleggers.
Two women of the Lake City Mon
day club are working on their course
in domestic economy to be given the
first week of March. The course will
be given under the direction of the
extension department at Ames. The
proceeds will be given to the city Ii
brary book fund.
A northbound way train for Cres-
ton crashed into the way car of a
freight bound for Villisca, setting
fire to the car of the Creston train.
Engineer C.. B. Heflin and Fireman
E. R. Lynch of this city jumped from
their train just before the locomotive
struck and escaped injury.
Rex Peterson of Abba, the 49,
year-old son of James Peterson, is
lowering between life and death as
result of bullet passing through
his lungs. He was out hunting with
his father and brother, and while
crawling through some brush his rifle
was accidentally discharged.
Fifteen farmers and their families
have procured train of twenty
freight cars and will leave Cedar
Falls the first of next month for
points in Canada, where they will en-
gage in farming. Last fall large
number Of farmers from that vicin-
ity visited points in Canada and
leased farms.