Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-07-03

The first test under the new. Fran
els law passed by the last Iowa legis-
hture, which permits communities to
| vote a tax to aid interurban compan-
ies in building new lines is being
made at Cedar Rapids. The Water
loo, Cedar Falls &c Northern road Is
endeavoring to secure the signatures
of a majority Of the freeholders to a
petition asking for a special election
10 vote a tax of 100000 to complete
line from Urbana to Cedar Rapids,
twenty-three miles long, and it will
cost 100000. The plan is to vote
per cent tax which means that
each property owner will pay at the
rate Of $3.50 extra per thousand.
Eddie Bracken, II, is dead, and his
brother George, of Des Moines, is per-
haps fatally injured, as the result of
an unbroken fall of GO feet from the
stage floor. The greatest tragedy of
the accident lies in the fact that
George lay for thirteen hours suffer
ing untold pain from a double com,
pound fracture of the right leg and
fracture Of both bones in the left
while he vainly attempted to attract
the attention of passersby from behind
the locked front doors. The boys
had gained access to the roof by
| climbing a fire escape ladder and fell
through a ventilator trap door.
The handsome new Y. w. C. A..
building at Burlington, structure
costing $4,000, given to the board by
Col. and Mrs. g. H. Higbee as a me-
| mortal to their late son, was dedicat-
ed recently with beautiful ceremon-
les. Colonel Higbee presented the
building to the association and 1t was
accepted by Mrs. Higbee, president
Of the board. Mrs. Emma F. Byers
Of Minneapolis, territorial executive
Of the Y. w. c. A., delivered the
dedicatorial address.
The will OF the late Daniel O'Con-
nor of Gainesville has been set aside
by jury at Mason City distribution
Of property amounting to 100000 will
be made among a wife and nine chill
dren. Daniel O'Connor hoped his
three sons, Daniel, Jr., Michael and
John, and his wife would get the es-
tate, so he gave his six daughters
only $1,000 each. The jury agreed
undue influence had been used by
the proponents of the will.
Recently a new bell was installed
in the Catholic church at Winterset.
II was donated by Miss Mary Mona
CHAN and her brother John, both resi-
dents Of that town. East week, few
days after its installation, the bell
wss tolled for the first time to an
nounce the death OF Miss Monaghan
in the Equitable building in Des
Moines a few minutes before, where
she was instantly killed in an elevator
accident.
Iowa Falls furnished the first Iowa
victim of the Fourth of July this year.
Milo Hamilton, II years old, needs
a new thumb, and new third and
fourth fingers on his left hand as the
result of the explosion of dynamite
cartridge. The boy took the cartridge
to the garage of the Hamilton home,
and there tried to explode it with a
hammer and nail, and succeeded.
The biggest fee for defending a suit
at law in Mitchell county is that ask
ed BY the attorneys for the estate Of
the late Mrs. heoda Ann Cole, whose
will was sustained giving the bulk
OF the property to Miss Ida Johnson,
a companion Of Mrs. Cole in her old
age. The attorneys we're Ellis & FL
lis Of Charles City and Judge Clyde
OF Usage and the fee was $1,000.
Probably the first case in Iowa I'M
der the new road law developed at
Webb, in Clay county, when Watt
James, a township road syperintend-
ent, was arrested by the sheriff and
county attorney and prosecuted for
failure to do the required work. He
was let off on a fine of ten dollars
and costs but 1t Is said that other
prosecutions are to follow.
The Perry Commercial club is busy
preparing for the state flremen's
tournament to be held there July 22
to rs. More than thousand visitors
are expected. Nearly every fire de-
partment Of iowa, paid and volunteer,
will be represented by delegations.
Cash prizes totalling $4,000 have been
posted.
Registrations at the third summer
session at Iowa State college are 1888,
an advance of more than fifty per
cent over the 1874 students enrolled In
1912. II Is estimated the total at
tendance for the session will reach
400.
With simple ceremony. the corner
stone OF the new Congregational
church at Marshalltown was laid, the
Rev. p. F, Marston OF Grinnell giving
the principal address.
T. s. Parvin OF the Scottish rite
consistory of Sioux City closed a deal
involving $4,000 for a half block in
the heart OF the city to erect a $3.50.
600 Masonic temple York rite bodies
probably will be housed in it II they
do not assist in the building. The
conslstory mas l,OO0 members.
Because Of desertion, the wife OF
DR. F. G. Murphy, prominent resi-
dent Of Mason City, was granted a
divorce. OF the three children. the
daughter was gwen into the custody
OF the husband and the two sons to
the wife.
J. r. Wallace of Logan sustained
serious injuries when an automobile
in which he was riding siSidded over
an embankment two miles north of
Missouri Valley Mrs. Wallace and
the driver escaped injury by jump
ng, but Mr.. Wallace went down with
the car.
A feature at the Monona county
fair at Onawa this year will be aero
plane flights The fair association
has made a mo fly, no pay" contract
with the Beachey Aviation company,
for two flights day, on September
10-11