Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-07-17

The Iowa Rural Letter Carriers as
ISOLATION will hold their state conven
ton at Waterloo Monday and Tues
day, August IL and IL. An unusual
number of good speakers have been
engaged for the meeting. 1t also is
planned by the carriers to spend Sun
day in Waterloo. Tuesday will be the
big day, from an oratorical stand
point. ]. p. Blakeslee of Washington
fourth assistant postmaster general
in charge of the rural carrier service
In the United States, will be among
the speakers.
The Iowa Anti-Saloon league has
instituted in Winterset a test case OF
the Webb-Kenyon law which prohib.
its the shipment Of liquor from wet
to dry territories and permits seizure
OF goods in transit. A hearing in the
case will be made before the mayor
Of Winterset Friday, July Is. A sim,
liar case will be brought up at OF
tumwa. The test Of the law is in the
shipment of liquor to bootleggers or
to reputable persons for personal use.
The National Swedish Old Peoples
home, a new structure Just dedicated
at Boone, now is free from debt The
home was made possible by the
Commercial association donating S..
900 and by the work of the Rev. J.
H. Hedstrom Of that city, who solicit.
ed and worked as far west as Calf.
ornia. He has returned from the ma.
tional conference In Minneapolis and
there the last Of the Indebtedness
was raised.
As the result OF raid on alleged
"piggers" at Clear Lake, Fred c. VII.
liams, manager Of the Oaks hotel;
Charles Johnson, clerk Of the Oaks;
Albert Cleayes, manager of the Lake
Shore hotel; Michael Callahan, mer.
chant; John Gilmore and Mrs. Nolte
are under arrest. The sheriff's posse
consisted Of fifteen men, who made
the raid upon the different places 81.
multaneously.
A movement has been started in
Black Hawk county which has every
indication of meaning the complete es-
tablishment of two model rural
schools. Patrons OF Castle Hill school
and the Greenwood school in Water
loo township and the faculty Of the
State Teachers college have formed
partnership and will have two model
rural schools in operation at the open
ing Of the new school year.
Realizing that he would collide head
on with big touring car unless he
ditched his own machine, Clark E.
Pickard, piano tuner of Marshall
town, drove his car OF an embank-
ment and the machine turned turtle,
landing in the ditch ten feet below.
Pickard and his wife we've both in
1ured, the former seriously. The &C.
cident happened near Conrad.
Carl Arthur, 10 months old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Arthur of KeokuK
died from the effects of kerosene gas
inhaled while trying to blow out the
outlet tube from a thirty-five gallon
can. His little sisters were trying
to draw out oil and asked the child
to blow through the tube. Instead of
blowing the baby inhaled the gas.
Oscar Stevens, one of the earliest
residents Of Clear Lake, the builder of
the first saw mill in the county and
from whom Stevens Point is named,
is dead, due to a stroke Of paralysis.
For years he has been a familiar fig.
ure about Clear Lake. He owned a
line of boats in the old days.
Andrew Bowling, a farmer living
near Denison, Ia, was taken to Coun-
Gil Bluffs for preliminary hearing be.
fore United States Commissioner Sapp
on the charge of Sending threatening
letters to George Naeve, vice-presi.
dent of the Crawford County bank at
Denison.
Make the best of our new road
laws, even though we think they were
hastily thrust upon u.s." is the senti.
ment Of auditors, trustees and town
ship officials Of the NTH congressional
district who held two days road
meeting at Atlantic recently.
At the special election held by ten
members OF Company d, Iowa Nation.
al Guard at Knoxville, Ed Dawson was
elected first lieutenant and Oliver
Wall second lieutenant in place OF
Noel ID. Shinn and R. 8. Mentzer, who
recently resigned
There is mystery in the finding of
fifty-six sticks OF dynamite in the
bridge material yards of the Mime.
apolis & st. Louis railroad at Marsh
alltown. Workmen uncovered the ex-
plosiye lille getting out some bridge
timbers.
A hip fractured in three places, the
collar bone torn from it's fastenings
and other serious injuries resulted
when Mrs. T. ]. Bartch of Mason City
was thrown from an auto on which
the brakes had suddenly set.
The pastors of the nine Protestant
churches in Cedar Falls have perrec..
ed arrangements whereby they will
hold union services during the sum-
mer months each Sunday evening In
the city park.
Officers are seeking looters OF cot.
tages at Clear Lake, where consider
able property has been taken. M. L.
Urdanger lost $3.50 In clothing, leath-
er grips and other property.
John Billin and o. NJ. Ameus are
under arrest at Mason City charged
with driving horse to death. They
hired the animal from a livery.
M. H. Robinson, a nurseryman at
Waverly, and an authority on Der.
ries, met with a new pest this year
In the shape of leaf roller. This
insect attacks the strawberry plant,
spinning a web on the leaf, which
rolls 1t up and dries up the plant
The insect practically ruined Mr.. Rob
inson's crop OF Strawberries.
St. Mary's church at Riverside has
been rededicated to celebrate extern
sixe remodeling Of the interior. The
parish also has built new house for
the pastor and put up a new school
building during the year.