Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1913-12-18
IOWA NEWS BRIEFS
A movement has been started tc

Inc southwestern iowa f1Ofticul' |
tural society will hold its fortyfourth
annual meeting at Fairfield.
Clear Lake will vote on the propo
sition of adopting the commission
form OF government on January IA.
Four hundred and thirty students
hogan work in the night school that
opened in the high school building at
Davenport.
Mrs. Jennie Steele Huegle of Dies
MoiDes is seriously ill at her home
where she has been conducting a pri
vate school
Sister Mary Rose of the Franciscan
order at Dubuque is dead at the agt
order for fifty seven years.
The Citizens bank Of Pleasantville
has Just moved into new quarters
which has t,"cn in process of prepare
tion for the last three mouths.
In spite CT protests of some prop
erty owners. the council of Sac City
has passed a resolution of necessity
ordering folreean hIncks Of paving.
Following The sale of bonds voted
last July for water works and sewer
system, the contract for the cOnstruc-
ton of the water works was let al
Mt. Ayr.
The thirty sixth annual banauet OF
the volunteer fire department WIS
held at Charlton. The banquet was
program
John Burr. aged 80, trapper and
hunter OF the pioneer DAYS. is dead at
Sioux Rapids He served through the
war in a Wisconsin regiment and
came to Iowa in 1868
A successful wolf hunt was held IN
the vicinity OF Rernhart. Wapello
county. and large grey wolf believed
to he the leader Of the pack in that
territory was captured.
Miss Ruth Fryer nf Nillisca suffered
a broken collar hone as the result OF
being thrown from a buggy when the
team was turned out OH cnlvert to
allow AN automobile To pass.
M, C. w Whi,cI,air general score.
. Ihdia. will visit the university OF Iowa
at Iowa City this week under tue
auspices of the local association.
After listening to one Of the sensa-
total Str,nnns of DR.. French Oliver,
! sevivalist. who is holding union re-
vi"al meetings Ira Noble committed
suicide hy taking carbnliG acid at Al
hia
!, II is practically certain that the
/! voters of Woodbury. county will he
called upon a. the election in Sioux
City next spring to approve Of a bond
issue to- cover the cost Of $I0G,H0O
court house.
Judge Marcus Kavanaugh Of the SUI
preme court of Chicago in an address
DECLARED that Des Moines with popn-
lati0n of lN0O 600 had one more murder
last wear than London with a popuia-
ton of 10G0. OtiO
The bridge warrants in Kossnth
county call for sG3 73s. There is nc
money to meet these and none in sight
until January !. 1914 IT. is probable
that bonds will be issued to cover
these liabilities
Girls under Is years are being
barred from all public dance halls In
Waterloo at present This reform tas
resulted from the activities of .lrs
Martha Scott. police matron. who has
been visiting the dance halls
The proposition of MIR and Mrs. "
S. Stone Of Agency to give a dollar III
to $500 for every doller raised by th'
G K post and the citizens for
soldiers monument, to be erected Il
the cemets 7, u..3 bee. accepted
n. T. Gor1ncr & Son aud 0 a
Frnzei of Grundy Center nave beet
awarded the contract for the kncke'
feed shed The building will be a.
by $50 feet and will be the large,
, feed shed in this part OF tho .r.:t J
On instructions from the sheriff y
, Blackhaw k county. l.. Schermerhorl
, and j. B. Hawkins, two claimed lodg
i organizers. were arrested in Masn
City They are wanted in Waterloo
They were released on bonds Of $40
each
| The owners Of the Atlantic Cannin
company have been paid $4,000 j
settlement Of insurance claims due +
the loss of the factory by fire. TIL
net loss is estimated at about $4,000
and the owners are undecided ahou
rebuilding
Burglars raided three stores I
Morningside. suburb of Sioux Citi
and broke into the Mo-ningside ban
and carried off small sum Of none
left In the cash drawer. Meat. grocer
les, fruit and candy we're !akeD frol
the stores.
/, The Degree of Honor lodges Of th
Seventh district of Iowa held the
convention at Charlton. Forty deli
| gates from Abba. Hiteman. Centervil
] and other points attended Mrs Et,
Branson of Shenandoah conducted
: school OF instruction. a
The city council at Mason City vi
ask the school board to employ
trained nurse to make an inspectic
of the pupils and schools during Il