Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-01-22

The fiftyeighth convocation Of the
State University of Iowa will be held
Feb. 9. There will be ten candidates
for the degree of B. A. and pne can
didate for the degree Of NJ. S. Fol-
lowing is the list: James B. Cross,
Corydon; Earl George Grissel, Cedar
RAPIDS; Jose Je-eza, Jaro, Philippine
Islands: Daniel McEniry, Greene;
Bruce Ellis Mahan, Bedford Stanley
Robert Meek, Bonaparte; Walter John
Penningroth, Upton; Ann Rock,
Iowa City; Surendra M. Sanyal, Cal
cutta, India; and Kdei Tan, Canton,
China; for the degree of NJ. S., Onoji
Watanabe, Japan.
Col. Edward G. Pratt was chosen
president OF the Hawkeye Fellowship
club for his fourth successive term
in the annual meeting in the Auditor
FUN hotel at Chicago Guy Guernsey
was chosen first vice president and
chairman Of the body. Horace G..
Lozier was elected secretary and Hen
ry Meyer, treasurer. Thirty vice
presidents will be chosen by the
bOoA " vi uAlCNlOIS dI o. ldlcl ntttlUS.
The society is composed of natives
or former residents of Iowa who now
live In the big city by the lake.
Miss Hazel Brown, a clerk at Wat
erloo, has submitted to a skin graft
ing operation to save the life of her
6-year-old brother, who recently was
severely burned. Nearly forty square
inches of skin were removed from
the girls body and grated on the
boys legs, who, doctors said, could
not have recovered without this sac
rifice.
The Iowa Beekeepers' association
is planning to hold combined con-
yention, short course and hive prod
ucts show in connection with their
next annual meeting. The short
course will be in charge of G. E. Bar
tholomew, who Is instructor in bee
culture in the state college of agri-
culture.
In the case at Logan OF Luella Mar
tin VS.. George Frazier, an action to
establish the boundary lines between
the two contestants, Judge Arthur de-
cided that the boundary line between
the respective land owners to be in
the middle of the abandoned channel
OF the Boyer river.
Farmers in the vicinity Of Ankeny
and Croker in Polk county are plan
ming 20 cultivate 10000 acres Of land
next year which has heretofore been
untiliaSle because of lack of drain
age. Drainage project is estimated
to have cost 100000
Isaac H. Paugh, So years old, prom
inent Wayne county farmer, commit
ted suicide by shooting himself. The
body was found on a haystack, near
svne-fouse. He had been brooding over
the death of his 15-year-old daughter.
DIR. Emma r. Richardson, for sever
al years city humane officer at Cedar
Rapids, was found on the steps of her
home, where she had fallen from a
stroke of apoplexy. She died a short
time later
Iowa pensions recently granted are
as follows. Minors of Carlisle Canter-
bury of Burlington, SIP: Christiana l..
Uohnson of Creston, $l2; Juliette
Briggs of Cedar Rapids, $12; Emma c.
ELLIS of Indiarola, $12.
The Franklin and Cerro Gordo coun-
ties Farmers Elevator associations
met at Sheffield. An elaborate pro-
gram was carried out Topics OF i'm
portance to the elevator companies in
the two counties were discussed.
The executive committee of the
Grinnell college eustees has awarded
the contract for the new 100000 wo-
mems dormitory. Work on the build
ing will commence as soon as the
weather will permit.
William Phelps, prominent stock
man, died at his home near Spring.
!. dale OF apoplexy. Mr.. Phelps owned
about 500 acres OF land in Cedar coun.
~ and was one OF the most promin-
emit stock raisers in that part of Iowa.
DIR. M. M. Evans, postmaster at Lee
grand, has resigned, and the civil
service commission has fixed Satur-
day, Feb. 7, as the date for the hold
ing OF an examination to determine a
successor.
The city OF Marshalltown will en-.
terrain the 1915 annual meeting Of
the Hawkeye Commercial Mems as
sociation as the result of the vote at
the recent annual meeting in Du-
buque.
A booster meeting was held at Elma
TO welcome the workers interested in
extending the Charles City Western
railway toward Elma.
Il A meeting of farmers will be held
Mt Rossville for the purpose of organ
\ fling q cooperative store to buy, sell
and handle the products OF the farm.
Civil service examinations will be
held on Feb. for postmasters at
Fruitland and Truro, la.
At the, last meeting OF the board Of
curatofs OF the Iowa State Historical
society the following persons were
elected to membership: Mrs. Mayer
Rosenfield of Des Moines, Charles b.
Bell of Grinnelf, II. G. Chaplin Of
Union, C. d. Childs OF Rockwell City.
Edgar Price of Council Bluffs, c. E.
Lawrence OF Union and Hon. c. H..
Thomas of Kent.
Charles NJ whitney, well-to-do
farmer living near Council Bluffs, died
from the effects Of injuries received
when his clothing caught in the rap
IDLY revolving wheel OF gasoline en-
gine.
Robert Tracy, 20 years old, enter
ed a plea of guilty to second degree
murder at Waterloo and was sentenc-
ed by Judge Platt to serve ten years
and six months In the penitentiary at
Fort Madison. He shot and killed
Penney Hopkins, last September,
CIemency was extended because OF
Tracy's youth and former good char
acter
National committeeman Wade has
alIayed the nervousness of prospective
office holders by announcing that no
more postoffice appointments would
be made In the Second district until
after the special election.