Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-06-18
FIRST AID BUREAU
ENGINEERING EXTENSION DlvI-
SION OF STATE COLLEGE WILL
INSTALL SERVICE BRANCH.
WILL TACKLE ANY PROBLEM
No Charge Will Be Made for the Serv-
Ice Rendered Except Travelling Ex-
pense Of Expert Inspecting the In.
dustry involved.

pense of Expert Inspecting the In
dustry Involved.
Des Moines--A new field of service,
which plans to send out experts on
mechanical questions to any section of
the state to give advice on engineer
ing problems, has been planned by the
engineering extension department of
the Iowa State college and will be put
into effect next year. Cities of the
state and industries of all kinds may
avail themselves of this opportunity,
according to the statement made by ].
viii Parr of the engineering extension
department in Iowa Factories.
The new bureau will make investiga-
tions of all problems. Where it is
necessary to send engineers to make
inspections, there will be no charge
except for travelling expenses. If the
work is done for private benefit, how
ever, reasonable fee will be charged.
Fortunes are made today out of
things which were considered waste
ten years ago. This utilization of by,
products has been the direct result of
two things, first the force of the idea
that there was waste and, second, ac-
curate technical knowledge backed up
and extended by new methods. These
have been brought about by the en-
ployment of experts; chemists, en-
gineers, economists Only a few of
| the larger companies have been able
| to support an expert technical staff.
Every other interest of course in the
same line, big or little, has profited
indirectly by this expert service.
1.-THE little fellow in the manufac-
turing world has not been able to EN-.
ploy these experts. Often under the
stress Of financial and business prob
lens which have commanded his
first attention he has been obliged to
solve most Of his technical problems
by guess or by rule of thumb and get
his plant to operating, no matter how,
Just 50 it operates.
with this situation in mind and
with the idea of doing its share in the
industrial development of Iowa the
engineering extension department
combined with the engineering expert
ment station Of Iowa State college has
planned for the coming year a new
field of service. 1t proposes to send
out its experts in all the mechanic
arts to any one in the state who has
need Of their advice. Every manu-
featuring industry presents its own
problems. Every small city in the
state must work out its own munich
pal welfare"
May Boycott Fair.
THE Iowa state fair this year for the
first time in its history will have no
exhibits OF farm machinery by some
Of the leading manufacturers unless
the policies of the various companies
change before August. "Curtailiag ex.
penses" is the reason given by local
managers. Hints at boycott of the
Iowa fair however have been reported.
Among the manufacturers who have
agreed not to exhibit are the Interna-
tional Harvester company, Moline
Plow company, Independent Harvest
er company and the John Deere Pillow
company.
While representatives OF some of
the manufacturers declare that the
treatment by the fair management has
| been most cordial and that no attempt
to boycott has been contemplated, 9TH
ers claim their companies have beel
held up" for service incidental to ex-
hibiting here. The rate for hauling,
for example, is said to be exorbitant.
Local managers also claim that the
amount spent for exhibition purposes
each year at the state fair did not
bring the returns expected.
Iowa Federal Appointments.
The following railway mail clerks
have been appointed in Iowa: George
H. Hubbard, Logan; w. A. Helms, Bur-
lington; F. c. Mulligan, Bancroft; A.
T. Duffield, Charlton; C, P. Meyer,
Marion; j. Henton, Carbon; H. H.
Huett, Burlington; A B. Lennon, De-
corah; F. 3. Wagner, Marcus; L. G.
Clark, Marion; H. W. Dinneen, Burl-
ington; M. C. Johnston, Russell; Ru-
fus Ridglesbarger, Mapleton; r. w.
Balm, Perry; Frank Hoffman, Keokuk;
c. w. Hayes, Maquoketa; J. w. Har-
vey. Doom; H. C. Medd, Jr., Rockwell
City; Leon Mccain, Eagle Grove; c.
H. Lawrence, Knoxville; G. F. Deger-
fielder, Rowley; L. S. Meyers. Column
bus Junction; G. r McBroom, Allan
tic; o. c. Larson, Council Bluffs; A.
s. Plane, Independence; r. c. Luton,
Roland; D. T. Crook, Atlantic; E. C..
Carmel, Tama; l.. B. Byron, Burling-
ton; w. E. Dewey, Creston; H. M.
Rhodes, Sloan; o. e. Mount, Musca-
tine, and L. A. Meyers, Cedar Rapids
Plumbers to Face Charges.
The thirty-six plumbers indicted by
the federal grond jury Thursday of
last week will be required to report
in Des Moines on July for arraign-
ment. B. F. Welty, assistant to the
attorney general, says their bonds
will be fixed at $4,000 each. Thomas
Hyman. sales manager for a st.
Louis plumbing supply house, who
was indicted for perjury, will be com
PEELED to furnish $4,000 bond II is
not probable the case against the
plumbers will be tried unit! next No
vember term OF federal court.
Meyer Willing to Return.
Franz Meyer, alleged abductor of
Elizabeth Huppertz Of Oelwein, Iowa,
will return to Iowa from Winnipeg
without fighting extradition. Word to
that effect was received by Attorney
General Cosson. Mr.. Cosson had
message from George Bidwell, special
agent of the state. who is In Winni-
peg to carry the fight for extradition.
Meyer has promised Bidwell he will
return II he is allowed two or three
days to straighten out business az
fairs. This will be granted him