Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-09-03

A lad returned the automobile
bought" with bogus $4,000 check
from the Imperial garage at Des
Moines. He was the companion OF
Jesse T. Stephenson" who made the
purchase. He told the garage men he
first learned the car had been secur-
ed by swindle when he read of 1t in
q newspaper when down In Warren
county. Then he stole the car from
Stephenson" and returned to Des
Moines.
Arrangements have been made for q
baseball tournament to be held in
Creston either during the week OF
Sept. IA or 81. Promoters Of the
event circulated . subscription list
among the business men of the city
with such success that purse OF $500
win be put up for the first three
teams-$S00 to 60 to the winning
team. $500 to the second team, and
500 to the third. The fourth team
will receive expenses.
A half interest in the Abba Repub-
lican has been sold to 8. w. Wilson,
OF Oskaloosa, the change taking place
Sept. l. and the purchase price said
to be 5000. The sale retires Horace
Barnes, editor and manager. and Don
McGiffen. city editor. Mr.. Wilson at
one time was part owner of Che o.
kaloosa Times, but Of late has been
travelling for the st. Louis Paper Co,
Over 1900 members Of the Knights
OF Pythias and Pythian Sisters from
all over Iowa were at Cedar Rapids
at the 45th annual convention Of the
grand lodge of the state which re-
ruained In session for three days. Il
was also the gath annual session Of
the grand temple OF Pythian Sisters.
A school Of instruction was held and
the grand lodge rank conferred.
H. H! Whitaker. Des Moines, refe-
rec in bankruptcy. has been reappoint.
ed for a period Of two years by Judge
Smith MCPHERSON Of the federal court
Other referees appointed by the court
In the southern district Of Iowa are:
w. s. Mayne, Council Bluffs; Freder
lex D. Everett, Abba: w. J. Roberts,
Keokuk; A. M. Antrobus. Burlington;
Ralph c. Williamson, Davenport.
That Iowa cattle and especially that
raised In the vicinity OF Pleasantville
Is banner stock for the packing trade
is shown In the sale OF q carload Of
beef cattle to the packing house a
John Morrell & Co. at Ottumwa. q
few days ago One car with 70 head
Of beef separated the packers from
$4,000.
Hauser brothers, who are farming
near Onawa. got 40 bushels Of wheat
from the acre, that being the best
yield reported from Monona county
to date. A. agriculture becomes more
and more science. It is fair to as
sumo that the day. is not far distant
when forty bushels Of wheat to the
acre will be considered q small crop.
Edward Knott. former United
States marshal for the northern Iowa
district has passed away after an Ill
ness Of several weeks at his home in
Waverly. He was prominent Re-
publican and was identified in an &C.
tive way with many Republican cam
paigns in this state. Mr.. Knott was
70 years old.
A bad accident occurred at Ottun-
va when the work train carrying the
miners. from Ottumwa to the Alpine
mines came into q head on collision
with . freight. Thirty miners were
injured. Eleven were taken to the
hospital.
Soldier river bonds Of al. 900 and q
sight draft have been forwarded to
Toledo by Auditor J. M. Albertson, Of
Harrison county. The authorization
Of the Soldier river bonds and their
sale closes up the Soldier river drain.
age district litigation.
Theodore KautS Of Buffalo town
ship, Hamilton county. has 40 acres
Of what he properly terms some
corn" The ears average over foot
In length and he claims that 20 acres
will average rs Bushels to the acre,
while the entlre field will average IS
bushels to the acre.
Rev. Jonathan Lee. pastor Of the
Finley Avenue Baptist church OF o.
tumwa, has retired from the ministry
after fifty-eight years Of consecutive
service. Mr.. Lee was born ct Vernon,
Ind, Nov. 9, 1889. and came 20 Iowa
with his parents when . babe OF q
year.
The railroads have made slight