Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-08-06

Preparatory to the entertaining OF
the Redmen of the state of Iowa in
convention at Muscatine in October,
the Muscatine tribe of Indians has
completed a reservation which is To-
Gated on Hershey island in the Mis-
sissippi river, a few miles north of
that city. A wigwam, which will &C
commodate more than 100 persons,
has been erected at the island, which
is the property of the lodge and which
Is being improved in such a manner
as to take on the appearance of an In
dian reservation.
Though the yield OF wheat to the
acre in Harrison county last year
was better than is showing up this
year, according to the report thus
far received It is thought that with
the acreage being greater the total
yield will not be far below that of
1913. The total yield of winter and
spring wheat for 1918 was 626,779
bushels; the corn for 1918 was 4,145,-
2s2 bushels.
Plans now are being made for the
third annual Homecoming to be held
at the State University of Iowa Oct.
p to "a. Two new features will char
scterize the program OF festivities this
year. The college Of pharmacy will
hold its first annual reunion and Iry-
ing institute, the second Oldest liter
airy society of the university, will hold
its fiftieth anniversary celebration.
Triplets recently born to Mr.. and
Mrs. L. A. Sanders of Vinton have at
tracted widespread notice. The babies
are all boys and are said to be the
largest triplets ever born in the state.
They weighed at birth 5ls 6% and
pounds respectively. They have been
given the names of Fay, Jay and Ray.
A credit bureau for the purpose of
ascertaining the rating of every per-
son in Iowa City, and when the stu
dents OF the university come in the
fall, to write to their home towns for
their financial standing, is the work
which a special department OF the
commercial club of that city is doing.
The newly organized Interior Iowa
.raffic association held a meeting of
the traffic men at Marshalltown for
this week The new organization in
Guides in its membership Des Moines,
Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Ottumwa,
Marshalltown and Fort Dodge.
F. G. Paul Of Marshalltown will take
o drove Of hogs to be exhibited at
the state fair to Des Moines in an au-
tomobile. The auto truck was pur-
chased with the profits on pork and
the porkers will be taken to the fair
in state this year.
Following upon the award OF con-
tracts for $4,000 worth OF street paw
ing, the city commissioners of OF
tumwa have ordered the engineer to
bring resolutions Of necessity for
more paving to cost fully as much II
not more.
II is estimated that nearly s250,000
will be spent by Mr.. and Mrs. c. o.
Lamson in replacing the Lams0h
building at Waterloo, which was de-
stfoyed by fire last winter. The new
building is to be of fireproof construc-
tion of brick and stone.
After having been connected active
" with the management of Britain &
Co, pork packers Of Marshalltown, for
thirty years, John I. Bell vice presi-
dent and manager Of the plant, has re-
tired. Mr.. Bell is succeeded as man
ager by E. A. Lunham of Chicago.
Joe Lima has been arrested follow
ing the shooting Of Peter Cadosa at
Elwood, and the latter is in the Clin-
81 n nd In fc a N.
domen. Both men were employed in
Milwaukee section gangs.
The hay crop In Allamakee county is
enc OF the heaviest in years, and farm
ers have been scarcely able to han
die or find room for it. Some of the
farmers have been offering hay on
the farm for SO and 81 ton.
Prof. J. A. Mclean, prominent re-
tired educator and progressive nom
inee for congress, who lives in Red
Oak, was seriously hurt in runaway.
He must undergo an operation for a
fractured skull
Homecoming week will be observed
at the Big Four fair in Nashua, Sept.
to II. A program has been prepared
and the many letters received indicate,
that a number OF former residents
will attend
The business men Of Greene held
meeting recently to discuss holding
q carnival. 1t was decided to put on
a four day entertainment beginning
Sept. %.
Two threshers, named Briggs and
Murphy, were instantly killed when a
train struck wagon on the crossing
between Glendale and Lockbridge.
Fred Carpenter, a farmer, six miles
north OF Washington, was overcome
with heat while working at straw
carrier on threshing machine.
Henry vogeli, a resident of Dr.
buque for nearly seyenty-five year
celebrated his 101st birthday recent
and although slightly feeble was a
TO enjoy the event as in past We
when he was possessed Of much OF
remarkable strength and vitality
I'll ninety-fve years old he W" Ar
sick a day in his life. So.
Two Buena Vista county farmers
have sold their farms for record
breaking prices. Charles A. Myer sold
100 acres to Adam Ingler OF Early,
for s1S5 per acre and w. u. LecKins
ton sold 235 acres to Harry Peters for
SITS per acre.
The Turkey River Power company
OF Clermont is now lighting FIVE
towns-Clermont, Elgin, West Union,
Hawkeye and Sumner The power
house is the mill formerly owned by
William Larrabee, ex-governor.
Plans for old settlers day, to be
held at Winterset Sept 7, are being
completed. Henry Wallace of Des
Moines, a former resident, Is to de-
liver the annual address.
Bids for the erection of new light
plant at Denison have been received.
Bids for a new municipal light plant
ct Manila also have been received
and are under consideration.