Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-07-09

IMAM an average crop Oh cOTu.
The state convention of the
Churches Of Christ in Iowa will be
held at Epworth League park north of
Colfax July 1920 Rev John L.
Brandt of st. Louis will give series
of addresses. Among the speakers
on opening Gay will be Dean A. NJ.
Haggard and Rev. F. S. Idleman of
Des Moines. The Sunday school work
of the state will be discussed at the
Friday meeting. Bible school will be
conducted SUNDAY morning and in the
afternoon there will be mass congre-
cation communion service.
Search is being made for Sergeant
Liljedal, in charge of the marine
corps recruiting station at Des
Moines, who disappeared two weeks
ago. Sergeant A. NJ. Fell, stationed
in st. Paul. went TO Des Moines to
abolish the office. He was unable to
find any trace of Liljedal. 1t is the
opinion of Fell that Liljedal may
have deserted the service knowing
that the office was to be abandoned
and that he would be shorn OF his
title as sergeant.
A. c. Newton, formerly editor of
the Storm Lake Pilot, and postmaster
of Storm Lake, and later editor of the
Grand Junction, Colo, News, and for
the last two terms state representa-
tive for his district to the Colorado
legislature, is now candidate for
state senator from his district.
Dean A. Marston, head of the en-
cheering division OF Iowa State col
lege and chairman OF the state high
way commission, has just been honor
ed by election as president of the
Society for the Promotion of Engin-
eering Education which met at Prince
ton university.
Fred Reichman has sold his farm
of lao acres near Pomeroy to c. ].
Johnson for $175 per acre. Mr.. Reich
man bought this farm four years ago
last April for $3.50 per acre. The
increase in the price has been s119.50
an acre, or fraction over two hun.
dred per cent.
A. II. Richardson, who for twenty
five years has been connected with the
Keota Eagle as editor and publisher,
and l.. Elmer Hulse, for twelve years
Keota's efficient postmaster, have
purchased the Waukegan Daily Gaz.
cite Of Waukegan, Ill.
w. w. Sap, prominent farmer Of
Reading township, near Perry, suf-
fered serious puncture OF the bowels
by the shovels Of cultivator when
his team ran away in the corn field
Though he was given skilled surgical
attention he is In a critical condition.
Sunday baseball games in Wood
bine are thing of the past, as the
result of an Injunction secured by
the Good Citizens league of that
place. Owners of grounds suitable
for baseball games received notice of
the court order.
At the last meeting of the American
Society for Clinical Research held at
Atlantic City, DR.. c. P. Howard of the
University Of Iowa college of medi
cine, was elected vice president. The
society's membership is limited to 100
members.
The girl members of the graduating
class at Rock Rapids made their own
graduation gowns at a cost of about
$500 each. The work was done in the
domestic science department OF the
high school.
Jolly has appointed a committee to
investigate the possibility of securing
electric lights for the town from
Pomeroy which in turn uses the plant
at Humboldt as its source OF the
electric Juice.
Webster county's total wealth In
GLIDING both real and personal prop
erty amounts to $51,713,06900. so the
assessors have learned. or this sum
the real estate is worth forty-six mil
lion dollars.
The Farmers elevator at Farnham-
vile is complete. 1t has electric
power, $4,000 bushels capacity, car
mover that operates with the elevator
power, a man lift and is eighty feet
high.
Grand Secretary F. c. Robinson OF
Dubuque on behalf of the B. p. o.
Elks forwarded to the fire sufferers
Of Salem, Mass, $4,000. with instruc-
tons to call for more if needed.
A contract for drainage ditch has
just been let by Hamilton and Story
counties, to cost s49,995. The water
shed covers 1900 acres and the aver
age assessments will be $40 per acre.
In the first five months of this year
934 automobiles were registered from
Calhoun county. OF Fords there were
3SS, OverlanGs ia, Bucks II, Stude-
baker GA. Reos 46.
Henry Huss. aged A, farmer. re-
siding FIVE miles from Dubuque was
struck and instantly killed by light.
ming.
Lightning killed seventeen head
OF steers for ]. B. Fickell of Council
Bluffs during storm. The animals
were standing near wire fence.
The farm investigation tour of Har-
din county was a success. Farmers
to the number of nearly 500 gathered
in Ackley in automobiles for days
tour OF the county to Investigate the
farming industry. The management
carried with 1t a moving picture ex-
pert who took record Of the progress
Of the tour.
Leonard Clark, brother OF Tom
Clark Of Centeryille. is entombed in
the coal mine at Hillcrest. Alberta.
The brother left for the scene where
the 519 men lost their lives In the
mine disaster to bring his brothers
body back to Iowa for burial.
At the meeting OF the Montgomery
County Agricultural association held
at the Mayhem farm near Red Oak
it was voted TO have an exhibit OF
county products at the
state fair and plans were laid for
the gathering Of the exhibits through
the county auditors office.
A special car from Davenport to
Kansas City carried a company Of
BAPTIST Young people from southeast