Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-05-13


an acre. There are 600 acres in this
farm, which was sold to syndicate
of eight men from Pomeroy. Three
years ago Mr.. Jackson bought this
farm at an average price of $50 an
acre. Since thautime he has devoted
all OF his time to making improve
ments on the place in the way of
fencing, thing, erecting new buildings,
etc. The sale presents an advance of
$4,000 in three years.
Caprices OF young tornado which
passed over sections of Cass county
included the blowing of church at
Massena from It's foundation. The
storm blew over silos, barns and 9TH
er buildings and destroyed number
OF orchards. Losses in this country
alone are estimated at $4,000. No
one was injured. Massena was
struck with the full force of the tenn.
pest. The church was toppled over
and blown several yards from its
foundation.
Mayor A. A. Smith OF Sioux City
will go before the district court grand
Wallace M. Hamilton, pastor of the
First Presbyterian church, indicted
for criminal libel as a result of
sermon preached by the Rev. Mr..
Hamilton in which he referred to the
mayor and John Dineen, head of the
public safety department, in "par-
able Of inebriety."
Tho nitv nnnpoil nf Macnp Citv ic
considering an ordinance to regulate
the jitney buses. 1t calls for a H.
cense ranging from SIS to 1925 a year,
specified route, an indemnity bond
Of $4,000 and licensed drivers who
have passed an examination and new.
er take drink.
Ernest Kerby, young farmer re-
siding near Farrar, took his life by
shooting himself on public highway
two miles north of Farrar. Andrew
Knopp, who notified the sheriff, de-
clared that the case was purely sui
eide.
DIR. Samuel Druet, former citizen
of Marion county, state senator from
the Marion Monroe district in the
Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh gen.
eral assemblies, and physician at the
state reformatory from 1898 to 1910,
died at Anamosa.
Charles Dorland, farmer living in
the east part OF Audubon county was
seriously injured by the kick of
horse while doing his morning chores.
The horses hoof struck him in the
head Just over the left temple and
fractured the skull.
Garth McGhee of Palmer took a
tablet of bichloride of mercury by
mistake while suffering from appen-
dicitis. Since the poison works so
slowly, it is not known whether Mr.
McGhee will recover.
According to the present plans Of
the state board Of control, FIT. Madison
prisoners will be used to care for
big tract of land owned by the state
at woodward. This will give the
state custodial farm at that place.
c. Corneliussen has just sold an
unimproved quarter section of land
two and one-haf miles from Alta to
Charles Coombs and Carl Gulbran-
son for 5000 an acre, the top price for
land without buildings.
Small grain throughout the vicinity
Of Manchester and in the northwest
ern part of Delaware county has been
making an excellent growth, although
rains are badly needed
A Sheldon construction company
has signed the contract to erect six
new brick store buildings in the town
of Paullina These new buildings
are to replace an old wooden row.
1t has been practically decided to
hold race meeting at Nashua June
1910. A committee has been solicit
ing the business houses for funds and
has met with success.
T. Z. Brents of Dubuque, special
officer in Indian service, charged with
accepting bribe relative to the Wa
terloo saloon cases, was found guilty
in the federal court there.
The consolidated district around
Linn Grove voted to build a new s4S,-
600 school building. Out of 100 votes
only 40 were against the proposition.
Alexander Herman, French miner
at Rocking three miles from Abba,
shot his wife and a half hour later
committed suicide.
The second annual triangular de-
bate between the high schools of Gid
den, Dayton and Ogden was held at
the latter place.
Helmer Alvestad, a farmer living
FIVE miles south Of Williams, was run
down and killed by an automobile
driven by DIR. E. W. Slater OF Jewell.
Alex Herman shot and killed his
wife at Hooking and then committed
suicide.
The flourishing mill of Rutland, one
of the few old remaining water mills
of the state, has passed out of exist
ence. The water power and plant
have been purchased by the Northern
Iowa Power company of Humboldt,
and will serve as an addition to its
already big water plant, the largest
in the state outside of Keokuk.
City superintendent of schools,
rural teachers, public-spirited citizens
in general, working in cooperation
Leader" have enlisted forty boys in
the one-acre corn contest in Harrison
county.
Mrs Olof Thompson of Eagle Grove
died thirty minutes after she had been
struck by an automobile operated by
A. c. Larson, an Eagle Grove auto
mobile dealer. Mrs. Thompson alight-
ed from machine which her son was
driving and walking behind 1t. stepp-
ed directly in front of Larson's ma