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

OF dollars worth of property lost in
a storm that swept Sioux City and
vicinity this week. James Dunning OF
Parker, S. D., was killed by North
western train as he was crossing the
tracks in binding rain, and Lars
Friese was drowned in creek near
Bronson, made torrent by heavy
rains. Fruit trees were stripped Of
small limbs and blossoms and heavy
losses resulted. Plate glass windows
in Sioux City and surrounding towns
were broken with hundreds of dollars
damage.
The city officials of DEBORAH will
this year take over the matter of oil
ing the streets. The city has GER
tain amount of funds that can be
devoted to this purpose, but 1t is not
sufficient to carry the project through.
The citizens of each block must con-
tribute SIS or $40 to help out. The
response of the citizens for this pur.
pose is so strong that it means tnav
every one of the principal streets
will be oiled
A deal which eventually means the
establishment of big Catholic school
in Perry was closed there when the
Unitarian Church was purchased by
the st. Patrick Catholic Church With
the church goes residence property
and lot Nothing definite has yet
been planned, but it is the intention
Of the Perry Catholics to start a
school for children of Catholic fami-
lies next fall.
Burglars visited a store at Rudd, q
Floyd county town, and secured
large number OF checks and drafts
payable to Rudd firm. The checks
were on a Rudd bank. and on banks
in Marshalltown and Dow City. News
Of the burglary was received by the
Iowa Bankers association. Warnings
were sent to every bank in Iowa to
hold for investigation any person
presenting the stolen checks or
drafts.
The grand jury at Ottumwa return,
ed an indictment against oliver and
Alfred Brooks upon charge of hav-
ing committed a statutory offense.
The action followed affidavits of two
Is year old Ottumwa girls, that they
were forced against their wills by the
man and boy to go in an automobile
to the vicinity of Floris, where they
were kept until almost daybreak.
Lee r. Gillogly, postmaster at Pat
terson, was arrested by a deputy
United States marshal, charged with
sending an obscene letter to Miss Lee
titia Potter of Des Moines. The pris-
oner was arraigned before United
States Commissioner e. E. Fitzsim-
mons and released under $500 bond.
Gillogly formerly was minister and
at one time did church work in Perry.
DR., and Mrs. A. w. Beach OF Shell.
don are on hike that will take them
through most of the towns in the
northwest corner of Iowa. They will
take over week for this trip and will
take photographs of the most con-
spicuous views along the road. They
belong to the See America Now or
ganization and believe in beginning
at home.
One hundred union carpenters at
Clinton struck for minimum wage
of As cents an hour. The present
scale ranges from 42h cents to 90
cents. Fourteen union carpenters re-
main at work, being employed by con-
tractors holding union cards.
At the meeting of the agricultural
society for Winneshiek county, the
present officers were reelected, includ-
ing Senator Enger as secretary. 1t
was decided to hold the fair this year
from Aug. II to 20. For several years
the fair has been held in September
Senator Kenyon is to deliver the
Fourth OF July speech at Pickerel
Lake Monday, July 5. Quite extensive
improvements have been made at
Pickere Lake and no doubt it will
be a popular picnic ground this sea.
son.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Vaughn Of
Guthrie Center have just celebrated
their sixty-third wedding anniversary.
They have lived in that community
for more than haif century. They
are still quite robust and strong.
The Corydon Woman's Suffrage
club celebrated national day by max
ing the first of their preliminary trips
for the organization Of clubs through
out the county. Meetings were held
at Cambria and Humeston.
The May Day festival, held at Chart
ton under the auspices Of the United
Commercial Travellers, was grand
success in every respect. There was
big crowd in attendance, many COM
ing from long distance.
The %" road has assured Burling
ton that the shops in that city will
not be removed to New London, as re-
ported, hut the information is that
the shops at Aurora, H., will be re-
moved to that place.
The opening of the new $4,000
nurses home took place amid. many
activities. This building, just occu-
pied by the nurses OF the University
Of Iowa hospital, was the scene Of
reception for the visiting delegates.
From worry over domestic troubles.
T. III. Rogers Of West Liberty was
driven to suicide and his lifeless body
was found leaning against tree be-
side the road, short distance north
west of that town.
The Fort Madison shoe factory
was destroyed by fire and loss to the
establishment is estimated at $4,000.
The plant will be rebuilt Immediately
Henry Karstens was seriously in
jured while discing on his farm near
Avoca. He had just stopped work to
go to the house for dinner and in
tying the lines. one of them touched