Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-10-28

see the world and to earn their board
and keep in parts unknown to them.
They started for school in the morn
ing but failed to show up for dinner
or supper that evening. When they
failed to come home to bed search
was started Police authorities heard
from Boone that two boys fitting the
description of the missing Fort Dodge
boys had been found, shoveling coal
for one Of the Boone firms. The two
dusty and tired youths are now back
in their homes, where they will no
doubt be glad to remain.
A new type of gravel road recon-
mended by the state highway commits
sion will be put in on the Lincoln
course of gravel will be laid in a
shallow trench in the middle of the
road eight feet wide. In this first
course the gravel will be put in at
the rate of 600 loads to the mile and
will be rolled into place with heavy
roller. The second course OF gravel
will be laid over this sixteen feet wide
and at the rate of 1900 loads to the
mile. This will also be rolled down
and made smooth.
The report of County Treasurer w.
s. Guthrie Of Dallas county shows an
unusual condition of affairs as to the
prosperous condition of that comnu-
nifty. Tax receipts in the treasurer's
Office in September, 1908, were $751;
O55.27. Seven years later they were
$174,S03.15. A notable fact is that
nearly all the running expenses of
the treasurer's Office are cared for
by interest received on daily balances
Of county funds, which are deposited
in various banks of the county.
Mrs. Walter Jennings, wife Of a
farmer living west of Sheldon, had an
encounter with burglars, in which
she came off victor. She was alone
in the house at the time and heard
someone attempting to enter the win
dow. Hurriedly getting 80 caliber
revolver, she shot at the intruder just
as he was getting through the win
dow. The man dropped back with
yell and ran away. She fred two
more shots at him as he fed.
Preliminary work Is being done at
Marshalltown In organizing the coun-
ty for baby beef club among farmer
boys. The principal object is to in
terest boys on the farm in cattle feed
ing, and to show them that maturing
"baby beef is more profitable than
feeding more mature animals. The
organization is being perfected under
the direction of the Iowa Beef Pro-
ducers association and the extension
department of Iowa State college
Fifty barrels of big, juicy. red
checked apples were distributed to
the school children of Des Moines re-
Gently by three local fruit jobbing
firms. Every youngster in school got
an apple. On account of the big ap-
bers had decided not to make the
distribution, but when they heard
that the kids were expecting the usu-
al treat on national apple day they
refused to disappoint the youngsters.
The Jefferson Electric company is
connecting with the Iowa Light and
Power company and Is making the
necessary changes In it's system. Six
ty new motors have arrived and new
generator which weighs 10000 pounds
is being put in. The reports show
that this company has the largest
number OF consumers of electric cur
rent OF any plant in the state in a
city of the same size.
Investigation made by the North
western Railway company at Jeffer-
son to determine the need of a sub
way shows that at one of the six
crossings over their tracks leading
into Jefferson from the north that
there was an average each day for
six days in which the count was kept,
100 teams, So automobiles and 70
foot passengers.
The Odd Fellows lodge of Gilman
is preparing to build fine new lodge
home to take the place Of the one
burned few weeks ago. Ground has
been bought for a more convenient
site than the old building occupied.
The insurance on the old building,
$3.50, will be the nucleus for the
building fund.
The contract for Lyon county's new
court house has been awarded for
S107,300. There were fourteen gener-
al bidders, and about the same num-
Der OF bidders on heating and plumb
ing. II. is expected that the basement
will be completed this fall and ma
terial gotten on the ground so that
work can be pushed in the spring.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
society of the M. E. church, Des
Moines district, will undertake to
raise 100000 for the work this year.
Three thousand nine hundred dol
lars is the net profit of the 1915 North
Iowa fair at Mason City, as announc-
ed by Secretary Charles H. Barber.
Dates for the next year were fixed
for one week previous to the state
fair. 1t has been recommended that
next year larger premiums be paid on
premium stock winners.
The Iowa Protective association has
recovered the second stolen automo-
bile 1t went out after. The car be-
longing to State Senator Addison NJ.
Parker, stolen from Des Moines, was
found o. Boone as result of the
efforts q Sheriff Griffin's organization.
The ,hit of Henry Alden against
Park Wells, for $500 damages, alleged
to have resulted from the spread of
cholera, has been withdrawn. Alden
and Wells lived on adjoining farms
mile west of Pomeroy. The defend
anf Lost eevaraI hogs from the dis