Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-09-23

away wife and her five daughters
from Holland to the United states,
and with deserving his own wife and
five daughters, Martin DeGroot was
arrested at Pella by immigration Of
ficer S. l.. Whitfield. DeGroot, it is
charged, deserted his wife and daugh-
tiers in the old world, proceeded to as
sumo the responsibilities of support
ing the wife and five daughters Of
Peter Won Os, and finally brought
| them to this country. Won Os Is
still in Holland.
A prominent member of the Water
loo gun club was arrested at Wall lake
at the opening of the hunting season
and convicted OF shooting before sun
| rise, violation OF the game laws of
Iowa. A party of Waterloo sports
men were at the lake to get in on the
good shooting Of the first day of the
open season. A deputy game warden
from Des Moines was also on the job
| and witnessed several violations of
this provision of the law, but was able
to catch but one of the yiolators. A
fine of 81 and costs was imposed.
One hundred and twenty-five young
people, residents of Marshalltown,
and most of them alumni of the Mar
shalltown High school, will be enroll
ed in colleges, universities and schools
of the state and country this fall. Fiji
ty per cent Of the class of 1915 of the
Marshalltown High school is to con-
tinue in study, the best showing ever
made. Eighty of the 1875 students will
attend Iowa schools. Iowa State col
lege, Ames, gets the largest number,
Twenty-Five.
The first repair work Of any conse-
quence at the Keokuk dam since its
completion three years ago is under
way. The guard gate to the lock has
been removed and floated into the dry
dock and will be reprinted. The gate
is $50 feet long and weighs $50 tons.
The repair is necessitated by the fact
that the gate is submerged most Of
the time The effect of the water
wears and rusts the steel, and it is
with the intention Of preventing this
that the work is being done.
Seventy-flve Montenegro reserv-
lists who have been called back to
their native land, departed from Ma
son City for Minneapolis, from which
point they will go to Canadian seaports
and sail back to their native land.
About ten Greeks have gone to Des
Moines, where they will join party
of men who are going back to the old
country for the purpose of receiving
military training, preparatory to join
ing the army.
Turned down by Miss Lena Jen-
sen, a girl he loved and proposed mar
riage to, B. H. Fuarness of Mason
City stepped into the street in front
of the home, placed revolver to his
head and sent a twenty-five bullet
through his skull. Fuarness is still
living and there is prospect of re-
covery. The bullet was located by
means of an X-ray but will not be re-
moved at least for the present.
Farmers in the vicinity of Rock
Rapids who have depended on ma
chimes to thresh their grain have been
having strenuous time, getting the
work done. The rains have been so
heavy that the threshers cannot work
to any advantage. Farmers who
stacked their grain are all right but
what grain remains in the shock is
not in the best Of condition.
The booze situation in Mason City
has been curbed nearly one-half. Beer
Commissioner Mason, who has been
on the job about one month, has found
SIS barrels of beer and 105 cases,
while POI gallons OF whiskey have
been received by various railroads and
express companies. This is about one
half the amount that usually comes
into that city.
At the yearly Iowa meeting OF
Friends, an announcement was made
of the gift of 100 acre farm near
Indianola to the endowment fund OF
| Penn college, of Oskaloosa, by Mrs.
Laura J. Jones' The Penn college
board has inaugurated a canvass for
| 100000 to increase the endowment
and for other purposes.
Motor cars are to be used. on the
rural routes out of Anthem and Salix
according to the instructions receiv.
ed. There is considerable opposition
to the plan due to the fact that 1t
lengthens routes and reduces the
number of employees.
X. c. Gaynor, the well known Sioux
City engineer, has been selected by
the city council of Ida Grove as engi-
neer of the paving to be done there
next spring. There were eleven ap-
plications. 1t is expected the contract
for the work will be let this fall
BY a vote OF 49 to IS the town OF
Wellsburg has granted franchise to
the Iowa Falls Electric Co., to furnish
electricity for light and power in
Wellsburg. A high tension line will
be built at once.
William Roggensack, of Dubuque, AZ
years old, was instantly killed and
Henry Sears seriously injured when
the bakery delivery wagon in which
they were riding collided with tele
phone pole.
The first man to be sentenced under
the law for soliciting was received at
the Fort Madison prison recently. He
is H. L. Jones, sent up for five years
from Shelby county. The woman in
volved was his wife.
The Norwegian Lutheran church al
Fort Dodge, during a recent thunder
storm was struck by lightning for the
fourth time this season. In each in
stance the steeple was struck in the
| same place. Little harm has been