Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-11-25

TIoI. n. ~. Hu8nes OF the iOvU
State Agricultural college at Ames
has demonstrated that his device for
treating clover and alfalfa seeds has
increased their termination remark
ably. Ordinarily only about 10 per
cent of such seeds grow, due to the
toughness of the outer hull which
makes 1t difficult for moisture to reach
the germ. With the treatment devils
ed by Professor Hughes 80 per cent
of clover or alfalfa seed will grow.
After long and patient study he PLAN
ned machine which so scars the
hull OF the seed as to make possible
the admission Of moisture when
planted and yet the germ Is protest
ed. Professor Hughes has given the
rights to use this machine to the
college, so that 1t will be available to,
all at the lowest possible cost.
Three pure bred hogs, consigned
from Washington to Honolulu, are be-
ing held up at Reno, New, by Calf
| ornia authorities who prohibit any
stock from Iowa entering or passing
through California. The embargo
against Iowa stock was assessed some
time ago when California issued or
ders against accepting stock from
number of middle western states due
to the foot and mouth disease scare.
Iowa is free from foot and mouth dis
ease and has been since early last
spring.
Clinton was threatened with COM
plete destruction by recent fire
which destroyed the Scholl Hutchin-
son Candy company's factory, the T.
M. Gobble, wholesale, and the Gin
ton Grocery company's wholesale
plant in the heart of the business dis
trict with loss of $450,00O. partially
covered by insurance. The fire was
discovered at three o'clock in the
morning when the three buildings
were a mass Of flames from cellar to
attic. The cause of the fire is un-
| known.
| When the farmers in and around
Fernald. little town in Story county,
want to sell grain, they sell 1t to them
selves; when they buy lumber or
coal, or groceries, or almost anything,
they buy it from themselves and
when they put any money in the bank,
which they often do, they put 1t into
| their own bank. By way of explana-
ton, 1t may be said that the farmers
within three or four miles Of Fernald
own and operate about all OF the bust
ness enterprises of the town.
| That the new state agents system
is effective has been demonstrated IN
Appanoose county, where for the past
| two or three weeks they have been
engaged in gathering evidence against
Illegal liquor selling. They are now
submitting evidence to the grand jH--
| ry. which is expected to result In
about twenty-five indictments. Some
Of these are second offenders and penn
Tertiary sentences will be asked for
by the county attorney.
Iowa stands seventh as q sheep
state, quite a respectable showing
when one remembers that she Is FIRST
in hogs, beef cattle and horses, third
in dairy cattle, first in oats ,roduc-
ton, first or second in corn and pref
ty well up in everything else that IL
good. The sheep industry has been
| getting strong foothold in several
parts of the state. particularly in the
| southeastern section.
The mystery surrounding the find
ing of the body Of an elderly woman
in deserted farmhouse near Musca-
tine was cleared UP with the identifica-
ton Of the body as that OF Mrs. An
ma McDonough OF Oskaloosa who has
| been missing since October 2s. A
daughter positively identified the gar
ments and jewelry found on the
corpse, which was hidden in the base
ment of the deserted dwelling.
| Debt and the fear OF prosecution BY
creditors led to the misrepresentation
of funds by Meindert Bloom, aged 80,
a Pella rural mail carrier. who was
fined $500 by Judge Wade in federal
court at Des Moines. Because Bloom
has wife and family, the court re-
fused to send the prisoner to the PEN
itentiary. He will be confined in the
Polk county jail until the fine is paid.
The first application In Jasper
county Of the Perkins law making II
possible for needy children to receive
medical and surgical treatment at the
| expense Of the state, is being made
by the county attorney OF Jasper
county and physician of Mingo. The
patient is little girl afflicted with
tuberculosis of the knee.
Parties at Manchester have discov-
cred vast bed OF soft coal under the
surface of the ground on farm near
there. 1t is probable that a company
will be formed and the coal mined
out. 1t is estimated that vast
amount of coal lies underneath the
ranch.
Eight years ago Roger Paine Of
Eagle Grove bought farm near that
town for $4,000, the farm consisting
OF 210 acres of land. A few months
ago he sold the same farm for s4S.-
900 cash, the price of $22s.56 per acre
being the highest ever paid for q
tract of farm land in Wright county.
The farmers In the vicinity of Ryan
have organized cooperative cream
cry with capital Of $1,000.
Property owners and business men
of Atlantic are contributing funds to
pay for the paving of the road from
the city limit to the cemetery, half
a mile from town.
The preliminary work towards re-
opening the Waukon Iron mines Ii
under way. The company is under
stood to have q large iron ore con-
tract and will run two shifts-a day