Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-07-29

Two years the following Few struc-
lures have been erected: Central
Iowa sanatorium, American Evangeli-
cal church. Old Peoples home, opera
house, Grand hotel and the Story City
National bank building. During that
time forty new dwellings have been
constructed.
Skunk river which runs through
the northern section of Lee county.
has overrun its banks and flooded the
Green Bay district that 1t was pro-
posed to reclaim. Much Of the culti-
waited farm land has been submerged
and great quantities of wheat and
other products have been carried
away.
Z. G. Bailey. who for twenty-one
years was editor of the Bows Regis
ter, one of the thriving papers of
Wright county, was recently pardoned
from the prisons of Missouri 10y the
present governor About eleven years
ago Bailey was arrested in Kansas
City for the alleged killing of a hack
driver.
IT is estimated that a hundred thou
sand dollars worth of damage was
done to corn and oats in thirty min.
utes by hail storm and high wind,
which covered sixteen square miles
at Storm Lake. Crops were literally
beaten into the ground and are q
total loss in many places.
Mrs. Ida H. Penick, wife of Hon. ].
A. Penick, former member of the
board of trustees of Iowa State col
lege, and representative from Lucas
county at the Twenty-seventh general
assembly, died at the family home
in Charlton.
The Minneapolis and st. Louis rail-
road company Is planning to spend
100000 for improvements at the
yards at Marshalltown The improve
ments include the laying of many
tracks. building of new freight house
and loading sheds.
Thieves who made a general raid on
the town OF Weston stole the safe In
the Rock Island railroad station, load
ed 1t onto a handcar and conveyed 1t
one mile west of town, where the safe
was unloaded and opened with tools.
The safe was empty.
Fire OF unknown origin destroyed a
store, the postoffice, residence and
small buildings belonging to Elmer
Smith and damaged other buildings
at California Junction. The loss Is es-
timated at from three to FIVE thousand
dollars.
City commissioners Of Mason City
have finally decided to install dis
posal plant Of the Imhoff type upon
the ten acre tract purchased a year
ago with capacity for city of 49,
900 people, double the present popula-
ton.
A room in the garnet OF the school
building at Marcus Is now being put
In readiness to install we'll equipped
manual training department Marcus
has the only normal training depart
ment in the county excepting that In
Cherokee.
Following in the footsteps Of num-
Der Of churches in the east, the Con.
gregational society at Garner has de-
cided to install a billiard and pool
table in the basement of the new
church with other athletic sporting
equipment.
After hard work on both sides the
question OF whether to sell bonds in
the sum of $4,000 for the erection OF
a consolidated school at Luther car
ried by a mere margin OF sixty-one
votes.
Hon. Geo. w. Ball, pioneer attor-
ney and lawmaker. died at his home
In Iowa City. He was a member OF
the Iowa senate and hause of rep
rtsentatiyes, representing Iowa and
Johnson counties.
Charles Nigg of Maquoketa is on a
like" to the coast again, this time
with a wheelbarrow. In payment OF
an election bet made two years ago,
he is now ''hoofing it" to the exposi-
ton at San Francisco.
The Burlington railway resumed
train service between Shenandoah and
Hamburg again after FIVE days aban-
donment of all schedules on account
of washouts. Six miles Of track was
washed out.
The Cedar river at Vinton claimed
its first victim in the person OF Willie
Bordwell, the ~ year old son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Bordwell. He was
victim of infantlle paralysis and
was wading near the bank
Great damage to crops resulted
from the recent heavy rains in the
territory about Abba. The corn in
many sections is swamped and small
grain, cut and ready for .hreshing,
has been ruined.
T. ID. Foster died at Ottumwa after
an Illness of a year. He was head Of
the Morrell Packing company of OF.
tumwa, Sioux Falls and Liverpool,
with branches all over the country.
Edna Christensen was burned to
death at her home near Badger when
her clothing caught fire as she tried
to start a blaze In the stove with
kerosene.
Eight thousand persons witnessed
the motorcycle and automobile races
held on the Alta half mile speedway.
The races were minus thrills. as no
accidents occurred.
Roy Neptune. % years old, was
drowned in the fair ground pond at
Charlton. His body was recovered.
Following the presentation of a Pc
tition to the Presbytery Of Water
loo. nearly a hundred members Of the
church at Mason City have planned to
organize new church at the latter
place.