Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-05-27

~AouSS INC pal ming VI ING river lTOuL
The city has already expended $780,,
600 on these improvements. Algona
Is investing $4,000 in parks. A large
share Of this sum is being put into
the city's athletic park. Emmetsbure
has appropriated this year about
100000 for paving, boulevards and q
parking system. This includes a civic
center lake front. Spencer is con
verting forty acres of river bottom
into park. It is putting in pictur.
esque bridge over lagoon at the edge
OF the town. Three hundred elm
trees have already been put in as
part Of the park plans and other
trees, flowers and shrubbery are to
be added. Pocahontas is extending
Summit Hill cemetery and parking 1t.
This is an old cemetery on the edge
of the town. 1t has been laid out
with drives, shrubbery, ornamental
flower gardens and the plants have
been selected SO that all the flowers
will be in bloom on Memorial day.
Evidence that gang of counter
feiters of small coins is operating in
southeastern Iowa has been received
at the office of p W. Hall, secretary
OF the Iowa Bankers association. In
his mail Mr.. Hall received a counter
felt half dollar from a bank at Har-
vey, Marion county, and counter
felt dime from bank at Armstrong,
in Washington county, Both banks
discovered the spurious money while
counting over their cash, and were
unable to trace 1t.
Joseph Meehan, farmer living near
North McGregor, while breaking sod
on his farm, the point of the pillow hit
an obstruction. Thinking 1t boulder
he got shovel and began digging. To
his great surprise he found an old
fashioned iron kettle with an iron
cover securely wired on with heavy
copper wire. The kettle was nearly
full of Mexican $40 and $40 gold
pieces, some of the oldest coins dat
ing back to 1927 and 1902.
iowa suffered one fatality from the
sinking of the Cunard liner Lusitania.
1t has been learned that the wife OF
James Schriber, of near Iowa City,
sailed on the big boat for Scotland.
Graham has been unable to find her
name in the list of survivors, and
though he has every reason to be-
lieye her lost is making inquiry Of
the Cunard officers in Chicago and
New York city.
A tabernacle 75x100 feet has been
erected by labor voluntarily given for
-. evangelistic meetings which will
be started in Ida Grove by Evangelist
Newlin, and his colleague, Rev. Malt
bic, the Hoosier religious exhorters
The building has been erected with
plenty of ventilation. being at the
same time protected from the ele-
hents.
A fine fifteen passenger motor bus
has been put In service between
North McGregor and McGregor, to
meet the demands of the passenger
and transfer service. 1t is expected
that this line will meet the same sue
cess that has attended the efforts of
Ottumwa merchants, who have estab-
lished similar service between that
town and Fremont.
Iowa City has been asked TO raise
100000 Of the $25o,O0O which must
be subscribed before the building OF
the Iowa City-Muscatine interurban
railway is commenced. The latter
city will also be asked to raise like
amount while West Liberty people
will have charge Of the remaining
$4,000.
The wind undertook to supersede
steam power in propelling big auto
truck belonging to a Fl. Dodge firm,
and while the machine was driver
less, started the vehicle off down a
hill. Before the driver could inter-
vene the car took it's way off down
steep embankment into ravine, turn
ing over twice on the way.
Sioux City is shown to have a popu-
lation of more than $1,000 with the
first completion OF the first canvass
under the leadership OF City Assessor
Gray. 1t is believed nearly 1000 more
names will be gained by the second
canvass. The federal census of 1910
showed population of $4,000.
Peter Kline, well to do farmer
committed suicide at his home near
Estherville by drinking carbolic acid.
He had been in poor health for sew
eral years.
Fire destroyed the handsome club
house of the Keokuk Country club on
the outskirts of that city. The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
The Butler county board of super
visors has let contracts for FIVE new
county bridges to be erected the COM
ing summer. The expenditure will |
amount to nearly $4,000.
Children screamed and fed when |
handcar, running fast down grade, |
without anyone on board to control |
it, collided with an electric car load
ed with children at Mason City. The |
motorman stopped his car and order.
ed the children to jump to safety.
Handcar and electric car were badly
smashed.
A fall down the cellar stairs at the
home Of her daughter caused the in
slant death of Mrs. Mary H. Peet OF
Marshalltown. The aged woman, 1t is
believed, slipped as she went to the
head of the stairs to call her daugh-
ter, who was In the cellar.
Ralph Downey, an employe OF the
American express company at Ames,
was seriously injured when he was
crushed between piano and the door
of Northwestern express car. Down.
ey, with another man. was loading the
piano on the car when 1t tipped with
out warning.
Webster county will show a gain OF