Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-04-15


e. that position on the first ballot at
the delegate convention held at the
court house. Professor Snow stands
unique among Iowa school men, When
a mere babe he was run over by an
Illinois Central passenger train, los
ing his right arm above the elbow
and left Just below the elbow. De
spite this handicap he is probably the
best penman in Hamilton county,
dresses himself easily, feeds himself
and even shaves.
Not for many years have the pros
poets of a fine fruit crop in northern
Iowa been so good as this year. The
apple orchards had rest last year,
heavy rains in August and Septem-
her and snow to protect the trees and
roots during the winter. The bios
som period will be delayed till the
last of May and probably escape frost
A bumper crop is expected by own
ers who prHne and spray properly.
Small fruit never has looked better
than it does this year, particularly
strawberries.
After the home of Jesse ]. Kennedy
OF Mason City was nearly burned to
the ground and all the members OF
the family were supposed to be saved,
1t was discovered that the three
months old baby was missing. Men,
bers of the family rushed back to the
burning house and Kennedy and his
son Albert were burned in their
search for the baby. Later the child
was found alive and we'll at neigh
boris home.
Alpha Madsen, aged 13, daughter of
A. o. Madsen, farmer living six
miles northwest of Cedar Falls, was
instantly killed when. her neck was
broken by falling window sash. The
accident occurred at country school
house a half mile from the Madsen
home. Arriving before the teacher
the girl tried to enter the building
through a window. Her lifeless body
was found dangling from the window
sill, her head held fast
The Rock Island passenger train,
south bound, was ditched for the fifth
time in five weeks by wreckers open
ing the switches at Mason City. The
engine, baggage car and smoker left
the track No one was seriously in
jured. Railroad detectives have been
at work for three weeks to discover
who opened the switches, but have
no clue.
The outgoing city council of Red
Oak met and awarded the contract
for paving thirty-three blocks of
streets to the Willitson Construction
company of Chicago. The bid present
ed by the Willitson company was s1.52
a square yard. The material is to be
asphaltic concrete. This calls for a
heavy base of concrete and a two
inch surface of asphalt.
The Increase in the postal receipts
of the Shenandoah postoffice for the
year showed an increase over that of
the previous year of $1O,16921. The
volume of business done by the To-
cal office was $64,659.77. Each year
the gain is about $4,000, which rep.
resents the growth of the Industries
there and the increase in population.
Pedestrians on the Ninth street
bridge at Cedar Rapids saw a woman
climb to the rail and with scream
jump into the water and disappear.
Police were notified and are busy
dragging the river. No complaint of
the disappearance Of any woman had
been made to the police.
Three Russian employees OF the
packing house at Ottumwa, Emilian
Woytuk, Simeon Mikoluk and Emilian
Kostuck quit their jobs and drew
their savings out of local bank to
leave for their native land, where
they will enter the army.
Onehalf of the fourteen applicants
for citizenship before the district court
were rejected by Judge Hutchinson at
benson. An agent of the naturaliza-
tion office at Washington was pres
ent to see that the United States laws
were enforced.
Two men met death at Dubuque
when scaffold at st. Francis Home
broke, hurting them 125 feet to the
ground. The dead are: Earl Porter,
killed instantly; Andrew Akers, both
arms and both legs broken, internal
injuries which caused death later.
Dave Griffin, go, is in jail at Mason
. City charged with assault upon the
six year old daughter of Philo Steph-
ems in the Rock Island yards. He
waived examination and failed to put
up $4,000 bonds.
E. ]. Russell, principal of the high
school at Primghar, has been appoint
ed to a supervisory position in the
schools of the Philippine Islands and
will soon leave.
A 100000 drainage project, affect
ing $4,000 acres of land, has been APP
proved by the Clinton county board
of supervisors. The ditch will be over
seventeen miles in length Four
thousand acres OF swamp land along
the Wapsie river will be reclaimed.
1t Is the first big drainage project in
the eastern part of Clinton county.
S. p. Jordan. Of Clinton, wire chief
for the Iowa Telephone company dur
ing the past thirty-four years, 10 the
second Iowa man to qualify for pen
sion. He retires on full pay. J. s.
Tracy has been sent from Keokuk to
succeed him.
The Hooper-Mmball-Bur COM
pany, an eastern concern, has formal
ly taken over the Storm Lake electric
light plant, which they have purchas-
ed from q. e. Mack, who has owned
and operated the concern for twenty
FIVE years F. w. Mack will manage