Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-08-17
James renlon, Iowa's Oldest travel.

James renlon, Iowa's oldest travel.
ing man and probably the oldest in
the United States, died at his home in
Des Moines. If Mr.. Fenlon had lived
until October Sd, he would have been
I 80 years old and still actively inter-
ested in selling implements" Up to
( the 14th of July, he was on the road
for the Woodmanse Implement COM
pany of Freeport, III. For twenty
years he has been with that firm. Mr..
Fenlon sold farm implements and
windmills in Iowa and Minnesota for
three score years or more. He sold
| the first Mccormick binder used in
Iowa fifty years ago to a farmer in
| the western part of the state.
A new industry has sprung up In
Hamilton county and is probably the
! only one of it's kind in all the state
| of Iowa. 1t is charcoal plant and
| is located some fourteen miles south
west of Webster City near the old
| Tunnel mill site. There are eight
kilns in the plant. 1t takes from five
to six weeks to burn a kiln of char
COAL There Is timber enough in the
| locality of the kilns to furnish the
whole state with its charcoal, for
which there is much demand just now
as a hog tonic. 1t is sold largely to
farmers in 100 pound lots and is fed
to the hogs to keep them healthy and
prevent disease.
The acreage devoted to fruit grow
ing in Iowa is not increasing, re-
ports Wesley Greene, state horticul-
turist, after four days inspection
of fruit lands of the Missouri valley.
Sprayed orchards will produce about
80 per cent of crop and the nou-
| sprayed orchards will ruT from Is
to 25 per cent OF full crop. AS
Iowa land increases in value, the
state horticulturist says that more
of the land owners will be compelled
TO turn to fruit growing in order to
| BE- able to earn fair return on the
| investment
The McGregor Commercial club is
| planning to build hard surfaced
road between McGregor and North
McGregor. The two towns are con-
nected by about mile of road lying
along the river between the Milwau-
zee tracks and the bluffs. Several
years ago the road was put into good
condition at the expense OF the Nc
Gregor Commercial club but the
great. amount of travel has made
hard surfacing now seem necessity.
Money for the purpose will be raised
by volunteer subscription.
Second Lieut.. Theodore B. Munson
| of Company F, Second Iowa regiment,
| from Fort Dodge, has been assigned
to a company in the regular army. II
he Is able - pass an examination at
the end of a certain period, he will
be appointed as second lieutenant in
the regular army of the United
! States. Other officers from the Iowa
regiment who will take the opportu-
nifty of changing are Lieutenants
Rothmahl and Waterbury OF Sioux
City Companies H and L, and Lieu
tenant Suderholm of Webster City.
Robert Williams, an alleged MUIR
derer, for whom Gov. George w.
Clarke offered 5000 reward, was
captured at Tama. Williams was want
ed on charges of numbering Mrs. Ma
tilda Steward of Dillon, July 20. Mrs.
| Steward, who was so years old and
blind, was visiting her daughter
| housekeeper for Wendall Foote, a
| farmer. 1t is thought that jealousy
cd tha Tn cd 10
the state reward private reward OF
5000 was offered.
With forged letters Of introduction
and an apt tongue man known In
Council Bluffs as J. Kahn, secured
position as auto salesman for a mo-
tor company and going to Nicola his
| special territory, worked few days
and cleaned up over $500 in unlawful
deals and then disappeared leaving
two auto purchasers to go to law over
an cylinder demonstrating car
which Kahn left with one while he
went to Cornell Bluffs to get the new
car he had sold
Ninety guests were entertained at
Shenandoah by the seedmen and nur-
serymen who gave dinner for the
Iowa and Nebraska horticulturists
who stopped there to go through the
Henry Field seed house, the Mount
Arbor nurseries and Shenandoah nur-
series. From Shenandoah the party
went to the big orchards of F. p.
Spencer at Randolph and Coy at Ia
Dor. They stopped at Malvern and
Glenwood before returning to Coun-
ell Bluffs.
The citizens and old soldiers Of
Bellevue have petitioned the board OF
supervisors for a two-tenths mill levy
additional for the soldiers relief levy
of this county, representing $500.
This together with the sum of $500
which has been donated by citizens
of Bellevue is to be used for the pur-
chase and erection of soldiers mon
ument to be placed in the park.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. Black, OF Audi
bon, have lost three children within
few days from diphtheria. Two OF
the children died the same day and
fourth child is very i'll from the same
disease Three others in the family
have not yet contracted the malady.
Mason City officials have reported
FIVE more cases OF infantile paralysis
to the state board of health. This
city so far has reported thirteen cases
"a number Of which already have re-
covered. The total number of cases
in the state to date is forty-fve.
Burglars entered the Illinois Gen.
trail depot at Rockwell City and by
the aid of some powerful explosive
blew the safe to pieces and robbed it.