Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-30

III inc pcIiOu lTOIH l5lU u 1919 luClu-
sive there have been 9,30S deaths
from pneumonia in the state and s.
5S7 from tuberculosis. In 1915 there
were ,tS7 deaths from pneumonia and
1881 from tuberculosis. In 1915
there were 1,4S7 deaths from pneu-
monia and 1881 from tuberculosis.
There have been only thirty-one
deaths from smallpox in the state In
the past six years. Last year in Iowa
there were 1876 deaths from typhoid
fever, forty-four from scarlet fever, 131
from diphtheria and Group, and las
from whooping cough.
Because of his refusal, on account
OF religious beliefs, to salute the Stars
and Stripes, Hubert Eaves, IL year old
Des Moines colored boy. was expelled
to nine years in the Eldora reforma-
tory. The order was entered by Dis
trict Judge C. A. Dudley after hear
ing behind closed doors. The court
suspended sentence and paroled the
youthful member of the "Sanctified
.
promise that the boy be placed in
some school where he can secure an
education equivalent to that required
by the Iowa statutes.
Forty blocks of paving will be laid
In Shenandoah this summer. Three
hundred and seyenty-fye dollars will
be given in prizes for the farmers
that keep the best stretches of drag
ged roads. A $4,000 Presbyterian
church will be constructed this
spring. Plans have been made for a
$4,000 armory building for company
Els headquarters and meeting place
for conventions. These are some of
the Improvements and industries that
are lined up for Shenandoah this
spring. Business men have caught
the booster spirit and have made
preparations to carry out these plans.
Preliminary seed corn surveys
made by Agricultural College extern.
sion men In the southeastern counties
indicate an urgent need for organiza-
ito. Monroe, Wayne, Appanoose,
counties are all hard hit by the short.
age. T. r. Douglass, special seed
corn agent for the extension depart
ment says: "The situation Is more
serious than the people realize as
new corn will not give satisfactory
tests in the majority of cases. Old
corn Is very scarce and numerous
tests have shown it to be unfit for
seed"
Holding that the word writing" en-
braces printed words C. A. Robbins,
assistant attorney general, has de-
cided that in cities where the ballot
for the election March 81 is blank,
voters may insert the name of any
candidate on the ballot by writing or
by paster bearing a written, type
written, printed or stamped name.
The ballot in more than 100 Iowa
towns will be blank for the reason
that candidates for city office failed
to file nomination papers in time.
Convicts at the Iowa state peniten-
tiary In Fort Madison are inveterate
book worms as shown in the report
of the prison librarian for the month
of February. Reading matter taken
from the prison library last month
was classified by volumes as follows;
Fiction, 1,437; history, LOG; biog.
raphy, AZ; essays and poetry, So arts,
useful and fine. 1903; sciences, 10; So
GEOLOGY, So; religion, 47i; ethics, ga;
reference, 8; periodicals, 6,213 Total,
S,792.
After April LIST, city and town off.
Gals of the state will not permit any
automobile to be operated on a 1915
number plate The state department
is able to furnish numbers without
delay, and the law requires all cars
to be registered before April /, re.
| CARELESS Of when the owner expects
to use the machine. Business has
picked up considerably in the regis
tration department. Applications for
plates are now being received at the
rate of 1000 day.
Valley Junction has no candidates
for the city election, March q. The
men running for office did not file
nomination petitions in the legal time.
1t will be necessary to print blank
ballot for the election as II is now
impossible to place the name OF any
candidate on the ballot. The voters
may write in the name of any one
they wish to vote for.
Edward S. Lowenberg, of Ottumwa,
recent overseer of Wapello county
poor farm. and w. C. Arnold were in.
stantly killed when Lowenberg's car,
in which they were riding. accident
ally struck a bridge, turned turtle
and pinned the men beneath it, The
accident occurred near Bloomfield
T. w. Rogers, prominent Humboldt
business man, was struck and in
stantly killed by an NJ. & St. L. pas
senger train. He was leaving the
big gravel pit owned by him two miles
| south of Humboldt, and in crossing
the railroad track his automobile was
struck by the train.
The dry goods store of H. l.. Moore
at Panora was robbed of clothing and
silks valued at $500. The robbers are
believed to have escaped in an auto
mobile. No trace Of them has been
| found.
One Of the severest electrical
storms on record in March accompani-
ed two inches of rain that was fol-
lowed by eight inches of snow in Clay.
ton county. All rivers and creeks in
the county were out of their banks
and considerable damage was done in
the lowlands.
II Red Cross nurses are needed In
Mexico by the government, Iowa could