Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-01-13

burned. In the last fire the postof-
fee, the general store of r. A. Ken
dali and the restaurant of Will Ken
dali, and contents, were destroyed.
There is not place of business left.
The cause of either fire has not been
determined.
The first step in the fight of the
Iowa Liquor Dealers association to
test the validity of the repeal of the
mulct law making Iowa dry, was
taken when the saloon of John Hill
in Davenport was opened. A crowd
of men gathered in the place and
liquor is said to have been sold Two
special agents from the attorney gen.
erals office entered the saloon, told
the proprietor and bartenders to
close up. The crowd was put out of
the place and a conference followed.
The special agents are working UNI
der the direction of Attorney General
Cosson of Iowa, who is tdere to con-
duct the fight for the state. They are
| G. A. Brunson and G. Z. Bidwell.
John Hill, the proprietor of the sa-
loon; two bartenders, Louis Wendell
and e. A. Geiseker, and a porter, Hen
ry Nissen, were placed under arrest
by the special officers and turned
over to Sheriff Eckhardt.
The fate of Iowa Wesleyan of Mt.
Pleasant, the oldest college west of
the Mississippi, will be settled in
three weeks. The residents of Henry
| county have launched campaign to
raise 100000 before Jan. q. Iowa
Wesleyan must have this money to
meet the demands OF the North Cen
| trail Association of Colleges and the
university senate, which require that
| all schools must have a minimum
endowment of 100000 above all
debts and money on annuities, to re-
main as standard institution.
Fire originating in the b. F. Fer
guson stationery store at Mason City
threatened to destroy the main bust
ness block Of the city and inflicted
loss estimated at $4,000 to three
buildings and occupants. Following is
the loss to property owners: Ralph
S. Stanberry, building, $4,000; Chas.
X. Barber, building, $4,000, and E. r.
Hubbard, building, $1,000. Loss to oc
cupants was over $50 COO There were
| about dozen roomers in the Build
ings burned and all lost heavily.
AS result of the "dry" law going
| into effect a regular bus line has
been established between Sioux City
and Jefferson, S. d., twelve miles dis
| tant. Installation of another line
to Jackson, Neb., ten miles distant,
is under consideration. Residents
of South Sioux City, Neb., just across
the river from Sioux City, anticipat-
| ing the baneful effect that might be
caused by Sioux City going dry, vot-
ed itself dry on local option issue
few months ago.
In 1914 the ten principal corn pro-
ducing counties of Iowa, in point of
acreage, were: Pottawattamie, 1877.
600 acres; Woodbury., 10000 acres;
Plymouth, 1SS,00o acres; Sioux, 161,-
600 acres; Kossuth. 10000 acres;
Monona, $4,000 acres; Palo Alto,
10000 acres: Crawford, $4,000
acres; Webster, $4,000 acres; Story.
13400 acres. The county of least
acreage was Allamakee, with 4l,000
acres.
A coroner's jury investigating the
death of Alex McNerny, whose body,
with bullet hole in the throat was
found in creek near Shenandoah,
declared he had committed suicide.
The barn on the McNerny place was
burning at the time the body was
found. McNerny was "a years of
age and recluse. He lived with his
aged mother, who is near death from
the shock of her sons death.
Buildings and contents to the value
of $1,S69,775 were destroyed by fire
in Cedar Rapids during the year
1915, the net loss after deducting the
insurance being s21,S2625. The most
disastrous fires were those that de-
stroyed the Keuhl-Lammers elevator,
the Boyson pharmacy, the First Bap-
tist church and three buildings on
First street.
A double funeral was held at Sid
ney when Louella Mae Richards, IA
years old, and her sister, Alma Maude
Richards, IS years old, were buried
in the same grave. Both died OF
scarlet fever. The younger girl died
first and while the undertaken was
preparing her body for burial the
elder sister succumbed.
Dubuque, in common with the rest
of Iowa, went dry Dec 3lst. For the
first time in its history of nearly 100
years the city is now without saloons.
The passage was accomplished with
out special demonstration. There
was scant disposition in evidence to
take advantage Of the windup SO far
as saloons were concerned.
Precautionary measures, including
the hiring of city fire marshal to
inspect alleys and Easements, has
resulted in reducing Sioux City's fire
loss by 80 per cent, according to fig
ures compiled by Fire Chief George
NJ. Kellogg. The loss was about
100000 last year.
The Iowa Brewing company, which
went out of business at Iowa City
Jan. 1, has opened as the Iowa City
Creamery and Produce company and
in the future will manufacture but
ter instead of beer The creamery
opened with capacity of 200
pounds OF butter daily.
Peace has been restored in the
ranks of the Modern Brotherhood OF
America. The insurgent movement
has ended and nine legal actions pend
ing in district and federal court as a
result Of discussions will be dismiss
ed. The peace pact was entered into