Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-05

its manufactured products larger
than those of other counties. Linn
county comes second with a total
output of $40,297.953. Packing house
products are also importan. in this
county as are also the output of the
big cereal mills at Cedar Rapids.
Polk county ranks third, its total
output of factory made goods in 1916
amounted to s20.956,049. The re-
mainder Of the counties up to and in
GLIDING tenth place and the value OF
their manufactured output follow:
Fourth. Scott. s1S,59O.645; fifth, Black
Hawk. s12.222,63S; sixth, Dubuque.
s11,922,ss6; seventh. Cerro Gordo.
$11,26S,579; eighth, Clinton, $685.
$50; ninth, s7,107,S5S; tenth, Lee,
$6,9SO,S22.
Nelson w. Wehrhan, who has been
dean and acting president of Tabor
college for the last three years has
been inaugurated president of the in
stitution.
In spite of the predictions OF q
few that Iowa land can go no higher
in price, farm land still continues to
bring good prices. In many commn7A
ties it is almost Impossible to get
land at any price. A few days ago a
farm near Perry sold for $4,000.
The price was $500 an acre. There
are 100 acres in the farm and it has
good improvements. The man who
purchased the farm is merchant
who intends to rent the farm. Near
Bouton several weeks ago farm sold
for $270 an acre. The farm was sold
at public auction. and there was keen
competition In bidding. A farmer
near Ellsworth made the remark the
other day that it was impossible to
get land unless an estate had to be
settled up. In that same community
where land is now valued at $225
good farms could be purchased fifteen
years ago for $45 an acre.
Wapello county's good roads en-
deavors in recent months have caused
more highway improvement and
building than in any previous period.
according to reports for the state high.
way commission now being prepar-
ed by township officials. Joe Nor
rison. direct engineer for the state
commission, presided at recent
meeting Of township clerks and road
superintendents at Ottumwa and de.
elared himself we'll pleased with the
unofficial reports received from the
county this year.
Requests for quotations on 100000
tons Of coal to be exported to Genoa,
Italy, have been received by Des
Moines coal company, from a New
York exporter. The company receiv-
ing the request for quotations is
made up of Des Moines men who
have holdings in the Pocahontas field
in West Virginia. To supply the or
der it would require about 500 tons
per day for the next ten years. A
price has been quoted the New
Yorker and he is now figuring on the
export cost.
Harrison H. Wheaton, formerly
Of Ottumwa. has been named by
United States Commissioner OF Edu-
cation Claxton as a member of the
national committee Of 100 to assist in
the nationwide campaign to induce
the 100000 non-English speaking
immigrants to attend night schools
and learn the American language.
Mr.. Wheaton is specialist in educa-
ton of immigrants and he win have
charge of the America first" cam.
paign of the bureau of education.
The work of rescuing fish from the
shallow sloughs and ponds is inter-
esting. There are only six rescue
stations operated by the govern
ment, and they are located at North
McGregor, Bellevue and Fairport, Ia,
Homer, Mimi. Lacrosse, Wis, and
Friar Point. MINI. From the first
OF August until November crews
work out from these stations. When
enough fish are collected at any sta
ton to fill a car. they are loaded and
sent to inland rivers and lakes.
The Nevada school board has de-
cided to make a test case of the
contract with Nebraskan who was
hired as manual training teacher in
the Nevada schools. He wired he had
accepted a more lucrative position
elsewhere and resigned there but the
board declined to accept his resigna.
ton and notified him that unless he
appeared at the beginning OF the
school term, according to his con.
tract, they would go into the courts
and seek recourse.
What is believed to be one of the
biggest business transfers in Iowa
for some time has just been consum-
mated at Ottumwa in the sale Of the
John B. Dennis Produce Company's
local holdings to Wilson & Co, Inc.
packers. The consideration paid in
the transaction has not been made
public but 1t is known that the Den.
mis- company's business in the last
year has amouted to half million
dollars and it is believed here the
price paid by the buyers is enormous.
A number OF prehistoric burial
nearly four hundred in all.
have been discovered by Prof. Loren
of the Iowa university in
Johnson county, near Lone Tree. The
of the mounds. IL any, will be
Investigated.
In an effort to interests boys on the
farms Of Marshall county in the baby
beef industry, Rex Jockey of Iowa
State college, state organizer OF the
contest, recently put in a weeks work
among the youngsters. The champion
baby beef raiser in each county gets
a free trip to the international live
stock exposition in Chicago.