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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
PRIVATE SALE

Five horse power (Nelson) gaso-
line engine. good as new, 20 IT. shaft
with 7 pulleys attached, 2 hole corn
shelter, self feed elevator in sack and
cob carrier, feed grinder. All should
go together, $4,000 will buy the out
fit, hardly half price. l have double
barrel shot gun, one choked barrel.
britch loader, in fine condition, with
one dozen brass shells and tools to
reload. Cost $4,000, will take $1,000.
JAMES LEE,
22-1 pd. Audubon, Iowa, r. l, Bx. s
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EXTRA

Mr.. and Mrs. LATE Simpson went to
Rochester, Mimi, last week where
she will have an operation for ap-
pendicitis and he will have an opera
ton for a growth in his nose, broken
when he was a small boy and never
properly cared for.
DR.. Newton was elected president
of the Commercial club. Mr.. Hoyman
having resigned on account of his
moving away.
Mrs. r. G. Slater of Sioux City is
visiting with her brother, Frank
Wagner and her cousin, Mrs. Luther
Hensley.
Molly Duncan and Edith Regiel or
Des Moines came up Sunday to visit
with friends and relatives this week.
The st. Johns church members
gave an entertainment and supper at
their church west of town Sunday.
Walter Minerman, Donald Hartzell,
Ben Greene, Ben Sykes and Golden
Sykes joined the Boy Scouts last week.
Loise Jones and Gertie Noon of At
lantic are spending the week with
Miss Blanche Noon of this city.
Mr.. Smith was called to Kalona
by message of the death of HIS
grandson Tuesday morning.
julius Fredericksen of near Bray
ton, while scuffling. sprained his en-
kle quite severely Saturday.
Pete Hansen of Fullerton Lumber
Co. bought Studebaker auto of
Hans Hansen Saturday.
Leila Blanchard, Esther Burkhardt,
nrt uiSi cd
friends in Extra Sunday.
Miss Mabel Rider is spending the
week with Mrs. Hoyman during the
absence of Mr.. Hoyman.
DR.. Oldaker, Geo. Corl and j. NJ
Dimick went to Chicago Saturday
with six cars of cattle.
w. H. Hoyman went to Toledo, Ia,
Monday on business. He will teach
there next year.
John Kilworth bought a new Ov-
erland last week of Westphalen &
Johnson.
John Slater Jr. had a lively runa-
way Sunday, but fortunately noOne
was hurt.
Ray Bolten and family spent Sun
day with his parents at the County
home.
Mrs. j. c. Graf of Vilisca is he,
visiting her mother, Mrs. ]. B. Con-
rardy.
Bud Rendleman came up from Des
Moines Wednesday morning on bus
mess.
DR.. Harry Lambert broke the
wheel of his Ford when he ran into a
bank.
p. M. Petersen entertained his
friends at a birthday party Sunday.
Harvey Coovault, Coonrod Madsen
and Fru Hayes sold cattle Saturday.
Free Anders is unloading and haul
ing lumber at Gates, Ia, this week.
A. C. Andrews was business Wis
itor in Audubon Monday morning.
Mrs. Fred wilkins is here this
week visiting friends and relatives.
George Spoo and Harold Cannon
visited friends in Walnut Monday.
Anna Dorr came up from Sioux
City Saturday to visit over Sunday.
DR.. Lantz and wife went to Cum
berland Sunday to spend the day.
G. II. Virtue of Audubon was a
business visitor in Extra Monday.
Heway Huss is building a new
house in Audubon township.
Winnie Simersen spent Sunday in
Hamlin with friends.
Alvin Holmes is improving nicely
from his operation.
Andrew Jensen will quit the mail
route June first.
VIM. Theilan and family visited in
the city Sunday.
Chas. May came up Tuesday on
business.
Kenneth Clay visited in Extra over
Sunday.
Miss Walcott of Atlantic visited
with Miss Richards Sunday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01

are the best fence post bar
gains, because they are made
of high carbon angle steel, the
toughest and most elastic
metal for the purpose.
Cost no more than cedar
posts, if you count cost of set
ting and tamping wood posts,
and last four times as long.
The only post for replacing
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01
ADex Steel Fence Posts

wood posts in a line of woven
fence, because they can be
driven right down beside the
fence and save the ugly job of
digging holes in such places.
= The best, because made by
practical fence men who know
the business, and made right
Let us show you the post
and talk it over.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01

Money to loan on list and End
mortgages at lowest rates. Abstracts
to all lands and lots In Audubon
County furnished promptly
Arnold, Ross & Rasmussen.
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CARRIE BROOKS WOOD. DENTIST

Located one door north of DR..
Brooks office on the ground floor.
Audubon, Iowa.
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HARDWARE. I'LL GET 1T AT REINEMUND'S
And the day of the wood post is pas,

And the day OF the Wood post IS past
Steel Fence posts frost proof and weather proof They
won't break bend of shape. Vermn can't damage them
Weeds and rubbish be burned along fence They elastic
ndestrucbe and last lifetime They all post
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IT e5.Ic13 steel 5raI/oG5,/ zl7nuxczc7l~o 62011r7
C<<2es> Te75r</ l1~z0 ~23It9 <2rGE1Par

above mentioned plant the Govern
ment last year expended ono and
three quarter million dollars in max
ing more than million pounds Of
cannon powder and 10000 pounds OF
high explosive. That little stunt in
ammunition making saved Uncle Sam
nearly million dollars over what ii
would have cost TO get the same ne
cessitics by contract. IN interesting
adjunct Of this plant is n factory for
reworking Old powders and powder
scraps-a make over" shop that can
handle 5000 pounds OF powder per
day.
Tho pride Of our war officials just
now is the new plant 81 She Watertown
Arsenal for the manufacture of arm
or-picrCing projcCtilcs for soacoast
guns and mortars. Here the chief
output IS 12-inch deck-picrcing pro-
.iectilCs but Just to show its versatility
the establishment also turns out upon
demand mobile artillery shells, shrap-
mol cases and target practice DrOjcc-
tilos-this last an important class OF
munitions that must be used up at q
rapid rate in time Of peace If the mon
behind the guns are to make good in
time of war. \ nifty little specially
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The Army. alike 10 the Navy. has
some busy little cXpcrmcntcrs who
are always going after "aomc' hing
new" in the ammunition line and the
bcst of these inventive sharks have
not been luro1 hv tho offers OF fancy
salaries made by the managers OF
private munltion plants. Recently
TO illustrate tho tccloss effort -- the
military experts at tho Fraukford Ar
scnal have conducted experiments and
dcvcloDod q method Of manufacturing
cprir.d~e cases Of steel that would
prove most valuable in an emergency.
Another novelty lately produced is u
small-arns "ommUuition pack"
Making Munitions For our Army.
BOT - l,avo an tho crqs in one bas-
ket is considered in many respects
IN advantage and tris is the policy
that UH"lc sum follows in providing
army ammunition. Tho responsibility
for providing projoctilcs Is apportioned
among number Of Government ar
scnals located in G;Tcront sections of
the country. whereas ut tho Picatinny
Arsenal is located ;ho Army powder
f. Glory and high cXnlosivo factory. Not
to burden tho rcador with too many
| figures it may hc noted that at the
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ten and tires--from three cents per
pound to nearly seven cents per pound.
Whereupon our Federal POWDER
makers have gotten busy with tho re-
suit that they have discovered that
they can manufacture their own acid
at cost OF cents per pound or less
and can. in one year, save the Govern
ment moro than one-third OF a mil
lion dollars or enough TO install the
acid making plant.
A parallel case is found In torpedo
manufacture. but how the Government
is making it's own torpedoes at tho
rate OF more than four hundred n year
would make a whole story IN itself.
The manufacture OF mines, too. mines
of both the anchored and tactical types,
is an interesting side line" in tho
Federal munitions industry. But when
we bear in mind that n $4,000, 900
dreadnaught becomes a mere worth
less, floating hulk the minute her
ammunition Is exhausted is il any
wonder that the powers that he at
Wa shington are most concerned about
the main chance" in munitions. That
ia why the loud cry to Congress is
for q bigger reserve" OF large shells
and other munitions that require
months to manufacture.
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OF the monster. Before the gator cas
founder out OF reach the Indian grabs
his ak and sewers the spinal cord and
drags the carcass into the boat. Tho
alligator possesses an extraordinary
vitality. the nerves often being active
for several hours after the head has
been severed from the body, and mo
writings of tho huge bodies are
frightful
Picturesque Dances.
The tribe has It's festivals and
dances. many OF which are not unlike
tho Indian dances in the Southwest,
Tho Medicine Men OF the tribe usually
arrange the time for the date OF tho
Green Corn Dance. n festival which Ia
governed by certain phase OF tho
moon. This dance is perhaps the M ost
important of their festivals, and -
held as nm expression OF gratitude to
tho Great Spirit for an abundant har-
vcst--a custom borrowed from tho
ancient sun worshipers. The Hunting
Dance takes place once in four years,
and is n genuine play day for the men,
women and children. These dances.
while not as weird as those Of tho
Indians of tho Far West, are quite a,
remarkable and well worth visiting {
/ the traveller il wiling TO bravo tho
| Florida sun in July. ..
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Vi 'ne i"u'""'' Inc oeiii'oieS wei
coHeu inc IugIuNes ana IN ume they
ihterlnarTled' The planters tried in
vain to md some way by which they
could secure the return Of their wool
and ivory" but in vain, for the United
States at that time CS1O) was .o,
much occupied with the ,rouh,os VIII,
cro,t pri.oi, ., 49,, ,,, VIZ,
Spain over "A few runaway uoeroo,
SO the Indians and the slaves were let
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is encouraging Uncle Sam to take up
the manufacture of all sorts Of war
munitions. 1t was only in 1900 that
the Government began 10 make pow
der at the establishment on the lower
Potomac and then operations were in
augurated on n comparatively modest
scale. Yet at present, this modern
manufactory. thanks to appropriations
by the last Congress. is in position
to meet the powder calls OF the Navy
and may still further be "speedcd up"
II 1t Is decided TO spend rs proposed
this year the sum of $4,000. 900 for ro-
servo munitions. But for al this
achievement. Thomas A. Edison, the
famous inventor. and an earnest advo-
cate or peace, said, after a recent visit
to Indian Head that he would favor
doubling the canacity OF the big Fed
eral powder mill.
No Longer Il Novice.
Ever hear of an acid test? Well,
here goes for story of one that
proves that Uncle Sam if not yet en-
titled to rank as veteran in anmu-
milton manufacture is no longer in
the apprentice class. Mixed acid is
one of the essentials in the manu-
ia cture Of smolI eless powder. Uncle
Sam has been buying his acid in the
open market. Lately tho purveyors
OF acid have boosted the price-ac-
count Of the war, YOU know same as
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-02

she reaches middle life she begins to
take off the strands one by one and
by the time she is no longer able to
work she has but one strand, known
as life beads, and these are buried
with her,
Sofia being the national dish--a
stew made Of meat and thickened with
vegetables or grits. 1t Is cooked in a
huge kettle and eaten from n large
wooden spoon which Is passed from
one to another-not very sanitary, 10
/ say the least. Sofia to the Seminole
is like fnjoles to tho Mexican and poi
10 the Hawaiian. The spoons used
are difficult TO obtain, as they are
family heirlooms and cannot be sold
without the consent OF the woman
who is head OF the house. Each fam
| lily has sort OF coat-of-arms carved
on the spoon.
Alligator Hunters.
| The men are great alligator hunt
ers. In hunting these n steady nerve
and an uncrrinS shot are essential.
| The Seminoles so out I'm canoes on
dark nights carrying n bull's-eye Ian
! tern and from time to time throw the
light over tho water. When gator
is located the Indian steers his canoe
to Il point about ten feet from his
prey and puts shot between tho eyes
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The Seminole still has his alligator
catching industry in a part of the
swamp as yet untouched by tho big
dredGe. and for Il time he managed TO
sell these to advantage to the mission
trading post about seventy miles from
~. Myers. But the European war
has claimed even the people of the
Florida wilderness as victims. The
shutting off Of the European market
for these hides has been tho final
blow and the struggle OF the Seminole
today is one of the pathetic instances
of the fsr-rcaching effects OF that
awful conflict now being waged be-
yond the seas. A sensitive race. with
no particular fancy for the white man,
the Seminoles for years have resented
the missionaries who came among
them bringing medical aid and meth
DDS OF sanitation as well as the teach
inss of the Gospel, and it seems the
very irony of fate that Just as these
simple people were becoming inter-
ested in the work of the mission and
ready to trust the pale face, the good
physician who had done so much for
them died and tho European war
| closed up their one chance of making
a living. For time 1t was feared
that they would starve, but good
friends came to their aid and they
are managing TO exc out an existence
Intcrmarricd With Negroes in Early
bays.
They are totally unlike any Other
tribe Of Indians. due perhaps to tho
fact that the Florida wilderness was
the hiding place OF runaway slaves
from tho Southern States as well a.
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r. may or may not be true. as the
n old adaEe argues that money
makes tho marc go. but there Is
va no question that it is ammunition
that puts pep" in preparedness. Il
Is tho supreme essential. A nation
with plenty Of powder might make
bombs OF tomato cans aud do deadly
execution, but nation with guns and
no shot aud shell--perish the thought.
Ns the people OF the United states
have been brought face to face with
the issue of preparedness" il has
gradually daWncd upon many persons
who never thought of It that way be-
fore. that in the event or war 1t would
he vastly moro important for Uncle
SAM to have an ample reserve supply
Of ammunition IN his masazines than
bulk Of gold coin in his strong boxes
Uncle Sans credit might be good if
he hadn't the coin to pay cash for his
purchases, but ii REQUIRES time to man
ufacture ammunition.
~ vital need" the Secretary OF the
Navy terms this necessity for a sur
plus store Of ammunition and in proof
OF his statement he calls attention to
the fact that the cry of every nation
flct is for ammunition. more ammu-
milton and stu more ammunition.
War Department officials take the
same attitude.
Uncle Sar, in the Munitions Business.
Aside from the paramount consid-
Grafton of laying by some extra am
munit!on for a noisy day tho most in
tores.inE feature OF the present sit
uation is that which discloses Uncle
sam looming UD in tho role of am
munition maker. Incidentally, this
angle hRs direct bearing on the most
holly contested point in tho dispute
over preparedness. Tho citizens of
tho republic who don't believe in lay
ing cut vast sums IN preparation for
war will tell you. the minute CONVEX
sation on the subject starts, that this
whole preparedness agitation has been
engineered Ivy tho American firms that
manufacture munitions, AS these
ants have it there is already "munl-
tons lobby" hard At work at Wash
ington trying to induce Congress &c
squandcr countless millions for death
dealing supplics that may never bc
needed.
Now the Interesting question IS as tc
what these ready dcbaters will say
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when it comes about that Uncle sam
IL in position TO manufacture all
his own "handlc with care supplies.
within few months now the l.. s.
Navy department will have completed
extensions of It's great plant at Indian
ITcad, Maryland. on the Potomac river
that will place il in a position 10 man
ufaCture all the powder needed for
our warships. The Government has n
lusty "infant industry" in torpedo
manufacture; now projectilo factories
arc proposed If Congress will loosen
the purse strings.
a Big Saving i'm Cost.
Thrift is an influence that is push
ing the Government into the field of
ammunition making. Here is a grain
of comfort for the taxpayer who does
not believe that the way to preserve
peace is to be prepared for war. At
any rate he can have the consolation
of knowing that just IN so far as Uncle
Sam makes his own war material will
money be saved TO the public that
pays, over any plan of purchasing in
the open market. In proof OF the
economy Of Government ammunition
making, take the case of powder.
Just before the outbreak of the
Spanish Am erican war the Govern
mcnt was paying the fancy price Of 81
per pound for all its smokcless pow
der and during and after our brush
with Spain we paid so to 81 cents n
pound to the private companies from
which the supply was obtained. In the
face OF continual protests, approa oh
| ing public scandal, tho price grad
ually went down to 60 cents. Then
| Congress made n thorough investica-
ton and as a result fixed So cents ror
pound as all the Government would
pay. This past year Uncle Sam has
been making snokclcss powder at In
dian Head--not a srarse quantity. but
a total of nearly 1000 900 pound9-a I
q cost Of less than % cents per pound.
No wonder the officials anticipate with
satisfaction an output at this plant OF
five million pounds of powder this
year and six million pounds next year.
AS n matter Of fact the brief his
tory of the Indian Head ammunition
plant Is tho ono big object lesson that
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famous warrior osceoia came INTO
prominence H!S "!Ie' peiHS an -AIri-
can save was seized ana carrlcd
away anu "hen 'he !o"ilS N'l io'
MADE an attempt 10 rescue her ne was
put III jan Ills one '"ed WI" " Ee'
revenge on the "h'Ne man lor inc cap
tufe OF ms "iie, 80 ne pre'cndcd 10
De rePehteh'' anu "ilen creased nc am
pusheo ana kllieu MS Ja'ier' 'enerai
thompson, ana 4 companion VINO nap
pehen 10 DC waxing win inc oHicer
al mat 'ihe' Inc a"i'!l SIauGhlcr OF
the |. = troops. known as l'adc
MASSACRE 1oiloWed' inc hl'cd states
was uhpFcparcu 10 "'i qu'chIE ana
vigorous! ana AFTER series OF pIoo"y
siirnishes WORD was received from
Washington that INC government mad
decided TO permit me negroes TO go
WIT the INDIANS IL tneF would emil
CRATE pcaceI"il! 10 ArNd''H"S' just rs
ms Was ABOUT 10 ne CARED ON some
OF the slave holderS objected ana the
Indians, FEARING that me treaty was
ruSe. ned 20 me WOOD WITH thclr war
cry.
Osceola was thelr leader-a nero
among his people. TAN and erect.
with eyes which fairy looked through
the person who met his gaze, this
Indian swayed his warriors and proved
himself a military tactician OF no low
order. He was finally surrounded by
our troops and captured. He died in
prison in 1898, end is buried at Fort
Moultrie, near charleston. South car
DINA ms cHieitaHi ~ the national
nero OF tHe 'e,Nino'o u nv
ihe oarN u''S Hl''S'Ci IS anu
| savage "aria ssh out Ioops
ana the se"iihue CO. PAST" anu
as lar 's WV 1850 $3.50 $50 WV ~
meht Is ro"ceiii[r 'i'o'e ",o 10 ~
dians III rio'iu" io'' 9.No' u'"S 10 INC
o'o 'Te''J' ~ s,t'S ~ ~ N''l'9"
Ions ago Holiepo'S, NV e. III
nave 1ouhn tue tol '''' i'to''hS' ior
III le"A "n use.N9 ""o ''' "p Ae"'
forl Myers lo' '"o pu' foso VI aH9iS'-
ing the lhh.Hlis anu q" "PplopflH"oh
or Sb'oco'o" PER He'' was MAUI 10
run - 'aW"'.! va puI'' ",u q
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Will and tho young man goes off to
hunt another bride. If, however, the
girl sees fit 10 accept his attentions
he goes deec hunting and IL he sue
ceeds in bagsins his same the young
woman viii find dead deer outside
her wlgWam. Tho lover hides in the
bushes and watches. If the carcass IL
taken INFO the house 1t is a sure sign
OF her acceptance. \ few days later
she makes shirt, usually bright in
color, and sends II to her admirer.
| Then the day Of the marriage IS set,
and the young man goes to the girls
home at sunset and takes up his resi-
dence there. lilo is now her husband
and they set about to build their homo
IN the camp OF tho wifc's mother, for
here again, like tho Alaskan Indians,
the child takes tho clan OF the mother
instead Of the father.
Picturesque Clothing.
Both tho men and women love gay
colors, and although they mix them
without the slightest regard to har-
mony, the makeup OF their costume s
I is picturesque. The men, who are al
ways tall and of n dark copper color,
usually Wear Goerskin leg6ings and
moccasins. bright colored shirt and
tunic around which a sash is draped.
/ Tho belt is made OF buckskin with
pouches for a hunting knife, a re-
! Yolvcr and ammunition. Sometimes
I the Seminole brave wraps his head in
q red bandana handkerchief. and
at others he wears derby hat.
The woman, too, has fine physique
and magnificent hair. she affects
bangs and wears her hair in n psyche
knot She is always baretootcd and
her wide flowing skirt is made long
enough to reach TO her toes.
| Beads are worn as marks OF dis
tinciiou and mean everything 10 the
darll-ekinnod woman of tho 'Clades
She receives her first string when she
Is one year Old, and one string for
each year until she is welded. After
marriaGo she receives two strings for
each child born. On festal occasions
she nilos up her neck with from TWEEN
ty TO thirty pounds or glass beads and
walks about like grand dame. Whcr
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A Short Sketch Of This
Interesting Tribe Who
Although Living In the
Wilderness Of the Flor
ida Everglades Have
Felt the Effects of the
European War.
ht, 1916, nv The International
- -rdfgo.c

syndicate.
~i,E Seminole Indians OF today
n arc only frail remnant OF the
mighty tribe of Osceola's time.
~" Ever since their separation from
the Creeks of Georgia their lives have
been ono long struggle for existence
and for place which they might call
homo. Their name in Indian dialect
means wild Nanderer." and it is GER
tainy not mguomer in this instance.
Eycrsladc Homes.
For years their home has been in
tho wilderness of the Florida Ever
Elados, and there they lived the sim
pic life. feeding upon the game such
as deer, bear, turkey and small fowl.
They had the native fruits and nuts,
and on the little islands which rose
above tho waters of the Glades they
cultivated potatoes, beans, corn and a
starchy plant called "coontie," from
which they made their flour. Then
came the draining and retaining of
the Everglades which spoiled their
game preserve for tho white man be-
gan to set up farms where once the
wild animals roamcd. Even the little
dry islands of the Glados where the
corn and the coontie once hourisbed
have been turned into truck gardens
for the raising OF vegetables for the
gun mas frightened away all the big
game. and even quail. squirrels and
uSh are scarce.
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Our Military and Naval
Establishments Have
Their Own Powder
Plants = Making Shot
and She'll Testing Gun
Charges Under Exact
ing Conditions.
. ny WALDON FANCETT.

IT. may or may not be true, as the
A old adage argues that money
4 makes tho marc go. but there Is