Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-04-27

CndrleS IL. CnamDerS, LOUIS L. CUR
ry, Waterloo; John l.. Fry, Windham;
Owen s. Parrett, Nevada; Porter c.
Pennington, Davenport; Percy Scol
lick, Chicago, H.; Joseph B. Scott,
Marionville, Mo-; William M. Smit,
Des Moines; Joseph c. Storkan, viii.
Der, Neb.; John j. Terrall, Cedar Rap
ids; Clifford r. Watkins, Parkers-
burg; Frank l.. Williams, Des Moines;
Edward W. Templeton, Tarkio, Mo-;
Fred 2. Ravens, Sac City; Hayes Fl.
Culbertson, Chicago, ILL.,; James +.
Hedrick, Weatherby, Mo.
Osteopathic certificates issued:
Clara May Bone, Montezuma; Carl c..
Gibson, Kirkham; Milton c. Hammer.
Des Moines; Harry B. Hook, Corydon;
Elizabeth F. Mochrie, Flushing, n. Y;
Sherman R. Opp, Kirksville. Mo-;
Harry Roberts. Missouri Valley; EN-
NETT E. Symmonds, Barring, Mo-; Park
Williams, Des Moines; Howard H.
Wallace, Krksville. Mo.
No Liquor at Mines.
The Iowa state mining department
| claims to be the driest department OF
| the state government. When the state
mining laws were redrafted at the
last general assembly, the mine in
| spectors insisted on the incorpora-
ton of the following which is now
part of the law:
mo person shall go into, at or
around a mine or the buildings, tracks
or machinery connected Herewith
while under the influence OF intoxi-
cants, and no person shall use. carry
or have in his possession at, in or
! around the mine or the buildings,
tracks or machinery connected there
with, any intoxicants."
inspectors Getting Results.
The state dairy and food commits.
sion is getting results from its cam
paign against short weight and un.
sanitary conditions.
w. w. Child OF Ames has been
| fined $40 and costs for conducting
an unsanitary poultry slaughter
house.
/ VI. n. ldyiOT VI
guilty and was fined $25 and costs
for selling cream below the required
| 16 per cent.
| Charges have been preferred
against the Peoples department store
at Council Bluffs for labelling a can
of lard 20 pounds when 1t contained
only II pounds IL ounces.
Time To Make Garden.
Plain and fancy gardening may be
begun in earnest now, Wesley Greene
state horticulturist says. Although the
danger of frost will not be past until
about May is, the hardy vegetables
will stand whatever the weather man
may hand out. he says.
ut is time to put in radishes. on
ions. lettuce, celery, beets, cabbage,
round pease and other hardy vege
tables" says Mr.. Greene. Tomatoes,
beans and other tender vegetables
should not be planted until about
May Is for they cannot stand frost"
Would Be State Printer.
| w. d. Junkin. editor Of the Chart
ton HeraldPatriot, and one of the
owners of the Junkin syndicate of
newspapers in Iowa, has announced
himself a candidate for state printer
to succeed Robert Henderson, who
was elected last year to his third
term. The election of state printer
by the next legislature will be for
two years beginning Jan. /, 1919. Mr..
Henderson, it is stated, will not be a
| candidate
Approve Rifle Range Purchase.
The war department has notified
Adj. Gen. Guy K. Logan that it ap.
proves the purchase of 113 acres of
| land near Villisca to be used as a
rife range for Iowa national guard
companies in the southwestern part
of the state. The purchase price ia
| $10,644. This is the third large range
to be established. Negotiations are
| under way for purchase of ground for
another, at Mason City.
Guard Company Disbands.
Captain Null and the officers OF
| the artillery battery at Muscatine
have sent their designations to Adj
Gen. Guy Logan. The battery is to
be mustered out Of service. This ac-
ton is necessary owing to the in
ability of the battery to secure an
armory which meets the sanction of
the war department.
Escaped Convict Captured.
Harry Hays, convict who escaped
from the Woodward camp last Sep
TENDER, has been captured in Mon
tana. He will be returned to the
Fort Madison penitentiary and will
be given FIVE years additional sentence
for escaping. He had but three
months more to serve when he made
his getaway. He was sent up for
breaking and entering.
Want Taxes Reduced.
Railroads operating in Iowa indi-
cate they will ask the state for
reduction in taxes, owing to report
ed decreases in net revenue in 1915.
The state executive council takes the
earnings into account In fixing the
valuations Of the roads for taxation.
| Arrange Extension Work.
The state executive council is pre-
pairing a schedule OF work to be done
| this year on the capitol extension.
The officials will first ascertain how
much money is available. The fund
is said to contain $4,000, to which