Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-05-11

gate opening means; Bonnie p. Han
son, Bancroft, tender for automobiles
and other vehicles: Roy A. Houdy-
shell, Tama, package tie; Orson F.
and E. M. Kirkpatrick, North Eng
lish, egg or cream beating vessel;
Joseph p. Machovec, Iowa City band
light; Arthur r. Mutton, Waterloo,
pivoted end lock bolt; Hans F. Neve,
Hancock. gearing for monographs
and other talking machines Joshua
II. Smith, Cedar Falls, DETECTING ra-
diator for furnace registers: Carlton
e. Stoner, Sioux City, sample case
for shoes; Geoffry w. Welch, De-
corah, support and guard for tele-
phone wires; Dick w. Webb and w.
G. Stephens, Clarinda, rat trap; Win
fred o. and G. Whitmore, Madrid, nut
lock.
Horses will soon be banished from
fire departments and much of the
thrill of a run to fire will be lost for
the average citizen. according to re-
ports received by the state insurance
department. Motor trucks are taking
the place of horse drawn apparatus
Although motor truck may go twice
as fast as horse drawn carts, the big
thrill is missing. A year ago there
were 5,S69 horses in use in fire de-
partments Of $50 Iowa cities. Two
years ago ais cities used 1858 horses
in their fire departments.
The new aviation school at Grin
nell is due to start operations before
long and plans for successful course
are practically completed. o. w.
Timm, the new aviator, has shipped
his tractor biplane to Grinnell from
Kenmore, N. D, The aviation school
gives promise OF being an entire sue
cess, as Manager Hal Wells has been
fairly besieged with applicants who
are unable to find suitable rooms in
town.
Three-quarters of a million dollars
are necessary to finance building OPP
erations in Fort Dodge that are now
under way or subject to contract. This
will add to the city's resources an an
mex doubling the size of the Wah-
konsa hotel, another fireproof hotel
Of $50 rooms, two school houses, one
church and county building and half
dozen store and Office buildings Resi-
dences and other building operations
are not included.
April, 1915, was two degrees colder
than normal. according to the govern
ment weather report for the month.
The normal temperature is 60.6. The
average for the month was <S.6. The
highest temperature during the
month, 81 degrees. was on April H.
The lowest was II degrees, on April
G. There were only four clear days
during the month; eleven partly
cloudy and fifteen cloudy.
The gravity of the situation IN the
Muscatine district arising from high
water in the Mississippi has prompt
ed an almost complete cessation of
business at Wapello. With the water
tapping the top of the levees. bands
of citizens are trying to wall out the
food by means of huge sand bags.
More than $4,000 sacks have been
| placed between Muscatine and Port
Louisa.
Young men in Iowa colleges are
more willing to offer themselves as
missionaries to heather lands than
young men of any other state except
Ohio, according to the report of the
travelling secretary of the Student
Volunteer movement, which is known
as IAN international recruiting agen.
cy for foreign mission workers."
DIR. H. A. Newell and his wife, as
sistant surgeon and superintendent,
respectively, of the Iowa Soldiers
home hospital, have resigned. The
resignation follows an order by the
new commandant. 3. C. Whitehill,
placing the entire supervision of the
medical department under the chief
surgeon.
Initial steps in the cleanup of boot.
Logging establishments in Clinton
were taken by County Attorney Geo.
Claussen when two men were fined
500 each when arraigned before
Judge Let's in the District court
After having spent the afternoon
at ~ork in the field burning corn
stalks, George Kaiser, aged so, re-
tired farmer, dropped dead of heart
failure at the home of his son, near
Clemens.
Edmond and Raymond, and 4
years old, sons of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Wilhelm OF Lake Park, are dead from
ptomaine poisoning. The parents and
two other children are also sick, but
will recover.
A meeting of the general commit
tee to determine location of the new
university, which will be located by
national Baptist church in the mid
die west will be held in Des Moines
May 20.
Accused of making false entries in
the books of the Iowa National bank
at Des Moines to hide a shortage OF
about $1,000, A. Lyle Bradley, aged
a. former bookkeeper in the bank,
was arrested by Deputy United
States Marshal Vanderbilt.
Fifty of the eighty-eight persons re-
Gently taking the state pharmacy ex-
aminations received passing grades.
The two girls in the class passed with
honors.
Iowa pensions granted. Marian e.
Crom, Pierson, s12; Mary Dellage.
Usage, $12; Catharine Holiday, Indian
ola, $12; Mary Roen, Stone City, SIP:
Elizabeth A. West, Boone. s12: Alice
Bumgardner, Greene, S12: Betsy L.
Bunce, Des Moines, $12; Clara E. My.
ers, Creston. s12; and Phoebe A. Pan
nell, Estherville, S12.