Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-02-24

using IL. me community center was
opened Jan. 81. On the first day there
were no tables or chairs, the telephone
had not been installed, the checking
room was not in operation, and the
cigar stand was not yet in. Eighty
one persons visited the room on that
day. On the second day conditions
were the same, yet 121 men were
there. With the installation of fur
niture, tables, chairs, magazines, pa
pers and the opening of the checking
room the attendance jumped to 400.
With holes burned in his feet and
hands and his face and body scared
by the shock Of $4,000 volts of cleo
tricity that passed through his body
at the Mitchellville Interurban de-
pot, J. F. Lance, aged 20. years, sub
station operator for the Interurban
company, is in critical condition.
Lance is alive because he was hit by
eighteen times the amount of cur
rent necessary to kill. Prisoners
who die in the electric chair are CIV
en- 1900 volts. The high tension wire
and transformer that Lance came in
contact with carried $4,000 volts, or
eighteen times the death shock.
Farmers along the Conesville rural
route boycotted Uncle Sans rural
carrier and won their fight. Last fall
when the postoffice department put
In its general revision of routes the
Conesville and Nichols routes were
merged. Conesville patrons declared
they were victimized and they would
refuse to accept an inferior service.
So they declared boycott of the ru-
raj route. For weeks the rural car
rier travelled his route without re-
ceiving single article OF mail and
most OF the farmers Travelled all the
way to the postoffice to claim their
papers and letters The old separate
routes have been restored with serv-
ice the same as before the change was
made.
Mrs. Ida Meyer, so years old, was
found guilty of second degree MUIR
der by the jury that heard her trial
at Winterset on the charge of COM
plicity in the murder of her daughter
in-law, Ethel Meyer, last July. Mrs.
Meyer who with a single exception,
maintained an attitude of stoical
GOODNESS throughout her trial and that
of her son, appeared little moved
when the verdict was read. She made
no statement
Thirty Iowa boys VINO are produc-
ers of baby beeves will go free to the
1916 international If the show is held.
If there is no international they will
get the same value in some other
form to be decided in case necessity
arises for the same. The thirty Iowa
counties having the highest number
of entries in the beef feeding contest
each get county first prize of $35
for free trip to the 1916 Internation-
al Livestock show at Chicago, to be
given to the boy making the best rec
ord in the contest in the county.
Authorities at Creston are puzzled
as to what action should be taken
with John Malone, Is, and Fred AL
ley. s, who were arrested while at
tempting to set fire to st. Malachy's
parochial school. The boys confessed
to having started the fire which de-
stroyed the $4,000 public school
building on the night of February s.
The only reason given by the young
sters was that they wanted to see
the fire burn"
The good roads movement started
at Eagle Grove has resulted in the
improvement of thirty miles of roads
in that vicinity and has aroused the
boosters of Thor, Goldfield, Clarion
and Webster City, to planning good
roads. At Eagle Grove, a public sub
scription was raised for the graveling
of the roads. In addition fifteen men
each donated 300 loads of gravel.
A telegram reached Oskaloosa an
nouncing the killing at Ramona. Cal.
of Fred Esgen and the fatally inju-
ing of Fred Wiehtman in an auto az
cident. Until a short time ago both
men lived at Oskaloosa and were
well known. They have recently been
in business in Los Angeles. Esgen is
survived by wife and two children.
Isaac Berry and Ted Clarke are in
jail at Newton charged with stealing
hogs. A butchering plant was found
in the basement OF the Berry home,
where the hogs were killed and the
meat buried in box, and the accus-
ed have admitted the theft Of one
hog. The elder Berry is under bonds
charged with being implicated in the
affair.
Charles Louks was instantly killed
and his brother seriously injured
when the automobile in which they
were riding was struck by North
western passenger train at Marshall
town. The young men we're trying
to cross the track in front of the
train and drove under descending
gates. according to eyewitnesses.
William ]. Moir, 81 years old, has
been treasurer of the Eldora lodge of
Odd Fellows for nearly fifty years.
He recently celebrated his ffty-ninth
year in the lodge. Mr.. Moir is one
of the pioneer legislators OF Iowa.
The first safe owned in Iowa Is In
the possession OF the Valley Lumber
company at What Cheer. The safe
was placed In the old state house at
Iowa City when the capitol was there.
Later the safe was sold at public
auction, finally coming into the hands
of the present owners.
A statement has been made in be-
half of j. F. Deems Of Burlington that
he is not a candidate for the repub.
lican nomination for governor OF