Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-09-28


people of Ames. The gift is the
new $4,000 Mary Greeley Memorial
hospital, which Capt. William M.
Greeley, president of the Union Ma
tional bank, and said to be Story
county's wealthiest man, built entire.
ly at his own expense as a memorial
donation to the community in which
he made his fortune and in which he
and his late wife lived happily and
with favoring fortune for many
years. Captain Greeley officially
turned the unconditional deed of the
magnificent building to the city of
Ames. The city council has accept
ed the gift and agreed to maintain 1t
forever. At the time Mr.. Greeley
gave over the deed he also gave over
personal check for $4,000, this sum
to go toward the equipment OF the
hospital, which, it is said, is to have
no superior in America as to equip
ment and arrangement according to
size.
Since passage of the new widows
pension law applications for pensions
and increases have been reaching
Washington from Iowa in great num-
bers. Iowa house members say rs
per cent of the war widows of Iowa
are affected by the new law. 1t was
explained by pension authorities that
It affected three classes: First, those
who hitherto received SIP will get
$40 IL 70 years old or married to
soldier in time of service; second,
the bar from remarked widows is
removed; third, the bar Is removed
from widows married after June 81,
1890, and the time extended to June
q, 1905. The law applied to civil
war widows and those of the Mexican
war and war of 1872.
A new type Of beehive invented by
c. E. Bartholomew of the state col
lege at Ames, has produced honey
harvest several times larger than
from the ordinary hive. After anoth-
er years test it is believed the new
hive will be ready for free introduc-
ton to Iowa farmers. The feature OF
the new hive is its protected sides
which aid in maintaining a tempera-
ture OF SO degrees within the brood
nest, which is the best temperature
for honey production.
The state industries at the Iowa
state prison are being threatened by
lack OF sufficient criminals. Charles
Sullivan, manager of the Flynn farm
operated by convicts from the Fort
Madison prison, reports that hun
dreds of bushels of tomatoes are 60
ing to waste for lack of men to can
them. The chair industry is running
short handed and the tool company
has had to shut down its plant for
lack of convicts.
The nineteenth annual convention
of the Iowa League of Municipalities.
held at Dubuque, came to an end with
the election of the following officers:
President, Mayor ]. d. Glasgow OF
Washington; vice president, Mayor T..
A. Potter of Mason. City: treasurer,
Frank G. Pierce, Marshalltown; trus-
tees, Mayor John F. Ward of Fort
Dodge, Mayor George w. Kuntz OF
Iowa City and Mayor w. r. Law OF
Waterloo. The 1916 convention will
be held at Iowa City.
Capt. Donald Macrae of Council
Bluffs. surgeon in the Iowa National
guard, has been appointed chief sur
geon of the hospital department of
the Brownsville district, in which 30,-
900 troops are located. The selection
NJ he 80 he taI
is considered a great honor by the
Iowa military department. In the
Brownsville district are troops from
Iowa, Virginia, Illinois and several
other states.
Billy Sunday has started revival
IN Detroit. He opened recently with
$4,000 hearers the first day. Reports
are that the fiery Iowan is going big"
in the automobile city The camp
meeting at Ocean Grove, N. j., where
Billy preached several days during
the summer netted him $4,000, which
he turned over to fund for destitute
clergymen.
Iowa coal proved more valuable
than Illinois coal in tests conducted
by the engineering experiment station
at Iowa State college for the North
western railroad in fixed type OF
engine. The results were announced
by Professors Norman, Wagner and
King.
The land area OF Iowa is $685.
square miles, or 35,575,040 acres. In
this vast territory are 1875 farms
consisting Of 32,951,056 acres. The
total value Of these farms, including
buildings, is estimated at 1892, 100.
00e.
Fort Dodge will start construction
of two new school buildings this fall,
the approximate cost OF both to be
$4,000. The contract for one has
been let for $4,000
Royal Harvey, "a years old, was
sentenced to two years in Anamosa
reformatory by District Judge H. e.
Fry. after pleading guilty to operat.
ing an automobile after he had failed
to report an accident. Harvey's auto.
mobile collided with a buggy in which
Mrs. A. Matison and her two year old
baby were riding at Nevada. After
the collision he rushed away without
assisting in the care of the injured.
The horse was injured and had to be
shot.
Iowa has an Indian population OF
357, most of whom live on the gov
eminent reservation in Tama county.
With the close of the registration
period at the University of Iowa, sew
eral days distant, the college of den.
istry has been forced to bar its doors
tc freshmen. The reason is that the
college lacks instructors and room