Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-08-31

railway employees brOtherhOodS VINO
are conducting the negotiations for
an eight hour day and other conces-
sions are two from Iowa who are well
known in this state. A. B. Garretson,
representing the conductors and the
spokesman of the leaders, is from Ce-
dar Rapids. He was born at Winter
set and educated at Osceola. He is
president of the Order of Railway
Conductors, and a member of the ex-
ecutive committee of the National
Civic federation. Warren S. Stone
OF the engineers was born at Aims
worth He is a college man, having
attended Washington academy and
Western college. Stone has spent his
entire railroad career with the Rock
Island, beginning as a fireman in
1879. He is grand chief of the In
ternational Brotherhood of Locomo-
tive Engineers and is member OF
the Industrial Peace commission,
which is the custodian of the Nobel
peace prize.
DR.. Rudolph M. Anderson, the Iowa
man in charge of the southern wing
of the Steffansson arctic exploration
party, has completed three years
work, and has met with success in ev-
cry undertaking which had been plan
ned in advance. DR.. Anderson is
graduate Of the State University of
Iowa, was captain Of the university
track team and a noted hurdler, for
merly held a commission in the Iowa
national guard, where he attained
skill with the rife which has served
him In good stead in the far north,
and was later connected with the uni
versity museum as taxidermist. He
and Steffansson have spent total of
seven years north of the arctic circle.
They returned for a year, and left
again for the north in June, 1918.
The state dairy and food depart
ment is working on plan to be put
before the general assembly next
January for building up the cheese
manufacturing industry in Iowa. At
present there are only fifteen cheese
plants in Iowa, while Wisconsin has
several hundred. Iowa jobbers have
been urging the state dairy and food
department to take steps to encour-
age the building of cheese plants in
\ the state. The jobbers say that Iowa
can make as good cheese as Wiscon-
sin, and that they prefer to sell Iowa
products.
Through the efforts of County SUI
perintendent H. j. Henderson, assist
ed by r. B. Berry OF the extension
work Of the Ames college, Franklin
county now enjoys the distinction of
having enrolled the largest number of
contestants in the boys baby beef con-
test of any county in the state. These
workers put in week of effort il get
ting the young men of the county in
terested in this work, but the results
warrant the efforts put forth. Practi-
cally every district of the county was
visited, and there is a healthy rivalry
in the different localities.
A hard blow was struck at Iowa
coal operators and miners when the
interstate commerce commission re-
fused to suspend the 65 cent reduc-
ton in rates on coal over the Alton
from the Springfield district to Kansas
City, and the region between Des
Moines, Boone, Ottumwa and other
Iowa points. Reports declare this re-
duction will be ruinous to part of the
Iowa industry and will throw many
miners out of employment. The COM
mission permits the reduced rate to
60 into effect at once.
Four great middle western state ag-
ricultural colleges and universities
have sent to Iowa State college this
year to employ members of the 1916
four year dairy student graduates as
instructors in their own dairy depart.
ments. These schools are the Univer.
sity of Illinois, University of Nebras-
ka, South Dakota Agricultural college
and the University of Idaho. A fifth
man will take fellowship and pursue
graduate work at Iowa State college.
Iowa guardsmen put in hard day
restoring their camp from the effects
of the recent hurricane. Nine mess
houses were blown down. Four men
were In the First Iowa bands mess
house when it collapsed. One man
was slightly hurt There is no sick
ness in camp as a result of the storm
and the men bore up well. General
Parker especially commended the
Iowans for the fine spirit displayed by
them.
So successful has been the first
years work of the course in telephone
engineering established at Iowa State
college last fall by Prof C. A. Wright
that out of the seven electrical engi.
neering seniors who took the course
six have already been employed by
Iowa telephone companies. Because
OF this success the course will be de-
veloped at once and new equipment
added.
Work on the new consolidated
school at Sheldahl, is progressing rap.
idly. The building, which is three
stories high, 50 by "a feet, is costing
about $30,420 complete. All modern
construction is being used. The cor.
ridor and stairs will be fireproof. Each
room will be lighted by windows In
one side of the room only and ventila
ton will be furnished by fans.
An explosion, which shook the tri.
cities OF Moline, Rock Island and DAY.
export, destroyed laboratory of the
Rock Island arsenal. The explosion
was followed by fire. The loss was
only about $4,000.
Detectives and local police are In
vestigating reports that the recent
poisoning of horses consigned to the
allied powers in the European war
was done while the stock was en-
route east through Fort Madison. II