Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-03-23
John Movies, former merchant and


career six miles southeast of Knox
vile. Now Mr.. Movies is regarded
as the topnotch farmer of Marion
county and one of the best corn rails
ers in Iowa. His quickly won fame
came through the superior grade OF
corn he raised on forty acre field
on his farm. This corn is of such a
fine type that all in his cribs was re-
Gently sold at 81 bushel for seed
purposes. He had fed considerable
of the corn before the seed dealers
visited him. However, he had about
600 bushels left, and received nearly
$1,000 for It.
1t is probable a Carnegie medal
will be sought for Ralph Ellis, 10 year
old youth who fought his way through
dangerous whirlpools in darkness to
rescue Charles Thomas, OF Oskaloosa,
who was marooned in a tree in the
flooded river recently. Thomas had
been in his perilous position seven
hours, having been swept from
boat. Several attempts at rescue fail
ed and hopes were nearly given up
when Ellis volunteered to undertake
the task. In boat roped to the shore
he rowed out into the swirling cur
rent and brought Thomas to shore
Lessons in the Chinese language
are being given at Grinnell college TO
a class of about twenty by Entang
Hou, Chinese who is senior at
Grinnell college. Mr. Hou reports that
his class is progressing rapidly in
the study of his difficult native
tongue. So far as can be ascertained
this is the first attempt made in an
Iowa college to study this little
known language. The course gives
only slight idea of the language to
prepare those who study it for more
thorough study later.
John Call, of Cedar Falls, former
commander of the local G. A. r., and
o. E. Hammond, prominent civil war
veteran, celebrated the fifty-irs. an
niversary OF their release from Libby
prison. They Observed the event by
entertaining big gathering of civil
war veterans and their wives. Call
and Hammond were taken prisoner
by the confederate guerilla, General
Mosby, while doing guard duty at a
bridge over the Stony river in the
Shenandoah valley. They we're
members of Sheridan's army.
Some extensive building improve
ments will be carried on at Waukon
this spring. Among them are a new
$4,000 high school, new station,
store buildings. new business block,
several new store fronts and num-
Der of new dwellings Active work
has commenced at the mines to begin
getting out ore ready for shipment
and an increased number OF men are
now employed, the new and old ma
chinery having been completely over
hauled.
w. C. BILLY" Robinson, head OF
the Grinnell Aero school, and one OF
the foremost American aviators, was
killed when he lost control of his ma
chine and plunged 10000 feet, tc the
earth. AS the aeroplane struck the
ground its petrol tank exploded and
the fire that resulted terribly burned
the body OF the aviator, who was
pinned beneath his wrecked machine.
Robinson was attempting to set a
new worlds altitude record when the
accident happened.
The Osceola school district has
voted 100000 for new school site,
building and equipment. A heavy
and resulted as follows: Men, 1923
for and 167 against women, S44 for
and 120 against The Osceola high
school has proportionately the larg-
est normal training enrolment In
Iowa, and this years senior class sets
a new record with fifty members.
The body of Hiram Toms, aged civil
war veteran who disappeared from
the home of his daughter at Wellman
three weeks ago, was found In pas
ture less than a mile from Riverside.
He had been dead about three weeks.
it is estimated. The body was frozen
stiff. Mr.. Toms was visiting his
daughter at Wellman at the time OF
his disappearance. Wellman is four
teen miles from the point where the
body was found.
The total cost OF engineering and
state supervision on the building OF
Iowa's highways and bridges in 1915
under the state highway commission
amounted to only little over SO
per cent of the total value of the
work done. The report shows that
in 1915, the commission directed the
expenditure OF s12,369.0243 Bridges
and culverts cost about $6.500,00s;
county roads, S3,300000; and town
ship routes of travel, $2,5S1,219.S9.
Robbers entered the Roy l.. Straa
horn store at Robertson and took $50
OF the postoffice funds. Strahorn,
who is postmaster, was low on stamps
and money orders, SO these were not
molested. There is no clue to the
robbers.
The forty days campaign to bring
the endowment of Iowa Wesleyan COL
lege at Mount Pleasant up to $780,
900 has been started. OF the half
million needed Mount Pleasant al
ready has raised 100000; the con-
ference is to subscribe $350.000.
Wayne county Is one OF the new
corners in the world OF county fairs
this year of 1916. GROUNDS were pur-
chased last fall. a new race track
laid out and graded and the machin-
cry started for county fair this
year. At recent business meeting
OF the officials several buildings
were ordered erected, work to begin
as soon as the weather will permit
A new Christian church will be