Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-08-24

I tudI Lie llut, mas III lOWd,
/ that the back to the farm" move
nent is a reality. Twenty-one Of
ninety-nine counties show gain in
farm population in the last five
years. They are: Lyon, Osceola,
] O'Brien, Dickinson, Emmett, Palo AL
I to, Kossuth, Winnebago, Hancock,
Hamilton, Butler, Howard, Chicka.
saw, Bremen, Black Hawk, Jones, Mo-
mona, Guthrie Ringgold, Lucas, Mon.
roe. In an investigation to deter
| mine what becomes of the farm boys,
i the department discovered that of
LOO boys and girls born on farms,
! 20 per cent remained on farms and
80 per cent went to cities.
The canning season is opening in
Iowa and for the coming four to six
weeks immense quantities of corn, to-
matoes, beans and other vegetables
ports OF factory inspectors, sent into
the state labor commissioners office,
are to the effect that vegetables are of
unusually good quality this year and
the prospects are for an excellent can
ming season. There are fifty-three can
ming factories in Iowa which will do
more or less canning this year, the
state labor commissioner reports. In
1918 forty canning establishments put
up products valued at s1,770,212 They
employed 1928 people, about $500 be-
ing males and the rest females. They
paid out in wages $3O5,914. For ma
terials used the valuation was s1,246,-
226. The capitalization of these forty
factories was $3,712,S76.
After four months of operation, du-
ring which time the road lost money
every day, the Muscatine & Iowa In
terurban company surrendered to the
Rock Island the lease which it held
on more than 100 miles of track, run
ming westward from Muscatine and
formerly known as the Muscatine and
Western division of the Rock Island.
Gasoline-electric cars were used in op-
Grating the line as an interurban. Poor
condition of the track, which did not
permit operation of passenger trains
at high rate OF speed and which ne
cessitated heavy demurrage charges
on freight. is said to have been the
cause of the failure of the road.
Company A engineers of Iowa City
OF the Iowa National guard may be
mustered out of service because of
the return to the university of twen-
ty of the student members of the or
ganization. With these men gone
the company would not have the re-
CURED minimum number of peace
strength. 1t is possible that the men
remaining on the border would be
fused with an engineering company
OF another brigade and thus continue
to receive the training for which mo-
bilization has given opportunity.
The new farm loan or rural credits
board will be In Des Moines Aug. 81
to 29. The representations of the va
rious Iowa cities that want a farm
loan bank will then be heard These
include Sioux City and Orange City.
Others may conclude to ask for a
bank. Thus far Des Moines has not ap-
piled for a bank. The board will go
to Ames for a brief stop Aug. 20 and
then to South Dakota. Frank Wilson,
publicity agent for them, will soon be
IN Des MONIES to arrange for hear
ings.
The latest figures in the Iowa year
book of agriculture show that there
are more than 100000 acres of land
within the state that are not used
for any purpose whatever. In terms
of quarter sections, these figures mean
that there are more than $40 sections
of land in the state that are making
no returns to the owners. By way OF
comparison, 1t represents an area
equal in size to all the land in Mar
shall county.
During the past year Oskaloosa has
raised s266,000 for various improve
ment purposes, a record for any city
of 10000 people in the land. 1t has
given $1,000 to the Y. M. G. A. SWIM
ming pool, $4,000 for the new Pres
byterian church, $4,000 for the new
Central NJ. E. church, $1,000 for the
Iowa Wesleyan, $4,000 for a Jewish
synagogue, $4,000 for bonds in the
new brick plant, and Of the 100000
raised for Penn colleges endowment
fund Oskaloosa raised $155,OOO.
The first fatality in the fifty cases
of cholera infantum at Fort Dodge was
reported In the death OF the little
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Emerson.
The child had been sick but few
days. Physicians are urging greater
care in the feeding of children during
the hot weather. Improper diet is
given as the cause Of this complaint.
Peaches and cream" has been the
cause of many Of the cases.
Rev. ]. r. Newton of Cedar Rapids,
who recently was offered the pastor
ate of the City temple, London, to
succeed Rev. ]. r. Campbell, has ar
rived in New York from Liverpool.
He reports that he may not accept
the post.
John ]. Coady died in Rockwell
CITY from blood poisoning. He was
the democratic candidate for state
senator from the Webster-Calhoun
district and just closed fifteen years
Of service on the board OF supervisors
of Calhoun county.
A reduction has been made in the
cost of Inspection of oil in Iowa from
z to cents barrel. The receipts
from inspections in the last year in
Gicated that the state had been charg-
ing too much for the service, hence
drop in the price was authorized. The
department is expected to make
charge sufficient only to pay the ex-
pense OF the inspection. For the year
ending June 30, 1915, the state used
q 40 harrnle Of coal oil In that