Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-13

marching. The other thousand men
have enlisted since March lin the
ranks with four months service
which means drill once each week
and occasional rife practice. The
entire 1000 have never attended an
encampment of the Iowa National
guard, where guardsmen are taught
the game of fighting, how to shoot
and how to best keep out OF the way
OF enemy's bullets, how to take care
Of themselves to escape the forces
,of disease. These figures are based
on reports of United States army Of
ficers in charge of the mastering of
the Iowa troops into federal service
Relief for the militiamen from
Iowa City and Johnson county is be-
ing undertaken by a committee of
prominent business and professional
men. and subscriptions are being re-
ceived to help the needy dependents
of soldiers who have gone to Camp
Dodge and who are now receiving no
more than regular army pay. In or
der that the movement may be made
representative of the entire commu-
nifty it has been made the rule that
no individual or business firm may
contribute more than SIS month,
while lodges may give no more than
$40 monthly. Subscriptions are being
taken for no more than a year, pay
ment to be made monthly.
Slackers at Camp Dodge will not be
sent home. They will be held to their
national guard oath which requires
them to go anywhere in the United
States. They will be taken to the
Mexican border. II the troops are sent
there, and required to do camp duty.
This was the declaration of Colonel
Morgan, U. s. A., who is mastering
troops into federal service when an
officer of the artillery batteries asked
for transportation home for several
slackers.
Forty-two drownings in the last five
years mark the toll of Des Moines
lives paid to the Des Moines and
Raccoon rivers. Seven people drown
ed within the last month total more
already for 1915 than for any but two
years since 1911. In 1914 there were
only three drownings, while 1911 and
1913 show six each. Last year there
were nine, but in 1912 there were
eleven. All but eight of the total of
forty-two occurred in the Des Moines
river.
Indications of the economy witt,
which Camp Dodge is being conducted
are to be seen everywhere. Guards
men are building kitchens for the
Second and Third regiments, and
building an entertainment stage and
pavilion. Both in the cause OF some
thing to eat and something to amuse
them, the men are working with a
will. "They needed the additional
kitchens on the camp grounds and
you see this saves the cost OF labor
to build them" an officer explained.
William Mansfield, arrested in Kan
sas city Kan, three weeks ago. IN
connection with the Villisca ak muir
ders, is at liberty on $4,000 bond, by
order of the Wyandotte county, Kan,
district court. Mansfields attorney
in court declared the case had been
called twice without adequate proof
of the charges against his client be
ing introduced by the Iowa authori-
ties, who are attempting to have
Mansfield returned to this state for
trial
Twenty different states and four
foreign countries are represented
among more than TOO students enroll
ed for the first session of summer
school at Iowa State college. Mime
sofa, Illinois, Nebraska and Ohio fur
nish the largest number from out.
side Iowa. Louisiana, Oklahoma, Cal
ifornia, West Virginia and Pennsyl-
vania are some Of the more distant
states represented. China, two South
American countries and the Philip.
pine Islands each furnish one student.
A. r. Corey. secretary of the state
board Of agriculture, has sent to all
county fair managers letters warning
them to bar gambling devices from
the 1916 county fairs, If they expect
to make a claim for state aid. The
legislature provided an appropriation
by which the county fairs may draw
maximum of $500 state aid per year.
Lloyd L. Smith, formerly OF Shen-
andoah, was wounded in the European
war. A clipping published at Calgary,
Alberta, tells OF the death of FIVE
members Of the Calgary battalions,
two reported killed and score of In
jured men. The. name OF the Iowan is
among the latter list.
The contract for the laying of the
mile Of cement paving to be laid in
Traer, was let at $1.74 per cubic yard.
The total cost Is about $4,000.
The secretary of state has sent out
letters to the $500 Iowa corporations
calling for report during the month
Of July. II the report is not filed by
Sept. 1, penalty will be added, which
increases monthly.
Work on Fort Dodge's new 100000
dam has been started. Two carloads
OF machinery to be used in construc-
ton have reached the city. With good |
working conditions the dam should be |
completed by the first OF February.
o. ID. Elicit, of Marshalltown, was |
nominated for governor by the prohi-
'bition party In their state convention |
held at Oskaloosa.
Newton's new $4,000 golf and coun-
try club was formally opened with a
dinner party and reception. Plans for
this fine new country club were for
in April of last year, and in
a little more than a year the new club
house has been completed, and one
Of the finest nine hole golf courses in
the state has been established.
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