Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-09-14

been organized, with especial stress
on the manner in which they have
been financed, the cost per acre, meth
cd of leyying assessments, etc, is the
subject of an investigation being con-
Quoted there. The investigator is H.
S. Yohe, expert on drainage organiza.
ton for the United States department
of agriculture, who will conduct SINH
lar investigations in several other
Iowa counties These investigations
are for the purpose of gaining mate
rial for a bulletin on the subject of
drainage improvement organization
and finance, with recommendations as
to the best methods. Mr.. Yohe says
that the Iowa system, wherein drain
age matters are controlled by the reg
ular elective officials is considered far
superior to that in vogue in some
states.
Suit has been brought in the Supe-
rior court at Chicago, against Freder-
lex l.. Maytag of Newton, organizer
for the International Mausoleum
company, a West Virginia corpora.
ton, charging him with securing FROM
the concern $450,000 in money and
valuables. Maytag was former vice
president of the company, which has
an authorized capital stock of $780,
coo. or this amount, 100000 has been
subscribed and $4,000 cash was paid
In when the company was incorpor-
ated. Maytag held 400 shares of
stock, but the declaration in the suit
says he now holds 1851 shares, either
in his own name or in corporations he
dominates, and the company desires
to know by what methods he secured
this stock.
One of the most complete school
exhibits at the recent state fair in Des
Moines was that of the Milford con-.
solidated school district The school
is housed in $4,000 building, erect
ed five years ago, and since that time
the supporters of the system have sue
ceeded in consolidating seven other
school districts in Dickinson county,
one for each of the incorporated towns
in the county. No building has cost
less than $4,000, and they range in
county has two purely rural schools
which cost $4,000 and $4,000. Each
has home for the teachers and the
superintendent.
Hunting Barnes of West Union is
the Oldest racing man now actively
engaged in the sport both in age and
number of years in the service. He
is almost SO years old and is now
racing for his seventy-second consecu-
tive year. Barnes broke into the rae.
ing game in 1S45 when he was a
youth of Is years, his first experience
being as jockey on number of Wis
consin tracks. He has been driving
harness horses for a period of sixty
seven years, as he took up that branch
of the game in 1S49.
Shocked by $4,000 volts of electri-
city and not killed is the experience
of George Worth, lineman for the
Fl. Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
railroad. Worth was cleaning the
switchboard at the sub-station when
his head struck the wire containing
the $4,000 volts. He was knocked un-
conscious and badly burned. He will
recover with no serious injuries.
Worth's great physical strength, and
particularly his strong heart action,
also saved him.
A whirlwind campaign for good seed
corn was made by eight teams of lee
turers and demonstrators held meet
ings in every school district and in
all towns of Blackhawk county. The
work was jointly promoted by Coun-
ty Superintendent H. G. Moeller and
A. A Burger, county agriculturist. The
eight experts who headed the teams
came from Iowa State college and
the International Harvester company
l.. Hickman, who has held the job
many years, has again been chosen
steward of the Franklin county home
He Is to care for all inmates, have
charge of the farm and stock and pay
all help. His remuneration will be
$500. 1t is proposed to make the
farm an experimental station under
the direction of a county agent.
Improvements to the amount of &c.
900 are nearing completion on the Ia
ma county fair grounds which will
present the best appearance in the
history Of the association when the
fair convenes Sept. 10 to %. The
most notable improvement is the cree
ton Of new amphitheater which will
seat $500 people.
Word has been received OF the death
In New York of Mrs. Granville M.
Dodge, widow of Gen. Granville NJ.
Dodge, former Iowa congressman and
builder of the Union Pacific railway.
Mrs. Dodge has been in failing health
since the death of her husband sever
al months ago.
What is believed to be the record
for Iowa corn sales from one farm
was made at Carroll by Henry Boell,
who, with twenty teams of neighbors,
delivered in four days 1867 bushels
of corn, for which he received Is
cents bushel, or approximately S..
600. The corn was the surplus prod
uct Of four years.
The following Iowa postmasters
have recently been appointed: Dean,
Appanoose county, Mrs. Eta Childs,
vice Jesse X. Cassidy resigned; Miner.
va, Marshall county, Paris H. Humph-
rey, vice William A. Humphreys re.
signed.
G. w. Condor, Omaha, who was
awarded the contract to build five de-
Ntached miles of model road in Black
hawk county, has started the work
and will endeavor to complete the
task before winter. The cost will be
slightly above $1,000 mile. This is
an unusual contract in that the sam