Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-01-27

VI SidoS SScus lOWd oSSOhu
per capita wealth with an average of
$9,345. as compared to $1,965, which
is the average per capita wealth for
the United States.
Mrs. Mary A. X. Wilson, widow Of
the late United States Senator James
F. Wilson, died at her home in Fair
field, following a brief illness. She
was nearly "a years old and was a
resident of Fairfield more than half
century. The late Senator Wilson
was one of the trainers of the Iowa
state constitution, was a war time rep
resentative from Iowa and was Unit
| ed States senator from Iowa from
| 1882 until 1895. He died in 1895, a
month after his retirement from the
senate.
Two hundred men in the employ Of
Bailey & March, at the state epileptic
colony near Woodward, are under
quarantine because of an outbreak of
smallpox and none of the men are
allowed to leave the farm. The dis
ease broke out in one of the bunk
houses and short time later three
of the laborers had been taken to
a hastily erected tent used as pest
house. The bunk houses were all
fumigated Immediately and every
precaution taken to prevent spread
of the disease. None Of the men is
seriously sick.
The books in the county treasurer's
office for Winnesheik county show
that the taxes to be collected for this
year will be $3.50, 46S.03, an increase
of about $4,000 over last year. The
heaviest item is for schools, $l10,746..
| 79. The eight Incorporated cities and
villages pay $10s,736 or over one
fourth Of the entire amount. The city
of DEBORAH pays $71,S33, or nearly one
fifth.
Mrs. Matilda c. Bickford. rs years
old, was found frozen to death in her
home in Council Bluffs. The woman
was in bed and her pet cat, still alive,
was snuggled against her cold body.
/ There was stove in the room and
| fuel for it, but the woman evidently
had lapsed into Inconsistencies and
died while in that state. Physicians
said she had been dead probably two
days.
w. p. Durham, a farmer living
east of Knoxville, was seriously burn
ed when can of gasoline exploded.
He was replenishing the tank of an
engine used for grinding feed when
the explosion occurred. His life was
saved by his presence of mind, for
as soon as the flaming fluid spatter-
ed over him he lay down in the snow
and rolled about till the flames were
extinguished.
Davenport saloon men are still
clinging to the hope that they will
win out in the test cases brought
against the prohibitory law and most
of them are keeping their places OF
business open and selling soft drinks
just to have something to do. Many
of these saloon proprietors have paid
their rent three months in advance
in the belief that the saloon side will
win the test case.
S. c. Conrey, whose father staked
out a claim on the site of the pres.
ent $125,000. Marion county court
house seventy-two years ago, is back
there visiting the scenes of his
youth. He has been away more than
fifty years. He was there. when the
site Of Knoxville was staked out and
he attended the first village school
seventy years ago. He now resides
at Fremont, Neb.
The Iowa State college live stock
judging team won high honors in the
college judging contest at the west
ern stock show held at Denver. The
Ames team defeated Kansas, Mis-
souri,, Colorado. Utah, Idaho, Wyom
ing, Nebraska, Oregon and Washing
ton, and captured the silver trophy
w. H. Pew of the animal husbandry
department coached the team.
The authorities of Coe college have
offered free education to Belgian
youth If Mrs. Helen Hayes Gleason
"Hilda of the Wars" will bring one
back from Belgium. Mrs. Gleason, 3
Cedar Rapids girl, has returned t
the war front where she was nurse
for several months during the early
part OF the war.
Fire destroyed Palmer's department
store and Handlers feed store a
Charlton, causing loss OF $4,000
The stores were in adjoining build
ings and the firefighters were unable
to prevent the spread of the flames
Both buildings were owned by G. w
Larimer. The loss is partially Gov
cred by insurance.
In accordance with a wish express
ed by General Dodge during his life
time that any monument that nigh
be erected for him should be erectet
in his home city, movement hal
been launched for national plan TO
the erection of monument or statu,
for the late general in Council Bluffs
Shelby county leads every othe
county in the United States, both ii
numbers and in value of pure bret
live stock OF all the famous herd
of animals within it's borders, non,
is of more promise nor more widel.
known than the herds of Aberdeen
Angus cattle on the farms of Charles
Escher, Jr., of Botna. and Of Esche
& Ryan OF Irwin.
Robert Crabtree, farmer, was kill
ed by a Great Western passenge
train three miles northeast of Ola
rion. He was driving in TOBY bugg!
and did not see the train when he at
tempted to go over grade crossing
| Charged with kidnapping his owl
children, Fred Baldwin of Colfax
Wash, is held in jail at Nevada Il
await the arrival of the Washington