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

VINO was the first secretary of the ag
ricultural department. They establish
ed the state fair with Headquarters at
Fairfield in 1853. For many years the
falr was knocked around over the
state, going to the cities which offered
the best inducement About 1887 the
state offered the department of agri-
culture office room in the capitol
II the state fair were brought to Des
Moines. John Shaffer accordingly
went to Des Moines, taking the fair
with him. From that time on the fair
began to get recognition. The city of
Des Moines donated the land which
now forms the fair ground, and on it
John Shaffer began to build. The
plant is now valued at more than ST.
11S,000.
Pensions of s12 month have been
granted the following Iowa widows OF
war veterans: Mary Tilghnam of vii.
liams, Annie E. Simpson of Sabula,
Caroline Rhoads of Emerson, Eliza
beth Hamilton of Davis City. Rachel
Bacus of Troy, Alice Wilson of Wa
peno, Adelaid l.. Minis of Fort Dodge.
Mary L. Michael of Plainfleld, Emma
Howard of Muscatine, Eliza A. Fran
els OF Council Bluffs, Martha E. Will
kins of Keokuk, Eliza j. Virgins of
Upton, Sarah Smith of Lacona, La.
vina Sucker OF New London, Eliza
beth M. Flowers of Duncombe, Nancy
J. Steelsmith of Conrad, Laura Ann
Webster of Harris, Amy C. Parke OF
Marshalltown, Rose NJ. Morgan of
Burlington, Emma Koehler of Dubu.
que, Mary ]. Duskin of Atlantic. and
Anna M. Benjegerdes OF Manly. Fred
E. Kutz of Lisbon, also has Been
granted a pension of $12 month.
More than 200 more persons per
week, on average, than last year, Wis
tied the worlds greatest power prof.
ect at Keokuk this summer. The fact
that the increase was shown to be
the greatest on week days, rather
than on Sundays, leads the power
company officials to the belief that
the good weather and the increasing
popularity Of automobile touring Ia
responsible for the increase in visit.
ors. The week day figures during the
season have been better than Sun
day figures. 1t is on Sunday that most
boat and train excursions run to Keo.
kuk. The water power company ear.
ly this spring built a parking space
for automobiles, which has been in
constant demand all summer.
After three months trip which
covered several thousand miles and
took them through the great forest
areas of western and northwestern
United States on a tour to study for.
estry methods first hand, fifteen soph.
omore forestry students of Iowa
State college have just returned. The
trip constituted the usual summer
camp required OF all forestry students
before they graduate at Iowa State
college. They camped in the forests
of Colorado, Utah, California, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Montana and Min
nesota. The longest camp of three
weeks duration was in the Columbia
national forest in Washington.
The dam built by the Mississippi
River Power company, will cost Fort
Madison $79,5S0. That is the esti-
mated excess in cost of a new sewer
system under the present stage of
water over the cost of a similarly eff
ficient system operating under the old
water level conditions. 1t will now
be necessary to install large pump
ing station to raise the sewerage to
the height of the river Before the
water was raised by the dam across
the river gravity system was ade-
quate for the drainage.
The paving with brick OF several
streets at McGregor has been complet-
ed. Work was begun on the contract
early in April and would have been
completed sooner If the flood of June
had not caused delays. The paving
as completed is about a mile long and
cost $4,000 1t is the first mile OF
paving in Clayton county. With paved
streets, and the sanitary sewer sys-
tenn which was put in last year Nc
Gregor has the distinction of being
the best improved town in the coun-
ty.
Iowa eggs are worth more than eggs
from other states. So w. B. Barney,
state food inspector, boasts. During
the summer between 100000 and 3O0.
coo eggs were confiscated and de-
stroyed by the state. Chicago commits
sion dealers pay from $3.50 to 80 a
case more for Iowa eggs than other
states eggs. AS a result Missouri
dealers began shipping eggs into Iowa
and rebilling them as Iowa eggs. State
and federal authorities worked togeth-
er to stop the practice.
Beginning this fall, Iowa State col
lege offers four-year course in land
scape gardening. Particular atten-
ton will be devoted to landscaping
on farms, and rural community plan
ming. Prof. F. H. Culley will direct
the course, and Wallace M. Welty,
graduate in landscape gardening from
Illinois university, will assist him.
Iowa has had 121 cases of infantile
paralysis since June. Not more than
half this number now exist. There
have been ten deaths due to this dis
ease in this state.
Clarence Emmons of Harlan, was
nearly decapitated when he lost con-
troll of the automobile which he was
driving and the machine plunged
through barbed wire fence. A strand
OF wire caught Emmons below the
chin and terrible cash was cut in
his throat.
II. ]. Hickey, of Fort Dodge, has