Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-11-16

John Henrickson, who has been in
business at Inwood since 1890, died
at his home there at the age of SO,
; after a long illness.
A consignment of between $4,000
and 10000 bass. crapple and wall
eyed pike has just been planted in
the river at Perry by the state game
department.
Wyoming has been selected as the
place of residence of the new Jones
county better farming agent, Ana
mosa and Monticello wanted the
honor. A Mr.. Clark has been named
as agent.
Thirty guests were present when
Mr.. and Mrs. L. b. Beresford of Vim
ton, celebrated the sixty-second an
lniversary of their wedding. They
were married in Ohio on November
Is, 1864.
A number of head of cattle have
been poisoned near Dexter by eating
grass which they secured from near
fence corners and other out of the
way places. The exact cause of the
trouble is not known
A recent issue of the Railway Age
Gazette tells of the rise of +. l..
Brown, the new president of the
Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad. a
former Marion county boy, who start
led in as a messenger boy for the
Rock Island at Pella.
julius Hurd, alias Thomas Brown,
colored, arrested at Waterloo on re-
quet of the authorities at Gallup, n.
NJ, has acknowledged he is the man
wanted at Gallup for the murder of
another negro. He has waived ex-
tradition and consented to return to
New Mexico for trial
A jury in the case of John Aubrey
VS.. the city of Oelwein returned
verdict for $4,000 in favor of the
plaintiff. Aubrey sued the city for
damages to his leg and ankle, caused
by falling out of wagon while riding
over streets of Oelwein which were
declared to be in bad condition
Five out of town clergymen filled
the pulpit at Harlan on Sunday in the
interest of the movement to remove
Western Union college to that town.
Craig Terry, an aged Harlan man,
was found dead in his chair beside
his house in the afternoon. He had
complained during the day of pain
in his chest.
One of the largest single shipments
OF canned goods ever sent to Perry is
now piled up on the sidewalk in front
of business houses, extending along
a half block. There are $3.50 cases
of canned goods in the consignment.
representing the results of an adver-
Using campaign of one of the Perry
merchants. who took orders at reduc-
ed rates for certain brand of canned
goods.
Peter Knipp, of Cedar township,
Blackhawk county, is a justice of the
peace, and justice of the peace are re-
quired 20 enforce the state game laws.
So when a deputy game warden pre-
ferred charge against Peter Knipp,
accusing him of fishing contrary to
law, Peter had to appear before a
Justice in an adjoining township for
a hearing. Then three members Of
the fishing party, of which Justice
knipp was member, appeared be-
fore the latter official and were each
fined by him on their plea of guilty,
for an offenseto which he had pre-
viously pleaded guilty on his own &C
count before another justice.
There is great rivalry among the
fisherman of Usage. and in order to
test the relative skill to certain dis
chosen and day spent in fishing. The
successful side caught a total of &c
pounds / ounce of fish. to the losers
"a pounds IA onces. The losers ban
quoted the winners. Hunters OF
Usage conducted a similar contest,
based on points, in which the winners
secured $500 points to 1925 for the
losers, but the Press acknowledges
that the hunt developed into a crow
shooting contest, other game being
scarce.
The United States court in re-
cent decision in an automobile dam
age case where a man was injured
on a street crossing by an auto held
that the pedestrian had the right
of-way on street crossings and that
the driver must keep his machine
under such control that he will not
injure any person who is crossing
from one side of the street to the
other. In giving reasons for render
ing the decision, among other things
he said that if there was any wait
ing to be done to prevent injury. it
was the duty of the auto driver to
wait. that his footing of horns to
scare the people on foot crossings
was all out of place, that they had
prior right and that auto drivers
would be held responsible for any
injury inflicted on pedestrians at
street crossings.
The Humboldt Republican, printed
in Frank Gotch's home town. tells
of the arrival there of warm friend
of the champion wrestler. as follows:
Pete Smith. of Dawson, Klondike,
was in Humboldt looking up his old
friend, Champion Frank A Gotch. II
will he remembered that Gotch took
a filler in the Klondike fifteen years
ago. 1t is known that his life there
was not bed of roses until his re-
Iputation as a wrestler was establish
ed. While the reputation was in
process of making. Gotch met and
chummed with Pete Smith. Smith
often stood between Gotch and an
empty stomach. But now they are
both rich. So Smith. after fifteen
years, came to Humboldt to again meet
his old friend. 1t was Smiths first
visit to Iowa. 1t was his first sight
of field of corn. He was over
whelmed. He learned many things
about agricultural Iowa. He visited
THE Gotch farm and other farms He