Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-08-24
Iowa Troops Without Water.


the Iowa camp suddenly, Iowa guards
men experienced their, frst real dis
comfort of their service on the border.
Many of the militiamen of the Sec
ond regiment went with thirsts un-
slaked for from four to six hours be-
cause cooks had been caught with
practically no water supply on hand
tc tide over the soldiers until new
supply could be filtered and purified.
The shortage was caused by the
sudden rise of the Rio Grande river.
Brownsville pumps its water supply
from the Rio Grande. Three intake
valves were in use. The sudden rise
of the river covered all three intakes
with mud. The mud deposits came
so quickly and in such large quanti-
ties that the intakes became clogged.
II was necessary to shut off the water
service altogether. A new intake line
was hurriedly. laid. But the water had
to be pumped directly from the river
and into the mains without passing
through the filtration system of the
waterworks. The city and the militia
camps were therefore furnished with
pure, unadulterated Rio Grande riv.
er water"
The Third Iowa paid two and one
half cents a gallon for water. The
water bill the first day ran SIS. The
Brownsville laundry which furnished
the water refused to sell more than
twelve gallons to the company. This
gave each man about a pint of dis.
titled water for the day. They were
therefore forced to resort to the ster-
ilized product.
Charges Unreasonable Fee.
The sum of $500 is entirely too
much for county to pay the sheriff |
for mailing thirty-six postcards. &C
cording to Jos. F. Wall, head of the
county accounting department of the
state.
He discovered that a sheriff in one
OF the Iowa counties had written out
thirty-six postcards summoning thir.
ty-six men for jury duty. He walked
across the street from his office to
the postoffice and dropped the cards
in the box. He then charged the
county 10 cents each, for mailing the
cards. The law gives the sheriff 10
cents for every mile he travels, but !
every fraction Of mile Is called |
mile in computing the fees. Therefore
the sheriff in question claimed mile |
age for carrying each of the post
cards to the postoffice, although all
of them were taken on the same trip. |
The county accounting department |
made the sheriff refund the sum to |
the county.
lowans In Sham Battle.
On the historic battlefield of Resaca |
De La Palma where American and |
Mexican troops clashed in the second |
battle OF the Mexican war, more than |
seventy years ago, Iowa's three regi. |
ments of guardsmen and the militia.
men from Virginia engaged in sham |
battle.
The Virginia troops were assigned |
by General Parker, commander Of the |
Brownsville district to defend the
Rice mills on the battlefield against |
the attack of the Iowa brigade. The |
battle lasted all day. The Iowa bri- |
gade marched to the battle ground
which is four miles from camp. The
battle was fought on precisely the
same ground where General Taylor
whipped the Mexican troops, though
greatly outnumbered. in 1886.
De
Seventy members of the Iowa Ma
tional guard now at Fort Des Moines
will be mustered out of service by
Col George Morgan, U. S. A., under
the dependency order of President
Wilson.
Seventeen additional guardsmen
left Brownsville for the return trip
to Iowa, to be mustered out. They
are being sent home under the de-
pendent relative order.
The order of Gen. H. A. Allen, re-
leasing from the Iowa organizations
the students who are attending col.
lege, is expected to benefit more than
100 men now at Brownsville. The
young men are to be sent back on
Sept. /.
New Paralysis Cases.
Three additional cases OF infantile
paralysis have been reported to the
state board of health, making sixty.
two cases in all. The latest cases re-
ported were one from Hancock coun-
ty; one in Story county, and one
from Clear Lake. A case reported
on August from Wapello county as
doubtful is now declared to be infan-
tile paralysis.
Barney Protects Dairymen.
w. B. Barney, dairy and food COM
missioner of Iowa, prevented butter
fat being given a hard blow at the
national convention of food commits
sioners held at Detroit. Southern del
egates introduced a resolution favor
ing oleomargarine and condemning
butter. Barney, as president of the
association prevented the measure
from coming to vote.
To Induce Better Hotels.
AS an inducement to the hotels OF
Iowa to keep the sanitary conditions
always above criticism, the hotel in
spection department OF the state may
adopt a practice of publishing the
names of the best hotels as guide
for travellers.
Rate Reduction Brings Protest.
Twenty Iowa coal operators, joined
in a telegram of protest to Senator
Kenyon over the proposed cut OF 65
cents in the coal rate from the Spring
field, H., district to Kansas City.