Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-07-27
The life of the Muscatinc and Iowa


road has been losing money at the
rate of more than $4,000 month since
it was taken over by the company
from the Rock Island about four
months ago. 1t is said that the lease
is to be surrendered by the company,
although the directors have taken no
action as yet and cars are still being
run on their regular schedule.
The Klemme creamery IS one of the
foremost creameries in northern
Iowa. The total amount of business
transacted in 1876 will run close
to 100000. The make of butter for
the month of June totaled $40 tubs.
or 10000 pounds of butter, which
brought $11,520 on the New York mar
ket. The Klemme creamery's product
always sells at a premium. The above
business shows an increase of 33 per
cent over 1915. Klemme paid 81
cents FOR June butter fat, which was
from / to cents per pound more than
any other creamery in the neighbor-
hood.
The proposition to issue $125,000 in
bonds to finance an addition to the
Ottumwa high school was defeated for
the second time this year. There was
majority of 337 votes against the
project. Women voted in large num-
bers, their efforts being responsible
for the issues defeat. Interest in the
election has been partly because there
had been efforts by the suffragetts to
defeat the project because members
OF the board of education who spon-
sored the issue worked against suf-
frage at the polls June 5.
The people of Alta have just erect
ed fine new 100000 school house.
1t will be one of the most complete
and efficient educational plants in
the state of Iowa. The building is
72x172, four stories high, and is OF
fireproof construction. 1t will have
the latest ideas of comfort and con.
venience for the farmers children,
most 200, and who will enjoy the ad
vantages of the town children, with
free transportation to and from their
homes.
Word comes from Washington, d.
c., that appropriations have been au-
thorized for the construction Of fed
eral buildings in fourteen Iowa cities.
The list of cities to receive these
buildings and the amount appropriate
ed for each is as follows: Sioux City,
$335,000; Shenandoah, $4,000; Fair
field, $4,000; Marengo, $4,000; New
ton, $4,000; Oelwein, $4,000; Algona,
5000; Corning, $4,000; Eagle
Grove, $35,000; Harlan, $4,000;
Knoxville, $4,000; Indianola, $1,000,
and Mount Pleasant, $500.
Mrs. Rebecca Porter, president Of
the Bank of Ocheyedan, bears the
distinction of being the eldest wom-
an bank president in the United
States. Her life, too, is one OF the
most romantic of any of the nations
financiers. The Bank of Ocheyedan
is a private bank and has been SO for
more than quarter OF century. 1t
has a capital of 100000 with deposits
OF about 100000. Mrs Porter is own
er of large share of the bank prop
erty, but that is only small part Of
her wealth.
In a special election held at West
Point the proposition for city water
system carried by a majority Of thirty
while the proposition to bond the city
for the improvement lost for lack
of majority Of all votes cast. The
proposition for a city sewer system
failed by five votes. The city will is
sue town warrants for the water sys-
tenn. although the rate of interest will
be much higher than that of the bond
issue proposed.
The city council 8. Rock Rapids has
awarded the contract for a central
station steam heating plant. The
plans and specifications call for ap-
proximately 5000 feet of mains and
laterals and will cost s27,4s4. Ex-
haust steam from the electric light
station will be used as far as posi-
BILE for heating and whenever neces-
sary live steam from the boilers Will
also be taken. The new court house,
library and the business houses will
be heated from the plant.
Eighty-one years in Iowa is the
record of Mrs. Lavina s. Coyne, who
recently celebrated her ninetieth
birthday anniversary at the Coyne
homestead a few miles west of Fort
Madison which has been her home
since 1885. Mrs. Coyne is in the best
Of health and is especially fond OF
motoring.
Mable, the IA months old daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Tharp, liv-
ing on a farm near Dubuque, died
after an illness of less than twenty
four hours. The disease was pro-
nounced spinal meningitis, but symp-
toms were much like those OF infan-
tile paralysis. An investigation will
be made.
Royal Crest, the 4-year-old Short
horn bull, the head, of the Iowa State
college Shorthorn herd for the past
three years, has been sold for $1,000.
This bull, double grandson of the
famous imported Villager, is the high
est priced bull that has ever been sold
out of Story county.
John A. Jones, living on a farm
near East Fort Madison, shot his wife
twice with a shotgun and then beat
her with hammer The tragedy was
the aftermath of quarrel. After the
assault on his wife Jones went into
the timber and shot himself through
the head with the shotgun, dying in
stantly. Mrs. Jones Is not expected
to survive. Two small children wit
messed the tragedy.