Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-02-10

Road building OF q permanent char.
acter that will do away with mud IL
the move that will do the most toward
keeping Iowans and their money in
this state, Dean C. F. Curtiss Of Iowa
State college told 1000 short course
students assembled for the opening
Of Iowa's greatest short course and
farmers week. He said he was GER
tain that our mud has driven Iowans
10 other states and will continue to
do so as long as it constitutes the ba-
sis of our highway construction.
w. G. Kirkpatrick and H. r. Rich
ardson, Iowa State college students,
set new Iowa record when they
skated from Ames to Des Moi1es
across rough country roads and farm
fields. Their time for the 3Sh miles
was hours and 80 minutes. The
youths made the trip as result OF
a dare" They found coating OF
firm ice all the way, but in some
places the ice was very rough. They
were almost exhausted when they
completed the trip.
In 1880 there were 1S5,351 farms in
Iowa Of which 23.S per cent were op-
Grated by tenants. In 1890 there were
201.903 farms in the state, and the
percentage of tenants had risen to
ISL. BY 1900 the number OF farms
increased to 22S,622, and the number
Of tenants 349. The last census fig
ures show that the movement toward
larger farms was having its effect, the
number being 217,044, and the percent
age Of tenants increased to 37.S, the
highest in the history of the state.
The Iowa State Highway commits
sion has declared emphatically
against across state racing Of auto
mobiles upon the public highways and
recommends that the pernicious
practice be prohibited. The sober mind
ed sentiment of the state that appre-
ciates the significance OF the Safety
First campaign is heart and soul in
| sympathy with the stand taken by
the commission. Public highways
were never intended for racing pur-
poses.
Officers for the Iowa Humane soci-
| ETY. found twenty horses in one livery
stable which are given no breakfasts.
To reduce expenses the owner told
he officers he lad decided to feed his
horses at noon and night only. The
officers ordered the owner to give the
horses hay in the morning, but &C.
cording to information no feed has
been given. c. M. Young, secretary
of the society, said recently he would
have the cwne- arrested.
The flood stage has been reached
in the Mississippi river at Davenport
The river is fifteen feet above low wa
ter mark and still going higher The
ice gorge FIVE miles below Davenport
is tightening under zero tempera-
ture and low lands are flooded. Unless
the gorge is broken up there win be
enormous damage. Many residents
have. had to move out and homes are
inundated.
News was received of the death OF
three former residents OF Perry. Ray
and Earl Hooper, who formerly lived
on farm near Perry, were drowned
at Ford Lauderdale, Florida, to which
| place they moved a short time ago.
| The other death was that of George
Raft, an engineer on the Milwaukee,
who lived at Perry until recently. He
was killed in railroad wreck.
The old fair grounds plant at Ira
er, consisting of twenty-four acres,
is now in the market and will be-
come the property of the man who
will pay the most money for it. At
a special meeting of the stock hold
ers held recently it was voted unani.
mously to donate the land to the
town to be sold and the proceeds to
be devoted to library purposes.
A young woman living at BOWS put
her name and address upon an egg
one day last June and then sent it
| to market to venture into the big
world In search OF the ultimate con-
sumer. A few days ago she received
| letter from young man living in
Leeds, Yorkshire, England. ackDAwl-
| edging receipt Of that particular Iowa
grown egg.
A. E. Cook has sold a $3.50 acre
farm in Monona county to Omaha par
| ties, for $532,551, being about $3.50
per acre. There are no improvements,
and much Of the land has never been
broken. 1t is all bottom land, how
ever, and when it is put under cult
walton will no doubt furnish crops
that will pay handsome returns on
the investment
Baby week will be observed through
out the nation from March A to IL,
and Iowa will be one OF the fore
most states in the observance. Broad
plans for the weeks activities have
been sent out by the General Fedora
ton of Women's Clubs and by the
Children's Bureau of the United
States Department of Labor.
Note was made recently of the fact
that in consolidated district in Cass
county six out of every seven votes
were cast for the proposition. There
Is district in Benton county, the
Cheney district, that points to still
better record. Every vote in the
district was cast for consolidation.
The Oak Park hotel and summe- re-
sort, located at the entrance to the
state hospital grounds in Clarinda,
was totally destroyed by nre. The loss
was about $1,000 partially covered by
insurance.
Ames college is preparing to enter
tain Ex-president Taft the later part
of March. Mr.. Taft will visit the in
stitution in response to an invitation
from his old friend, Pres. R. A. Pear.