Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-10-26

alternative being term in the state
reformatory at Anamosa, complied
with the terms of .he parole, and
going to Des Moines, enlisted in the
coast artillery, and will be sent to
Fort Logan, Colo, for training.
1t takes a lot to induce some men
to pay their debts. The Cedar Rapids
Gazette tells of a former resident Of
that town, now living in the south,
who recently sent a business man Of
Cedar Rapids check for 1915 to pay
a bill he had been owing for fifteen
years. The man confessed, according
to the Gazette, that he had attended
a camp meeting, and the Holy Ghost
had labored with him for twenty-five
minutes, talking to him in five diff
ferent language during which the
subject of the long overdue debt was
brought up-hence the check.
These are glorious days on Iowa
farms. 1t is corn picking time, and
the competition among the expert
corn pickers is as keen as the rivalry
between Wilson and Hughes in their
candidacy for the presidency. The
Mapleton Press is first to report, tell
ing of an expert down there who is
already picking over 100 bushels a
day, and the season just started.
When he gets fully into his stride he
expects to go quite way beyond the
100-bushel mark. The Press, however
dosn't say anything about an eight
hour day for corn pickers.
Last Saturday when Mrs William
Gilmour of Kingsley, Iowa, was pre-
pairing supper she had broken some
eggs which she expected to use. In
the white of one of the eggs she notic-
ed a peculiar formation, little longer
than a match and little larger
around. On putting this under
large magnifying glass it was found
to be a perfectly formed snake. The
scales, head, and even the tongue
prodruding from the mouth of the
reptile were plainly visible. How
such thing as this could be possible
is hard to understand, but the truth
of this statement is vouched for by
members of the Gilmour family.
Most Iowans, no doubt, think of
the eastern states as being the sole
benefactors of the European war, so
far as the making of munitions is
concerned, but this is not true. 1t is
pretty hard to keep Iowa out of it, if
there is anything worth while passing
around and Iowa is making NUM-
tions, too. The Hart-Parr Company,
at Charles City, manufacturers OF
farm implements, is now at work fill
ing contract for $4,5OO,OO0 worth
of nine-inch shells for the allies. The
company has 100000 worth of
machinery devoted to the production
nf fhnOn chnllc etn
the only part of the shell made at
Charles City, the explosive and time
fuses being put into the shells in
England. The nine-inch shells weigh
252 pounds, and are thirty-two in
ches in length. The plant at Charles
City turns out 160 carloads of the
shells each month.
The beer Seizure cases which have
been on trial in the city court at
Mason city concluded with a verdict
by the jury that authorities should
confiscate and destroy the beer. The
persons to whom the beer was con-
signed have appealed the case to the
district court. Two quantities of beer
had been shipped into the city on
blanket shipment bills, but consigned
to about seventy-five different in
dividuals, all of foreign birth. The
beer was to be secured by those in
dividuals when they appeared at the
depot with bills of lading, and swore
to their indemnity. The chief of police
claiming the beer was intended for
illegal use, seized the shipment, which
was worth about 800, and the Jury
approved his action and ordered the
beer dumped out. This will not be
done, however, until the district court
passes on the matter. F. r. Coma
way, editor in the Mason City Times,
was foreman of the jury, and feels
quite "chesty" because of having
served his city, state and country for
three days on police court case.
The bond companies have decided
to take the $4,000 issue recently
voted by Spencer for the improve
ment of the towns municipal electric
plant, although city officials will
merely certify as to the number of
votes cast and not that the election
was legal. The bonds were voted by
a majority of the electors, at a special
election, but some people claim the
bonds did not receive legal majority
because the vote for them was not a
majority of the votes cast at the cleo
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