Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1916-06-01

Padelford of Boston, president and
secretary of the national church board
Of education. Waterloo, Marshalltown
and Iowa Falls are contestants.
Iowa's hens laid 1O5,711,5O7 dozen
eggs, valued at s21,142,301, in 1915, &C.
cording to reports being received by
the state department of agriculture.
This shows a quarter of a million dur
lar increase over the egg production
OF 1914 The proceeds of the 1915
egg sales were sufficient to hard sur
face with gravel S5,237 miles of Iowa
roads, the department figures. In
round numbers the Iowa hens pro
duced 1,26s,53s,0s4 eggs last year
This would figure about fifty dozen
per capita.
Richard H. Ashton, who was re-
Gently elected president of the Chi.
cago & Northwestern railroad, has
never been in the employ of any other
concern. He began with the Chicago
& Northwestern as an axman in 1878.
Aishton's rise during the last ten
years has been rapid. Mr.. Ashton
is well known in Iowa for he spent
the earlier years Of his railroad career
in this state. He was at one time sec
ton boss at Boone and rose to the su-
perintendency of the Iowa division.
The Rev. z. 8. Johnson of Sioux
City, district superintendent in the
Northwest Iowa Methodist conference.
has been elected missionary bishop
to Africa by the general conference
of the Methodist church. Rev. John.
son was formerly grand prelate of the
Iowa Knights Templar and chaplain
for the Fifty-second infantry United
States volunteers in the war with
Spain and holds the rank of major In
the Fifty-sixth regiment of the Iowa
National guard.
Iowa's national guard will be in
creased from $3.50 to 10,400 men by
the terms of the military pay bill
which has passed both branches OF
congress and has been sent to the
president for his signature. The
measure will become a law July 1.
Six cities Of Iowa have applied to
Adjt Gen. Guy e. Logan for permits
sion to organize military companies to
be taken into the guard under the new
arrangement. Among them were
Corydon and Independence.
Two persons we're injured and sew
eral houses and barns were demolish-
ed at Pleasantville by small tornado
which hit the outskirts of the town.
Mrs. Robert Hicks was knocked down
and slightly bruised when she and her
daughters attempted to seek shelter
in a storm cellar. Mrs. Bruce Bengs
also was slightly injured when her
home was twisted on its foundation
by the storm. The residences of
Charles Lyon, c. Speed and Leonard
Mohler were damaged.
Des Moines is the largest horse
market in America today, according
to the manager of the local horse
sales company. Renewed activity in
the shipping OF horses to the allies
has put this city to the forefront ana
placed it first in the list. The con.
tracts held here call for 10000 horses
for England, 5000 for Italy and TO-.
600 for France. From 500 to 1000
horses will be shipped from Des
Moines weekly.
A gift of $1,000 to the fund for su.
perannuated Methodist ministers in
Iowa and similar amount for blind
women are provided for in the will
of the late Josiah Kempthorne.
wealthy Hampton farmer who died
May 10. The will was drawn one day
before Mr.. Kempthorne died. Des
Moines charitable and benevolent or
CARNATIONS are named as beneficiaries
to the extent of $500. u.
Written arguments filed in the
United States Circuit Court of Ap.
peals at Chicago by G. A. Robbins, as
sistant attorney general of Iowa, alb
solutely deny the right Of outside
brewing companies to ship beer into
Iowa. The attorney maintains that
liquor other than beer can be ship
ped into this state only to permit
holders.
When John Anear, farmer, six miles
south OF Glidden, left his fields his
three year old son attached his little
wagon to Anear's manure spreader.
The spreader was thrown into gear
and the boy drawn into the machin.
cry. A spike was forced into his
head inficting injuries from which he
died few hours later.
Orders for the Forty-second annual
encampment Of the department OF
Iowa, G. A. R., to be held at Marshall
town, June 20, p and %, have been
issued by J. F. Merry, department
commander. Mr.. Merry will retire as
department commander at the June
camp.
John Ryan, Des Moines, was elect
ed president OF the Iowa Association
of Assistant Postmasters and Super
visory Employees; w. G. Wood, Abba,
first vice-president; Miss Abbie Allen,
Corning, second vice-president; H. e.
Sprinkle, Newton, secretary-treasurer
One hundred farmers of Polk coun-
ty have put their shoulders to the
wheel in the campaign for county
agent. Each of them has agreed to
pay s. year for three years toward
the support of the movement.
The late Senator J. p. Delivers
gift of eloquent and fact filling argu-
ment seems to have descended to his
daughter, Margaret, now 16 years old.
In a discussion contest held at Fort
Dodge Miss Dolliver won first place
for Fort Dodge High school over the
representatives of nine other schools.
All the other contestants were boys.