Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-03-22

NEWS FROM OTHER
PARTS OF IOWA
To provide comfortable and ample
means for taking pupils to and from
school in the consolidated district
about Dow City, the board has con-
tracted for ten large buses, paying
$3.50 for each. Dow City is soon to
complete one of the best buildings
for consolidated school in Iowa and
the working of the plan will invite
| much interest in the state
Milo w. Hughes. son of Albert
Hughes of East River township, Page
county, brought to Clarinda, Satur-
| day, litter of nine young wolves
which he had found in culvert I'M
der bridge in the vicinity of his
home. The cubs were but a few
days old and about six inches in
length. Mr. Hughes took his find 10
the Country Auditors Office to Sc
cure the bounty offered.
The $4,000 alternating action
brought by Mrs. Deal against her par
ents-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Deal,
of the south part of Harrison county
was dismissed without prejudice at
Logan. Mrs. Maude Good VS. the
Public Service company, an action to
recover $4,000 damages for injur-
les received when she drove into an
excavation unguarded by barriers and
lights in the streets at Logan last fall
was settled out of court.
The day set for opening the bids
on the proposed paving in Griswold,
brought a great many men to Girls
void Friday, There We're eleven
bidders and twice or three times as
many material men The council
rejected all bids, believing them to
be too high. The council will adver-
tise for bids again to be opened on
April 6 and hope that there will be
bids that the council considers low
enough to justify them in letting
the contract.
A letter to his father, asking him
20 sell his property and turn the
received from Guy York of Perry, a
young farmer, who disappeared about
two weeks ago. Four days after he
left son was born to him. He
came to town with his father. He
drew considerable money from the
bank and then told his father he
would go home later. That was the
last seen of him The letter was
postmarked Lincoln. Ill.
A surprise was sprung on the
criminal element of Fremont county,
Friday. when the grand jury adjourn
ed. 1t was revealed that w. B. Grit
hin, special agent from the stae de-
partment of justice. with his assis-
tant. SOL" Edwards. had been opcr-
ating in Fremont county in connec-
ton with the sheriff and county at
torny. Fifteen indictments were re-
turned by the grand jury. Mr.. Grit
fin is man of wide experience in the
apprehension of criminals.
While assisting I. w. Eve.son. his
neighbor, who had run a nail in his
foot, II. j. Bierbcum, who resides
three miles northeast of Griswold.
met with an accident that has given
him great deal of pain. Mr.. Ev-
erson ran the nail in his foot and Mr..
Bierbaum took bottle of carbolic
acid and was going to use it on the
hurt. As he pulled the cork from the
bottle drop of the liquid squirted
and struck him square in the left eye
The eye ball was burned quite badly.
Frank Powers, who lives or the
Dugan farm north of Faragut had
quite serious loss when his hog
house. with twelve brood sows was
burned. An oil heater was placed
in the hog house to keep it warm
and during his absence in town. tn
stove in manner was tipped over and
the fire was not discovered too late
to save the hogs. One of the hogs
lost was the fine Duroc Jersey brood
SOW recently purchased. The value
of the hog is estimated at $1,000,
which is quite a loss TO Mr.. Powers.
p. A. Johansen has sold the Anita
Electric Light & Power Co. to the
Iowa Railway Light & Power Co. of
Cedar Rapids and Perry, which con-
Germ recently purchased the plants at
Adair, Menlo and Guthrie Center,
and who al the present time are
building high tension line across
the state from Cedar Rapids to Perry
and from Perry TO the Missouri river,
Possession will be given by Mr.. Jo-
hansen to the new company on May /.
at which time ii is thought they will
be able to give twenty-four hour SER
vice.
Charles Clark. who has been con-
fined to the Atlantic hospital since
December II, suffering intense pain
from the effects of a fractured hip
and frozen legs, received when he fell
from Rock Island train between
Atlantic and Walnut and lay at the
side of the track for several hours
before being discovered. died at the
hospital Saturday night Death came
as relief to the man who had one
foot already amputatod and was a
bout TO lose the other and both of his
hands, after weeks of intense suffer-
ing in brave struggle for life.
The following appointments made
by Governor Harding were confirm
ed by the senate OF the Iowa legis-
lature, Monday afternoon: Members
of board of control, j. H. Strict, Sioux
City, and William ID. Sheen. Anamosa,
state banking commissioner. George
Messenger, Linden. Strict will sue
coed w. j. Dixon of Sac City. repub-
lican. whose term expires July /
Sheen, democrat. will succeed the
late Col. j. II. McConlogue The
present legislature created a state
banking department, requiring APP
pointment of commissioner at $4,-
500 per year.