Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-03-15
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At a meeting of the town council
OF Panora Monday night a contract
was entered into with the Iowa Elec-
trio company which brings to a con-
clusion negotiations which have been
carried On for a couple of years. This
company has been buying up cleo
trio plants and franchises all over the
state and tried TO reach an agree
ment for the purchase of the electrical
business in PanOra, but was unsuc-
cessful. The council has agreed now
to construct a transmission line for
the company acrossl he north edge
of town. on what is known as Clay
street, from the east line of the cor
pOration to the west. The company
agrees to pay the town for this line
at whatever the cost may be and to
protect the town against damage in
every way. This method of arriving
at a settlement was taken in order to
avoid long and unnecessary prel1min-
aries which would have to be gone
through if the company built the line
itself. No use Will be made OF the
current handled unless some further
contract is entered into later by the
t0Wn ana company.
Last fall d. GOehring, director of
the Daniel Boone Trail for Nahaska
county, put up the steel posts for the
markers from the county line nine
miles west Uf FremOunt Friday
being a nice warm day he solicited
the aid OF Marshall Oilom and City
Roof and put the signs on the posts
and telephones and now the trail is
marked across Mahaska county that
was to he taken care of by Fremont.
There is a large sign at every cross
road or road intersection and four OF
the sman signs on telephone poles
two on either side of the cross road.
Through Fremont there are rwO signs
on every pole through the town on
Main street and any autOmobilist can
follow the road going in either direc-
ton. The signs in the country face
the autoist and there is no danger of
anyone missing the road On the
Daniel Boone Trail in this part of the
county. We understand that the
Commercial Club of Ottumwa have
purchased the signs for Wapello
county and will put them up as soon
as the weather will permit.
The whole town of Abel had fish
for dinner last Saturday. The Abel
Light and Power Company has dam
and turbin wheel, at Adel-in the
Coon river. The water is conveyed
to the wheel by the usual flume. This
flume is protected at the intake by
screen. The screen broke away Sat-
urday and the way the fish found their
way through it TO the trubine by the
ton was a caution. Literally thou
sands of them were imprisoned. The
wheel was stopped by the fish. The
company sent for the local game war
den, who summoned assistance and
cut hole in the flume out of which
tons of fish were scooped. And then
they were distributed to the people
Everybody had fish. and his full fill
of fish for once The fish ranged
from pound to five pounds--from six
to eight inches to two feet long.
There were all kinds but chiefly buff
falo And nobody in Abel ever sup
posed there were so many fish in the
whole world
SSpcCIdi ftScht w ydut vi tuc .>Oi III
western railroad. was held up at
Missouri Valley and had his gun
taken away from him last Saturday
night. A freight train from Sioux
City pulled in about midnight and as
Mr. Wyant was looking over the train
he discovered two husky individuals
Just crawling off the train. He walk
ed up to them and asked them where
they were going. when one of them
pulled gun and told him to stic'
up his hands Caught off his gua
Wyant had nothing to do but tn
up his hands. and then the man
the gun told his companion {
Mr.. Wyant's gun. AS soon as
been accomplished they toll
face about and beat it, n
to argue the matter un6
Mr.. Wyant 4
soon as possible he Sc Ut
gun and the yards W Ier
the men. but they g ''hest
ten out of town. Cured
ere com
VIM. ThOrnf vide ntly !,
with very r
day afternoC
road tracP >urg of Stua
ThOrnbur arrow escape la.
and did IN while crossing Il
until on main street
ed e was riding a moi,
car not see the approac chin,
c. 1e was on the track. He
- 10 get across but the ,
,cIe .ne rear wheel of the
, lie giving him a spill. Mr. 7
chass escaped with only a few
cr. on MS face and sinai,
and me train was at once o.,
ore, nu ne was offered ali ass: .'
th H,essary' Mr.. Thornburp mos
mahkiui that the approach;ns
" , Vas she wrecker which r,aa
teiihg little over twoiu
list "m hour' The engineer on ,s..
mes Ia .he same one thar ox,,
iy's shro accident last summer T., ie
H. H. persons We're killed "
lemphill crossing. 10 AT
ed. '"'s place is hoo
farm hand by tho rou
rieming. Paririe civ Ihe OF Ne
cldentily killed last Th Ia. was
al which ne ne ieil from the rickety ~ Il,
- HeaIav ' e..I, TO the second story Of
endaii building occupied BY The X
nlaca restaurant. The affair y
FIem;" oout ~ O'Clock in the evon;
sbor,i,s mad been in the res,ann .
NJ before and asked for vi
man M,rkendall told him IN tall ~ y"
conn, VINO mad a room upstairs a -
sbop oi boys went with b;n Gnu
Stairs and 'E E1 way No one was u
inc st .u pack down the stairs
the s,sir on the unpro,ecte<
; ~ stdIrWay and foil ~.