Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-31

AhSy " dy tuelT uelp Oh al average Oh
s27.S5 in winter, and 1895 in sum.
mer. Jackson county can compare
favorably with any other county in
Iowa with her farm wealth.
Two Des Moines railroad men have
been commissioned as officers in the
Third railway construction regiment
that is to go to France soon. T. w.
PATTERSON, engineer of maintenance
of the Chicago Great Western, has
been selected as captain of engineers
in the Third regiment, being organ
lied in Chicago. E. E. Stoup, train
master at Des Moines for the Great
Western, has also received a cap
tain's commission, as announced re.
Gently.
The townspeople of Truro turned
out in full force to welcome Governor
Harding when he went there to de.
liver the commencement address of
the high school. He was met at the
train by the band and a hundred
small children, each carrying a flag,
who formed double line through
which the Governor was escorted to
waiting automobile.
Webster county has an increase in
corn acreage this year of from II to
is per cent. County Agent H. r. Rich
ardson made an automobile trip
through the county recently and he
reports that the work is we'll along
for this time of year and that Web.
ster county will be able to hold her
own with the rest of the state in corn
production.
The home of C. NJ. Kelsey, southeast
of Iowa Falls, was destroyed by fire
recently with loss of $4,000, and the
destruction of the house, corncrib,
barn, garage and machine house and
their contents. The loss was covered
by insurance for about half the value.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The
loss included 600 bushels of corn in
the crib.
Prominent religious workers from
throughout the state will attend a
conference for religious workers to
be held at Iowa City July Q to 10.
Among the speakers will be President
Marquis of Coe college, who is also
moderator Of the Presbyterian church
in the United States; and Bishop Nc
Cornell of Denver.
A flag that was first used ffty-four
years ago is on exhibition in Monona.
1t was awarded to the city in the fall
of 1868, when big barbecue was
held at Postville and the flag awarded
to the town having the largest repre-
sentation. The flag although now tat.
tered and torn is still in use.
The war council of the university
heads of the country held in Chicago
recently was attended by President
Walter A. Jessup of the state univer-
sity. The meeting was to decide what
direction the war activities of the
state universities will take for the
coming year.
Most of the winter wheat around
Knoxville turned out poor and every
field which was not good has been
plowed and is being planted to corn
The farmers are planting the greatest
acreage of corn ever known in the
history of the county.
LeMars is forging to the front in
the ranks of the Red Cross organiza.
lions in Iowa towns. The organiza.
ton now has a membership of 120,
and movement has been started to
get thousand members in Plymouth
county. go
In accordance with instruction re-.
ceived from the war department, Ad.
jutant General Logan has issued in.
struction for the recruiting of the Ma.
tional Guard to full war strength
This will mean adding about 2500
men to the present enlistment. as
The civilian guards have been taken
of the Milwaukee company pontoon
bridges across the east and west
channels of the Mississippi at North
McGregor. The bridges are well
guarded by efficient engineers, both
day and night.
In talk to several hundred Iowa
business men in Des Moines recently
William G. McAdoo, secretary of the
treasury, said that it was up to Iowa
and all the middle west to do it's share
toward financing the world war. He
said he had unlimited faith in Iowa.
Sergeant Ray A. Potter, an lows
City boy who is serving with the
British army in France, has been
severely wounded and is now in the
Kitchener hospital at Brighton, Eng.
land, according to dispatches.
Many cities and towns OF the state
are planning to make registration
day, June s, recruiting day as we'll.
National guard officers will make a
special effort that day to recruit their
companies to full war strength.
Two livery barns in Anamosa
burned recently, entailing total loss
of $4,000. Several valuable horses
and much grain and hay were de-
stroyed.
Adj. Gen. Guy +. Logan and Brig.
Gen. H. A. ALLEN have warmly com
mended the training camp to be es.
tablisbed at Ames this summer.
One Of the survivors of the gun
crew Of the steamer Vacuum, tor.
pedoed by German sub, is George
T. Wilson Of Missouri Valley and
he has applied for assignment to an.
other armed merchantmen in order
that he may have an opportunity to
avenge the death of his comrades.
One Of the Boy Scout troops of Des
Moines has taken over a two acre
piece of ground and will raise gar.
don truck fhic cumnar WhiIa Tho