Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-02-15

ed for a nearby farm house to secure
a shovel to dig the car out Mr.. Hart
waited some little time for Mr.. Jessup
to return and when he failed to do
so concluded that he had gone on to
Gardeners. When he himself arrived
at the Gardner home he discovered
Mr.. Jessup had not been there. Re-
tracing the route Mr.. Jessup's dead
body was found between the farm
house and the place where the auto
was longed in the mud. Heart fail
ure is presumed to have been the
cause of the death.
John Cray a wealthy bachlor who
lived on his farm southwest of Lime
Springs, was found dead in the ruins
of his home which had been destroy
ed by fire the preceding night. Mr.
Cray was somewhat advanced in years
and lived alone and it is said he
seldom visited town. Mr.. Cray had
large amount of stock on the place
but about a week before his death he
is reported to have told nephew
that a part of his, stock had been
run off the previous night. 1t had
been rumored that Mr.. Cray kept
large sums of money about the pre-
misses and it is thought that in an
endeavOr to secure this money. rob-
bers killed him and then burnt the
house to cover the crime. From pre-
sent indications, more of the stock
was stolen the night of the crime, but
as no one knows the number of head
nor cannot identify the stock. it is
l. H. 10 tl,at l. <,-st vxv.l
learn more regarding this latter de-
veedopment.
We are going to have the circle re-
stored to the ballot so that it will be
easy to vote the straight ticket. In
Iowa that means help to the Repub-
lican ticket. for it is help to the
dominant party in any state, but it is
true that there has been demand for
the return of the circle so that voters
could cast their ballots with greater
ease. Provisions will be made of
course for a scratched ticket, but I'M
der the present form man had to
go clear through the ticket and mark
for every man even il he wanted to
vote the ticket straight. Many would
not do that so it resulted in the minor
officers having very light vote, Elm
nation of the circle was supposed to
help independent voting, and it may
have done so. but there has been dis
ever since the circle was
taken off, and under the proposed plan
the voter can be just as independent
as he wishes if he will take the time
to go over the ticket and vote for the
man he selects
Mrs. Jane Shaffer, who lives near
Panora, recently received word that
big oil field had been opened up close
to some land she owns in Oklahoma.
On the heels of this news came big
offer for the land and she is now
which means a comfortable fortune
for her. Mrs. SIIaffer owns a quarter
section in the Cherokee Strip" near
Billings. An oil well has been open
ed in the next section and is report
ed to be flos-ing thousand barrels
a day. When it "came in" it shot a
ten inch stream eighty feet high.
Derricks have been erected all over
the field, and hundred car loads of
material are said to be on the way
to the place. An offer was sent to
Mrs. Shaffer of 100000 for the land
This was followed 0y another offer
of 100000 A short time later she
was told to put price on her prop
erty and was not to be afraid of get
ting it too high. She may realize
100000 A quarter section across
the road from her land was leased
for $6S.000. John Schaffer. her son,
formerly owned piece of land in the
neighborhood of the oil strike but
sold it ten years ago for small
sum. Now he spends his time wish
ing he had kept it. Mrs. Shaffer has
not put definite price on her pro-
perty