Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1917-05-31
PRODUCE LESS COAL
Production of State for 1916
Was Below Average.
FEWER MINERS At WORK
Gross Earnings Of Mine Employees fol
Year Was $10,259, 008.e5-Average
Wage Was Only $s74-sever.
al New Mines opened.

| Des Moines.-Iowa produced 312, 109
tons less coal last year than in 1915,
according to the report of the state
mine inspectors just completed by l..
E. Stamm, secretary OF the board.
The output of the state was $780,.
0SS tons in 1915 and only 7,217,979
tons for the year 1916.
| Polk county also fell off from 1,725,.
844 tons in 1915 to 1,697,197 last year
Edward Sweeney, inspector for the
third district, believes the decrease in
the output of coal last year was due
to cessation of work in the spring OF
1916 while the miners and operators
fought out their differences on the
new mine scale.
1t was charged during the coal
shortage last winter that the opera.
tors held back production in order to
stimulate prices. The reports show
that while the average number of EN-.
ployes in and about the mines of the
state in 1915 was 1850, this average
fell to 1876 last year.
The total gross earnings of the mine
employees of the state for 1916 was
$10,259, O0S.95.
No figures on the earnings of min.
ers were collected the year previous,
so comparisons between the two
years are impossible, but other in
teresting facts are revealed in the
report.
The average yearly wage of a mine
employe, for example, is but $67450,
judging by the above figures.
The above figures also give some
idea of the profits made by the opera
tors last year, who sold coal all the
way from $3.50 to IS a ton. The av-
erage cost in labor for mining a ton
of, coal in Iowa last year was but
slightly over SLAP. Polk county aver
ages slightly higher with labor cost
of $1.49.
Edward Sweeney reports that three
new mines have been opened in Polk
county this year.
Havner lnstructs County Attorneys.
The position of the attorney gen.
erals office as regards the interpre'
tation of the blue laws is set forth in
a new letter written by Havner to
county attorneys over the state. In
this letter is explained what activities
may be conducted on Sunday and
what may not.
According to the letter the follow
ing may lawfully be carried on on
Sunday:
Operation Of public service corpo-
rations of all kinds, including rail.
roads, street car service, water and
light plants, etc. Amateur sports, in
GLIDING baseball, golf, tennis, etc. The
publication and delivery of Sunday
newspapers. The operation OF such
businesses as may be necessary to
aid the traveller on his journey, in
GLIDING garages (for necessary repair
work., livery stables. hotels. Deliv.
cry of milk. Operation Of bakeries
Other labor of absolute necessity"
And the following may NOT be car.
ried on lawfully: Sunday theaters OF
all kinds. Professional sports of all
kinds, including Western league base
ball, auto racing, etc. Farm work. The
operation of drug stores for the sale
of soda, confectionery, candy or CT
gars. The operation of cigar stores
Any other work which Commercial
ICES" the day of rest"
Iowa Guard Recruiting Plans.
In many Iowa towns registration
day will be made holiday with pat.
riotic parades and meetings, and re-
cruiting officers are expected to take
advantage of this opportunity to fill
their ranks. General Logan's order
to the company commanders directs
them to place lieutenant and two
men on recruiting duty at once.
Recruiting officers will report ".
cry Wednesday and Saturday to the
Adjutant General the number Of re.
cruits secured, and these will be con.
solidated into a bulletin to be issued
by the Adjutant General, thus show.
ing the manner in which each com.
l
Each battery will be recruited to
five officers and 100 men, each infan.
try company to three officers and 100
men, each troop of cavalry to three
officers and los men and the engineer
company to four officers and 164 men
Won't Call OF Fair.
There has been some talk of call.
ing off the state fair this year because
Of the war, but A. r. Corey, secretary
of the state agricultural department
believes that the fair is more import
ant this year than any other as il
will stimulate interest in producing
larger crops and more livestock.
Governor Urges Household Economy
Governor Harding recently appealed
to every housewife in the state to
store up sufficient food to not only
feed her own family, but another fam.
lily of equal size as we'll.
There are going to be lot of PEG.
PIE in the state who are not going to
have enough to eat next winter" said
the governor, mot through any fault
of their own, but because of circum.
stances over which they have no con
troll" The governor believes that the
women can do important work in the
matter
Boys From EIdora Disappeared.
Robert Wallace, colored, and George
Brown, white, both of the industrial
school for boys at Eldora, have dis