Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-09-26

prlSeS be discontinued the state ad-
yisory board of the United States en-
ployment service has adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions: Whereas, not
less than an additional 10000 men
are needed for war industrial work
in the state of Iowa, therefore be it
resolved that the state advisory
board of the United States employ
ment service earnestly suggests to
all in official authority the wisdom
of Withdrawing from less essential
yate character men whose services
might or should be better employed
IN military or war industrial en-
deavor; and, be it resolved, That
no further unnecessary enterprise of
public or private character be here
after undertaken in Iowa during the
duration of the war"
Two persons were killed and four
seriously injured as the result of an
automobile accident on the Muehaki-
mock road, five miles south of Oska-
loosa recently The dead: Warner
White, C. Elmer Mickey. The injured:
Dayton ,Smalley, Walter Johnson,
Harold Burke, Samuel Marks. All
are residents of Oskaloosa except
Marks, whose home is in Pennington.
The car was travelling at a high rate
of speed When White, who was driv-
ing, attempted to negotiate sharp
turn in the highway the car sk;.,ded
and went over the road bank into
field White and Mickey were almost
instantly killed.
An early seed corn saving campaign
is now being promoted by the Iowa
State college at Ames, cooperating
With the state dairy and food depart
ment, the director of agricultural vo-
cational education and the county
farm agents. 1t is proposed that the
farmers pick enough seed corn this
season to last for two years. 1t is
said that the quality of the corn this
year is exceptionally good, and II
picked at the proper time the farm
ers will be insured against a seed
corn shortage for two planting sea-
sons.
BY eliminating the middle man,
members of the Farmers Union say
they can lower prices by opening a
farmers exchange in Des Moines. The
executive board of the Iowa Farmers
Union at its meeting in Des Moines
voted to move the state farmers ex-
change from Columbus Junction to
Des Moines. The farmers through
the exchange sell direct to each 9TH
er. No time was named for the re-
moval of the exchange. T. A. Hough-
as of Macedonia was elected state
organizer.
Herman Buelman, 40 years old,
Waterman at the Kelly canning plant,
Wayerly, was brought to Waterloo re-
Gently, by a federal officer to await
investigation by United States Com
missioner j. E. Dempster. Buelman is
alleged to have said he wished some
German would blow up the factory.
He also is accused of melting EN-.
ployes to strike. Buelman is believed
to have harbored grievance because
he received no additional pay while
other employees received advances.
A quartet of statesmen engaged in
swapping monographs for cash or
Liberty bonds struck snag at Iowa
Falls when two Of the number man.
aging the campaign were arraigned
in Mayor Jennings court and fined
$25 and costs for merchandising with
out license. The men travelled in
trucks and canvassed the country
thoroughly. Several machines were
disposed of for which Liberty bonds
were taken. The men are said to
hail from Davenport.
The Red Cross was enriched by
$305 recently through the United
States food administration headuuar-
tiers at Burlington, following yo1un-
tary contributions made by bakers
who pleaded guilty to baking bread
without the legal amount of substi-
tutes. George Papantonoplous OF
Mason City gave 500, Tony Color of
Mason City $40, ]. f. Saur of Clinton
500. John Andon of Clinton $45, and
G. E. Doolittle of Carson $40.
The following Iowans have been
killed in action or died of wounds
or disease during the last week: Hen.
ry C. Campbell Usage; John H. Jo-
hansen, Davenport; Leo Dominica,
Des Moines; Donald D. Spar, Crom-
well; William G. Schupp Council
Bluffs; George Stack, Aredale; Irwin
b. Larson, Detroit; Geo. w. Young,
! Oelwein.
Second Lieut.. William Aitkin, OF
Storm Lake, with the first division in
France. was promoted to a first lieu.
tenancy for valiant service IN the re.
cent thrust against the crack Prussian
guard.
With every local board heard from
the total number of registration Sept
IL in Iowa reported to Adj. Gen. L.
g.. Lasher, is 2S0,303, of which 3O3a
are negroes. The total estimated by
the war department for this state was
28S,354. Some additions are expected