Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-11-07

sixtieth wedding anniversary. Mr..
Crum is 81 and Mrs. Crum is 78 and
they are both strong and healthy.
They are pioneer residents of Iowa.
The University of Iowa has I'M
fArled new service flag bearing
1,129s stars, IA OF them gold. The flag
is work of art, being planned in the
art department and executed in the
economics department. 1t Is made
of wool felt entirely.
The State Council of Defense has
appealed to the farmers of the state
to avoid as far as possible any unfair
competition in bidding for labor and
they also ask that the price paid for
husking corn be as near uniform all
over the state as possible.
The shortage of officers in the ar
tillery and infantry branches of mill
tary serice is acute. c. s. Walker.
chairman Of the Iowa division, Mill
tary Training Camps Association,
has asked more applications for the
training courses for these branches.
Down in Page county there was
some bug working at the seedlings OF
alfalfa and the farmers there thought
that the grasshoppers were on the
job. But when an entomologist from
Iowa State College came down to
help them out, he discovered that 1t
was serious attack Of army worm
that they had on their hands. He
suggested poison bran mash and that
is being used there with good effect.
There are in Hamilton county 81
$50 head Of hogs. OF these 72,S45
weigh less than 100 pounds and 12,-
ia weigh over that figure. These fg-
ures are the result Of the hog census
just finished. It was taken under the
direction Of the county food admins
tration by school districts. It was
done entirely by the teachers and rur-
al school students. The value of the
hogs is roughly estimated at $1,000
600.
peace talk is dangerous" declares
Charles Reynolds of the United
States Public Service reserve, In
telegram forwarded to the State Coun.
Gil of Defense America has just be-
gun to fight In the coming months
our long preparation in the battle
line and in the shipyards will yield re.
suits. ShipwcTkers realize the need
for continued record breaking. Ev
| cry ton Of shipping launched now
means force to the utmost to really
| win the war next spring.
| Chestnut trees are very rare in
Iowa hut George Mitchell has eight
large trees on his farm, two miles
| from Charles City. They are be.
tween 80 and 40 years old and bore
large quantity Of nuts this fall. A
great amount of care was necessary
when the trees were young to keep
them alive and to insure good
growth.
The retrenchments and reform com
| mittee plans to hold its next meeting
in Des Moines about the middle OF
November at which time the COM
mittee probably will pass finally on
accounts of the Iowa commission to
San francisco. The final checking up
Of the expenditures of the commits
sion under the appropriation for the
Panama Pacific exposition has been
turned over to a sub committee con-
sisting Of RUDE McPherrni and j. w.
Bailey.
The following Iowans have been
killed in action or died Of wounds or
disease during the past week: Paul
Delinger, Henderson; Edward Romel,
fanger, Arlington; Sanford Severson,
Kanawha; Victor First, Villisca; Bob
Tribby, Mount Pleasant; Clarence
Nesheim, Clear Lake; Thomas A.
1 White, Linden; edwin e. Hites, Des
Moines; Ben Adkins, Fairfield; James
Goggin. Bernard; Michael Wolfe;
North Buena Vista; Jose g. Kilmartin,
Malvern: George C. Sheppleman,
Clear Lake; Joseph H. Wyatt, Des
Moines; Noah F. Pebbles, West Bend;
I Alvin Schroeder, Bellevue; John J..
Oak, Lyons; John Halverson, Cal
mar; IvanC. Walker, Rockford; Max
A. Weiss, Woodbine; Kenneth L.
Mueller, Waterloo; John r. Themp.
son, Princeton; Albert T. Fransen,
st. Ansgar;; Olaf II. Olsen, Rem.
brandt; John w. Thompson, Noris;
Chester R. Perkins, Des Moines;
Charles Christianson, Graettinger;
Alfred M. Kant, Neville; George L.
Foulk, Merican; Ernest Richardson,
Burlington; John r. Wingate. Water
loo; Charles s. Brown. Robertson;
Cornelius III. Bents, Parkersburg;
Herman H.Lesline, Logan; David G.
Lydell, Aurelia; Homer ]. Price,
Eagle Grove; Harry w. Swanson,
Chilicothe.
Iowa's quota of 1850 student muses.
is being reached slowly. Fourteen new
enrollments were made bringing the
; total up to 803. The Tenth district
Is the only one in the state which has
exceeded its quota. With a quota OF
1913, this district has enrolled 1853 and
Is still sending in applications.
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