Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-10-10

Official notice was received by
Lieut.. ]. E. McFadden, in charge of
milieary police in Des Moines, that
Camp Dodge had been placed in quar-
antine. The order was signed by
Colonel LAsseigne, camp commander.
Summarized the order requires the
following restrictions: "No furloughs
or passes will be given to enlisted
men and they are forbidden to leave
the limits of the camp. Tradesmen,
delivery men and contractors en-
ployes engaged in construction work
will be admitted. No visitors or
sightseers with or without passes,
will be admitted. Moving pictures,
other places Of amusement and post
exchanges, in or near the camp, will
be closed. All lectures, religious and
other meetings, will be discontinued
for the present This, is to prevent
the spread of influenza.
Upon invitation OF the Fort Madi-
son City union the twenty-third an
nual convention Of Iowa branch Of
the international Order Of the Kings
Daughters and Sons will be held in
that city Oct. 1913, beginning Wed
nesday evening at 7:45 and closing
Friday afternoon. The entertainment
circles offer lodging and breakfast
and will arrange for other meals at
reasonable rates. A proposition for
a new state work will come before
the convention, namely, that the
circles Of Iowa clothe the children.
wholly or partially, that are sent to
the Perkins ward at the state uni
versdty hospital.
The present season for the Hamp.
ton-Kelley Canning company at
Hampton closed recently after total
Of $4,000 cases, or about eighty car
loads. had been placed in cans. Ow.
ing to unreasonable conditions, the
pack is hardly up to the average in
quantity. The quality, though, Is said
to be excellent Corn Of the early
seeding was almost up to expectations
but the cold, wet weather and the
frost Of September cut down heavily
on the late corn. Much of the output
is contracted for by the government.
Two alleged army deserters, one q
Dubuquer. were arrested by the po-
lice on information contained in q
telegram from the commander OF the
company in which the men belonged.
The men are Bart Burnett and Tho
mas SiAey OF Chicago They had.
been stationed at Camp Gordon, Ga.
Both declared when taken into Gus.
tody at the home Of the local man,
that they wanted a furlough and were
taking it. They were emphatic in
their statements that they did not
intend to desert
Dr.. McKeever Of Burlington, sug-
gested that the business men take
greater interest in the youth of the
city, but another good suggestion
made by the Burlington Hawkeye is
that parents of children in the teens
make sure just what they are doing
evening after evening and into the
night. Perhaps visit to the police
matron might aid, for she knows the
majority OF them. the result might
aid materially in the conservation Of
gasoline.
The strike of the employees of Du-
blQue express companies is at an
end. A considerable number Of
drivers who walked out are back
on the job. although many en-
ployed in the OFFICES have failed
to return to work. Both sides
agreed however. that the strike Is
over, those who have not returned
seeking other employment. Depot
men are also back. Girls have re-
placed men In the offices In many In
stances.
Six carloads OF wounded soldiers
returned from the European battle
fields were brought to the general
United States hospital at Fort Des
Moines recently. The men are from
all parts of the United States. call OF
the cases are of a serious nature"
said Lieutenant Peterson, post adju.
tant, most Of them requiring ampu-
tatiOn. The men are all happy, how
ever, in the fact that they have put
forth their best efforts for the coun-
try"
ALI naval recruiting stations In
Iowa except the one in Des Moines
were ordered closed and indefinitely
discontinued in an order sent out from
Washington recently. The order at
fects stations at Davenport. Dubuque,
Red Oak, Burlington, Cedar Rapids,
Waterloo, Fort Dodge and Iowa City.
Cancellation of the call for 5,305
Iowa men to go to Camp Dodge dur.
ing the fiye-day period beginning Oct.
Z, was ordered by AdJutant General
Lasher. on account of quarantine due
to the spread Of Spanish influenza, in
harmony with instructions from Pro.
vost Marshal General Crowder.
A very malignant type of blight
known as cedar rust, has made dss
appearance on the apple trees IN
Rockwell City and vicinity this sea.
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