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

The state board of control closed a
deal for over 10000 bushels of pota-
toes for state institutions recently.
The spuds were grown in Colorado
and cost the state s1.S5 bushel
Mrs. Henry Lamoreaux OF Meriden,
mother of Mrs. W. L. Harding, wife
of Governor Harding, died at her
home in Meriden recently. She had
been i'll for some time Mrs. Harding
was at her mothers bedside at the
time of her death.
Haircuts, SO cents and shaves %
cents were the new rates when the
union barber shops of Sioux City
opened their shops for business re-
Gently The new prices were decided
upon at joint meeting of the master
BARRIERS and the journeyman BARRIERS.
The official figures on the attend
ance at the state fair, just completed,
show 324,377 admissions. In 1917 the
attendance was 291, 972 and in 1915 it
was 245,066. The biggest attendance
on any one day in the history of the
fair was Thursday in 1918 when 81;
or people entered the gates.
Any young man over Is who has
had a high school education is eligi-
BILE to enroll in the students army
training corps in the various colleges
in the state and should get in touch
with college authorities. Induction in
to the college army will take place
on October 1.
The first indication that course in
aeronautics is to be conducted at the
State University of Iowa came when
it was announced by the war depart
formerly stationed at Kelly field, is
report at the Iowa institution for
i.uty as instructor in aeronautics.
A call for 5,305 Iowa selective serv-
ice men to report at Camp Dodge, be-
ginning Oct 4, was received by Ad-
jutant General Lasher recently. Glass
/ OF the 1917 registration will be ex-
hausted to meet the call, Adjutant
General Lasher said Glass 1 men of
the June registration this year will
ali be called and nearly all of the
men of the Aug. "a registration.
The following 1owans 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 Dommrco,
Des Moines; Donald D. Sparr, Crom-
we'll; William G. Schupp Council
Bluffs; George Stack, Aredale; Irwin
E. Larson, Detroit; Geo. w. Young,
Oelwein
The police departmet of Cedar
Rapids has the distinction of being
the first department in Iowa to or
ganize a War Savings Stamp Society.
Chief Of Police L. S. Morrison is
president Of the society, which was
organized by H. M. Gaines, state or
ganizer. Gaines also started War
Savings Society for the fire depart
ment in that city.
High heeled shoes are menace to
the health of the women of this ma
ton, DR.. George Body, assistant ply
stefan at the independence state hos
pital, declared in a paper presented
before the quarterly conference of the
board of control institutions held at
the state house recently. DR.. Body
was not present personally to read
his paper on the subject, TIL Fitting
Shoes a Menace to Health" but ii
was read by an assistant.
Colleges of Iowa are predicting a
large increase in their enrolment this
year, under plans for the students
army training corps Already IL
per cent increase in enrolment is
noted Des Moines College, and Iowa
State College at Ames expect 2s
per cent increase The State Uni
yersity anticipates that 1000 students
will enroll, which is equal to the en-
tire quota for Iowa.
A lot Of officials at the state house
are going to get cold feet, unless they
resign and secure other jobs. Twenty
five thousand dollars appropriated by
the 37th General Assembly to buy
fuel for the state offices for the hi
ennial period ending June 80, 1919
is now practically exhausted, and a!
the hard hearted coal dealers sell To-
cash only, the executive council il
up stump" as to how to heat tn,
state house for the next eight months
The usual nine months high schoo
course will be shortened in low;
schools this year to insure a NOR,
prompt release of students for farm
work in Uncle Sans food production
campaign. This decision was made a
q meeting in Des Moines of fit.
school superintendent and higl
school principals. No definite plal
has been decided upon, but an agree
ment has been reached to speed VI
school work in every community
Plans involving six-day school wee
and the elimination of all holiday
and vacations were vetoed by tn
school men.
With every local board heard from
the total number of registration Sep
10 in Iowa reported to Adj. Gen. L
G. Lasher, is 2s0,303, of which BOB
mn