Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-09-12

France. Fifteen boys were honored.
The first ruling formulated by the
Price Interpretation Committee OF the
State Food Administration is that &c
pound for butter is the maximum
margin of profit for dealers.
All postmasters in Iowa and other
states have ben notified by Postmas-
ter General Burleson that charge
will be made for installing and NOV
ing telephones. Mr.. Burleson Is now
head of the telephone systems of the
United States.
The Industrial war orders that have
been placed with Davenport firms by
the government, will be reduced be-
cause that city has failed to meet
the requirements in regard to con-
sested housing and transportation ia
cilities.
A women's section gang in oven
alls is now working on the Charles
City Western railway. Six girls and
women are at work and more WIN
be added soon. Fred Bahr, known as
"Old Reliable" around this railway,
Members of the Committees on re-
trenchment and reform, of the 9th
General Assembly met in Des Moines
recently to consider matters to be re-
ported upon at the next session Of
the legislature. The committee will
meet again about November first.
DIR. c. Allen Snyder of Dubuque,
who has been involved in several
cases of alleged illegal operations,
was arrested following the death of
Mrs. Frank Gagne, who died at a
Dubuque hospital recently. 1t is in
timated that an illegal operation was
performed.
Ida and Tama are the only counties
in the entire state where not single
war savings stamp has been convert
ed into cash by it's holder. This rec
ord is remarkable when it is consid-
cred that Ida county has sold $3.50
of its entire per capita quota and
Tama has sold $13.38 Of its quota Of
$50 per capita.
Cornell college at Mt. Vernon now
has 400 stars in its service flag. The
college is represented in the military
service by three majors, twelve. cap
tains, fifty-four lieutenants, twenty
eight sergeants and eighteen corpo-
rails. More than twenty-five per cent
of the men in school last year are
now in service.
Because they happened to smear a
mail box with yellow paint while
painting the property Of W. F. Drum.
mey, of Ryan, whom they accused OF
disloyalty, nine young men, sons OF
wealthy farmers of that community,
were held to the federal grand jury
in Delaware county for breaking and
entering.
Labor Commissioner A. L. Urick
received telegram from the labor
offices at Washington asking him to
estimate how many unskilled labor
ers could be furnished from Iowa in
the next three weeks for work in the
Portland (Ore.) shipyards and also
how many machinists and other skill
ed workers.
At meeting of the United Mine
Workers in Des Moines recently, 8
resolution was passed demanding ar
increase of nearly thirty-three and
one-third per cent in wages. A copy
of the resolution, giving the miners
reasons for demanding an increase
has been sent to the Federal Fue
Administration in Washington.
The conservation ideas, including
wheat. sugar and fuel saving sugges
lions and housekeeping account sys
TENS, advanced in the home econom
les exhibit at the state fair will serve
merely as an introduction to the con
servation campaign which is to 70,
launched throughout the state thi.
fall by the county home demonstra
ton agents.
Iowa colleges which have arranged
to give military instructions this yea
will have to provide barracks for tn
men taking military training. Tn,
government feels that this is neces
sary in order to give the real militia
~ touch to the training the men will
receive. The men who take this train
ing will be as much part Of tn
army as the men in the camps ant
will receive priyate's pay.
Announcement was made recentl,
Of the arrival at Camp Dodge of tn
Second United States infantry, com
prising 1,400 officers and men unde
Col William c. Bennett. The reg
ment has been stationed in Honolulu
since 1910, with the exception of tn
last month spent in San Francisco
The Second infantry, with the Foul
teenth, which has not yet arrived, i
70 form the nucleus of the infantr
units Of the Nineteenth division t
be formed there.
Up to date the following Iowa co
leges have made arrangements t
give military training during the con
ing year: Coe at Cedar Rapids, Coz
nell at Mt Vernon, Des Moines Co
lege and Drake University at De
MONIES, Dubuque College at Dubuque