Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1918-10-03

Herman YOnkerS, or Linn county,
was one of IL soldiers killed in troop
train wreck near Springfield. Mo.
Adjutant General Lasher reports
that progress is being made in the
enlisting OF men for the new national
guard organizations recently author
lied by the government.
Seventeen per cent Of the seventh
federal reserve district quota of the
fourth Liberty loan has been allotted
to Iowa, making the quota for the
state. s147,900,00o. Polk county's
quota of this amount is 1884. 100.
Iowa has exceeded her allotment
of sugar for September by 100000
pounds, according to w. 7. McElrcy
Of Ottnmwa, chief of the sugar divi-
sion of the food administration This
amount must be made up by January
1st, so 1t will mean few sweets In
the meantime.
Ruth Shoemaker Of Rockwell City.
who was shot at the Hotel Baltimore,
Kansas City. Mo. Sept. Z by l., B.
Schermerhorn. of Des Moines, has
brought suit in the circuit court
against Schermerhorn for 100000 for
injuries which she alleges she receiv-
Cd when she was shot by him.
Pies and cake will be nearly ex-
tinct In Iowa Iowa's apportionment
Of 100000 pounds of sugar for Sep
tember has been cut for October to
e.500,0oO pounds. Restaurants and
public eating places. which make their
own pastries, are to be requested to
cut down their output 80 per cent
Former Lieut.. Gov. John Herriott,
Is years old, died at Stuart recently.
The deceased was lieutenant governor
under Governor Cummins for two
terms. He was state treasurer for q
number of years before that. His
health had been failing for some time
before his death
The following Iowans have been
reported rs killed in action or died
of wounds during the past week: John
n, Livingston, Bedford; Martin E..
Bchrends. Bu1alo Center; Edward
Strunee. Creston; j. A. Howard,
Woodbine; ]. A. Mccartney. Sioux
City: Edmund G. Naber, Arcadia; H.
F. Peterson, Person
The farm rentals in the vicinity OF
1da Grove are averaging around $12
m acre cash for next season, but
many are being made above that fig
sre. The highest yet reported is that
of the 200 acre Pat Mcclure farm, ad-
Joining the town Of Holstein, which
has Just been rented on a three-year
contract to Alfred Peterson for ST
per acre.
While we do not object to aiding
in caring for the sufferers In this war,
We object to furnishing means for
carrying 1t on" This was the plea
OF 1900 Mennonites of iowa who ask
Cd the state council Of defense that
they be allowed to donate to The Red
Cross and other forms Of relief in.
stead OF buying Liberty bonds. The
Plea was denied
A west bound freight killed three
section men who were going to their
work on a hand car on the brickyard
curve Of the C. & N. w. railroad near
What Cheer. The men saw the train
coming and removed, the hand car
from the track, but paralyzed with
fear, were unable to escape. The
dead are Isaac Critchfeld, section
foreman; Asa Fenton and Jacob
Hartman
Announcement soon viii be made
Of the various county winners in tie
sugar saving contest conducted by
the food administration for Iowa.
This was made known in connection
With the announcement of first prize
for the state TO Mrs. Kate D. Barr,
Of Keokuk. q woman Of Sc years. who
gained her first sugar saving expert.
ence at the time of high prices during
the civil war.
Arba L. Stunt. of Cedar Falls, 80
years old. pioneer iowa law maker
and brother of Bishop Homer C.
Gtuntz of the Methodist church, died
IN Cedar Falls recently, at the home
u his daughter, Mrs. BENJAMIN Board
man, wife Of the Teachers college
secretary. Mr. Stuntz represented
Story county in the Twenty-third and
Twenty-fourth general assemblies. be.
ing . member of the committee de,
veloDing policies and plans Of Ames
college.
The Wagner Manufacturing com
pany Of Cedar Falls. has just landed
the contract for an overhead carrier
system TO be installed in the new
Pennsylvania hotel now under con
struction in New York This hote
win be the largest in the world with
1900 rooms. This order was landed
simultaneously with the Wagner com
pany's FIRST war work contract. an
order from the government for a
large quantity of door hangers and
tracks for government warehouses.
An important arrest was made re
Gently by Marshal Smaller and Con
stable Impson of Tama when the,
brought in a Serbian. Sam Popovitch
who has been employed in the North
western yards there for some time
He has been under sllSpicion for uuite