Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-05-29

H. F. Andrews, former state sena-
tor from Audubon county, a resident
of the county since 1865, civil war,
veteran and prominent citizen, Is
dead at his home at Extra, aged IS
years.
| The $4,000 appropriated by the
Iowa legislature for the benefit OF
soldiers, sailors and marines, who
have been wounded, cannot be used
to establish employment OFFICES for
discharged service men.
Frank Brennan, II years old, was
trampled to death by the team with
which he was working in field at
| his home near Tara. No one was
with the boy and the horses became
unmanageable. In trying to hold
their heads he was knocked down
and killed The lads body was
frightfuuy mangled.
Iowa is the winter home of two big
shows, the Yankee Robinson at
Granger near Camp Dodge and the
Orton Brothers at Ortonville in Dallas
county. With the close of the show
pull into winter quarters and the work
of training animals and repairing
equipment is carried on in the great
steam heated enclosures, no matter
how frigid the weather may be out.
side.
The Davenport and Keokuk plants
of the Purity Oats company have
hA - No
American Hominy company, a &c.
100000 cereal corporation operating
dozen mills. The output Of the Dav.
export plant in manufactured oats
will be increased go per cent. Last
year the company did a gross bust
ness OF $8,000,000. The old officers
will remain at the Davenport and
Keokuk plants
e. H. Simpson bears the unusual
distinction of still living on the farm
IN Taylor county, Iowa, his father
homesteaded from the government in
1856, and where he was born in the
spring of 1857. No spot on this earth
would seem as much like home, sweet
home, to this veteran Iowa stock
farmer, as his present place Of abode,
where he was born 81 years ago,
reared to manhood and has since
raised his own family.
Juan j. Valdez, a filipino student
In the Iowa State university, who
died in the hospital there recently
as result Of tubercular trouble, has
been granted a degree of bachelor Of
arts posthumously. Els degree was
one Of his greatest ambitions and
since he lacked but very few
hours of the regularly required work
the faculty voted the sheepskin. His
diploma will be sent to his father in
the Philippines.
The women's reformatory at Rock
well City is the real Iowa No Mans
land according to j. H. Strict of the
board OF control, who recently re-
turned from a tour Of inspection.
There are only two men on the
place" said Mr.. Strict, "the engineer
and the head farmer. The women do
all the work about the buildings run
the farm, drive tractors, cut trees,
and saw wood. When left, they were
building cement sidewalk, and 1t
was corking good job"
Council Bluffs Is hopeful Of secur-
ing the big aerial mail service sta.
ton which it had been reported would
be located at Omaha. Agents of the
postoffice department have secured
an option on a site near the Union
Pacific transfer, and It lis reported
that owing to the fact that no suit
able landing place could be found
near the Omaha postoffice or rail.
road terminal, the aerial station will
be located on the Iowa side of the
Missouri river.
After having travelled 5000 miles
and been sold and resold for sums ae.
greghting $4,000, "Jack Pershing."
Red Cross rooster of D. R. Jones, Cas-
ey auctioneer, Is dead. The bird
Drought fame to its owner and money
to the Golfers Of many Red Cross chan
ters. The rooster was sold 5000
times at Red Cross sales in Iowa and
south Dakota. He was sold for prices
ranging from so cents to 81 900. The
body OF the famous bird will be
mounted and preserved.
The largest mail train of which
tnere IS any record In the world
ieaves the transfer in Council BLUFFS
every morning of the year. 1t carries
mai over the Union Pacific railroad
TOT every city and hamlet west Of
tne Rocky Mountains and mail for
the Orient by the. carload. Mail for
Yokohama, Toxic. Calcutta, Manila.
Java, Honolulu, Wadivostok, and 9th.
er lar east cities is carried. This
uraan consists of nine cars and is a
soiiu an steel, yestibuled train. FIRE.
qaently more than million pounds
OF mall are handled at the transfer
IN single day. Forty-two hoy cars
OF magazines are distributed from
this point every month.
AT least one-third of the girls who
Wll be graduated from the home
economics course of 4bo -. c4.