Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-11

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West Okoboji Lake In the near fu-
ture.
Mrs. Byron Smith, OF Minburn, died
from burns received when she pour
ed oil on cook stove causing it to
explode.
John A, Helvig died ct hts home in
Roland from the effects Of injuries
received when he was run down by
motor truck.
Miss Anna McMahon, appointed
city clerk Of Marshalltown, is the
only woman IN city OF the first
class to hold such an Office.
September is the month Of county
and district fairs in Iowa and NO less
than forty-three fairs are to be held
in the state during the next four
weeks.
Corporal Robert Colfesh, Company
M, Seventh infantry, a former Des
Moines man, has received the croix
de guerre and citation by the French
government.
The death OF Walter Scott Roberts,
in Des Moines, takes one Of Iowa's
earliest settlers. Mr.. Roberts came
to the state in the early sixties and
settled at Postville.
Abandonment OF the 1919 encanp-
ment Of the Iowa national guard was
definitely decided upon by Adj. Gen.
L. G. Lasher and Col. r. P. Howell
Of Iowa City. commander Of the reg
iment
Fred Sievers OF Audubon. the big
Snowman, has offered the Bloemen-
daal brothers, of Alton, $4,000 for
THE Pilot" Bloemendaals' Poland
China herd header. They have not
yet accepted the OFFER although II
is q tempting one. Mr.. Sievers
would no doubt show THE Pilot at
the national swine show held in Chi
cago this fall and there is good rea-
son for believing that the mammoth
boar Is the leader in the Poland
China world and would bring home
the blue ribbon from this great show.
The Iowa Sugar company of Wav-
erly will invest $35O,0O0 in remodel
ing their plant including the erec-
ton Of a warehouse and a pulp mill,
each 50x100 feet. The management
also let it be known that the citizens
Of Waverly must erect 100 new
houses the. coming year to accommo-
date the employees Of the plant. II
this is not done the company will
get capitalists to come here and erect
the houses.
Thirty horses were burned to death
and a score Of vehicles destroyed by
a fire at Oskaloosa, which destroyed
| livery stable and sale barn owned
by Charles billiard, and slightly dam
aged feed yard owned by H. L.
White. The property had been con-
demned by the state fire marshal and
q case is now pending in district
court to collect $4,000 fine from the
owner for neglect in tearing down
condemned structure.
James F. Meade, OF Oxford, has fl
ed petition in the district court
asking a judgment for $146 against
the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific railway and Director Hines
for alleged costly delay in shipment
Of two cars of cattle (forty head) to
Chicago stockyards. The cattle were
shipped from Oxford, and the owner
claims that they were SO long reach
ing their destination that he suffer
ed loss Of $146 on their sale.
The Iowa State Banks claim for.
| $4,000 from the New Amsterdam
Casualty company, because of the,
robbery Of the bank, in Des Moines,
last March. will be tried before the
United States District court. A re-
4 quest from the casualty company for
the transfer to the southern district
Of Iowa y. 8. court was granted by
District Judge Thomas J. Guthrie.
The casualty company is contesting
the claim OF the bank for the money.
AL Doktor, Of George. has fled
suit in the district court Of Sioux
county for $1,000 damages, alleging
that the defendant, the oelwein
Chemical company, Earl Rhine, and
Sam Timmers, owners. sold him q
so-called remedy which was guaran-
teed to be specific for worms In
hogs, that he fed some Of the rem
A edy to 81 head Of hogs according to
the directions, and that every one OF
the hogs died within a few days; that
the so-called remedy was really a
poison whether through ignorance or
fault Of the company, and he wants
! not only the $4,000 damages. but the
return OF the money spent for the
stock food, $65. This suit has been
expected for some time. The cop1pa-
i ny alleges carelessness in feeding the
remeay. and 1t Is understood they
have decided to fight the case.
A quarter Of q Denver estate val
ued at 100000 has been awarded
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Kenyon Of Iowa City
by the United States District court
sitting at Denver.
Dr. r. II. Sylvester, OF the State
University OF Iowa, has been appoin,-