Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-07-17

over the State
William Murray, 80, and bacne-
lor, who recently died at Humboldt,
left his 100000 estate to people he
knew in the neighborhood.
Plans for Sac City's new high
school building have been drawn and
the proposition for its erection will
soon be up to the people.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Myers, of Water
loo, two Of Blackhawk county's pio-
neers, quietly celebrated the fiftieth
anniversary of their marriage.
Emil Webberking Of Waterloo, died
of hemorrhage due to unhealed
wounds received in battle in France.
Three thousand dollars has just
been appropriated by the state board
for the building of a new athletic
field at Iowa State college.
Fort Dodge has opened her new
$4,000 market, which is the out
growth Of the garden club move
ment Instituted during war time.
A four weeks campaign Of educa-
ton is to be put on by the good roads
association Of Clinton county, prelim-
mary to submission to the voters in
August.
The Hawkeye Aviation company of
Columbus Junction, with capital
stock of $4,000, has filed articles Of
incorporation in the Office of the sec
rotary of state.
The Aero Club of Iowa has been
organized by Des Moines flyers, most
of whom have seen military service,
many of them in France. Clarence
M. Young was chosen president.
Lieut.. Richard E. Cook, Company
C, One Hundred and Sixty-eighth in
fantry, has been posthumously
awarded the croix de guerre for brav-
cry in action during the battle : at
Fsmes, August, 1918.
Capt. E. E. Stoup, discharged May
Is from the Thirteenth engineers,
railway, has been cited by General
Pershing "for exceptionally meritor-
ious and conspicuous service in
France"
The grain elevator belonging to
Turner Brothers and located on the
Burlington railroad tracks at Red
Oak was totally destroyed by fire at
midnight. The loss will be about
$50 1000.
Arnold E. Moss, Of Charles City,
has passed the final examination at
Annapolis, Maryland, for admission
to the United States naval academy
and has now entered as midship-
man for the four years course.
Lightning struck the large barn on
the Herman Meier farm of Toronto,
burning it to the ground /. in twenty
minutes with all contents. The
barn contained about forty tons Of
timothy hay, some straw and three
calves.
The elevator owned and operated
by the Independent Grain and Lum-
| Der company in Clutter was struck
| by lightning and burned to the
ground, including all contents except
the office supplies. The fire was a
total loss around $4,000, partially
| insured
After seeing almost a years over
seas service, being wounded twice
after having gone "over the top" four
| times, to return to the United States
and die Of his wounds before reach
ing home is the fate of John Fer
guson, son Of Mike Ferguson, of LIE
Mars. Young Ferguson died at hos.
pital at Camp Devens, Mass.
Paved roads carried in Johnson
county by q majority Of $50. The
vote was 1924 for the proposition
and 1,464 against. The county did
not vote on the issuance of bonds.
Mrs. Faustina Ankeny, Is years
old, who accompanied her grandson,
Henry v. Lacey, to China for a years
visit two years ago, will go next week
to Columbus, O., for the worlds
Methodist Centenary celebration.
i w. G. Rathbun and son, Fred, Of
Ida Grove, father and brother of the
! young rapist, are now under arrest
in Spirit Lake for transporting II
4 quor across" the line. One hundred
and thirty-two quarts Of whiskey
were seized. The elder Mr.. Rath-
was arrested in Spirit Lake for a
4 similar offense about year ago and
fined nearly $780, besides having his
liquor confiscated. His hearing has
not yet been held.
4 A recent survey OF the farming con-,
ditions in Carroll county made by
the county farm bureau, revealed the
fact that there are 1877 farms in that
county of which number $50, or 81
per cent, are farmed by tenants In
one township, Richland, it was found
that tenants farmed 66 per cent Of
the farms, while in Kniest township
tenants farmed only 36 per cent. The
probability is that with the new lev
Ell of prices for farms there will be