Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-07
Iowa land is valued at s1o,ooO,oo0.

votes.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Goerpinger.
ST., of Boone, have been married
sixty-two years.
The list of distinguished service
cross awards include Sergt. Ernest A.
Smith (deceased), Waterloo.
Lyon is the twentieth county to
vote for hard surfacing. The bond
issue of $1.125,O00 also carried.
1t cost Chief of Police Blair Of Os-
kaloosa 81 for beating up Attorney
o. c. G. Phillips during an argument.
c. II. Meyer Of Denison has sued
Edward Flynn, a travelling salesman
OF Sioux City, for $4,000 for the
alienation of his wife's affections.
The Iowa conference of the Sew.
enth Day Adventists' are arranging
to hold their annual camp meeting
in Marshalltown on August rs to
September z.
A state trade paper is to be pub
1ished by the Iowa Retail Grocers' as
ISOLATION, if plans made by those in
attendance at the conference held at
the Davenport Commercial club ma
terialize.
The National Swine Show for 1919
will be held at Des Moines, Septem.
Der 20 to October 4. This annual
event is without doubt the most i'm
portant one connected with the
swine industry.
William Collinson of Charlton, who
has been serving the unexpired term
of HI. C. Beard, of Mount Ayr, as
state highway commissioner, has
been reappointed for the new term
by Governor w. L. Harding.
The Iowa Institute of Landscape
Architects was formed at Hotel FIT.
Des Moines. Frank Culley Of Ames
is president. The organization will
further the movement in Iowa for
better parks, and landscape improve
ments.
Iowa City has an ostrich in it's city
park now, thanks to the Davenport
park board, which donated the big
bird to the Iowa City board, through
George T. Baker, OF Davenport, a
member of the Iowa state board of
education.
Iowa's share of the national guard
appropriation will be about $1,500,
Adjt. Gen j.. G. Lasher announced.
This, he believes, will be insufficient
for the needs Of the guard in Iowa,
but other equipment will be supplied
from the states appropriation. he
said.
Twenty persons in Iowa have been
bitten by mad dogs this year, accord
ing to reports made to the office of
the state board Of health. The latest
case was reported from Jefferson.
Materials for treatment by the Pas
teur system were dispatched immedi-
ately to the attending physician.
Roy Emerson, convicted of murder
ing his mother and who killed him
self, will be buried in a Creston GEM
etery, but services will not be held
from any Creston institution. Seuti-
ment was against taking the body to
Creston, so it was taken to Alton,
from whence it will be removed to
Creston for burial
Using 300 parts g 21 different air
planes of five nations, Sergt. Maui
rice M. Hull, soldier of Marshall
town who reached home recently
from France, manufactured in his
spare hours in camp a monograph
that will play practically any make OF
disk record. Hull was an electrical
engineering student in the university
Of Minnesota when he enlisted for
service IS months ago.
Ebert G. Paul, Of Osceola, has filed
the second suit to be brought against
the United States government in this
division Of federal court. He claims
$4,000 insurance which was taken
out by his son, George Mark Paul,
who entered military service April S,
1913. He claims the policy was de
liyered to his son on April 18th and
the boy died Of disease April 18th.
There is a disagreement as to the
beneficiary although Paul claims to
be the only Surviving near relative
of his son.
The threatened strike Of 600 EN-
ployes of the Des Moines City Rail.
way company was temporarily avert
ed, when the board of arbitration ap
pointed by Judge Martin Wade OF
federal court gave conditional
award Of so to go cents an hour
Men now draw between Al and Al
cents an hour. Included in the de
cision OF the board was the recon
mendation that an election of the
people be held not later than Sept
%, at which time an Increased fare
will be voted upon.
Alfred Atkinson, graduate of Iowa
State college, has been elected pres
ident of Montana state college.
Dr.. Samuel T. Orion of Philadel.
phia has been elected head of the
new psychopathic hospital at Iowa
City.