Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-10-02
over 1000 citizens Of o'Brien cour


an exceptional attendance.
Cedar Rapids will entertain the
1920 convention of Iowa Master
Horseshoers, according to action at
this years meeting at the Hotel Fort
Des Moines.
President w. A. Watts OF the Mer.
chants Life Insurance company OF
Des Moines is listed as the cham.
pion golfer of the American life con.
vcntinn golf club.
Auditor Key, Of Waukon, says that
during the months of August bounty
was paid on 431 rattlesnakes- at SO
cents per; s453.S5 for groundhogs
and $3.50 for gophers.
DR.. Charles r. Ryan of Des Moines
was elected president of the Missouri
Valley Medical society at the annual
convention held at Hotel Fort Des
Moines. His election was unani.
nous.
Blair Converse, a newspaperman
and graduate in journalism of the
University of Wisconsin. has Joined
the department of agricultural jour.
nalism at Iowa State college, succeed
ing Harry O'Brien.
President Lowell of Harvard uni
versity, advocate of the league of ma.
tons. will speak in Des Moines at an
early date. The noted educator is
soon to start a tour of the country,
urging ratification Of the covenant.
The potato crop now being harvest.
ed and stored in Is states producing
the commercial potato crop Of the
northern United States showed con.
dition of 69.5 per cent, as compared
with ISL per cent for ten year av
erage.
Until an order is received from
Judge Reed of the United States dis
trict court, reversing his decision in
the case of the city Of Dubuque VS..
the Dubuque Electric company, the
sale Of ~ cent fare tickets to work.
Ing people must be continued by the
company.
Sam Anderson, one of the best
known threshermen in Iowa, was kill.
ed by being caught in the belt Of
the machine he and his brother were
operating near Deloit. Anderson
leaves a wife and family He had
been in the business for years and,
had Planned to retire at the c,ose OF
the season.
The or,y captured German cannon
to be received by an Iowa city since
the wars end is displayed by MaSon
City. The gum a IS mil,imeter,
weighs $500 pounds and was award.
ed to Mason City in recognition of
Liberty loan drives and efforts OF
c. II McNider as head Of loan cam.
paigns in this state.
The number enrolled at Iowa State
college had reached the unprecedent.
ed high water mark Of more than g..
goa. The largest enrolment ever
known in the colleges history Reg.
istrar Herman Knapp thinks the nun
Der will finally reach 1000. There
are more than 800 girls registered
which breaks another college record.
The number of pupils in the Des
Moines schools has increased IS per
cent in the past six years, according
to figures given out by City Supsrin
tendent H. c. Thornburg. There were
l6,605 pupils in the Des Moines
schools at the end Of the first two
weeks in 1913 and the end OF the two
weeks period this year found the
number 21,507.
Boys, hereafter when l learn OF
one of you neglecting his duty by not
arresting every driver of motor We
hicle who fails to live up to every
one of the traffic regulations, that
one gets thirty days suspensoin,'
said Chief Of Police Day to the Des
Moines force. There was an even
hundred arrested in the twenty-four
hours following the chiefs orders.
A wink in time saved the eyesigh,
of Jean Edwards. Edwards is an en-
rloye OF the Johnson Optical com
pany Of Davenport. He was work
ing over pot of hot pitch when a
tool fell into 1t. Edwards closed his
eyes and the boiling pitch splashed
over his face, arms and shoulders
sealing his eyes shut. His eyelids
were badly burned but the eyeball
was not injured.
Between so and 80 per cent of the
commercial bodies in the United
States favor return of railroads to
private ownership as soon as posi-
Bile, according to information receiv
ed by the Chamber Of Commerce
at Des Moines. Iowa commercial
bodies for the return, according tc
the chamber: Burlington, Cedar Rap
ids. Charles City, Clarinda, Clinton
Davenport, Dubuque, Fort Dodge
Iowa City. Manchester, Ottumwa
and Des Moiues.
King Albert, Queen Elizabeth and
Crown Prince Leopold OF Belgium
will visit Davenport on their tour Of
the United States. according. to word
received by Governor Harding from
the sta.e department. The party