Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-06-05

The new $150,000 high school build
ing has been opened at Osceola.
The Boone county vote on paved
roads has been indefinitely post
poned.
The Park Board at Spencer will ex-
pend $1,000 in improving the parks
this summer.
The Catholic church at Livermore
was burned with a loss estimated at
$4,000. The cause is unknown.
A tent city will be erected at Clear
Lake to take care Of the large crowds
of persons who give evidence Of go.
ing to the lake this summer.
Cherokee city council has nearly
completed plans for paving three and
one-half miles OF the streets Of the
city next season. This Will about
complete the paving for thecity.
Estherville claims the smallest
baby, it being only - inches long
and weighed one pound. The fingers
were not larger than matches and It's
head could go in a teacup It bids
fair to Live.
The town of Woodward will vote
on the question of issuing bonds to
the amount of $23,500 for the pur-
pose Of installing a heating, ventil-
ating and sanitary system in the
school building.
There are four farmers near Harris
that are getting $3.50 month on
their milk checks and several who
are getting close to 800 per month.
They find that good dairy herd
pays a fine return on the investment
The University Of Iowa hospital.
the only hospital In Iowa where
medical treatment is given men by
the war risk insurance bureau, is
fast filling up with men who wish to
take benefit of the war risk bureau
to have examinations made and treat
ment given IL necessary.
It is intimated that Iowa will again
have a regular army post. FIT. Des
Moines, now used as a convalescent
hospital for soldiers returned from
overseas, will probably be returned
to cavalry use when all wounded men
are taken care of and the post is no
longer needed as a reconstruction
hospital. The post was recently In
spected by Major General Leonard
Wood.
Lighting a cigar just after filing
the tank of his auto was not the wis
est thing in the world to do, and
Fred Ickes, Greenfield, has lots of
time to ponder on the question while
he is recovering from the effects of
the burns received. He was alone at
the time and the flames resulting
from the explosion set fire to his
clothing 1t is feared he wiz lose
his eyesight.
Owing to the mix-up in labor con-
ditions In England, Mrs. Jean Addi-
son OF Boone, is unable to go to her
parental home in Scotland for an ex-
tended visit as she had planned. Mrs
Addison has passports ready for the
journey, but has been notified that
she must remain in this country In
definitely. She was packed up ready
to depart, but the message from
Washington changed these plans.
Volunteers have again been called
for, who will give skin to be grated
to the leg of Edward Dippo, who
has been in the hospital at Ft. Dodge
for six months after suffering a
crushed limb in a railway accident.
Previously twenty-eight men gave a
hotal of more than 800 pieces of their
skin to be grated to Dippo's leg. 1t
is believed by physicians that 100
pieces additional will be sufficient.
Not since the famous gusher was
discovered at Belle Plaine in 1884
has an artesian we'll created as much
excitement as the one recently drilled
at Bentonsport, presumably away out
side of the artesian we'll belt. Mr..
Roland, the owner, sent a sample OF
the water to Prof w. j. Teeters,
dean Of the department. of pharmacy
at the state university, and the anal
ysis shows that it has about the same
medicinal qualities as does the water
at Colfax.
Essex, in Page county, and the
country round about is settled largely
by Swedes and it is one of the most
progressive communities in Iowa. The
people there are proud Of its former
citizen, Hon. Walter A. Leonard,
whose first diplomatic service was
when he was secretary to our minis.
ter at Fredburg, Germany. He spent
some time in the Balkan states. Later
he was made United States consul al
Stavanger, Norway. Four years age
he was transferred to Colombo Cey.
lon. which position he still holds
His deputy Is John Nye, a Shenan.
doah young man. Mr.. Leonard makes
the folks at Essex visit every year
or so.
For the first time in the last five
years spring football is now in vogue
at the State Teachers college Abou'
twenty men, all likely candidates fol-
the eleven next fall, have reported.
Shenandoah has novelty of
band cOnlposed entirely of woman