Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-08-14

Ill Over the Ststs
iowa's Victory Fair Aug. 2o-2e.
Seven Waterloo factories are now
idle through the strike, which affects
more than 1000 men.
The largest farmers cooperative
creamery in the state Is the Ice Cave
creamery located at DEBORAH.
! Ruena Vista went against hard
surtacing Of roads at the election.
John Adams, aged 20 q fireman
on the Chicago Great Western, was
scalded to death at Thornton, when
an arch pipe blew out.
The Webster City fire depastment
mas been equipped with gas masks
fer use In Aghting fires where men
must enter smoke-filled building.
John Evans, former Des Moines
newspaper man, now working with
the. Associated Press in Los Angeles,
has been transferred to the Paris 0f.
fee.
Two hundred neen, said to repre-
sent tho entire shop force employed
in the shops OF the Northwestern and
Wabash railroads in Council Bluffs.
walked out.
Frank MulchauG, farmer residing:
near Cedar Falls, was killed when
he fell from q wiudmill. "A step in
the ladder gave way and nearly ev.
cry bone in his body was broken.
Calhoun codntySSgave agdecided adj
verse vote on the hard roads PROPOSE
ton. the vote standing 1,722 against
and 5s5 for the proposition. Only
two precincts in the county voted in
favor Of the proposition.
]. B. Kelley, assistant professor In
the agricultural department of Iowa
State college, will gn To the Univer.
sity of Kentucky where he, will be.
come head Of the agricultural engi-
neering department at substantial
increase over his present salary.
Safe robbers who knocked the com.
htnation from the Riverxisws Amuse-
nent company safe at; Des Moines
with q sledge hammer, made their
getaway with $500 i'm currency. a
grip containing $500 lin silver was
left in the Office. Small change was
scattered all ever thes tfanr.
An Iowa man, Maj. me- IL King. is
+ mentioned in an official army docu-l
nrent as probably being the most ef-
fcient engineer officer in the air
service. Because Of HIS unusual
work he has been recommended for
distinguished service medal and
ordered to act as engineering OFFICER
on the All-American Pathfinder.
Paris is all right, but, q am more
than satisfied to be back in Des
Maines," was the COMMENT Cd Charles
Az Rawson, republican candidate for
governor and chairman of the repub.
llnan state central committee, as he
stepped on the train after having
been in France as a Y. M. G. "A. man
for almost a year. 81
Ibwa's corn crop for 1919 win av-
erage per cent above the normal
, crop for the last ten VEINS accord
Ing TO the weekly weather and crop
bulletin by Charles D. Reed, official
mHtRorologist. Very little Of the
spring wheat crop ia fiji tn mill, MI.
Reed says. The largest part Of it
win make good chicken feed, and
titat is all.
The independence Canning corpo-
ration is getting Its plant in shape
to, start canning operations about the
middle OF August. The Plant Is now
! being thoroughly overhMuled and the
management has installad sanitary
sailing system which diaas away with
the old way Of Gaping and sealing
az cans. The cans ans rnt into this
machine empty and! they are filed
and sealed by machines
Flying for pleasure has brought its
k first dreaded fatality to Ames. Lit.
4 Die 8year-old Leota Amalund lies
dead, and her cousin. C1arice Mather,
\ . years old, is fighting battle of life
and death at the Mary Greeley hos.
pftal, and Lieut. waiter Hartman,
the flyer, who was indirectly respon-
sible for the accident, is Frustrated
with grief and friends doubt il he
will ever enter another plane. The
girls were struck by the plane. when
the rudder was caught in fence.
The isM-Cy Trait. is the name adopt
ed at meeting Of road boosters
i at Atlantic. for the new auto route es-
tablished between Maryville, Missou'
ri, and Carroll. Iowa. The route will
be marked at once. The road con:
meets the Woodrow Wilson highway
at Maryville and the Lincoln high
way at Carroll. Kansas City and St
Joseph autoists bound for the Iowa
lakes now will have direct and
marked youte over the Woodrow VII
son highway to Maryyille. over the
NC trail from Maryville to Carroll
and over the Iowa Parks highway
from there to Lake Okoboji and Spir
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