Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-04-03

I'd. III. Mohler of New Hampton,
took first prize for butter in the ma
tional butter makers convention
there.
A state labor paper is under con-
sideration by the state federation Of
labor. The paper as planned will be
weekly and will be published in Des
Moines. James Stedman, chairman
Of the legislative committee Of the
Firemen and Enginemen, is one OF
the hackers Of the proposed news
paper.
Soldiers in the Iowa national
guard units may receive their dis
charge from service in that organiza-
ton by enlisting in the regular army
of occupation" a war department orr
der stated recently. The term Of,
their enlistment may be for one or
three years. Overseas service Isl
guaranteed within three months after.
enlistment.
Suffering from burns that caused,
his death six hours later, Raleigh;
Gould, 40 years old, living near Lone
Tree, tore his burned clothing from
the scared skin, put on other clothes
and rode horseback more than mile
for medical aid. He died when he fell
unconscious from his horse without
being able to tell how the accident
happened.
Record prices in farm lards of
Sioux county were established within
the last few days when a 16O-acre
farm owned by Render Kammings
was sold to Hessel d. Dethmers for
for $4,000 or at $425 per acre, and
a 125 acre farm, sold to Gerardus
Van de Garde for $56,25O, or at $3.50
an acre. Both are well improved
dairy farms near Boyden.
!. Shriveled to gaunt, eihaciated skel-
etons in which tiny sparks Of life still
fickered, Mrs. Matte B. Caina 81,
and her only daughter, S3, were found
in bed at their home in Davenport,
by detectives Boettcher and Quinn.
The women had been absolutely with
out anything to eat for thirty-four
days. There had been no heat in the
house for two months. Too proud to
ask for charity, the two women. who
are colored. pottered around the
house after the food gave out.
| Most unusual was the meeting Of
Full Moon lodge, No. SCI, at Mel
bourne the other. night, when the
grandfather, father and father-in-law
Of the candidate for the comforting
Of the Master Mason's degree, occu-
pied the chairs of the lodge. L. J.
Mason was the candidate, and the de-
gree was conferred by his grand
father, w. B. Mason. Several years
ago MT. Mason conferred the degrees
of Masonry on his son L. j. Mason,
whose son now becomes member OF
the lodge. Instances have been
known. although they are not com
mon, Of father comforting the degree
upon his son, but it is out of the or.
binary for grandfather to have
charge Of the work OF making his
grandson Mason.
Iowa's plans for landing the Meth
odist quadrennial conference in May
1920, were completed, and large del
egation Of Methodists from all parts
OF the state were on hand in Des
Moines to extend warm hand o.
greeting to the selection committee
when 1t arrived from Denver. This
committee has the power to aware
the big conference to the city bes
| suited to house 1t. It has just com
pleted an inspection OF Denver, which
is in the race with Des Moines, AMI
Chicago. Des Moines Methodists be
lieve that that city has splendid
chance of landing the convention
hewever. If brought there 1t viii
mean a thirty-day conference Of Meth
odists from all parts Of the worl,
and will average an attendance o
1000 members daily.
| Claims that the state Of Iowa i
! wrong in asking for an injunction II
| the district court against the Amer
can Railway Express Co. to RESTRAIN
1t from carrying on express bushes
under rates adopted January l, 191!
were filed in district court in answe
to a petition brought against the e,
press company by the state som
time ago. Henry L. Adams, attorne
for the American Railway EXPIRES
Co., has delayed making this answe
until similar cases being tried in oil
er states could be heard from. n
alleges that the action is in fact