Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-07-10

The Iowa State insurance men
will hold their annual convention at
the Inn on West Okoboji on July II
and Is.
The distinguished service cross
has been awarded by General Perish
ing to Corporal George A.. Carroll,
Davenport.
B. Lincoln Rutt of Casey has been
appointed by Congressman Green as
midshipman at the United States
naval academy at Annapolis.
The fifty-sixth annual conclave OF
the grand commandery knights Tenn
plar of Iowa will be held at Temp
lar Park, Spirit Lake, the second
week in July.
Ending Spectacular campaign,
the recent election at Marengo went
against the proposition to build a
100000 school building by major
ity Of 16 votes out of a total vote of
943
The automobile license depart
nlent has reverted to the secretary of
state with only 5000 applications out
of the accumulation turned over to
the state treasurer last march, held
up for corrections.
Rehabilitation records were shat
tered at Camp Dodge during June
when 1855 men were mustered out
of the army. These men received
$3,492,000 in pay from the govern
ment upon their discharge.
Iowa is second in membership in
the American Legion among the
states of the union, Capt. John Mac
Vicar, ST., secretary Of the Iowa state
organization, said he had been in
formed by national headquarters.
Many Storm Lake citizens will
forego the usual Christmas TURKEY
next year to dine on buffalo meat.
George Steig bought genuine 1000
pound buffalo of A. H. Leonard, of
Fort PIERRE, S. D., who has 1000
acres of land and 1000 head of buf-
falo.
At years, little Elizabeth Benson,
daughter of Mrs. w. Benson, of Des
Moines, editor of the Peoples Popu-
lar Monthly, solves problems con
tanning fractions, reads pondereus
books, and in every way displays the
intelligence of child twice her
years. The Binet-Simon intelligence
tests were given the youngster in ex-
aiming her at the psychology lab
oratory at Iowa City
To Representative Douglas Rogers
of Manning, life is just one weary IN.
yestigaticn after another He was a
member of the house Judiciary com
mittee which probed the Rathbun
pardon scandal. member CT the
committee to which charges OF inn
morality Oh the part of legislators
was referred, and a member Of the
retrenchment and reform committee,
engaged in an investigation of Wood
worth Clum and the Panama Pacific
Exposition commission.
Iowa City high schools rife team,
which has won the >Astor cup six
times in the past, lost the cup, ac-
cording to the official communica-
ton received from the National Rife
association, Washington, d. G. The
Little Hawkeyes stood eighth in the
annual competition, and Davenport
high ranked just below-their scores
being 922 and Cpl respectively. Lyle
D. Brigham, of Iowa City, with an in
dividual score of 1911, out of posi-
BILE 200, stands 28th in the national
roll Of honor.
Without a dissenting vote in the
senate, and with only five nays on
the house roll call, the Iowa legis-
lature in special session ratified the
Susan b. Anthony amendment, grant
ing to women tie right Of suffrage.
Both houses were called to order at
10 o'clock to receive from the gov
ernor advice of the passage of the
national amendment by congress.
Following the joint session, resolu-,
ton for the ratification of the
amendment was introduced into the
senate by Senator Perry G. Holdoegel
Of Rockwell City, and referrei to !
the committee on constitutional
amendments. Favorable report OF
the committee was adopted, and Sen
ator Hcldoegel moved the adoption Of
the resolution under suspension Of
the rules. On the roll call, the vote
was unanimous for the resolution,
forty-eight senators voting. The res
olution was messaged to the house
at 11:40 o'clock, and passed in sim
liar manner before noon, by 4 vote
Of IS to 5, with eight representatives,
absent. Both houses recessed while
the resolution was engrossed. and as
sembled again while Speaker Arch
McFarlane, Lieut.. Gov. E. r. Moore
and Gov. w. l.. Harding affixed their
signatures, after which the legisla-s
ture was adjourned.
Two marriages and two divorces,
with two payments of alimony by
the husband, is the unusual record
Of the matrimonial life of Alice J.m
and William Knowles, of Waterloo,
Whn hova ii1ct hoon capo no Tod fov tho