Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-09-25

Thursday, Oct. 8, proclaimed Fire
Prevention day by Gov. w. L. Hard
ing.
Ayrshire is to have new consoli-
dated school. At a special election
recently held, all of Silver Lake
township was consolidated. The vote
was decisive.
The peace treaty apparently has
had no effect on marital conditions
in Des Moines county, as So divorce
cases are lined up for trial in Sep
TENDER term OF court.
G. w. Chapman, president of the
Chapman Lumber company. of Water
loo. was selected as the third mem
Der OF the arbitration committee to
Inquire into labor conditions in Wa
terloO.
Establishment of supervised study
classes and system of special study
in English for those behind in that
branch will be established in the Bur-
lington high school by Principal R.
H. Bracewell, this season.
Polk county's business was trans
acted at a cost approximately $780,
600 less for the month of August just
past than for the same month year
ago, according to the record kept by
Frank McKeon, deputy auditor.
Before Judge John w. Anderson in
district court at Sioux City the hear
ing Of applicants for citizenship has
just been concluded and of the los
persons who asked to be made citi-
zens Of the United States ,forty-two
passed.
Gridiron laurels are not for men
only. Miss Frances Weintz demon.
strated that when she booted foot
ball in pigskin contest, $50 feet, at
the picnic held by Rose Croix chap
ter, Order of Eastern Star, at
Grabbe's park in Sioux City.
DR.. ]. M Travis, of Clermont, has
leased the Gunderson farm near Ell.
gin and will mine for lead. 1t has
been believed for long time that
lead was to be found under the soil
in that section. DR.. Travis spent
some time in a mining country and
he will explore thoroughly.
Warrants for the arrest of twenty.
four persons are in the hands of dep.
uty sheriffs as the result of the first
report of the Polk county grand jury
for the September term OF court.
More than 1000 men OF the First di.
vision are coming to Camp Dodge to
be mustered out. There are at least
two Des Moines men in the division.
The HammeniKruse Construction
company, Of Spencer, has secured a
$4,000 job at Spirit Lake. It is for
an extension of their water works
system. Work must start at once
and be completed this fall. This
company is now working at Storm
Lake, Fort Dodge and Estherville and
will start at once on the job at Spirit
Lake.
Prof. Bohumil Shimek Of Iowa City,
has had conferred on him by the an
Gent University of Prague, the hon
orary degree of doctor Of philosophy,
according to the Czecho-S lovak Re.
view 1t was in appreciation Of his
scientific work and for lecturing at
the Prague university in 1914. The
outbreak of the war, however, caused
postponement until the present.
tuberculosis clinics are being held
at various places in the state under
the direction Of DR.. H. v. Scarbor-
ough, superintendent of the state san
atorium at Oakdale, and A. q. Keep
ford, lecturer on Tuberculosis for
the board Of control. Recently a
clinic was held at Bloomfield where
IS patients were examined, and an.
other was held at Iowa Falls where
40 persons we're examined.
An unusually large American eagle
will be added to the collection of
birds at Beaver park, in Cedar Rap
ids. by Commissioner Of Parks Harry
J. Whitfield. The bird has been OBJ
tanned from Myron T. Hines, of Blu
chanan, Iowa. Previous to this nego-
tiations were made with Lon W.
Fields, Of Pine River, Mimi, who was
going to donate one to the city OF
Cedar Rapids, but it was discovered
that the Minnesota laws forbid ship
ping outside Of the state.
e. w. Lambert of Hancock is one
Of the greatest living scientists, II
his claims are substantiated He has
diacQYeEad how to find .radium and
has actually found some, a very
small quantity. but the real quality
and has placed 1t on exhibition in the
window Of his blacksmith shop. PEG
pie are coming from everywhere to
see this new discovery. Several sur
geons from Chicago have placed an
order for the first that will be offer
si6d FOR .salo. ta.
Members Of the arbitration commit
tee selected by Governor w. L.. Hard
ing have so far failed to agree on q
third member and 1t may be neces
sary for Governor Harding to make
an appointment.
The first state flying tournament
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