Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-01-15


comprehensive school system in a
special election on Tuesday, January
20, 1920.
Boone county may get $1,000, 900
appropriation from the federal gov.
eminent for the construction of a
bridge across the Des Moines river on
the Lincoln highway.
Mrs. George Reimbolt of near Dor.
chester is the champion turkey raiser
IN Waukon this season She sold sew
enty-five turkeys and received 1870
and still has twenty-five at home
Atlantic voters, by a vote of 10 1.
have approved an ordinance creating
a park commission, the purpose of
which is the acquisition of twenty
five acre tract of land for a city park
site.
A million dollar company to deal
in grains and by-products of grains
manufactured in Des Moines has filed
articles of incorporation with the
county recorder giving the firm name
of Iowa Corn Products Company"
The threshermen of Crawford coun-
ty have live organization and have
a membership of 60 or more who are
actively interested. The association
was organized during the war period
and they have adopted good SER
vice" as their motto
AT a meeting of the directors of
the Farm Bureau, held recently in
Eldora, a tentative program for the
1920 season of farm bureau activities
was outlined. 1t is planned to organ
lze every township in the county In
to a township farm bureau, largely
for the purpose of carrying out such
work as is best suited for that par
ticular township.
The retrenchment and reform COM
mlttee OF the senate and house has
notified Governor Harding and Cen
eral Lasher that money necessary for
guard recruiting could be expended.
The guard had to obtain permission
OF the joint committee before they
could use the portion of the guard
appropriation, 1855, 900, for extra help
and recruiting staff.
Farmers of Des Moines county are
to be permitted to go to school to
take up the studies of farm manage.
ment, production costs and solutions
and income tax law problems through
the agency of the Des Moines County
Farm Bureau. Short courses of one
day each on the combined subjects
will be held in each township of the
county for the benefit of farm bureau
members.
Sixty head of Polled Hereford cat
tie, consigned by members of the
West Liberty Polled Hereford Assoc
citation, sold at auction at an average
of $500 head. Two COWS sold at ST.
600 each This was the second an
nual sale held by the association, and
the members are highly pleased with
results Emil Meyer, a member of
the body, has recently added a $4,000
bull to his herd.
According to ]. II. Allison, county
agent of West Pottawattamie county.
there was an average yield of 1925
bushels of spring wheat in the county
the past year. This is considered
good as this locality is not consider
ed suitable for spring wheat growing.
The average yields OF grain as taken
from the threshing reports was as fol-
lows: Winter wheat, 1877 bushels
per acre; sprin wheat, 1925; barley,
10; oats, 375.
Three farmers elevators have been
~,
past year. Stock to the amount Of
$4,000 has been sold to 60 members.
Two elevators were bought by the as
ISOLATION at Randolph. The company
is doing big business and will or
ganize another elevator in Bartlett,
this county, the coming winter. Prac-
tically all of the grain and livestock
business at Randolph is being done
by this company
More corporations have been form
ed in Iowa during the last two years
than at any time in the states his
tory. Figures compiled in the Office
of the secretary of state show that
these corporations are domestic con-
Germs representing thousands of dol
lars in capital In the two-year pc
riod, articles of Incorporation filed
with the secretary were valued at
$126,595.90, and amendments to ar
ticles already filed total $126.73796.
An attack will be made upon high
prices and the high cost of living
throughout the state. w. B. Barney,
state food and dairy commissioner
Intends to make his 81 Won't Pay 1t"
club statewide organization He
will instruct his assistants to form
county organizations composed OF
housewives and women who are buy
IT'S. These organizations are to give
concerted protest against high prices
Of wares and commodities of all
kinds.
The only woman in the state OF
Iowa engaged in COW testing associa-
ton work is located in Scott county
in the person Of Miss Elnora Studer
Miss Studer has been engaged in the
work in Scott county since June, hav-
ing been at Iowa State college pre-