Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-07-22

East bound Burlington passengea
train No. u went into the ditch jus1
west of Melrose when it struck q
washout in the track. Five cars, two
pullmans. lounging car and two day
coaches, left the track. The pas
sengers were severely shaken up and
bruised but none was seriously in
jured. Four hundred fifty feet of
track between Melrose and Russell
were washed out by the recent heavy
rains
For the year 1919, 1857 fires were
SS,S19,S35. The property involved In
these fires was valued at $3S ,442,529.
OF the total loss reported, properly
to the value of $685. $50 was cover
ed by insurance, leaving an excess of
loss over insurance amounting to $2,1
420,31o. Included in this excess are|
SIS properties involving a loss oil
S345,SS1 upon which no insurance.
was carried
Soldiers home authorities are AMI
xious to locate Mrs. John Myers sup1
posedly of Des Moines whose last
address known was 9411 Cottage
Grove avenue, Des Moines to inform
her Of death Of her father, William
H. Hamilton of Ames, a member of
the home. Hamilton dropped dead
while on the lawn in front of the
main building. He was II years old
and a veteran of Company G, Ninth
New York infantry.
Over 1000 pounds of wool we're
shipped at the Oskaloosa loading sta
ton, recently in one day, for ship
ment through the county wool grow
ers association. Much wool was held
back owing to the scarcity of ears.
One car of 10000 pounds was loaded
which was the largest car ever ship
ped from the county. Over $1,000
pounds was stored temporarily. 1t
| is thought that fully $4,000 pounds
Will be shipped in all
Claus Bielenberg, of Schleswig,
has distributed his large land hold
ings to his seven children. Mr.. Bic
lenberg owned about 1920 acres of
good land and did not wait until his
death for the dividing of his real es-
tate property. His land holdings con-
tain some very choice farms and they
are located between Schleswig and
kiron. The land was divided equally
by the father, each child receiving
deed to a quarter section.
The automobile has proven its
L ripht IN hn oh or
cause Of accidents In Iowa alone,
/ 721 deaths and more than II 900 in
I iuries have been reported during the
last three years. The death rate
from automobile accidents is 80 per
4 cent heavier than from typhoid fever
Eight people are killed or injured by
4 automobiles in one year for every
five American soldiers who were kill
4 ed wounded or died from disease in
the world war.
In 1919, the people of Des Moines
had in actual cash only S13. 7S4 109 !:
this year they are taxed on S22, 509,
sos, an increase of SS,175,756. The
fotation Of corporation stocks in pre-
yious years had not held much fancy
for the citizens of Des Moines, but
this year they own $2S.937. $50 worth
of stock, an increase of more than
/ SIS 100000 over 1919. And the stocks
are good at that-not wild cat
Watches, diamonds, pianos, victrolas
and such like luxuries are valued at
4 S4,2o6.92I, an increase OF more than
sl,000.000 over 1919 Personal prop
erty not otherwise specified amounts
to s6,222,277, gain of s1,494 ,382
over 1919.
Consolidated rural schools have be-
come quite the thing in Iowa, accord
ing to George S. Dick school inspect
or in the state department of public
instruction. who says that 94 of the
SO counties in the state have
them, with buildings ranging from
100000 to $500 900 and with an en-
rollment OF more than $4,000 stu
dents, 10000 of whom are in high
schools. About $500 one-room schools
have been closed. Last month 1900
country boys and girls were gradual
ed from the +-year high school course
The state is aiding these consolidat-
ed schools by granting each one hav-
ing four or more rooms an initial al
lowance of $500 for equipment in the
manual training, home economics
and agriculture departments, and an
annual allowance OF $3.50
This is a story of the wilds OF
Iowa, the attack of a wolf, and the
devotion OF dog. Charles Held
ridge, is a farmer living just west OF
Milford, and one night he was awak-
ened by strange sounds coming from
where his sheep were herded He
dressed and went out with his hired
man, where he found four wolves at.
lacking his sheep lie had no gun.
The wolves had killed three of the
sheep and We're after the fourth when
he arrived. Three of the wolve ran
but the fourth showed fight, spring
ing at his throat He missed his
mark slightly and struck Heldridge
y L.