Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-16
A suit for $4,000 damages claimed

! Christian and his wife. parents OF
! Mrs Schenck. The couple were mar
| ried in 1910. She left him in 1871,
| The husband insists her parents in
| duced her to leave him by telling her
| scandalous stories. She was denied
divorce in Omaha
Robert harrington, a farmer resid-
ing near Charlton, recently, hung him
| self in a corn crib on his farm. Mr..
| harrington was 10 years of age and
| dependency over land dealers is said
| to have been the cause of his act
! The body was discovered by his wife
who had gone out to feed the chic
kens, and found him hanging in the
crib. He leaves a wife and several
/ children. He has been a resident Of
| the county for 90 years.
Congressman C. c. Dowell has filed
I protest against junking Camp Dodge
with the war department, according
TO advices from Washington. The
congressman has been informed by
Assistant Secretary Of War Williams
that part of Arkansas has been add
| ed to the corrpa area which includes
Des Moines and Iowa and that all mo-
bilization of the national guard will
take place at Camp Pike, Ark. Con-
gresham Dowell declared there twas
no business sense" to such proposal
and that he would file his protest
I against the action. Senators Cum
minis and Kenyon will ALSO voice a
! protest, it is said
The Iowa state fair made a profit
this year of $90,219, Secretary A. n
Corey announced in his report to the
annual meeting of the state depart
ment of agriculture OF this amount
$4,000 will be used in completing the
cattle barn and sales ring which is to
be used for pure bred stock sales
during the winter. Secretary Corey
stated that the 1920 fair was the most
/ successful in state fair history inan-
cially. Last years fair showed pro-
fit of $4,000. The attendance this
year fell short of last year 24,311, the
total attendance being 1888, 1886. He
attributed this slump to weather con.
ditions, the lack of help ON the farms,
high prices and other factors.
The Iowa Implement Dealers asso-
citation ended its convention at Des
Moines after electing the following
officers: President, Matt Conway Of
| CreSton; vice president, A. q. Ran.
dali of Iowa City; treasurer, e. p
Armknecht of Donnellson. T. F..
Wherry of Dies Moines confines as
secretary. Resolutions were passed
asking congress to take immediate ac-
ton to remedy the financial string
ency in agricultural regions. The la
dies auxiliary elected Mrs. G. c.
Buckley of Stuart, president; Mrs. G.
R. Peters of Winterset, vice presi-
dent, and Mrs. Stuben of Rockford,
secretary. The ladies' program and
entertainment committee consists of
Mrs. I. F.. Wherry of Des Moines, Mrs.
Charles Madison Of Northwood and
Mrs. c, r. Peters OF Winterset.
The Clarinda Trust and Savings
bank of Clarinda was closed by the
officers of the bank with the follow
ing notice posted on the door. This
bank is going out of business on ac-
count of difficulty of collections. De-
posts are 100000 all guaranteed not
only by the capital of $4,000 and as
sessment thereon of 5000, but also,
above that, are guaranteed by the
following men personally: ] Rem Lee,
Guy c. Clary, R. ]. N. Nothwehr, B.
j. Sunderman, John Sleeve, G.. w.
Kelley. Fred Roberts, Albert Glas-
/ gov" None of the officers has given
any other explanation at this time and
the closing comes as a surprise The
stockholders are men of ample re-
sources so that depositors will not
lose. The last statement published
by this bank shows loans and dis
counts of ss75,414 and total resources
of $45S00O. j. Rem Lee is president
and r. j. Northwehr, cashier,
One of the first matters which will
i be taken up at the next session OF
the legislature in January will be a
report OF Representatives s. w
Klaus OF Delaware, ]. H. McGhee OF
Cerro Gordo and w. C. Edison OF Blu.
ena Vista on plan by which the ex
pense Of operating the house of rep
resentatiyes can be cut down 1854
This reduction is to be brough,
about by changing the number of EN-
ployes in the following particulars
n One bill clerk instead of two, pei
q diem reduction Of expense, 81. One
file clerk instead of two, per diem re-
auction OF expense. $4 Four door
keepers instead OF eleven, per diem,
reduction OF expense, $28. Abolish
the speakers page, per diem reduc
J zion of expense. $3.50 Six house
pages instead Of eleven per diem re
duction of expense, $40 Three iani
tors instead of six per diem reduc
ton Of expense. $104 Total daily
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