Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-03-25
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/! The state tournament of the Iowa
Trap Shooting association will be held
at Des Moines on May 81, June /, 2
and 8.
S. M. Cashier Of Ames was 100
years old on March 10. He has used
tobacco all his life. He was married
twice. He came to Iowa in 1856. He
is the father of thirteen.
Lee county farmers received their
wool returns recently amounting to
$23,427.15. This wool was shipped
through the state association. One
hundred twelve farmers in the coun-
ty shipped comparatively.
/ A report by the United States de-
partment of agriculture shows that
Iowa is one of the leaders in the num-
Der of motor trucks owned by farmers
New York leads with 3,171 farm
trucks with Iowa second, having 2,773
farm power wagon.
That Iowans are awkening to the
school situation is indicated by the
fact that school boards in number
of cities and towns are rejecting
their superintendents for next year
at very substantial advances over this
years pay.
At recent meeting Of the Eldora
Cooperative Creamery Association it
was decided to add live stock ship
ping association department to the
business. Another association was
organized at Robertson, recently.
Other communities are calling for
similar associations.
The state board Of control declare
it is impossible to keep up repair and
new work at state institutions. They
asked for certain building appropria-
tions at the last legislative session,
but on taking bids from contractors
for the work, find the bids over and
above the amount of funds available.
Recently 81 cars were ordered by II
renters and farmers of Clarke county
who had sold their farms for removal
to Delaware county in the vicinsty OF
Manchester, where cheaper land was
found. Many farmers have left the
county this year, but this was the
first instance of a train load moving
at one time.
About 80 Emmett county boys and
girls are interested in a pig club
which was organized last year. Inter-
est has been awakened in the project
by Mr.. Wygle through the consoli-
dated schools of the county. Mr..
Wygle fears that there will be much
J difficulty in securing the right kind of
gifts for the work at this time of the
year.
Taylor county sheep men who pool
ed their wool and shipped through the
STATE association have received their
returns, amounting to something like
$41,458. One hundred and sixty men
pooled their interests in wool last
being 77,S4S pounds. Some men in
the county were fortunate in getting
rs cents for their wool, which graded
high.
The high school case at Jefferson
Iowa, which has been in the courts
since 1915 was disposed of by the
Iowa Supreme court in a decision
uduucu uOWu III WHICH IL uUuGlu LuS
school board of that city in the con-
troversy. The suit was over the To-
cation of a new high school building
and several elections were held in
which sites and bond issues were in
volved.
There is an astonishingly large
number of pure bred herds being es-
tablished throughout Iowa by young
breeders. Pure breds require no
more feed than grades. Then, too,
there is lot Of satisfaction in hand
ling high class stock AS it has been
with live stock, SO it has been with
corn. Iowa farmers are selling many
thousands of bushels of corn at farm
sales this winter. 1t is astonishing.y
uniform. The improved corn cam
4 paign shows of the past Is years havS
brought about remarkable change
!, There are still a few farmers who
y raise just any old corn, but they are
- getting scarce.
~ During 1919, 1913 deaths were re
n ported in Iowa as the direct result
h of fires. There were 25 women ant
IL SO children included in these fatal
% ties. In 80 cases fatal to life gasoline
"a or coal oil was involved. In eigh
rs cases children were burned to dealt
playing with matches and in IL case
children were burned to death on &C
count of bonfire carelessness. In i
cases women died as the result
fires due to carelessness in handlin,
stoves. In addition to those burned
to death several cases were reported
where death was caused by inhalin
gas from automobile exhaust. Fifty
10 four deaths resulted from explosion
az in garages and mills.
v The Devils Backbone, Iowa stat
m park has been increased by 116 acre
II surrounding the old mill and dam a
10 Forestville and it is planned to rails
is the dam, making larger lake whic
IN will provide water route into tn