Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-23

Producers association at the seven
! teenth annual convention he,d re
Gently. Other officers, also reelected
are: Vice president, R. F. Gum OF
buckingham; secretary, Henry c.
| Wallace of Des Moines, and treasur
er, Charles Goodenow of Wall Lake
| Mrs. George Hook of Pleasant
Plain, Iowa, mother of Mrs. Harry
Lamasky, and Miss A. kaska, who
were burned to death in the Lamasky
home, five miles south of Burlington
in Jefferson county is in a serious
condition from shock resulting from
the tragedy. Mrs Lamasky and her
sister were starting fire in the kit
chen stove with kerosene. The oil
exploded, throwing flames about the
room and igniting the clothing of the
two women.
That total of $1,313,590 has been
expended for improvements at the
Iowa State fair during the last nine
teen years is shown in figures com.
piled by the state fair secretary.
Statistics show that of the $1,313,-
$50 expended for improvements, $685.
5S8 was expended from fair receipts
and $6OS,50O from state appropria-
tons. In addition $1,017,83O has been
paid in cash premiums during the
last nineteen years, this money also
coming from fair receipts
The recent sale of Shorthorns from
the farms OF Milne & Sons, Of Mt.
Pleasant, brought fair prices. An av-
erage Of $3.50 was made. The top of
the sale vas $1,000 for Bernice Cum
berland. bought by Max venator, Of
Blakesburg, Iowa. Few females are
more attractive in form and have in
their pedigrees the blood of more
prominent sires. There was a slack
demand for bulls and lavender Cum
berland was bargain at $685. and
went to ]. NJ Townsend of Britt.
Reports are, that Corles Bruntlett
the 24-year-old youth who failed to
appear in District court to answer to
the charge of robbing the Lanesboro
bank, thus defaulting a $4,000 bond,
has been located at Tia Juana, Lower
California, where, according to the
latest news he is living life OF ease
and enjoying himself. Bruntlett's ia
ther appeared as surety on the $1O,-
600 appearance bond and suit has
been brought to recover that sum.
Demand is made by the public that
every effort be made to bring Brunt-
lett back. Suit on the bond will be
carried on whether the son is return.
ed or not, it being said that the. ;ac-
cused by returning would not alb.
solve his father from payment Of the
$4,000.
Iowa will have a state constabu.
larry similar to those in New York and
pennsylvania, and to the northwest
mounted police, if a bill to be intro
duced early in the next session Of the
legislature is passed. Those who
drafted it expect that 1t will cut down
the loss in stolen cars to a great de-
o. anu Will lOMcl IuGlI insurance
premiums more than $4,000, 600 a,
year. The bill is not complicated, and
merely outlines the personnel of the
constabulary, its duties, and places
1t under the direct control of the gov.
ernor. One great feature of the
movement is in the freeing of the
mounted police from local restric-
tons. Constabies will have author,
ity to make arrests in any part of
Iowa. They will be free from him
drance from peace officers.
On the 2GS,120 farms in. Iowa there
are 169,551 automobiles, l7.6S3 trac.,
tors, 9,701 auto trucks and 26,746 81
los as shown by agricultural stats
tics compiled by the state de.
partment OF agriculture These.
figures also show that the Iowa hen
is living up to her reputation, the
egg production for theTtwelve months
up to July l. 1920 being estimated at
10Y ,3d0,627 dozen worth ,$45, 49,, O69,
figured az the average farm price of
- Sthet' pCt uOLCu lLlSeSlOch Sla-
tistic showing live stock on farms m
to January first, this year, estimate
9,l00,434 hogs on farms. Some 800.
227 hogs cied during the year OF hog
cholera. The total number of cattle
including cows and heifers is given
as 4,292.702 of which 1,083.89O are
listed as mich COWS. Total number
of horses l,27O,S2s and. mules 4.1ss
When the Rock Island spent half a
million building a railroad from Win
terset to Greenfield good share OF
the money was used to acquire the
right of way. After the grade was
half completed the road abandoned
the project. The Iowa law makes a
provision that an unused railroad
right Of way reverts to the original
owner in eight years. The Rock Is.
land sold the right OF way to Isaac
Ketterman. In the District court in
the case of Wilson VS.. Ketman, Clark
Wilson asks that the title of the un.
used right Of way through his farm