Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-03-04

year ago, for the first two months
Of the year. according TO records at
the office of the county recorder. The
instruments recorded up to and in
Guiding February 20 number 1896
against 2.110 for the same period
last year, an increase of 1925 While
these numbers include all instru-
ments, the greater number of them
are real estate transfers
Nearly $500 ministers of the Evan
gelical churches of Iowa attended the
interchurch world conference held in
Des Moines February %, "a and 25
This was the largest gathering OF
ministers ever held in the state of
Iowa. and religious work of great i'm
portance was taken up at the meet
ings. The inter church world move
ment is one of the most important
religious propositions ever placed be-
fore the evangelical churches of the
| world. The purpose is to bring
about cooperation between all church
es, to work out program that will
further Christianity in the entire
world.
Ladora farmers can raise hogs too
big for the Chicago packing houses
| to slaughter. Joe Cummings OF La
| dora sent a car load OF hogs to Chi
| cago, 80 head in all, which averaged
! $40 pounds, the largest of the lot
tipped the beam at $50 pounds When
| they reached their destination the
| stock yard officials took one look at
| them and decided they were too large
| to handle. The packing house had
no Strengthening machinery large
enough to take care of them and they
| We're disposed of to the butcher shops
over the city, who did their own
| butchering. They were the most re-
markable lot of hogs for size ever
| received at the Chicago yards and
they drew lot of attention. .
| The Methodist general conference
which meets in Des Moines in MAY
have leased the Coliseum and Audi
| forum for the entire month The
committee also approved the signing
of the bond required to bring the con
! ference to Des Moines The com.
mittee on entertainment have arrang-
ed four nights during the month on
which there will be no conven-
! ton sessions, and which will be left
! at the disposal of the local commit
4 tee for some address or entertain
| ment, the proceeds of which might
go to defray local expenses. The
four open nights will be used for two
| big concert numbers, one address by
a bishop of prominence, and an ad-
dress by some man of national or in
ternational note as a speaker
/ c. P. Earle, poultry club agent,
Iowa State College and in charge of
4 poultry club work for Iowa, says that
the enrolment in these clubs in the
state the past year WIS over 100
| members and that of this number
1894 members finished their work
If the members Of the Iowa Sta1,
Poultry Breeders Association could
fully realize what the boys and girls
4 poultry clubs mean to them, there is
little doubt but that they would be
more than anxious 10 lend it both
their moral and financial support
More than $4,000 eggs were set last
year by the members of these clubs.
26.333S clicks were Matched and 23749
chickens were raised, and this was
done in the first year of poultry club
work This year it is hoped to double
the membership and this means that
the breeders of Iowa Will be called on
to furnish more than $4,000 eggs for
Matching for the boys and girls poul-
try clubs Of the state.
| The Democratic State Convention
closed its session in Des Moines by
electing the following delegates at
large to the National Convention,
which conyenes in San Francisco.
Wilbur w. Marsh. Waterloo; Edwin
T. Meredith, Des Moines; Tom Steele,
Sioux City; N. F. Reed, Ottumwa;
w d. Jameson, Shenandoah; W. j.
Casey, Knoxville; DIR. j. w. Reynolds
Creston: Louis Murphy Dubuque
The delegation goes uninstructed as
to presidential choice and the unit
rule of voting viii prevail. The con-
vention was largely attended and it
was the first state convention of eli
Their OF the predomination parties Where
women delegates were present and
participated in the deliberation OF
the assembly The resolutions of
fered contained the following ten
points: First Endorsement of the
administration and President vii
sons policies. Second Readiness TO
submit the party's record to the PEG
pie for a verdict Third-Indorsed
the league of nations. Fourth-Urge
ratification of the treaty bringing uni
versal peace and thereby dispensing
with the need Of universal military
training Fifth Welcome to the wo
: men. Endorsement of all mea
sures whereby. women will have equa
suffrage rights. Seyenth-Commend
President Wilson for appointing Mr.
Meredith to a cabinet. position
Eighth Laments the death OF FREQ
T. White, Niuth-Points to the mart,