Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-12-30
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scented to the Legislature by c. b.
Santee, representative.
Lora Kirsman, 3-year-old son Of Mr.
and Mrs. Theodore Kirsman Of Ottum-
wa, died recently from effects Of fall
ing into kettle of boiling water.
c. H. Peppers of Centerville, is SUI
ing his mother-in-law, Mrs Holmberg
for $4,000 in Los Angeles now, for
alternating his wife's affections.
The Woodbury. county board Of SUI
pervisors recently completed letting
a contract for paving seventeen miles
of country road at total cost of
100000
John Despennett, of Oskaloosa, pa
rolled from Anamosa, was sentenced
to life Imprisonment by Judge Dewey
for entering a home with loaded
weapon.
I Paul B. Anderson, nephew OF Pro
lessor and Mrs. C. f. Seashore of
Iowa City, will sail for Europe Christ
mas Eve, where he will join the In
ternational Y NJ c. A. staff
Bad roads Jared loose seam in
the gas talk of a car belonging to
Frank Menneka, garage man of Ma
quoketa which caused gas leak.
The gas ignited and the car burned
up.
Cut off with $500, when the will Of
his brother, w. l.. Paup, left $4,000
each to the other brothers, Joseph
Paup Of Harlan is contrasting the will
charging undue influence and mental
incapacity.
Three Iowa people are among 100
heirs to the sS,0O0,OOO Wycoff estate
in New York. They are H. E. Wy
coff Cedar Rapids; j. A. Walker, 50,
laborer, Atlantic, and Mrs. ]. W.
Lucas Of Glenwood. All Of the heirs
have been summoned to gather in
Glenwood at the Lucas home to dis
cuss plans for having the estate di-
vided
4 Wapello county's first tragedy Of
the hunting season occurred recent
ly when Peter Polls living in OF
tumwa was instantly killed when the
trigger of shotgun he was remov-
ing from wagon caught on the end
gate and discharged the weapon The
shot entered the right side. He was
/ dead when his companions reached
his side
U. B. Slaughter, we'll known farmer
4 of Shelby county. topped the Omaha
market recently with a load of finish
| ed Angus yearlings which sold for
/ s13.75 and averaged 95S pounds. The
cattle were the first Of their class
4 seen on the market for some weeks
and the price paid was not only the
top for that day but the highest paid
! in some weeks
The creation OF the office of state
I archiest is proposed by p e Nc.
Clenahan, state superintendent of pub,
lie instruction. who is arranging to
have the matter brought to the atten.
lion of the Legislature. His duties,
as outlined by McClenahan would be
to inspect and approve the plans for
all public buildings including school
houses. and to supervise their con-
4 stluction
Edward Brady, who was arrested in
Des Moines, has confessed that he
slipped the guns to the five bandits
who. escaping Jail at LeMars, killed
the son OF Sheriff Maxwell a year
ago. He is said to have implicated
Madison for life. on their pleas of
guilty to the attorney general after
their capture a few days following
their escape.
The board of supervisors in special
session at Corydon awarded con-
tract for the building Of eleven miles
of road in Wayne county to the Lit
Zig Construction company of Dayen-
port. The contract price is 49.4 cents
yard, 1912 cents below the contract
price for road work in Wayne coun-
W year ago. There are $4,000
yards of road, making the total cost
of the improvement about $4,000.
Seven inspectors, appointed four
months ago by the state auto depart
ment to apprehend license evaders,
have collected fees amounting to $685.
80, according TO the report of Chief
Inspector w. G. Merchens, made pub
lie. In addition the inspectors, the
report shows, visited 1907 garages,
instructing the garage owners in re-
gard to the state laws relative to rec.
ording the license numbers of autos
engines and the names of owners and
drivers Of machines left in storage
repaired or rented The fees collect
ed include license payments for 1852
autos. S77 chauffeurs. 1,+75 ownership
transfers. and l46 requirements of
lost license plates
The picture theater, residence
belonging to Clarence Smith and an
old building formerly used as a movie
house were burned at Carson. The
Corning Are department could not
help because Of the bad roads.
Charles and John zhorne, farmers