Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1920-09-02

Aug 26th. He was Sc years old.
Mr.. Wilson came to this country
with his father from Ayrshire Scot
land when 10 years old and first set
tied in Connecticut, and in 1855 re.
moved to what is now lama County.
AS an octogenarian Mr.. Wilson
was still erect and vigorous, man
six feet tall, all bone and muscle.
In Iowa his old friends and associ-
ates know him affectionately as
"Tama jim"
OF the Presbyterian faith, he was,
as a boy, made familiar with the
old metrical version of the psalms
from which he frequently quoted in
quaint way with remarkable effect.
No formalities ever hedged about
him; the plainest farmer who visited
his office in Washington received the
same grasp of the hand and courte-
Gus attention that was given to lead
ers in official life
He was lover of Agricultural pur.
suits and made an extensive study
of them, with wonderful results. his
success being known throughout the
country.
In 1867 he was elected to the Cen
assembly, in which he served three
terms, was sent to congress in 1872
served for three terms.
Mr.. Wilson was found by President
Mckinley and appointed Secretary of
Agriculture in 1879 and served through
his administration two terms under
Roosevelt and one under Taft.
In 1913 he retired to private life at
his home in Traer, where he died of
kidney and bladder trouble.
That Hans Lorenzen, drowned at
Pittsburgh is Clinton man, is the
belief of police authorities who have
sent word to Clinton inquiring. There
is big settlement of Lorenzens in
CLANCY but SO far as is known none
is missing. The man is about go
| years old
| Two hundred and fifty delegates
from Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Mis-
souri,, Minnesota, Nebraska, North and
! South Dakota, Oklahoma, Texas and
Iowa attended the preliminary open
ing OF the twenty-eighth general con
ference of Evangelical Lutheran sy
nod of Iowa and other states held at
Waverly.
F. G. Pierce of Marshalltown. was
reelected secretary of the Iowa Lea.
que of municipalities at the closing
session of the convention. The lea.
que went on record as opposing ere.
alton of state commission of pub.
lie utilities, and also declared itself
in favor of what it believed would be
more just distribution of automobile
taxes.
Herman Bukleman, 1924 jefferson
avenue, Portage, Pa. has written Gov.
ernor Harding asking that state Off
Gals seek to locate Thomas j. Elite,
cattle owner and ranchman of Port
age, who has disappeared Bukleman
did not send description of Elite.
but said that the latter's friends were
anxious to locate him, and believed
that he had come to Iowa some time
ago. Governor Harding has written
Bukleman for description and pic
ture of the missing cattleman.
Herman Brakeman, 1924 Jefferson
avenue, Portage, Pa, mas written
Governor Harding asking that state
officials seek to locate Thomas J.
Elite, a cattle owner and ranchman
Of Portage, who has disappeared.
| Bukleman did not send a description
of Elite, but said that the latter's
friends were anxious to locate him,
and believed that he had come to
Iowa some time ago. Governor Hard
ing has written Bukleman for a de-
scriptton and picture Of the missing
cattleman.
Starving his Wife in order to save
money enough to go east and have
an operation to have goat glands put
into his system is the plea of Mrs.
Fred Griffin, aged 80 who has asked
an attorney to file devorce proceed
ings against her husband. The at
torney does not wish to act since the
couple have been married SO wears.
But Mrs. Griffin claims that her has
pand who is 50 told her he was say
ing up money enough TO get the
operation and then marry a pretty
young girl"
The people of Newton in spe-
cial election voted to grant an cleo
trio light franchise to A. H. Rich of
Des Moines and to sell the light
| plant to him for $4,000. The prop
osition carried by more than 2 to /.
James Koopmans, a miner at the
Bishop coal mines, Pella, lost his life
through a peculiar accident. He
was using his pick, and just as
he had it raised over his shoulder.
large piece of slate fell on him.
sending the point of the pick ia 10 his
back. He was As years old and
leaves a family