Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-08
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NEWS U J / ! E

The sheriff's Office at Des Moines
was asked to watch for robbers who
entered store at Bonneville recent
| ly. Only small amount Of loot was
taken,
George Tayne Of Muscatine, gsred
by bull recently, died. He was 20
years old and was so badly mangled
by the mad animal he could not re-
cover. His wife survives
The farm home on the Benson
farm occupied by Art Gerritsen near
Rock Valley, was completely destroy
ed by fire while the family were
away. All of Mr.. Garritsen's furni-
ture was lost.
Earl Wildfang, 60 years old, an en-
ploye OF the Curtis company at Clin-
ton was crushed to death between
an empty box car he was pushing on
the company's side track and the side
of building. He was caught in a
6-inch space. No relatives are
known.
Holloway Brothers, of Lamont
shipped five car loads Of cattle to
Chicago in one week recently. That
excelled any bunch OF cattle ever
loaded at that station. One car aver
aged 1900 pounds each, four cars
averaged LOO pounds each and one
steer weighed 2,o5O pounds.
That Iowa wool growers have in
storage in Chicago 100000 pounds
Of wool which they are holding for
higher prices, was the statement of
Frank Warner, OF the Iowa Bankers
association. Warner declared that
the amount is three times greater
than ever before was stored at one
time.
w. A. Kirschbaum, well-known
Shelby county feeder, is home from
South Omaha, where he topped the
market with, a carload of fat yearl-
ings. In 1920 he sold a carload Of
yearlings on the South Omaha mar
ket for $3.50 per hundred weight,
the record price for the year for
yearlings.
Ralph o. George, Des Moines was
cut about the face and body when
struck by an automobile driven by
Mrs. M. A. Sheppard, of Grimes, re-
Gently. Mrs. Sheppard took George
to police headquarters after she had
hit him, and reported the accident
George was attended by Police Sur
geon Dawson.
George w. Spicer, of Leon, Iowa,
was slugged while sleeping in a box
car with carload of horses, which
he had taken from southern Iowa to
the state fair. Spicer told the police
that his assailant was Negro, and
that he had been hit over the head
when he discovered the Negro rifing
his trousers pocket.
Willard Grove, of Roland, was
first with score of sos, Geo. vader,
Jr., of Jefferson, was second, scoring
696, and Harold Pace of Muscatine
third with score of 688 in the boys
judging contest at the lowe State
Fair. The boys passed on live stock
and corn and are members of the
boys club entered in these contests.
Scholarships in the state agricultural
college are awarded the first seven
winners.
Despite the big decrease in market
prices for farm products this year
from last, the farmers of the Traer
vicinity have raised more livestock
this year than last, local shipping rec
ords show. Figures for the first sew
en- months Of this year show a SUBJ
stantial gain over the corresponding
period of last year. Although 1t is
claimed that only a small amount Of
last years grain crops in Tama
county has been marketed, shipments
this year to date are about on level
] with last year.
| Molly Lou, Guernsey COW be-
longing to r. A. Nelson of Independ-
ence has sixty more days to go on
official test and is now within five
pounds Of the worlds butterfat rec
| ord for aged Guernsey's, class AA.
She has eclipsed the milk production
record by 222 pounds, having given
11,671 pounds since Oct 20, 1920. In
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butterfat. The worlds record has
been COS pounds of butterfat and H.
449 pounds of milk, and was estab.
lished by Sagesta, an 11-year-old
| Guernsey.
Arthur L. Cooper, Negro, broke
down at Oskaloosa after a long and
severe grilling and admitted to Sher.
III Hanley, County Attorney O'Brien
and State Agent w. B. Griffin, that
he killed his aged white mother. He
was taken out of the city at once in
an automobile, and is understood to
be in prison at Fort Madison. Feel
ing has been high against the Negro
and 1t was feared an attempt might
be made to lynch him. Cooper
knocked his mother, 20 years. old
from chair and kicked her. Thir
teen Of her ribs were broken and
one pierced her heart. Cooper was
under the influence of liquor at the
time. The Negro set fire to his mo
theirs dress, after killing her ant
4 started to escape. Police arrived toe