Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-03-24


Reinemund's.
Allen Sampson spent Tuesday in
Atlantic looking after some business
matters.
Reinemunds "Life-Saver" Chick
en- Waterer is the handiest one you
ever saw.
Mrs. Mary lines left Saturday for
Chicago where she will spend sew
eral weeks.
Secondhand Ceiling, all in good
shape, for sale at half price. Thos.
Rutherford, Ross, Iowa. 1876"
Miss Clarabelle Leonard went TO
Avoca Tuesday morning to spend
few days with her brother, Ray
Leonard and family.
Miss Margaret Knudsen who has
been in Des Moines several days
visiting with friends, returned home
the fore part of the week.
Rev. G. B. Christensen left Satur-
days for Chicago, where he remained
several days looking after business
matters in connection with his
church duties.
Miss Florence Kibby who has
been employed at the Henriksen
department store the past year or
more, resigned her position last
Saturday evening.
Thomas Schultz, who has been a
guest at the home of H. Farstrup,
residing six miles south of Audubon
was in the city Tuesday afternoon,
enroute to his home at Britton, s. d.
Miss Madge Mcclure had few
days leave of absence from her du-
ties at the postoffice, spending them
with friends in Des Moines, return
ing again to her post of duty Mon
day morning.
B. ]. Black returned Tuesday
from King Fisher, Okla, where he
spent few days looking after bust
ness matters in connection with the
estate of his mother, VINO resided
there until a short time before her
, death.
Virgil Johnson was a passenger
to Sioux City the fore part OF the
week where he will visit friends
few days. Virgil worked in Sioux
City a couple of years and of course
made friend whom he was quite
anxious to see.
Young men, women, over IT, for
Postal Mail Service. 1920 month.
Examinations March, April. Exper-
fence unnecessary. For free partic-
ulars of instruction, write Raymond
Terry, (former Civil Service Exam
iner), 76S Continental Bldg, Wash
ington, D. c.
Mrs. N. s. Hansen and daughter
Miss Olivene left Tuesday morning
for Grinnell where they will spend
week visiting their son and broth
err, who is a student at Grinnell col
lege. Laverne has not been in the
best of health this spring and will
not be a member Of the college
Glee Club this year.
Harry McNutt who has been liv-
ing at Minneapolis, Mimi, came
the latter part of the week to visit
his relatives here and at Ross before
moving to his new home at Noun
tain View, Mo. Last Sunday a fam
lily reunion was held at the home of
his brother Bert McNutt, and very
delightful time was had.
Mrs. Phillip Barron spent a few
days in the city visiting at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Rucker and family Mr. and Mrs.
Barron have been spending the win
ter in California but are now locat-
ing in Sioux City. Enroute she
stopped here until Monday wher
she went to join her husband az
Sioux City.
Mrs. T. II. Turner went to Allan
tic Tuesday morning accompanying
her daughter Mrs. j. B. Carpenter
who was on her way to Douglas,
Wyo., where she will visit with her
brothers Clarence and Floyd Turn
| err. From there she will go to Mon
eta, Wyo., to join her husband and
where they will make their 'perma-
nent home.
o. G. Reeve, of Hampton, Iowa, is
| in the city on a visit with his son,
L. P. Reeve, the county agent. He
is one of the progressive farmers of
Franklin county and has been one
of the leading men in that section.
He paid Audubon quite compli-
ment when he remarked that he was
surprised to find that we had so
much paving as wen as other civic
! improvements.
H. A. Maharg, Al Miller and Soren
Madsen. members Of the Board of
Supervisors of Audubon county, w.
]. Hamilton, county auditor and II.
NJ. Clark, county engineer, were in
Ames yesterday attending a meeting
OF county officials who took up
| road matters with the State High
| way Commission. The securing OF
Federal aid for road work was gone
into quite thoroughly.
The freight rates on lumber from
the northwest into Nebraska and
Iowa has been reduced zoe a thou
sand feet, or bearing a rate of Sc IL C
a hundred feet. Last August the
rate was raised from 55c to 10 &c.
strenuous protest was made at
the time. A hearing was held on
February Is with the result that
| the announcement of the cut was
made on March 18th.
A. ]. Van Sise, former county en-
gineer in this county, but now of
resident of Atlantic, was in the city
the fore part of the week looking
after matters in connection with the
drainage project in Douglas and
Lincoln townships, of which he has
been appointed engineer. Mr.. Van
| Sise leaves this week for Taylor
county where he has been appoint
ed drainage engineer of large pro-
| ject being undertaken in that coun-
ity.
Iowa is the first state, California
and Nebraska second and third
while South Dakota is fourth in
automobiles per capita for the year
1920 according to table recently
compiled. The figures were secur-
ed direct from the person in charge
of the automobile registrations in