Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-25
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NEWS BRIEFS

| ferson has filed voluntary bank.
ruptcy petition in federal court, list
ing his liabilities at $5,67S and his
assets at $3.50.
Frances Titus, a 15-year-old orphan
living with Will Soerl, at Ryan, who
was run over by a cream truck driv.
en- by Henry Saathoff, died as the
| result Of the injuries.
On his first vacation in twenty-five
Years G. B.sLaub, Cresco jeweler.
died suddenly OF heart failure while
visiting with his son and daughter at
the home of a relative at Arnolds
Park, recently.
Death came as a relief from suffer-
ing when Burton Matter died at his
home in Montour. More than two
years ago Mr.. Matter fell from a
| cherry tree, breaking his back. Two
operations failed to save his life.
Artie Hepker, "a years old of Palo
Is under arrest on a charge Of whip
ping his 2-year-old grandson SO that
the boys spine was injured and he
has become partly paralyzed. The in
jury was suffered on July 10. The
| warrant charges assault with intent
to commit great bodily injury.
3. R. Robson, SO years old, farm
er, stockman and landowner Of In
dian Creek township, six miles south
of Nevada, was seriously and per-
| haps fatally injured, when the con-
| crete roof of cave which he had re-
| Gently constructed, fell in upon him,
causing very serious internal in
juries, including lung puncture.
While c. H. Baumeister of High
| land Park, Des Moines, was driving
on the Jefferson highway, south OF
lowe Falls, the car skidded in the
! dust at the turn and was overturn-
ed, throwing the party into a ditch.
Mrs. Baumeister sustained broken
! wrist and injured back. Their daugh-
| ter sustained bad cut on the knee
| besides other cuts and bruises.
His whole life of sixty-one years
lived in Burnside township is the
unique record Of L. H. Heitcamp, who
died recently. He was born on the
Lindermann farm, southwest of Burn
side, farmed all his life within three
miles of his birthplace and died less
| than two miles from where he first
saw light. He was never out of Iowa
but once and that for less than a
week. He was father Of twelve chill
dren.
Mrs. Art Woods and Mrs. John Nc
Kinder, of Dixie, we're pinned under
a Ford car when it overturned mile
east Of Lincoln Center church re-
Gently. Little Alice McKinder, who
was thrown cut, ran to a nearby
farm house for help and came back
with three men. Before they arriv-
ed Mrs. McKinder had worked her
way out from under the car but they
had to lift the car to release Mrs.
Woods. Neither of the women were
seriously hurt, although both were
bruised. The accident happened when
the steering gear damned turning the
corner and the car went into the
ditch
Two Iowa aviators paid with their
lives and third was fatally injur-
ed at Mason City recently, while at
tempting the hazardous feat of
transferring man from one plane
to another in mid-air. Roy Koch, Of
Waterloo, was climbing on a cable
ladder from plane being operated
by Ray McWhorter, of Burt, to the
plane Of William Johnson which was
flying above. The ladder caught in
the lower plane and both crashed to
the earth. Johnson and Koch were
instantly killed and their bodies haul,
ed out of the mass Of wreckage
crushed. McWhorter is not expect
ed to live.
More money for Iowa farmers ap-
pears certain, with plans being laid
for distribution of the $30,O00,000
worth of 51a per cents bonds to be
of Joint Stock Banks. The three
Des Moines joint stock land banks
will participate in proportion to their
capital stock and outstanding loans.
Decision to make the big issue was
reached at the annual meeting Of the
association in Chicago, at which ]. H.
Allen, president of the Des Moines
Joint Stock Land Bank, was elected
vice president of the body. o. F..
Schee of Des Moines was chosen
member of the bond committee.
Polk county paid $1,T1, 5S7.2T to
teachers in the past year, according
to the annual report of Mrs. A. H.
Hoffman, county superintendent
Secretaries salaries took only $6,-
| 79421 from the county school fund.-
s5,S15 was paid for library books, ST.
21852 for, free textbooks, and $52,690
for apparatus. The total of school
taxes in that county, including both
/ independent school districts and ru-
| raj schools was $2,266,792. State and
federal aid to the amount of $16,3S5
was given the county. Records show
that the total overdraft for outstand-
! ing warrants among the, county
schools is $4S4,000 The large over.
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