Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-06
Iowa News
SqTTB Items Of Interest
c4N Summarized for
70 Busy Readers.

ther Maynard at Algona, and made
away with over $500 in valuables.
Sioux City population is 5000, &C
cording to the 1921 directory. The
figures show an increase of 1886 per
sons during the year.
NJ. E. Flynn, As, of Burlington, for
many years deputy state food inspect.
or, died recently, succumbing to a
fourth stroke of paralysis.
Another parole agent will be asked
of the State Legislature by the board
of control. There is too much work
for the present force to handle is the
claim made.
That his wife spoke derisively and
disrespectfully of his Victory Medal
is the allegation of Clark o. Bowen
of Muscatine, in his divorce petit
tion filed against Alma Bowen.
More than 20 cars of live stock
were shipped to the Chicago market
recently by farmers surrounding
Denison. The shipment was made up
of 10 cars of cattle. five Of sheep and
five of hogs. The train was run TO
market as special
William Genore, laborer at Eagle
Grove, was found guilty of attempt
TO commit bodily injury upon A.
Stenoff and was sent to the FIT. Madi
son penitentiary for one year. &c
more attacked Stenoff with an adj
Stenoff being severely injured.
Sixty national guard officers have
attended the annual conference and
training school of the Iowa national
guard at Cedar Rapids recently. Con,
sideration of national and state legis
lation, affecting the guard was the
principal matter up for discussion.
Increased prices on Iowa land has
made it worth the farmers while to
install drainage projects to reclaim
marsh land. Fayette county, is re
claiming 1000 acres at present. This
land, which was of small value, will
be transferred into better land class
es at a cost of $50 to $50 per acre
on the average.
Claiming that she had agreed or,
ally with her husband to accept $780,
900 and not contest his suit for di
vorce, and that she had failed to rea.
lie on her agreement, Mrs. Blanch
Wildman was in court at Guthrie
Center asking that the divorce action
be reopened. c. A. Wildman and di,
vorced wife came from Menlo.
Women will be excused from jury
service at the January term of Dis,
trict Court if they so desire, accord
ing to announcement made by Judge
George Jepson, Many women have
families to care for. The children
need their mothers attention more
than the county needs their service!
as jurors, in the opinion of Judge Jep
son.
Fred A. Frista, formerly a resident
of Cedar Rapids and who was in Bo
hernia at the outbreak of the war
has returned after serving five and
a half years in the Austrian army
hemia on a visit when Austria de
clared war on Serbia and being al
officer on leave, he was impressed
into service.
Eugene Frisbee, pioneer Iowa lum
herman, died suddenly of heart fail
ure recently. He suffered an attack
while on the street. Passerspy car
ried him to his home, where he died
before a doctor arrived. Mr.. Frisbee
for many years was engaged in the
lumber business in Iowa, operating
sawmills at Indianola, Centeryille
and Dunreath.
Little Eloise Walker, 17-months-old
babe of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Walker Of
Prairie City, climbed on a chair and
got some strichnine tablets left al
the Walker home by DR.. w. b. Chase
The child ate some of the tablets and
died a short time later. The par
ents of the child have brought suit
against the physician, asking dam
ages in the sum of $4,000.
Clinton police nipped bank rob
berry in the making recently in the ar
rest of Robert Seaton, 20 years old; R
Southwark, 22 years old; Lewis Leon
ard, % years old, in basement of the
Ford garage, and Herbert Kleyla, "a
years old, outside garage door on
guard. Their auto contained three big
revolvers, great quantities Of ammuni
tion and slug shot. Under grilling
the men confessed plans of daylight
robbery but did not tell where. Also
a plan to rob gambling house near
Watertown, Ill. They came up the
river on the Illinois side. All have
police records, they admit, at Daven,
port, Moline and Peoria Police Of
ficer Knutsen on rounds discovered
the plotteIs. All are in Jail. They
claim Moline as their home.
Frank Snyder, who escaped in a
running pistol fight recently while he
and his comrade were attempted to
steal an automobile, was captured
at Fort Dodge, Iowa, and was taken
back to Corydon for trial.
One out Of every four persons liv.
ing in Iowa is enrolled in schools
Based on the states population, which
is 2,403,630, % per cent of Iowa's
residents are going TO school. lOwa's
school population is distributed as
follows: Grade schools, 271,S54; ru.
raj, 194,S54; high schools, 6S,317, and
colleges 1854.
Joseph H. Gadbury, Iowa aviator,
returned from Winnipeg, Canada, to
Britt, in company with Anthony A.
Raw, deputy sheriff, recently to an,
swer charges of obtaining money un.
der false pretenses brought against
him by the First National bank OF
Britt
Fire did about $4,000 damage at
Montezuma recently when the John,
son building burned with a loss OF