Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-06-09
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Fort Dodge carpenters voted a
wage scale Of 80 cents an hour in
effect June /.
Iowa City's cavalry troop has been
awarded 80 horses by the United
States government.
A total of 414,s83 automobiles,
trucks and motorcycles had been
registered in the state of Iowa to
May l, 1921.
Kenneth Danskin of Blairstown, Ia,
football player preacher and general
mixer. was voted the most popular
man in the Cornell College senior
class.
The body of Private Francis s..
Larew, who died in France was re-
turned to Iowa City and a military
funeral conducted by the American
Legion.
Hugh Ikerd, farmer living near
Earlham, filed voluntary petition
in bankruptcy recently. Liabilities
are given at $19,117.13 with assets
amounting to s15,O5975.
Heavy winds accompanied by rain
at Ackley recently caused buildings
to be blown over. Farm buildings
suffered particularly. The loss
has not been estimated.
Because his wife was out later
than he thought she should be, Hor-
ace Green. 81, Of Sioux City, cut her
throat with a razor. She died in the
street few minutes later.
For the first time in months there
is an active shipment Of corn and
oats from Buck Grove, and it is re-
ported that similar condition ex-
sists in other parts of that county.
DR.. Bird T. Baldwin, director of
the Iowa Child Welfare Research sta
ton, Iowa City, has been elected
chairman of the child welfare COM
mittee Of the National Research Coun-
Gil, Washington, D. C.
Two suspicious looking suitcases
were the downfall of Joe Banoch, ar
rested at Creston recently. When the
police opened them they found 81 500
worth of silks stolen from the Jane
son department store at Osceola.
Receivers for the Midland Packing
company at Sioux City received over
$4,000 salary from Jan. to May l
this year. Attorney Stillwell receiv-
ed $4,000; Receiver Mcmillan $780,
900; and Receiver Johnson, $11,5OO.
Company H. machine gun organiza-
ton in the national guard, is now re-
cruited up to full peace strength,
more than IS men being on the roll
at this time, according to Captain
Harry Odle. Efforts are now being
conferred on the recruiting of enough
men to form headquarters COM
pany.
While R. H. Neil, 80 years old Of
Estherville was returning from a
trip'on which he took his wife to see
a sick relative, he was instantly kill
| ed when his car turned turtle on the
Spirit Lake road about one mile east
of Superior. He was found pinned
under the car by passerby. his neck
broken. There was no eye witness
of the accident.
Fired Shier, whose real name is
said to be Arch Dempster, has been
arrested at Centerville on. statu-
tory charge. He has been represent
ing 14-year-old girl as his daughter.
She is in delicate condition. They
came here from Chicago He is a
ditch digger, and former pugilist.
The couple will be taken to Illinois
by federal officers.
The Farmers Creamery company.
of Cascade recently organized, has
let the contract for new modern
creamery building to ]. B. Aitchison,
of Cascade. A site for the building
was purchased several weeks ago and
is the property formerly occupied by
Dr. Dan Barrett's veterinary hospital.
The new building and equipment will
cost around 100000.
w. W. Kuehl sued A. M. Parmen.
ter and the Farmers Savings bank
of Grimes in district court today,
seeking judgment for $4,000. Par.
menter is president of the bank.
Kuehl alleges that he was induced
Wy oluSAleI u purchase SlU,UUU
worth of stock in the Planters Ter
minal Elevator company. Kuehl al
leges fraud in the sale.
Five Des Moines youths arrested
on an island near Percy were sentenc-
ed to six months in jail at Knoxville
for operating still, then paroled.
The boys are Eugene and "Chuck"
Sellers, George Livingston, self-con-
fessed oil station bandit who is out
on bonds pending appeal to the SUI
preme court, George Fields and w. ].
Metuch. The boys pleaded guilty.
Ed and Phoebe Demming, aged
brother and sister living on farm
in Adair county. told details Of a
brutal attack made upon them recent
ly by two bandits. The pair, gaining
entrance by representing themselves
to be federal agents searching for
liquor, bound the old people and tor
tured them to make them tell where
it was believed they had $4,000 hid
den away. The men peeled Ed Dem
ming'S finger nails with mir Of