Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-02-24


bill in the senate which would au-
thorize the use of III per cent Of
the fees taken in for automobile Ii
censes by county treasurers to be
used in the maintenance of the auto
license department.
Judge w. H. Hamilton directed a
verdict for the defendant in the Dis
trict court at Newton on the case Of
Mrs. Gertie Craig against the M. &
st. l.. railroad company in which she
was asking $4,000 damages for the
shooting of Harry Sanders at Mar
shalltown July Is last.
DETACHMENT or mutilation of marks
of identification on any machinery,
article or commodity, except automo-
biles, and selling or keeping such
defaced articles for sale, will be pun
ishable by fine of not more than
500, by Jail sentence not more than
thirty days, or by both, in bill in
troduced in the house.
Party circle on ballots used in vot-
ing machines will not be necessary II
bill introduced in the house by
Representative Thomas Parsons of
Calhoun county is passed. Voting
machines discarded in the last gen.
eral election because they were not
equipped to use the ballot with party
circle will thus be rendered legal.
Alfred Sundberg, retired farmer
living in Linn Grove, was instantly
killed when he was struck by a
Northwestern train. He was walk
ing the track about two miles east
of town near curve. There was a
snow furry On and the trainmen did
not see him until they were within
$50 feet of him. Mr.. Sundberg was
about 70 years old.
The Union Trust and Savings
bank, Sioux City concern, closed
on orders of the state banking SUI
perintendent. The capital stock
was 100000. deposits amounted to
100000, loans and discounts s947,-
600, and rediscounts with the Fed
eral Reserve bank at Chicago $279,-
900. 1t is believed depositors will
lose but little if anything.
A bill to legalize organization of
the consolidated independent school
district of Patton, Iowa, was introduc-
ed in the house by Representative A.
X. Westervalt of Greene county.
Doubt existed that the district was
properly described in the notices call
ing hearing for objections. The
bill authorizes school bond issue of
$4,000 for construction of a new
building.
John A. Yukl and family, who have
been farming near Traer for several
years have departed for Bohemia
Relatives who died recently left them
some property, and the trip is made
principally to look after their newly
acquired interests. The steamship
fare costs $3.50 for the nve members
of the family, and the total expense
of the journey to Bohemia will be
around $500.
Preliminary steps to reorganize the
state department of agriculture are
embodied in bill introduced In the
house by Representative w. l.. Long
of Jefferson county. The proposed
law will require that members of the
state board of agriculture be elected
exclusively by the delegates from
their respective congressional dis
tricts, instead of by the entire eau
Gus at large, as at present.
The senate passed the Brookhart
bill repeating the law passed two
year which authorized banks to de-
duct their liberty bonds from their
capital stock for assessment purpos-
es. This was the law the Iowa su.
preme court recently held unconsti-
tutional Senator Brookhart explain
ed, however, that in order to clear
the statutes it was considered good
policy to repeal the law.
The first auto license fee bill pass
ed by the Iowa senate went through
recently in the Whitmore bill. This
measure provides that when an auto
mobile is purchased in April, May or
June, the fee shall only be three
fourths of the full year license. II
purchased In July, August or. Sep
TENDER, one-half the full fee, and in
October or November, onefourth. II
the car is purchased in December no
fee would be required for that month,
but the purchaser would have to pay
the fee for the full year following.
Iowa senators will take their spring
vacation this year from February 25
to March Z.
Investment of funds by admins
traitors and executors of estates is
indicated in bill introduced in the
house by Representative C. B. San.
tee of Black Hawk county. This
bill makes provision for such invest
ment not now covered by statute. Ad-
ministrators will be directed to in
vest in Iowa stocks or bonds or of
the United States, federal farm loan
bonds issued under the act of July
II, 1916, bonds or mortgages on real
property of the clear unincumbered
value twice the investment, or by
order of court in bonds issued by or
under direction of cities. towns,
counties, school and drainage dis
tricts.
Loan sharks could not loan over
$500, nor collect more than percent
interest annually under the bill which
the Russell Sage foundation is gather
ing in various legislature in the coun-
try. The measure was introduced in
the Iowa senate few days ago.
st. Vincent's Academy, operated by
the sisters of the Visitation, at Keo-
kuk. caught fire in the upstairs rooms
occupied by the sisters. The first