Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-11
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A letter received from Otto Metz
ger OF Algona,' who went to Germany.
He is willing to pay $500 to use 5000
until he returns to Algona, as he says
he could not save that much. in
Germany in ten years.
Although the weather beat FIRE.
mont county out Of most of the
fruit, they are sure Of very good
crop of melons in that section this
year. Farmers and melon men state
that they have many coming on, which
isn't far away.
James P. Hunt, who is under ten
year sentence on charge of burglary,
and Ira Doff, who was being held on
federal liquor charge, escaped from
the county Jail at Creston recently by
saving the bars and breaking the
locks. Hunt was scheduled to start
for the Anamosa reformatory to be-
gin his sentence. Doff had been
bound over to the grand jury and
was awaiting trial.
&C. H. Glenn, postoffice inspector
OF Council Bluffs says he has re-
ceived word from Chicago that some
Of the Liberty bonds solen in the big
S3'5OO,000 mail robbery last Novem-
Der, have been recovered. Glenn be-
leves the report true and asserts
that it bears out his theory that Keith
Collins and Fred Poffenbarger, ring
leaders in the robbery plot, did not
burn the bonds as they stated.
Yeggs. supposedly from Des
Moines, recently entered the bank
at Written. blew off the outside doors
of the safe with nitro glycerine, but,
failing to gain access to bank funds,
fore entering the bank, the robbers
| cut telegraph and telephone wires
leadings into the city. The telephone
operator at a nearby village discov-
cred what was going on and the
yeggs became frightened and fed.
Chickasaw county Farm bureau
members pooled their 1921 wool clip
and have just shipped 1900 pounds
to Chicago to be placed in the state
pool. This organization is strictly a
cooperative affair. Last year the to-
tai charge was 81 cents a pound.
This year the charge will be cents
ana covers grading, storage, insur-
ance and commission. Last year the
farmers found the pool price to net
them more than the local.
Sioux county, the banner county Of
the state in real estate values, Is
gradually recovering from the slump
OF the past two years. A deal has
been contaminated between Herman
DeVries and Henry Zeutenhorst, both
OF Sioux Center. whereby the former
traded his quarter section between
Hull and Sioux Center for MIR. Ecu
tenhorst's sixty-six acres near Sioux
Center land receives $3.50 per acre
for ninety-four acres.
Struck by an automobile as she
was walking down the road on her
return from visit in Marquisville,
Mrs. Ena Fletcher, Is years Of age,
living in old Marquisville, was taken
to her home in a serious condition.
\ She was unconscious for an hour at
ter the accident and it was thought
at first that she might have suffered
a fractured skull. The accident was
reported to police by b. s. Condor,
Des Moines, driver of the car which
struck Mrs. Fletcher.
Shattuck brothers of Waukon lost
two good cows. a 2OO-pound veal calf
and brood SOW by lightning recently.
Lightning has made annual visits to
the Shattuck place of recent years,
each time killing valuable animals.
Last years toll was horse and a
hog, and the previous year three cat
tie were killed. This time the ami
mails killed were not grouped in the
pasture, but were standing some dis
lance apart in line which the light
ming seemed to follow.
Frances Livermore, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Livermore of
Garner is belfast from burns which
surely would have proved fatal but
1 for the prompt presence of mind of
Audrey Zeiger. 16year-old daughter
of Mayor NJ. N. Zeiger, The two
girls had soaked a catstail in kero-
sene. had lighted 1t and were play
fully twirling it when the clothes of
Frances caught fire and inflicted
burns before Audrey could smother
the blaze with heavy sweater.
| Court records in Montgomery
county were broken when William
Christensen, As, of Red Oak, was ar
rested, bound over, and sentenced to
fifty years in Fort Madison peniten-
tiary all in the space of ten hours.
Christensen was sentenced on sta
tutory charge preferred by members
of his own family. A complete con-
fession was obtain by Sheriff Peter
son of Montgomery county. A search
covering several days, had been insti-
tuted for Christensen, He was tax
en- into custody when he appeared in
Red Oak. In notebook found in
his pocket notations were found in
dicating to the sheriff that the man
had returned with the intention of