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Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-13
TOR SALE
koUaEs.

~ HOUSES.
FOR SALE--5-room house and small
lot, within three and half blocks
on Washington Square; $500; pay.
ments $500 down, balance at S. per
month without interest
w. b. PUSEY.
Central Life Bldg, Ottawa.
FOR SALE--5-rOOm house, with bath.
gas, water, lights and furnace
within five and u half blocks of Wash.
ington Square; $1,000.
w. B. PUSEY.
FOR SALE-The ]. Il. Porter resi-
dence on the south bluff; one OF the
finest views in the valley; large,
1oomy; hot air heat; good plumbing;
large lot beautiful home at a sacri-
ilce price; owner lives in California,
here is a rare opportunity for some
one desiring home in Ottawa; let
me show ii to you.
r. r. FARRELL.
FOR SALE--A modern dwelling
within stones throw of st. Co
lumba church; a dandy; strictly mod
ern; $4,000; come In and let me show
You. 7. b. FARRELL.
FOR SALE--Two dandy cottages on
West Madison St: one three rooms;
enc -four rooms; same outside dimen.
sions; one $1,000, one Sl,400; terms
on part; lot 50xl50i concrete cellar
floor; cellar under all; city water,
electric lights; good repair.
l., 7. B. FARRELL.
FOR SALE-Large house and barn
with corner lot on good street,
north side. Buildings could not be
built for $1,000 But if l can turn it
within 30 days will sell for less than
half that amount.
w. 3. PUSEY,
Central Life Bldg, Ottawa, Ill.
FOR SALE-South ottawa, s room
house, S2,50O; room house, two
lots, $4,000 6 room and bath in good
condition, $4,000; Z room house, 2
lots, $4,000; also a large house, $4,-
900, w. l.. PUSEY,
Central Life Bldg. Ottawa, H.
FOR SALE-SeVeral good houses In
Central Ottawa, $4,000 to $40 900.
w. Il. PUSEY,
Real Est and ms. Central Life Bldg.
FOR SALE Seven room house, with
hot water heat bath room, laundry;
in good condition; three large lots,
quantity Of fruit; Center Ottawa,
5000. MISS GERTRUDE HARRIS.
FOR SALE-Five room cottage; hard
wood floors, furnace, gas, electric
lights; $4,000. Also five room cot
tago. city water; two large lots;
s1,100. Both in West ottawa.
MISS GERTRUDE HARRIS.
FOR SALE Six room. new, modern
house; in good condition; heating
and piuHbing worth from $500 to
$4,000; hardwood floors, colonaies,
etc; for quick sale from $4,000 to
$4,000 less than house could be
erected. MISS GERTRUDE HARRIS.
FOR SALE-Thro modern houses In
East Ottawa west OF Orleans street,
for One-half value.
MISS GERTRUDE HARRIS.
FOR SALE-Five houses east Of Or
leans street all of which will be
sold for much less than the actual
value. MISS GERTRUDE HARRIS.
MisCeLLANgOu2
FOR SALE-Fivc-roOm tent with
screened porches; can be seen
erected at G13 First Ave. Phone 1853.
FOR SALE-Girl's bicycle. Inquire
at 1924 Post st. or call i74.Y.
FOR SALE Hot Water Heating
Plant, complete in a No. | condition,
new boiler last fall. Phone 667 Il. OF
tawa or call at Holland Furnace Co,
Free trader-journal and Ottawa fair dealer. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1920-1927, 1921-07-13
HSOUND.

Southbound cars leave Ottawa sta
ton for Grand Ridge, Mckinley PARK
and Streator in a. IN. 5:55, 7:55, 9:55,
ll:55. In p. III. 1855, 1855, sos, 500,
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Master in ChanCery.
Dated, Ottawa, HI, July s, A. D.
1921.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
EXCITEMENT Is RIFE
Farmers i'm Greeley and Extra Town
ships Anticipate Develop
ment in Oil.

Some few weeks ago there was a
great deal of excitement around
Adair and Walnut over the an
nouncement that that section of the
country was undertake with oil. j.
w. McDaniels, geologist from Colo
RADIO, recently made an investigation
and reported that all indications
pointed TO large quantities of oil that
would be found on drilling. This re-
port was communicated to a syndi-
cate of business men who at once be-
gan preparations to take leases on
land in the immediate vicinity. Lat
est reports from Adair are to the eff
feet that leases had been taken on
10 200 acres.
This news has spread to all parts
of the country but was not received
with the same degree of enthusiasm
as il has in Greeley and Extra town
ships. An investigation was made in
both of these townships, with the re-
suit that prospects in that locality
are equally as good as they are in
the vicinity of Adair and Walnut.
A meeting was held in Greeley
township last Friday night which
was largely attended. The farmers
were asked to sign leases. There
was much excitement and everyone
present had visions Of an oil field as
productive as that at Wichita Falls,
Texas. We hope these Investigations
will produce some good results.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
RELEASED ON BOND

Ben Green, an employee OF the
Kearney Pharmacy, at Extra, was
taken before Justice j. A. Cozine on
Monday morning on a charge of car
rying concealed weapons and threat
ening to commit crime.
Green who was in an intoxicated
condition, was brought to Audubon
late Sunday evening and lodged in
Jail awaiting his arraignment before
the Justice. He waived preliminary
hearing and was bound over to the
February grand Jury. He was put
under $500 bond, which was fur
nished by Mr.. Kearney.
From reports reaching Audubon,
1t seems that while in an intoxicat-
ed condition, Green threatened to
kill William Elwood and his sweet
heart, Miss Kathryn Hansen, nine
teen-year-old daughter of Hans
Hansen, of Extra. Green had kept
company with Miss Hansen in times
past and some are of the opinion that
Green was only "grand-standing."
However, his threats against the life
of the two young people were so in
sistent that IL was necessary for them
to invoke the law in order to protect
themselves. The mater no doubt will
be thoroughly investigated by the
next grand Jury and IL the evidence
warrants, Green will be indicted and
later compelled to stand trial.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
ASSESSORS HOLD MEETING

The assessors OF Audubon county
met at the auditors office last Sat-
urday afternoon to arrive at a level
for the assessments of real estate
and personal property which is to be
taken this year. All of the assess
ors were in attendance and received
their supplies. The assessing begins
Immediately after the annual meet
ing and must be completed by the
first of April.
On account of the inflated prices
in land and live stock which has pre-
vailed the past year, 1t was neces-
sary to discuss many matters and fix
level of assessment that would be
doing justice to everyone concerned.
The price agreed upon was practic-
ally the same as that of two years
ago, and is as follows:
Land in Lincoln, Cameron, Leroy
and Oakfield townships will be as
sessed at a valuation of SIS per
acre. Land in Douglas, Melville.
Greeley and Sharon townships at
$S4, while in Hamlin, Viola, Extra
and Audubon township the assessed
valuation per acre will be $50.
Personal property assessments
will be as follows: Colts one year
old. $32; colts two years old, $50;
horses three years old and over, s72;
stations at commercial value; mules
over a year old. $50; heifers one
year old, $50; cattle in feeding,
s4.S6; heifers two years old, s2S;
cows, $36; steers one year old, s24;
steers two years old, $40; steers
three years old and over, CONNER
cial value; bulls at commercial val
ne; swine over six months, &c:
sheep over six months, 4c to &c, and
goats at commercial value.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
GOVERNOR HARDING QUITS

In MS message TO the iowa leglS-
lature as the retiring chief executive
of the state, Gov. w. l.. Harding on
Tuesday outlined a new program for
law enforcement, emphasizing the
Importance of the local peace officers
in the detection and capture of GRIM
inals and criticising the divided au-
thority such as he says has existed
in the past four years in protecting
the state against crime. The governor
went into considerable detail in the
outlining of his plan which would
vest more power with the governor
and less with the attorney-general.
He declared that during the past
four years there has been IAN effort
made to transfer the constitutional
provision Ito see to it that the laws
are faithfully executed)l from the
office of the governor to that Of the
attorney general"
He said that the met result of this
effort had been chaos and failure"
and that the lawyer for the state
been converted into a detective and
at great expense to the taxpayers"
The governor explained that with
but few men cooperating with local
officials some $4,000 past due
auto licenses were collected in a very
short time by the state this past year
and that with local officers and the
state bankers association, some forty
bank burglars had been sent, or are
on their way. to the penitentiary to
serve time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
AUDUBON co. REPRESENTED
George Foley Attends Second Annual
Meeting OF Iowa Farm Bureau
Federation.

George Foley was In Des Moines
last Wednesday and Thursday at
tending the Iowa Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton meeting which held its sec
ond annual meeting at the Auditor
iup in a two-days' session. Mr..
Foley was a delegate from Audubon
County Farm Bureau and he states
that the sessions were all well at
tended, in fact the interest and at
tendance this year was double that
of last year.
The headquarters of the Farm
Federation was at the Slavery hotel,
but the sessions were held at the
Auditorium. The session was OPP
ened by a rousing address from the
president, C. A. Hunt. There were a
number of good speakers on the pro-
gram, but Mr.. Foley said the ad-
dress by Mrs. c. II. Sewall, of Otter
bein, Ind, on Keeping Up With
Father and the Boys" was especial
ly good, as was also that of A. F.
Lever, of South Carolina, who spoke
on Rural Credits"
The report of special interest to
every member present was that OF
c. l.. Harlan, who gave the report on
Live Stock Market Investigations.
He found that while stock on foot
reached its lowest level in November
the meat on the block sold at its
highest mark. Statistics are being
gathered which go TO show that the
manipulation of the stock market is
such that the producer and the con-
sumner are both hit, neither of whom
receive the benefit to which they
are entitled. The Farm Bureau is
not trying to make any radical
changes, but they are attempting to
get onto a new basis whereby the
producer will receive his Just re-
wards for labor and the consumer
will be able to make his purchases
at a living price. The contention is
not to change the law of supply and
demand but to remedy the defects
in the manipulation of the stock
gamblers, who have no other motive
than to further their own selfish
ends, which is generally at the sac
rifice of the interests of the produc-
er and the consumer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
HOTEL TO OPEN NEXT WEEK

The old Arlington hotel which has
been completely remodeled will open
for business next week under a new
name and also under a new man
agement. The hotel will be known
as Sweet Home and will be conduct
ed by Mrs. Nora Ship and three
daughters.
A force of workmen have been
busy for several weeks getting the
place in shape. The building has
been completely overhauled, repair
ed, repapered and new beds and bed
clothing put in. Mrs. Ship is well
known to the travelling public, hav-
ing been in the hotel business many
years at Defiance. II was through
the solicitation of the travelling men
that she decided to come to Audi
bon.
A banquet will be served at the
hotel Friday evening, January 81,
at $3.50, and a dance will follow, in
the east half of the building. It is
planned to have every business man
and all others interested in the adj
vancement of Audubon, to attend
this banquet.
Audubon has needed a hotel for
more than two years and now that
we have the opportunity of filling a
long-felt want, 1t Is no more than
right that the new management
should be given every encourage
men possible.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
MUCH INTEREST IN
HEALTH SURVEY
SESSIONS TO BE HELD AT PRES
BYTERIAN CHURCH LAST
WEEK IN JANUARY.

The Health Survey is proceeding
in this county nicely, reports Miss
Skov and Miss Agan, who have been
working on IL for the past week.
The free health clinic will be held
at the Presbyterian church in Audi
bon on Friday, Jan. 81, from a. M.
to 6 D. m. Four leading specialists
in the state have been secured to
conduct the clinic.
DR.. ]. H. Peck, president of the
Iowa tuberculosis association and
DR.. H. v. Scarborough, superintend-
ent of State Sanitorium at Oakdale,
will make the chest examinations.
Good reasons for having a thorough
chest examination are: II you have
had grip, influenza or pneumonia;
II you tire easily or catch cold cas-
lily; II you have persistent cough or
clear your throat often; II you are
losing weight; If you have afternoon
fever or spit blood.
DR.. Mccoy, ear, nose and throat
specialist will examine and give adj
vice to those presenting themselves
at this clinic.
DR.. Byfield, children's specialist,
from the State University at Iowa
City, will examine children and ad-
wise parents on child care. n.
Good Health means good citizen
ship" and ii is only by the periodic
medical examination that abnormal
conditions are discovered.
The county clinic benefits your
physician, county, nurse, yourself,
and the general public. 1t affords
your physician an opportunity to
compare his ideas with those of 9TH
er physicians who have specialized
in tuberculosis, child care and dis
ease of the nose and throat. 1t also
affords your physician an opportun-
ity to benefit by consultation with
these specialists upon the individual
case which he may bring to the
clinic.
who knows he has disease, because
it furnishes diagnosis and recon-
mendations thereon. 1t benefits the
person who is not aware that any
thing is the matter with him, because
it discovers conditions that need
remedying and refers him to the
service of the local physician.
The clinic is of great service to the
general public, because it arouses
interest in health, bringing to the
community health conditions which
exist throughout the county and en-
phasize in the mind of the reading
public the importance of periodical
medical examination. 1t affords a
means of conveying to the public
knowledge about the sumple rules Of
health and suggests incentives for
their observance.
The County Health Clinic gives to
those who present themselves for ey-
animation:
/, Thorough physical examina-
tion by physicians, free of charge.
2. Advice of an. expert consult
ent.
8. Diagnosis.
4. Advice on how to live.
5. Assistance to enter sanitor-
ium.
6. Instruction for family at
home.
Z. Education for well people.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13

here. j. w. b. is still interested in
politics and is a great admirer of
California's brilliant senator, Hiram
Johnson.
The National Winter Air Tourna-
ment, which was held at Long Beach
for three days was the most complete
collection of modern aircraft ever
assembled in the west. There are
only three of these meetings in the
U. s., one being held at New York,
Long Beach. witnessed the one
hundred mile airplane race. Sixteen
speedy air pilots were entered in the
race and speed of 100 miles per
hour was reached. Not so very
much faster than Lew Reeve or Doc
McGinnis run that Ford when doing
county agent work / do not care
much about aviation. but this assem-
bly, of airplanes together with two
dirigibles, furnished one of the big
aircraft shows of the U. s., and was
we'll worth seeing. The street was
so congested that in five minutes
time 235 autos passed the point
where l was standing.
People flock from all over the
Union to southern California 20 have
good time and to enjoy the equable
climate. which is almost a continu-
Gus summer. II you could have Cal
ifornia climate and Iowa's corn
fields together, along with good
schools. paved roads and prosperous
churches. that would be paradise.
Audubon Shelley.
1887 Il. 3rd st. Long Beach, Cal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
SCHOOL VISITATION WEEK
JANUARY 1921

While most of our one-room
schools are kept in very good condi-
ton there are a few in serious
condition. They have not been
cleaned as they should have been.
This was a trying year, for corn
picking took the men, women and
children. Now those schools that
need cleaning and fixing up should
be attended to at once. Teachers are
sending in complaints, and well they
should. Also parents are sending
complaints that some of the schools
that some teachers pay scarcely any
attention to ventilation. They are
both serious charges.
We expect the schools put in sani-
tary condition and then expect the
teachers to keep them clean and ven-
tilated.
The business of the farm now will
not interfere so schools that have
not been put in good condition can
be looked after now and made fit for
teachers and.pupils.
Now l am going to set aside the
week beginning January 18th as
school visiting week. Parents and
school officers, will you not take this
week to visit our schools; not in a
spirit of criticism but in the spirit
of helpfulness. Talk with your teach
er about the needs of the school. You
ought to have a Parent-Teachers'
association in every community, or a
Community Club. In these meetings
you can have your social affairs and
vour itararv nro0ramc non't FOR
get to visit the schools this week,
and teachers, you be ready to tell
the needs of the schools.
am going to ask the teachers to
report their visitors for that week.
Let us see how much interest differ
emit neighborhoods will show in their
schools.
Most kindly,
Ella M. Stearns,
County Supt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
FARM MUST BE PUT
ON BUSINESS BASIS

Greater cooperation between farm
ers and bankers so that the business
of producing farm products can be
financed along the same lines as the
business of manufacturing and SELL
ing merchandise of all kinds will cut
the cost of food production and in
crease farm profits.
"The successful business man who
sees an opportunity to make one dol
lar produce two doesn't pass Il up
because he does not have the dollar,
nor does he wait until he can save it,
He borrows 1t. puts ii to use, and in
addition to his own gain. the banker
who loans 1t makes profit. the COM
munity takes step forward. and the
nation progresses.
when extensive tests have clearly
proven, as in some localities, that
four dollars worth of fertilizer will
increase the yield of an acre of wheat
ten to twelve dollars, why lose the
added profit because one does not
have the four dollars in cash. When
farming with power units have prov
en- their ability to pay for themselves
often in one year, why do without
them Just because the cash is not
on hand to pay for them? Under
such a policy one is likely never to
have the money.
"The man who puts his farm on a
business basis, who studies the posi-
bilities before him, and plans to
make the most of them, who will
learn that business thoroughly, and
intelligently present the banker with
the opportunity to work with him in
the development of his farm and the
community, will get the cash and the
cooperation of the real banker"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
AUDUBON WOMEN TO SERVE
Popular Young School Teacher First
Woman i'm County to Be
Drawn as Juror.

The Grand and Petit Jurors for
the February term of the Audubon
county district court we're drawn the
fore part of the week. On the list
OF Jurors for the next term of court
are two women. The first one to be
drawn was Miss Beulah Reed, pop
ular and highly pleasing young
school marin. The second woman
Juror to be drawn was Mrs. Abbie
McFadden. also of this city.
The next term will convene in this
city on February 18th, when the new
grand jury will be sworn in. The
second day of the term the petit jur-
ors have been summoned to appear.
Judge e. B. Woodruff will preside.
Following is the complete list Of jur-
ors drawn:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
CosTPLUs AND COsT-MINUs

Three young men planned and car
ried out the Omaha train robbery.
They expected to steal a few thou
sand dollars. They got over three
millions in securities and about
100000 in cash.
They got something else. Within
about three weeks after their exploit
all three of them were in the peni-
Tertiary. One of them is now en-
gagged in making shoes at a salary of
nothing-a-year. Another, on the
same terms, is mending convicts'
trousers. Another is wheeling rocks
to a crusher.
And it was not the pinch of pow
erty which drove them to the crime.
All of them were we'll employed. The
poorest paid among them was getting
$50 per month. The combined in
comes of the six members of the
family of another of the trio was
over $500 per month.
But they saw stealing and grating
and collusive-contract plundering of
the best and most generous govern
ment in the world going on all
around them. They became infected
with the contagion. 1t was bad for
them. They lost their minds. For
surely no man in his right mind
would stake his liberty and every
thing that made life worth living
against the remote chance of win
ming a few thousands, encountered
with the perpetual terror of po-
liceman's hand on his shoulder. The
odds were too great. None but a
fool or a lunatic would take them.
But they took them. Ergo, they were
fools or lunatics. ga
Fools or lunatics, indeed! IL they
were bound to be criminals anyway.
why did they not take a leaf or two
out of the open books of the graft
ing, cash-plus criminals working
successfully in broad daylight, wher-
ever they might turn their eyes?
Why did they not worm their way
into some of the innumerable gov
eminent swindling rings? To be
sure, the ringsters were a pretty
contemplate pack of ours, far worse
than the highwaymen and the train
robbers. But their risk OF punish
ment was practically nil. They are
sprawling on the veranda of luxur-
ious hotels in the tropics now, or
leading gay lives in the white-light
zones of the great cities. Contrast
that with what their moral superiors
of the underworld, the silly Omaha
train plunderers, are doing-making
shoes, mending old convict clothes,
wheeling rocks ain penitentiary. o
Fools or lunatics, indeed, to play
the cost-minus game of robbery when
the cost-plus game was wide open
before them!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-01-13
CORPS HAS BUSY YEAR
Women's Organization Makes Re-
port Of Years Work and lnstalls
New Officers.

The regular monthly meeting of
the w. r. c. was held recently at the
w. o. w. hall and the following re-
port was made of the years work:
The term for Allison Relief Corps
ing the past twelve months 2 bake
sales and a silver tea were held
which netted s52.79; relief work
other than money, S1415.0O; sick
visits reported, $50; sent to the am
bulance fund for the soldiers at Mar
$500; paid for supplies
for Civil War veteran, Sits; sent
to the Southern Memorial fund,
$500; to the flag fund, S2.00; a
$40 parade flag presented to the
American Legion; burial flags sup
piled for three Civil War veterans
and 3 World War soldiers; spoons
were presented to members who
were moving away, and also to three
couples who celebrated their golden
weddings. A banquet was given for
the members of the G.. A. r. ana
their wives and Corps members.
Flowers were sent to sick members.
This report was made by Mrs. Eliza
Meyer, the Corps press correspond
ent.
AZ this same meeting, following
the business session, the following
officers were elected for the ensu-
ing year:
Pres, Celia B. Rice; s. v. p,
Matte Reed; j. v. p, Lefie Peter
son; Treas, Ollie Reinemund; Chap
lain, Eva Beers; Con-, Lois Ashby;
Guard, Virginia Lane; Sec, Bertha
Johnson; Patriotic ms, Lydia Chan
der; Asst. p. l., Maggie Reese;
Press Cor, Eliza Meyer; Asst. Con-,
Mae Crocker; Asst. Guard, Alice
Kopp; Color Bearers, 1, Ferne Cur
tbs; 2, Laura Philips: 3, Cora
Northup; 4, Jessie Johnson; Musi-
clan Thelma WeightOn