Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-10-13

sci OF Cresco, is the president; A.
E. Kenyon, DEBORAH, vice president
and Ed Youmans. DEBORAH, secretary
treasurer.
The paving on the Lincoln highway
in Clinton county is completed and
will be open to traffic for the Armis-
tice day celebration Nov. II, accord.
ing to- announcement made by the
engineers. Eighteen miles of pave
ment is now continuous from Unity
Corners near Calamus, straight into
Clinton The board of supervisors
has awarded contracts for grading
and preparing the rest of the high.
way through the county for paving
next year.
Attorneys for the family of J. Buzz.
Yard halted the burial of Mr.. Buzz
card, who died in the Davenport po'
lice station recently after he had
been arrested with John Fey, con-
tractor, for disorderly conduct. The
men quarrelled over payment for
some grapes. Buzzard was COM
mission merchant. Physicians said
his death was due to spasms of the
heart Police released Fey but Buzz
Yards family attorneys are demand
ing an investigation of the case.
County Engineer Sternstrom, Cher
okee county, will recommend the
Strengthening of the course of the
Maple river in Anthem township for
a distance of one mile. The correc-
ton would eliminate four bridges OF
six now in use, and would allow the
improvement of road, the cause of
threat by the postoffice department
to abandon a rural route in that ter
ritory unless remedial measures
should be adopted. 1t also would
save a lot of good land for farming
operations.
w. A. Scar, of Earlham, received
$2,852.50 for thirty-eight head OF Po-
land China hogs at his recent sale:
average $50. The highest price re-
ceiYed in this sale was $40 for a
young SOW, Queens Best. On his
February sale, one thoroughbred sow
brought $500. From this $500 thor
oughbred, Mr.. Scar had sold $4,000
worth of hogs in six years. Mr..
Scar hopes to make Earlham the CEN
ter of the middle west for Poland
China hog raising. He is planning
another sale.
Business men of Des Moines and
Dallas Center are backing the Seible
and Thorp Oil Corporation which is
prospecting for oil on the Anthony
Jarrett farm, five miles east of Van
Meter. The drilling derricks were
erected and are So feet high. The
oil was located in corn field not
far from the house. An abandoned
coal mine is one mile from the house
on this 500 acre farm. C. L. Siebel,
head of the corporation, has had sew
eral years of experience in oil well
drilling and is hopeful of results.
The one consolidated school in Du-
buque county located at Bankstown
will be given a thorough tryout, fol-
lowing the decision of County Su-
perintendent of Schools Joseph Flynn
denying petition for dissolution which
he heard for six days. A total of
1S3 voters in the district had petit
toned for dissolution while a num-
Der slightly in minority filed objec-
tions. Four of Dubuque county's
most prominent legal lights fought
the battle at the hearing. Appeal
will be taken.
Milo F. Katroska, 15-year-old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Katroska,
was killed at Ames recently when he
collided with an iron post while run
ming a race with two other boys.
The three boys were racing home
from a moving picture theater. Milo
stumbled on the steps of the city
hall and crashed into the iron post
of the railing, the impact breaking
two of his ribs and rupturing large
blood vessel. He died few minutes
later. He. was junior in the Ames
High school. His parents, three bro
Tiers and a sister survive him. The
body was taken to Belle PLANE, his
birthplace for burial.
The baby beeves of the Tama
County Calf club sold at auction for
the average price of sl0.5S per hun
bred pounds recently, with the top
calf bringing $3.50. Swift & Co., OF
Chicago, bought the big end OF the
load, paying an average Of 1910
for fourteen head, while T. M. Sin
clair G. Co., of Cedar Rapids, bought
ten head of the tops at the average
price of $1120. Competitive bidding
and good work of the auctioneers
made lively sale. A crowd OF 200
people watched the bidding and Of
fered several bids but the packers
had the final say. The top, an An
gus owned by Leonard Able of How
ard township, sold to Sinclair for
$3.50, while the reserve champion
a Shorthorn owned by Wallace Metz
Of Richmond township, sold to Sim
clair at $500. The top Hereford
owned by Ernest Able sold to Swift
at 1925. Total weight of twenty
four head was 1884 pounds after a
twelve hour shrink and they brought
a total of S2,521.64.
Ed CAN'T and Fred lamb were
badly cut and bruised recently when
their old truck became unnanageable
going down a steep hill near Green.
field. They crashed through bridge
rail and overturned at the bottom Of
a deep gully.
An investigation was made of the
death of Daniel MCGUIRE at the
Wheeler Hotel Mason City recently.
Physicians expressed the opinion