Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-04-21

ants were beating and torturing
patients, made by Mr.. and Mrs. w. M.
Navert of Texas, former employees,
bers of the board of control.
Amendments suggested for the fed
eral reserve act to provide additional
farm loan facilities and for the fed
eral farm loan act to allow the pool
ing of warehouse receipts on stored
agricultural products against which
debentures would be issued were I'M
der discussion at the American Farm
Bureau federation conference.
American Legion posts throughout
the fifth congressional district are
responding to the call Of the Cedar
Rapids post to contribute money to
furnish butter and other delicacies
to the tubercular legionaries in the
Oakdaie sanatorium until such time
as the legislature sees fit to make
an appropriation to buy the food. .
A total of $3,469, 147 a year for sup
port of Iowa's state schools was vot-
ed by the Iowa house when it passed
the board of education appropriation
bill. This sum of $6,93S,294 for the
biennium is S393,000 greater than the
amount allowed in the bill as it pass
ed the senate. The board of educa-
ton estimates called for appropria-
tons of about eight and one-half mil
lions.
Fire recently destroyed the general
merchandise and farm machinery
store of Joseph Vorel at Fairfax. en-
failing loss of $27,500 on buildings
and contents, with insurance $4,000
The fire started in the basement and
is believed to have been caused by
mice gnawing a match. The town is
without fire protection and Cedar Ra.
pids firemen arrived just in time to
see the burning building collapse.
An outline of the teaching of citi-
zenship by Prof. Henry J. Peterson
of the University OF Wyoming, late
Of the lowe State Teachers college
faculty, now being used in 5000
Iowa schools will soon serve national
purposes. A textbook publishing
house has secured Professor Peter
sons permission to publish the out
line in slightly revised form for
distribution over the entire United
States.
]. w. Ellis is the newly appointed
city clerk of Anamosa The new ad-
ministration decided to abandon the
city manager system, in vogue the
last two years. Capt. w. F. Hatha-
way, after two years service as city
manager. has left for Clear Lake to
assume duties as secretary Of the
park committee. AS secretary Cap
tain Hathaway will manage approx
mately $250,00O worth of property
and act as publicity director.
The farmers Of the vicinity of
Strahan met recently and organized
a cooperative livestock shipping as
ISOLATION. Five directors were elect
ed to prepare a constitution and to
employ manager. The directors
are: Ed Peterson, James Langmuir,
M. C. Woodffll, Arthur Bradley and
Frank Hilton. The board at that
meeting elected Arthur Bradley
president; M. C. Woodfill, secretary.
treasurer.
A legal fight over the inheritance
tax law that is of far reaching signi.
flcance will take place in Newton
soon. The Ryan estate of that town
contends that inasmuch as the law
passed by the last legislature repeats
the old inheritance tax law that 1t
does not have to pay state tax on
that estate. 1t further claims that
il is unconstitutional for the new in.
heritance tax law to be OF retroactive
Interpretation, so that II Is not liable
to be taxed on either ground. Elabor,
ate preparations are being made for
the legal battle. as the case is regard
ed as a test case of wide significance
A bill introduced in the last hours
OF the Iowa Legislation was passed
by both House and Senate, giving the
State Teachers College at Cedar Falls
an additional appropriation OF s230, 00C
for new buildings. State education
al institutions presented a bill ask
ing $20,000,00O for building purposes
the next 10 years, 100000 to be
given them a year. This was sliced
to about 100000 by the committee
and then a final 100000 slash made
by House and Senate. In its fina'
form the appropriation bill for sup
port of the state educational insti
tutions totalled about $4,000, 900, OF
$2,3O0,000 less than they asked.
Mrs. Amanda Lieneman of Var
Meter, sole survivor Of an automobile
accident last December in which hel
husband, daughter and father and
mother-in-law were killed, brought
suit in the county court at Winterse
against the estate of Peter Leineman
the father-in-law. She demands $40,
900 damages for the death Of hel
husband, due, she says, to Petel
Lieneman's negligence as driver O
the car, and asks half Of the remain
der Of Lieneman's estate under the
supposition that her husband breath
ed a few seconds longer than Pete
and therefore became heir to Peter'i
estate along with Clifford Lieneman
brother of her husband.
H. Patten Saunders, Sioux CITY
ianitor. alleged to have used the mail!
to defraud, was sentenced to tive
years in Leavenworth prison by Judg,
Henry T. Reed in Federal court a
Cedar Rapids. Saunders is said t.
have secured thousands OF dollars.
Harry Wilson, 40 years old, super
lntendent of a grain elevator at Wal
colt, Iowa, was killed while at worl
recently. His clothes caught in NOV