Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-04-21

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NEWS BF2,IEFS
Ed Vonoven Of Miles died of lock
jaw recently, the result of an injury
sustained when a horse kicked the
fork he was using.
Bill Olander, confessed that he fir
ed the shot on the night of March II,
that killed Berthold Halfpap, pioneer
Fort Dodge grocer.
Grocer c. Kelley, age 81, Of Del
vein was found hiding in mail car
at Elk Point, S. D., recently. He was
discovered by mail clerk soon af-
ter the train had left Sioux City.
Mrs. Jane Kirkwood, widow Of
Iowa's famous war governor, Samuel
Kirkwood, is critically i'll at her home
in Iowa City. Mrs. Kirkwood ceIe-
brated her Goth birthday Sept. 2, 1920.
Dubuque bid welcome to 1000 or
more delegates from Sc cities in the
18th district of Rotary, which includes
the states Of Iowa, Nebraska and
South Dakota, recently when the 1921
district Rotary convention opened for
two day session.
With an added affection to total
blindness former Mayor S. H. Reilly,
of Marshalltown, was adjudged
insane and was taken to the state
hospital at independence. Mr.. Reilly
is veteran of the Spanish-American
war, and served with Horrey's rough
riders.
Iowa Supreme court recently denied
the appeal Of James T. Townsend
from the decision of Judge j. w. Kint-
Finger of the Dubuque District court,
sentencing him to life imprisonment
at Fort Madison for the murder of
Frank Crees, his stepfather, August
II, 1919, at Dubuque.
Thomas Anderson Bondurant's old
est resident dropped dead recently
of heart trouble. Mr.. Anderson was
81 years old, and had lived in Bon
durant for over forty years se,rl1ng
there before the town site was estab-
lished. Mr.. Anderson is survived by
his wife and four children.
A survey has been made by the
American Poland China Record as
ISOLATION to determine which state
has the greatest number of persons
owning Poland China hogs. In this
tabulation Texas is far in the lead,
1929 owners being indicated from
the Lone Star state, as against 938
from Iowa, its nearest competitor.
Roy Owens, Of Shenandoah, who
was injured in an auto accident be-
tween Corning and Prescott recently
succumbed to his injuries in a Red
Oak hospital, where he was taken
hurriedly on a train following an &C.
cident. Owens was almost entirely
scalped aud sustained other injuries
which rendered him unconscious when
he collided with a Rural mail carrier.
With her lower jaw broken in two
places, Miss Florence Parker. 1S
whose home is at West Liberty, is in
the University Of Iowa Hospital. Her
injuries were received when an au-
tomobile, carrying herself, girl
friend and two male companions,
plunged into ditch after the car
lights went out of commission. The
other three occupants Of the car were
not injured.
Van Buren, county claims the honor
of being the home Of pure high bread
Hampshire hogs than any other sec
ton Of the United States. There are
over 100 men actually engaged in
raising them and more are becoming
interested. The recent two-day sales
held at Stockport and Cantril were
very satisfactory. The Stockport sale
was the first county association sale
held in that vicinity and in spite of
the fact that many farmers were in
the field planting oats, large crowd
attended. The offering averaged
$S468 on thirty-two head. Those at
Cantril averaged $11.25 on thirty-three
head.
1t may be a sign that the horse is
coming back on to the farm S. J..
Murray, horse buyer of Allison re-
ports that there is considerable de-
mand for work horses in that COM
munity. Mr.. Murray had carload
of good horses shipped in and dispos-
ed of them at good figure He will
have another carload soon and
anticipates no trouble in disposing
of them. This is the first time in
years heavy horses broken to work
have been shipped into the commun-
ity.
The slaughter Of tubercular milch
COWS under orders of the state con-
tinues at Cedar Rapids packing
house and it is expected that before
the job is completed both Linn and
Johnson counties will be thoroughly
cleaned up. Fifty-three COWS belong
ing to the herd Of William Young,
living near North Liberty, were
slaughtered in one day. Milk from
twenty-five of these COWS has been
sold in Iowa City for months. There
were 124 animals in Mr.. Young's herd
which he has been building up for the
last fOur wears an IL nav ha eoon