Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1921-04-21
Iowa News
\N1D Items Of Interest
SoE~ Summarized for
"1\\ Busy Readers.

OF the Associated Advertising CLUBS
of Iowa.
Fire destroyed the home OF E. E.
Mcdowell. former Wellman citizen,
at Kendrick, Idaho. Loss is estimat-
ed at $4,000.
Jacob Madison, SO years old
pioneer resident of Des Moines died
recently of heart trouble at the Luz
theran hospital.
Whether or not special session of
the legislature will be called by Gov
ernor Kendall to revise the code will
not be finally settled until next fall.
Andy SOreuson, Des Moines was
bound to the Grand Jury at his trial
in Municipal Court on a charge of
owning and keeping intoxicants for
sale.
Lawrence E. Foglesong landscape
architect Of Des Moines, has been
named head Of the Horticultural depart
ment of the Iowa State fair to sue
coed Art H. Smith of Boone.
Miss Nina R. Shaffer, formerly ref
erence librarian at Iowa University,
has been elected librarian of the
Carnegie library at Orpha. Wyo., a
branch OF the Douglas institution.
Iowa's new inheritance tax law
went into effect following the last
publication. Within Is months af.
ter death, an estate must now pay
the state a tax on all over $4,000.
Inaccuracies, errors and down right
bonehead mistakes have just been
found in a dozen bills that passed
both houses Of the legislature and are
now before the governor for his sig
nature.
Mrs. A. E Landmark, wife of the
Rock Island station agent at Lake
Park, was found dead in the bath tub
at her home Recently. 1t was believ-
ed death was caused by an electric
vibrator she was using while taking a
bath.
Louis S. Shulkin. SO, is in JAN today
charged with attempting to burn the
Sioux City Leather Co. plant of which
he is proprietor. The fire was ex-
tinguished before extensive damage
elusive evidence against Shulkin.
With liabilities of approximately
s250O0O and assets listed at 100000,
the First National Bank at Marcus
closed its doors recently. The ac-
ton was taken on vote Of the bank
directors following recommendation
of the step by Federal Bank Examin-
err Williams.
Four hundred and fourteen bills
creating new laws or amending pres
ent ones were passed by the Thirty
ninth general assembly to the final
records Just completed. OF this num-
Der 209 were house bills and EOS SEN
ate bills. Thus far, only one, the
public utilities measure, has been We
toed by the governor.
The state printing board, through
contracts let recently has practically
provided for all of the state printing
which is to be done this year. John
NJ. Jameson, Of the Iowa Homestead
and the Newton News secured the
bulk of the work. Sixty-seven differ
ent items were contracted for. The
remainder OF the printing will be left
over until next year.
Ora Williams, state document editor
will have hearing before Governor
Kendall to persuade the chief execu-
tive not to sign the new printing bill
This bill passed by both House and
Senate was written by Senator Smith
of Winterset and Representative Har.
rison of Council Bluffs, two newspa,
per publishers. By terms OF the bill,
Williams is legislated out of. office
and a new position called state su,
perintendent of printing installed.
The state tax levy in Iowa for the
next two years will be 9 mills each
year, producing about $4,000, 00C
revenue, according to the resolution
adopted by the general assembly, as
it's last action before adjournment
upon recommendation of the senate
ways and means committee. This 1:
an increase over the levy fixed two
years ago Of IL mills year, or 6
total of about s1,650,000 a year In
crease over the amount raised by
general assembly two years ago.
Iowa's road laws were upheld OF
every point at which their validit,
was questioned by a decision handed
down in the District court at Daven
port in the case of Niellson ct al. VS.
the state of Iowa and the highway
commission. The plaintiffs, a groul
of Scott county farmers, commended
that the road law was unconstitution
al in that by accepting federal ale
the state highways became pos
roads," which constituted conhscatior
OF state property without due pro
! cess Of law.
Rev. Howard L. Yea, formerly pas
tor of the Methodist Church at Scion
has been placed in charge OF the Gar
den Prairie. ILL.,. Methodist pastorate
during his school work at the Garrett
Biblical Institute at Northwestern
University.
An enjoining order to abrogate tn,
gas rate fixed March 31st through
ordinance by the Cedar Falls city
council at S160 per thousand feet ha!
been filed by the Citizens Gas ant
Electric company in federal court
The company claims it costs 81 pei
thousand feet to manufacture gas ant
the councils rate is confscatory.
Claiming that the Citizens State
Bank of Wapello had damaged hi,
credit to the extent of $4,000 in at
taching his funds in a West Liberty
bank in a recent lawsuit, Glen II
FairaiL prominent local realtor, filed
an answer and counterclaim to re
cover that amount in district court.
A fire originating in the Vorell an(
nr..ln.l.IIt hr,r crnnho efnrn CnAa,