Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-08-04

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| NEWS BRIEFS
The Story county Jail at Nevada is
being extensively remodeled efter six
prisoners escaped some weeks ago.
Rush Parsons, 3S, of Marshalltown
committed suicide by drinking poi.
| son. He has been in ill health for
some time.
Approximately $4,000 worth OF
drugs were seized at Sioux City in
a raid by federal agents recently.
Eleven Negroes were arrested.
Mrs. j. N. Freeman, wife of bust
ness man and member of prominent
Lake City family, committed suicide
recently by drowning herself in cis-
tern.
Cigaret revenue stamps sold in
Iowa in the first month value more
than $4,000, according to an an
nouncement made by State Treasurer
w. j. Burbank.
Representative Cole, Iowa, success
sor to James w. Good, former chair
man of the House Appropriations Com
mittee, who resigned to enter private
business, has been sworn into the
House.
Arthur Larson 20 years old, son
OF Gust Larson Of Mt. Pleasant, was
drowned at Oakland Mills while wad-
ing below the dam. Larson, who
could not swim, stepped off a ledge
into a deep hole.
A burglar attempted to break into
the Holman clothing store at Alton
recently but was frustrated. A clerk,
who was sleeping in the store. was
awakened by the sound Of the saving
of steel bars at the windows in the
rear Of the store and fired five shots
pointblank
While taking some gasoline from
his car, Harry Woods Of Randolph,
was severely burned He was lying
on the ground beneath the car and
hammering the valve to open it when
spark from the steel ignited the
gas which ran down upon his arm,
and he was burned severely before
the flames could be subdued.
Hans Aagard, farmer living near
Hamlin, is at the point of, death as
the result of being bitten by rat
He is threatened with lockjaw. IA
gard was bitten when he placed his
hand in barrel of meal. The ro
dent fastened it's teeth so firmly in
Aagard's finger that the latter had
to tear away a part of the flesh to
loosen the hold. Immediately fol
lowing the injury it was thought IA
gard would soon recover. Later he
was taken with chills and now his
condition is critical.
Herbert Jennings, the S-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Art Jennings O.
Upton was the victim Of serious
accident, when he was kicked by {
horse. He was picked up in an un
conscious condition with bad GU
over his right temple. The bod.
was rushed to Iowa City where ply
, sicians found that the skull had BEEF
fractured. They Immediately operat
ed and removed several pieces o
splintered bone. He is expected tx
recover.
! Assurance Of the removal of the
Iowa department for prohibition en-
forcement from Council Bluffs
, to Des Moines, was made by G. A
Brunson, state director. 1t is ex
pected that the organization in lowe
will include a personnel of about
twenty-five persons in all depart
ments, although full advises have
not yet been received from the ma
tional director in regard to the scope
Of the work There will be at least
six state agents.
Ralph Pearson, 10 years old, so1
of Charles Pearson, coal operator Of
Clarinda, gave his life to win bel
recently. Young Pearson wagerel
that he could drive his automobile
; sixty miles an hour. He AMI five
companions started. The car attain
ed a speed Of mile minute Pear
son then attempted to stop it but the
wheels became locked, the car turn
ing turtle five times. His neck was
broken but his companions escaped
with Slight injuries.
: Producing 100000 pounds of hone;
last year, Woodbury. county jumped
into the limelight of national honey
production by leading every county
of the nation in the sweet product
OF this amount 80 per cent wa.
shipped out Of the county, according
to j. r. Hanson, county farm bureau
agent. Beekeepers claim that they
will be able to do even better thi.
year. They are studying apiariar
conditions with the aim of making
Woodbury. county the principal hone.
market of the United States
Petition in the suit of H. w. Now
ry against number of citizens O
Lowden and vicinity for $4,000 dam
ages has been filed in the Distric