Audubon County journal., August 29, 1912, Image 1

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THE ELK HORN CDT-OFF Dressmaking School
Impression Becoming General that
KJ,Ver to River Boad Should Be
Altered between Exira and Walnut
ROUTE CAN BE SHORTENED I
Will f^romote Harmony between
Boosters for River to River and
White Pole Routes across State.
HQore than ever before, it has be
come apparent tihis summer that a
mistake was made in laying out the
celebrated River to River Road
through this section of the state.
It would have been better if the
new. famous route had not been pro
jected through Aitlaintic in the first
place and it would be better now
if it were changed.
The reason is two-fold. The most
important one perhaps is that At
lantic is several miles removed from
the natural route across the. stale,
which the River to River Road is
supposed to take and that city
was only reached by making a wide
detour which made the distance be
tween Des Moines and the Bluffs
greater by 'nearly ten miles.
There is a good road from Exira
to Walnut, for example, by which
these two towns, both of which
are on the River to River Road,
are onlv twenty six and a half
miles apart. But by going through
Atlantic, as the route is now travel
ed, the distance is better than thirty
Hive miles. This is tin itself an ex
cellent, not to say a conclusive reas
on why the route should be change*
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However, there is another. Atlan
tic is hostile to the River to River
Road. It is hard to see why this
should be, but the fact seems undis
putable. lit is difficult for a tourist
to get thro.ugh that city without
hearing the River to River Road
"knocked" and the White Pole Road
"boosted and this notwithstanding
the. fact, that the River to
River Road is at present and has
been for some time by far the better
of the two.
The above is complained of not
oaJy in Esija, but1 in Walitut and
Avoca, beyond Atlantic, which indi
cates that tourists through thai
city have to run the gauntlet both
going and coming.
But regardless of/ this, a Shorte
ning of the River to River Road by
nearly tern miles would be a big con
sideration to tourists across the
state.
The new route would take them
thru' the beautiful country settled
by our irich Danish friends, who will
delight in showing every hospitality
that the travelers cam ask for. Their
homes are beautiful and picturesque.
Their roads are kept in condition
through pride, rathor than by Club
or Highway Commission. Elk Horn
is a notably, pretty place. On this
new route, the people are In har
mony with the movement, and trav
elers may be assured that after
leaving the little city of Exira
where they will receive every cour
tesy, their route to Walnut will lead
through ocne of the most beautiful
sections of Iowa.
Viewed from any angle, the Jour
nal is of the opinion tttat this ques
tion of an Edk Horn cut-off should
receive serious and prompt atten
tion ait the hUnds of the manage
ment of the River to River Road.
OxcoseUs Blcase
We quote a Kansas editor In
apoidgizing for our errors. There's
no sense In making them as you can
see for yojirself.
"We apoligize for all the mis
takes in former issues. They were
Inexcusable' as all the editor has to
do is ito hunt news and clean the
rollers, and set type, and sweep the
floor, and pen short Items, and fold
papers, and write wrappers, and
make the paste and mail the papers,
and distribute type, and carry wa
ter, and pack wood, and read proofs
and hunt the. shears, and write edi
torial and dodge the bills, and
dnn delinquents, and take cussiings,
and tell our subscribers we must
have money—we say we've no busi
ness to make mistakes while attend
ing to these little matters and get
ting our living on hopper tail soup
flavored with imagination, wearing
old shoes, and no collar, and being
obliged to turn a smiling counte
nance to the man who says our pa
-0r ain't worth a dol'ar anyhow and
t.ha« he could jnaki a better one
with his eyes shut."
Henry Foes and wife and Miss
Nora spent Sunday at the J. Wah
lert home in the country.
Mrs. Connrardy's class in dress
making, started Monday with the
following young ladies enrolled:
Edna Esbeck, Exira.
Chri&tena Hansen, Brayton.
Chrlstena Daugaard, Brayton.
Emma Fischer, Woodbine.
Dorothy Fischer, Woodbine.
Minnie Thygesen, A)udubon.
Anna Juhl, Marne.
COMMISSION IN BAD
Two Members of Iowa's Railroad
Commission Called to Accoufnti
for Making Snap Judgment in
State Ftilr Case.
Contrary to their usual custom
the railroads of Iowa have this year
refused to grant excursion rates for
the State Fair at Des Moines. This
refusal was apparently the result
of a premeditated plan whereby the
railroads are to refuse such rates
in Iowa hereafter for any gathering
of any kind. 7
It seems that they haye never
recovered firom the shock they re
ceived when tha two-cent fare and
anti-pass laws were passed in Iowa
and that notwithstanding the facts
that they are grafting cheaper
rates In other two-cent fare states,
and also the other more important
fact that they are making more mo
ney out of. their passenger service
than ever before, they are going to
"get back" at Iowa.
A committee of business men of
Des Moines took up the matter with
the Railroad Commissioner and
were told that they
Njhad
26 YEARS OLD EXIRA, IOWA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1912
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Sena Petersen, Exira. %.
Mary Petersen, Audubon.
Anna Rasmussen, Exira.
Albena Hansen, Exira.
Marion Hansen, Audubon. .•
Elizabeth Topp, Audubon.
Mary Hjueler, Audubon.
Dorothy Blaier, Exira.
Miss Kathryn Decker, teacher of
the Burlington Dressmaking schools,
is spending this week with her
friend, Mrs. Oonnrardy and visit
ing our flourishing school.
no' pow-^r to
change the rate'unless* Che compan
ies were charging more than the
legal rate. One of the commission
ers, Clifford Thorne, dissents from
this view and quotes the law in
proof of his opinion. It seems that
his views are absolutely sound and
that whatever decision the com
missioners themselves may make
iix the matter there is no question
that the courts if resorted to will
uphold the law as, passed by (he
legislature.
Mr. Thorne in his open letter
makes the charge that the com
mission, has never made such a rul
ing while he was present, and inti
mates that the other commissioners,
Mes&s. Palmer and Ketchum, have
taken snap judgment in the mat
ter.
The fair association has taken ii
up amd we will probably find out
what the courts think about it. It's
a sure thing that if our present
commission doesn't have this power
the next legislature ought to give
it to them as soon as they meet.
Incidentally, voters ought to look
into the records of two of the can
didates for re-election to this com
mission before the "Tuesday next
after the first K|onday" of the com
ing November?
Thirtieth milestone
About fifty friends of the Rev.
S. M. Smith surprised him on the
occasion of his thirtieth birthday
last Wednesday mid fearing that he
might forget tlio fleeting moments
ot time leflt a beautiful Cathedral
China clock as a token of their re
gards
Coins Against Big People
W, J. Gregg of the Parmer Farm
has picked the choice of their best
stock and yesterday loaded them In
to an American Percheron Hoi|ie
Car Co. car and left for Des Moines
to go agalnist some of the best hog
raisers in America. They had a
banner covering nearly one-third of
the car bearing these words: "For
exhibition at the Iowa State Fair,
Des Moines, August 22 to 30 The
Farmer Farm, Farmington, Minn.,
breeders of high class Berkshires."
'Brother farmers, did you ever stop
•to think that just such stunts as
this is what helps make land worth
?100 per acre?—Dakota County Tri
bune
RUN OVER BY
A MILITANT WEEKLY DEVOTED TO TRUTH AND CIVIC RIGHTEOUSNESS
Among other results of the trip
are two proposals, which county
and township officials should act
upon.
Postmaster Wilson Of Audubon Vic
tijn of Accident but Not Serious
ly Injured.
All escaped safely except Post
master Wilson, whose foot' was ruin,
over before he could remove it
from the right of way. It was
somewhat bruised and crushed, but
the Injury was not serious.
BAD EGGS WARNING
WANTS CO-OPERATION HRS. CHAMNESS DEAD
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Rock Island Company Is Ready to
Improve Public Road Crossings
and to Go After Weeds.
Mr. W. M. Whiten ton,' 'general
manager of the Rock Island Rail
road, has been traveling by auto
through that part of Iowa in which
his company operates.
The first "relates to 'improvement
of crossings, the other to eradica
tion of weeds along the right of way
In both cases the company, calls for
the co-operation of local officials.
Mr. Whitenton's statement in the
matter follows:
"One thing I shall do and that
is to grade, plank and improve our
crossings all over the state. 1
think the supervisors should help
us in, the matter of gracing to our
crossings and in cutting down weed
I have instructed road masters all
over the state to go over their ter
ritories and look for physical' defect
If the counties will cut down the
weeds to our tracks we will take
care of the .weeds on our property
Wihile the weather has gvien us
great crops it has also given us
great weeds. In some cases you
cannot see the tracks until you are
on them."
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An automobile runaway thru
might have resulted far more ser
iously occurred between Kimballton
and Elk Horn lastThursday evening.
Messrs. H. J. Hoogeanakkor, Harp
Wilson, S. C. OuiTti- Amos Fancier
and Frank Leavens, all of. Aud'Uibon,
were .returning fix»m the Harlan
Fair. In climbing a hill it was
necessary to change gear, the clutch
failed to work, and the brake would
not hold. The machine ran quicks
ly down the hlli again, while its
passengers scrambled out-is best
they might.
The Iowa Pure Food law, Section
4999-a22, part seventh,, defines food
as adulterated and PROHIBITS its
sale, "if it consists of the whole or
any part of a diseased, filthy, de
composed or putrid animal or vege
table substance." The commission
er holds that this includes BAD
EGGS. -'H S'fi
It is therefore unlawful for the
FARMER to sell or offer for sale
bad eggs to the merchant.
It is also unlawful for the MER
CHANT to sell or offer for sale bad
eggs to his patrons or to jobbers.
In the interest of fair dealing and
the enforcement of- law, this de
partment urges all farmers, deal
ers 'and jobbers to give the widest
publicity to this circular, and t^
assist in the enforcement of the sta
tute by voluntary compliance with
the same. By so doing it will not
be necessary for penalties to be
enforced, and the financial interest
of all who sell or handle eggs will
be advanced.
A FEW SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE
CARE OF EGiGS
Provide plenty of clean, dry nests.
Egga shou be gathered daily in
cool weather and twice a day in
hot or rainy weather.
Use dirty and small eggs at home.
Do not wash eggs. Keep your
eggs in a cool, dry place, free from
odors. If kept in the ce'lar do not
set egg case on a damp floor. Mar
ket eggs as often as possible. Keep
eggs cool or out of the sun when
taking them to town. Every farm
er should have an egg candler and
candle all questionable eggs.
A conservative estimate made
by this department shows that the
annual 'oss on eggs and poultry to
the farmers and merchants of Iowa
ds over $7,000,000.00, caused by
improper care and handling. Is it
not worth your while to consider
ithls matter? 'ma-
w.
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Commissioner.
Da, M-nnes, Iowa, May 20. 1012."
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Mfcs. C. J. Chamness, formerly Miss
Lucia Belle Lass, of Audubon,
Dies after Long Illness.
Mrs. C. J. Chamness, niece of
Mrs. Mary Fulton, of Exira, daugh
ter of Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Lass, who
formerly resided in Audubon, died
at Elkville, Illinois, August 15th.
Death terminated a lingering ill
ness of seven weeks' duration, dur
ing which her suffering was in
tense.
The funeral occurred August 20,
in Ocheyedan, Iowa, where her hus
band and parents live.
THE DYING PARTY
The Man Who Supports Corruption
isfc Ticket This Year Does So
with Wavering Conscience am!
Halting Step.
The time has been when, men
were proud to w«jr the emblem of
the republican party. It was a
badge of honor, and they not onlv
gloried in the achievements of the
good old party but spent themselves
gladly in Its battles for righteous
principles.
It is so no longer.
Have you in all these last weeks
come across the man, whose eye
lighted up and whose chest swelled
out as he told you he expected to
support Taft this year?
.He is nowhere to be found. The
-men who are still standing by the
corrupt crowd, who hold the reins
in the Republican party at present
are not proud of it, you may be
sure. Far from it. Their minds
are vacillating, their steps arc
halting, and their consciences wav
ering.
Every man Knows the reason
and they, knv ving that everybody
knows it, are half ashamed. The
is no enthusiasm. The fires or
party loyalty are dead.
T)he men who support Taft car
do it as a matter of form, but not
of. principle. But American mau
hodd is found this year, as it ha:
been, in other years, standing for
principle.
Many a man will step out from
the republican ranks this fall with
borrow. He will do it because by
staying in, he would be directly
supporting and defending graft and
Special Privilege in their most cor
rupt and dangerous forms. No hon
est man cares to be the tool oi
crooked men. It is most eortainly
true that the republican party this
year is ruled by the most despica
ble, loathsome, and notorious
grafters in all the land.
The Council Bluffs Nonpariel put
it as follows:
"You can, nail the name, republi
can, to any political masthead yox.
choose you can paste a lobster la
bel to a can of sweet corn, bu"
the name in neither case changes
the character of the contents. Re
publicanism under Boies Penrose
and Wlilliam Barnes has neither the
spirit, the 'essence nor the form that
it had under Lincoln. Taft aud
BalHnger a^e one thing and Roose
velt and Pinchot are something dif
ferent. What men should seek in
these things is substance and not
names."
1-1 Pink Sodal
The yo.ung people, assisted by
ithe Ladies Aid of the Congrega
tional Church will entertain on the
lawn of the W. C. Sturgeon home
Wednesday eve, September 4 th.
Ice cream, cake, etc., will be served.
Different entertainment under the
management of a good committee,is
being planned. Who is It?
Everybody invited. Come and
be sociable.
Christian Church
We are gratified at the interest
in our services during the hot
weather we have had.
Next Lord's Day the subject af th
(morning .ervic- will be "When
art Thou" and at the evening ser
vice "What Addition and Sub
traction Have Done to Wreck Chris
tianity."
Mr. Gleorge Davis, son and wife
and Mr.. Little and wife, all of
'Chicago, autoed to the Joe Whee
ler home, five miles east of this
city, Sunday of last week and visi
ted the former's niece, Mrs. Wheel
er until Tuesday.
M^s. John Jenkins Died at Her
Home, Tuesday Afternoon, after
Years of Suffering. i|
Mrs. Esther M. Jenkins, wife of
Mir. John Jenkins, died at her home
in this city, Tuesday afternoon, Au
gust 27, at 5:00 o'clock.
She has been ailing for over two
years and hardly any of the time
able to walk down town. For the
past four months she has been bed
fast.
The funeral services were held at
the M. E. Church, Wednesday at
30 p. m., Rev. Harned officiating.
Interment was made in the Exira
Cemetery.
Mfriry,
As you kiss his sweet lips o'er
and o'er,
That his mamma is waiting and
^.watching,
Just across on the opposite shore.
So close to the brink of the river,
She's standing from day to day,
That sometimes she hopes to catch
glimpses
Of his sweet little face o'er the
way.
'STAR BOARDER' COWS
What Is Done with Them" Else
where, and Really Ought to Be
Done with l'hein in Audubon
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Some weeks ago the attention, ot
Journal readers was called to the
rontarkable record being made by
a dairy, association in Kossuth coun
ty. Iowa.
These associations, formed for the
primary purpose of testing the fat
producing qualities of Individual
cows Ln dairy herds, are not a new
thing. There are very many of
them, not only in. Europe, where
the Idea originated, but In the
United States as well.
The plan usually followed is for
a considerable rnumber of farmers
to join together and employ an ex
pert, who tests all cows owned by
members of the association regu
larly.
The next step is of course to
"weed out" the unprofitable ani
mals, and replace them with the
other kind.
The result is that dairying be
comes very profitable. The fact Is
that the eve rage untested herd of
dairy cows Is NOT very profitable
because of individual star boarder
cows that hardly more than pay for
their keep. But when these are re
placed with good cows, the aver
age yield of butter fat per cow per
year often iQcreases from thirty to
fifty percent or more and the busi
ness straightway begins to pay di
vidends of the Standard Oii kind.
In view, of the fact that many
cows are actually producing but
ter fat at a cost of ten to fifteen
cents per pound, while there are
many others which can not pro
diuce it for not less than thirty-five
cents per pound, it seems like
sound business that owners should
find out which is which. The
dairy association lidea offers a solu
tino which works and It is hard
to sec why it should not be taken
up in Audubon County as well as
elsewhere.
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Complete obituary will be givan
next week.
Asleep In Jesus
Floyd Albert Heckman, son of
Mr. and Mrs. August lleekuiarj, was
born the evening of August 6th,
and died later tha same pveninjr
living but a few short hours
The funeral services were con
ducted at the house by Rev. Smith
of Exira on August 8th The re
mains were laid to rest iu the Ed
wards Cemetery. The pall bearers
were Messrs. Wilson Huff, Emil
Heckman, Herman Heckmann and
John Aupperlee, all uncles of the
deceased.
Kind Mary dear mother of Jesus,
Go search through the heavenly
band,
And when you have found our littl"
darling
Reach down ar.d take hold
$1.00 PER YEAR
LONG SICKNESS FATAL'AUTO GOES INTO DIKB
or
his hand, P' *v?V
And lift him close to your bosom,
And nestle his hr8d oi your oreas
For it must be by this time he's
longing
In some mother's arms to find
rest.
Oh whisper these words to hip,
Mrs. Nora Beefs of Atlantic Nar
rowly Avoids Serious Accident
near Oakfield, Sunday Evening.
MTS. Nora Beers, of Atlantic, had
narrow escape last Sunday eve
ning while out joy riding. She was
going up the Anderson
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near
Oakfield when she spied another
auto coming toward het- and .on
tunning out, the auto went into a
dee® ditch.
Several men of Brayton went to
her rescue and pulled the car out.
No damage was done. .'
MOTORCYCLE MISHAP
Two Audubon Young Men Collide
at High Speed at Fair rounds,
Sunday Evening.
A serious motorcycle accident oc
curred at the fair grounds at Audu
bon Sunday evening abort five
o'clock.
Nick Berger and Clarence Tur
ner were speeding about the race
track in opposite directions when,
In meeting, one turned the wrong
way and a head-on collision result
ed with both machines traveling at
high speed.
Thg impact was so violent that
both machines and riders were
hurled through the fence, snap
ping off a post and breaking sev
eral boards.
Clarence TTurner was seriously in
jured. His right leg was broken
below the knee, the flesh lacerated,
and tendons and ligaments torn
loose and his Tight arm was bro
ken.
Berger was bruised up slome but
mot badly hurt. Both machines
were demolished.
Turner is In a hospital at Atlan
tic. It is believed that he will
recover but will be permanently
crippled. k:
Hethodist Church
Subject for Sunday morning at
l'l "The, True Fopnda&oca of U»
Qhirlst dhurch."
Subject for evening "The Hon
est Mian."
The truly Tich man has a bank
account in Heaven.
Many changes will take place
beyond the grave.
Let no man take thy crown
Barbara Kurtenbach of "Wipta is
visiting friends here a few days this
week.
Miss Clara Tibben is agaiih clerk
ing in the Petersen store 'afteT a
two week's vacation.
Miss Olga Larton returned to
her duties at the E. D. CottOu store
Tuesday after a week's vacation.
Mr. Samuel Crane departed Wed
nesday for Indianapolis, Indiana, ,to
visit relatives and friends a few
weeks.
Lena Larson, sister of MTS. Ne'ls
Hansqp, went to Adair last 'Monday
afternoon to visit a few days with
relatives.
Ed Wahlert and the Misses Em
ma Jacobsen and Laura Tibben are
attending the State Fair at Des
Moines this week.
Nick Thielen, Barney Doffing,
George Hunt and Lee McAninch au
toed to Nebraska last Sunday after-'
noon on a business trip.
John I. Hensley and Sam Brown
visited last Saturday at the homes,
of I. P. Hallock and John Jenkins
In Oakfield and Brayton.
Mr. and Mrs! J. B. .!Lvi?01eman,
son, James, and daughter,, Geral
dine, arrived in the city Tuesday'
to make their future home.
Hensley and Thielen have shipped
a car of cattle every day ttils week.
They are giving the highest price
for beef in this neighborhood.
The ball game last Thursday be
tween the Merchants and the Exira
Boosters resulted In the score of
14 to 4 In favor of the Exira
Boosters
Mrs. Fred Wilkins came up from
Atlantic last Saturday to visit heir
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John I. Hen
sley, returning to her home Satur-'
day.
Mr. Lee Hough and Mr. Clarence
Jiayne of Washington, Iowa, arrived
in the city last Monday to visit
with relatives a,t .tb,e. E. P. Jayner
home.
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