Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-06-13
EXCHANGE NOTES.

There is no use getting the blues
every time there is a hot wind. The
season is several weeks in advance and
the chances of rain and fair crops are
by no means as desperate as they ap-
pear.-Shelby Nea0S.
The Denison council served notice
on board of trade speculator to shut
up shop, which he did. Later he took
legal counsel and will appeal to the
courts. 1t is claimed the point has
never been raised before.
The Sioux City suburb of Morning
side of $500 people three tens to secede
because it has neither waterworks, fire
protection, electric lights or drainage,
although it has paid two millions in
taxes during the last five years.
Every once in a while we hear of
some one who is anxious to leave Iowa
in order to secure cheap land. The
moment any one enters these cheap
landed countries that moment they are
doomed. Look at Oklahoma. Not
drop of rain since last September and
not a sign of vegetation anywhere. Is
their land cheap at nothing? Missouri
with her hard-pan and stone farms is
not much better. If you are making a
living in Iowa, stay here. Something
better will turn up for you some day.
-Adair Messenger.
The following story of how home
merchant met metropolitan competi-
ton was told in last weeks Malvern
Leader: "a couple of Omaha dagos
drove into town Saturday with load
of bananas and backing their wagon
up to the sidewalk in front of the
Catholic church, began disposing of
their fruit at 10 cents per dozen, lit
tie under the price of our home dealers.
Thereupon L. d. Gibson put on his old
clothes and loading his stock of ban
anas into one of his delivery wagons,
he pulled up alongside the dagos afore-
said, and with soft italian accent in
his voice sang out, "Ban nan ma a S!
tena centa dozaw At once great
crowd gathered about Dicks wagon
and his bananas went like hot cakes.
In short time he had sold out and
proceeded to stock up from the other
merchants in town, until about every
body who wanted bananas was sup
piled. In the meantime the dagos
stood in idle, wildeyed wonder at Glib
sons reckless mode of doing business,
and hardly recovered in time to do any
business the balance of the day. 1t
was lots of fun for the crowd"
Mike Bauer, who runs a saloon at
Wiley in this county, has hit upon a
novel scheme to evade the mulct tax.
His ground is divided into small lots,
and he does business in a cheap sort of
a building. Local competition is not
strong and he needs no palatial quar-
tiers. He will continue business in
these quarters till the premises are
sold for tax by the treasurer. When
in the due process of law he is driven
from his saloon he will let the thing
60, then set up quarters on the adioin.
ing lot. He can repeat the operation
as often as he is dispossessed, then 20
ahead keeping saloon and being sold
out. Of course the county will get the
ground and shanty each time, but that
won't begin to pay the $500 annual tax.
Mike will lose his place" every time
the treasurer takes it in, but it's a
good deal cheaper to move and build
than to pay the mulct tax. He incurs
personal liability when his property
fails to pay out, but the woods are full
OF fellows who have incurred personal
liability and won't pay-because don't
have to.-CGrToH Herald.