Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-26
Joseph Kopp has gone to Henry
county, Illinois, to visit relatives and

Joseph Kopp has gone to Henry
Illinois, to visit relatives and
old friends.
Joe Ridpath was in Guthrie coun-
ty most Of last week looking after
on his farm.
Mrs. John Slime and little son of
Fort Dodge, Iowa, are here for
week visiting her brothers, Chas.
and Frank Talbot.
Richard Smith, former farmer of
Viola township, now resident of
Inlianola, Iowa, is visiting with his
old Audubon county friends for a
week.
Harvey Maharg, one of the big
stockmen of north Melville township,
is feeding two carloads OF cattle and
two of hogs which he will ship early
in October.
Sam Randles, of Lincoln township,
was looking after business at the
county seat Saturday. He is feeding
three carloads of extra smooth cattle
which he will ship soon.
Valentine Leonard, of Douglas
township, left OH the excursion train
to visit his old home near Buffalo,
New York, Sunday. He will take
in the National G.. A. r. encampment
and return home in thirty days.
Geo. Bailey, the painter, is enjoy
ing visit from his brother of Cali
fornia. The visitor settled in the
Golden Gate State in 1858 and last
Friday was the first time these
brothers have met in all these years.
Mr.. Theodore Barker, Of Stark
county, Illinois, is here visiting his
friend Frank Leet. He thinks of
buying some of the Leet land in
Cameron township and engaging in
| the cattle business on an extensive
scale.
DIR. Rendleman will go to Benton
Vile, Arkansas, the middle part OF
September to look at the county and
with view to locat ing there perma-
nently. He thinks the decline OF his
health would be arrested by moving
to that climate.
Walter Audas, ofGray, was in Au-
dubon Saturday. Mr.. Audas is one
of Gray's thorough business men and
10 u CduuludtC AOI kuO DCllOSlat ~
nomination for county treasurer. HI
would be good official and has thu
support of many.
g Gen. Geo. Campbell, the big far.
Q ,ner of east. Melville township, ha
decided to retire from farm life OF
3 account of his wife's poor health
: He will have big stock sale this fall
f He thinks of going to Lincoln, Iii.
nois to reside.
n Ed. Beason, the lone gold-demo
II crat of Audubon county, has com
9 United to memory and delivers will
considerable oratorical ability San
II Gardeners speech of acceptance befor
!. the recent republican county conven
v ton. Hear him.
H. C. Fredericksen returned Frida
Z, from Coffeyville, Kansas, where h
le has been the past three months as
g sisting in building big grain eleva
It tor. He reports the wheat crop c
Kansas as perfectly wonderful, 9
J. high as 60 bushels to the acre.
ofl Mrs. w. P. Sutton returned to he
Is Audubon home Saturday after an al
or sence of three weeks at her parent
home at Bloomington, Illinois. Sh
d returns home considerably restore
A. in health. While absent she was 6
~ d nGos15i tai ani Under 'want three su
US gical operations.
&c, Culver u Kelley's flour mill is b
ing.s considerably improved son
,tt needed machinery, rollers ground al
%. every machine in the mill overhaule
is When completed this excellent m
d. will be in position to make the be
to of flour and the patrons will recei
the same honorable treatment as her
re-. tofore.
Le. Ilensley Bros. and Brown,
nv Extra, purchased tho poor far
M cattle-24 steers and 2 heifers tn
X averaged 1920 pounds each, the cou
IN, ty receiving $1,45O in cash. T
other cattle were purchased of ia
an mers in the same locality, maxi
in two carloads, which were shipped
I'm Chicago from Audubon over I
,ly Northwestern r. r. Saturday la
no Mr.. John 1. Hensley accompany
lat the stock to the big city. The pc
farm, under the management of Roy
ng Petty, is proving grand financ
lay success the past few years. This W
ne, he has turned off $612.S2 worth
Il a hogs and $145O worth of cattle,
he total of S2O62.S2. There is still fiji
IFS head of fine yearling steers, plenty
1as hogs, and all abundance of grain a
hay on the poor farm and Petty W
NJ handle all with handsome profit.
va, There were plenty of people W
etc thought Thomas Musson was on
self ragged edge of something last spri
at when he sowed 500 acres to wheat
md this county and 600 acres on his rar
be in South Dakota. But now look
.os. him-crowned wheat king Of west.
Iowa 10000 bushels of No. and \
w. wheat at his command and he W
rn- get near that many dollars for it.
,as. is nice, clean, plump wheat. He shi
hat ped in the seed last spring from MOI
yill Dakota. Many are urging Mr.. Nj
tie. son not to ship his wheat but sell
Ugh to the farmers of Audubon cou1
ar for seed. That would be CONNER
able act on the part of Mr.. Mus
lille and would give our farmers cha
the to get extra fine seed wheat.
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