Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-08-26
KimbaIlton. and Elkhorn.

N. A. Wright and wife are attend-
ing the Harlan fair this week.
Recorder Esbeck was out to Kim
ballton Sunday visiting his many
friends.
Charley Wright is hauling water
for Martin Christensen's steam engine
this fall.
George Hoegh, of Oak Hill, will
toot with the Kimballton Band dur
ing the fair.
Chris Christensen is putting up
new hog house on his farm northeast
of Kimballton.
Jens Werner is preparing to build
large barn on his fine farm in north
Sharon township.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Hansen, of
West Hamlin, are the happy parents
of a new boy baby born Monday.
Martin c. Christensen orders the
JOURNAL sent to his father-in- law,
Chris Bramsen, at Ute, Iowa.
This week Julius Kopeska bought
the Chamberlain place southwest of
Audubon, the consideration being
$4,000.
Tuesday Esbeck Bros. sold wagons
to Albert I'll. Jorgensen and Clarence
Jacobsen and pillow TO Jorgen Jor-
gensen.
Lars Petersen has manufactured
fine new desk of poplar wood for
Hans Madsen which has been placed
in the postofiice.
/ Ed. Wilcox, of Clarks vile, Iowa,
manager of the largest creamery in
Iowa, was welcome visitor at the
'Botna Valley meeting Wednesday.
| Albert H. Jorgensen, a hnstling
Sharon farmer and a member of the
firm of Jorgensen & Clausen, fencers,
is new subscriber to the JOURNAL.
1 Jocum Jensen will begin the erec-
ton of his store at Jackson Center
next month. An application for a
postoffice at that point will also be
made.
| Ed. johnson, the big Sharon stock
man has bought the S0-acre farm Of
Julius Kopeska, south of the Sharon
creamery. The papers were made
out Monday.
A very interesting missionary
meeting was in session at Elkhorn
Thursday. Several foreign preachers
were present and discoursed on some
interesting topics.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Delahoyde, Miss
, Mollie Delahoyde and John Nc
} Daniels, of Extra, spent Sunday at
) the pleasant home of Mr.. and Mrs.
3 Chris Christensen, of sou theast Sharon.
Christ Hansen, who recently sold
his farm near Poplar to George Nell
son, is making arrangements to pur-
= chase farm near Harlan, and as soon
! as the deal is closed will move onto
the same.
8 The average daily milk receipts Of
the Oakfield township creamery now
I is 1880 pounds; the Elkhorn cream.
3 cry, 5000 pounds; the Kimballtor
. creamery about 1900 and the Sharon
q 10000 lbs.
8 A meeting has been called at Elk.
2 horn for Saturday evening for tn,
8 purpose of organizing a Danish SO
8 8 sisty vi n probably Sc brsnct
y lodge of the Order of United Danisl
% Societies of America.
The largest crowd ever seen at
n public auction was present at Sore
1t Jensen's sale last Friday and every
d thing sold high. Mr.. Jensen move
N to Minnesota next week and Villa
AZ Rattenborg is already moving hi
d goods on to the place from his Sharon
" township farm.
or Tom Kelly, the big stock feeder G
J. south Extra township, was up i
Sharon Monday and bought $3.50
- worth of cattle. He bought 10 hea
of Jens Werner and among Other
, bought of Andrew Clemensen, Mic
Marcusen and Geo. Mathiesen. NJ
Kelly is square dealer and buy lot
y. of stuff of our farmers.
There was full attendance at II
Kimballton creamery meeting Satul
90 day and by a vote of 29 to 80 it WI
" decided to change buttermaker. {
: F. Jensen, a buttermaker from Ne
York state, was engaged and will b.
4 gin his duties here about October Is
i Mr.. Julius Andersen, the retirir
manager, is thinking strongly of pu
ting in a creamery at Ross on his oW
Ill hook. He has had wide experien
nv and can make creamery win.
nd The Kimballton Rifle Club held
ev free prize shoot at Andrew Christie
~, fersen's place northeast of Kimbal
w. ton Sunday. These are the pri
le winners and their premiums:
We 1st-Carl SkrGdder-saddle
re 2nd-Hans Madsen-pair of shoe
le- 3rd-Marlin Mortensen-pair
ur shoes.
Ter 4th-Hans j. Hansen-watch. chat
5th-Chris Miller-lap robe.
6th-Olef N. Olsen-riding bridl
al. 7th-Hans Mortensen-set of for
le and knives.
a Sth-Joe Larsen-whip.
ng The prizes aggregated $3.50. T
ter Club will hold grand prize shoot
ast Thursday, September 23rd. Tn
DO will hang up $50 worth of cash pr
miums.
The meeting of the 'Botna Vail
i. United Creamery Association at t
Iu, West Hamlin Creamery last Wedne
dow a Fl ernOon was q rosv nnsv huy