Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-05-26

Get McGuire's prices before buying
Flour.
Supervisor Nels P. Hoegh, last
week, marketed 2,40O bushels of oats
at Brayton.
The road running north and south
past Hugh Bowers place is being
opened to the public.
Superintendent Spencer was visit
ing the schools about Oaktield the
first part Of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. II. Sears came over
from Anita this week to visit with
Banker w. H. Faulkners'.
At the Green Bay Lumber Yard,
in Brayton, you can find plenty OF
three-inch tile for all your needs.
Some of our farmers are putting in
big crops Of corn this year. ST Clark
has l4l acres planted and VIM. Onken
:. has in ITO acres.
Clarence Noon lost a good mich
COW this week, of clover bloat. John
Bergh had some sick cattle, but by
prompt action they were saved.
Arthur Hawks will give an ice
cream social at No.7, the Natty Ham
lin school, next Saturday night to
raise money to buy flag for the
school house.
Farmers! You can find the Cele-
brated Consolidated Woven Steel
Wire Fence at the Green Bay Lum-
Der Yard, in Brayton. Mr.. Nels Sorn-
son is selling more of that fence than
anybody.
The Troublesome Valley Creamery
now has six routes in operation. They
have still two more routes to let and
those who wish to lease the same will
do we'll to apply at the Creamery
Office at once.
Wards bridge gang is, this week,
busy fixing the big bridge at Billiards.
crossing, south OF Brayton. Next
week they will do some repair work
on bridges in Oakfield township, and
then they go to Sharon township to
| put in some new work.
Now, when the prices are high, is
the time when the big farmers west
of Brayton, are taking advantage of
the big raise and every day huge loads
of grain are rolling into Brayton.
Many have been able to store their
crops since 1895 and would not sell
till the market went up and now the
surplus product is rapidly being
moved.
George Hansen, our prosperous
Danish friend, who lives four miles
west of Brayton, has just completed a
roomy addition to his dwelling house.
1t is 1Sby20 feet in size and now makes
very commodious home. Mr.. Han
sen just finished marketing 1920 bush
els of oats, at Brayton, this week
1t is a sight to visit Nj. Hansen's
farm and see the amount of stuff he
has piled up. There is two big cribs
of '95 corn besides his surplus '96 and
'97 crops, all told, about 1000 bushels
George says if the war prices keep up
J it will be pushed on the market this
5 summer.
Bernie Noon writes from Butte
City, Montana, thut Thomas j. Riley,
the man who killed Banker Pat Lar.
= gy who, it will be remembered, was {
brother of Mrs. John Noon, had hi!
trial at Helena, Montana, and one day
S last week the jury found him guilty
J. of murder in the second degree. Thi
1 week the Judge will pass sentence OF
y Riley. The extreme penalty under
;. the laws Of Montana for murder il
d the second degree is life sentence, anc
5, the least is ten years. He writes tina
t Butte citizens are very indignant ovel
II the verdict and believe that Rile,
: should have pulled hemp.
The funeral of Mrs. VIM. Sheppar,
;, was held last Monday afternoon at. tn
9 late home, of the deceased, three mile
= southeast of Atlantic. Mrs. Shep
!, pard died Saturday morning at $3.50
About six weeks ago she was taken t