Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-01-20
Joe Smith was business visitor at
Audubon last Monday,

Joe Smith was a business visitor at
Audubon last Monday,
Charley Jenkins shipped a carlord
of fine hogs Wednesday noon.
w. H. Pearson and wife passed last
Sunday with relatives near Wiota.
Jens Hansen, the little painter,
talks of moving to Elkhorn next
spring.
Mrs. James Brown, who resides
near the Cass county line, is very ill
of a cancer.
j. T. Ellis, of Wiota, was in Bray
ton this week having some wagon
work done at the Pearson shop.
If you want stock attend Jim. Cole
mans sale, down in the Ballard
woods, next Tuesday, January %.
Laurence Christensen, who has
labored on the B. F. Simpson farm
the past year or two, has rented a
farm near Anita and will take possess
ion about March 1.
Henry Fries, that successful farmer
and stock raiser west of Brayton, was
transacting business in Extra last
Monday and while up these he paid
the Journal Office an agreeable call.
Lee Hager was able to be down
town, for the first time, last Tuesday
and right glad were his friends to see
him once more about his familiar
haunt. Lee looks mighty thin but
says he feel good.
Charley Jenkins has been dealing in
weighty hogs this week. He bought
eight of Peter Nelson that averaged
$50 pounds each; then he got ten head
of a Mr.. Petersen that weighed 800
pounds each, and then Chris Carsten-
sen just to show them some hogs that
were hogs brought in three little
runts that tipped the beam at 1850
pounds.
Tother snowy afternoon Ellis Can
non and Ira Bowen caught sight Of
OF Brer Wolf and soon they had his
lifeless carcass stretched out on the
snow. With sharp knives they soon
had the carcass skun' and last Sat
urday Ira presented himself at Coun-
ty Auditor Tom Lohner's office, at
Audubon, and received their reward
$500.
Last Saturday the members of the
Oakfeld Township Creamery Compa-
Ou hold th O; ~ q pnuol ,,,oot;,,o. 90 ,,,l;aL
time these new officers were elected
for next year:
Nels P. Hoegh, President.
Eli Hansen, President.
Jesse Nyman, Secretary.
Chris Knudsen, Trearurer.
Chris Hansen, Trustee, Three ears.
The Borrd of Directors now are
Hans Nymand, George Jessen, Chris
Hansen, and they will meet next Sat-
urday to hire butter maker and the
milk haulers. This association is com
posed of the thrifty Danish people
who inhabit the country west of Bra
yton and own large farms upon which
they have built these big red barns,
thus providing their cows with good
warm shelter ana as a result they
have the best paying creamery in the
county and one that pays as we'll as
any one on the Missouri slope.
The undersigned will sell at Public Auc-
| ton, at the John Lorah farm, Three Miles
South of Brayton, and Three Miles North
West of Lorah, in the Ballard Grove, on
Tuesday, January 20, 1898,
Commencing at 10 o'clock A. NJ, sharp, the
following property: Three head of coming
| two-year-old heifers, IS good steer calves,
90 good heifer calves; 8 head of heifers com,
ing two-years-old, 6 mich cows, 6 good
work horses, ! coming three year-old mare
with foal; q head of Poland China hogs,
consisting of one Thoroughbred boar, some
good brood sows, the rest good shoats; 2
set OF work harness, 2wagons-one nearly
new: lot of farm machinery, and numer-
ons other articles. Free lunch at noon
TERMs.-Sums of $500 and under, cash over
| that amount a credit of twelve months will be
given; without interest if paid when due, other
wise per cent. from date; 8 per cent off for
cash, g :
]. E. COLEMAN. &
a. ii, GooDsPEED, Auctioneer.
MAT DUVALL, Clerk.