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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Ralph like and FIRMLY were over
Sunday visitors at the VIM. Van
Aernam home. Mr. like was taken
very i'll suddenly and a physician
called. AS he has not improved he
is still there. We did not learn the
nature of the maladY
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Edith Pine is welding the rod at
the Riley school house this spring.
We prophesy a success from our
acquaintance with her.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Frank Odell has sold his interest
in the grocery store to his partner,
George kreamer, and the transfer
will be made this week. We are
not advised as to Franks move
ment, but hope he will continue to
reside with us.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Charley BRENNAN passed last
Sunday with his friends at Council
Bluffs and Omaha.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Born, recently, to Chris Zetmeyer
and wife, of South Audubon town
seip, a cute little girl baby.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Mrs. Will Woodward went to
Wiota, Tuesday, for short visit
With her sister Mrs. Sol. Peterman.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Don't fail to keep in mind Shrau-
ger sells Hardware. Everything IN
the line at satisfactory prices.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Timothy and Glover Seed for sale
by ID. f. Stranger.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

William Layland passed through
Extra, Tuesday, enroute to Audu-
bon from Creston where he pur-
chased an eighteen hundred pound
fine styled Percheron horse. He's
beauty and worth the while of the
farmers and others to take look at
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Jim Hicks has moved his harness
shop up the street and you will find
him next door to Will Woodward
blacksmith shop.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

The finest line of Brussels, Mo-
quet, Velvet and Ingram Carpets
ever shown in the town, at Shrau-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Milt Bruner is working on farm
near Adair.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Specimens of Mrs. H. c. Prather's
paintings may be seen at the III. II.
K. Prather Company's Grocery
store. Mrs. Prather's class begins
Tuesday, April 1lth, at 2 o'clock p.
NJ. Those wishing to study china
or water color painting, with her
can apply at her home in kickapoo
Park. Crayon portraits to order.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Ed. Young: has built good warm
"brood house. on his Greeley farm,
for his poor little motherless chick
ems. Ed. says he turned seventy
two chickens adrift in this cold
world the other day and will soon
have another "hatch ready to
wander forth.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

In our mad rush last week we for
got to tell you that John Peterman
went to the land to the south of us
and when he returned he had a
blushing bride by his side. How
eyer his friends wish him none the
less happiness, and bid Mrs. Peter
man just as hearty welcome.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

See that elegant line of Carpets at
Strangers.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06
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Insure your property in the Hawk mo
eye Insurance Company. Of
Stuart Bank. A. w. HARVEY. 10 "
Those Bed Room Suits and Couch q
es at Strangers. {" ~
Ralph Hawks and wife passed we
last Sunday with Atlantic relatives. JON
Charley BRENNAN passed last F
Sunday with his friends at Council bar
Bluffs and Omaha.
Jake Bauer has had his parlor -
meat market painted which adds to n,
its appearance notiCeably. No,
Don't fail to keep in mind Shrau the
ger sells Hardware. Everything IN on
the line at satisfactory prices.
Born, recently, to Chris Zetmeyer Au
and wife, of South Audubon town abe
seip, cute little girl baby. ting
Mrs. Will Woodward went to +
Wiota, Tuesday, for a short visit riol
with her sister, Mrs. Sol. Peterman. the
=, bea
The hnest line OF Brussels, Mo Art
ever shown in the town, at Shrau II
gers. ero
r.; tina
J - ,I Ait'o NV ca MS ~ "a bak
him next door to Will Woodward's -
blacksmith shop.
Edith Pine is welding the rod at is +
the Riley school house this spring. i'll s
We prophesy success from our fail
acquaintance with her. and
The Gransbery people have been
released from quarantine and once +
more breathe the air of freedom, in +
and roam about at will Gee
E. B. Perry and w. G. Wilson, of m mlt
~ 49,. r, N .l''. nel
house, Tuesday morning.
The members of the Christian SIR
church have prepared an elaborate Ae1
Easter program which will be pro- Yer
duced next Sunday evening. cali
-,:-,:. is s
.l - 80 = ~ t2 ~ go 80 nat
parilla. 1t cures scrofula, and salt p
rheum, humors, stomach and kid Ha
ney troubles, nervousness. eve
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Word came on Wednesday of this is t
week to Charley Prohaska that his off
brother, Joe ProhasE, OF Nebraska, Mo
was severely injured in threshing
machine accident, and will have to "
have one of his lower limbs ampu- Ext
tated. Dor
cha
\ letter to The Journal from A d. fine
Struthers, at Hot Springs. Arkansas, b.
says: I'VE will leave here in few farl
days for trip through Texas, hin
Mexico. California and the North
West for the benefit of Mrs. Struth r, =
ers health" VI
for
ems
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06
Corner Lot Chorus Wednesday!

Corner Lot Chorus Wednesday!
Watch for the parade Wednesday!
Watch for the Corner Lot Chorus.
Dentist Bishop, Extra, afternoons.
See that elegant line Of Carpets at
Strangers.
Milt Bruner is working on a farm
near Adair.
Timothy and Glover Seed for sale
by d. E. Stranger.
See those 800 patterns of pretty
wall paper at Ham!er's.
Flossie McAnich now rides new
wheel of the latest pattern.
John Martes Jr., is at Des Moines
on trip of pleasure and business.
Surveyor H. S. Wattles was but
siness visitor at Audubon, Tuesday
morning.
Hoods Pills cure all liver ills.
Easy to take, easy to operate; relia-
bic, sure; 25c.
Miss C. a. butcher has returned
from Adair where she has been
living since last August
Frank Guidinger is now the gen
tlemanly and obliging clerk at the
III. X. Prather grocery store.
You will find Repairs and Needles
for all kinds of Sewing Machines,
also very best Oil at Mack Thomas.
Mrs. ]. ]. Hensley received tele-
gram that her brother, who resides
in the eastern part of the State, was
dead.
Be sure and see John Johnson,
ing your Clothing and Shoes, in At
lantic.
Amos Tibben and wife are rejoic-
ing over the advent of boy baby
at their home, the first boy in the
family.
Mr.. George E. Pencil was up
from Atlantic, Wednesday. visiting,
with his friend, Hon. H. F. Andrews
and the L. Early family.
Jake Bauer has had the cellar at
his meat market thoroughly clean
ed and cenented, enabling him in
future to cure his own meats.
Last Monday night the young,
folks got together and trlpped the
light fantastic, to the tune of merry
music, at the home of Henry Baker.
The Forty Ninth Iowa Regiment
of Volunteer, of which Charley
Delahoyde is member, sailed from
Cuba to Savanna, Georgia, today to
be mustered out.
Miss Jennie Rudge has returned
from her studies at Drake Univer-
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Watch for the Corner Lot Chorus.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

The Headquarters for Buggies is
at George Henshaw's place. The
following sales were made recently:
Father Falenschmidt, Frank Hunt,
John Palm, Arthur Carmichael,
Mrs. Webster Heath, James Hen
Erickson, Olef Jensen, John p.
Homes, Dellie Poage, Mrs. Peter
konmes. Call and inspect those
easy-riding buggies before pur-
chasing.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-04-06

Charlie Brenlman has resigned
his position as manager of the
Fullerton Lumber Company. Mr..
@. Q. Skjeie has take his place and
has already assumed the duties of
the company. Charlie has had
charge Of the business for the past
five years, has met many people and
enjoys the confidence Of large cir
Gle of friends. He will rest up for
while and then go west on bust
ness trip of few weeks.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
LANDS AND SOILS.

The lands of Yuma County comprise the river bottom ands are moister and slightly mere fertile if, indeed, it is possible to make comparisons where all are so wonderfully productive and prolific The upIands or mesas are warmer and, perhaps,
 lightly for ofthe citrus fruits Yuma containsa variety of soil The valley land of theI Gila and Colorado rivers have for the most part deep seduentary soil of brownish gray sandy loam, resting in most places, upon a gray clay subsoil at a depth of from ten to twenty feet below the surface, The clay subsoil forms hard. pan which is impervious to water. These soils have been slowly formed by the decomposition Of shales, sandstones marls. imestones, etc., mixed with or ganic and vegetable matter, washed down by the mighty rivers and have been gradually deposited during the course of centuries. The fertilizing brownish mud held in the wat ,lof the Colorado and Gila rivers resembles that from the Nile, and its quantity varies from O.1 to O.5 per cent, though the water when even considerably discolor- ed by mud is good drink, resembling in this res pect the Missouri river water. chemical analysis of the sediments of the Colorado and of the Nile exhibits wonderful similarity in the constituent parts of each That of the Colorado exhibiting a triAe less potassa, most phoSphoric acid and car bonade of limestone beds through which the Colo rado passes In other respects the sediment of the Colorado is almost identical with that of the Nile It will be noticed therefore, that when this water used for irrigation it is superior to artesan waters since it is constantly supplying the land with the richest fertizing elements. The soil of the valley is extremely rich in dedomposed vegetable matter and uncombned carbon, readily absorbing the aerial gases, such especially oxygen, which en- tering the soil decomposes the organic matters so that they can be taken up and nourish the plants which may be considered leading feature in 1t fertility It also readily takes up and retains moisture, while the frmness of its particles affords every facility for percolation and the activity of capillary action. In its mechanical conpositionits particles are in state of very fine division which renders it more productive than coarser soils ] acqurics heat readily in the daytime, and the loss of the heat at night is very gradual, that it re- mains always warm and Is not subject to sudden changes of heat and cold. Besides it's essential con stituents of water, organic or vegetable matter, sand and clay, a chemical anal yss shows that lime sode, magnesia, iron, ammoT and available forms of nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash enter into in the proportions best adapted to add to it's fertility though, of course, as is alway the case in soil analysis. it's composition varies in 6iForeItl calnIe5 and Is net always constant.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
 COUNTY.

WHY IMMIGRANTS SHOULD COME TO YUMA
 COUNTY. Because the climate is perfect,
 Because the soil is fertile and prolific.
 Because land is abundant and cheap.
 Because a home can be made with little labor.
 Because so great a variety of products can be grown.
 Because the yield is large and the prices always remunerative.
 Because life is luxury in 8 land where tie sun shines every day.
 Because th,re are chances for @ poor man which he can never hope to find in older countries.
 Because the country is advancing and property values are increasing.
 Because, unlike Southern California it does not require small fortune to secure a piece of land.
 Because capital does not block all the av- enues to wealth, nor crowd the poor man to the wall.
 Because Uncle Sam has yet many farms in Yuma county waiting for occupants.
 Because churches, schools, newspapers and railroads are fast developing the moral end material clements of the Territory.
 Bccause good land is becoming scarce, and 1 if you don't catch on now, your last chance will soon be gone.
 Because the country is one of the few regions of tine United States that yields the products of the temperate and semi-tropic zones.
 Because the worker receives a fair com pensation for his labor, and the hustler has field for the display of his energy and en- terprise.
 Because there ara neither blizzards or tornadoes, earthquakes nor inundations, snow-sto, ms nor cyclones.
 Becaus9 the vast and varied resources of the country are yet to be developed.
 Because the wealth of it's mines, it's farm ing valleys, and grazing lands, will yet bull up great and prosperous county.
 Because Q man can make a livelihood Ter, with less labor than in any other part of the United States.
 Because there is health in every breeze, and strength and vigor under its cloudleqs skies.
 Because the settler need not spend life time in felling trees and grubbiug cut stumps.
 Because vegetation is so rapid that in two years the home is surrounded by a growth of trees and shrubs which would require five years to develop in a colder cline.
 Because fortunes here await the venture some, and health welcomes the afflicted. Because the country has q brilliant future and you want to be in the "swim"
 Because in it's pure, dry invigorating air. epidemic diseases cannot live or germinate. Because its people are generous, liberal hospitabie and progressive.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
MINES.

There is no section of inc United States or probably of the earth, more rich in min eral wealth than the County of Yuma. Al the country north, east and south of Yum; lies 3iectiy within the main gold belt tha commences in Alaska and ends in Mexico From the San R"rnardino mountains il California U the Sonora boundary line tn. mountains andL are exceptionally rich il .l.a precious metal, as though denonstratin. the theory often advanced that the rioles colI mines are tour3 boydering.tae bcda Q.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02

Awhite man first set foot on what is now Yuma County in I'll. It IS the southwest division of the Territory, and nae of the four original counties of the Ter ritory. Many great reclamation projects ar however on foot, and in a few years ex- uect to sec Yuma County rated as the richest in the Territory.
 The first glimpse the traveller from Cali fornia catches of Arizona is that of tn picturcsque town of Yuma, which Is Snug} sitnated in the embrace of gentle rollin! hills upon whose crests and sides tho modern homes of our superior civilization .re crowding the adobe dwellings into eternal oblivion. Yuma is the gateway Q Arizona. the new empire of the West, upon whose undeveloped riches the eyes ot the cuntrv are at present turned, and as such, ii is bcund to grow and prosper with a rapidity that at present can hardly be re- alized. But coupled with her geographl' cal pos;tion we find that she IS the center ofa country whose agricultural poSalhil' ,ies are practically unlimited, being sur rounded by soil the fertility of which exceeds that Of the delta of the Nile, and wanting oaly water to become paradise oi ,,,oom. Billions of gallons of that precious 6uid have annually gone to waste al yuma's very doors. but already reaction is taking place a4d many enterprises are on foot to supply the ife-giving waters oi the yellow Colorado to the thirsty earth
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
vBECLHiATE OF YUMA.

The climate Of Ynma for nine months of the year has no equal, as we believe: in the ~o,id and during the remaining three o.oaths of tlrs year, comprising June July. and August, the heat is not oppressive Even though the thermometer in o''d.s"m- mer may aa times rise above 1oo'' and oe- rasionaily even reach lI0', yet' owing to .I,. absence of moisture in the air, its not ,,nrrssivc. The atmosphere IS pure light and balmy. When the mercury marks tho biclost extre.9e of heat, person does nos feel flat oppression or debility which is t,,f .,. fl.o Ea.te.o a'ates "Ae9 ths aaeE-
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
RAIN.

Showers, and indeed heavy rains are liable to occur in every month of the year; but the actual number of rains seems to an eastern visitor strangely small. The average rainfall in Southern Arizona, as shown by the Government closer yations, Is but 5 I14 inches per year.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02
RIVERS OF YUMA COUNTY.

i'm re,rard to climate, healthlulneSs, Ter tilitv and productiveness Of soil, facIil'les fen. cultivation. irrigation and ab"ndance Of water supply, variety Of resources and obaan transportation by rail and by water m rart of Arizon can surpass Yuma conntv. which is destined to become one of richest and most prosperous counties in Arizona.
 + lies l,etween 32o OO' and 34' 20 north l,.;,,3e and ll30 2O' and ll40 40| west ,ong;tpde. It contains 6,48S, ,320 acres. It Is about as large as the States ot Rhode Island. Connecticut and Delaware com t;1o6 or as large as either New Hampshire, Vermont or Massachusetts
 Tho gestern boundary of Yuma County is formed by the Colorado river, which sar.rates Arizona from California The conntv is bounded on the north by Williams 4orl, and the Santa Maria nyer, whose ,ra+ars flew into the Colorado; on the 'ast hv the counties of Pima, Maricopa and Vavsnai. and on the south by Sonora, woxico. Its county seat is the town oi Yuma. 4,.
 The Colorado river drains the entire ter ri+orv of Arizona, and every drop CT water ,.h;rb falls on its mountains and pfains end. ifs way to this mighty river. 1t Is r-a,oa bv the union of the Green and Grand rivers, fed by the streams when rice in the Rocky Mountains and the "eI'- ;nr spows cause a greater depth oF water ,-al,;. i,..r n summer than ln winter. thus nrnisbing the most water at the season ,rho, if is most required for the purposes of irrigation and agriculture.
 F will be seen that for the entire distance o,onc it's western boundary, Yuma county noss{ sess the great advantage 0t cheap rvater transuortation.
 The Gfa river rises iii the Wes'er" f''' of New Mexico and is fed by n"melo"" streams. among the most prominens 0' ,b;cb are the San Pedro, AGua fria' riaS- savampa and Salt rivers. It nO|s west ,hro,oh Yuma County and empties ln'o V"e Colorado at the town Of Yuma.
 yuma county, traversod by these great ,;yers from it's northern to Its soUtAeIli' and from its eastern to its western ocuho' ,rios nossesses a far greater ~ate- supply +hon .nv other county in the Territory, o~3 for more than can be found in all Cali fernia.
 This water is now being diverted from its natural channels by means of numerous iarre irrigating canals, and utilized for the rurno.e of retaining and irrigating the immense tracts of lands which lie in thls tnuored oountrv. and which arc as fertile ss any in the world.
 The Southern Pacific Railroad crosses JIG Colorado river at the town of Yuma and rnns through the county, following the ,anerol course, and at an average distance of about four miles south, Of the Gila v'r' rendering all the lands susceptible Of i'ri- .,ss;on and cultivation, can find an easy e,+,ef in this way and can be transported +o.u the markets and csntcrs Of population in the East or West.
 Another competing railroad Is proJec1eo from San Diego. California, to tFe town sfyrma, and thence along the north sioe ot+be Gila river. TEas Yuma County Will nave exceptional railroad advantages.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02

extinct oceans. The great Colorado desert was once an inland sea. cut off centuries and perhaps ages ago from the main ocean, ieav- ing its waters to evaporate in this intense heat. Throu-hout all the country border ing the desert, including this section, llch mines are being constantly discovered, and some of recent location are already produc- ing immense profits. In the neighborhood of Yuma, claims exceedingly rich on the surface are daily being located, and all signs portonl great mining boom for this county which will culminate as early as the coming fall in aa iI.road of much capital. Experts are arriving every week and mines are being bonded at more than heavy prices. It seems wonderful to believe that all this min l eral wealth has been lying at cur very doors l for so many years without taker, but tine tendency of prospectors is to go lo18 dis tance off into strange lands rather than to seek for mines in county as old as Yuma County and SC accessible. The greater the | distance, the hardship, and the danger, the greater tie fascination for the prospector. Distance seems, indeed, to lend enchant- ment to the view.
 So it is that this county is almost virgin field for the mine hunter, and now with the few hundreds searching Ill its mountains its mineral secrets are still in effect secrets, fol thousands upon thousands might be wander ing through the rock-ribbed fastnesses ot our mountain ranges and their presence be almost unknown, so vast is the extent oi country
 Recent rich discoveries of gold deposits particularly in lodges, have given a great impetus to mining throughout the county.
 New locations are being constantly made and all show wellup the surface The Is Fortuna mine, recently put in operation has 2)-stanlp mill running night and day and the production of gold averages $75, ,00C per month. This lline is situated about 3( miles southwest of the village of Yuma,
 Rich gold discoveries have also been made in Castle Come, HarQua Hala. Centennial Palomas, Pot Holes, and other mining ciis tricts, and, although the mining CT jcoh il the county was never better, still Lost 0 the silver and lead mines are idle, owing to the low value of these metals.
The Arizona sentinel., 1899-12-02

cury is ranging from SO' to 9O0. The air is so dry that precipitation is absorbed as soon IS it reaches the surface of the body, and 1t nc tune in the summer does the heat produce any discomfort.