Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-06-29
Ross News.

was an over Sunday visitor with the
j, A. Cozine young folks.
G. II. Priestly and family, of Mel
vile township, passed the Sabbath
with Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Taylor and
family.
Markets for the week closing
Thursday evening: Wheat SIC, oats
2lc, corn 25c, hogs $3.50, butter lie,
eggs 9ac.
Frank Miller shelled 1000 bushels
of corn Monday for Allan j. Eddy
which was sold for good price on
our markets.
Pat German had Frank Miller
shell 1000 bushels of corn Tuesday
which he delivered to the Right
Place elevator
Chas. Stemm and wife, of Guthrie
county, drove over Sunday and spent
the day at home and met few Of his
many old time associates.
f. L. Anderson sold Harry Bates a
new six-hole Sandwich corn shelter
and power-a complete up-to-date
outft-the last of the week.
Mary, Joe and Bob Mclaughlin
and Maggie Hammil came down from
Carroll Saturday evening and visited
over Sunday with Dave Hart and
family.
John Wagner shipped four cars Of
cattle and one of hogs of his own
feeding to Chicago Monday. The
cattle were fine ones, the largest one
weighing $3.50 pounds.
Peter Henry, Of Viola township,
bought fine family carriage Of the
Ross Implement Firm, Monday. it
is fine one and will beat rafting
along in an old vehicle.
D. L. Reid intends to leave for his
old home at Bradford, Illinois, Sat-
urday, to spend the Fourth with Mrs.
Reid who is there visiting, and to
meet his old time chums and friends.
Harry Bates went over to Chas.
Ochiltree's Tuesday to do his frs job
of Smelling with his new outfit. The
shelter worked to perfection and
Harry did the job in first shape
as he usually does.
Fern Anderson was in the south
part Of the county the last Of the
week looking after his political tenc-
es. Every ward in Ross will send an
Anderson delegation to the coming
county convention.
Mike Foley, of Melville township,
has his new barn nearly completed
and will give a big dance to the
youngsters OF the neighborhood to-
night. A rousing big time and lots
of fun is anticipated.
A. F. Wilson is going to have his
house moved back from the road and
placed upon good foundation. He
Will make some valuable improve
nments and have everything painted
up aud put in first-class condition.
Jack Anderson, of Atlantic, was in
this vicinity buying stock cattle the
first of the week. Jack has picked
up good many cattle in the county
the past few months, paying good
prices for them when they're already
picked up.
j. a. Cozine will build large anG
cOmmodious barn and make other i'm.
provements this fall. John has ont
of the best farms in the county anC
when the new Improvements are add
ed he will have comfortable home
such as he deserves.
The creamery business is boomin!
Of late, probably owing to the fac
that the creamery is paying a cent
pound more for milk than any cream
cry in the county. Don't skim mil
and churn and do other hard wor
connected with the care of milk whe
you can send your milk to the cream
cry and have all the hard work don.
There will be a special train leav
ing Audubon at O'Clock in tn
morning, July 4th, bound for Exir;
1t will leave Extra at 1880 in tn
evening tor Audubon. There Will |
but one celebration this year an
that is at Extra. Don't forget yo
can leave Audubon at 8 o'clock an
by $3.50 you can be in the big woode
parks of Extra where you can spen
long happy day. Extra will all
at the train to meet you..
j. f. Luse has leased the Rigl
Place elevator, grain office, and h
entire gram business to w. j. Leak
who owns elevators and grain int
ests at Manning, Halbur and 9th,
points. Mr.. Luse will have no il
terest in the grain business and di
poses of it in order that he may d
vote all his time and attention to h
large store where his large and grow
ing interests demands all of his after
ton. He has handled 100000 busl
els Of grain the past year and viii
the profits have not been extreme
large, they have been very satista,
tory. Mr.. Leake is all experience
grain man and will conduct the bus
ness on the same plan as it has bet
heretofore, and employ the same hel
The patrons Of the place need not fe
but what they will receive courteo
and honest treatment. The new fir