Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-03-08

and it is only matter of time when
the whole country there will be
| settled.
The creamery company is DESTROYS
OF obtaining two more haulers the
coming season. The right kind of
men can get good position by APP
plying at the proper authorities.
S. j. Brown, the genial and courte-
GUS auditor for the Trans Mississippi
Grain Elevator Co., was in town
Tuesday checking up t ne books for j.
j. Courtney. He found everything
in first class running order and went
away we'll pleased.
Jeston Quimby went to Boone
Tuesday evening to pass the examina-
ton for position as station agent.
Jeston understands the, workings of
an office as well as any who first ac-
cept work and we hope he may get
good place to begin.
Tommy Single has been making
some changes in his blacksmith shop.
He has cut an opening through the
second floor and placed a stairway
and now has all his wood work done
up stairs. 1t makes his shop much
more convenient and enables him to
better handle his rapidly growing
trade.
Last Sunday number of friends
gathered at the pleasant home of j.
+. Luse to enjoy an old fashioned
pioneer visit and eat some of the
wholesome and tempting viands that
Mrs. Luse knows so well how to pre-
pare. Those present were: Doc
Stearns and wife, Everett Bates and
wife, Frank Rice and wife, Frank
Carper, 'Jeston Quimby and James
Jay. They all reports most enjoy
able feast and good visit.
Another of those pleasant dancing
parties took place at the home of Gus
Hahn's last Wednesday night. There
is no time like youth, when fresh
blood surges through the veins, for
real healthful enjoyment. The past
is forgotten, the present evaded and
the future unseen. So was it at this
place, where all measured out father
time his allotted pay in energy, and
stopped only when the small hours
came, satisfied and happy.
Word comes of the marriage of G.
Fest to Miss Cassie Crawford, Feb
ruary 81, at Lamont, Iowa. Gus is
we'll known to all in the community
as he was clerk for long time in j.
+. Luse's store, and by his courtesy
and gentlemanlike bearing won many
friends. We are unacquainted with
the bride but feel sure she possesses a
strong womanly character or Gus
would never have chosen her. Their
friends join in wishing them success
in life.
Presiding Elder Gruenn, from
Streeter, Illinois, was present at the
meeting of the German church peo-
pie last Monday, when plans were
laid out and adopted for the erection
OF church building in Ross. There
seemed to be an unanimous consent to-
the plans and specifications suggested
by the Elder and over 5000 were con-
tribnted or pledged at the first meet
ing. At that rate it will not be long
untll tne church will be erected,
properly dedicated and ready for use,
Cameron Ross came in from Des
| Moines last Saturday, where he has
been attending the Highland Park
Normal College. Cameron is one of
our brightest boys and his studies at
the Park has enabled him to broaden
his already wide range Of knowledge.
We trust that his meritorious conduct
and strict application to study will
prove an incentive to others to emu
late MS example and learn that col
lege life is the mere foundation. the
nucleus around which all study in
future life is to cling.
The following is list of the di-
rectors of Cameron township for the
ensuing year: