Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-07-26

Mrs. Bertch and children returned
home Friday from Carlisle and Abel
where they have been for some time
and the Reverend's bachelor days are
ended.
John French expects to go to Ne
braska soon with drove of cattle for
Nels Christensen and Sam Handles.
He will take them out on the range
and keep them there on shares. His
friends wish him success in his under
taking.
One day last week as the train was
passing over the bridge the iron bar
underneath broke striking the bridge
with such force that two of the ties
were broken. 1t was narrow escape
from general smashup but FORUM
ately no further damage was done.
q. w. Lewis who has been visiting
his parents and friends here for the
last two weeks returned to his home
at Hartley Wednesday. His brother
John Lewis of Manning went with
him and together they will spend a
week at lake Okeboji before again
settling down to business.
Prof. Hooker and Wilson Swanev
were up Monday and Tuesday talk
ing telephone and report dozen or
more phones contracted for which
they will put in Immediately. Our
business men do not intend to be be-
hind their neighbors in the matter of
modern conveniences and nearly all of
them will have phone.
Miss Nora O'Leary, formerly prin-
cipal OF our schools, visited several
days last week with her brother John
at Gray's ranch. Several years ago
she resigned her position here having
been rendered more lucrative one
Of assistant principal at Sanborn.
Later she taught at Estherville. For
the past five years she has been en-
gagged in the schools of Chicago and
has position there for the coming
school year. She is also studying
law and hopes eventually to be ad.
mitted to the bar. Her many friends
wish her success.
Rev. Lincoln Steere of Colorado
came in Friday to spend few days
visiting with his mother at the home
of his boyhood. He has charge of a
work in Colorado of which he is pas
tor and although he has been breath
ing the pure air Of thar sunny cline
for several years his health is very
poor and his physicians advised sur
gicall operation which he expects to
have performed at Omaha before he
returns to mis- work. He reports
passing through snow storm Thurs.
day while crossing The mountains,
Mrs. Fepton of Hamlin and Mrs. j,
w. Frost formerly of this place bnt
now of Montana visited with rela-
tives Sunday. Several years ago j.
w. Frost sold his farm south of town
and bought land near Spirit Lake
A year later he sold it for much
larger sum than he paid for it and
went to western Montana. Mrs
Frost is enthusiastic in her praises OF
the country. She tells wonderful
stories Of the mildness Of the climate
and fertility Of its soil. Pansies
bloom all winter out OF doors and al
no time last winter was the ground
frozen more than two inches. The
latitude is the same as Notherr
Minnesota, but as they are west OF
the divide of the Rocky mountains
they have the climate of the Pacific
coast. Some of their disadvantage:
are the isolation and the difficulties
Of obtaining supplies, a trip by team
to Kalispel seventy five miles distan,
being necessary whenever they are il
need of anything. She expects to re-
turn 10 her home in about two weeks