Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-10-18
ROSS

Nels Olson and family are enjoying
visit from Miss Thomson, of Craw-
ford county.
Adam Rutherford returned to r oss
the last of the week and will pass
the winter here.
Will Dorsey and A. j. Shupe each
purchased new wagons, the first
part of the week.
John Wagner finished his threshing
last Monday and is now almost ready
for the cold blasts of winter.
Dave Dorsey and family returned
home from Ute, Monday, where they
had been having pleasant visit.
Fred Herring came up from Anita
few days ago and lis passing few
days very pleasantly over at the Dor
eey homes,e cad.
Anna Boust went down to Atlantic
and spent last week with friends and
relatives and viewed the sights at
the great street fair.
Cameron Ross, Jim Rutherford and
Max Ehlert went to Atlantic, Satur-
day and enjoyed the scenes of the
testal street carnival.
Sylvester Moore intends 10 90 to
Minnesota with his threshing outfit
this week to help shell out the big
wheat crop of that country.
Ruhs & Beers have disposed Of a
carload OF wagons the past month and
the trade continues good, promising
to far excel their expectations.
Theo. Martens will hold public
sale at his Melville township farm on
Tuesday, October Odd. He will dis
pose of his cattle, horses, hogs and
other farm stock. q
Roy Swaney is busy with his clover
muller and is doing very nice bust
ness as MANY of the fields are turning
out good yield, some producing.
two bushels to the acre.
Ross markets closed on Thursday
afternoon at three O'clock as follows:
Wheat, IS cents; corn, 30 cents: oats.
IL cents; barley, 80 cents; hogs, "a go:
butter, l6 cents; eggs, Ia cents.
Charley Beers was riding to Audu-
bon, Monday, on his bicycle when.
by accident, he fell and sprained his
wrist quite badly which, for several
days has given him considerable pain.
Sylvester Moore and wife rejoice
overythe arrival of a baby boy, last
Friday The youngster will, doubt.
less make good hand for Sylvester's
threshing machine, as he is already a
good feeder.
Most of the farmers have commence
ed hltsking corn and are making rapid
Roadway this week. The corn is
making from thirty to sixty bushels
to the acre, but few fields of corn are
sound enough to weigh out.
Mrs. Hugh McGill has commenced
the erection OF residence building,
east Of the farmers Store, on Broad
way Ross still grows and we hope to
see il continue until it becomes more
than a mere country side village.
Fred Tessman gave the first dance
OF the season at his home, Saturday
evening. The young people present
report an enjoyable time and will
long remember Mr.. and Mrs. Tessman
Tor their kind treatment and courte-
ons hospitality.
Everett Bates home presented a
pleasing scene few evenings ago
when merry crowd of the young
sters gathered at their comfortable
homesand passed the evening in the
pleasant and fascinating pastime of
the social dance.
j. +. Luse and family were down
from Carroll over Sunday visiting
with their MANY friends in and about
Ross, They seem to be we'll pleased
with their new home but were glad
to get back and meet their many old
time friends and former associates.
Fred Mornings place will present a
happy scene. Friday evening, as big
crowd of his neighbors and friends
will gather to give him and his esri-
mable wife happy and joyous SUR
prise. They intend to take possession
OF the house and make the evening
one long to be remembered.
Chas. Beers went to Atlantic, last
Monday evening, where he met his
brothers wife and family who came
from Illinois TO join her husband, Mr..
Lan Beers. They arrived here safely
on Tuesday and will move to the Joe
Sweeney place as soon as their goods
arrive and make that their future
home.
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