Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-08-30

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September 3, 4, and 6.
Mrs. Jennie Andrews passed sew
eral days at Atlantic, last week, Wis
ting at the home of her niece, Mrs.
John Curry, in that city.
George Harrison is home from
Atlantic and will remain a few
weeks and help Johnnie, owing to
the rush of work that is at hand
E. D. Powell was in Atlantic Sat
urday, in consultation with Con-
gressional committeeman of the
9th district being the committee
man from this county.
Earl Masterson, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Vim. Masterson, will leave for
Ames the last of the week to attend
school at the State Agricultural
College the coming year.
George Mccall is fixing up his
scales and building a scale house
so he will be in shape to buy and
sell all kinds of farm products and
know just what he is doing.
VIM. Masterson of Greeley has
commenced hauling lumber for a
new corn crib 4S feet long 8 feet
wide and 10 feet high which he will
build on his Greeley township
home.
A large party of pleasure seekers
left town early Sunday morning,
with we'll filled baskets for Crystal
lake where they passed a pleasant
day, returning home late in the
evening.
Will Zion, from Ogden, Utah, who
has been visiting his parents at Au-
dubon, came down the first of the
week to visit his sister, Mrs. w. E.
PARROT. He will return to the west
the last of the week
A. p. Hansen bought another for
| ty acres of land few days a 90 and
added to his fine farm, west Of town
He purchased it from John Esbeck
paying $42.5O per acre for It anc
feels that he got it cheap.
Last Monday Vic Anciaux anc
Charley Sunberg began remodel
ing William HensIey's Greeley
township farm house and when i
is completed will be one of the neat
est residences in that locality.
There will be meeting of the
board of directors of Greeley town
ship the coming Saturday at the
Little Valley school house for the
purpose of accepting the new
school house which is now com
pleted.
Doctor John Riley and AL. Voor
hees leave for Bancroft, Iowa, toda,
where they go to join crowd o
friends in grand chicken hunt
They are both sanguine that the,
. will bag plenty of game. If the;
can't kill them at first they will re
main and practice until they becom
expert marksmen.
, School will commence at tn
: Pard Rich school house distric
No. 7. Hamlin township the comm,
Monday presided over by Miss ELL
, Burr. There is to be a change o
books and the director desires tina
} every one go to Will A, Hamler,
and supply themselves so as to
, ready for the first day.
N. +. Christensen drove down
I Boy Herricks' Monday evening an
: traded his buckskin bronco pom
team for fine team of standar
!, bred animals that will be able
go at three minute gate. If Pet
is as good at trading horses as buy
| ing and selling land, Boy got tn
. worst of it, but we doubt if such
i the case.
: Rev. E. II. Votaw and wife left fC
r Oskaloosa Monday to attend tn
! annual reunion of the Votaw fan
lilies. Last year they had ninet
one in attendance and this yea
: they have every reason to beliey
: the attendance will be much large
5 They expect to have delightfu
: time and will return to their hon
duties feeling that their short V;
q cation has been protitably spen
t The Republicans of Audubo
township, are he! eby requested
meet at the Center school house,
! said township, on the evening {
Monday, September Sd, for the pu
;, pose of selecting eight delegates
! attend the county convention to /
] be held at Audubon on Wednesda
September 5, 1900, and for the tran
, action of such other business {
may regularly come before them.
E WILLIAM VAN AERNAM, Chairma
ThellO
e The trotting bred stallion will stan
: during the season of 1900 at m
t place, Just west of the Extra depo
: Thello won sweepstakes at AUDI
l bon county fair last fall. First pr
! niums were also awarded three {
his colth-three-year-old, yearlin
and sucking colt. Service fee, Sl0.l
to insure. m3tf E. c. WILSON.