Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-08-09
0HKflELD DRATT0n


those fine Poland China male pigs of
j. G. Hardman this week. Nick got
first choice out of the Oak Wood
Herd this year.
Horace Bartlett wants to rent his
S0O-acre farm to some good man who
can stock it up. 1t is just at the edge
of Brayto and one OF the best farms
in this part of the county.
The following we'll known farmers
delivered hogs in Brayton this week:
A. Kleuver, Chris Hansen, j. P.
Christofferson, Peter Nelson, 3. H.
Christensen, G. A. Nelson and Chas.
Schalbee.
A little stranger, boy, arrived at
the home Of Mis- Christensen and wife,
west of Brayton, last Tuesday, and
they are so we'll pleased with the
little fellow they will keep him per-
manently.
Chris Hansen, that most prosper
Gus farmer up northwest of Brayton,
is keeping right up with the times
and is having wind mill and COM
plete set of water works placed on
his fine farm.
There will be a merry crowd OF
people assemble at the James Horton
home next Saturday evening, to help
Mr.. Horton befittingly celebrate his
birthday. 1t will be a jolly time
that they will have.
Lizzie and Clara Wiley and their
cousins, Austin and Hattie Wiley,
came down Saturday from their home
near Audubon and remained until
Tuesday morning visiting at the Fred
Bonnet home, in Brayton.
j. T. jenkins went out to Omaha
the first Of the week to purchase some
stock cattle. A telegram received
from him Tuesday announced that he
had made a purchase and would ar
rive Wednesday with the stock.
Mats Peterson, one of the prosper
Gus farmers living northeast of Elk
horn, has contracted with the Green
Bay Lumber Co., at Brayton, for
lumber to build large barn 4Ox4S fl.
which he will erect on his farm.
Ionic Beers traded some sheep
Tuesday to j. c. B. Anderson for his
dog, which is large enough to weigh
125 pounds. Ionic expects to start
on horse trading trip in the near
future and thought it would be a
good plan to have watch dog along.
The Brayton boys go down to At
lantic Friday to show the Atlantic
boys just how the great national
game should be played. If the boys
put up their usual strong game they
will give the Atlantic boys merry
chase, and it would be Just like them
to win the game.
McGovern e Bison were up to
Extra last week and purchased three
car loads Of cattle; one car from AL
bert Cihak and two cars from Jens
Wolfe. They shipped them out
from Extra Saturday evening and
Tick went along to see that they got
through all right.
i The Oakfeld and Cass County Line
| boys had slugging match on the
diamond in Hallock's pasture the first
Of the week, and when the dust of
the battle had cleared away and CON-
petent men had added up the long
colum Of scores it was found that
Oakfeld had Al and the Line boys IL
Abbott and Paxton were at the points
for Qakfield and Jensen and Smith tor
the Line boys.
Warren Chase and wife and son and
, Burns boy had quite serious run.
away last Sunday night. When go.
ing down the hill just north of Oak
5 field one of the tugs came unfastenet
and let the tongue down and thu
mules started on run. When nea
the bottom the tongue run into tn
ground, throwing them all out. They
were all more or less injured, but ar
] able to'be around.
Peter Jacobsen, west of Bray ton
/, has his new house almost completed
and we understand that it will be oc
cupied after October lst by his moth
er. Mr.. and Mrs. Jacobsen expect t.
< start some time this fall on an ex
: tended visit in the eastern states an,
! will probably visit the old countr
before returning to Brayton. 1t viii
i be remembered that Geo. Leande
v purchased the Jacobsen farm and is t
d have possession October 1st.
$ Last Wednesday, August lst, tn
following young ladies and gentle
], men hied themselves away to Lew
e and spent the day picnicing and er
y joying themselves in the beautifr
! park at Crystal Lake:
The Misses
Electa Louis Rose Louis
~ Alma Nelson Mae Jensen
10 Bessie Dodge Alta Henderson
= Ada Henderson Gertie Louis
u Hannah Nelson Christina Nelson
Messrs-
a A. A. Nelson W. Nelson
1t j. B. Cecil M. g. Buckley
lie E. Nelson E. E. Hastings
1t w. Bicket E. M. Nelson
G.. A. Nelson E. j. Louis
O. r GOnld IT II Cecil