Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-10-10

Cnflstlna thompson attended meet
ing at Extra Monday night.
Ben Howell from Avoca was visit
ing friends in Brayton Sunday.
John Koob is working in Atlantic,
this week, during the carnival.
Ralph Hawks delivered load of
hogs to the Brayton buyers Monday.
j. L. Jenkins bought twenty head
of nice fat hogs of Owen Idle, Tues
day.
w. L. Drew of Audubon is attend
ing to the duties at the station this
week.
LATE and Esta Simpson will take
part in the floral parade at Atlantic
today.
Anna Petersen at the hotel is nurs-
ing sore thumb and is unable to do
much work.
Mrs. Petersen of Harlan, is visit
ing with her sister Mrs. Nels Soren-
sen this week.
Del Heath is on deal to sell his
farm east and south of town which he
will probably close.
Sheriff Anderson, of Audubon, was
transacting official business in Bray
ton Monday evening.
Horace Bartlett is on the sick list.
this week, and is unable to attend to
his duties at the station.
Fred Edmundson and men COM
meDced to make a fill on the track
Tuesday Just south of town.
Quite number from Brayton at
tended the carnival at Atlantic this
week and pronounced it fine.
Ralph Hawks finished delivering
500 bushels of oat Tuesday which had
sold to the grain buyers recently.
Hugh Pray's eldest daughter is
quite sick this week, with tonsil af
fiction, which is a great source of
pain.
Our Brayton young people continue
to attend the revival meetings at Ext
ia each evening and take great in
terest in the meetings.
Mrs. Fred Edmundson visited with
her friend Mrs. Name Patty near
Extra. She went up on Saturday and
returned the next day, Sunday.
G. l.. Bison is having a we'll dug
at his new residence property, lust at
the head of main street this week and
Frank Chase is doing the work.
Il. w. Pearson has placed new
bellows in his shop as the old one had
become deficient and leaked air. Hank
can now blow the sparks to the roof.
Joe Smith, Brayton's carpenter, is
at work this week building barn
for Marion Jenkins, which will be
when completed quite roomy struct-
ure.
Lloyd Hayes and John Jones, of
Audubon, came down Sunday and
furnished the battery for the West
Hamlin ball team, who played with
Brayton.
Marion Jenkens, postmaster at
Brayton, is erecting more modern and
commodious barn, just west of the
old one. This structure will be BOX
30 in size.
Roy Smith, of Audubon, son Of W.
w. Smith station agent at Audubon
came down to Brayton the last OF the
week and took charge of the depot for
a few days.
d. w. Powers and hls force Of men
will commence grading in a few DAYS
on the road that runs acrose the Bal
lard estate, as it is in very poor
shape for travel.
The principal topic of conversation
in Brayto now is the revival meet
ing at Extra, which the people of
this neighborhood seem to take a
great interest III.
VIM. Andrews of Extra, finished
painting l. p. Hallocks barn Tues
day and took the evening train home.
This is very creditable job and
speaks we'll for Will.
Geo Hansen, living west of Bray
ton, was hauling poles Monday from
five acre tract of timber he purchas-
ed east of Oakfeld. He will use the
same for wood and posts.
Nellie Parker who has been work.
ing in the home of Iona Beers re-
turned to her home at Atlantic Tues
day, where she will attend the carni-
val and visit with her parents.
The school house in Oakfield town.
ship number will be moved from
its present location, about one and a
half m!les and will be placed on the
corner of the Horace Bartlett farm.
The farmers who have the wire
stretchers belonging to the Green Bay
Lumber Company would oblige us
by returning the same and avoid hav.
ing them charged to your account.