Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-08-22

MIR. and Mrs. Scott from near old
Hamlin and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas de-
parted Monday for trip to the lakes
in the north part of the state for a
weeks outing and good time. Mr.. and
Mrs. ID. w. Stanley had intended tn
go but as some sickness occurred in the
family they did not get to go.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Russell are ex.
pected home next week from their
summers outing at Lake Okoboii. Mr..
Russell will look over his stock and
then depart for Chicago to buy for the
fall and winter trade, getting those
goods that have become so we'll known
to his trade that they will wait some
time for his goods to arrive
Claud Kirkindawn of Council Bluffs
began work Wednesday morning for
Lou Lee as a barber. He comes we'll
recommended as first class barber
and those who have tried him say he
comes up to the requirements. Lou is
always looking to those things that
please mis- patrons as it is for their best
good to have only u good man in his
shop.
Steward Nate Carper from the
county poor farm was up the first of
the week exhibiting corn from the
1arm that is as fine as any ever shown
| from there at this time of the wear.
| He is confident that the corn will 90
5O bushels per acre at the least. This
| speaks we'll not only for the farm but
the work of the steward for it takes
good care any year to get this much
of a yield.
Geo. w. Carson of the firm of Car
son & Ross arrived home Wednesday
evening from his vacation trip feeling
fine. He was through parts of Canada
and took in the sights at Buffalo. Geo
has always been a tremendous hard
| worker and this is his first real rest in
fourteen years of labor. He can now
again dig into his labors and do not
only them but himself justice in the
work Of the firm.
Henry Low formerly of Atlantic but
now located in Chesterxille, Texas
was in Audubon Tuesday. Mr.. Low
and George Gray have large land in
terest in that state. They have quite
a large acreage of rice on their respec
i've land and reports prospects of {
good yield. The irrigation plants us.
the crude oil for fuel, taken from tn,
Beaumont oil wells in Texas and Thu
furnishes the best and cheapest fue
obtainable.
| George Mccain disposed of his fin,
farmnot long ago to John Holt for So
per year. After looking over the coun
try and in the various other states ant
he concluded he had sold the bes
farm that he had seen any where ant
so bought it back at the same figure h.
sold it for. There is some lingerins
charm in every farm a man has soil
! that no other farm can fill. Then be
sides George found that there are yer,
few counties that can come up to thi
one and he was in about the best lie
cation possible.
Miss Myrtle Brown entertained he
friends last Wednesday at the pleas
ant home of her parents on Churcl
street in honor of her cousins, Mis-
Brown and Miss Bertha Leeke of New
York. Miss Brown has peculiar an
happy faculty of meeting those VIII
sheentertains SO that they feel no re
strain in her presence or home an
catch a spirit that make everyone er
joy themselves So on this occasion
they all threw aside dry and unintel
esting farmality and in free easy cor
: versation and games spent the ever
ing as only young people car spend
when out on havinga royal good tim,