Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-07-25
ROSS

Olsen Bros. shipped a car OF fine
hogs to the Chicago markets Monday.
Markets up to Tuesday night: Oats
35, corn As, wheat u, hogs S5.35 to
S5.42.
IT'S tremendously hot Keep cool
Get some ice of Ruhs e Wilde and
don't suffer any longer.
Will Dice has rented the A. j. Ed
DIV farm next year and will proceed
to tend it as though it was his own.
DREssMAKING-I will teach the
French System until September /,
1901. ORIssA FRENCH, Ross, Iowa.
Chas. Wilde and wife and neice
spent very pleasant day. Sunday, at
the home of j. w. Callow over bv
Bethel.
Richard Lacy, Sam Nc Gilt and
Ralph Miller all marketed hogs in
town Tuesday, getting good price
for the same.
Harry Watts. of Audubon, rode his
wheel from home OUT to the Sam
Randles home, Monday, and spent the
day visiting with them.
F. L. Miller hauled out his she'll
ing outfit to the Sam Handles home
Tuesday and shelled out lot of corn
that he is feeding his grass fed cattle.
John Quimby has fixed up his re-
sidence property this last week by
having good new foundation placed
under it, which will strengthen if for
years yet.
The German parsonage has been
painted beautiful white, last week,
and now looms up much better and
gives better appearance when seen
from distance.
Sam Jordon disposed of about 300
bushels of corn this week receiving
40 cents per bushel for the same. Sam
is of the opoDion that he can afford to
raise corn at these figures.
Sam Wilson has engaged to go with
Willis Grace this fall and help him
out with his threshing. Sam is an
old timer with machine and will
prove valuable man TO have around
George Stemn has the lumber on
the ground preparatory to having the
addition built to his shop as soon as
he can get the carpenters there to do
the work for him. His patronage is
still increasing so that he and his man
iS kant bucv all tho timp
Last Sunday Robert Rutherford
had the misfortune to get into a run
away and had his fine new buggy up
set and the top pretty thoroughly
| demolished. AS good luck. attended
him, he got out without bodily harm
and the accident will but furnish
| business for the implement store.
Harvesting is most over. MANY
OF the farmers HI been compelled to
work almost nj and day to get
their grain cn The next job is the
threshing Wi thew are all ready
beginning to plan for.
Last Tuesday we noted lonely
wheelman on his way from Mont
gomery county Iowa riding TO South
Dakota to help gather the Immense
crop of wheat. He has long weary
ride before him if he makes the Ills
lance through the dust on his wheel
but he looked big and strong as
though he could go throWg every
thing easy enough.
| George Ross, one of most thrifty
and far seeing farmers in this com
munitv, contracted 1000 bushels OF
corn Monday to the Trans Mississippi
elevator Company at IS cents per
bushel. One has to figure but small
amount to see that Mr.. Ross made a
good thing by holding mis- corn over
as the chances are that ne is getting
about the best price that will be paid
The carpenters working on the barn
of Chas. Farnham have italmost com.
pleted and ready for use. 1T is good
structure, improves the looks of his
place and will prove convenience
and a saving 10 him the coming year
There is enough material that goes tc
waste on the average farm each veal
to build barn if it was properly
housed and saved.
Buttermaker Jensen at the cream
cry reports that they are getting only
about half the milk that they were
before the dry weather set in. Ye,
those who are sending milk have
learned more how to take care OF
their milk and it is in better shape
this year than it has ever been before.
but there is still some that is sent
back it being to sour for use.
Two young men last Sunday thei,
names we will not impart borrowed
of their friends until they got all the
parts Of good rig together and then
started out to enjoy it if could find
the company of the more gentle sex.
They however was soon seen coming
back to town leading the horse and
pulling the buggy but that is as much
| of the story as we know.
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