Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-01-09

ooouHi oenstD, WHO DOuSnJ out TIL ~
firm of Faaborg & Heigaard, now rr
into town Monday and into the houS
he recently built. They will invois Ia,
this week and then he will tai
charge while the old firm will fsllo@
other lines. On
Last Thursday night merry croWlE
might have been seen wandering int e
the pleasant home of e. P. SimonseEs
south of town, and in the light an
lamps and happy faces had velslE
pleasant and profitable time in gae 4
and visiting. sr Y
Last Tuesday as Thorwold Gregess,
sen was busy working on the neN1
house they are constructing south
Elkhorn he slipped and fell off Of III,
breaking his arm and being Jared u@
in general. He had it set immediatelySs
however and is now getting on nicely &
Jens Hansen the painter in Elkhorr.t
closed deal last week whereby heS
he sold his residence property in that
town to Andrew Andersen for $500 .OC
tits good piece of property and hes
loses a good house but we understand
he does not give possession for yeak
which gives him ample time to loohN
| for new ones. Is
NOTICE To CONTRACTORS -Seale@a ss
bids will be received for the hauling
of lumber for the Elkhorn Lumber
| Company from Hamlin 10 ElkhorM
for one year from March /, 1902, BIZ
Rasmus Hansen, at Elkhorn, on oil
before January 20, 1902. Company rev
serve the right to reject any and all&
bids. j95 II
S. G. Petersen and his pardncrS
Chris Larsen were in Omaha thiss
week attending the implement mems
convention to hear the various disE
cushions and find out new points
about machinery. They are always OH
the lookout for new things to aid
their customers and always keele
abreast of the times.
The play given last Monday night
and again on Saturday night, in Kim-I
ballton, was decided success in everye
respect. Nearly four hundred peoplel
were present each time who wens
home we'll satisfied. Saturday night al
dance was held after the performance
to which many stayed. The play WI
will be given in three weeks from til
last one and the proceeds will go fosu
the benefit of the Danish school "a
Kimballton.
4 AT the meeting of the share holde
of the Kimballton Lumber Compae
last Saturday, the old officers wereS
elected and the whole business NJ
found to be in very satisfactory c2sx
dition. Manager Axel has done "a
years work, reaching up to $3G, sd
90 worth of business. The officers ,sI
George l.. Jorgensen, Presidesee q
Andrew Anderson, Secretary n q
Peter Andersen, Treasurer .
Hans Nissen ss
Albert JorgeDsen, Trustees.
A. HI. Jacobsen,
Axel Jensen will again be manal
Walter Jensen, brother of Axel lS%
Jocum Jensen, of Kimballton, arriM
last week from his trip to the PhiS
pine Islands where he has servedW
country and defended the old fiagsY
the Third United States Infantry.A
had quite varied experience WI
there. He served nearly two y@
! then was discharged to accept clw
cal position which work he did efflT
ually for two years then departeds
home. He was shipwrecked willis
! the road here and the transport 81
idan laid up in Japan month toiN
pairs. He STAYED in San Francis
few weeks ere coming home. He
poets to remain here few weeks
. go 20 South Dakota to take char5I
his fathers large Touring millS
! settle down after having been ar{ ne
} the world.
AT meeting of the directors OH
I Elkhorn Lumber Company, JAM INT
2, 1902, they found in looking -
the books that the past year hadN
a very prosperous one and that
could declare dividend to slY1I
holders of twenty-eight per q q.
This they did but turned the tweE
per cent back as a reserve fund fo{
company. They also decided to Ell
lish branch at Hamlin Statioph 4
haul from that point where they
build sheds and leave it in charM
Chris Justesen, the merchant tin
: This branch will make good fell
for the Elkhorn yards and will mn
rally aid them. They found, Y
that they had done about $25 GOD =,
worth of business which was qNUl
satisfactory The following persS
were selected as directors and TIN
will select officers from among thu
numbers. c. Petersen, George JamS
Rasmus Hansen, Peter Lykke, JacS
Petersen. Christian Hansen and Chrx
tian Christensen were elected revk
ors. Rasmus Hansen will again
their manager, and he does well
that capacity.
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