Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-07-17
Oakfield and Brayton

are very scarce. We understand that
some are offering. as high as $500 per
day for men to work III the hay field.
The Benton Boomers will play
game of ball Sunday with the first
nine of Brayton on the grounds here.
1t will be lively game as these are
two of the strongest teams in this
part OF the country.
Word comes from over at Anita,
that Mr.. and Mrs. Sammy Budd are
the proud parents of a big eight
pound girl baby. born to them, last
Friday. Thus Uncle David Beers is
crowned grandpa again.
Miss Rose Hawk, who has been
working at the hotel for her brother,
Ralph Hawk, but was visiting last
week at the home of her parents, in
Extra returned to her work Saturday
after good rest and vacation.
Rev. Wilcox and some of he men,
bers of the Baptist CHI urch in Brayton
were repairing the ceiling and moy-
ing the chimney Tuesday preparatory
to having it papered. They expect to
fix 1t up considerable on the inside.
Joe Smith, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Frasier and son, Will Frasier of Girls
void, visited last week out at the
Christopher Smith home and passed
a very pleasant weeks vacation, re-
turning home Saturday ready to re-
sumo their work Monday.
Mrs. Chris Peterson, living north
west of Brayton, has three children
sick with scarlet fever and they are
under rigid quarantine. They were
some better the first of the week and
under the care and treatment they are
receiving they will soon recover.
James Andersen, Charles Bison,
Davy Beers, Bud Heath and Nit Par
rott expect to make trip down in
Missouri in few weeks to look at
land with view or purchasing. They
expect to go down near the place
where Elmer Heath is now located.
Mrs. Calvin .Dimick, Mrs. Bud
Heath and Uncle David Beers drove
over to Anita Sunday and spent the
day at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Sammy Budd and while there they
took look at the new girl at that
home, which was the main object of
their visit.
Maud Campbell, the obliging drug
clerk in at w. A. Hamler's at Extra,
came down on the train Sunday and
spent the day with relatives at the F.
B. Heath home in Brayton. Frank
and his wife took Miss Maud home
in the evening after very pleasant
days visit.
John Jenkins and Charley Bison
each have force of men busy this
week harvesting their large crop Of
hay. These gentlemen hired help be-
fore there was such scarcity of men
and now have plenty of help while
Others are almost unable to secure
any help at all.
We notice places in the cornfields
along the railroad track where the
water from the recent flood is still
standing and in which the corn is be-
ginning to turn yellow and is being
cooked by the steam from the water
and which spoils the looks of the rest
of the green corn.
Miss Belle Hardman, while riding
down the Oaktield hill into Oakfield
Tuesday afternoon, her wheel became
unmanageable and threw her forcibly
to the ground, dislocating her thumb
and SHINING up her face in a few
places. DR.. Koob repaired the injur-
ed thumb aud relieved her Of the pain
she was suffering from.
H. S. Wattles received an appoint
ment from the court of Cass county
to do some surveying within the city
limits of Atlantic and he went down
on the noon train Tuesday to begin
the work. MIR. Wattles is an extra
good surveyor and has been called
lately to many different parts of the
state to do work in that line.
A number Of the ball players in
Bray ton picked up nine Sunday and
proceeded to play game of ball with
the second nine here. The second
nine was hopelessly nutclassed from
the start of the game and were beaten
by score of Is to /. The boys say
it was one OF the best games they
were ever in, although the score was
small on their side, but it was good
practice for them.
While George Mcclure was help
ing up at Mr.. John Jenkins, one day
the last of the week, ne was attempt
ing to lift stone from the pile when
the one he was standing on turned
with him and the rock in his hands
tumbled down striking his leg and
wedged it against another rock severe
ly brnising it. George is now
obliged to lay up for repairs when
his work is so much in demand.
Sam Scharff returned from his trip