Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-01-16
ROSS

ooeoop mummy expects TO go TO
Omaha TO look after business.
Mart Olsen went not to Omaha
Tuesday evening on business trip
Do you want one? The best grinders
out. Inc Janney. Harry Bates
E. j. Adams was out to the Schra-
der home Sunday night to set up with
Will.
Glenn McCuen has his house almost
lathed and will soon be ready for the
plasterers.
Claude Mcdonald is home from
Powsheik county where he had very
pleasant visit.
Albert TESTS little girl was very
sick the first of the week and under
the doctors care.
w. HI. McCammaut was in town
Tuesday and purchase of Harry Bates
new wagon box.
j. A. Grove of Dedham, the black
smith was over the first OF the week
to shake hands with friends.
Will Farnell a practical butte maxi
er was here the first of the week visit
ing his father in-law d. A. Dorsey.
Harry Bates is soon now to become
a regular resident of Ross as his house
is almost done and he will soon move
Fred Tessman sold his farm near
Ross last week and we understand he
bought another up in Viola township.
Mrs. Hannah Mills of Audubon
came up Tuesday and visited part of
the week at the Roberts home out by
the grove.
The teachers meeting at Cameron
Center had several visitors from Ross
and vicinity who always are interested
in school notes.
A little excitment was created
Tuesday in Rosa. team got loose from
the creamery and took run first over
the hill but did little damage.
Fred Ruhs manager of the Leake
elevator had the misfortune the first
of the week to break his engine and it
was sometime before hegot it back in
shape.
Malie Rutherford and High Norton
have gone into business. They are buy
ing hides and shipping them to firm
in the north and expect to do thriv-
ing business.
1t is wonderful what the growth of
Ross has been the past year. Its pop
ulatlon has increased 100 per cent as
has business and new houses. 1t will
soon be quit city.
Robert Rutherford Sr. was in
Manning Tuesday making deal for
thelots just north of Henry Conboy's.
Hs expects to build there on and then
move to town and take life easy.
The Telephone Company east of
town are getting the poles mp and
hope to soon be ready for operation.
A meeting is called in Audubon for
January, % to which all farmers
should go.
Uncle Sammy Jordan was celebrate
ing a birthday Tuesday that put him
up to about II years. He had a very
severe cold and could not speak loud
but was glad never the less that he
is still among those who walk and
talk with men.
There was meeting Tuesday Of
the directors of the creamery to trans
act such business as came before them.
They rehired their butter maker Ber-
tel Jensen who has already been with
them three years and this will make
the fourth. He proved proficient
man and one who thoroughly under
stands his work and is turning out
butter that is credit to the cream
cry. But two OF the routes were let to
haulers for the coming year. Elmer
johnson to go over by Bethel and
Enoch Emery were the haulers hired.
Wednesday night the home of Wells
Ferguson out north east of town was
the scene of brilliant party of boys
and girls who have been together e.
nough to know and appreciate each
other. After they had spent some time
in pleasure and laughter the most
palatable of all dishes oyster was
served and in it was not found the
proverbial one oyster swimming SOL
itary and lonesome, but dishes in
which the claiming, bivalvulous tesla
ceous mollusk of the genus ostrea,
jostled each other about to tickle the
palate of merry gatherers.
Dead.
Word came in Wednesday over the
phone from Audubon that Will
Schrader had passed away at the home
OF his parents, near there, the disease
supposed to be appendicitis. He has
been very sick for week and the first
of this week the attending physician
intended to operate upon him but we
understand concluded not TO. He was