Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-09-11

The old barn back of the Bates 81
| Wilde implement store, is being torn
down this week and the lumber used
for other purposes.
Frank Miller went out to the John
Bonwell farm in Viola the first of
the week and shelled out 1000 BUSH
els of corn for him.
Vern Olney of Atlantic and his
brother j. 3. Olney of LaSalle were
guests last week at the f. L. TAYLOR
home on short visit.
The lumber company here had
three buildings in Ross painted a
bright red the last of the week and
shows up much better.
George Stemm has had his harness
shop painted the last Of the week.
Contractors Huffman and Burrs are
doing the carpenter work.
Dave Hart, Frank Miller and Lu
Beers and their families went to LUG
cocks grove Sunday and participated
in most enjoyable picnic.
Mart Olsen of Manning came down
Tuesday evening and visited between
trains with his brother Nels Olsen,
the stock buyer at this place.
Mr.. McGraff who intended to COM
mence work at the harness shop this
week writes that he will be on hand
to begin work sometime this week.
Allie Quimby is down at Audubon
this week working for contractor j.
g. F. Wicker on the new Catholic
school which is being erected in that
city.
Lu Graves new home is nearly
completed and will soon be ready for
occupancy as the plasterers were ex-
pecting to finish up their work this
week.
The new cellar at the farmers
store has been cemented this week
and is now an excellent place to store
vegetables during the cold winter
months.
Mrs. Morris of Montezuma arrived
this week and will visit for time
with her daughter, Mrs. Claude Nc
Donald and family who reside in the
vicinity of Ross.
Harry Northup and wife thinking
that the people of this vicinity need
ed little recreation invited in
number of their friends Saturday
evening and all proceeded to pass
away few hours in social dance.
Geo. Heurman who has been work.
ing in South Dakota this week ar
rived in Ross the last of the week and
is visiting with his friend Theo Mar
tin and other acquaintance in Ross.
The Misses Phebe and Sadie Olson
gave very pleasant party Wednes-
day night at the home of their father
and quite number Of young people
from Audubon were out to enjoy all
the festivities prepared for them.
| Geo. Stemm and his son Chas.
made an exchange Of farms this week
for the coming year. Chas. will
farm Georges farm and Clint Stemm
will farm the VIM. Passmore place
formerly occupied by Charley.
Albert Fest, we'll known to the
people of Ross and vicinity went up
to Manning Tuesday where he ac-
copied position as clerk in the
grocery department of the Manning
Mercantile Co.. Albert began work
at once and will be able to give his
employers good service, as he has
had many years experience as clerk
in Ross.
| Why should not Ross have a pub
lie shool within the city limits as
there is now about thirty or forty
children of school age living within
the town limits and now all are
obliged to 60 one mile to the nearest
place to receive their daily instruc-
ton. 1t is not so bad in the summer
time when the weather is good but in
the winter when the weather is cold
and the roads are blocked with snow
a number of small children of a
school age are deprived from the
benefit OF an instructor on account of
the distance to school, while if a
school was erected in town all could
attend daily during the cold and dis
agreeable times as we'll as when it is
pleasant. A tax might be levied
sufficiently high to erect building
and provide for the maintenance of a
public school here. A number of
: the tar payers in Ross are in favor of
such move and several think that it
will not be long before flag will
float from the flagstaff on the belfry
of a school house in Ross which will
be much appreciated by parents hav-
ing children attending school.