Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1902-01-30

> Rattenborg will not haul milk
% coming season. He will turn his
attention strictly to tilling the soil.
Owen Pray will have a sale on
Monday, February ), at his residence.
two and one-half miles Southwest of
the Station.
Zion & Company have but few gro
ceries and less dry goods left, but
they still sell at the reduced prices
established two months ago.
Counselman & Company are wait
ing to let the grain market settle a
little before buying much, there being
too many ups and downs just now.
Soren Sorensen, living about four
miles west of town, is one of the men
hired to manipulate the milk cans the
coming year, SO we were Informed on
last Tuesday.
The Elkhorn Lumber Company's
teamster, Tom Bruhn, now of Bray
ton will be obliged to build house
here as he cannot rent nor buy one
already for occupancy.
Hamp Jones went to Extra on bust
ness, last Tuesday, by way of Hamlin
and the Rock Island. He seemed to be
as happy as if he had two Sheriff.
Offices in his possession.
George Struthers blislered his face
last Sunday morning in making the
trip to and from the creamery. The
cold doing the business for him in
the most approved style.
Services on Sunday, February I'd,
as follows: Brushy College, at eleven
O'Clock in the morning; Fairvies, three
in the afternoon; Hamlin Station at
half past seven in the evening.
Frank Braun, who resides south of
Brushy College in Hamlln township,
is adding to his available farming
land twentY-five acres of brush and
timber land which he is clearing off.
William Layland, last Saturday,
purchased fifteen head of calves of
John johnson who resides in south
west Hamlin township. He intends
to stock his place, near the poor farm,
with young cattle.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Gill,
on January "a, a ten pound boy.
Accept our best wishes for his welfare
and may he grow up to be the
strength and support of his parents
in their declining years.
The Blue Grass Creamery Compa-
ny have not secured the necessary
number of haulers for next year, the
job being very arduous and nonoto-
nous. People are not falling over each
other to secure the contract.
Chris Justesen, known as " Happy
Chris" was in his element last Tues
day weighing coffee, tea and sugar,
measuring calico, muslin, etc. He is
always pleasant and happy and makes
those about him feel the same.
o p. Tyler has his stock cattle at
home again from the Heath farm,
north east of this place, where they
were cleaning up the rough feed own
ed by parties over there and not need
ed by them. Mr.. Tyler and a party
are still in the Lone Star State.
John Zion was busy the first of the
week taking an invoice and weighing
out the hardware department Of his
store to johnson and Christensen, the
new firm preparing to open IAN i'm
plement and hardware store in the
building they recently purchased of
James Elrod.
The directors of the Blue Grass
Creamery did the very wisest thing
possible last weik when they retained
their able buttermaker, Fred Heile-
man, for another year. He uGder-
stands the business thoroughly and
gives universal satisfaction to all con-
cerned in the management.
Olaf johnson, who will manage the
new implement and hardware store in
this little city, was in town last Tues
day and took an invoice of the hard
ware purchased of Zion & Company.
He seems business man from start
to finish and will no doubt soon estab-
fish good trade in this locality.
There is considerable stir in this
town over Rev. w. A. Sundays dis
courses, in Audubon, and those who
have had the pleasure of listening to
one of his scathing sermons, on the
vices into which mortal man is liable
to indulge say he is right onto his job
and doing his work effectually but
still they go to hear him.
The grain markets having taken a
decided drop within the past week
Hamlin buyers have decided to fol-
low suit and quoted, for Tuesday
only, prices as follows: Wheat, $50
corn, 47c; oats, SIC; hogs about the
same as last week. Justesen reports
turkeys 94c; chickens CSC; ducks &c
potatoes, S1.S5; butter, Tic for coun-
try, 23c for creamery; and eggs, 1Sc
with a sure rise next week if the
weather continues severe.