Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-18
GRAY

Jeff Slough is at Perry this week
visiting his relatives.
Orville Beers is blowing corn for
Bert Denny and is making his hand
turn to good purpose
Frank Wilson and wife of Audubon
were guests Sunday at the home of
MFR. and Mrs. Frank Corner.
Bert Keith and wife of Audubon
visited Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs. b..
E. Beems, the two ladies being sisters.
Fred Hepr is gathering up car of
all kinds of old iron and will soon
have enough to make the car so he can
ship.
Asmus Boysen is having Jim luton
to build new house on the farm
where the recent high wind destroyed
the house.
Mrs. Jess .Markley has been quite
seriously sick the past week and Mrs.
Chat Dustin has been out helping her
with the work.
Fred Ross is busy on the new house
they are having erected and when it is
done will have one of the neatest farm
residences in the country.
The oil man from Audubon got up
again Tuesday for the first time in two
weeks as the roads have been in such
a condition he could not get through.
The Gray base ball boys went out
north of town Sunday and wiped up
the earth with the local team, to the
tune of nine to fourteen in favor of
Gray.
7. B. Creveling has ordered new
switch board for his 'phone system
for the store that he will have put in
and at work by the latter part of the
week.
Chris Jensen has been having to
dray with new horse in his team
lately as one of his old team got it's
foot badly cut some time ago and is
unable to work.
Ben Halber was again in town last
week and says he has gained twenty
seven pounds since May 10th, a gain
of almost pound day which is
most remarkable.
Mr.. Lewis east of town have found
it profitable to tile parts of their low
ground and have been busy the past
week or more getting the ground in
good drainage condition.
w. T. Shepherd, auditor of this sec.
ton Of the Green Bay, was in town
last Friday checking over the books
for Peter Perrion and found every
thing in a satisfactory condition.
Grandma Matsen is steadily growing
weaker. She is now so she cannot
speak aloud and the relatives do not
expect her to live very much longer as
her extreme old age is against it.
Oran Welch sent out five cars of
cattle last Saturday to the Chicago
markets. They showed that thew had
been carefully cared for and would
stand we'll towards the top on the
market.
The United Brethren parsonage is
now painted and looms up among the
houses of the town in first class shape
and is q credit to the church and com
munity and a convenience to the
occupants.
Harry Arnold of the Corn Exchange
Bank in Audubon was ur the first of
the week overseeing some repairs on
his farm where Ad Settlemire lives.
He is putting in a foundation and
otherwise fixing up the premises.
Charley Beers has purchased a team
of goats and is breaking them to work.
Just what he intends to do with them
is not yet known. He may use them
as leaders on the wagon or some thing
like that but time will tell their use.
The ridge nine and the Manning
second nine played ball last Sunday
in Lincoln township. We understand
there was some trouble with the
authorities over the game being PLAYED
on Sunday and some of the players are
likely to be fined.
Last Tuesday evening the friends
and parishioners of Rev. Hicks and
wife gathered with baskets full of
edibles and went to the parsonage all
unknown to the residents therein and
gave them surprise and an evening
of solid enjoyment and pleasure.
We saw some new potatoes Tuesday
grown by Uncle James Foster, and
they were far more mature than we
had anticipated they would be. He
says they were not put in extra early
nor had he tried to crowd them any.
But he always has good garden.
Fred Drier has put in about 400 rods
of thing on his place the past year and
has his low lands in good condition
for the plow. Parts of this land is too
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