Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-06-04
ROSS

Markets up to Tuesday noon: corn
309c, wheat sec, oats PC, hogs $50,
eggs II, butter IA.
Mrs. John Quimby was down to
Audubon Tuesday visiting friends and
looking after business.
Ray Bolton went over to Dedham
Tuesday to see how the people of that
community are faring.
fancy Stuart is assisting in the John
Rutherford home now and has been
there couple of weeks.
George Huerman who farms east of
town eight or ten miles was over the
first of the week visiting in the Martin
home.
George Sohn of Manning was down
last Sunday visiting friends out in the
pleasant country home Of VIM. Weld
erstein.
The store now has new phone of
the farmer lines in and can take or
send messages to any of it's farmer
friends.
Cort Kraft of the harness shop COM
pany went up to Manning Monday to
attend dance at that place and re-
ports splendid good time.
Miller & Bates went down to Owen
Davis last Friday and shelled out 800
bushels of corn expecting a good run
but are waiting for dry weather now.
The store is not running the wagon
this week. Farmers have plenty of
time to come to town with produce
and besides John don't have enough
horses to keep going.
The cream haulers at the creamery
are deserving of much credit for the
manner in which they have kept 90
ing continuously and have made their
regular collection rain or shine.
Fred Ruhs returned home last
Thursday evening from Illinois where
he had been at the funeral services of
his brother-ln-law Albert Tingst who
died very suddenly of heart failure,
Ross again comes out with fine
showing on her R. F. d. for the month
of May 1897 pieces delivered show that
their route is one in which people read
the news and keep up with the times.
Glen McCuen took his meat to Grav
Monday on the train not caring to try
the roads in their present condition,
He tried tie counting returning and
did not find it a bad method of anus.
ing himself or of locomotion.
Jens Sorensen is keeping up the ban
ner record as mail carrier as he has
only missed one day up to Tuesday
while others cannot make the rounds
either on account of horses being PLAYED
out or high water and bridges out.
Clark Jingst drove a car load of fine
hogs to Ross Monday and sold them to
one of the local buyers. In this one
load OF stock he got a better price for
his corn than If he had spent the bet
ter part of the winter hauling it to the
market.
| John Wagner went to Manning
Monday and from there on to Dakota
where he sold the land he purchased
last year. He received raise of $40
per acre on the quarter section which
is fair interest at least on the money
invested.
Everything among the farmers is at
a stand still but weeds. The fields are
beginning to look like pastures and
the owners are beginning to despair of
getting to them. If the sun ever does
come out it means some swift work for
the tillers of the soil.
The members of the German church
at this place have decided to hold
Childrens Day exercises two weeks
from the coming Sunday and are busy
making arrangements for it so that
they will give good program and a
good time to young and old.
Frank Bamsey and Docia Petty were
quietly married last Wednesday in
Audubon and no one scarcely knew of
their intention. They councelled only
the beating of their own hearts that
they found to be in unison and step.
ping bouyantly into the matrimonial
bark are steering it for the placid wat
ers of happiness and contentment,
They may expect rocks and shoals
along the pathway, but if common
sense and good judgement which both
possess are ever at the wheel guiding
they will arrive at their goal with no
ship wreck but a boat safe and secure
as when they first entered. That thew
are deserving of happiness everyone is