Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-02-12
AUDUBON NEWS
MONEY TO LOAN!
,oitA the German SavSsags
BGs.sIc ut 8 per cent interest.
optional payments.
NASH. PHELPS Dc PHELPS
audubon, IOsUa

VIsiClnS UnlS week with her friend
Mrs. w. R. Green.
Q. G. Nelson is in Colfax this week
drinking mineral water and regaininp
his failing health.
Doc Needles is visiting in Manning
this week with his son who recently
purchased barber shop there.
Mrs. Lois Stuart and Mrs. Arnold
went out to Omaha Tuesday to get
something they could not find here.
w. c. Elliott came home Tuesday
from Creston where he has been look.
ing after his farm and visiting with
his parents.
A little girl came to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Clyde McGinnis to remain a
permanent visitor and teach them the
ways OF love by its innocence.
Mrs. Laura Forbes and her little
daughter, of Texas. arrived Tuesday
from Des Moines and will visit here a
short time with her sister Mrs. B. S.
Phelps.
Marriage licenses for the week end
Ing Wednesday: Herman Schrock and
Paulina Porsch; Adam Wilson Fiscus
and Clara Fiscus; George WahIert and
Mamie Hensley.
Mr.. Springer took his wife to Oska-
loosa Monday after stay here of some
length He brought her here hoping
that the change would help her as her
health is very poor but she grows no
better and he concluded to go on
home.
owen Davis went down to Atlantic
the first of the week and was present
at part of the Westhrope cattle sale
being held there. He intended to pur-
chase if he found anything that struck
his fancy but as nothing came up to
his standard in breeding he left before
the sale was over.
Will Wilson got home Tuesday from
Oskaloosa where he has been the past
month or more clerking in a shoe
store for Mr.. Springer, who has been
in the f. Vermilya store in this place.
Will says he was much pleased with
the town and had formed asso.
Citations he was loath to sever.
County Surveyor H. S. Wattles and
the County Auditor and Deputy have
been very busy the past week making
a map of the county roads by town.
ships, marking the exact widths of all
roads SO when the county grading is
begun they will know exactly how
much work may be done and where
the stakes will be.
If we are to Judge future prosperity
by the prices stock is bringing at the
multitude of sales now being held, the
coming year will be better one than
the past. Land prices have picked M
in the past two weeks. There is begin
ming to be more inquiries among the
agents for land and the predictions of
the land men is that the coming wear
will show higher prices in land than
the year just past.
Editor Journal
!. Will you please call the atten-
ton of the people to the Farmers In
stitute to be held on the II, Is and 10,
OF this, month. Those having its man
agement think that the program, car
ried out by those who have been Sc
cured for that purpose cannot fail to
De interesting as we'll as instructive.
The principal topic for the first day,
country schools, it is expected will be
discussed by those having personal
interest and while it may not be pro-
ductive of any immediate, positive
good it will, if continued certainly
result in future improvement of our
common schools upon which rests the
future welfare of our nation.
On the second day the dairy inter-
ests of the county will receive atten.
ton under the direction of Hon. HI. r.
Wright state commissioner and we
hope to see large attendance of those
interested in dairy products, either as
patrons OF our creameries or as former
butter makers. At the suggestion of
Mr.. Green waldt, county auditor we
will try on this afternoon to devote
one hour to the discussion of the road
question and hope as many as possible
of the township trustees will be pres
ent, as upon them depends in the fut-
ure the care of our roads.
On Thursday afternoon the subject
of corn will be taken up by Prof DIN,
of the State Agricultural College who
will lecture mainly on the ear and
kernel and on the selection of seed.
Every farmer in the county is grow
er of corn and should be in attendance
He may not accept any statement Mr..
yin uhy make Out VIII certainly
learn something of value, or falling in
that, hear some statement that will
set him to thinking. The secretary of
the institute had the privilege of see
ing the exhibit of corn scored at Des
Moines last December and also hear.
ing Rieff Holden lecture on corn and
now firmly believes that all farmers
have much to learn regarding that
staple crop. 1t is impossible to even
outline here the knowledge that has
been obtained by experiments in corn
breeding Come to the Institute Feb
ruary 18th and hear what an expert
has to say on the subject.
On Wednesday evening February IS
Prof. West Dodd will lecture on and
give exhibitions Of electrical phenom-
enon ola very interesting and instruc.
tive character and on Thursday fore
noon he will give practical talk on
Lightning and how to control it".
Professor Dodd is close student of
natural Electricity and his address
will contain many practical sugges-
tions regarding the elimination Of
danger and loss from lightning.
1t is earnestly hoped that there will
be large exhibit Of corn as there is