Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-16
ROSS

Nels Olsen sent car of hogs to
Omaha Tuesday evening.
DR.. Lass is in Chicago this week
with his patient Mrs. Sorensen.
Markets up to Tuesday evening:
Corn 5Sc, wheat sic. oats 29c, barley
Sac, hogs $40.
Fred Genung, a cousin of Mrs. Lulu
Clark, left Tuesday for ST. Paul for
visit with friends.
John Quimby and wife Wen to GRAY
sunday and visited with their old time
friend, Geo. Gray.
Two land agents from Dakota were
IN town last week talking up the good
prospects of that country
;. A cousin of Mrs. A. Quimby who
lives at Waterloo arrived Tuesday for
short visit and was gladly welcomed.
Allie Quimby and wife drove to the
pleasant home of Jack O'Brian Sunday
and had good days visit with them.
Jim McKeig had the misfortune to
break thetongue ofthe hucksteriwagon
the first of the week and had to drive
in without it.
Fred Ruhs purchased three cars of
hay last week of Cy Sampson and has
part of it shipped out and will put the
rest of it out soon.
Ross begins to assume city propor-
tons. New crossings were put in last
week and as soon as the sidewalks get
in the. place will look quite citified.
Mrs. Girard, of Arbor Hill and
Bertha Hammel, of Carroll, were over
Sunday visitors at the G. D. Hart home
being cousins of the mistress of that
home.
Chas. Wilde, of Extra, was up Tues
day and stopped for few minutes to
speak to his old time friends. He is
doing good business there with lots
of hustling.
G. J. McCuen has had a kitchen
built onto the rear of their home and
will have more room for the women
folks now and less heat in the remaind-
er of the place.
Mrs. Lyden, of Stuart, arrived in
town the first of the week and is hav.
ing nice visit at the home of her
cousin, Mrs. Robert Rutherford, in the
east part OF town.
John Rutherford returned from his
trip to Oklahoma Monday much taken
up with that country. He purchased
q tract of land there and expects to
realize considerable on it.
Elmer Johnson left Tuesday morn.
ing for the Dakotas to get threshing
outfit which we understood he ex-
pected to bring back to this COM
munity to help the farmers out.
Nels Christensen is building new
home on the ranch just east of the old
one. We did not learn whether or not
1t is to be tenement house but believe
it is being built for that purpose.
There was social gathering of
young people at the home of Tom
Rutherford's, east of town, Sunday.
The young folks took ice cream and all
| together had splendid good time.
John Makes left on the train Tues
day and guesses as to his destination
were made but as he made no one a
contidant and only said he would be
back in day or two that knowledge
had to suffice us all.
AL Quimby and his crew Of painters
are busy this week at the home of Fred
Horning who has just recently erected
fine new house which will loom up
well when painted, showing the pros
| perity and success Fred meets.
Last Thursday Adam Killinger's
boys were up to Ross and when re-
turning home they lost two manure,
forks. Any one finding the same would
confer a favor by returning same to
them or telling where they are.
Mrs. Sorensen, by the advice of her
| physician, DR.. Lass, went to Chicago
last week to undergo an operation by
one of the most noted physicians and
surgeons of that city. She has been
in poor health for several years and
her friends are in hope that the opera
ton will be of much benefit TO her.