Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-02
ROSS

James Mccoy has accepted posi-.
ton in the store and expects to remain
during the summer.
Allie Quimby has quit working in
the store and will do other lines OF
work during the year.
Ed Bates had a car of baled hay
loaded the first of the week and sent it
out to O. brother of his.
Markets as they closed Tuesday, corn
ear "a, shelled %, wheat 81, oats 25,
barley SO, hogs $3.50 and up.
Miss Mata Beers was up to Gray
last Saturday and visited with her sis
ter Mrs. Albert Fest until Sunday.
John Weighton was over Tuesday
afternoon looking over his lumber
yard with his manager Fred Ruhs.
Every one in the vicinity of Ross
who have colts to break have been
busy the past week getting them ready
for spring work.
Several of the boys from here were
visitors in the county seat between
u lillS pay tdASS anu lOOh dllcl
lines of business.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. N. Wickham had
the care of a sick girl the first of the
week and the disease was giving them
considerable worry.
Fred Ruhs and Cameron Ross went
down to Audubon presumably to visit
relations but they may have called at
other places last Sunday
The blacksmith is very busy now
and the worthy smith has added a
horse power polisher and is better
equipped to do any and all kinds of
work.
. Quarterly meeting will be held next
Sunday week in the church at Bethel
at the usual service hour and full at
tendance of the members and friends
are cordially invited to be present.
EsrRAY-Taken up at my place four
miles east and one and one-half miles
south of Ross, red two-year-old
Steer, crippled behind.
WATT FRY.
Harry Bates has rented part of the
Passmore place and will farm it dur
ing the coming year. 1t will not be
enough to keep him from doing the
usual summer work with the shelter.
VIM. Diest sold good horse the
first of the week receiving $125 for the
same. The horse market has gone out
of sight and it is a big temptation to
sell the good horses out of the country.
The ladies around the home of Chas.
Farnhams came Tuesday and helped
in rag sewing. The good ladies had
a good sociable time together and at
the same time turned of lot of work
for their hostess.
The members of the church at Ross
have been discussing the question of
some kind of Easter service
by the Sunday school. This has be-
come universal practice of the church
and they will do we'll to follow it up.
Allie Quimby was busy the first of
the week putting a woven wire fence
about the Charley Wilde property so
that chickens and other animals will
have to find other tramping ground
and there will be chance for grass to
grow.
The Viola post office was closed on
Tuesday and this added a lot more
boxes on the rural free delivery. Post
master Quimby now has 123 boxes
which undoubtedly makes it the route
in the county having the largest num-
Der of boxes.
The young people who love the light
fantastic were invited to the Huffman
home last Friday night for surprise
dance on their daughter Polly. Every
thing had been arrayed in nice way
to have good time in which the
young lady was an able assistant after
the surprise that they gave her had
worn off.
The young people of Ross and vi
cinity gathered at the home of the
rural free delivery carrier, Jens Soren-
sen and wife, Tuesday night and sur
prised him by being ready for the
merry dance. Jens easily threw off
his dignity as servant of Uncle Sam
and began to help them to have
good time with the same zeal he gives
to distributing mail.