Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
ROSS

G. D. Booten of Audubon was up the
first of the week calling on business
men.
Read oar al O,l first page az
regard to the audubon COtg1l-
ty Directory.
Mrs. Alex Ferguson was in Ross
Tuesday visiting with her old time
friend and neighbour, Mrs j. Single
decker.
Markets up to Tuesday, corn shelled
224c, ear 24Ic, wheat sac, oats 26c,
barley SOC, hogs $3.50, butter lac,
eggs l2c.
Wagner & McCuen shipped out
load of hogs Tuesday night that they
had purchased of the farmers in this
community.
August Nielzel recently purchased
a cream colored team of Henry Ruhs
and now drives one of the finest look
ing turnouts in the country.
Jim Rutherford returned home
Monday from Vail where he had been
to visit friends or as we might suspect,
friend, he will not confess the fact
however.
Capt. Hart of Audubon was up
Tuesday visiting his son Dave, and
telling the boys "reminiscences of the
war times.
Jay Eddy marketed twenty good
hogs Monday. Jay feels quite salts
fed with this part of his farm work
for last year as these gave him fair
summers wages.
Miller & Bates will DE at the home
of G. Kraft Friday to shell out about
thousand bushels of corn for him
which he expects we understand to
place on the market.
Lou Beers has begun work on his
house and has the frame work all up
and is fast enclosing it. He is putting
up a neat cottage residence that will
help out the looks of the town.
Miller & Bates went up to the Nels
christensen ranch this week and
shelled out about four thousand
bushels of corn for him. He uses this
kind of feed in the summer for his
feeders.
Glenn McCuen has fixed his meat
wagon up and goes to Gray today
with it. He expects to make regular
trips to that town this summer and
thinks he will go on Tuesdays and
Saturdays.
Jay Shingledecker was down to the
poor farm Tuesday looking after some
of the affairs of the county. Jay is
always careful to look after the best
interest of the people even if he some
times has to neglect his own business
to do it.
Rev. Knoll, the new pastor for the
German church here, preached his
first sermon Sunday and quite pleased
welcomed to this city by every one
and they are glad to have them in
their midst.
The Sewers boys were in town
Monday with hogs that Melted them
about $3.50. This kind of farming
pays. He who raises all corn will
ultimately kill his land, so experience
is teaching that mixed farming is the
kind that pays.
The boys in the harness shop are
about the busiest fellows in town.
They do not get caught up with the
old orders until new ones come in, SO
they work both night and day. They
are we'll pleased with the patronage
they are receiving.
John Rutherford went down to
Audubon Tuesday to purchase horse
to go on his huckster wagon. He
finds that his patrons all appreciate
his effort on their behalf and are
DESTROYS of having him make the
regular trips past their place.
Robert Gilbert, one of Viola town
ships best feeders, was in Monday
night with two cars of cattle of his
own feeding which he sent to the
Chicago markets. Mr.. Gilbert is 6
good judge of cattle and nearly al
ways clears up some money on what
he ships.
Mrs. Harrington and her two daugh
ters, who have been visiting he
brother, Frank Taylor, departed last
Friday for Seattle, Washington, wher,
! they will make their future home
There in the land of sea breezes of bis
trees and endless forests, they will try
a climate that they trust and hope
4 will far surpass this.
Ross was full of cyclone painters
2 big and small this week. A mani,
4 for red buggies seemed to have takel
4 possession of them and all will sool
appear in flaming red. Ed. Ruther
ford finished up two, Allie Quimb,
one, Fred Ruhs one and Glen Nc
4 Cuen his meat wagon. All will nov
be bidding for the various jobs o
painting to be done in the country.
The boys of Ross are organizing
base ball team. They have now balls
mits and other paraphernalia necessar.
to make the team success. They ar
starting in with enthusiasm and som
of them are now so they can catch
ball without using bushel basket
There is some splendid timber in ant
around the town and there is N
reason why Ross should not have frs
place in the county in this grea