Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-02-19

Chas. Wilde and wife returned from
a short visit at Extra Monday evening.
Chas. has rented house in that CITY
ana intends to move down there Fri
day. He will engage in the nipple
ment business.
A young lady of Ross received a
number of comic valentines and she
J sent them to the ones she thought sent
them to her and they proved to be
innocent parties causing all to feel
much heart broken.
Geo. Stemm has ceased to run the
harness shop. Geo. intends to devote
ms time this summer to the raising of
chlckens on large scale and intends
10 raise some fancy breeds. He thinks
that his health will be much better
IMAM to be so closely confined in the
shop.
There was show given at the
Woodmen hall Monday and Tuesday
OF this week. The show was composed
OF one lady and gentleman, who
amused the audience for some time by
telling funny stories, singing songs
and doing some good acrobatic turns.
The performance was good but the
crowd seemed to be wearied by the
peddling and offering for sale such
things as pop corn, toilet soap, song
sheets. Miss Anna Rutherford
received the prize of a set of silver tea
spoons for being the most popular
young lady of Ross.
The lumber yard which has been run
by A. j. Leake in Ross for the past
year, was sold last week to John
fNr Ir>1 l., ,
who runs yard near the Rock Island
depot Possession was given Thurs
day. Fred Ruhs will conduct the
business in the same business-like.
manner as he has in the past. Mr..
Weighton has been in the lumber bust
ness for a number of years and
thoroughly understands buying and
he will be able to give the people of
this vicinity good deals on their bills
and will accord to them the same
courteous treatment as they have
received at the hands of the retiring
manager, whose goodwill attends the
new firm in his future trade. Mr..
Leake will still continue to conduct
his grain business in Ross under the
same management.
The weather we had the first of the
week brought again to the minds of
the citizens of Ross and especially
those who had small children to send
to school the great advantages that
would be gained by having public
school in Ross. The temperature was
so extremely cold and disagreeable to
send child a mile to school as those
people in Ross who have children of
school age are obliged to do. On this
account they We're deprived of their
schooling during this cold snap, when
if school building was erected in
Ross and a school was maintained
here all the children would be in the
school each day. There were perhaps
at a safe estimate fifteen scholars that
were obliged to remain at home due to
the severe weather. When obliged to
do this for time they are sure to fall
behind in there classes and in a short
time they will begin to lose interest in
their work, as we all know from our
own personal experience of our school
days that the child who falls back in
his classes will never again recuperate
from the disgrace as would seem to
them, when in this case it was only
caused by the neglect to provide
school, and again proceed in their
work as heretofore. Let every one
think it over and by the cold weather
of next winter have flag floating
from the belfry of school house in
Ross