Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-01-29

DR.. Fulton came up to the Ben Hal
bur home the first of the week to see if
he could be moved to Shelby county
as he is a charge of that county, a de-
!cision of the courts making it imposs-
IDLE for this county to care for him
and throwing the responsibility on
Shelby county.
Peter J. Petersen, Howard Kittell
Chris Jensen and Will Barger took
the initiation work in the /. o. o. F.
lodge last Saturday night. After the
work was completed for the night a
spread was given the members and
a good time was enjoyed by all during
the whole evening service.
The young people gathered in their
gala attire last Monday night at the
home of Albert Goss for an evenings
social dance. When the music sound
ed the feet of the young people became
as unmanageable as those of their
fathers and mothers before them and
they we're soon whirling in the mystic
muses..
The coal famine is at last broken.
Monday Liken & Son and the Green
Bay each got two cars and the farm
CAS CauuC AOChluEs III lIOLu every quar-
ter to supply themselves for future
needs. They have all been burning
whatever they could get around the
farm and the town people began to
look askance at their coal bin. Mon
day was one of the big days for the
town. The coal cars looked like bee
hive, the men swarming all over them
helping each other and themselves to
get hurried load.
There is a meeting of the patrons of
the creamery Friday evening to hire a
butter-maker and transact all bust
ness that may come before them.
This is a meeting of vital Importance
to every member of the corporation for
the creameries of Audubon county are
one of the things that is giving her,
her wealth. Land has reached such a
price that the old way of farming and
selling the grain will not pay interest
on the investment. Butter fat has
now got to point that it pays to sell
it and pay in such a matter that cows
are the best income on the farm.
They are to be relied upon and the
crops cannot always be as has been
proven the past year. The man who
sticks to his cows and stock will be far
ahead of the grain seller in but few
years time. Try it.
The town of Gray has shown won
derful prosperity the past year in bust
ness activity and trade. In the live
stock line here the firm has found
that their business has more than
doubled with any of the past years.
The bank finds that they have depos-
its from farmers and merchants far in
excess of most banks in place of this
size. All other business has prospered
in accordance with these. The build
ing has not prospered as 1t might but
some are looking to it in the future.
We believe we have had some share
in this general increase in business.
The Journal has been good medium
for every merchant and we have faith
fully doomed everything worthy of
being doomed. We have had liberal
patronage and are grateful for it. We
always Appreciate what our friends
are continually doing for the good of
the Journal. We would appreciate
anyone speaking word for us to any
neighbor that they know does not
take it. We are glad to have news
sent to us or left where we can get it.
Don't be afraid to let us know if you
build anything, visit any one or have
friends visit you. 1t will interest
people in other parts of the county to
know what you are doing. We are 8
| firm believer in advertising not be-
cause we are in that line OF business,
but because it keeps merchants
wares before people who do not al
ways come to the town and they are
the ones merchant wants to get to-