Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-05
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recovered from his illness.
There was to be a big party out at
Old Hamlin last evening at the A.
w. Bradley home, invitations being
extended by James Bradley.
Mr.. Stetzel, the son-in-law of O.
p. Tyler, has moved into the Tyler
home ready to begin farming as soon
as the spring work commences.
johnson e. Christensen will soon
begin their spring campaign for
orders for the Deering Harvesters and
other goods in the lines they handle.
Fred Heileman was meeting with
good success training his broncho to
approach the locomotive without
boiling but he succeeded very we'll
for the first trial.
Henry Wells went to Scranton the
first of the week and on Tuesday him
self and cousin left there for a trip
through Missouri and Kansas, the
latter being on the lookout for farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art McNutt residing
east of Old Hamlin are rejoicing over
the birth OF their third girl last Sun
day. Art is pleased but he would
have been much more delighted if it
had been a boy.
j. G. johnson and wife have re-
ceived invitations to be present at the
wedding of VIM. Hoegh and Miss
IoI OF 80
which will take place today Thursday
out near Elkhorn.
w. d. Young has at last concluded
there is no place like old Audubon
county, and has rented the Spencer
farm near Old Hamlin formerly
where Walt Crees farmed, the latter
moving to Old HamliD.
On Friday night the many friends
OF Rev. j. Wirth and wife propose to
give them pleasant surprise the
occasion being the anniversary of the
twentieth year of married life enjoy
ed by this worthy couple.
The hog market was not very live
ly the past week on account of rough
roads. T. HI. Sweeney bringing in
one load, P. Lauritzen one, Chris
LANCE one, Jens Otterson one, Sam
Goodwin one, P. johnson one and
Louis Larsen one load.
Ed. Dryden attended the Carr sale
north of Audubon over a week ago,
and made the purchase of twenty
head Of Oxford Down sheep to add to
his herd at home. He says there is
money in sheep if properly managed
and he will see if he can't find some
of it.
Miss Heileman of Audubon, visited
her sister, Mrs. j. Werth, last Sunday
aud gave a sacred concert at the
Alliance that evening. The lady
is spoken Of as being a musician of
high ability and those who heard her
were much pleased with the enter
tainment.
The prices for stock, grain and
other farm products on Tuesday are
quoted: Cattle butchers stuff 2c(03c,
top we'll fattened 3c@4c, hogs 500,
wheat SAC, corn &c, oats &c, barley
34c, creamery butter 27c, country 1Sc,
eggs lie, potatoes 35c, Centerville
coal s. 90, Illinois $3.50.
Just Justesen and wife had invita-
lions to attend the wedding of his
cousin, Miss Mary Christensen and
Mr.. Jacob jacobson on Wednesday of
this week out in Sharon township, at
the home OF Jens Anderson. Mr..
Jacobson is the gentleman who
delivers the Illuminating oil at Bray
ton, Extra and Hamlin.
The moving of the depot which
was conceded by all would be done,
has passed by and although Mayor
Justesen offered $50 good money, not
an inch would they bulge it tor less
than S12O, and there being not
enough interested in its removal to
help make up the sum so literally
rendered by the mayor; it will rest
where it is until it sinks out of sight
on its insecure foundation.
The manager of the Elkhorn Lum-
Der Company in this town, Mr.. Peter
Rasmussen, moved into his house last
Tuesday in order to have the house he
was living in ready for the new
occupant who is expected from
Nebraska now any day. Mr.. Ras-
mussen is a pleasant, atfable gentle
man, good business man and sales
man and we are sure it will pay you
to get his figures when contem plating
building.
Hans Frederickson, the gentleman
who purchased the Stanley farm sent
three cars of stock, machinery and
other necessaries belonging to a
modern farmer, to this station the
past week from his former home or
the Northwestern and men were in
waiting here to receive and take the
movables out to the farm. Mr.
Frederickson is expected to arrive
this week with two more cars OF
household and other goods when he
will at once prepare for his spring
work.