Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-11-05
j. E. Lewis has moved in with his
parents at old Louisville, for the time
beings SO we were informed Tuesday.


Mrs. Charley Neff, of Oklahoma,
arrived here Oh Thursday and is visit
ing her father, Henry Burton, and
other relatives.
One OF our stock buyers, John
jenkins, receiged car of cattle last
Saturday which he had purchased for
feeding purposes.
Rasmus Hedegaard of Kimballton
has closed his special sale here aud
returned with the remainder of his
goods to his home.
Mrs. Irene Howell, formerly Irene
Butfen, who has been visiting here
left Tuesday for Extra on visit to
friends residing near there.
Charles Christensen, the new black
smith and assistant, have all they can
do in their line and appear to know
their business thoroughly.
Thoroughbred Red Duroc; sows, or
gilt, call at farm 2 miles west and
mile north of Brayton or write
If 9-17-03 SAM SCHARFF.
The cheapest place in the county TO
buy Illinois, Ceuterville or Des
Moines coal is at the coal yards of 7.
j. McGovern, Brayton, la. tf-10-22
Have you any coal? Yes we keep
coal. Hard and soft and have it on
hand 365 days in the year.
lO-29-2t GREEN BAY LUMBER Co.
Frank Copely and wife, who form
erly resided on the Bartlett farm near
Brayton, visited friends here last
week. We did not learn where they
now reside.
For SALE:-Thoroughbred Duroc
Jersey boars and gifts. Call at my
place one mile west and one mile
south of Brayton.
| 10-30-3t I'll. NJ. BARTLETT.
Frank Chill, son-in-law Of A. I.
Buford who left recently for Oklaho-
ma, starts this week for that terri
tory to better his prospects for the
| future.
Hans Hansen and Hans Miller and
their families spent last Sunday at
the home of their relative, Alfred
Miller and wife near Exira's south
east suburbs.
There will be chopping bee at A..
F. Anderson's, Nov. 18th, to secure
wood for the church. ALL men all in
yited, The Ladies' Aid Society will
furnish dinner.
Geo. Fredericksen and father visit
ed friends out at Copenhagen, near
Harlan, last week; the former return
ing home Friday, the latter remain
ing to visit while longer.
Nearly every one entitled to cast a
vote exercised that grand privilege
Tuesday in this town and Oak
field by going TO Extra to cast their
I ballot for men Of their choice.
A gentleman representing the Des
Moines Elevator Co., was in Brayton
Tuesday with four cars of shelled
corn of which we were informed I. P.
Hallock took two cars, Geo. Jensen /
and o. F. Ide l..
Clarence w. Scott loaded car from
this town Tuesday with live stock of
the best breeds he could procure and
started with them for Hubbell, Neb.,
to place on his fine farm he pur-
chased some time ago.
Brayton markets tor Tuesday of
this week:
Cattle; butchers stuff 1.5O to 200,
top 41c; hogs 4.50; wheat 63c; corn
33c; oats 27ac; barley SIC; butter lsc;
eggs 1Sc; hens Sic; ducks &c; tur-
keys &c; geese SC; potatoes soc to 81 90.
&c. Hartman, the popular stock
man north of Oakfield sold a Poland
China sow one of his best to Clarence
w. Scott, of Hubbell, Neb last
Tuesday at the neat price OF $40, also
I registered Short Horn bull calf at
fancy price. MIR. Hardman attended
a Short Horn cattle sale last week at
South Omaha.
The Troublesome Valley Creamery
company made its last shipment Of
butter from Brayton Monday and the
same day the management COM
menced moving the plant to Anita to
be consolidated with one there. This
leaves large sectionof country with.
out any place to haul the milk we
are informed, and there is consider
able feeling over the matter by some
of the patrons.
The section forman, Thos. Hard
wick, received the dispiriting infor-
nation Monday from headquarters
that from that date hence forward
and forever unless otherwise notified
the wages of the section hands shall
be 81 80 per day instead of $3.50 as
heretofore and work to begin at a.
m. and close at $50 p. m. with ONE
HALF hour at noon to eat dinner.
Magnanimous? Yes, certainly. They
might have ordered the men to work
until O'Clock.