Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-09
~ Hanlin

Charley Wells went to Extra Sat-
urGay and showed the boys how to
run, winning the race in which he
was listed by several feet.
The Elkhorn received car of fine
finishing lumber this week which
was being transferred to the yards for
transportation to Elkhorn.
Mr.. McKibben is talking of going
to Oklahoma and renewing his youth
in the beautiful Cherokee strip on the
north line of the territory.
Last Tuesday morning Fred Heile-
man churned over 600 pounds of nice
golden yellow butter, the largest
churning for the year so far.
Miss Jessie Gerard of north Of
Extra intends to spend Saturday
night and Sunday in this town the
guest of her friend, Miss Lily Wirth,
at the parsonage.
Uncle Frank Jones, east of Hamlin.
took in all the sights of Extra on
celebration day. He has not yet re-
covered the use of his arm injured bv
tall some time ago.
Last Sunday nights services in
the Evangelical church in this town
were dispensed with the congrega-
ton spending the evening at the tent
meeting in Audubon.
j. Fl. Jones, the genial farmer on
the ridge out east of Old Hamlin
paid homage to the glorious Stars
and Stripes in the neighboring town
of Extra last Saturday.
Rev. Montgomery, pastor of the
Presbyterian church near Old Ham
lin, received renewal OF patriotic
enthusiasm by spending the fourth
in Extras shady park.
Our good bachelor friend, Jens
Andersen, manager Of the Kimball-
ton Lumber Company here, has made
the purchase of good horse which is
a good omen we take it.
Charley Wells having finished his
we'll boring and breaking of grub
land has turned his attention to lum-
Der hauling from here to the Elk.
horn yards out at that town.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. Gattin went to
Audubon last Saturday and spent the
day at the tent and listened to the
learned discourse of the Rev. Danner.
an evangelist Of note, who has been
helping hold a protracted meeting
there the past week.
The past week owing to the holt
day season but few hogs were market
ed here, Fred Nissen selling one load:
Nels Anderson one; Tom Eagan one:
Henry Rabe two; Hans Rattenborg
one; w. NJ. Thomas one; George
LaFoy Ole; l.. D. Miller one; Ira
johnson one, and Joe Heath one load.
Chris Justesen and wife passed last
Saturday out just west of town at the
bone of Mr.. and Mrs. j. P. Christen-
sen with number Of the neighbors
who preferred passing the day in
home amusements in preference to
yanking the eagles tail feathers and
firing themselves out at public de-
monstration
Peter Rasmussen manager of the
Elkhorn yards here with his family
went out to Sharon Center school
house on the fourth, where the flags
waved and the eagle scared in fine
shape. Rev. johnson was orator Of
the day and they say made fine
speech fitted to the day and it's
observance.
Charley Bartlett has grain cradle
welded by his father in his young
manhood days which is a curiosity to
the modern generation, many of
whom never saw one, let alone try it's
use. In this day of inventions and
Improvements in machinery, it finds
poor place but seventy five years
ago its use was what alone (if we
except the hand sickle saved the
crop from falling into the ground.
The farmers were nearly all engaged
in or preparing for haying the first
Of this week, wishing to take advant-
age of the few days of splendid wealth