Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-04-23
this week having touch of pleurisy,
a disease to which he is subject.

disease to which he is subject.
The creamery people had meeting
here last Monday but we did not
hear of any business of importance
being transacted.
A number of admirers of the "light
fantastic dance are intending to 60
down south of Extra and attend one
gotten up by Charley Gill and set for
Friday night.
Peter Rasmussen sold a good bill of
lumber this last week to Hans
| Frederickson who is building an
addition to his home southeast of
town.
Postmaster Justesen, Hans Carsten-
sen, Chris johnson and Henry
Shryer all took in the show at the
county seat one night last week and
pronounced it fine.
Mr.. L. j. Ward of near Old Ham
lin, has secured work in freight
house in Des Moines where he has
been for two weeks. Mrs. Ward
will go there as soon as their child is
better.
Andrew Mickelsen is still trying to
find where that red COW with the
nice horns is located, she having
started back towards Kimballton
where she was purchased, few days
after he had bought her.
Frank McNally has received his
new Dempster Gasoline engine and
had M. G.. Woodruff of Extra here
putting it up and starting it to run.
He has tried it and pronounces it Just
the thing he has long been ambitious
OF owning.
j.. II. Jones reports the loss last
week of his Polled Angus bull calf,
he recently purchased at South
Omaha, with the black leg. He bought
two bulls in that city and sold one
and in less than week this one died,
but he will soon purchase another
one.
Mrs. E. J. Fenten of old Hamlin
left this Wednesday for KaIispel,
Mont, where she purchased ranch
last fall. He is preparing TO load
car with cattle and movables and will
follow in few days. Miss Elsie is
teaching spring term Of school near
here and will most likely continue to
reside in this neighborhood.
Mr.. III. Moore is bound to become
independent in few years if the in
crease in his small flock Of Oxford
Down sheep continues to multiply as
rapidly as they have this spring. He
now has fourteen nice healthy lambs
the increase from six ewes. four of
which dropped twins and the other
two triplets.
The republicans of Hamlin town
ship will meet in caucus at the Center
schoolhouse on Monday, April 81, at
s p. m. for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the county convention at
Audubon, April 20 and for the trans
action of such other business as come
before then. GEORGE SCOTT,
Chairman.
Hamlin markets on Tuesday were
equal to those of neighboring towns;
cattle, butchers stuff being quoted at
3 and 43c, hogs running from S6.75
to Sc. So, wheat 54c, corn 24ac, oats
26c, barley SOC, coal $3.50, creamery
butter f. o. b. cars at this station 81 Be.
country butter lSc, eggs 13c, potatoes
zoe, hens SC, turkeys Sc, ducks &c.
The following successful farmers
and stock raisers marketed hogs at
the station the past week; Jacob Taft
one load, Hans Knudsen one, Hans
Petersen one, Andrew Clemensen two,
Tom Christensen one, Chris Jorgen-
sen one, George Morey two, Jens
Rasmussen one, G. V. Christensen
one. r. e. Pennington one. Chris
Rood one, G. P. Lauritzen four, Otto
Larsen one, Jorgen Jensen one, Peter
Nissen one, T. r. Eagan one, G. w.
Gill one, and Nels Andersen two