Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-03-19
FARM LOANS.
5 Per Cent. Interest once a year,
$4,000 optional payments with
Davenport SaHings Bank.
BAGLEY q NELSON

last Friday after weeks visit with
her parents.
| j. G. Jones has purchased the Bur
dick property and they will soon
move to it.
Gus Forsbeck, of Gray, Yves in town
Tuesday talking with friends and
looking after business affairs.
Jim Griffin, of Atlantic, came up
on the evening train Wednesday, and
was talking trade with some of the
dealers In the town.
G. d. Porter got back from Kansas
| City Wednesday evening where he
has been for few days looking after
personal business interests.
Get our prices on doors and windows
and water tanks and all kinds of mill
work before buying.
If JAMES HART.
The Sunday school of the M. e.
church are making preparations to
observe Easter Sunday as their usual
missionary day and are preparing q
good program for that occasion.
Jim Call, from down by Anita, was
in town Wednesday looking after
business affairs. He has sold his farm
down by that place and has gone to
Nebraska where he purchased large
tract of land out west of Lincoln to
which he will move
B. S. Phelps went to Davenport
Wednesday evening to look after bust
ness matters In connection with their
loan business in this county. He ex-
expected to go on to Chicago before
he returns to look after business mat
| tiers there.
Harvey Maharg purchased some of
| the fine stock last week while down
at Des Moines to add to his already
high grade herd. Harvey is always
on the lookout for something to better
his stock and generally knows when
| he has found such an animal.
| Miss Elma Miller of Ute, is here
visiting her aunt, Mrs. VIM. Cloughly.
She will go from here to Carson and
trim in the millinery, department in
! the store OF J. M. Thomas formerly of
Extra but now having one of the best
stores in that part Of the country.
The ladies of the Columbian Club
have secured for the library number
of pamphlets along the line of work
the club is studying and those desir-
ing to read up on the subjects will
find much of interest in them. They
are government reports and every
| thing in them can be relied upon.
j. III. Wolf reports that his son,
who underwent the amputation of his
leg in the hospital here, is improving
nicely and they had hoped to take
him home this week, but the doctor
thinks he had better remain some
time longer. Mr.. Wolf is we'll pleased
with all the work he has had done for
him and expects to send him to Chi
cago soon to get limb to fit him SC
he can walk with but little difficulty.
| The public school will close here
Friday so that the teachers may at
tend the meeting of the Northeastern
Teachers Association that meets in
Carroll the latter part of this week az
per the program the Journal published
last week. Every teacher in the coun
ty should avail themselves of the op
!. portunity to go as its nearness relieve!
: them of the usual heavy expense ant
!, they will hear subjects discussed tina
} will be of vital interest to all schoo
people.
This seemed to be an unlucky weeF
for the Northwestern. Tuesday they
broke down above Manning and die
not get down here until afternoon
keeping their passengers waiting hal
the day. Wednesday they got dowr
on fair time, and ran the engine VI
onto the turn-table to turn. The en-
c.;v cI, 1t !,
, could and got off to help turn. The,
9 old engine took notion to go ahea,
3 and jumped off and ran her nose int
3 the ground SO that. the wrecking GREY
had to come from Carroll to put i
back onto the track. Their old engin
: is nothing but a rattle-trap anywa,
and only fit for the iron pile.
e There was an enthusiastic meetin
2 of the business men last Friday nigh
e in the court house in response to tn
/. call of Mayor IVA. Nash to conside
means of offering enough inducement
for railway of some character bein
put through from Des Moines t
Council Bluffs. The proposed roa
from Kimballton to Manning wit
y the hearty support it has receive
d from the farmers along the propose
e roadway has encouraged them to b
e lieve that the through and more d,
sireable route from east to west
IS possible and is coming to be almos
% q necessity as the present rail-roa
IS facilities are entirely inadequate
j. carry the business as it should be.
q line east and west parallel with tt
Y Rock Island and Northwestern mic
q way between the two would hay
It plenty of territory to get good bus
,e ness to support it and would soon |
3, paying good dividends on the inves
q: ment as has been proven by ele
d trio railways being built parallel wit
\, and nearer to steam lines in 9th,
q. states. A committee consisting
s. Mayor j. A. Nash, D. c. Mott ar
IS w. G. Elliott was appointed to inves
3, igate and report at some future NEE
n ing. Mr.. Elliott of this committee
" already director in one of the pr