Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-07-16
GRAY

August Nietzel went up to Manning
Tuesday to look after business of per-
sonal interest.
The condition of Geo. Gray is i'm
proving and the doctors have hopes of
an early recovery.
Mr. McWilliams went up to Man
ming Tuesday to attend to matters of
personal business affairs
Fred Bowman sold his Missouri farm
to his son-in-law, Richard Glinkie,
who will remain in Missouri.
Jay Lancelot, who has been away
on business returned home last Friday
to look after his business interests
here.
L. b. Creveling purchased of Ed.
Rice Tuesday his fine carriage and
they can now take in the evening
breezes in good shape.
Asmus Boysen was home from Chi
cago last Saturday and the whole
family are expected this week to re-
main here for the present.
c. E. Mertz has started a shooting
gallery on the east side of his store and
the boys are having a good time seeing
who can hit the bulls eye the most.
Mrs. Needles, of Audubon, has been
in Manning part of last week and on
her return home stopped off for few
days to visit with her daughter, Mrs.
Elmer Beems.
Oleva Poulson, of Eagle Grove, ar.
rived Monday at the home of her
cousin, Ad Firebaugh, and expects to
remain for some time to help them
with their work.
Bert Lacy got back from the far
west Thursday where he has been for
some time looking up prospects for the
future. He is now employed in wait
ing on Geo. Gray at nights.
Maud Denton went to Manning the
first of the week to visit for week or
more with close personal friend of
hers and to get good rest and change
from her usual routine of work.
T. B. Creveling reports his huckster
wagons doing better business this
year than last. They are virtually
covering the same territory but are
getting in more produce and putting
out more supplies.
While you are out moving your
meadows take turn along the road
and get those weeds down, then get
under the fences and in the corners
with scythe. Your $50 per acre
farm will look much improved.
Last Saturday as Marvin Liken was
riding on horse back he fell off it
and broke several bones of his hand.
The manner of his fall made it a lucky
strike as the accident could easily
have been much more serious and
painful.
| Fred Bowman, former resident of
this community, arrived from Mis-
souri, last Saturday with his family.
| He is now on the lookout for an All
dubon county farm as he believes it is
as good portion of the county as he
can find.
The streets look deserted these DAYS.
Even the dogs refuse to get out and
bark at the occasional farmer who
comes to town. The farmers are too
busy in the field to come in and the
merchants are taking life easy by force
of circumstances.
Ham Buckner brought in two cars
of good hogs the first of the week and
shipped them off to Omaha. Ham is
good feeder and had them in first.
class condition and as they were of
good breeding they made good show
ing to begin with.
Nels Christensen brought three cars
of hogs from the ranch the first of the
week and shipped to the markets.
| They had quite serious time to get
them to town as they drove them and
about thirteen strayed into the weeds
and fences many of which died by the
road side of over heat.
U. S. Beebe and wife have had the
care of little girl the past week who
has been nursing hand severely
scalded by putting its hand in boiling
water. When brought to the doctor it
had become very painful and it will
take some time for it to be healed up
and so it can be used.
A minister by the name of Brewster,
OF Harlan, and another one from Dow
City whose name we did not learn
We're in Gray the first of the week
preaching on the the street and ex-
pounding the doctrine Of the latter
day saints as being the essential be-
lief to carry one unto the eternal
paradise of dreams in the land beyond
Help in the field is very scarce in
this community. Harvesting and hay
ing is at hand and $3.50 per day does
not bring men to the fields. Farmers
cannot really afford to pay those fig.
ures but are compelled to do so on &C
count of scarcity and laziness in help.
The man who loafs or tramps these
times should receive no pity or assis.
tance for he can make plenty and
does not need to go far to get it.
The teachers who have been down
at the county institute for the past
two weeks returned home the last of
last week after taking the examina.
lions and are now waiting to see if
they passed successfully. Few small
towns can boast of as many teachers
as Gray or have turned out as many
who have made as brilliant success
along this line. They have realized
the great responsibility there is in the
work and then thrown in tremendous
energy which has made it success