Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1903-11-05
addition to his barn out on the ridge


near Gray last week.
j. u. Moore intended starting for
Oklahoma Tuesday evening to have
look at that much talked abont par
adise of land statesmen.
Miss Myrtle Justesen visited Sat-
urday night and Sunday at the home
of her friend, Miss Ethel Dryden,
near the Center school house.
Farmers were picking corn quite
lively last week when they were in
terupted by the three days rain COM
mencing the last of last week.
G. Justesen 81 Son are engaged in
the laudable occupation of pumping
water out of their cellar under the
store, owing to the rains of the last of
the week.
Oluf Hansen was sadly disappoint-
ed last Sunday on account of the rain
preventing his trip to Elkhorn. We
didn't hear how it was at the other
end of the line.
The Elkhorn Lumber Company
received car of lumber the past
week and the Kimballton the
car of shingles which has been lost for
two and one-half months, was side
tracked here Tuesday morning.
johnson & Christensen have a great
big box of twofers to give the boys
if they will replace their wire and
other goods scattered around rather
promiscuously Saturday night.
There will be communion services
after preaching in the Evangelical
church next Sunday morning Rev.
j. II. Yaggy officiating. The after
noon and evening services will be held
at the Fair View appointment.
The 100 yard foot race between
Wizard of Bear Grove and Charley
Wells of Hamlin came off at Nelson
Saturday as announced and as
predicted, our champion came out
ahead.
We failed to get the stock markets
Tuesday as we'll as the sales made by
our farmers the past week, owing to
the dealer not arriving from his home
in Audubon before the hour of our
leaving.
A rag carpet sewing bee was held
last Thursday at the home of Mrs. C..
Spencer, southeast of town. Quite a
crowd of ladies attended and piled
their needles diligently. Near the
close of the meeting refreshments were
served and all felt happy and con-
tented.
Hamlin markets for Tuesday of
this week:
Wheat 63c; corn 33c;oats279; barley
mailing SIC; hard coal 9 so; Illinois
500; Centerville $50; creamery but
ter 223c; dairy 16c; eggs IS; potatoes
75c; hens &c; ducks &c; turkeys 74c;
geese SIC.
The Iowa State Dairy Inspector
was looking over the Blue Grass
creamery lately and as he did
not raise any objections the pre-
sumption is he did not find anything
amiss. Indeed Fred aims to keep
everything connected with his part of
the business in ship shape as clean
land neat as boiling water, ETC., can
| make it. The gentleman also in
spected the Sharon creamery and pro-
nounced everything satisfactory.
The Kimballton and Elkhorn Lum.
Der Companies announce their inten-
ton of holding meeting at Kimball-
ton on Friday, Nov. 6, at o'clock D.
NJ, to talk over the proposition long
considered of consolidating the two
companies. Heretofore several meet.
ings have been held by the men mos,
interested but they were separate and
no chance for all agreement could bt
reached but now that they NEE,
together something is more likely t.
be accomplished.
Halloween was celebrated here las
Saturday according to the ideas of tn,
present knowing and rising genera.
ton of young Americans, in exchang
ing property, piling vehicles in out
of-the- way places but as far as W,
learned they did not stoop in singh
instance to break or injure any prop
erty which shows, while the spiri
of fun prevailed among them, Their
was nothing malicious in their antics
The most suggestive feature of thei
mischief was the establishment of
miniature saloon and refreshmen
stand in the middle of main stree
weft of the elevator where kegs, jugs
TASKS and other articles pertaining t,
a saloon We're gathered, and they hat
one barrel filled with the real thin!
which they surreptitiously rolled OF
Justesen & Sons porch but the rea
thing was good cider vinegar. /
part of the saloon still remaine
Tuesday.