Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-11-23

Oluf Hansen of Homlin was home
over Sunday.
Don't forget the land bargains at
the Journal office.
Rasmus Nissen has moved into his
new home in South Elk Horn.
Mrs. j. G. Johnson, wife of the I'M
plement man at Hamlin visited with
her parents Mr. and Mrs. N. Cars
Jensen last week.
Hans Petersen of the firm of Peter
sen & johnson went to Des Moines
Tuesday to be in attendance at the
ceremonies at Grand View College.
Joe James put in some of the fam
GUS Nelson sorghum last week. This
sorghum is the produce of the Nelson
factory just west of Extra and is A 1
in quality.
Nels Hansen of Extra, member OF
the firm of Hansen & Cunningham,
was calling on old Elk Horn friends
one day last week. His wife accom-
panied him.
Peter Petersen, our former black
smith has gone into partnership with
Clause Hansen, in the butcher shop
and you may now get meat any day
at their market just west of Joe
James store.
Hans Rattenborg and family were
ont Mondov ord Tpaedou ~ +ho;u
auto, visiting their many Elk Horn
friends. Hans and his wife contem-
plate going to Denmark, to spend the
winter.
| Hans Hansen, son of the Elk Horn
harness maker arrived home Thurs
day after about years absence in
the Dskotas and the West. Hans
looks fine showing that the trip did
him good. He will probably remain
in Elk Horn this winter.
Somehow or other ye scribe mis-
understood the situation when he
mentioned Charles Setback as horse
buyer last week. Mr.. Setback is not
dealer at all. We shoulder the blame
for the misstatement and blame it
onto poor hearing due to our old age.
i Frek Kjar gave grand platform
.dance at the home of his father. in law
Peter Steffensen, Sunday last. The
tent and platform were erected and a
vast crowd numbering somewhere
about two hundred were present and
enjoyed one of the pleasantest dances
of the season.
Tuesday Miss Dagmar James, one of
: our efficient show. do you-do" girls at
, the central office, was twenty-one
years of age and in the evening in
, order to have something little ex-
: ira, invited in few of her friends to
] spend the evening. We are told it
} was delightful little gathering and
any one were more than entertained.
Kyle, S. d., Nov. Z, 1905.
} EDITOR JoURNAL:-So many of my
friends asked me, before departing, to
tell tell them something of the north
west, that take this means Of reaching
them all
Departing from Omaha, | had my
first experience of "red tape" When
lla, | asked for the half fare rate due me
5 as a U. S. Government officer, but was
told that this matter should be arranged
. through the up town office, the time,
: however, being insufficient for this pro-
cedure, had to pay full price, $l2.25.
Immediately after leaving Omaha, one
becomes aware that he is not in fertile
G Iowa any longer; the crops appear res
pectable enough, but,-well, it is not
/, like back home. The train is full oil
stockmen, who have been to Omaha
s with fat cattle, and probably many
: thousands of dollars are carried back tc
Q the ranches. At Fremont, we stopped
: 20 minutes for an excellent supper and
the balance of the night is spent in alter
mating conversation, reading and sleep
. ing; gentleman who is well acquainted
. lup here, believes that | will like the
country; there is something fascinating,
+ he tells me- that appeals to nearly
9 everybody. was fast asleep when the
!. colored porter shouted 'Rushville;" q
8 second later and | found myself and
f baggage disposed of on station plat
n form, just at break of day A hote
!, runner took me to a very nice and clean
= hotel, where rested an hour, ate break
. fast, and then boarded the stage for The
9 agency, rs miles distant; then this is
t northwest Nebraska; the soil must bt
q worth something as it has all been home
9 steaded and nice buildings are found il
n several places. The driver informed m.
r that they had quite crop of wheat thi
year. Long strings of lumber wagons
manned each by an Indian and his squaN
. met us: they are teamsters, employed
by the agency for carrying supplies.
Q Frequently bluffs of white rock ap
peared but even in the barren stone, the