Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1905-05-11

Miss limo Bison is again attending
school.
Jas. Cannon is out of school on &C.
count of sickness.
Frank Jenkins visited Sunday with
his relatives in Brayton.
Harry Miller is out of school this
week helping around the house.
Theyoung son of Will Shultz fell
Thursday breaking his collar bone.
Do you want to purchase any make
of buggy or Spring wagon? Then see
Frederiksen. 4 20 If
Oakfield township has new road
grader, bought last week and soon
people will be trying those good roads
they are promised.
One hundred and twenty dishes of
ice cream were disposed of at the
sociable Thursday evening netting the
promoters over Sl1 90.
The three year old girl of Dir. and
Mrs. j. O. Cotton fell striking her
forehead and cutting small artery
u,
Mr.. Miller and son lately of Kansas
were visiting the Oakfield schools
Monday. He is an uncle of Miss
Grace Clark the teacher in the lower
room.
G. A. Roth of Audubon was in town
Monday and received the contract to
erect the new lumber shed for the
Farmers Lumber Co. He will begin
work this week.
The Geo. Chase outfit of house NOV
ers We're at work Tuesday moving the
Nels Thompson Jr. house which pro-
jected over on the Bison lots, off the
boundary and to more elevated stu
alton.
d. f. Stranger and j. E. Mcclure,
ofExira. are now owners of the Sum
mers" stock of furniture, hardware
and implements in Brayton and you
will find them genial and agreeble
men to deal with.
The kid team of Extra and Brayton
met on the ball grounds Sunday in
the latter town and had what experts
call nice game of ball. They played
five innings with scores of 9 to 10 in
favor of the home kids.
Ed Nelson, one mile east of Elk
horn ordered big bill oflumber, over
the phone Tuesday, from the Green
Bay for one OF those big comfortable
barns those Danish farmers provide
for their animals and provender.
Audubon and Brayton teams are
talking of arranging match on Dec
Grafton Day; but the signs of the
times indicate that some other day
would an swer just as we'll and would
be great deal more appropriate.
The forest trees are removed, the
grounds as clean as lawn, fences re-
paired and made new and to crown
all; good heavy hitch posts and rails
are in place and now as Johnny has
shown what he can and will do in an
enterprise of this kind, he will un-
doubtedly received life appointment
to the position of superintendent OF
the grounds if he will accept.
John F. Bergh, L. P. Hallock and
Cemetery deserve much praise for the
| PAoStACai way III WulCu tucy hhNc
managed the affairs of the cemetery
but to Johnny Bergh especial praise
should be given for the excellent and
satisfactory manner in which the
grounds are now, in under his mana.
cement and particular superintendcy
Some person or persons without
fear of the consequences which might
happen last Saturday in the still
hours of night took large sill Oh
scantling and laid it length wise of the
crossing near the post office and lat
ter on young gentlemen and lady
returning from the dance drove owe
it nearly precipitating them into tn,
street. Such conduct should be dis
couraged and the perpetrators punish
edit caught in the act.
Markets Cattle, butchers stuff, 3
| "a 4Ic; cattle, tops, &c; hogs, $50,
wheat, 75c; corn, SIC; oats, 224c; feet
barley, sic; potatoes, 35 eggs, lac
butter, zoe; hens,9c; ducks,Sc gees
&c; turkeys, loo.