Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1906-07-26

The Kimballton Cement Works
are building bridge near the A.
Grau home up in Lincoln township.
MAIDS Madsen, brother of Store
keeper Hans Madsen. at Kimballton,
went out to Council Bluffs, Tuesday,
where he was delegate to the Con-
gressional convention which was
held there that day.
Hans Madsen, one of the merchants
of Kimballton was industriously u.s.
ing an "Irishman's bug'' Tuesday,
wheeling away some surplus dirt
which the maker of this universe had
piled up in his back yard.
Albert Jorgepsen, who resides
near Kimbaliton, gave his friends
party at his home on Thursday even
ing of last week and those who were
there say it was one of the most en-
joyable affairs of the kind they ever
attended.
Viggo Rasmussen, who lives near
Kimballton, was twenty-five years
old Sunday, and his many friends
gathered at his parents; home that
day to do honor to the event and the
time was passed amid laughter,
games and song.
Tuesday, Banker G. Petersen
drove down to Marine to meet Rev.
Anker, of Blair, Nebraska, who
came up to Elk Horn to confer with
the trustees of the college with a
view of becoming principal of the
school, providing they can come to
terms.
Louie Petersen of the Elk Horn
Telephone Company fell from pole
he was climbing, into barbwire
fence Tuesday, which badly lacerated
his legs, some cuts of the cruel bsrbs
were from four to six inches ong
and half an inch deep. It's fright
full accident to be so badly torn up
with barb wire.
The proprietors of the Kimballton
Cement Works have just finished
bridge up near the Jasper Jensen
farm in Sharon township, the like Of
which cannot be found in the county
and we doubt ii there is another like
it in the state. For years, little
stream has been taking bites out of
the side of the bank until the chasm
is thirty feet across it and fourteen
feet deep; 80 to stop this crumbling,
these men built an arch bridge, Of
cement bricks across the creek, secur-
ly cementing the bottom of the
works so there can't possibly be any
more washing away of dirt. Many
people from the surrounding coun.
try have viewed the job with wonder
and even the Board of Supervisors of
the county went out to view the
work as they have number Of like
bridges to build.
If there is wet patch on the farm
which is SO situated that it cannot be
conveniently drained, willows may be
planted there to advantage, not only
providing shade for the farm animals
in case it happens to be in the pasture,
but a limited supply Of summer wood.
Anything that can be raised on such
low places is clear gain.
There is no cover crop for the or
chard that approaches alfalfa in lati-
tudes where it can be grown or red
clover. We have the latter In a large
portion of our orchard this year, and 1t
is making a fine and rank growth, in
many cases choking out other grasses
and weeds. The second crop will be
allowed to seed and stand on the
ground SO as to catch the snow and
serve as cover during the winter.
A portion of the writer's orchard
which has been left unsprayed this
year, with view to serving as check
ON the rest of the tract and giving a
practical demonstration of the benefits
of spraying, already shows marked
damage from the apple scab and leaf
spot fungi, even though the apples are
barely three-fourths of an inch through.
AS a result of the two further spray
ings there is good reason to believe
that the difference between the sprayed
and unsprayed fruit will be even more
striking by the time the crop is har-
vested in the fall.