Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-22
Trip To KlmbalIton And Elk Horn

Seated In q carriage behind a team
OF J.. M. Coles high steppers Editor
A. G. Ross and | started away Friday
morning for q ride across the country
TO Kimballton and Elk Horn. and
when we struck the ridge road | poked
my nose TO sec what color the wind
was and found II "blew," consequent
ly when We reached home that night
u eyes felt like two burned holes In
a blanket. When we got within hail
ing distance OF Kimballton we heard
the Toot-toot" OF o train on the
Atlantic Northern and Southern Rail-
way which sounded both strange and
good to our ears for when We we're
last in that berg there we're no ears
there, and goodness only knew when
there would be. Rounding q turn In
the road we drove into town aud to
the hardware store of Martin Esbeck
and Company where we tied up our
prancing steeds, shook the dust off
our clothing, entered and found every
body as busy as beavers. After a
short time there we started for a walk
about town, and first went into The
Landsmans Bank where we found that
genial Banker Hans Madsen busy
looking over his morning mail and he
told us the business was fine In his
line. Across the street some men
were erecting a two-story building for
Walter Gregerson and Oluf Hansen
TO be used as drug store; gazed down
into the hole that will be the basement
OF the new brick hotel; called on Tom
sen and Larsen, the general merchants
and found them prospecting; visited q
few moments with George Faaborg
and his partner, Bernt Rasmussen, In
their we'll stocked store; went into the
Kimballton Danish Savings Bank,
owed by John Petersen and s. Peder-
sen, OF Elk Horn, with Peter Lykke In
charge, who reported business good;
then we crossed over and went down
TO the depot where We found Charles
Spar, the former station agent over
at Hamlin busy with his work In q
we'll lighted and coy Office; then across
the tracks to the Kimballton Construc-
tion Company's plant, which belongs
to Messrs. Il. Jensen and George Hem
bull WbCIo tbOy hoNo a biDhotoA
shed and all the modern appliances
cement blocks, and q good sized force
Of men busy at work. This town has
the true hum of goaheadativeness, and
many pretty cottages are being built
on the west hill for residences. Since
the railroad came everybody has on a
smile that starts at one corner OF the
mouth, runs around the back OF their
neck and meets at the starting point,
and they hum q merry tune the while.
Our watch said 10 was nearly dinner
time SO away we flew for Elk Horn
Here we found business buzzing the
same as at Kimballton; cement walks
all over town; buildings going up;
Walter Gregerson, the druggist, In his
store to which he had built an addi-
ton and says In the spring he will
erect q new building; Joe James and
Company In their enlarged store; Hans
Johnson, OF the firm Of Johnson and
Christensen at Hamlin, nicely located
and with q large stock; went over to
the depot and chatted q while with
Station Agent John Hansen, who was
with Agent w. w. Smith at the Rock
Island depot Ia Audubon, and found
him licking his cnOpS In anticipation
Of q trip to the mountains of Colora-
do this week. Here beginning October
10, 1908, and continuing three days
they held a Corn Show and ladies
we're instructed in Cooking and
Sewing" by experts from Ames Col
lege, and Professor Holden the noted
scientist on corn raising gave them a
talk one day. The people here are
prosperous and happy and would not
exchange places with a king. The sur
showed signs of going to roost so we
hitched up and started on the home
ward way, coming by way OF Sharon
Center school house then zig-zaged up
the beautiful Indian Creek Valley
passed magnificent farms and pretty
cottages to the Sharon Store and the
Creamery where VIC found u friend
Juhl P%hillipsen tieing up and hand
ing out merchandise hand over first.
After q short stay here We were on the
way again and reached home without
any mishapand just In time for supper