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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
Enjoyable Party

The swellest little social gather
ing occurred at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. L. Ashley on February a.
given by Aiss Hazel Ashley, assist.
ed by Mics Myrtle Knox, there being
present large number of their
young friends as guests. The rooms
were nicely decorated with fags
and bunting in commemoration OF
George Washington's birthday an
niversary. The young ladies en-
tertained their friends right royalty
with the latest games aud amuse-
ments of the season and at the hour
of eleven, served a dainty two
course luncheon.-Adair News.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
WEATHER CONDITIONS
Reported to the Estancia News Herald
BY One Of Iowa's Hustlers, Who
Bullets the Storms

Theodore Patty of Extra, Iowa, is a
valued patron of this paper who pays
for two sopies-one for himself and one
for his daughter. In making his regu-
lar remittance he adds some remarks
on the weather they have had in Iowa
tn . winter, which is in marked con-
trast to the brand of weather served
out in the Estancia Valley.
Mr.. Patty says: "I noticed in your
issue of Feb. 9th mention of some ex-
tremrly cold wea. her in Iowa, but in
this locality that record was beaten a
mile. 1t has been AZ below zero, and
it has been 25 to 35 below for about
thirty days and no thawlng days. Ac-
cording to the Oldest Inhabitants re-
cords, Iowa has never had q colder
winter We have not had as bad
vii DIS as usual, but the cold has been
intense and the mercury has been get
ing down to busin ess right along
Sleighing in Old Iowa has never been
better nor longer continued. The
tracks on the main travelled roads are
pounded down and filled in and pound
ed down again until the solid snow and
lee is from two to Ave feet in depth in
many places in the long lanes in the
timbered sections. The east and west
roads are the worst because tho pre-
vailing winds are from the northwest
and the snow was drifted more deeply
in these reads.
If New Mexico gets anywhere near
half as much snow AZ Iowa, 1912 will
surely bea coed crop year there.
lam of the opinion that the irriga-
tion question will be solved some day
in New Mexico and then crops will not
be guess work, but certainty"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
Thursday Club

The Thursday Club was entertained
ut the home OF Mrs. Dorothea Newton
Feb. Goth.
Current Events were given. Mrs.
Milliman gave q paper on MAKING
the Worlds Shoes" Mrs. Wilson gave
a humorous reading aud Mrs. Clara
McAninch gave reading. Mrs.
Riley gave humorous recitation.
Roll call was responded to by giving
original Conundrums. New members
were voted in. Club adjourned for
social hour during which Q fne lunch
was served BY the hostess.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
It Showed Again

The piliug up of the beautiful
snow last Saturday put a "quietus"
on the movement of March lat un-
fortuuatee. In other words, the
fellows that had to move. Another
foot fell to take the place of that,
that had disappeared. We are
ready to call enough and let the
winter of 1911 and 10 go down into
history as the coldest and most
generally disagreeable one in fifty
years.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
Mrs. Duvall Better

1t is certainly very gratifying to
the relatives and friends of Nrs.
Frank Duvall of Greeley township
to hear of her improved condition.
The lady, after two years OF suffer
ing and much anxiety to her house
held, much of the time being paral.
lied on one side and helpless, ia
again we'll enough to attend to the
mar agenent of the home and her
family are indeed in exurberant
spirit.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
EXTRA, IOWA, THURSDAY, MARCH Z, 1919
TEST ALL YOUR CORN
Seed Corn Situation Most Serious for
Iowa Farmers and Every Ear
Used ShOuld Be Tested

Whatever the cause may be, it seems
to be an established fact that the seed
corn saved out of last years crop is
generally poor. Many good farmers,
who selected their seed ears with the
utmost care and have confidently be-
lieved they had sufficient supply OF
good strong seed on hand, have only
lately awakened to the fact that its
vitality is low, and large proportion
of it will not gsrminate. And this con
dition seems to be general throughout
most of the big corn producing states
of the Middle West.
In view of the failure Of so much
seed corn to gsrminate whereve, it has
been tested, no farmer, who is q careful
manager, can allow himself to be
caught in position in which he will
be forced to plant untssted seed. 1t is
known almost to a certainty that ia
many of the best corn producing SEQ
tions of Iowa there is ne corn whatever
that is fit to plant.
Pref NJ. L. Bowman, Secretary of
the Iowa Corn Growers Association,
says:
"Never in the history of Iowa was
there time whom the seed corn Was
In nore critical condition. think
there IL still in the hands of quite .
number of farmers over Iowa, eonsi-
deYable of the 1910 crop of corn, which
will no doubt bs used to = considerable
extent for seed. Every ear must be
tested to see that it will grow and
farmers should be cautioned to use a
terminating test,"
The reports are all of the same tenor,
and a1e really alarming. Audubon
County is rich, but not rich enough to
stand tive short crops Of corn in sue
eession without being hurt thereby.
The Journal suggests that its readers
begin forthwith testing their seed corn
and report the results. If Audubon
County seed corn is poor, that fact san-
not bs established too soon. There are
two ways to find out; but the better
way is to test it before planting it. Dc
it now; and bear in mind that the
Journal would like to know the results.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
CORN BELT WIDENING
Southern Minnesota Counties Tryiax
to Make Us Take Dust in the Pre-
duction Of King Corn

One of the points brought out most
emphatically in the new census report
is that the corn bslt is pushing north
ward. 1t is not so many years ago
that we considered northern Iowa as
too near the North Pole for corn grow
ing. But one of the surprises in this
report is that not only northern Iowa
but even southern Minnesota is an ex-
eellent corn country.
The twenty southern most counties
of Minnesota made an average yield of
1873 bushels of corn per acre for the
year of 1909, which is the one covered
by the census report.
Now the fact is that there were thir-
ty-two counties in the state of Iowa,
whose average yield of corn per acre
was less than this. And among them
are some that are regarded as first class
counties. Some of them are Adair,
Madison, Greene, Adams, Dickinson,
Aonona, etc. So it 10 evident that
these Minnesota counties really lie in
the great corn belt of the Middle West.
AS q matter of fact these twenty
south rnml st counties of Minnesota are
much better all round agricultural
counties than most people in Iowa
dream. If we take the four staple
crops, corn, oats, barley and wheat,
instead of corn alone, they will make
the average county in Iowa hurry up
ito travel on their train" This is due
to the fact that they are too much for
rs on the small grains SO that we gain
In corn, if any, we lose on the cereals.
If we consider corn as worth fifty
cents per bushel, oats forty cents, bar
ley seventy-five cents, and wheat one
dollar, then Brown County, Minnesota,
produced $3.50 for every acre of ground
planted in 1909 to one of the four crops
mentioned, Blue Earth County pro-
duced $l6.95 per acre, and number of
other Minnesota Counties produced be.
tween SIG and SIT per acre. The aver
age yield of the entire state of Iowa for
all land planted to these four crops in
1909 was $l5 81 per acre. tall goes to
show, Of fcourse, why 30 many people
think southern Minnesota is pretty
q cod farming country
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
Fell In Barn

Before loading his care at Arm
strong. Iowa Paul Zaner had
the misfortune to fall through a
hole in his hay barn and injured
three Of bis ribs. The exposure at
this end of the route in hauling his
goods away from his cars in se-
very snowstorn that continued all
day caused him to contract a hard
cold from which he was quite sick
the 6rst of the week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
]. F. LUSE
Reared in Audubon County on a Farm
Near Ross, Later Successfully
Conducted A Store There

From far-off Oregon we learn that
our old friend, Jess Luse as he was
known by everybody in Audubon
County, has been elected President Of
the First National Bank Of the town of
Sutherland.
Jess as farmer in Cameron town
chip, in his boyhood days, was full of
ambition and energy. After bssoming
Of age, with his brother John, they bot
an 80 acre farm in North Cameron.
Later Jess bought the H. B. Shelley
stock of General Merchandise at Ross,
where as merchant he was quite sue
cessful. So many people in his neigh
borhood were talking of buying cheap
land, he connected himself with the
Lund Land Co of South Dakota and
sold several thousand acres. To the
real estate business he soon devoted his
entire attent on. Selling his belong
ings in Ross he moved to Carroll,
whore he operated for few years.
whom, to better handle his Increasing
Canadian land business he moved to
st. Paul. Here the J. F. Luse Land
Company became widely known thro'
their persistent mode of advertising,
and the most honorable treatment that
could be possibly given = purchaser.
Extending their field OF operation,
they have closed their Canadian hold
ings and are now developing the fruit
lands of Oregon.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
Republican Caucus

Republicans of Extra township
selected the following delegates to
represent them in the County Con-
vention which convenes at Audubon,
Saturday, March 9Th: r. P. CLARK,
w. T. Bintner, George Arnold, IT,.
Essington, DIR. Riley, Ed Delahoyde,
e. G. Wilson, ]. B. J. Lohner, j. B.
Connrardy, f. J. Lefingwell, H. f.
Andrews, VIM. Bintner Sr., w. B.
Temple and Joe Meurer. The dele
CATION was instructed to use their
influence for the nomination of Judge
Woodruff.
J. B. ]. Lohner, Chairman
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
IS QUALITY YOUR AIM?
How Much Grain or Stock You Raise
Matters Not; but How
Good Is II?

One of Iowa's greatest boosters, w.
w. Marsh of Waterloo delivered an
address at the admen's convention at
Cedar Rapids last week that has set
many thousands of Iowa people
thinking.
He takes the position that Iowa far.
mer's have made quantity their aim,
rather than quality; that the good
farmer is the one who produces sixty or
seventy or eighty bushels of corn per
acre rather than the one who raises six
or eight or ten thousand bushels per
year.
Wequote below some of his center
shots. They "strike home" and ring
the bell. Did you ever, for example,
hear of Iowa's st. Valentine? And
what do your cows charge YOU for but
ter fat?
"There is form of agriculture which
not only honors the man engaged in it
but which is also an honor to the state.
When you find an acre Of Iowa land
yielding $l,624 in single CROP to my
mind, you have a talking point worthy
the pen of a California boomer. 1 be-
lieve that the man who did that
is worthy of all honor in agricultural
Iowa.
mad lunch few days ago in the
Saddle and Sirloin Club in Chicago.
was looking at the pictures of the many
splendid show ring animals, which
decorate its walls. My friend said as l
directed my eyes toward sertain pic.
ture, "Marsh l had eight directors Of
the London & Northwestern r. r.
with me to lunch not long ago and do
you know the whole eight members Of
that directory of what is one of the
three great railway lines of Great Bri-
tain, all knew that PICTURE" was
with another Iowan and I stepped
closer to read the name and found it to
be "St. Valentine, bred and shown by
G. E. Ward, Sioux City, Iowa. These
men of affairs, landed proprietors Of
England, kept track of the things well
done in the great breed Of Sha.. Horn
cattle the world over. Do you suppose
that one man in five hundred in lows
knew "St. Valentine" or q. E. Ward?
But we will some day appreciate the
things that are well done.
picked up paper and read cable
dispatch that told of VIM. Dunthrie
having sold nineteen calves for forty
thousand dollars. This fact was cablsd
and telegraphed around the world.
Some friends of mine were discussing
it and one of them 8 aid II sold seven.
teen thousand head in one sale and it
wasn't of interest even in the next
county" No, it is the thing well done
that counts. In our great Industry we
are emphasizing the quantity side too
much and the quality side has been
lost sight of to our very great disad-
vantage.
can show you in Iowa herd of
dairy satte owned by my friend, Char
ley Nelson of Waverly. that are pro-
ducing butter fat at 10 to II cents
pound. They are up to-date machines
for the production of butter fat, while
! all over Iowa we have herds of cattle
that charge their owners from 25 to 80
cents per pound for producing it, And
still we talk of the sixty millions of
dollars worth of dairy products which
Iowa produces. L prefer to talk of
those exceptional herds which produce
ut q splendid profit"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
PERISHED IN MONTANA
Returning Home Across New Country,
Fell Broke Hip, 400 Yards From
House. Fr0ze to Death

John Petersen, son of Lars Peter.
sep, formerly residents Of Audubon
County and we'll known in Extra,
while on his way from Summit, Mont.
to his home some miles distant, went
afoot across the hills and gulches
toward his home which was at the
mouth of French gulch about four
miles distant.
He never reached home, but his
wife, thinking he was detained in
town did not notify any one till Mon
day. Tuesday morning, searching
parties secured the hills and gulches
without result. The next day, the
search was continued when his body
was found near an old mill, and
within 400 feet of his home. There
was evidence that desperate struggle
was made to reach home. When the
body thawed out 1t was found that one
of his hips was broken. Benumbed
with cold he fell never more to rise.
Mrs. Petersen was aroused by the
barking Of dogs, she heard nothing
further and went back to bed. Un.
doubtedly the dogs heard the struggle
Mr.. Petersen WAS born in Co. Bluffs
Sept. II, 1888. He was married to
Miss Jensina Jensen in Atlantic,
March %, 1911. A baby girl came to
bless their home on Now Years Day.
Much sympathy is felt for the young
wife and babe.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
CREAMERY HELPER
Charley Christensen to be Helper At
Blue Grass Creamery near Hamlin.
Will Make A Good One

Charlie Christensen, = son of Mr..
Peter Christensen of this city has en-
gagged his services to Mr.. George GUIDE,
the professional buttsrmaker of the ia
nous Blue Grass Creamery at Hamlin.
George will teach him hew to handle
the raw material SO that premium Of
TIVE cents per pound will be paid feH
the Blue Grass product.
Charley will learn quickly and well,
and in q short time be manager Of .
creamery.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
To Represent County

To represent Audubon County in
the Councils of the Iowa State Tax
Commission which meet in Des
Moines soon County Auditor Otto
Witthauer has appointed the follow.
ing gentlemen:
Harry A. Arnold, Audubon.
John 1. Hensley, Extra.
John Lovelace, Ross.
Extended notice next week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
Attended Auto Exhibition

Mr.. Ed Delahoyde and wife, s. G.
Wilson and wife, DIR. Newton and
wife, ]. N. Dlmick and wife, 81. P.
Hansen, DR.. Oldaker and Y. O. Hunt
all attended the Automobile Exhi-
bition at Des Moiuee this week.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
Leap Year Dance

The pretty Leap Year Dance con-
Quoted by Miss Dena Hensley and
the Mesdames DR.. Oldaker and
Merle Owenslast Friday evening at
the K. P. Hall, was much appreciat-
ed by the young people favored
" ith an invitation.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
Mrs. Harmed III

Mrs. Rev. Harmed was reported
quite sick the fret of the week. We
trust che may soon recover aud
spread little sunshine on tho coun-
tenance of her esteemed husband.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
Fogg-Artist

AT the home of Rev. McDade near
North Branch, Mr.. Elmer ]. Fogg,
of near Guthrie Center, and Mise
Anna NJ. Artist, of North Branch,
we're united In holy bonds of matri-
mony last week. These young peo-
pie are of our best North Branch
families. The Journal extends con :
gratulations.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
Has Fully Recovered

The many friends of Mrs. Frank
Hollister of near Audubon will be
pleased to hear of her restoration
to health. The operation which che
went through at Iowa City recently
was very successful, enabling hsr
to return home to her family and
friends.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1912-03-07
Surprised

The friends of John 1. Hensley
formed surprise party and went
to his home last evening to notify
him that his fiftieth anniversary of
his birth was at hand aud dropped
in to wish him another fifty years
good sailing, and many between.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-06-26

guich. and are anxious to saup'e .he goods and prove we are either right or have made mistake in judgme It
 With a competent millright to ir . stall and operate the plant. Nomelt,.s will soon have the pleasure of real ing about the initial run" through the stamps. and we will soon be pub fishing the full account of what the ten stamp mill of the New Era Min ing Company is accomplishing in pounding out gold from the mountain Of gold bearing country rock.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-06-26
STAMPS WILL BE POUNDING.

The directors of the New Era Min. ing Company. the corporation recently organized to absorb the Nome Quartz Development Company. owning the custom mil. are m their own quiet way gradually working things in i0 shape to commence pounding away on the mountain ot gold bearing roc. Ill the vicinity oI Glacier and Snow suleh divide.
 Although We know lhe undertaking Is being pushed rapidly as possible and III due time. not only will the ten stamps but ten times that number of stamps Will be pounding away upon the large body ol country rock, all of which carries d certain percentage oi gold. thereby proving Nome. as well as Fairbanks IS quartz mining camp
 Many Nomeites are getting anxious 10 have the mill moved 10 the prop crty at once. and operations com menccd. They realize the summer days are gliding by. that the longest day in the year 1912 has come and gone, and no apparent move has been made to get action. But to all such We will state bis objects. like great undertakings move slowly. There Is much tO be accomplished. in the way of preparation. and many problems to be solved bel re full speed ahead can bo given. The directors are perfect ing utIe. securing permanent mill site and water right, 50 there will be no hitch in the undertaking when once they are ready to get action. Time spent in pcTfecting d foundation is never wasted, Tor plant Is no stronger than the weakntst member n The foundation. and II cannot be loo vel! looked after. once the foundation is Iaid the superstructure Is reared quite rapidly. The writer fomembers a foundation being placed for tall skyscraper in the city of Chicago. II required three months to lay the foundation and raise the struc- ture 10 level with the sidewalk. but in three weeks after that date the mass of iron glrders strlngers. and net work of braces could be seen rearing heayenward several hundred feet above the sidewalk
 We are all anxious for the mill l. be pounding away grinding ont. or separating the yellow metal from the TCch. 10 be capturel upon the Iistes of the gold savins devices. and the od'cker We get action. the sooner will i be demonstrated what We nave back tfere in the foothills. When one be- h"ves they possess a nice ripe Iuity .nelor. they are angious tJ sample tI- same. just to prove Il !. good thing. So with our quartz. We believe We have one of the best proo,, ..ons in Alaska right out here near snow
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-06-26
TEDDY NEEDED 4 TONIC.

Teddy's supporters held an inde
 pendent convention as soon as the regular convention got through with Its work and nominated a candidate to go before the people seeking cleo ton. Such "diddlngs" makes a noise like some person being let down easy
 Theodore Roosevelt Is as tender as well boiled spring chicken just about now. he has been handed the first defeat package of any moment he has received in years. So used to winning. and landing with both feet cn top. something had to be done. and the only cure his supporters could th'nk of was the "SimilIa similibus ,urantus." warranted to reduce high 'eNtrs to normal temperature by set
 tnR up one of greater strength tren c, ling the other down as the effects wore of. They nominated Roos s.vsli and by slow degrees are reducing ,hs fever of defeat. and after a ShI.
 Caa expect to hear of the colonel iss"- ihg forth a cured man. That ne Will sgain set to one site the big stick 'el the time of si-leing it so far as he Is concerned has long since pAs,et
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-06-26
GO TO rng NORTH POLE

Bakery for the best bread end psstry. The only Coffee Houss in town.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-06-26
ReMoPse.

IL Is vain 10 weep like thunder eve. some bad break or bIunder. ro.' .ne Iast. my friend. Is written. AnC We can not change the tale. and ] alHays have the wilileS when l see some silly Billys putting up their lamentaliuHs al the place where people wall. IL is morbid. it Is ghoulish. to be br .oaiuS OCT the foolish. idiotic stun,s you re pulled oil In the days that dr. nC more. better look ahead and pOnleE on the bright days over wonder shcrC the country Of the future waits with sirens on its shore. Many wayward paths I've journeyed. l have tilted. l have tourneyed with the ogres and the monsters. 1 have wasted golden years; but you never see me sitting all forgetful of my knitting. resur- recting ancient blunders and bedew- ing them with tears. Foolish are the tears that blind us for the time that lies behind us. wasted are the sishs we're heaVing Tor the phantoms uf dead days, for the sun is shining OCT us and the time that lies before us is the time We ought 10 think of-sc get busy. fifty ways!-Walt Mason.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-06-26

What we need nov is rain and iot. O. it.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-06-26

We are often told that there IS more money in raising potatoes than in trying to separate gold in paying quantities from the gravel This We believe Is true in majority of cases and perhaps this will account for 50 many Alaskans getting the farming craze. Joseph Kr!cek shipping in all the live stock needed 10 stock a good sized farm. and other miners follow Ing suit gives to Nome and its vicin- fly the aspect of a farming country.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-06-26

Copy for regular advertisements nust bs n by 10 o'clock on the day 5f publication.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-06-26

Jack Johnson may be able to duck and dodge his opponents blows in the squared ring. and escape without any serious results. but when il comes to ducking and dodging Uncle Sam's customs agents at the steamer landing lie meets his match. His wife. also the colored fighter are iia- ble 10 receive few jolts that will make them sroggy Tor while by with them for smuggling in a six thousand dollar necklace.
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-06-26

Tin Is one of the minerals in work able deposits of which the United States Is lacking. our production in 1910 was valued at only s23.447. &C., cording 10 the United States geolo- glcal survey. while our importationz were worth S3s.ssl3.e55. We need one or two large tin mines
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-06-26

The transport Sheridan does not appear 10 take after it's namestake for speed. Had the general been stranded on this ship. twenty miles away. the exciting bit of history woven about his famous ride upon a fiery steed would never have been written.