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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
SEVEN STATES ADOPT
|. GRADE SYSTEM CREAM

DES MONIES Ia. Dec 12-A grade
system for the buying of cream was
adopted here at conference of
dairy commissioners and represen-
tatives of creameries in Iowa, South
Dakota, Nebraska, illinois,, Missouri,
and Kansas. Laws will be asked of
these states for the enforcement of
the system worked out. Salable
cream will be of three grades special
ssuitable for table use and which
will not curdle lin hot tea and cof-
fee will be special.
First grade will be cream that is
isliglhhlN Sour but containing no
more than 4 per cent acid and at
LEAST 80 per- cent butter fat. Sec
ond grade will be too sour to grade
as first and may have an undesirabl
flavor or odor. All other cream
will be illegal.
! The diary commissioners expect
this plan to- give the farmer a
premium ON cleanliness. The differ
ert values of the grades will be
decided upon after the system has
been made effective by tn proper
Legislation.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

London-In the event of Germany's
defeat in the big wan, the kaiser pro-
badly would take refuge in America.
Ever since Germany began to make
preparations for attack the kaiser
has been investing large sums Of
money ON the other side of the At
lantic. He is one f the Largest land
owners in the western states but
not in his own name of course.
These investments indicate that The
kaiser, when he was preparing to
stake the fortunes of his dynasty
upon the attempted conquest of
western Europe also was preparing
for the possibility of failure by CON
solidating his huge financial re-
sources in the United States in case
he has to escape to that part of
the world. If he cannot conquer Eu-
rope the kaiser means to have the
finest farm in America
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
HAYES GRAY NUPTIALS

At the home of the bride on Jamu-
airy 1st., Mr.. Lawrence %. Hayes
and Miss Ethel Gray were Joined in
wedIock.
Miss Gray was one of Audubon
County's most successful teachers.
Size attained her education in the
schools of Extra where she gradual
ed with honors. She possesses many
charms virtues and Accomplishment
For the past five years she has been
foremost among the rural educators
of the county, and her services were
sought after by many progressive
directors
Mr.. Hayes is a clean young man
OF good moe ais, witt; "A good educa-
tion and full of ambition.
/: The young people are spending
their honeymoon with relatives and
sight seeing in the east
They will be ait home to their
friends on a farm seven miles
south of Coon Rapids after March
1st where their relatives and ac-
lqn'intarces will ever find a most
hearty welcome
\ Sixty guests partcok Ct a bounte-
Gus wedding feast at the conclusion
OF which all Joined in Wishing the
young people a happy and prosper
Gus life
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
THE FARMER AND
HIS HOME PAPER

The farmer of to-day is entire
ly different from the farmer of
yesterday, said Secretary C.. N.
McIllvain, of the South Dakota State
Fair, and ] really believe that the
country newspapers have been the
.greatestt tt1aid to farmers and, made
them what they are to-day. There
is no better or quicker way to get
an education than to read the pa
pers. If man is away from, his
home town his paper comes to him
like a long lost friend. 1t just comes
to me when I read my home paper
as though L was shaking hands with
a chum. I think the articles writ
ten by Peter Radford have dome
more for the farmer than any SER
les of ARTICLES I have ever read
Have you read his article on POL
iticaa Preachers?' 1t is one of the
best he ever wrote Every farmer
and farmers wife should read it.
It's great.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
WAS KINDLY REMEMBERED

The office holders at the. court
house planned very pleasant sur
prise on Otto Witthauer, the retir-
ing county auditor, last Thursday.
They went to his office to express
their regret at his leaving the court
house and befole they left they pre-
sented him a gold watch chain that
lie mightf in the future years look
back to the years of pleasant assoc
iation among the men commonly
known as "court house rats, Mr..
Witthauer has been very count mteous
to all of the employees connected
in any way with administration OF
the countys business and those who
knew. him best know what kind
hearted Individual he is Everyone
CONNECTED with the little surprise
party will long remember the oc-
casion with pleasure.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
HELP WANTED MALE OR
Female AT THIS OFFICE

Bring along the undertaken;
Bring the butcher and the baker;
Fetch THE dry goods man, the clo-
thier and the draper.
Bring the preacher and the loafer,l
With the teacher and the chauffeur
And then let them tell us how to
run the paper.
Why sure! Amy one can do it.
It's a cinch. Pooh! Nothing to it.
It's a pudding job, a sinecure, a
snap
It's simple proposition
That requires no erudition
And experience isn't worth a
rap.
So trot out the clerks and brokers.
Call the engineers and stokers
And bring the politicians off the
street.
Fetch the busman and the plumber.
With the ad man and the drummer
And we'll have them tell us how tc
run the sheet.
What suggestions What monitions!
What DEGREES!
But for fear there'll be confusion
Let us mention in conclusion,
That we'll run the Timing exactly as
we please. F. Mcintyre.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
METZ M|RE

At Casey, Ia. ON Wednesday, De-
cember 20, 1914 Rev. Father Nc
lAllister officiatingb occurred the
marriage of Mr.. j. Peter Metz of
Regina, Sask., Canada, and Miss
sEmmaI Mire of Benton' Township.
The bride and groom are we'll
,knowm to the people in northwest
Cass county and count their
friends by the number of their ac-
quaintances, all of whom will wish
them the full measure of happiness
aMd prosperity. Mr.. and Mrs. Metz
departed on the afternoon train Nor
day for their home near Regina Can
ada, where pete is and has
been for a number of years, engag
ed in farming. Anita Record.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
AN EXCELLENT SHOWING

Mrs. Sarah Kennedy, one OF the
Republicans staumchess friends, who
resides just across the line in Guth-
rie Co,ilty, furnishes III another
splendid statement of what a. woman
'can' do ON the farm. She has fur
finished us with al statement of her
business ability THE past three years
this being the fourth one, and the
best one. Some of our readers ask
ed us if we were going to print it q
gain this year. Mrs. Kennedy did nc
disappoint us, and here is the re-
port she gave while inn the city last
Saturday.
= Butter, poultry and eggs sold
from Jan. 1, 1914 to Jan. L, 1915.
Butter, $575.40, eggs ,$242.7O and
poultry $l49.20, making total of
$S67. 80. She milked on an average
ten COWS and the butter which was
'chhrned by hand was sold ITO Gus
toners at Soc pound She had
400 hens to start with She dis
posed of most of her surplus stock
and has a little over 400 hens for
1857
This certainly is a remarkable
showing and If There are other wo-
men who are doing work of this
kind, we would be pleased to heal
from them. Mrs. Kennedy would al.
sd like to hear from them, and il
others are doing better than She is
she would be interested in knowing
how it is done.
Audubon Republican.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
It LOOKS QUITE
C|T|F|ED DON'T U KNOW

Evans Marquesen, the proprietor
of ''The Big Store has just recent
ly purchased "a Ford Delivery Car,
to handle his large and increasing
trade. 1t has all of the earmarks
of stylish city delivery wagon and
when lit passes up and down the
streets it elicits favorable comment.
Mr. Marquesen is striving to give
his customers the very best service
possible and with an auto delivery
he is able to give his town custom
ers service that is uneXcelled. Mr..
Marquesen is to be congratulated for
his public spiIitedness. There is no
use denying that he is a live wire
ard thoroughly awake to the best
interests of the people of the COM
munity. Republican.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
ABOUT CONSOLIDATION
OF SCHOOLS AGAIN

About the consolidation of schools
the Lanesbores Topic says. ''We
are gettting ready for the Con-
solidated Schools" and everybody
is going to fall in line.
We have been paying consider
able attention to Improvement of
live stock, and to the raising
pumpkins and potatoes. How about
our children?
The best is not too good for them.
We need to turn our attention to-
wards the be terment and improve
ment of the human race.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
.GROTELUSCHEN ( COMFY
GIVING Big DISCOUNTS

Louie Groteluschen and Company
Hardware merchants of Gray are. Of
fering five per cent off on all pur-
chases of $1.OO or over ON all ar
ticles of his entire stock and up to
February first 1915. They also offer
special prices on Hard Coal Burners
No such offers in this line of
goods are made at this time of the
year. If you are going to build, or
may need goods of this class call
ait their store at Gray, Iowa.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
COL. c { merits JR.
TO COLORADO SPRINGS

From the Harlan Tribune of Janu-
ary sixth we clip: Mrs. c. E. Mertz
and baby Gene of Panama Iowa left
for Colorado Springs Colorado, Sat
urday evening where they will re-
main during the winter months Will
Mr.. Mertzs parents who are perma-
nently located in the Springs.
Mr.. Mertz arranged this affair in
the way of a Christmas present %
his fathe. and mother, as little
Gene Jr. was a year old on Christ
mas day, and dis the first prize ba-
by of Shelby County and their only
grand child.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

Small. hot bullets give but little
pain" writes war correspondent.
But ragged Ben Bosley of the New
hall News insists that he is one
patriot that would rather have
large cold bottle than a small,
hot bullet. He has also decided that
he is in favor of getting along with
out pain at all, if possible.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
PRINCIPLE

One thing 1 ne'r could stoop to do
Would be myself degrade
BY lying to a fellowman
And cheat him in a trade.
II should feel his property
More valuable than mine,
I'd tell him SO and offer boot
Or else the trade decline.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
AS IT SHOULD Be

In the local school house in
Belleville Wis, few evenings ago,
upon motion of the Catholic priest
the Methodist minister was elected
pyesiden of the community's social
center for the coming winter.
Then three basket ball teams wels
formed, including the priest, the
minister, the blacksmith, the editor,
farmer, the keeper of a village
estaurant, dentist, clothier, a
teamster, "a druggist, a garage ownt
er, the banker, the saloon keeper a
hardware merchant and a house
painter.
They differed in religion, in poli-
tics, income, social status about
as widely as men cam differ. But in
the common school building, in the
free democracy of THE social center
they agreed to lay aside their differ
ences for the novel purpose of dis
covering how much good fellowship
there was i'm meeting together, now
and then, as equals, as brothers.
In the democracy of play, in the
democracy of frank, fair discussion
of public questions, they are finding
out, these differing men of Belle
Vile that as human beings THERE a
! amazingly alike, once you get be-
low the surface.
And out of this agreeable dis
covery will come fer Belleville more
tolerance more kindliness of feelin
more give and take than it had evel
known before. Even when they shall
differ again-as of course they of
ten WILT won't be with as much
bitterness, as much bigotry, as mucl
mean hate as of yore
It's wondeful solvent is brother
hood.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

The unusual size of some game
fish caught in irrigation bitches in
Washington led to the belief that
they had fattened themselves by
eating alfalfa and an Investigation
proved the theory cornect.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

Kid gloves are going up, too. We
have "a perfectly good pair of white
kid gloves which we wore at a K.
P. Banquet about thirty years ago,
and will trade them for four pounds
of cane sugar. AS far as we are con
cerned, kid gloves can go sky high
and stay up there, but for the love
of Mike don't elevate the wheat
cakes. =.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
AUDUBON CO. SCHOOL
CHILDREN NO.420O.


Audubon County has 42OS child
reE between the ages of and 20
years and 2S41 CIR 67.5 per cent of
them attend school, according to re-
cent census bulletin. The data con-
tanned in the report relates to the
year 1910 and has only recently
been made public. The distribution,
by age groups, and the number at
tending school is as follows:
Age Total Number At
Number tending School
G to 8 1142 1907
10 to- IA 1874 1900
15 to II S46 APO
is ito 20 SAG la
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
PHILANTHROPY

I wish l had the money of
Some of our wealthy men.
I'd give most all to charity,
To churches schools and then
think I'd buy an auto and
Its usefulness divide
BY asking all my friends to come
With me and take a ride.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

The Chicago Rock Island and
Pacific Railway Company announces
an innovation in it's dining car
service, in the shape of lunch coun-
ters for the cars.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

Clarinda. Ia.-Mrs. Martin Lucas
offered to crank am automobile for
Mrs. Abbie Gilmore and in doing so
broke her arm. Mrs. Gilmore help
ed Mrs. Lucas into the car and star,
ed to crank the machine. She, too,
broke her arm.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to THANK our friends and
neighbors for the kindness we re-
ceived during the sickness and deatl
OF om beloved wife and mother, also
for the floral offerings and singing
at the funeral.
4 Henry Baker and the boys.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
OFFICERS ELECTED
0 ? MORTON POST

p. G. Daniel Artist.
s. v. G. Perry Bruner.
j. v. 2. Anluhdny Meurer.
Adjt. H. F. Andrews.
@. M. j. P. Lair.
Surg. s. d. Harm.
Chap. w. H. Bowman.
o. D. j. T. Hill.
P. /. III. F. Andrews.
o. G.. Frederick Bechfold.
8. M. William Bintner.
@. M. S. Thomas j. Adair.
Rep. Perry Bruner.
Alternate Anthony Meurer.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
s1.oo PER YEAP
CAN'T Do IT ELSEWHERE

During one week from Monday,
December 14th to Saturday Decem
'ber 10th 1914 the receipts at the
Union Stock Yards Chicago were
442,453 head of live stock for which
farmers received Immediately in
cash $1l,134 210.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14
TO JOURNAL READERS

This week and next the Journal
will send a statement to all in ar
rears and will ask them to pay up.
to 1916 as the Post Office Depart
ment contemplate. Now don't get
peeved. We hate to do it. Just send
check or money order.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

After man takes a day off and
tries ito follow his own advice he
isn't surprised that other people
never pay any attention to what he
gays.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

If you hate a man you also re-
gard his dog as the sneakingest, or
neryest brute in the world.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

Some men would not care to be
judged by the letters they wrote
during their courtship.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

Come and hear Bob" Buchanen
preach at the M. e. church Sunday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

Lansing Mich. Michigan will not
take vote ON the question of state
wide prohibition for at least two
years, according to Grant Hudson,
superintenden of the Anti-Saloon
League. who states that Though they
ave a number of petitions, the sig
natures which they have been able
to get are not sufficiently numer-
Gus to Warrant demand that the
question be submitted to the cleo
torate with any hope of success.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

Send us your news items.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

One of the horrors of the war
is said to be. by Karl H. Won Wei
gan, that the war has tnrned
the Kaiser's hair white.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1915-01-14

What England needs more than
anything else in this emergency is
u decree abolishing fogs on the
North Sea.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-22
The General Assembly.

The first two days of the special session
was devoid of excitement and on the surf
ace there appeared but little opposition to
the plans of the administration. But dur
ing thew there has developed opposition
to the convention. This opposition is seri-
Gus only in the house. Even in lower branch
of the General Assembly it is difficult to
determine whether the opposition is directed
against the plan to call a convention or
whether it will be confined to the provisions
OF the measures proposed. The fact that
the question as to whether we are to have
convention is first to be submitted to a
vote of the people may allay, to large ex-
tent, some of the opposition that now is
apparent. The issues will be pretty thor
oughly threshed out during the second
week of the session, after which we can
form some definite conclusions in the mat
ter. With the threshing out there will be
an exposure of the plans of the administra-
ton as well as the plans and alignment of
the opposition. It looks now as if the whole
matter will resolve itself into question of
fractional politics-a question of the Ins VS..
the Outs.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-22
The Conquest of America.

Since the beginning of the European
war we have read many articles relative to
thi conquest of America.
The authors of these nightmares point
out that that our fleet would be speedily
destroyed and our army easily defeated.
The victor would then proceed to collect
indemnities. The complete subjugation of
the United States, they say, would be only
a matter Of time.
They overlook a few points: First, that
our flee IS second only to Englands; second
that the New York police would arrest any
army any European country may send over
at one trip, and put it in jail for disturbing
the peace.
We are tired these scareheads; we know
they are children of the imagination, for if
it is so easy it would be done; and we also
know that country as weak as these articles
picture us could never have made the Monroe
Doctrine international law. We know that
no European country believes it could come
over here and whip us. This is proven by
the fact that none have ever tried it, al
though they have been given ample cause
to do so.
The facts are that while we are not a
warlike people, we are far from being a
weak nation, and to land an army on our
shores and successfully invade our country
is an idea so wild that it disturbs only the
morbid and weak minded.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-22

In dispatch from Baton Rouge to the
Daily States Monday, it was stated that the
Gilbert L. Dupre had arrived there and was
full OF fight. Mr.. Dupre has been strongly
opposing the proposed constitutional con-
vention, and we presume that he is still
making it known. Later developments in
dicates that Mr.. Dupree is not the only one
who is opposing it.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-22

The weather predictions were for rain
Thursday, but fell short of expectations, and
old Sol rose early and bright, and instead
Of the expected shower, another scorcher
was recorded. The crops in general are
badly in need Of rain, and it is hoped that
the rains predicted are not many days off.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-22
Germany and America.

Sinking of the Lusitania has brought
one point clearly to the front. It has taught
us, Roosevelt excepted, that war is about as
glorious as an epidemic of Asiatic cholera.
and is good thing to avoid at any cost.
If it will teach this lesson to the rest of the
world, it will be worth the cost.
With few exceptions the people desire
to keep out of war; yet had this same Incl
dent occurred year ago, we venture to saw
that the cry for war would have gone up
from every throat. Now, however, with
Europe as an object lesson, we are con-
WINGED that war should be entered into with
care and deliberation, and while we know
the slaughter of a hundred Americans is a
deplorable matter, we also know that the
sacrifice OF thousands more is poor revenge.
We hate to stand calmly by and see Ameri-
cans killed, yet we realize that these rest
less, adventurous creatures could easily have
stayed at home or taken passage on an
American ship, and with these facts before
us we do not see the wisdom of sending
more over to be slaughtered to avenge their
death. It is always good plan to weigh
the cure, and if it is worse than the disease
it should be avoided.
Ii matter of principle is involved, the
case may be different. We cannot see.
however, that it is; we do not believe that
it was intended as an insult to Us by Germ
any. We do believe that Germany honestly
thinks she has the right to sink an English
ship If she enters the war zone; that having
declared war zone was warning enough,
and that second warning, before sinking
her, was not necessary. And as we have
stated it is poor policy to fight over a differ
ence Of opinion.
ID
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-22

1t is reported that Germany has discon-
tinued her submarine operations since the
sinking Of the Lusitania, awaiting the out
come Of the American note to the German
government. The note itself lntimates that
the submarine should be abolished in mod
ern warfare, but it is hardly possible that
German government would discontinue such
operations.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-22
Man Takes His Own Medicine Is An
(lD:imist
",,AM..s or the comrrrvrIos o, rxs U.s." No. ?

He has absolute faith in his medicine
he knows when he takes it for certain
ailments he gets relief. People who
take DR.. Kings New Discovery for an
irritating Cold are optimist-they know
this cough remedy will penetrate the
Innings of the throat, kill the germs, and
open the way for Nature to act. You
can't destroy Cold by superficial treat
ment-you must go to the cause of the
trouble. Be an optimist. Get bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery to-day.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-22

IA last resort, the governor is being
petitioned for communication of the death
sentence imposed upon Leo M. Frank to
. life Imprisonment, so that he will have a
nance to prove his innocence. There has
eot been another conviction to cause so
luch unfavorable comment, and q commu-
atom OF his sentence would be in line with
ie feelings Of a majority of the people of
ne south.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-22

After the sinking of the Lusitania,
German tradesmen in England were as
sanlted by English subjects. Although they
were supposed to be English subjects. tits
probable that the majority of these Germen
were really English at heart, and that the
British subjects were doing harm to their
own country in these attacks.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-05-22
White Man With Black Ljuer

The Liver is blood purifier. It was
thought at one time it was the seat of
the passions. The trouble with most
people is that their Liver becomes h'a X
because of impurities in the blood due
to bad physical states, causing Bilious
ness, Headache, Dizziness and Constr
patton. DR.. Kings New Life Pills will
clean up the Liver, and give yon new
lite. 25c. at your Druggist.