Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1916-02-17
AUDUBON


make his new store room, now in |
course of construction, two stories |
high There seems to be quite a de- |
mand for more Office rooms and Mr. |
Law having been solicited to make !
this additional improvement has con-
sented to make the second story fifty |
feet in length. This will allow him
plenty of room to build his sky light
in that portion of the building which
will only be one story.
George Thoren.ren who has been
around Audubon for almost twenty
he has been farming near Wichita,
was in the city the fore part of the
week making arrangements for sale
bills. He is going to hold his public
sale February 10Th and as soon as he
can get matters Strengthened up, he
will take passage for his old home in
Denmark to spend the summer. He
said war conditions might take such
a sudden turn that he would return
to Audubon sooner than he now con-
J templates.
| j. G. jerks and wife who have
been visiting in the west since early
last fall have returned home. They
! left here to visit the exposition at
San Francisco, but having enjoyed
/ the salubrious climate for few
months, they concluded to extend
their visit in order to be able to visit
relatives and friends in Washington
and Oregon. They are greatly
pleased with the west but not to the
extent that they have any desire to
give up their residence in good old
Audubon county.
4 Mr. and Mrs. Carson Brockway who
are here on a visit from Perry, sold
i their residence property here yester-
day to Fred Stone. This probably
means that Mr.. Brockway and his
/ family will continue to make Perry
or some other good town their home
in the future. Yet they are burning
no bridges behind them, and after
Audubon has finished paving he.
streets and installed electroliers, Car
son may finally conclude that it's not
a long ways back to the best town on
earth for it's size.
4 Mrs. Alta Moon, who left last De-
4 cember to attend the golden wedding
anniversary of her parents, Mr.. and
4 Mrs. j. w. B. Cole, at Long Beach,
Calf, returned home Saturday. She
was accompanied by her son, Cecil
Moon. who will probably remain here
for the summer. Mrs. Moon reports
having had a most delightful time,
and says that her parents and other
Audubonites located at Long Beach
are getting along nicely and enjoying
the best of health.
A number OF carpenters are busy
this week tearing down the large
residence formerly owned by Wilson
Burnside. The property is now own
ed by Mrs. Lois Ashby and as soon
as the weather permits, she will build
a new home which will be equipped
with all of the modern conveniences
, and will rank with the best of Audi
bon's splendid homes.
Miss Florence Leech, who is out in
the interests of the Womens Voters
! Alliance, was in the city Friday meet
> ing some of the ladies Of Audubon
and to try to interest them in the Wo
! mans Suffrage question that is to be
> voted upon at the primaries mex,
! June. She spoke before meeting OF
the Presbyterian ladies at the home OF
Mrs. Chas. Bagley that afternoon
Miss Leech had charge of the suf
frage question in Montana when il
was an issue in that state last year
For the present she Will make hel
headquarters in Atlantic, and it il
quite probable that she will return tt
Audubon sometime later.
Happy" Van Gorkom, the genia
young fellow who has been running
a tile ditching machine in this count.
the past two years, arrived in thu
city the last of the week from Cola,
where he has spent most of the win
ter taking the mineral water baths
He is getting ready to do lot of til
ing in this county this year, and al
: ready has number of contracts. TIL,
. machine will start at the ]. j. Muir
! ray farm east of Audubon as soon a
= the weather permits.
Miss AIDA Powell, who is making
f her home with Mr.. and Mrs. San
Carper, fell on the ice at her hom
last Saturday, and broke her left arm
r The fracture occurred in the elboy