Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1919-03-06

Orvil Sarsfield has sold his 100
acres five miles northeast of Collins
to B. II. Shenkle for $3.50 an acre.
Mr.. Sarsfield bought this farm from
Ike Smith about three weeks ago for
1920. 1t is five miles from town and
exceptionally well improved.
Guess I'm back for good now"
wrote Otto Martenson of Clinton, just
after he had returned from sailor duty
on destroyer between America and
France. The next letter from him
bore foreign postmark, and stated
that he was on his way to Russia.
Two farm auctions near Atlantic
have set the record for the aggregate
amount received. The two sales to-
tailed $50, 700. The sales were cried
by w. s. Sankey, Walnut auctioneer,
one being on the Mickelsen farm near
Elk Horn. the other being on the
Scharf farm near Walnut. The for
mer totaled $4,000, the latter $15,700
DR.. e. M. Brinneman, mayor and
physician of Ackley, Hardin county,
was held to the federal grand jury
in $1,000 bonds at Cedar Rapids. on
a charge of violating the Harrison
| drug act. The government charges
| that he sold $15 worth Of morphine
| to one person and that he abs been
doing wholesale business in narcot-
| ic drugs for months.
The Rev. 3. q. Clayton of the Bap-
fist church Of Logan has resigned the
pastorship and expects to go away
from here some time about the mid,
| die of April. His next pastorate has
not been made known to the public.
The Rev. w. j. Creswell, pastor Of
the Presbyterian church of Logan, re,
signed the pastorate to accept call
to Toledo, Ia, hence Logan is in need
| Of two new ministers.
/ One Of the largest real estate deals
Of the year resulted in the purchase
] by Sullivan and Sullivan of Marengo
Of the Adam Wilt farm in Lenox town
ship. The price was SGT 200, or $210
per acre. This Is considered as be-
ing very reasonable figure for this
excellent farm. There are 800 acres
/ of excellent land, so arranged that it
i may be divided into smaller farms.
which probably will be done by the
i new owners.
H. B. Kelly. former secretary of the
Chamber Of Commerce, Waterloo, who
has been serving with the Italian
armies since September, has been
decorated with the Italian war cross.
For the past several months Mr. Kelly
has served as business manager OF
the Y. M. G. A. staff attached to the
Fourth Italian army, ond he is, as far
as is known, the only Waterloo man
to achieve such distinction during the
1 war.
Eugene Ely, 15-year-old high school
student OF Sioux City, son of Maj Gen,
4 H. E. Ely, commander of the Fifth
division OF the A. e. F., again has left
Sioux City in an attempt to go over.
seas and join his father. Young Ely,
who is s feet tall and weighs 100
pounds, has tried several times to en-.
list. Last summer he ran away to
Canada and was practically accepted,
when it was discovered that he was
only 10 years old.
Louis Davis and Bert Garwood Of
Reinbeck came down to Lincoln one
day and proceeded to pull off a few
wild west stunts. They had 20 cal
iber rifle and used the brass ball on
top of the fagpole as target. Out
of sixteen shots they put fifteen holes
in it, which peeved Mayor Storjohan
a little. He assessed them a fine Of
S. and costs each. A new ball has
been ordered and the donation by the
boys will pay the expenses.
There is no prospect OF labor trou-
bles in Iowa, such as are demoraliz
ing number of states at the present
time, according to j. T.. Nebergall
Davenport contractor. Nebergall Is
a member of q committee Of seven oi
the Iowa State Master Builders asso
citation, named to regulate the wage
scale in all building lines in Iowa
This committee is now meeting will
the State Labor board, representative
OF the various unions. A wage scale
W 6OSCAA LAO oIdIV 10 INV OCAAs
worked out.
Improvements to cost about $500,
4 will be made in Pattee park nea
Perry this summer, the park commits
sioners raving decided upon the worl
to be carried out. A small tract o
I land which will give an entrance t.
the park on the main street of tn
city will be purchased and an orna
mental archway will be built and ded
Gated to the memory of d. j. Pattee
81 who gave the twenty-acre park to tn
city a number of years ago. A swim
ming pool, 60 by $50 feet, will be bull
!, together with lighthouses, etc.
Approximately sS.O00,0OO will b
borrowed from the federal land ban
by the farmers of Iowa by March
according to Roy r. Welton, secre
treasurer of the Des Moines Ma