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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-01-09
BRAYTON

+ X +
Fred Dangaard, John loft and
Axei Mortensen. who have been at
FIT. Worden, Wash, the past year,
have been discharged from service
and returned homo Saturday.
Mrs. o. +. Ide returned Saturday
from Hudson, 8. d.. where She was
called by the illness of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. +. NJ. Alexander and fam
lily.
Mrs. Jesse Nymund returned last
Thursday from the Atlantic hospital
where she had been for some time
recovering from an operation.
Mrs. Peter Christensen and Mrs.
Chris Christensen spent a couple OF
days last week In Atlantic with their
sister, Mrs. Carl Andersen.
Mrs. Peter Christensen and baby
from near Greenfield visited In
Brayton last week with her parents,
p. r. Nielsen and wife.
Harold Northup. a son-in-law Of
c. /. Dimick has moved from Gray
to the c. X. Hallock farm east OF
Brayton.
CndfleS BlSOm reluTueu iueeudJ
morning from Camp Forrest. Ca,
where he has been for the past six
months.
John F. Bergh of Atlantic ship
ped two cars of cattle from his farm
east of Brayton to Omaha last Wed
nesday
Mrs. Roy Christensen, living
west of town, submitted to an oper-
alton Tuesday at the Atlantic hospi-
tai.
C.. K. Hallock was a visitor In At
lantic part of last week, return
ing to Brayton Monday.
Mrs. w. r. Koob went to Anita
Tuesday to visit her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Wagner.
II. NJ Bartlett and A. +. Ander-
son were business callers in Audi
bon, Tuesday.
Jacob Rasmussen OF Trenton, Ne
braska, is visiting his sister. Mrs.
Blom.
Dr. Koob was professional call
er in Atlantic, Tuesday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-01-09
TRAVELLERS ON THE JOB

The report of the hotel men iRdi-
cate that there will be a return of
the travelling men to the road this
year. Many were off the Job during
the past year owing to the war. The
manufacturers were not seeking
business last year. They we're turn
ing down and trying TO evade bust
ness No new business was handled
in many cases and II was difficult to
take care of the old customers. This
year, however, the men will be go,
ing after new business as the ex-
pected depression has followed upon
the practical close of the war and the
manufacturers will have to get a
few more orders to keep their ma
chimes on the go.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-01-09
HIGH SCHOOL CALENDAR

January 10-Basket ball game
with Extra at Extra.
January l7-Basket ball game
with the Atlantic high school boys at
Audubon.
January 24-Declamatory contest
OF the Audubon high school at the
high school auditorium.
January 31-Ending of the first
Semester of the school year. Stu
dents reports for the quarter and
the semester sent out.
Watch for other dates.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-01-09
w. Proctor. Fred Plaehn. Owe

w. Proctor, Fred Plaehn, Owen
Davis. II. G. Rice, C. w. Taylor, r. F.
Bilharz, s. M. Luse, D. E. Kerwin,
F A. johnson, John C. Jensen, John
Horning. M. T Foley, r. d. Hawks,
G. w. Hoover, Jens Andreasen, C. P.
Christensen, Jens p. Jensen.
Number of members --........-. 1898
TOtal collected -...--..-...--....-..- $1153
One life member.
l.. c. Bagley, Chairman.
LINCOLN TOWNSHIP
(Including town of Cray
Louis GrOteluschen, Peter Noel
Ter, Henry Fischer, Fred Kuhn IT,,
S. F. Garmire, E. H. Steere, Joe
Moody, j. G. Huffman, A. L. Nc
Murphy.
Number of members ................ 394
Amount collected ................. S424
Ed Rice, Chairman.
OAKFIELD TOWNSHIP
District No. ALBERT Nielsen;
No. 2, J. N. Petersen; No. 3, Martin
Nielsen; No 4. Gregor Gregenen;
No. s, Hans Nymund; No. g.. John
Nissen; No. z, John c. Nielsen; No.
8, r. G. Nancarrow; No. 8, Henry
Henricks; No. 10, s. P. Daugaard.
Number OF members ........-.......... 495
Amount collected .......-..... 1855
A. p. Hansen, Chairman.
VIOLA TOWNSHIP
District No. Ray Colbert; No.
2, Cy Young; No. 3, Roy Allen; No.
n Irvis Mitchell; No. s, j. w.
Scott; No. 6. Chas. Stone; No. z,
Herbert Bylund; No. s. Leo l..
jerks; No. 3, Clarence Williams.
John T. Sampson, Chairman.
Number of members ...............-... 304
Amount collected ........-.....-. 1913
MELVILLE TOWNSHIP
District No. John Randolph;
No. 2. Frank Weston; No. 8, Les
ter Olsen; No. 4, Thos. Law; No.
s, W. A. Hollister; No. 6, VIM.
Griffith; No. z. Thomas Campbell;
No. s, C. r. Dariand; No. 9, w. F.
Hoyt.
Number of members ......,...... 256
Amount collected -..........A.... 1854
p j. Keith. Chairman.
SHARON TOWNSHIP
VIM. JOrgensen, Davida SOren-
sen, Kristen Sorensen. Laurits Chris
Jensen, Christin JOrgensen, Jens
Smith, Ole Hansen. Myrtle Hart
vigsen, Christen Hansen. Herluf
Hansen. Walter Petersen. Jens
Carlson, Arne Madsen.
Number of members -..-- 664
Amount collected ..-...-..-... $40
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-01-09
NOTICE FOR COUNTY BIDS

Bids for the letting OF the county
printing for the year Of 1919 will be
received at the Auditors office up to
1000 o'clock January 20. 1919.
WIN. J. HAMILTON,
2-2w County Auditor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-01-09
HAY ON TRACK

Have car load of alfalfa hay. the
second cutting on track this week.
Also car load of wild hay and car
load of clover hay on track next
week. Get in and avoid storms and
higher prices Phone 409-y.
1-2t l.. G. JOHNSON.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-01-09
NOTICE FOR BIDS

Bids for the printing of the FL
nancial report for the year Of 1918,
will be received at the auditors Of
fee up to 200 o'clock, January 20,
1918.
WIN. ]. HAMILTON,
2-2w County Auditor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-01-09

District No. IN. d, Graves. j. l..
Johnson and Kristen N. Kristensen;
No. 2. G.. A. J. Beck; No. 8. Peter n.
Petersen; No. 4. Kristen Larsen !;
No. S. T. s. Thygesen; No. s, Fodder
Kallesen and Jens J. Winthers; No.
Z. Hans T.. Schmidt; No. S. Jens ia
cobsen; No. 3. l.. p. Larsen and Pc
ter Christensen.
Number of members 4O1
Amount collected .-......-.-.....-... SAT-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1919-01-09
SpEIJAV, MEETING

There will be special meeting of
Veritas Lodge No. 392, Friday even
ing, January 10th at 1880. First
degree work. Let there be q good at
tendance.
l. w LANDRIIn. W. n
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-18
JANUARY 1896 VERY WARM

The month of January 1896, will go
down in history as the finest mid-wiu=
ter month ever experienced in west
ern Kansas. When we have a spell
of remarkably fine weather in the
month of January we are prone to
forget and say that we never saw any
thing like it before, but in the month
that has just passed we are able to
specify and speak with exactness.
There has not been a single day when
the mercury was anything near zero
and not one day when outdoor work
could not have been done in comfort.
Not single blizzard, not even a snow
storm, and green grass springing up
over the prairies everywhere. At the
beginning of the month we had few
cloudy days, and little rain but it
was as warm as spring. Since then
it has been bright, warm sunshine. al
most every day until on January 29th
and 3Oth we had a fine warm rain,
just what we need for our winter
wheat, although it is not suffering for
lack of moisture. We think we are
safe in saying that western Kansas
never had such a fine January and we
have never seen its equal in any state
in the Union-World of January 31st,
1896.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-18
THANK CAMPFIRE GIRLS

The girls of the Camp Fire club
of Wa-Keeney have been sending
money to France for the relief of a
French orphan They recently receiy-
ed a letter from the mother of one
of these girls which they have had
interpreted and which we publish
herewith:
Kerjegu, Oct. 26, 1919
Madam
hasten to answer and thank you
for the sending of As trans which I
just received
I am also pleased to advise you
that my dear children have again re-
sumed their classes, and feel ever
so thnlxful for your gift 50 could
better afford to educate them For
I assure you it is real pleasure to
see them return from school where
theyare made more enlightened and
intelligent. They do not forget to
address to Heaven every day fer
vent prayer for you
Everyone here feels well and de
sires the same good fortune to YOU
Mrs. Widow Becamp,
Kerjegu en- Guician
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-18

for anything but cattle and horses
After awhile the people commenced
to come in and settle up the country.
They called it the westward March
of Civilization" but 1 think it was the
westward march of bunch of d
fools"- This time my wife and had
gotten title to a big bunch of railroad
land and whenever the chance would
come we would buy out some of the
Hearty Pioneers" In that way we
controlled quite large range. AS we
were getting pretty well along in
years we though we would stick it out
and stay with the hearty pioneers.
But want to tell you one thing and
that is that few days of the old
fashioned hot wind cooked whole lot
of those pioneers and they hit the
trail back east to wife's folks like
lost calf hunting for its mother They
didn't have as much grit in them as
there is in a soda cracker. We had our
ranch home fixed up in pretty good
shape and had raised family of four
children and the Oldest one, our
daughter, had gotten married. We had
built her home on the south part Of
the ranch and she was living there
with her husband and they were help
ing us handle things. We were doing
pretty wen and getting along first
rAte with the settlers, who were gath
ering in thicker all the time, when
my wife took sick and died. It was
about the first time she had been sick
in all the years we had lived together
and her. death was a pretty hard blow
| to me- That was nigh unto fifteen
years ago I stayed around the old
ranch for several months but it was
an awful lonesome place for me- After
I became more resigned to my wife
being gone felt the longing coming
back on me to get out into the oper
! prairie country again. left the old
est children on the ranch and with the
two youngest boys went out inte
Wyoming There was whole lot Of
open prairie out there at that time but
1 that country is being settled up JUS
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-18

you it ought to be all prairie today
was not quite old enough to be
Forty Miner" but 1 have freighted
from the Missouri river to Denver
with an OK team in my early days and
I know what this country like before
it was ever touched with plow and
when it was just Gods great out-of-
doors. There were thousands of buff
falo and antelope roaming at will over
the prairie in those days and we
knew from their fat, sleek appearance
that there was great feeding strength
in the short grass which carpeted the
prairie. I was born and raised in the
city but after had made two or three
trips across the prairie decided that
thereafter my home would be the
prairie. For years I have lived up 20
that decision but there is prairie
any more and 1 am lonesome for the
days that are gone and can only live
in the past.
1t was back in the late fifties, soon
after my wife and i were married that
we squatted near fine spring and
water hole about one hundred west of
the Missouri. I came that far west
thinking that we would be old and
gray before anyone else moved in lay
where near us. We started in the cat
| tie business and got along fine for
several years. After awhile the people
commenced to come in and settle p
| the country and there wasn't room fo-
our cattle any more without a contln
| uous bunch of trouble with those feI-
lows who were plowing up the prairie
and spelling the range Hearty plo-
neer settlers" they called themselves.
My wife and I both loved the open
country and when the neighbors got
too thick we hit the Denver trail again
and went about two hundred miles
further west This put US out into the
| sfShort Grass Country" and at the
further end of the trail want to tel
you that it was fine country in those
days We were out where the air is
pure and where the atmosphere i:
clear and you can get new life ant
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-18

health from breathing the fresh, Il
vigorating air. We used to have lit
tie trouble with the Indians once in
awhile but it didn't amount to much
We could deal with them whole lot
easier than we could with those fel-
lows who came in further east to set
tie up the country. The indians didn't
know anything about law besides in
those days the fellow who could get
his gun lined out first had the law on
his side. Those Pioneer settler" fell
lows wouldn't consent to anything of
that kind and it made it mighty in
convenient. There was mighty good
grass on the prairie in those days and
when the ranches were not closer than
about fifteen or twenty miles of each
other we raised some of the best cat
tie you ever saw on just that old buff
falo grass. We didn't have to put up
any feed in those days but let the cat
tie and horses run out all winter. Once
in awhile hard winter would come
along and we would lose a lot of them
but they hadn't cost US very much
and we didn't make any ado over the
loss. As rule there was some bare
pF1irie grass near the ranch house
and after snow storm we would
| drive the cattle to It If they had got
ten very hungary. You see you can't
do that now. There are too many fel-
lows out here trying to raise wheat
| on this land which was never intended
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-18
right along with the rest Of the ma

right along with the rest of the ma
tion.''
Thus the Pioneer Settler ended his
story just as his son drove up in a
big Hudson super six and announced
that he was ready to start for home.
The old man bade us goodbye, step
ped into the car and was soor. speed
ing away toward tic old homestead.
In travelling this mid west prairie
country we met our Plainsfnan num-
Der of timesk He is one of those old
boys of the prairie who always wants
to be at the further end of the trail.
He wears the clothing of the typical
man of out-of-doors.s He has spent
many days, and years, in the saddle.
He wears boots with high heels, a
broad brimmed hat, and red handker-
chief around his neck. He would wear
the rest of the p1ainsman outfit but
ssThe Passing of the Prairie" no long
er makes it necessary and further
more, almost makes it unobtainable
Besides he is now an old man and il
such things were needfu1 they would
be worn by younger men We calico
him @sUncIe'' and asked him to tel
his story of &sThe Passing of ths
Pranies" if he knew what this country
| was like when it was all prairie.
The PIainsman's Story
"Well, yes, young man." He said
teI do know what this country wa
like when it was all prairie and I tel
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1919-12-18

like this has been and there isn't any
further end of the trail any more
That prairie country now isn't any
where near as good as this was when
it was new. The grass isn't as good
and the winters are too cold. I came
back here a short time ago to visit
the children and see the old home. I
could locate many of the old land
marks about the country on what us
ed to be our range but some how it is
lonesome place. My wife is gone,
the antelopes are gone, and the prai-
rie is gone I am getting to be a
pretty old man now but I am strong
and healthy. I have lived on the prai-
'rie and its fresh air puts life and
health into the system and strength
in the muscles. wish could COM
mence life over again, but I know I
can't OF course at the best have
only a few more years to live and L
guess will resign to fate and settle
down here SO that when the end does
come they can bury me by the side of
my wife I don't know what heaven
is to be like for each Of us but
know that if it is the place which will
be suitable for me and wife it will
be ranch home at the further
end of the trail, on the great prairies
which God has made where you, can
look for miles and miles without see-
ing anything but the outline of the
distant hills on which are feeding the
herds of buffalo, antelope and cattle
and where the young never grow old
With this, the Plainsman ended his
story. He did not ride in an automo-
bile but went across the street, un-
tied a handsome saddle horse, mount
ed it with an ease and grace seldom
equalled by young men of today and
rode away toward the home OF his
daughter on the old ranch.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-06

v,i nave come TO you for little help
no m,'o,1 on l need very much at present and hav
wi, nJ ohe else 70 go to for advice I am the
VII w,de OF soldier, My husband is a good ma n
ana ana as much of Yankee az am both
our Ihthers being American soldiers He has
az h insurance to pay monthly. which means
montb,SS Ti S'o' besides Liberty Bonds to pay
'ars to spend for needed articles.
a, Now; here Is my side Of the story. More
.uhH Tm slN months ago | went to work for a
SIX s, shade firm. l began at SIS per week
but have never gone beyond that nor have
any of the other women who started with
me. And, strange to say, the price Of
work has been cut down instead of the
Women who have been with the firm for
pay as much for work now as they did
several years ago. Now. here is where /
want advice l have enough friends to give
me RiSs some @ orders orders (which will help; and even
present position. but l have no idea where
10 go for goods at wholesale prices. Some
times ! only need a few yards of certain
KIND OF goods. and. of course. l hope there
and dolls heads. etc. which l was otAged
to get at department store. Can you give
me the address of some store where / can
get my goods and frames at wholesale
think a little lad" in the daily Uapers would
bring me work or should | 10 out with
cards and samples and try in this way?
clubs and hotels. providing could buy
wholesale.
l have not been in good health, for |
have been under the knife twice for cancer,
but must make a living and am ambitious.
Can you help me? CMrs.) S. G. p.
l think it disgraceful that the firm
you work for squeeze you down to such
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-06

on the landing just outside her door. He
did not occupy it, however, but re-
mained on watch nearly all the night,
crouching in corner by the landing
cupboard and ready to spring at once on
any intruder who should venture to
come prowling there.
But he heard and saw nothing. save
for the pattering of heavy rain that
fell during the night on the glass of
the closed skylight, and toward dawn
he lay down on the bed and slept for
an hour or two.
The doctor came fairly early again.
and professed himself we'll satisfied with
his. patients condition and progress,
and during the morning their new hand
maid arrived and stayed till afternoon.
For the rest of the day Keith and
Esme We're alone. Once she began to
question him rather closely. but he
was able to plead the doctors orders
that she was not TO excite herself, and
she was too tired and feeling too weak
to persist. During the night he again
remained on suard while she slept Sc
curely behind her barred and locked
uoul, anu III the molHlHS Sut Sdiu sHt
had slept well and soundly. Her rest
had evidently done her a good deal
of good, for she was looking much bet
ter and appeared stronger in every way,
but Keith's lack of sleep was begin
ming to tell on him and showed itself
in his worn expression and bloodshot
eyes. During the afternoon of this
day he fell sound asleep on a chair on
which he sat down for moment and
only awoke when it was beginning tc
grow dark to find Esme, fully dressed,
sitting opposite to him.
Poor boy" she said, seeing him
open his eyes, you must have been
quite worn out"
Have l been asIeep?' he asked,
rubbing his eyes. II didn't know.
What made you get up? The doctor
said-'
II got tired Of lying up there" she
interrupted, "and he didn't positively
say wasn't to- Besides, l thought
perhaps something had happened; il
was all so quiet and you didn't an
swer when | called"
He felt very vexed and annoyed with
himself. but had to admit that he was
much better for his rest. She con
tinued to question him and managed
to make him admit that he had re
mained on watch the greater part OF
each night.
"You see" he explained, 'if there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-05-06
THE PROBLEM OF THE OUTSIDE
COMPETITION
Getting a Line on EasterIy

MERRIWEATHER JACKSON in
AVl vited me to his home for Sunday
and Mrs. Jackson tried her best to make
me enjoy myself,
As matter of fact, she made me feel
uncomfortable, for she had so obviously
gone out of her way to prepare a big
spread
The Merriweathers have boy about
twelve, and he let the cat out of the
bag during dinner when he said to me
81 wished you lived here. Mr.. Flint"
'Why?' I asked smiling
80 we could cat like this all the
time. Amt it swell?"
And we three grown ups" laughed
and pretended not to notice it,
Every time Mrs. jackson caught nv
eye she treated me to one of those star
tling grins of hers. Some of them were
so sudden and that her store teeth click
ed with jerk.
I'll never forget those teeth. They
quivered and clicked every time she
opened her mouth, and when she ate you
could hear squeak, squeak at every
bite.
Nevertheless. | had a good meal. and
they were so kind and eager to make me
comfortable that felt little ashamed
at mentally laughing at them.
AS we rose from the table Mrs. Mer-
riweather said, ''If you two men will
excuse me I'll wash the dishes. AL
fred's going to help me, aren't you, AL
fred dear?"
alfred dear" ungraciously said, II
GOTTA
''Merry.' she addressed her hus-
band, you'll find the cigars in glass
in the living room. You two men have
good smoke. Never mind the curtains
for once. And don't talk Shop now.
although | know it's hard for men not
to talk business. do hope, Mr.. Flint"
she turned to me with that inevitable
grin, that you and that wonderful Mr..
Bruno Duke will be able to help my
man. He's deserving of success. He
and ! have gone through a lot together.
and now she Strengthened up abrupt
ly. now ! must wash the dishes. Come,
Alfred, dear"
Jackson lit cigar with such evident
hesitation that | guessed he was not al
lowed to smoke in his own house. In a
iN" hoNeNtl' VIC Nelt DOtu
comfortably smoking and talking of
general things, (which after a time drift
ed to business.
Have you heard yet" asked,
when Easterly's are going to open for
the spring showing?"
"Er-yes; Mike Owens tipped me off
today that they open on Wednesday,
April IS. and close Friday, April 10.
They've hired the ballroom at the Hor-
ton House for the week, as usual. Mon
day and Tuesday they get ready and
Saturday they pack up"
That's just about a month from to
day-today's the GOTH
"Yes. Mr.. Flint-er-if we are to put
on our opening at the same time we'll
have to get busy, and I've some re-
markable styles. too. Real nobby, ex-
elusive designs" His enthusiasm died
as rapidly as it was born. But it
won't do any good. These women will
buy from Easterly's whatever they Of
| fer
What's going TO be fashionable this
year. Mr.. Jackson?' L..
1T looks like fur again. All the