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11 1&3 m- £&! Tf' Geo .lessen Jr. bad bueines in Au dubon Friday. Eunil Fries transacted business in Audubon Saturday. Mis* Ann Anderseu was shopping in Atlantic Tuesday. Horn Tuesday Aug 9th to Levi Gieen and wife, a girl. Born to Elmer Green and wife, Monday Aug. 8th a boy. Born Wednesday Aug. 3rd to M. B. Nelson and wife, a boy. Chas. Bisom attended Elk's lodge in Atlantic Monday night. Wm, Aldrich of Anita transacted "business in Bray ton Monday. Ben Bowen is ill with an attack of Cholera Morbus at this time. Chris Olsen is quite ill with kid ney trouble and under the doctor's care. Marion Jenkins threshed his oats last week which yield 50 bu. to the &cre. Charley Ide returned Tuesday from -a visit on the Main line of the Bock 4. •'£t Islmd. J. C. Hardman returned Tuesday from Menlo where he had been on business. C. Ditnick went to Exira Tues day evening to visit his sick nephew, Clyde Dirnick. Lewis Heath, clerk in the Nelson store was an Exira business caller Monday afternoon. S. 11 Nelson's big implement shed v, is finished and filled with implements 5 used by the farmer. Ed Cotton and Nick Thielen of Exira were Brayton callers on Mon day in the latter's auto. H. M. Clark arrived here trom Minn. Friday, visited his brother east ot town and left Monday. Miss Kathleen Koob returned from Lewis Sunday after her outing with the Anita girl picknickers. yNels Beck went to So. Omaha Mon day with a car of his cattle and is I n»w visiting relatives there. High class Investments Only 1 "f Ed Lewis, Peter Krogeiund, Harry Nymand and Will Hoegh hfve all bot corn binders the past week. Dr. Ilobinsen of Atlantic was called out to Peter Beck's Saturday to prescribe for a colt that had been hurt. Marinus Jensen returned to Anita this week to do a lot of painting, which he secured at his visit there last week. Ilans Dryer is laid off from work this week on account of getting one finger badly crushed by a stone tile falling on it. Chris Jessen and Willie Hoegh purchased ensilage cutters this week so as to be ready for business when the time comes. I Miss Bertha Jamesin of Sioux Falls, So. Dak. and Mrs. Al Emig Atlantic were guests of Mrs. G. A Arnold, Tuesday. Honest Pete Christenien was an Oakfield and Brayton visitor Mon day on his way from Exira to his home in Atlantic. Mrs. Will EsRlugton will entertain the Ladies Aid Society at her home on Thursday Aug. l.Sth. Don't for get the time nor place. 1 Miss Frances Petersen, who is as sisting in the Larsen restaurant went to Audubon and home Sunday with her sister Esther who is now clerk in the Bilharz store. Percy Freeman and Johny Parrott having completed their long job of lathing at Elk Horn and country around there are once more at home and ready for other work. Mr, Palmer, who has been in charge of the Bear Store returned to Anita last week and the proprietor's son Lake is assisting Mrs. Floyd re an in to re The bnsiuess transacted at the de pot for July was as follows: Cars in: Cement 3, salt 1, coal z, cattle 1, sand 5 and baled hay 1 Cars out: Hogs 8, cattle 1, wood 1. Ticket sales $202.32. YODR OPPORTUNITY Is now here, the owner hav ing extended the time for SIXTY DAYS ONLY for the sale of the Monte Christo Lands at the old price and and terms, owing to delaying of expected improvements. Now, if you would "Make a killing" get busy. Values are increasing so rapidly in this Rio Grande Valley that it is firmly be lieved by our most experienc ed farmers that these farms that you can now buy for $50 per acre will be worth $400 to $1000 per acre within a few years. We have today over 500 purchasers on our books, most of whom bought with out seeing the land, and we are glad to state that all who have made an investment are wild with enthusiasm over their purchase of the Monte Christo lands. TODAY send in your application or see me at the Treasurer's of fice, and pay $4.00 an acre down on one or more of these ten acre farms and free town lot, and get a certificate of purchase to a farm of the richest land on earth and a free home in the only town in the Rio Grande Valley ivhere pure chryntal wat er has been jound in abundance. GEO. E. KELLOGG Audubon, Iowa Texas Lands Essington & Co. shipped ont one car of bogs this week the receipts being very light on account of the harvesting and threshing. Budd Now Open For Business Sam Budd, the Anita man who recently purchased the Bon Ton bak ery and restaurant is now open for business there in the building which he also purchased. Mr. Budd and family have been here for sometime and are now thoroughly located in the new place. The bakery is not yet in operation but will be shortly. Mr. Budd knows how to run the busi ness if anyone does, having had ma ny years experience in it, and he should do well here.—Evening News, Atlantic. Ball Games Galore A game of ball is to be played here next Sunday commencing at 1 o'clock between the business men on the north and those on the south side of Main street which will be almost as great an attraction as the Jeffries John son fight and is sure to draw big crowd. The North Side line up is as follows: O Petersen. R. Mil ler, Nis and Jas. Larsen, SR Nelson, Will Koob, M. Fabricius, A Ar nold and E A Chittenden. South side: Dr. Koob, Geo. Freeman, Lake Bear, Peter Anderson, Elmer Green, J. W. Cannon, Viggo Ras mussen, L. P. Rasmussen and Frank Jenkins. Every player must do his own running, no substitution tolera ted. After this game the Trouble some and Braytou teams will have another tussle for supremacy which will be sure to be an interesting game Bus to and from all trains. Phone 52 at P. M. Christensen's Jewelry Store. Fire Insurance Audubon County Farms YANKEE I serious of motor problems. It is quiet and pow- *5 Overland«Auto A I I 1 ft Used in the White House Let It Do YOUR Cleaning CLEANER IS the" only all-arou?id cleaner for every purpose. It is easy to use, economical, and the most useful article you can have about the house. Yankee Cleaner cleans woodwork, silver, brass, marble, glassware, enameled ware, bath tubs, mirrors, win dows, lace curtains, refrigera-' tors, coffee pots, tinware, etc. It has hundreds of different uses. Yankee Cleaner is easy to use— no hard physical labor, no back ache. And it's absolutely pure. No chemicals, acid or poison to injure your hands or the most delicate fabric. Won't you just try this little won der? Your money back if dissatis fied. Today while you think of it. Ask your dealer for Yankee Cleaner. Send for free booklet de scribing this remarkable cleaner. Chicago Wood Finishing Company Chicago, Illinois Dr. J. Oldakcr, Dentist. Office In the front rooms over the Chrls tensen Jewelry store. All work la my line promptly attended to. Trade Want piece of laud near home. Will exchange two line residences in Exira aud will pay the balance cash. Journal, quick. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S A S O I A Insure in the Continental Insur ance Company. TUEO.PATTY, Agt. OVER 65 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS AC. Anyone sending a sketch and description mar quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention Is probably patentuhlo. Coininunicn llons strictlycontidontlal. HANDBOOK on I'atents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patonts. l'atcuts taken through Muun & Co. receive tpecial notice* without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir culation of any scientldc journal. Terns, $3 a year: four months, $1* Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co.36,Bro»dwa'New York BrtuicU Office. CSS BU Waabiuuiou, Il/C. The riaster Stroke in Motor iCar: Designing IHE success of the Overland is credited largely to the master engineers who designed it. It is the simplified construction the marvelous engine, the method of control, which have made the Overland the masterpiece of Automobile mechanism. All The Betf Id^TBTT^pil The Simplified Car Before the Overland was made, motor car en-sSBaSai The next great step was to reduce the num gineering had reached a high state of develop- ber of parts. In one place the designers invented ment. And the designers of the Overland, know- one piece that takes the place of 47. They devised ing this, combined the best ideas developed. But PeJal control found in three Overland models. they made a new engine which solved the most fush one Pe^al forward speed erful. It is free from all complexities. The ver- Come and see the cars and judge them for youj- Overland Model 38, pricfe $1000, 25 h. p. Motor, 102-inch wheel base. With single rumble seat $1050 double rumble seat$1075 complete Toy Tonneau $ 1 1OO. To Land Seekers—The greatest offer ever made to the Great North west is a $10. Round Trip rate from rit. Paul to Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada where you can buy land from $15. to $20. Inquire of Audu bon County Journal. Ha ve a quarter section in Faulk County, South Dakota, for which we can take some cattle or horses in exchange. What have you to trade. Owner bought it, intend ing to move there but ha8 changed his mind. Going at $30 per acre See Journal. WELLS! WELLS! 12 to 38 inches in diametre G. M. PATTY, Route I EXIRA To be given away to the neatest correct artistic answers to the flying machine puzzle. Find the Aviators DIRECTIONS—Outline to 8° ahead-backwards to reverse. 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