Audubon County journal., May 11, 1911, Image 1

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25 YEARS OW
BOYHOOD DAYS
How Dear to My Heart arc the Scenes
of My Childhood, When Fond Rec
ollection Presents Them to View
Last week it was our pleasure to re
turn to the home of our childhood days,
and was thinking on our way what
would most interest us while there,
while most eager to look over the scenes
of days gone by, I was just as glad to
RGt away from them—there being so
'xaany changes, and many whom I
knew in those days had gone west, and
many gone to rest that knows no
'•wakening until the great judgment
day. I felt partly at home and partly
v. lost in the quaintold ecenesof the days
gone by, never to return to us again.
It almost made me think after looking
over the names in the old graveyard
at Irving, Iowa, that so many had
gone to the other world it seemed to
us it was about time we would soon be
nutabered among the "has beens" on
this old earth. If you should ever
make a trip to your boyhood play
grounds there will come over your
mind many thoughts that would never
come to you on any other visit in your
,.• life. Try it once and see if I am not
right.
I came from Greenville, Ohio, to
lowa with my parents in 1855. I was
two years old when I arrived at Irwin.
My father used to team and haul freight
from Iowa City, thirty miles away. in
those years. The'winters Very cold
and many snow storms and blizzards
oomnred on the ttien blealit prairies of
this Igreat State of Iowa.' In a •few'
^years' the'railroad war completed to
^Mwfengo, IowKT- Then it wSs that all
freight was hauled from Marengo, un
til the C. &"n W. was built to Belle
Plalne. Just east of Belle Plaine there
is one of the deepest cuts through a
large hill of any railroad crossing Iowa.
It took about two years to finish this
cut and it furnished a ready market for
the farmers for mile# around for their
grain, hay and feed, and all the pro
duce and provisions the farmers had to
sell at good prices.
I saw the first school house I ever
'i attended, and the building is the same
size now as then, having been kept
well repaired all these years, and also
saw the school house I attended and
where I learned the old multiplication
table of A Frazell—got it down pat, and
it has been of valuable assistance to me
ever since. It was at this same school
I learned to spell. I was only a small
slender, white headed boy of frail
health at that time, for I hardly saw a
well day until after I was thirteen years
old. It was there that I used to help
keep a large boy by the name of Sam
I''. Kiler at the foot of the spelling class,
^J*xnuch to his displeasure, and he want
'•--^ed to pulverize us into pulp but the
.£ 'old teacher Mr. C. D. Fanton wouldn't
allow him to hurt us. I met some of
Pt"my
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]d school chums with whom I
if used to play marbles and trade jack
", knives. They all have gray hair and
.gray beards now, which reminds us
that in thirty years there are many
changes. Saw the old stream called
'Salt Creek where we used to get up at
4:00 a. m. and go fishing. Some fish
g~_\'were caught that weighed ten and
gj','twelve pounds—catfish, bass and pick-
It was here I recollect the beginning
|^f.,of the war of 1861 to 1865. There was
great excitement and I well remember
&s.'~tbe meetings for signing of recruits to
£rVlfo to the front. At these meetings
-there was generally a martial band and
i^ rmost stirring tunes were played. Many
men walked up and signed their names
who never returned to their families.
..Some wanted to sign and goto war who
had large families and were poor and
stay«d to help take care of families
whose husbands west to the front. I
'3eooltect when my father's neighbor
^signed father wanted to go but mothei
clung to him and talked him out of the
v.
the notion. There were eight little
-^children in our home to care for and
mother thought the responsibility too
^-great for her. I reeollect the pictures
sent to father by his brother, Dr. J. M.
Patty, pictures of great battles. One
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Mr. Kruson sent home some army
blankets, and small pox broke out in
the neighborhood and at onetime there
were fifty cases and many deaths. The
principal of our high school aud his
'"wife died of small pox.
Hers it was that I recollect the total
4:"Hecl]pse of the sun occurred. A lot of we
i^Vboys had been to the creek about four
m. swimming, and on our return
ps .home ws noticed the chickens going to
roost and it seemed night for some
time, but the sun soon shown again,
fffe There was a man in our town who said
it was going to be the last dayj and it
was to be the end of this old world.
He put on a big whit* robe and retired
t,
0'^n
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and some bad boys peeked into tbe
window and saw him get up and look
out when the sun came out again. He
lived for thirty-five years after that.
In 18691 think we came to Carroll
county. It was there I started the
first dray the town ever had—one horse
one. Left Carroll in 1871 we came to
Audubon county, where it has been our
home ever since. Many people lived in
the north end of the county in what
was oalled dug-outs at that time. There
are now living in this county some who
have seen those dug-outs. There was
no railroad here and mail was brought
up from Atlantic by stage, and there
are many residents now living in this
county whom I hauled up from Atlan
tic on the hack. I was hack driver for
nearly four years. Iu 1870 I think it
was the Bock Island was built to Au
dubon. THEO. PATTY.
BOOSTERS
Are We Boosting In The Right Direc
tion Or Are We Neglecting
Things We Ought Not.
Are we, in our zsal for the better
ment of the condition of our roads,
forgetting the weekly Bocial and en
joyable feature that we have had in
Exira, for many years, which has
been a pleasure to, not only the Exirs
ites but to the country people for miles
around and from our friends in our
neighboring towns?
The Exira Concert Band has been
neglected. The one great organization
^bat has been the life of the town
whenever they appeared in public for
many years has become nearly extinct
for the proper support and mainte
nance. Its a little costly to keep an
organization of its calibre on top of
the wave of prosperity, 'tis true, but
the method of doing so has been so
light and easy on tbe contributors,
admirers, a ad music lovers, that its
concerts were a part of our life—our
part of life that's worth the living—
for the man that hath not music in
his soul is certainly in a deplorable
condition. The nucleus of the baud
still in'existence are of the right qual
ity to again build up tbe organization
but as before remarked the men must
have fiuancial assistance, with which
to pay their rent, trim and keep burn
ing their lamps, and above all pur
chase music. The instrumants they
have but they badly need boosting.
HORSE KILLED
Rural Route Driver Lost Horse On
Trip. Fell On Bridge. Broke
Leg. Necrosis Lamed Him
Andrew Jensen lost a good horse for
his business of Rural Rt. carrier last
Monday in the following manner:
On starting out on his trip he noticed
the animal was more lame than usual
in his fore leg, but as it did not appear
serious he made the trip alright until
within about three miles of town,
when in driving over tbe Essington
bridge the animal stumbled and fell as
if be had been shot. On examination
Mr. Jensen thot tbe leg was broken at
the hock joint but to make eure be
phoned for Dr. Weighton who went to
the scene of the accident, made an ex
amination and found the bone broken
and tbe animal was soon put out of its
misery. The injured member was
detacbed at the knee joint and brot to
town and the bide removed when it
was seen that "Necrosis" of the bone
had taken place only a thin shell of
one side of the bone being sound,
which being so thin was not able to
withstand the sudden shook of the
fall. The boDe bad been injured some
time in tbe past in
Bome
manner and
necrosis had steadily been going on.
This is a severe loss to the owner.
Don Hash Home
Don Hash who has been doing
service for your Uncle Samuel on
one of hia battleships in the Atlan
tic and Mediterranean for aeveral
months, returned to hia bome here
laat Friday. In tbe few abort months
of biB adsence Don has developed
into a tine physical model of man
hood and the time will come we be
lieve when he will wish he bad not
severed his connection with tbe
service.
Resigned Position
Owing to continued poor health,
Miaa Mary Gill has been obliged to
give up her position as book keeper
in tbe E. D. Cotton store and Mr.
Peter Jorgenaen of south of Kim
ballton, who bas been at work in
the Bank of Brayton ia working in
her place.
CEMEIERYflffiETING
To All Concerned In The Welfare And
Appearance Of Our Cemetery, In
vited. Come Wednesday, May 17.
On Wednesday, May 17. All day
Picnic and Grand Rally by the peo
ple and for the people interested in
the Exira Cemetery. Every man,
woman and child come. Men with
lawn mowers, spades, rakes and
wheelbarrows women with well
filled baskets of substantial food,
bacon, eggs, weinera, bread and
butter, doughnuts, etc. Cook it by a
camp fire and have what we all need
a good old time reunion and hand
shake with our work. We wonder
what would be the result if we all
cleaned one lot. Let aomegood man
bring a mower for the vacant space.
How nice it will be on Decoration
Day if done now.
Then let us carry it further' and
plan for Decoration Day and make
the heartB of tbe Boys in Blue glad.
Men are to come in work clotbes
women in Bunbonnets and aprons
or sun hats. We will fine you if you
come dressed up in fine clothes. If
yon don't pay your fine we will
pour water on your good clothes.
Let us be more together and enjoy
life for all too soon we too will rest
on the hillside. If Wednesday is
unfit turn out the following day.
W. J. Lancelot, Editor W. H. Lancelot, Publisher
ON TO ATLANTIC
Next Monday and Tuesday They Will Be
There~-The Bird Men That Navigate
the Air. Take Day Off. See Them
Atlantic, with her usual vim and oat-lay has secured the
Moisant Aviation Company for Aerial display so that all
may have the privilege of seeing for the first time in their
lives this
COMING MODE OF TRANSPORTATION.
Fifty business men of Atlantic assures you a good time
if you will come down. Let each branch road so invest the
old town with excursions that everything eatable will be
consumed.
This Company was thinking of taking in Red Oak or
Carroll but the boosters of Atlantic never falters when it
comes to something good for the people and dollars will
buy it.
Autoists of Exira, fall iu line and send down over the
River to River Road, the best turn out that ever went over
the pike. Take your wife and children, your sweethearts
and friends and make the parade one of grandeur by de
corating your cars and waving your flags. Admission will
be only 50 cts. to all, which entitles you to the lectures at
which the biplane and monoplane will be explained. Close
your business for the day, either Monday, May 15th or
Tuesday, May 16th, and go to Atlantic. You will be
welcome.
BOOSTERS
Purchased An Auto
Mrs. 8. Spoo purchased a new
five passenger E. M. F. touring car
of Hans Hansen last week and now
she can enjoy an evening's outing
pleasantly after the arduous duties
of the day.
Hans Ingred Here
Hans Ingved of Bayard was visi
ting Monday with his sisters, Mrs.
E. J. Hansen and Mrs. Alfred Miller
as be was on his return from attend
ing tbe funeral of his nephew, John
Johnson's child at Gates, la., which
took place a week ago.
Going To Hot Springs
George Fiebtemier, residing three
miles south of town is a great suf
ferer from rheumatism and is get
ting ready to take a course of treat
ment at the Arkansas or South Da
kota Hot Springs. He hasn't made
up hia mind fully to which place be
will go.
Runaway Team
Last Monday Lars Petersen of
southeast Audubon township while
in town with his team and buggy
was BO unfortunate as to let his
horses get the advantage of him and
run away. In their mad race they
ran into Jas. A. Hick'a lot where
they broke loose from the vebicle
and were soon after halted. Tbe
only damage sustained was to the
buggy, the seat and circle both be
ing broken.
EXIKA, IOWA, THURSDAY, MAY 11, 1911. $1.00 PER YEAR
OUR BOOSTERS
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A Very Interesting Meeting Was Held
Wednesday Night. A Goodly
Number took Part.
Booster Club met in regular session
and was called to order by President
Newlon, Minutes of previous meet
ing were read and approved. By re
quest Chair appointed a Committee to
arrange for conveyances to escort the
Dea«$^«i*es Commercial Club and
Trade\-Special from our depot through
town and return, on Tuesday May 16tb.
The committee named for that purpose
was Ed Delahoyde, Soren Madsen and
Charles Kommes.
There was also a Committee appoin
ted to decorate the town on above date
The committee is Ed Cotton, Dr. Jac
obsen and L. J. Oldaker. It was also
ordered that the executive committee
of the Booster's Club take charge of
the Decoration Services, and their re
port will come next week.
VAN
Returned From Omaha After A Three
Weeks Clinic. His Anatomy
Is Still Intact.
"Old Van" is home again and looks
aud acts like be used to act years ago.
Van has been a faithful employee of
this office for many years. His de
meanor at times would indicate that
bis lease of life was short, but his re
cuperative powers would come to his
rescue and the first thing we knew the
old man would be parting bis hair in
the middle. But the latest episode is
his coming back tbe way he did.
Van was in Omaha going through a
oritical examination for an internal
trouble, and while the doctors disagree
as to the cause of nis derangement we
all agree that there must be a mushy
ness about the heait for as soon as
Mrs. 8
poo returned from Omaha
wbere she went a few days ago for a
new auto, here comes Van all spick
and span with a boiled shirt on and a
clean hand. 'Tie surprising to notice
tbe change in so short a time. Of
course, there may be no connection of
these incidents but it looks appre
hensive.
Horses Frightened
While coming to town last Satur
day tbe horses which Miss Elda
Wheeler was driving took fright at
a passing auto and shied off into a
ditch breaking the singletree. The
occupants of the auto got out and
mended the broken part with a
strap which they found in the bug
gy. Luckily no other damage was
done.
Returned Home
Miss Mildred Hall returned from
Lead, So. Dakota, Sundayjafter an
absence of several months visiting
with her aunt, Mrs, Belle Grace
Miss Hall's health bas improved
greatly in the higher altitude of
that state. She expects to return
there next winter.
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
The Mingling Of Old Friends On The
Second Wedding Anniversary
Was A Delightful Affair.
Mr. and Mrs. Arlie Johnson of
Greeley township were host and hos
tess last Sunday to the following Exira
citizens: Mr. and Mrs. Geo Milliman,
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Milliman, Mr. and
Mrs. P. M. Christensen, Mr. and Mrs.
P. M. Petersen, Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
McAninoh and Messrs J. B. J. Lobner,
Nels C. Johnson# Chas. Baker, John
Van de Brake and their best girls.
The day was spent in various
amusements suitable and appropriate
on such occasions. A fine dinner was
served, prepared by the hostess, to
which all did ample justice.
OUR HOME MERCHANTS
If They Keep The Goods You Want,
Patronize Them In Prefer
ence To Any Other.
A full line of well kept retail stores
is a great public convenience.
it enables our home people to make
purchases and take the goods home
the same day. It enables them to
take their own time for the inspection
of the goods when they are not cut
short by the hurry of a trip to Bome
distant city.
Gail Hamilton, a well known writer
of some years ago wrote a book called,
"Twelve Miles From a Lemon." It
waB a humorist description of tbe in
conveniences one encounters In living
in a place where the conveniences of
retail business are not good.
People think of those things when
picking out a residence town, and
tbe bate to locate in a place lacking
good stores juat as they dislike to go
to a place lacking good water, and
lights and streets and sewers.
RETIRED AND RETURNED
Ben Jensen And Wife After Forty
Years On Farm Here Retire
And Return to Denmark
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Jensen left last
Monday for Denmark, with the inten
tion of making that country their
future bome. They have been resi
dents of Audubon County for about
forty years and during that time by
steady application have amassed a
competence more than sufficient to
maintain them in affluence if not lux
ury. Tney have made two or three
visits to the land of their nativity and
at last decided to return there for good.
Mr. and Mrs. Jensen have made
many lasting friendships during their
long residence here, which death
alone can erase.
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We wish them long life and a pros
perous voyage.
Elmhurst Improvement
W. W. Crissman of the west epd
of South Street residing in tbe Elm
burst division baa commenced the
good work of improving the value
of bis property and adding to its
beauty by having a regulation
four foot cement Bidewalk laid
along the side of his one acre lot
where it borders on the street. Mr.
Crisman is to be congratulated on
his enterprise. Now it remains for
the other property holders to con
tinue the good work on east to the
bridge on Cartbrge street where
the walk la already completed on
Into the business part of town.
m. E. Church Notes
Sabbath School at 10 a. m.
Preaching at 11 and 7:30 every
Sabbath. A cordial invitation to
all.
Epworth League 7:00 p. m.
Prayer meeting Thursday eve.
tiabbath morning Old peoples
meeting. A special service for our
Fathers and Mothers. To this meet
ing all are cordially invited.
Sabbath evening. Our Epworth
League Anniversary will occupy
the hours for both League and
Preaching. See Program. Let this
be a Peu.tecost.
Hoffman Pictures
Rev. S. M. Smith has at quite an
expense succeeded in renting re
productions of theae world famed
paintings which will be presented
foe tbe first time in Exira, Sunday
evening May 13th. The paintings
are repreBentstions of the Life of
Christ and are well worth seeing as
well as listening to the sermon that
will accompany them. Everyone
should make its point to attend.
THE DOG AND THE BONE
Atlantic Not Thankful For River To
River Road. Want White Pole Road.
Shows Teeth For Past Favors.
Shame!
For many years Exira has patron
ized quite liberally everything that
Atlantic brought to her town. But
the unfriendly spirit exhibited to
ward Exira in aiding, in every pos
sible way and manner, the estab
lishment of what they call tbe White
Pole Road which is being establish
ed from Dee Moines to Atlantic by
a few promoters, and in antago
nism to the finest road in the world
viz the soul inspiring and gliding
River to River Road which comes
through Des Moines, Guthrie Cen
ter and Exira to Atlantic is to say
the least to be regretted. It is not
enough tor our fair sister city to en
joy mnny privileges that seem im
possible to the Bmaller towns. But
when it comes to tearing down such
enthusiaem and tearing up such
roads that we have spent a small
fortune on to create and build and
all tbe time having a feeling that
our outlay would in some way be
reciprocated by Atlantic and now
to learn that "The White Pole Road
growB in favor daily and good work
ia being done now to put it in con
dition its entire, length"—Atlantic
News, May 9th—is like the dog with
the bone and intimates to. Exira
that all we have done Is as nothing.
The source of retaliation in to
change the map of the RIvor to Riv
er Road from Exira weBt to ElkTCorn
and down tbe beautifal Nisbnu Val
ley to Walnut and again intersect
the River to River Road. This will
save the travelers from twelve to
fifteen miles and will pasB through
one of the richest tracts of the corn
belt. Walnut would spend her mon
ey freely to smooth up the few bad
spots. Elk Horn would outdo her
self in improving any bad places
that may be.
Last but not least the seventeen
railroad crossings that lay on the
the White Pole Road Des Moinea
and Atlantic will be missed entire
ly and the River to River Road will
still be the same old safe way to
travel. •,
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Christian Church Note
Sunday School at 10 a. m. .•
Preaching at 11 a. m. and pTm
Junior Eadeavor at 2 p. m.
Senior Endeavor at 6:30 p.tii.
Have you visited our services?
You will not only- hear the gospel
but see it. We are now in the'tafidst
of the second series of Sermons in
PictureB. Sunday night a full house
had a spiritual treat and uplift by a
visit to the Holy Land.'Next Sunday
night we have a great treat in store
for all who come. "The Life of our
Saviour in Picture." For several
months I have tried to get this Bet
but BO great has been tbe demand
I have had to wait until my tnrn.
My turn and yours has come. Dont
fail to grasp it. Service at 8 P.M.
The Ladies Missionary Society
was entertained by Mrs. C. Milli
man and had a very enjoyable time.
SPECIAL MOTHERS SERVICE
at 11 A M. Subject "Mother, God's
Greatest Gift"
Audubon Township Church
Illustrated address on tbe Life
of Ctirist Friday evening May 12th.
Program
Following is the Epworth League
Anniversary Program, to be given at
the M. E. Church, Sunday evening,
May 14th:
Song, "All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name."
Lords Prayer
Song, "Zion Stands With Hills Sur
rounded," No. 768
Prayer, by Rev. O'Fling
Scripture Lesson, 48th Psalm
Special Music
"The Object of the League," Mr.
Harned
"The Benefit of the League to Our
Young People," Mr. Harper
Song, No. 149
"The League Pledge'' Mrs. Hadden
"The Future Outlook" Miss Harper
"Look Up and Lift Up," Mrs. Bu
chanan
Song, No. 387 v^'
Volunteer Prayers
"The Relation of the League to Mis
sions" Delia Hicks
"The Value of a Religious Paper in the
Home," Miss Langwith
"How to Magnify our Office," Mr,
Nancwrow
Special Music
Song, "Entire Consecration, No. 10."
ConsecrationService.