Audubon County journal., May 29, 1913, Image 1

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27 YEARS OLD
.CLASS 0
SPOT
'13
PR0GH
THE
JGHT
Tlie event of the week in Exira,
jand one which, ma.'ks the passing
of another mile stone in the lives
of many of her young people, has
been the closing of our public
it
schools' with its attendant 'exercises.
These exercises opened with the
^delivery of the baccalaureate ser
ijmon Sunday evening by Rev. G. A.
gLawton. It was a thoughtful and
linspiring address well worthy of
j?the aittention not alone of the Class
3 of '13 but of those older folks who
heard it.
The members of the Class of 1913
.'are the Misses Vivian Heath, Dena
Nelson, Flora Rendleman, and
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Geraldine Rendleman. In the class
night exercises of Monday evening
they were the stars in a splendid
program, which was rendered be
fore a packed house and pleased it
exceedingly. Friends, well-wishers
anft strangers alike found the event
oAe of real charm and interest and
Vith one accord they say that
these young women reflect. credit
upon the schools, the town, and the
homes from which they came. More
over this is 'the simple truth in the
matter, and it needs no embellish
ment.
They received the diplomas, whichi
are to them the tokens of long
years of patient work, last evening,
after listening to an excellent class
address by Mr. L. E. FollanSibee.
Let us venture a hope that the
Class of '13 may find life's shad
ows soon dispelled, its troubles
quickly fleeting, and its griefs and
sorrows less poignant than' the
rest of us have found them and
in this hope we feel that the good
people of Extra join without dissent
Our public schools may well be
the pride of our town. They are
efficient. The instructors generally
are painstaking and conscientious
and the superintendent. Mr. W.
H. Hoyman, is a man of unusal qua
ifications and ability. That he will
return to Extra is a matter of con
gratulation to her people.^',
AM OF MEM
1:00 P. M. Assemble at Park.
Music Band
Invocation
Music Double Quartet
Reading of Logan's Order
Music Double Quar'et
Reading "Visions of War"
Reading .. {.Lincoln's Gettysburg
Speech
Music Double Quartet
Address Casper Sclienk,
Des Moines
Call of Roll of Honor
Music Band
Form procession for march to cem
etery.
Decoration of Graves by Flower
Girls
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E. D. CO
OF THE 1EEN BUILDING
During Mr. Green's visit here
from the coast he sold his building
the old South Side Cafe, to E. D.
Cotton, who, It is rumored, will
raze the old building and build a
brtck building. This will give
Mr. Cotton a new room for his
clothing anid Racket Goods depart
men. His aim is to give to the peo
pie of Exira and vicinity all the
goods to select from that large cit
ies enjoy.
DRY! DRY! OH Su DRY
The railroad companies and the
express companies, of Iowa, have
issued orders that there will be no
imore intoxicating liquors received
Into the "dry" sections of Iowa.
This is in accordance with the new
law made in the last legislature an
just now going into effect.
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IIS WEEK
Four Hard-Working Young
Women Reach the Goal
and Say Farewell
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NA
9ING LAST II GUT
Samuel Wesley Domalson and
Bonnie M. Young were united in
the holy bonds of matrimony last
evening at 8:00 o'clock at the
home of the bride's parents, Edgar
Young and wife, north of town.
Just the immedate relatives were
present to witness the ceremony.
A reception will be held at the
Young home Saturday-evening, June
7th in their honor before they de
part on their honeymoon trip. More
particulars next week.
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AWAY IK OKLAHOMA
H. W. Hanna, formerly anj At
torney of Exira, reports from his
home in Lawton., Oklahoma, the
death of Mr. Charles V. May, who
formerly lived in Greeley township
and was a subscriber to the Journal
Mr. May died at his home in
Elgin, Commauche County, Oklaho
ma Sunday, May 18th. He was a
good citizen and many an old friend
here will mourn his loss with those
that mourn.
NT ERE
VSTS W000E0 CITY
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Mr. E. J. Freeman, the President
of the National musicians of Amer
ica, honored us with a pleasant call
and a comfortable chat last Tues
day. Mr. Freeman informs us of
the death of Hon. Jake Overholtzer,
which occurred recently. Mr. Free
man enjoys life on the Pacific Coast
and i$ certainly looking healthy, in
fact much) better than when he
went there last fall.
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VETEACHERS
Owing to the lack of Institute
Funds that have been legislated
away from us the last few years, I
am fearful I will be unable to hold
the Normal Institute at the regular
time which would be June 16th.
Many counties over the state are
holding their Institutes later this
year though not all are doing this
from lack of funds as is the ease
with us. I will make final announce
ment next week as to the time of
holding Institute.
m29 ELLA M. STEARNS,
County Superintendent.
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WRE
RSOF
FOR
The Iowa legislature in the Her
ald bill, just passed both houses,
lays down the following rules gov
erning the conduct of the automo
bile owner on the public highways.
Must turn to the right on ap
proaching vehicles.
Must run to the left in passing
a vehicle from the rear.
Must give signal to nearby vehi
cles if he stops or turns suddenly.
Must turn square at the corners
and keep to the right.
In turning to opposite direction
must turn to the left.
In cities of first class must atop
with right side of machine next to
curb.
Must not overtake and pass
another vehicle at street crossings.
Must not allow machine to emit
undue amount of steam or smoke.
Must have mufflers on exhaust.
All drivers of automobiles must
stop near right hand curb at ap
roach of fire, patroX or .ambulance
wagon.
Must not leave machine standing
within twenty feet of an hydrant.
Must not be left standing within
fifteen feet of entrance of any thea
tre, auditorium or place of public
gathering.
Must not leave vehicle alone when
any part of machinery is in motion.
D. E. Shrauger, wife and son,
Harlan, of Atlantic autoed up to
this city last Sunday and visited a
few hours with his mother, Mrs.
Isaac Statzell and husband^.^
Ajf~9 Mtfc, S-11.
A MILITANT WEEKLY DEVOTED TO TRUTH AND CIVIC RIGHTEOUSNESS
EXIRA, IOWA, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1913
George W. Guthrie Selected
As Ambassador to Japan
ECAUSE of the trouble over (he California antl-allea land bill, InvolT
tng tiw relation* between Japan afd tbe United States, especial sig
nificance attached to the appointment- of George W. Guthrie of Pitts
burgh to b« .am bassador to tbe mitoitrt* kingdom.- Tha. former mayor
of the City was offered the important 'po?t by tbe president with the
particular object of selecting & man who would help maintain tbe friendly re
lations between the two ooontrles In tbe face of practically any difficulty. Mr.
Guthrie is well equipped for the mission. He Is a lawyer of high repute In bis
borne city, where be has practiced since 1868. He has taken a leadingpart la
municipal reform work In Pittsburgh, 1^ ,"A" •,
DIES
AT HEI
At tlie "home of her son, Clark
Jenks, in Viola township, Audubon
County, Grandma Corwln died in
her seventieth year. Mrs. Corwin
was awaiting the return of her
daughter in law, Mrs. Jenks, who
had gone to the mail box, leaving
Grandma in good health apparently,
and upon her return found the dear
old lady lying on the floor, her
spirit having gone to the God that
gave It. Heart failure caused by
dropsy is said to be the cause of
her death. Interment was made in
the Dedham Cemetery.
ACCIDENTALLY INJURED
BY W NDMILL
While Frank Hunt was assisting
his fat'her, Oscar Hunt to remove a
rod that was broken in the windmil
this morning, in some manner the
rod slipped from his hands and the
end of it struck his father in such
a way as to penetrate his clothing
and enter his breast.
The wound is a very painful one
but thought not dangerous. v.-,
KIMBAL
MARK
A number of people attended the
wedding at the Kimballton Danish!
Lutheran Church at four o'clock
Wednesday afternoon of John Lar
sen and Mrs. Sena Petersen. The
ceremony was followed by a re
ception at the home of the groom,
a mile and a half northeast of
Kimballton, where the newly mar
ried folks will make their home.
There was dancing in a big tent, a
repast and the festivities lasted till
morning. The contracting parties
are well known, both having been
raised in the Kimballton vicinity,
and the groom having been bom on
the farm where he and his bride
will make their home.—-
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HENSLEY SHIPS
:E CARS OF CATTLE
John I. Hensley shipped three car
of cattle to Chicago last week, two
of wjiich averaged 1570 and one
car averaged 1659 pounds each.
This shipment was fed and fin
ished by Luther Hensley who accom
panied them to market. For a
young man Luther is developing in
to a number one manager and feed
er of stock. His painstaking and
resourceful qualities combined with)
the Hensley energy makes him a
valuable man for a stock ranch.
Then the efficient help of his es
teemed little wife, is no hinderance
to a man of Luther's calibre, as
she counsels and assists him in
every conceivable manner.
Later—The fine shipment topped
the Chicago market.
IMPOR ANT MESSA
ddr sura
ir
ERS
It is the law of the land that a
weekly newspaper must not allow
any subscription to run OVER A
YEAR without being paid for. This
law is being enforced and a num
ber of papers have been called to
account by the Postal Authorities.
The Journal has a few, on Its
large list of subscribers who are a
year or more in arrears on whose
papers we are paying postage. Per
sonally we would like to let every
one pay when it is convenient for
them to do so, but we have NtO
OPTION IN THE MATTER, for Un
cle Sam says to us, "You must eith
er collect the money of take the
name off the list. The penalty for
neglecting or refusing to do so is
the loss of the second class mail
ing privilege to the paper and a
fine of not exceeding $500.
We therefore ask all of our sub
scribers who are in arrears on suib
sctption to pay up. Please don't
put it off friends, attend to this
matter at once.
Journal
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OPERATION PERFORMED
TODAY ON MRS EN
An operation was performed on
Mrs. Clifford Posten, nee Trola
Seibert, this morning for appendi
citis which she has been bothered
with for some time. A trained
nurse of Omaha is caring for her.
We hope to hear of her speedy re
covery. \,~
E.B.V
TO BU
SS CONTRACTED
LD SCHOOLHOUSE
At the meeting of the School
Board of Hamlin township last Mon
day the successful bidder was our
fellow townsman, Ernest B. Voss.
There were four bids offered. Two
of them were for $1100.. each, one
for 1050., one for 975.00 and Mr.
Voss* bid which secured the con
tract was for 946.50
LANCELOT
KANSAS
MAI
Harry B. Lancelot an-: Mary L.
Henson were united in marriage in
Coldwater, Kansas on\ Monday, May
12th, 1913.
The groomf is a machinist em
ployed at the Poltera Garage in
Coldwater.
His bride's home was at Paul's
Valley, Oklahoma. They will make
their home in Coldwater.—The Tal
isman, Coldwater, Kansas,
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OF IRS. WM.
HM.10W AI AMIR
Mrs. William Schallow died at
her home in Adair May 17th, 1913
ait the age of 65 years, 3 months
and 2 days. She was united in mar
riage to Williajm Schallow, in the
Fatherland, November 6, 1873 and
came to America nine years laiter
coming direct to Audubon, where
they resided until the spring of
1898 when they moved to a farm
east of Audubon. Four years ago
the family moved to Adair.
She was well known in Audubon
where they resided with Mr. and
Mrs. August Burr.
The funeral was held in Adair.
STRAY DO
OF AUDUB
TESCHLD
NPHYSCAN
The little son of Dr. James and
wife, of Audubon, was bitten by a
stray dog that came to their home
several days ago. The family had
tried repeatedly to drive it away
but could not do so. The little lad
was approaching the animal when
the brute attacked the child. Mrs.
James ram to protect the child and
she too was attacked. Neighbors
hurried to their assistance and
succeeded in driving the animal
away and after quite a chase kill
ed it. The left side of the child's
face *was badly cut with the dog's
teeth, the most severe being on
the ear and under the eye.
REGULAR MEE INGO
CLUB
The regular meeting of the Exira
Commercial Club will be held at
the Danish Brotherhood Hall, Wed
nesday evening, June 4 th.
The Secretary.
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COUNTY
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At the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Nels Rattenorg, near the Hamlin
Creamery, while the men folks were
emptying the gas tank Tuesday, two
of the children went to the barn
with a lantern. The gas from the
tank had so permeated or charged
the air that the lantern ignited it
and an explosion followed. The
children were somewhat burned and
the men at the tank slightly so. We
trust the accident is no worse than
at first reported.
OAD SYST
[FINITELY
The system of roads to be main
tained by the county has, with one
exception been fixed definitely. The
board of Supervisors met Saturday
to hear protests against the roads,
designated at a former meeting as
the ones which should be taken, ov
er and kept up by the county.
As the matter now stands, the
following roads make up the coun
ty system:
There will be a north and south,
trunk line which will consist of
the old River to River road from
the south line of the county into
Exira, the road from Exira north to
Audubon, and the road from Audu
bon due northward to the comity
line, now known as the Templeton
road.
At Oakfield there will be a brand"
from this road westward extending
to a point about three miles west of
Brayton also a branch southeast
ward toward Anita, terminating at
the county line.
There will be four other branches
from this trunk line. At a point
about a mile north of Audubon., one
will leave for the west extending
through Fiscus to the Shelby line.
Two branches leave it at the north,
line of Leroy towoiship, one extend
ing one mile eastward into Ross,
the other about seven miles north
eastward into Lincoln Township
and four miles north of this point,,
another branch leaves the trunk
line westward through Gray, and
thence northwest toward Manning.
From Audubon a long road will
extend northeastward through Viola
Township, terminating at the coun
ty line just south of Dedham. A
branch from this road to Viola ex
tends eastwar-d to the county line
at the point nearest Coon Rapids
and another branch leaves it just
east of Audubon, extending due
east to the county line at Larland.
This land road was protested, a pe
tition being filed asking that the
road one mile farther south be se
lected instead. The board reached
no definite decision, but left the
matter to be decided by the state
highway commission.
There will also be a road extend
ing four miles westward from Audu
bon, and one southwestward to Kim
ballton and Elk Horn and. termin-,
ating at the county line,
From Hamlin a road extends east-"*
ward and a little northward a dis
tance of about five miles.
From Exira the road westward to
Elk Horn is made a part of the
county system also the River to
River Road northeastward through
Grppley Township to the county line
A branch! will leave this road at
the Gilroy farm extending southeast
ward across Troublesome, then
along the south line of sections
eight and nine to the southeast cor
ner of section nine, then south to
the Cass County line and at school
number eight, a brarnch will leave
this road, extending eastward to
the county line and then southward
to the corner of the township and
county..
The system will probably remain
as now fixed, save that the contro
versy over the Melville road must
be decided by the state commission.
However, it will be a year before
any great amount of work can/ be
done on these roads under the new
law.
NSO PPE
EOT WAR 1
Amarillo, Texas Reports.
Traveling in a northeasterly direc
tion a column of grasshoppers, five
miles wide and eighteen miles long
is reported in northeastern New
Mexico. They seem to spread as
they go. The appearance of small
er bodies in sections of western
Texas is causing fear of a grasshop
per plague in Texas, Oklahoma, and
New Mexico. The column last Mon
day was between Elida and Texline.
It is said they are destroying all
kinds of foliage. Stock and es
pecially sheep are left in a starv
ing condition. Government, state
and railroad experts are combining
forces in New Mexico to fight tbe
hopper.
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Board of Supervisors Selects
Roads and Submits Same
to State Commission
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