Audubon County journal., March 04, 1915, Image 1

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HELD CpHVENTION HERE
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The twenty-third annual district
convention ol the order of the
iCnigJits of Pythias was lield ait
iSxira on Thursday last, the 25tlu
day of February 1915. The lodge
was opened by George Corl, Chan
cellor Commander of Extra Lodge
number one bundled and eighty one
precisely at half pas tit seven, poet
meridian.
Six Knight Dr. Newlom: delivered
an address of welcome to the visit
ing bro'htrs )of which. there wane
thirty present from her lodges (,
when Sir Knight H. H. Cate of A
Bfta Lodge number one hundred
and ninety, gave a most hearty and
sincere response.
Grand Chancellor Commander of
the domain of Iowa A. J. Beckett of
froy Lodge number thirty one of
Albia Iowa, being present, a school
of instruction was held wihaictb w)as)
enjoyed by all present.
fhie rank of Knight was conferred
by Adair Lodge No. 193 in a very
up to date and dignified manner,
after wl'lteh Exira Lodge No. 181
conferred the rank of Page, ini their
customary brotherly love fashion.
By this time the deck in t(he tow
er struck twelve and tihe Pythian.
Sisters on the floor below hiaiv&nig
prepared one rf tihe best appetiz
ing banquets ever tabled in Exira,
al? present repaired to the feast and
regaled themselves sumptuously un
til the inner Kniigtht was aippeased
amd pacifed. Early next morning
the rank of Esquire was conferred
Dy Amii'a Lodge No. 190. The work
Deinig over and the dishes on the
tables being cleared away, a qudet
peaceful dance was organized by
the lovers of the fantastic sport,
while those who cared more for
fraternal oratory remained in the
Castle Ha"! and spouted and spout
ed unt'J sun-up Friday morning. All
present spoke in tihe highest praise
of the banquet provided by the Py
thian Sisterhood and were sur
prised ait tihe variety and the qual
ity of the many dainties, before
th-ein, and voted the ladies were ar
tiste of the epicurean art.
The visiting brother® present
were: 'V,
Adadr No. 193—
J. H. WdtoiaimB, C. C. Rosa W. J.
Tobias A D. Arthiur Clyde Look
niolz Go. Richardson Bert Lough
ar J. E. Miller R. W. Ward
Ohas. E. Gox Ttoco W. Arnold
Harvey F. Lutih Fnamk Johnson
J. S. Porter John L. Parry R. H.
Magarrell R. 0. Gabeor Rev. Lew
is Wal'son.
A' dita No. 190.
W Dimemiore H. P. Ziegile.r D.
R. Forshey W. F. Hendricks W.
C. Nichols Wm. Craiwifiord H. H.
Oate Otto Van Waigand H. G.
Highiley F. R. Wagner Nels Johin
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A. J. Beckett G. C. Troy No. 31,
Albia la.
Wm. Saevry, Demdson.
:v A very impressive wedding ce re
union occurred at the home of the
bride's parents in Audubon twp. on
Wednesday, Feb. 17 .h. wihen Miss
•^Bertha ilaimdniaiun became the bride
of Mr. C. E. Wahlert, tlie Rev. A. H.
Del-etake of the Grant twp Lutheran
^church acting us tiie officiiaibimg cler
y-T:, it- 'gyinan.
Miss Elsie Walil&i't was chosen as
bridesmaid and Mr. William Ilam-
r- SV-'V jiiaun as Lefct mam.
ij Thie bride of this happy event is
f§ the dauglhiler of Mr. and Mrs.. H.
„.sHaiimiaiiu and is a most estimable
rtj./ lady whose friends are numbered
*5 by her acquaintances. Thie groom is
ft. '.J, the son ot Mr. amd Mrs. Ed Wah
lert and if there is anythiimg the
matter wiith hiim The News has nev
er heard of it. The wedding was a
quiet home affaiir, attended only by
y' relatives of the contracting parties.
With, hundreds of otliers, the edi-
lyi' tor of The News joins in extending
& congratulations and extra good wiah
ea for tilieir happiness and success
'f $ through many years.—Adair News.
Leo Sieb 'it celebrated his 15t(hi
Birthday, last evening ly inviting
•in a number of his friends, and
schoolmates.
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As secretary of thus association
wish to thank the editors of our
county pa peas for the interest
shown in tiiiis recent organization
by giving space in their respective
papers to a report originally given
to a reporter cf the Nonpareil of
Council Bluffs of our last meieting
Jan. 27, 1915, amd may I at tiie
same time ask your further kind as
sistance in the future. 1 cam as
sure you as long as I remain secre
tary of the association, you sh|all
get first hand information of what
we are doinig.
Permit me at the same tnnne to
ask tl ose creameries not represent
ed at our last meeting to send me
the names of two delegates from
atssoci ticin, or in case none have
oeen elected to let me have
the naimes of tihieir president amid
secretary so tihat I may be able to
notify you and have you take part
iii our next meeting.
As vou have noticed, we are plan
ning- to hold a great joint cream
ery and dairymen's picniic tlhds sum
mer, the place to be decided by :ile
gates from all our corporation
creameii.cB, and I want to. tell you
that we are plainning someitlrinig
good. Some of the features of the
picnic will be tihe scoring of butter
from the several creameries tihe
presence of at least two ptrciminent
speakeis, free ice cream and buitte'i"
milk, tie latter to be contributed
Dy
the creamery who is to be tihe
nost of the day.
In accordance with the^express'd
wishes at our last meeting, I have
sent a letter to Rep esemitatj. Witt
nauer a Des Moines s'sking bis sup
port in pending butter and cream
legislation and am in receipt of let
tei from hiim promising lis loyal
suppon: in same.
It is our hope and wisih tl-iat thjs
associ on may help to promote the
wandmig in ©rest in the od old
cow and our co-op rative creamer
ies w(hi:ch two in the past, have
flayed so conspicuous a part in mak
ing til. olaiy hills of Audubon Co. a
paying preposition. But no less in
che future than in the past will the
above mhinatiotn be needed if
these same clay halls are to pay in
terest on $150 to $200 p:r acre
land.
Sincerely yours,
Joihm G. Thomsem
Sec Aud. CO. Dairymen's Asa'®.
IDE BOOSTER IIEETIK
The Ladies Booster Club of Ex
ira meit Monday evening to elect of
iicera and lay thedr places for tihe
sumimer work. The present oiftfcers
nave been so fait: iful and filled the
office so satisfactorily thaJt all were
re-elected End also the executive
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aril and standing lommii tees.
Two more new mea.ibers wore call
ed to the flower con imdttee to help
care for the flowetrs in the pa k.
Th.iee more new se Is will he add
ed to tie park this s.xing l',ke the
ones 'fort were got'.en late last
summer. Just what :he club is plan
ning to do to help improve the look
ot the city is not made known y©t
Dut they will extend tl ie.lr wo far
ther thiain' just the city parlj tli,ia
year
The Sec. Mrs. L. J. Oldaker would
like 'for those who pay the univer
sal prke of one dollar per Jot for
the care of their lots in the ceme
teries dur aig the summer to pay
die money to her or leave if ait
the office with Dr. Oldnker and re
ceive re-eipt for same. This will
make it a great deal more conven
ient for the Sec. and prove much
more satisfactory than the wiay it
was paid us the previous years.
The Club finds thait those interested
both cemeteries responding more
freely and willingly each ye'ir in
die work of keeping up their lots
and manifesting a greater interest
in the care of the cemeteries
The Club will meet in regular
session the 1st and 3rd Mondays of
each month from now on.
Mrs. John VandeBrake entertain
ed several of her lady friemds at
hei home in the Heights, last
Thursday evening. An enjoyable
time was had by all present.
The farm without clover is go
ing down.
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IBoost For Exira,, Tlie City Beaiatiftil
EXIRA, IOWA, THURSDAY, MARCH 4, I 9*1 S
UBS JULIt FISH OHO
Of EXIRA
Mrs. Julia Anne Fish of 1514
Twenty-fourth street, died Feb. 28.
The deceased was born Jan. 22,
S44, at Bristol, Kendal county 111.
She moved to Prairie City, la. wi.li!
tier parents, amies and Mary Jobes,
59 years ago. She taught school in
Jaspar, Guthrie, Audubon and Un
ion counties, la. On Aug. 21, 1869,
at Exiira la. she was married to
Henry Fislu She is survived by her
husband, one daughter and five
sons, Adie Burns of this city, Sher
man F.sh of Amarillo, Tex., Clyde
Leonard and Vernon Fish of Boli
var, Mo., and Guy Fisih, ot
Moines. Site was a member of the
Methodist Episcopal church. S!he
has lived a zealous earnest, con
sistent Christian life for more ttiiam
fifty years. One of the most grati
fying thoughts of her whole life
her husband and six children to
all become devout Christian mem
and women. She faced death with
tlie same degree of courage amd
Christian fortitude that character
ized her whole life. She iB a sister
of Mr. Jobes of Exira.
—The Register and Leader.
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III Win FMM1SIS
John J. Quimby the Postnnast^er
of Ross and the best known, man ijn
Audubon County, received a stroke
of paralysis las. week, und has
been laying ait the point of death
since. Mr. Quimby moved luis f..m
i'y from a farm to thie village of
fioss in the, middle edgh ies and
bought grain for old George
liifffi
seemed to be the fact that her pre- decreased three hoes. An acre of
cepts and example have influenced corn in 1909 would buy 79 pounds
r.f coffee and only 59 lbs. in 1913.
27 pairs of overalls could be bought
with the receipts from one acre of
cotton 3 909 wihile the purchasing
power in 1913 dropped to 24 pairs.
Gray.
Since that date to the present he
nns resided there most of tlile timie
as the village postmaster, hono.ed
ard respected by all. His condition
showed some improvment the first
of the week^ but at his age, sixty
five, a faint hope only can be enter
tained.
AGAIN COMMENCE JOCIIM JENSEN
Work has again commenced upon
the E. D. Cotton new building on
Maim street.
lit is to be hoped tihat the wieath
er miay prove favorable from now
on for pushing li/is fine structure to
an early completion.
Many moves devolve upon the
occupancy of the wetw store. When
Mr. Cotton leaves the old building
and occupies his own, John Nelson
the hardware man will move in.
One of thie rooms vacated by John
Nelson will be occupied by the Er
ke Bros, while the other room wi/ll
be occupied by Pete Jorgensen. as
a racket store, 'line room vacated
by Erke Bros, will be occupied by
H. P. Petersen as a department
store. lr. Rendleman wiill occupy a
suit of rooms in the new structure
while John Rendleman will move in
to more pleasant apartmeaiits. Mrs.
spoo will occupy the remaining
rooms above, to accommodate l'.er
boarders.
fit MOVE 10 EMU
Ghnaau Jones who has worked so
faithfully lor John Nelson in tht&
Hardware store for many years, sev
ered his connection with that firm
last Saturday night. He, wi.'h h»s
family, will move this week to a
large faizn near Guthrie Center
where lie will try his luck at farni
rtig.
It is the wish of his friends that
ne wi be very successful and pros
per rapidly in his new undertaking.
Date West who has resided near
North Branch for sometime, has
rented a farm four miles south of
Exira to which place he is moving.
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Washington D. C. Feb.—The Fe
deral Department of Agriculture has
just issued a statement showing
the purchasing power of an acre
of farm crops in 1915 compared
with 1909. While the price per
acre of several farm crops is shown
to have increased to some extent
within the past five years the gain
in price has not kept pace with that
of some of the necessities used by
the farmer. The report shiows that
the purchasing power of an acre of
wheat in 1909 was 98 pounds of
lard while it was only 81 pounds in
Des 1913. In 1909 an acre of wheat
would buy 243 yards oif calico die
in 1913 the purchasing power was
only 17S yards. 49 hoes could be
purchased with the proceeds of an
acre of cotton in 1909 while five
years later the buying strengtfh, has
Aai acre of wheat in 1909 would bu7
twit more parrs of brogan shoes thail men/ts.
in 191,3
PETEDSEII DIED
Mr. Nels P. Petersen a young far
mer I'ving southwest of Bray oil,
died at has home last week follow
ing an operation for appan,did'is
which was performed at the Atlan
tic hospital a few days previous to1
his death.
Interment was made at the Oak
field Cemetery. Mr. Petersen' leaves
a wife and five children tli.e oldest
child lining only ten, years of age.
He was an industrious and affable
man whose fortune it was to have
many friends, who moum for lids
demise.
The swmipathy of all is extended
to thie bereaved wife and children.
E WEST
Jocum Jensen of Brayiton wias in
the city Tuesday last wishing all a
good bye.
Mr, Jem
seal hag lean in the mer
cantile business in Brayton for a
number of yeara, tu not hav'ng
enjoyed good health some time
ns was advised to sgek a different
ilimiat©.
Having traveled considerably
with that ob in \iiw he maOily
located in! Cordovia ©hr whe it
is claimed ti climate tin
We understand that lie purohlas
ed a sto of goods a ciity nd
will sill fol ow the rcantiile
life for wta'ch he is. iy ra'ure so
well flitted.
Mr. Jense trad ng is a ir an«
square de'ler, an nest mero' an!',
one in whom you put implicit confi
dence, and ore wlo ull ao' be
tray a trust.
The best wishes of every oaie who
Knew hi an goes with him amd Ms res
pected f.imily.
'C. E. Caldwell of Harliin having'
disposed of his farm in Gri'eley
twp. Audubon Co. came over Tues
day to sell lids share of the last
yeara crop. He received $135.00 pea
acre for the land and sinse he sold
the p'.rty who bought it Iv.'.s been
offea'ed $2.50 pir acre profit on his
investment. Mr .Caldwell still owns
over a section of land near Harlan.
He raised o\er twenty 'housaa bu.
of corn last year, four cars of which
he so id last week at 7 2 cts. a bushe
George-Dimick ^ad family moved
last week to- their new location, on
the DImick farm, northwest of town.
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PHASI'G POWER FARM SCHOOL CIVIC LEAGUES CLOVER PROBLEM IS
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tions of local interest occupy thie
meetings.
On© league last year raised $2,
500 for the improvement of the
roads leading to the school aind
this year a league, which held ilts
meetings in a one room school
house, started a movement for an
automobile road over 100 miles in
length.
The improvement of thie school
itself is one of the chief interests of
the leagues. J65000 collectively we
raised by them in 1912-13 wihliioh
was expended for school improve-
A year ago in a sparsely siettled
section, where there were no chisool
facilities, a league was formed, an)
olu farm building was rented and
furnished with a few chairs and a
table and the scluool trustees were
•requested to supply the teacher.
The teacher proved to be an en
thusiast and interest increased. Now
a model school building has been
erected mainly through the efforts
of the league wihiich raised a large
portion of the money, the balance
being public funds. Many high schcw
in Virginia have been built in thjs
way.
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The consolidated school solves the
problem of incompetency among the
teachers of rural districts. Befoi©
a teacher is employed in the con
*olidated school she must show
either through experience or train
ing, thiat she is capable and quali
fied to take up tihe work of tihe
grade.
SI
is employd for th en­
tire year cf nline monitihfe and on
account of ti.is fact she is able to
direct the work of the pupiiils under
her charge in a ys' ematic and help
ful manner. Her pupils see the end
toward whiich they are striving and
when thiey have reached that end,
at the clcse of the year, they feel
tliiat tiiley have accomplished scin.ie
thing definite.
We cannot solve tihe problem even
by secuirdnig conipetmt teachere and
furnishing each one-room with
equipment and supplies to carry on
r.he work of teaching. We cannot in
crease its efficiency by trying to bols
ter it up with modern facilities. The
one-room rural school is in its last
stage.
It. has served it's purpose and
served it well. It must now give
way to progress, the same as tine
hoe has given way to the cultivator
and the cradle to the self binder.
Consolidation enables us to cen
tralize our funds. It Enables us to
save money and at the same time
accomplish results. It is a much bet
ter business proposition to pay a
competent teacher $00.00 per month
than it is to pay two incompetent
teachers $40.00 each per month.
Does th.e iducation of our chiiildreai lima Miss Clara Tibben.
mean anythiing to us? If it does, the
best is none too good. When the
opportunity to give our children the
best kind of an education is here,
can we afford to pass it by? —Ex.
Peter Hasseufeldt has
finished
.storing his four hundred tons of
h'e. '1 be weather was unfavorable
to the removal of so much at once,
but the ice company at Lake View
could not procure cars to ship it
a few at a time, but when the cars
were released_ the season was get
ting so late, that the ten cars, we
understand was shLpped at once.
Nitrogen is being removed frony
ouv- soU by corn, and other crops.
$1.00 PER YEAR
These leagues, the object of
which is the betterment of social
conditions are springing up in many
localities, especially in the south. I Have you been having trouble
In Virginia there are seven bun- trying to get a stand of clover,
dred school and civic leagues organ- so much, even tihat you are beg'iin
ized in the country school districts ning to get a bit discouraged about
by the Co-operative Education so- it?
They have their meetings in the many thousands of Iowa farmers in
school houses. Officers are elected the last few years, and before them
and the teacher is a leading spir
it in its activities. It is education
al and adapted to .rural conditions
and needs.
They have musicals, spelling bees prevent this is to buy really largo
readings and recitaitions, and difcv amounts of grain from othjeirs, feed
cussion and debate of public ques- it, and caiefully return the manure
This has been the experience of
of many thousands of other farmers
in the older states.
The farm without clover is going
dewn. The only practicable way to-
to the land.
Most farmers are not doing thiB.
In fact, only a part of them CAN do
it. Thiis is wlhy we MUST have tih»
clovers.
acre of land am Audubon County
should produce SIXTY BUSHELS or
more of corn in normal years if
planted to that crop. We all believe
that our land is good enough, to do
it,—and IT IS.
Yet the average yield in Audubon
County for several years has beem
less tilian forty bushels. This means
that on many of our farms conn in
/ieid'nsr enly from thirty to thirty
five bushels per acre and thlot on ,.
most of the others the yields are
o.i'v from forty to forty-fiire. More
over, it is becoming gradually hard
er even to get these yield -.
Not a pound of clover seed should
be so win' ithiie year iin. soiil that hps':
not been TESTED. It might as wiedl"
be thrown to the birds as planted
in acid soil in twthiich iit can noit by
any possibility succeed. Thl:s d& one
of thie ohiatnces whiich is longier
necessary to take wiith clovers. Thie®i
hy take it?
The Missionary Society will meet
next Tuiesi t'y evening March 9 at
the home cf Mi'ss Luella Knox.
PROGRAM
Hym(&-.
Bible read'ng. l'salm S.
Prayer.
Hymn.
Business Period.
Book Rev ew '"In Red Men's Land"
hy Mrs. Nels Johnson.
Book Rjvi w. "The Clidid in the
dst." Mrs. Geo1. Gore.
Story. Mis. Pickett's Missionary Box
Mrs. has. Mill .man.
Hidden Answers.
iolo, ss Flossie Leifingwell.
Reports on our Indii Stations.
Bilaspur Miss Mary Stephenson.
Pendra Road, Mrs. P. K. Jensen.
.lath, Miss Edna Hccamp.
Maudha, Mrs. Glen Hunt.
Kulpah-ar, Miss Ora Johnson.
Doeghar, Mrs. Ida Cannon.
Mohoba, Miss Eva Hay.
Solo, hidip. Miss Lena Eckl-es
Our Iowa Girls in India.
Miss Luella Knox.
.-lecitaticn, The Perfect Offering.
Miss Lilian Dyer. ,i
Benedife'-ion.
Social Hour.
A cordial invitation is extended
:o all.
Miss Carrie Na.'sen ce e: rated
iter birthday Monday, A few friends
wore present.
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One fourth or more of Audubon
County should be to clover. This
acreage is NECESSARY in. order to
restore the nitrogen that is being
removed from her soil by corn and
other crops. This is especially true '1 ..
because we are beginning to see "k i'i
si^ns of approaching soil exhiaus- ***-,Ji.t
Lion. Rught now, practically every
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With, the proper proportion, of
our land kept in clover, the yield
of corn would rise to somewhere -j
i't ar what it OUGHT to be. Yet
clover is becoming steadily hardier
to grow.
The farmeis of Audubon County
should solve theiir problem, NOW—
THIS SPRING. It is not necessary
to grope blindly nor to trust to ,'
mere chance wiith, clover iin these
times. 4
Others have solved this problem
and because they have we can do*
it coo.
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