Audubon County journal., March 04, 1915, Image 8

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P.ige Two.
FARM FACTS WORTHY
YO'ifl ATTENTION
Cheap money wftll soliwe many of
thie farmers problems.
There is not enough of tlie commu
nity spirit among our rural dis
tricts.
Success In farminlg deipemds l&rgiely
upon proper marketing- methods,
Cheap money and co-openiaAion.
Somefchlimg is wrong in our market
ing system' when- a small crop brinigs
more money than a bountiful one.
Co-operation between practical far
mers and proficient business men
•will cifinmate ignorance amd preju
dice.
The highest duty of state and
Federal Governmentss is to place
agricultural education®® within
the reach of all.
The farmer canmot be helped untbil
he orgaauizes, amd. the Goveriniinent
can best help the farmer through or
ganlzation.
By co-operatiing with his neighbor
the farmer can learn meiw meithiods
of culture and the intterclijainge of
Ideas will benefit /both.
The Nation's menu must made
lip from the fields, pastures, or
chards a/nd gardens, a.nd to fawn
lntelligcai'lly the farmer must know
•what is meeded.
M. E. CHURCH NOTES
v*
Exua
Sunday School at 10 a.
League ::t 6:30 P. M. s,
Hamlin
Sabbath Scliool ... 2 P. M.
.s liuck Creek
Service 11 A. M,
Sabbatih School' "I 12
N Service 7.30P.M
TheEprwiorth League gave a sociiial
evening at the home of Mr. ajnjd' Mtp
JDckles on Monday of this week,
•rhere w. a good ajbtemdianice and,
all report a pleasant time.
Cm CUB NOTES
Sunday School at 10:00 A. M.
:t«
Pastor's Bible Class is growding
but twenty more members would be
welcome
Then e'for sermon art 11:00 A.
March 7 wall be "T'liy Will be Doine
on Ba th." For evening service,
•The Youth of tr.e Soul.'
Ml'dnweek Bible Study ait tJie Coini
gre®ait'onal parsonage on Wed.
©venimig
©m Fridlay Eve. begiimmimg ait
6:30 the Ladies of the church wiiH
serve si'pper at the parsonage at
15c a plate. AM are cordially invi'ied
for supper and to enjoy a social eve
jping.
Jessie G. Gtetty, MiiniBter.
FARMERS I
Bring in jour fa' ni macfhiinery
and get them fixed up before epriimg
work starts nd get them sharpen
ed up ard piut in good' repair so
that you ca 1 do your apirfnig work
,wlthout any trouble.
Ms We do no take your disc aipiailt,
we fiix a se ton ait a time.
Nels Beck.
Have yt'u bteni having trouble
trying to get a stand of clover. 1,
FARMERS MEMIE
As stated in last weeks Journal
the d'a for our next mestiinig will
De Weflinsday Marclli 10 aA one o'
clock sharp at the Palace Theatre
jExira wfhen Win. B. Quartern of AJ1
gona la. one of ttoe best pos' er mem
ooj
farmers co-opera'dve societies in
Iowa wiiM speak on thtia subject.
Now farmers) ilf you are interest
ed in thlis movement don't fail to
attend amid hear what Judgie Quadr
oon hiss to say on that subject. He
will cheei fully answer all your ques
uons. Committee..
ATTENTION FARMERS
Judge William B. Quarton of Al
gona, Iowa wi.il be at Exira on Wed
March 10 at which time a meet
ing \ull be held for the purpose of
discussing the organization of a Fnr
mer's Mutual stock and grain- buy
ing association. Now everybody
come. Committee.
At the Danish. brotherhocd hall
at 1 P. M. Sharp. Commuiittee.
March is Here
IS THE III
TO SWAT THE Ell
Uncle Sam is waging a relentless
war on the deadly house fly and in
a late bulletin prepared by the De
partment rf Agriculture,. valuable
informal 1. is given on the best
means of cam bating this deadily
pest. The most effective way of
exterminating the fly, aiccordimg to
the bulletin ie to eradicate his
breeding places. The breeding seas
on of the fly begins early in March
and conitdmiues throughout the
bprang and summer months. All diorfc
should be removed from the premi
ses stables cleaned, and decaying
vegetables destroyed.
The fly has rightly been called
thf undertaker's traveling salesman:,
and in addition to his regular line
of "typhoid bugs", he carries a
side line of tuberculosis, Asiatic
Cholera and other disease germs.
Now is the time to "swat the fly."
HEALTII PROMOTES HA1*IMNi-.SH
Without heail'.h, genuine joy is
impossible without good digestion
p.nd regular bowel movement you
cannot have health. Why neglect
k'tC'-pi'ng bowels open and risk b'uiif
sick amd ailing? You don't have to.
Take one simalfl Dr. King's New/
Life Pill at niiglit, in the moiraiin]g
you will have a full, free bowel
•movement and feel much better.
I Helps your appetite and digestion..
Try onle to-iniigili!t. 1.
PAPER RANGING
This means get ready-and quick- for
that spring work Don't wait until
you are ready to go into the field Get
everything ready beforehand. Fit your
horses wilh collars and harness ht-tve
your pads, hame straps and every tiling
ready at hand. Be sure your old har
ness is in good shape, well repaired
nnd oiled.
'At*
We carry everything found in an up
to date harness shop. Come and see us
J. W. ALSUP
I am prepared to do Paper hang
ing, Painting Decorating, Staining
and Frescoeing. Let me figure with
you to any of thds line of work.
Call Waller Larsen Phone 99.
adv tf mil' Exira, Iowa.
Every acre of Auduboin County
should produce iO bu. of corn, buty
it will not do it, why? I
'M' -"v.A $€ w..
Phone 161 Exira, la.
John Blunts
Infatuation
By ESTHER VANDEVE2R
John Blunt, gentleman's valet by
profession, just now out of a position,
was going up to his room on the fourth
floor of a tenement house when he no
ticed a dainty glove on the stair be
fore him. Seeing a figure in skirts
ahead of him, he picked up the glove
and, hastening on. asked the aiinely
young woman he overtook if the glove
belonged to her. She smilingly ac
knowledged that it did and thanked
Mr. Blunt accordingly. Moreover, he
noticed or fancied he noticed a look
of admiration in the young woman's
eyes, which was not surprising, for he
was a good looking man.
"1 'aven't seen you in the building
before." said John. 'Ave you been
'ere long?"
"Honly a few days. Me and my
mother 'ave a couple o' rooms on the
next floor above, but I'll not be 'ere
very long. I'm looking for a place.".
"What kind of a place?"
"A lady's maid." 'v
"Mebbe 1 can 'elp you to that. I'm
a 'valley' myself when I'm at work and
know a lot o' swell folks."
"If you do. please let me know. I'm
in No. 9 on the next floor above."
The very next day Mr. Blunt rap
ped at No. 9 and was admitted by
an elderly woman, who called out
"Susan!" and in came the young wo-
ing Susan acquaintance.
her. John found her very fascinating
and in order to gain her good will pro-
Upon this John shied off for awhile.
Susan didn't seem to mind the change
in his attentions to her a bit. Indeed, There ain't many couples
she scarcely noticed him when they
met. One day she told him that she
was in receipt of handsome presents
from the plumber and she expected a
proposal.
Soon after she had told John this he
came to her one day with a brooch
containing several large diamonds, tell
ing her that his last master, a stock
broker. bad given him a tip by which
he had made a lot of money. He had
spent a part of it for his beloved Su-
You look fine in it, Susan," said her
loyer. "I'm so 'appy at my luck in
making the money to buy it for you,
seeing as *ow now you needn't 'ave to
give yourself to the plumber."
NOTICE TO MASONS
There will be a sipecial meeting
of Eodus Lodge No. 342 on the eve
of the 10th of Feb. for work in the
2nd. degree. Ail members are cor
dially invited to attend.
•, J. K. Vamde Brake, Sec.
man he had met the day before. He They're merchants down to the city,
said he had failed to get some infor- an' don't forget mother an' me.
niation as to what wages she would They'd .give us thie fat of the land,
expect and other items of like nature.
but in reality he was desirous of form- I
he found himself so deeply infatuated
that be proposed marriage.
To his surprise Susan refused him.
Nevertheless from time to time she
gave hitn encouragement to hope that
she might reconsider her refusal. She
said that she had expensive tastes and
was afraid that he would not be able
to gratify them. She hinted at a suit
or. a plumber, who had made a great
deal of money, but she did not love
him. Nevertheless she was thinking
of marrying him because he could give
her what she craved—jewels.
1
san.
Susan's eyes sparkled with pleasure There's a drop of bitter ini every
at seeing the ornament. She put it on
and admired it and herself In a mirror.
But Susan did not quite accede to
the proposition. John begged her to
end his suspense and agree to marry
him, but sbe said that the expense of
living was rising every day and she
was afraid that without a permanent
income they would come to grief. She
would rather remain single and be a
lady's maid than be married and in
poverty.
But John did not despair, for her
love for jewelry seemed to him to have
been born in her, and his old master,
the stockbroker, gave him another tip
and ha made more money. This time
he gare Susan a bracelet, a serpent
with ruby eyes. Again Susan was de
lighted and seemed to warm but,
though on the verge of consenting, she
did nbt consent.
One day John called to see his love
when she was not at home. Her
mother received him and said to him:
"I'm doing all I can for you. John,
with Susan. Persevere and you'll win.
It's the jewels that's doing it."
After this John became reckless in
his gifts, and before long Susan pos
sessed jewels enough to decorate a
duchess.
One day when John called at No. 9
he elicited 110 response, lie tried the
door and found it locked. The same
evening he tried it again with a like
result. When a couple of days had
passed and No. 9 was still locked John
made up his mind that something was
wrong. lie disappeared himself.
Susan had returned to the home of a
wealthy woman with whom she lived
as her maid. A frien^ of this lady,
also wealthy, had losj, valuable jewels
and had suspected her son's valet.
Averse to publicity, she would have
stood her loss without appealing to
the police) had not Susan, hearing of
the case from her mistress, volunteer
ed', lb- ma,Ice an attempt to wheedle
tbeni&mt of the thief.
John was not troubled, but the Jew
els were returned to their owner, and
Susan was well rewarded.
Old Farmer Gray Gets Photographed' tains
I want you to take a piicter of nie
and my old woman here, l||f
Just as we be, If you pilease siiv—
wrinkles, .gray hairs, and all
We e\ er was vain at our best, and
we're going on eighty year,
But we've got some boys to be
proud of—straight an' handsome,
and tall.
1
They are coming home this summer,
the nineteenth of July
Tom wrote me (Tom's a lawyer,
in Boston, since forty-eight).
So we're going to try and surprise
'em, my old wife and I—
m, Harry, Jay and Eljsha and tin"
two girls, Jennie and Ivate.
I guess you've beam of Elisitiia,"he
preaches in MiddtetowM)
I'm a Methody myself, but he's
'Piscopal, lie siys,
Don't 'spese it makes much differ
ence only l:ie wears a gown
An' I couldn't abide (bein' old and
set) whal I call '.ihiein Popish! ways.
But lie's good, for I brought him
up. and the ot! ers Harry and Jay-
if we,d 0,nly C(,m,e (liat
T_
Al)d
Jf ,n'le
and Kate
Tbere nre triflers among the lowly ^'°'r flurried r:©h, you see.
as well as among the swells, and Mr. 'Well, iadj thiat's a curious fix-in. Do
Blunt was bent 011 an affair with the yoU scirew it into the head?
pretty lady's maid. He called often.
and his attentions appeared to be high
ly appreciated. Susan seemed a bit
fond of tinery and jewelry, and Mr.
Blunt considered himself fortunate in
being able to gratify her, especially in It's the sun that does it, old wwm
tbe matter of jewelry. He made her an, an' he never was known to
presents of a few inexpensive orua- shirk.
ments, but they did not seem to satisfy
tearty
°ff
I've hearn of this photography, and
1 reckon its scary work.
Do you take the picters by lighten?
La yes so tthe neighbors said.
y-e®'
1
be
readm
the Bible,
woman wiliat 11 you do?
duced articles of greater value. Finally Jest sit on the other side o' me 'n'
I'll take hold o' your hand.
Thats's tine way we courted, Mister,
if its 'all the same to you
And that's th/e wiay we're go in'
pi ease G-od, to the light o' the
better land.
I never could look that thing in the
face, if my eyes was as good as
gold.
"1 ain't over? Do say. Whaff-' the
woTk is done? Old woman, that
beats the Dutch. ,,
Jest tliiimk, we've got oUr pictures'
took and we righ eighty year old
ini our
town, of our age that cam say as
much).
You see on thfe nineteenth of next
July, our golden wedding conies on
For fifty year ini the sun and rain
we've pulled at the same old-cart
We've never had any trouble to
speak of, only our poor son John
Went wirong an' I drove him off an'
it about broke the old woman's
heart.
sweet, and my old woman and me
Wiii think of John, when the rest
come home, wouild I forgave him,
younig sir?
He iwiae on®y a boy an' I was a fool
for bedn so hard you see
If I could git him atween. these arms
I'd stack to him lake a burr.
And whlat'e to" pay for the sunfehine
that's painted my gray old phUz?
Nothdn'! That's cur'us. You dont
work for the pleasure of workiin'
hey?
Oldwonnan, look here! here's Tom
in that face—I'm blest if the chiin
isn't hBs!
Good God! she knows him—it's our
son John, the boy that we dirove
away.
I am prepared to do your ditch
ing. All work guaiainteed. Send or
ders to George C. Johnson, Rt. 5.
adv.m4 Exra Iowa.
ROX SOCIABLE
Box Sociable at the Little Valley
school house Friday evening. March
12th. Everybody invited.
MB. FARMER
Why not come down and get
one of my patented hog catchers.
On€ man can hold the biggest hiog
you have in your pen.
They cost only $1.00 each.
Nels Beck.
The iund may be acid and will
not grow clover. Read the 'big ad
in tills paper
011
liow to test ylpur
iuiul, and act quickly.
GOOD ROADS NOTES
READ THEM CARFULLY
No other citizen realizes the val
ue of good roa as does the farmer
A community can safely be judged
by thie ki.nd of highway it miadjir
The greatest chiasm between! tlhe
producer and the consumer ie tihe
mud hole.
Pnod uction must cease when the
transportation cosite eat up tlhle
profiitb,
There is sometlhiing radically
wrong wi ll the farmer who is op
posed to good roads.
Without good roads there can b©
no development that will be perma
nent and enduring.
Bad ro ds keep children away
from school and impair the efficien
cy of church work in a community.
The elementary p.inciples involv
ed in improved h.ighlways are social
and domestic happiness and busi
ness eeomcmics.
GOVERNMENT ISSUES
GREAT CHF REPBRT
Washington, D. C.—Thie crop re
porting board of the Fedeiral De
partment of Agriculture has just
made public its estimate of the
1!) 14 farm crops of the United
States. Fourteen crops, covering 300
782,000 acres or 92 pe.r cent of the
nation's cultivated area are includ
ed in the report and the combined
farm value of all products is estima
ted at $4,946,000,000.
Although the 1914 production of
crops is 10 per cent greater than
the previous year the aggregate
ifio.rm value is $20,000,000 less.
Both the wflieat and tlhe cottani
crops of the niaitlion in 1914 were
the largest on record. The eolt'on
crop was nearly 16,000,000 bales ami
the wheat production was approxi
mately 891,000,000 bushels. While
the 1914 cottoni crop was approxi
mately 1,800,000 bales more thiam
the one of 1913 the value was $306,
000,000 1-ss. Cotton in 1913 averaig
ed $22.20 per arre against $14.14
in 1914. The yield per acre itni
1914 was 25 po' nds more than in
1913 but tlile price per pound in
1914 was 6.8 cents and 12.2 cenits
in 1913.
T" I 1?5
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Mr. and Mrs. Len French of Dex
ter, la. were in town Sunday and
Monday calling on friends. On their
return home they visrtted in Roes
and Audubon.
Frank Girajy is very iill at this
writing. Dr. Ohilds of Audubomi wiae
called Flriiday.
Mrs. Will Signal was a caller in
Audubon Saturday.
The entertainment given' by tlhe
pupils of the High School wiae well
rendered and enjoyed by all pre
sent. The box supper was well pait
ronized, all the boxes so/Id well. The
total amountt made was $45 wthiiOh
will goi for school fixtures.
1
Harry Wilson of Mannlitnig was in
town Friday evening.
Mrs. Edieoin Ferrell was in Man
ning Thursday. 5
Waller Jensen moved his family
on thie Liken farm south of Gray
vacated by Jay Brighitenstine.
Mr. Murphy will move inibo the
Walter Jensen house.
Rev. Miitcliiel was in Mjanning on
Monday.
John Liken was in Manning Tues
day.
Miss Libbie Lewis and Mrs. Tuck
er wiere called to Manilla la. Tues
day to attend the funeral of their
unci a, Mr. Flint.
The meetings at the M. E. church
are in progress. The sermons are
Cine.
Clarence Shtogledccker departed
for Omaiha Sunday to be prpeent du
.ng the operation of his father.
•f jt s,
Audubon County Journal March 4»
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY
OENT1ST
Dr. L. J. Oldaker
DENTIST
Over P. M. Christensen
store
PHONES:
Residence 89 Office 89
FARM LOANS
Farm Loans
f? ty
Lowest rates. (.!ouiplel«
set of Abstract of Title to all
ands and town lot sin And 11,
bon County.
CHARLES BAGLEY
PHYSICIANS
DR. JOHK
°hysician Surcm
Office Pbone 53.
INSURANCE
Office in rear part Calls answered
of First National day or night.
Sank.
I'AINTER
For Thrush
and Foot
Sissases
Antiseptic,
C.icr-.n
using,
Healing
•Mi
House Phonr j:
Office first door east ot
uorotr Drue Store, ut«tai
:Ss Exira. In*
or Greeley Farmers Mutual Fire
and Lightning Insurance see
fred Wahlert Sr, Exira, Iowa
Wm. L. Clark, Hamlin, Iowa
it. J. Masterson, Audubon,
lave other agents in Andu
)on, Guthrie and Adair ooun
ies. Also Wind and Torna
do Insurance Written.
KTERINARIAN
R. A. Lantz
VETERINARIAN
'a
Phone No. 156.
•tf
W. O. SCOTT
PAINTER and
DECORATOR
ESTIMATES FURBISHED
-ILL WORK GUARANTEED.:^
Phone 143
T- H. Godwin
Contractor and Builder
ALL WORK GUARANTEED/
Phone 52A1122
STANFORD'S
ft.
$?•
^Isam of Myrrh!
1*4 *1
Galls, Wire
•Cuts, Lameness,
Stains, Bunches,
Thrush, Old Sores,
Nail Wounds, Foot Rot
Fistula* Bleeding, Etc. Etc.
uladc Since 1846.
Lou SUingledecker of NortCi Dako- Box So°'al ait No. 7 Greeley Twp„
ta wenit to Omaha last week to see Maroli 13, liJlu. Mi Gol a il
hls' fatliier who is in. the hospital. sou, teacher. Everybody come.
Price 50c and $1.00
a R\ a OR WRITE fS
All U^OlSTS
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