Audubon County journal., September 20, 1917, Image 1

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LIST OF HEN ORDERED
FI MILITABT BUTT
Chairman- Sheriff Wilson sent us
4ihe foMowding list of men wiho aire
ordered to report im. Audiu'bon at
1 m- Thursday, September 20
where they wdi'il be mobilized- for the
general Camp at Fort Dodge-
Failure to report is a sertoue
miUtary offence. To evade the
service iin time of war ds a capital
•ofiSence. Tlhis dig your notice to ap
pear- Be piumictual. Don't slock
41 James F- Roberts.. I
'107 John C- Henriettas.
128 Elden Chamlberlen.
89 John P. el-ken
145 Rowland T. Ullrich.
150 Ohiristdaaii Gude.
77 Arthur Uzzell.
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94 Orvdliliei Franklin Beers...,.
137 Otto C. Authes-
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101 Martin Ohristensen. ij
113 Jay Vandruff.
37 Hains Hansen
90i Herman H. Jensen-.
68 Carl C. T. Chipistemsen-.,,
69 Nels S. Hansen- .j
66 Harry A. Quist.
-64 Holger Jensen
52 Judsonl'C. Ftiiscus
50 John Site vers.
46 Jah'ni L. Riu tihe nford
70 Harry L. Packard
63 Johm Henry Rahe.
30 Elmer A. Petersen
40 I^aras C. Mareussen.
24 Frederick P. Skow.
19 William Verne Siwezey
4 Wdlliam Riutt.
6 Herman. J- Bauer.
11 Charles E. Baltzer-'^'
21 Alfred Baker. ,.f
33 Harry C- Ohiristeinsen. .•
14 Marlnus Vested. v4'
131 Fred Lawsom Jones
12 Ob to Rludniiok.
28 R&smius K- Petersen.
143 Robert Rudmdwk..
'121 Laiuri'ts Madsein
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Petersen.
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73 Harley Stafford!
86 Arnie Bjonker- -1
140 Allbert Puck.
110 Otto .O. Hansen
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Alternates.
103 David Petersen
57 Martin M. Toft.
45 Jollin. Nissein Tofit-
.• 136 Nels Otto Nelson.
13 Walter Aniilnus Kontlhsen.
119 WiMie Cluris tense a
TEACHERS KEETIIt
UD S«f CENTER
Audubon Hiigh Soliool.
Saturday, Sept- 22, 1917.
To this Teachers ol' Audu'boin Coun
ty,
You walil see 'by the program be
low that two important subjects—
Reading andi Waiting are to be gitvea:
the entire time of tiliis meeting- I
am anxious tllalt every teacher in
tihe county be present at th-ila meet
ing for these suibjects need much
.Study on the part of the teacher
iin order to present them well"- ^to
jthe pupils.
Wiriitiing is one of the su'bjeots
poorly taugihit to our sclliools and
•ait this meetiin/g we will have one
of tihe foremost instructors of lUhe
middle West.
I shall look for you all to" be
.present- Anyone interested is in
•vlltlheir. wlhether teaiqher, or not.
PROGRAM­
'S. 30 a Grade Teacihers Prin—
cipdes Li nderliyding the Teaching of
Readimg and their Appllicatiion
-Bertha Martin Rural Teachers—
Penmanshiii ...... H- C. Cuui
mine.
10-30 A M. —Grade Teacihers- Pemr
mamebip .....H- C. Oummitas
RuthJI
Teadliers -Painciplies Un-
.derlydng ttoe Teachilng of Reading
and Uhe3r Applica'tiiion .Bertha
I Mantd®.
Noon Injtermdssi|oil
J..00 p- m. —Grade Teaptiers- How
to teaoh Reading iin the Upper
Grades Bertha Martin Rural
Teacfhers
J5-00 p. m. Grade Teachers Pen—
mane hip H- C. Cummiitas
Riural Teachers How1 to Teach
,1 Reading i#tihe Upper Grades.
..Bertha Martin.
Notice—This meting will be held
ait the Audubon High School buiild
img tfliat we may be alble to use
blackboards for work to writing. Al
so thait -S|tudy Centers will be
held in eacih. of the Independent
Schools of tihe county.
Ella M- Stearns.,
County Superintendent.
BOYS ON LEAVING HOME
No cowards among the drafted
boys from ©xirai
"Cheerful memories and' no re
grets*"
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few1
"Joy riding is over for a
weeks."
"Don't cry girlie I will
badk soon-"
"Hope we will be more successful
•in catdhimg 'tihie Kaiiesr than we were
"VdOllla." I
be
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"Hate to see the folks worry about
the trenches I don'lt a dam 'bit."
"The way to get around tihe high
coat of living- Go to Framce."
"Im going while the going is
good-"
"Don't let the stay at home get
my girl.*
'Memory of pies that' mother used
•to make.'
"Expect m'y seinise of humor -wili
leave, when drillllitmg gets Ihard-"
"Happiness is free but I can't
see wihere to apply iit just now."
"My mother- May 'her last days be
her best tillil he reaches the golden
shore.
KAISER GETTERS III
Hilt
Audubcm Couinitys draft -ftias one
h'Uin'argd.,..and tfUftgr ,. .Of that
mum'ber we h«d( thiinty three credits,
boys fchjat- had enlisted were counted'
—which left remaining one hundred
anidl itlhiree. 'A
To procure this number two 'hun
dred and ten names were*!^ oalijed
anid one ihmjndred and hree' of this
aumbe^ were selected-
Five par cent oJ" tUif aum oe'
then were called to Gamp Dodge on
Sapt, 5'tlh, 3 young: men i.rom ouir
city anid two from! Audiu'bon con
stituted the contingeint at this
time. Of lowas 12741) men culled
by diraft to the colors this first call
brought oint 638-
Forty per oeiwt more were- called
to report for diuty yesterday whicii
brought 4844.
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Another forty per cent were call
ed for October 3rd, which will briing
2905. The remaimdai' wdilil
fbe
All are Kaliser getters.
call li­
ed ^on date not yet set tor assennb
ly- L'-. -JJ j$
In otiher words five men were call
ed from Audubon County Sept. 5th
42 j-esterday 41 will report Octob
er 3rd, the balance or 15 on- date
not yet set-
EXIRA FIRE LADOI
HELD SUCCESSFUL BAIL
Assdstajufce finniancitilly' was needed
•by tihe firemen of the Cttity Beautiful
to purchase new equLpmentsHUfor
Use In case of emergency and for
that purpose the boys met, organiz
ed1, and appodmited their committees
A fine 40x40 floor was laid iin
the New! Ford garage (which was
nearly completed) and so kindly
given over for the oocasedon by
the owner, Mr- Weiberg Wolf.
The arrangements wiere welll
planned to give everybody attending
a good tiftaei and everything from,
start to fiiniish was enjoyed.
The music for Quadrille, Polka,
Stahottdsh or round dance was per
fect- The order could not be
better, and everyone wieint home
feeMnig they were well treated.
The gross receipts were nearly
$300-00.Expenses to be deducted'
Anotflier, and as good am\ for the
same 'benefit wfiia be on the same
floor Saturday mtghit-, September 22,
Come aind helip- 'i
^Peter Poulson of Brayton attend
ded the Audubon County Fair last
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Nop
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Boost For Grtry ZBeaiatifuLl
31 YEARS OLD EXIRA, IOWA, THURSDAY, SEPT 20, 1917 $1.00 PER YEAR
HIS ONLY CONQUEST.
THE TKENCHE8
Tom Sturrage a nephew of Mrs
Kilwiorth of
til- street wrote a
letter back to his old frieihd and
cciumtry man, James Clhannon expres
ing hills satisfaction^ at arrmng in
England' 'by way of Canada aind at
last being ful'ly itogratiated into
the Biriitdsh army. It was Tom's in—
ten'tii'Om. of 'being a good soldier and
to iheltp win the war-
LECTURE COURSE
The Iris Concert Company will
appear at the School Auditorilum
an Ssptemiber 28itli, commen'cin-g
promptly at o'clock.
This comipany comes to us very
ihdgihily recommended and you can
not afford to mdss the treat that
is in store-
Tiliere are three memibers com-,
pr IsiEig tilie company, a reader wiho
ihia had ex-ceptiondii training and
wlho has a natural ability Her
program will include, dramatic,
humorous anid dialect nnmbers, a
soloist who has a lyric soprano
voipe of unusual power and sweet
ness and a pianist w|ho has travell
ed wl'ith tihe weil k-nowan Boeihemian
Orchestra-
The seats wiul be on sale Wednes
day, September 26th, at the Kearney.
Drug Store. Ad-mission. 35 and 25
cents-.,
danikh iathkkax
Sumday Sclhooi pp 10 a. m.
Service
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Johin' Homimig retires from th
Stecretairyship of the Audubon Coun
ty Agricultural. Society after two
years as Deputy secretary and two
years as Secretary nua-kdinig four
years that he has hiad nearly all
of the Fair interests to attend to.
Mr- Ho ini!(n.g has made 9- suoces
of tine Audubon County Fair. The
gross receipts this year was $6,
600.00 and with the 600. firom (tilie
state Willi make our income th'ie
year about $7,200-00 and i't looks
mow as there wdilil from a thou
sand to 1,200.00 left as a nest egg
for next year-
As Secretary, as welll as Clerk
of courts, Mr-Horning is an untiring
worker and his aptness and „_ef
fiioiientcy commends him to alii i'v
C. C- Ohristensen, George Hunit
and Lee MciAininch autoed to OmaJia
Monday mornDng, after automobiles
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^Ve were richly rewarded last
w^|k 'bv being vv'i--d b\ tbre* old
friends, two of wthom we have not
seen for sometime, Dr. Brooks of
Audubon, Mr. F- R. MoLaughlOn
Lincolin townshdip and Dr- Beers of
Salmon, I-daJlio. We were all "boys
together" in the north part of the
county and' ali with our families dild
our shiare inshaping the destinies of
north.' Auidu'banl Couinty.
Dr- Beers and' wife are here cn
a visilt and Mrs. Beers for an opera
tion- They may reside here permant
ly
FAMILY
family of Atlaniti
2-30 p. m-
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Hamlitn-'
Oo-mimuinio^i Service
10.15 am
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REV. LINKLETTER
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—Carter in Philadelphia Prese.
THREE OLD FRIENDS
CALLED ON THE EDITOR
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A family reunion was held at the
home of Mrs. George Huyck and
there were present H- A. Nelson
and family, Alfred ESbeck and
family, James-Huyck amd family,
Charles Huyck of Nevada, Iowa Mr
R. O. Clark aind son of Atlantic,,
RusselL McCord' and Ciias
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Sflfefigglf?
ENTERTAINS
TO
The youing men of the south end
of the coiumty, who will be called
to tlie_ colors soon, were royally
entertained at Brayotn Monday
evendlng. Mr- Orchard of 'Council
Blufifis, editor of the Nonparile'l was
-the speaker of tihie evening, and
he 'gave a very interesting talk,
O- F. Ide gave a few well chosen
remarks. The Brayton Band, the
Ladies Chorus andi the Childrens
Suinshine oho:lij ftuirnisfhedi the miusiic.
After the program' a fine supper
was served to alii. The soldier
'boys, nineteen in number with Mr
OrOhaTd were seated at onn long
table, whllee the rest were served
on cafetla s-yle.
fnhie ojinendinl^ wjilfl Ibe orie td be
remembered 'by the boys when far
from- 'home, and may they aid re
turn to emjoy a simdilar occasion-
Miss Minshalil who has charge of
tih'e Millinery Dept- iin the Cotton's
Department Store,,went to Des
Moines Tuesday micrning to select
and purchase advanced Fall amd
winter hats for the Millilinery de—
partmentA ,. I
ARMY
Rev. Linkletter, pastor of the
Christian Oh-urch of tihie Oity has
received word that he toas been
drafted into the Canadian army,
'he 'beilnig a resident o£ Prince Ed
ward Island, Canada. He went to
Des Moiines, Monday, morning on
business connected with, bib expect
ed departure-
.t. tun
era B( nw
Mrs. Clarence Ohristensen is
suffering wiitflii a broken bone in
the. ankle, wfhiohj she received lost
"week, while attending the Audu
bon county Fair- She was stepping
from: one of the buiiditogs on. the
Fair Giround, and as she did this
'her ankle turned aind she fell. It
gave her such pain that she was
compelled' to return to heir home iin
Exira, and thinking it wlas only a
spra-iin they treated it as such .but
in a few days the pain wasso se
vere that a ptoysilciain was summon
ed, w'ho pronounced it a broken
bone- It was placed iin a plaster
cast and she ds mow.,,,walking witih
the aid of crutches.
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A CORRECTION
In last week's Journal in the
Lecture Oouirse amnouncemenit the
Iris concert Company was
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printed
to be here 'Sept. 27, which should
have been Sept-, 28. See their an
nouncement :1n tilie Jourpal this
week.
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TrBumphant, -if the term is allow
able here would express the efforts
of the managment in bringing tilie
many friendly -contests of the
patrons to a successful f-ilndsh- V:
Exira Day particularly- was en
joyed 'by thousands. It was estimat
ed by the management that twelve
thousand' people were on the groundi
tlhat day, and' the Jour nail takes a
large shiare of the credit for the
ou'tpouria-.g.1
Ttlne state exhibit of game fowl
was a beautiful sight and 'at
tracted thousands- The mainy breeds
of hogs were shown- except the
Berkshire and all shown were ad
mired. The cattle were splendid
specimens for beef and butter
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graldfes /J
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Mel Masterscn and Son had a
bull on exhibition that cost them
$9,100,00. He was nearly perfect.
Mr- 01 Mease of Gray had a fine
showing of diorses whale our friend
Co vault of- Nomth Branch had a
string of pearls—if our pretty shet
lands.
Floral Hailil wtais a profusdoi)' of
flowers and shows tihe cultuire of
the heautifui in Auduboncoumity
The baby contest was as it should
be, -the most stirring evemt of the
fair, and Mir®. Watts, was so de
termined to have all participants
gJvien a fair chance that she was the
hardest worked lady oni the groumds
The attractions were numerous
and many worthy of mention. Bill
Thazer on 'the table wias & new
act and' meritorious as was the
Mexican girl oil' the slack wire, they
•wiere nervy a'qui we'll rendered.
At the eleotiloQ', at tilie conclusion
of the fair tihe following named
geintlemeni were elected' for the
next year,
President, F. L. Anderson, Camer
on
tO'Winsliip-
Vice President, F. C- Miller, Le
roy towin^hiip.
Treasurer, F. C- .'Sampson,Le
roy 'township.
Secretary, George Carter, Mel—
vi/llc towinsihip
J- Directors
Audubon TownsMp, John Tib ben.
Cameron Township, Carl Ross.
Douglas Township, Alta. Menden
Eixi:ira Towinahlp, A. w- Harvey.
Greeley Toiwmshdp, Fred Reynold^.
Hamiimj township, John Slaytom- I
Leroy township, Geo. A- Foley.
Liinoolm township, O. L- Mease.
Mel-vi'lle township, W- J. Campbell
OaJkfieM' toiwnflhdp, A. P- Hansen.
Shamon township, Hang Madsen
Vioilia TowinsQiip, Fredi Tessman.
The evening of tihe ^ast day of the
faiir was given to patiriitosm, ait the
cancfliusion! of wlhiiah a Golltectiofa
for the benefit of .tihe Red- Gross
was taken when $101.36 was colliest
ed-
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Ste^SiFOR WOMEN ONLY.
Thiinlgs can 'be made on an ordiila
ary sewing machine tlhot most worn
en never kjnowi about, if the attcaJhr
ments that go with the macihdlme are
utilibed- Some instructions in the
use o£ the-m, and also helpful hdinta
on how to take care of a machine
aindi increase ilts usefallness will be
given in a series of lectures by
the domestic art instructors durilng
the short course. One lecture in. con
mieotioii' with, the domestic art course
wiJil deal with, -the questilom of
lingerie- Choice of material and.
trimming, oriSginal designing and:
simplicity and daintiness wil be the
keynotes of thus talk.
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Names "of petit jurors summoned
to appear October 17, 1917. Octob
er term, of Court convenes October
16- Hon- Sdielby Cuillison, presiding
Judge.'
Thomas Egan Greeley township
Ha-mildn- Sii
Leo- Weeks, Geroy township, Audu
bon.
E. S- Van Gorder, Leroy township,
Audubon "t
E. Buokiner, Lincoln- townshdip,
Gray
Ciaus Kraso, I^eroy township,Audu
A. "Spencer, Leroy'^WtvnaTii^,Audiu
'bon.
Ben Grose, Leroy township-
A. "J. Squires Exira towinship
Walter Schrader Leroy township.
Peter Jensen Leroy township
W. D- Sampson Viloilia township,
J- F. MciCort, Leroy towinshJip.
Chris Schra-der, Leroy townshiip-
G. W- Chase, Exdra township.
Wm. Power, Ex'tra -towinship
Chris Christensen, Cameron town
shiip. .j
G- A. Anderson, Audubon tow/nshiip.
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H- J. Kluever, Melville township)
P- H. Larson, Exiira towinship
Hans Fredirickson, HamJin- townshdj
F. H- McFadden, Leroy townsholp.
Rasmus WiMereon, Leroy towinship- .C
James SSzer, Ham'liui- township.
Soren Sorensen, Exira towmshiiip.
'I EOHGET1UE RATE
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ON October 15th Io\ya can settle
-the 'liquor questioni iin'^this state
for all Itime.-. I
GET INNA!T THE FIN1SIH
Take youir neighbor to tlie Polls
when Octo'ber 15th arrives.
LAOIES AID OF THE
1jftjSj
•Wddil iliodd a baizar, Saturday after-^
noon, Septem'ber 22ind, at No- 1,
(Lawrence Nelson) Oakfielid school
house.
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At-
Iqe cream aind caike will be ser
ved- All are fiardlailly invjted.
ANDREW NELSON AT:
THE COUNY FAIR
On. name boars audi sows at the"
Audiulbon Fair, Andrew C. Nelson re--'s
ceivad five ribbons and sold all
the toars during the fair and couldf
have sold more of tihe same kind-
He has been requested by the''*-^
Seoretairy of the Guthrfe county
Fair to show them over there. Mr.
Ne'soin is fast bui'd'tng up a su'b-—
stautial business w-.Hh his Big Type
Polonds, having shipped out several)
ajjreaidy tflUSi fall.. .v ,,
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