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NOTICE Aii Sale date for Roy Jouea, Auc tioneer or Jones & Jensen can be made at Kearney Drug Store, Exi ra, Iowa. Also dates for A. W. Harvey, Clerk, who will clerk sales anywhere.--adv. tf IF Postmaster May is now busy taking orders. The sale of surplus Army food commenced here Mon day and was soon subsscribed for. It will no doubt have the tend ency, to bring down the high cost of living. 1 BIGPIT1T: HOG, THEY 10W HERE At the Hassler-Halford sale of pure bred Poland China hogs at their home in Manning last week, Mabels Jumbo, said to be one of the largest boars that ever lived, was •sold to ,au Illinois young ma,n for the magnificent sum of $18,000. GOV. BfilMlTIC ALLY ILL IN CALIFORNIA Former Governor Horace Boies is ill in California and relatives fear that fie will ivot recover. Judge Boies has canceled his dates for court, remaining in Water loo in momentary expectation that he will be summoned to his father's bedside. Governor Boies is more than 90 years of age. PROSPERITY AT THE INGF The prospects for a profitable sea son at the Audubon canning factory were never better. Help is plenti ful and they have over a section of sweet corn ready for the cans. So we'll eat what We can and what we •can't eat we'll can." The company Teceived a car of sugar last week to flavor up the corn if needed. WILL RE STOPPED Dairy Commissioner W. B. Bar ney said "Boycott eggs in Des Moines for a' week or 10 days and •eggs will drop eight or ten cents a •dozen." 'The farmers in Perry, Iowa, were -Selling their eggs at 32 cents per dozen. The grocers were selling them at 3,5 cents, while in Des Moines they were being sold at 50 to 53 cents. ONE HONORED TRAFFIC VIOLATORS ARRESTED Ft. 'Dodge, Iowa, policemen made a great hit recently. They arrested 71 persons charged with violating tfye city's 'traffic laws. Out of the 71, fifty paid fin^s of $5 each. Many who had Put UP appearance bonds failed to appear and the bonds were forefited. Among those arrested were many prominent business and -professional men. Policemen were stationed at the traffic corners and those cutting corners, or having no fdimmers or not observing cut-out warnings which has been preached for weeks, were taught a lesson. Altogether oVer a hundred arrests were made in .twenty-four hours. Exira should administer the same lesson before some one is killed by violations. The warning by Mayor Lohner is treated as a joke by many although he is trying to save life .and property. 10WA MLFORNIA S .« A California land agent asserts that the total value of California's agricultural products are three times the total valueof Iowa's agricultural products. Of course I disputed the statement but did not have anything definite to back me up. Will you please give me figures in the mat ter? Acording to the United States Bu reau of Crop Estimates, Iowa pro duced in 1918 about $822,000,000 worth of crops, whereas Calfornia produced only about $36.5,000,000 worth. If live stock is included, California makes an even poorer showing. The value of IowaSi hogs is about 16 times that of California's and the value of Iowa's cattle a little over twice. As a producer of agri cultural specialties, California is justly renowned but in gross value of all agricultural crops. California cannot compare with a state like Iowa. ,, HAVE II HE» WE IHKKIU! Henry Wonsmas of Audubon and Miss Hanna Gude of Exira were married at Atlantic Saturday a Miss Gude is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gude of West Exira, is cultured, modest, and re tiring, has been for many months working at the Atlantic hospital learning the art of nursing and displayed marked ability along that line Mr. Wonsmas was raised largely in Audubon, he went across seas and was in the thick of the fighting for months where he earn ed an honorable discharge and re turned home. The young people will settle in Audubon and enjoy life's companionship. Congratula tions are extended. AUDUBON COUNTY FAIR Fair time! The event anxiously looked forward to by the people of Audubon County. Regardless of words of praise for other fairs, we are certain that no other county fair excels that of Audubon County. One of the principal reasons for the phenomenal success of the Audubon County Fair is that it is a mutual organization, and one in which all of the people of the county take an interest. Everyone wno purchases a membership or season ticket is a member of the society, and is en titled to vote, and has an equal voice in the conduct of the affairs of the fair. The Audubon County Fair belongs to the people of the county, and is their institution. All are making preparations to tomake'the 40th annual fair, which •will be held at Audubon, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Sept. 9, 10, 11 and 12, the greatest ever held. All of the exhibits are going to be larger than ever, and the departments are filling fast. Several special exhibits have been arranged for, one of which is the State Fish and Game Department Exhibit, which will be located just south of the floral hall. The free attractions are the best' ever attempted here, and will please everyone. We have been assured that no better free acts could have been secured, and everything poss ible is being done for the entertain ment of the public. Among the free acts are: Aerial Patts, Keala kai Hawaians, Bell-Thazer Broth ers, Bett's Trained Seals, Thearle Duffield Fireworks. The night shows will be held Wednesday and Thursday. Family or membership tickets are good for the night shows. No extra charge for autos. For the convenience of the public, a ticket booth will be placed at the Charles Bagley office corner. This should be a great benefit in pre venting the congestion at the.gate. Entries can be made in the various departments before fair by mailing your entries to John Horning, who is again secretary. If you make your entries before fair time, your entry tags will be given you, when you bring your exhibit. i:, DITIONS IN ENGLAND Drought conditions are so dam aging in England that the berry crop is less than half, the apples are dropping off the trees, the ve getables are nearly all withered, the hay is dried on the stem. No rain on the island from May 1st to June 15th did the work. Small grain is being shipped in from' the United States, Are^ntine and Aus tralia. The latest improved way of get ting rid of the army worm menace is to turn your hogs on them. The hogs will eat the last one in the patch and enjoy the sweet morsel. Save your poisoned bran and other poisonous bait,- Boost For Exira, Ttie Oity Bea,-u.ti:Tu.l LOOAIi AND PERSONAL, Ray Faust returned from a trip to Wyoming last Saturday* f. Early potaeoes received too much rain early but area fine crop nevertheless. Tomatoes are selling for five cent3 per pound. The dry weather cut the production. With peopie struggling to make a living against the H. C. L. not much attention is paid to road dragging in our territory at the proper time. Some of our roads need it worse than ever before. •& Ed Cotton and son, Galin, de-' parted Monday for Ashbury, North'' Carolina. Mr. Cotton will be ab sent about ten days and Galin will remain in the south indefinitly It| hopes of benefiting his health. Joy Cotton will be sole manager of the Cotton Store during his fathers absence. Many people from Exira are at-f tending the Shelby County Fair at Harlan this week. John Dimick is building a iargfi' cement feeding floor at his place east of town. The floor covers a large area and there is enough con-, crete in it to pave one of tE$ streets of our town. It will soon pay for itself, however, in saviiig of high priced corn, £... Pauline Gill returned last week from Omaha where she had been visiting relatives for some time past. Mrs. Connrardy will attend the G. A. R. National Convention which is called to meet in Col umbus, Ohio in the near future. The proclamation issued by our mayor to. auto drivers regarding the running with cutouts closed has been a great help in the way of ridding "The City Beautiful" of this noisy nuisance. Speeders are also getting less easily found and only one fine has been imposed to date. Horse-buyer Sims was in town last Friday and purchased ten head of horses and mules. Prices are not quite as high now as they were this time iast year. Marshall Voss started' a cam paign last week to rid the town of surplus dogs and up-to-date has sent several of the canine family to the "Happy Hunting Ground." Mrs. M. B. El wood and children who have been here visiting, will retnrn to their home near Prescott, Iowa. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Rogers will accompany her home. V*/ The meeting of the Country Club will be held today with Mrs. Wil bus Bills. The last meeting was at the home of Mrs. Elain Bills. Dr. and Mrs. Lantz, Mrs. Worth ing and Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Con ley of Atlantic autoed tp LakeOk. obji Sunday for a two weeks out ing. We stated last week that Lin coln Statzell was home on a fur lough, but we are glad to report that he has been honorably dis charged and will not have to re turh to camp.. ESTABLISHED WM 1885 EXIRA, IOWA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 21. 1919 $1.50 PER YEAR iC The glorious rains of late came in the nick of time for the black berry crop. The acreage of the delicious frviit is not large here this year, but those that have been' brought in were very large and lucious. The berries are selling for 30 cents a quart. ,v,^ A reunion^ of the Connrar family was held at the home of tamiiy was held at the home QI .„ Mrs. Connrardy-Simday tat. iS***!™!1 p0'""!0 children were nearly all present. A little, great grand daughter of Mrs. Connrardy a Miss Pring of Denver Colorado has been here visiting her great grand mother. LOCIAIi AND PERSONAii. Where are the new specifications for paving that the engineer was going to make? Gene Porter is recovering nicely now from the injuries received some time ago when a threshing engine he was riding went through a bridge. Our compositor Mrs. Will Spoo and Husband and little Ronald went to Bingham Lake Minnesota Monday to visit her sister Mrs. E. C. Wilson and family and to return home with them the last of this week. Miss. Helen Voss reports an en joyable time at the lakes recently. Ellowene Hoover, daughter of Jerry Hoover and wife, returned home from a two weeks visit at the Will Hammann home near Adair. William Heckman who recently received his discharge from oversea service, is' now staying with his uncle Chris Bauer and family. Mrs. Kate Zaner has moved from Mobridge South Dakota to 1010 Philips Street IV^issoald Mon an a The Seventh Day Adventist Camp Meeting Will be held this year at Marshalltown beginning August 28th and lasting until September 4th. Quite' a number from Exira will probably attend. Ben Jensen has purchased the Tharnish residence on North Street. The house will be moved a. few feet to the north and Miss Tharnish will build a new modern bungalow on the south lot. John Weighton left Monday afternoon for Sioux City to look after- some business matters and ST accompany his family home after a two months vacation. George M. Ross and wife depart ed for Chicago the last of the week for a ten days visit in the home of their son George and family. Alfred Jacobsen and family visit ed at the Jerry Hoover home Sun day last. Mr. and Mrs. Louie Bauer and family entertained some company at their home last Sunday, those there were: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bartelt and son, Mr. and Mrs. .Earl Griffin and children^ Mr. and Mrs. Will Hammann and daughter. These people all had a fine time."'5 The injury to Mrs. Ed Youngs finger by. the electric washer as mentioned last week is healing nicely altho we understand it has been very painful. Her many friends are pleased at her recovery. It is now possible that the finger can be saved. Mr. Theodore Patty was busy with an adjuster from the Security of Davenport Friday last cleaning up some small losses. The wheat crop of Audubon County will not exceed a half of a crop. The oats are about two thirds, while the corn-our principal crop-promises to be a bunper, pro vided of course it dont get frosted. Peter M. Petersen left last Friday on a pleasure trip through Minn esota. The Fullerton Lumber Company has had their big business house here painted from top to bottom. Kirk Knox manipulated the brush, and well did he do it. Mr. Dell Poage and family of the Black Hills South Dakota, will be in Exira in a few days to visit his sister Mrs. Connrardy and his many boyhood friends. Mr. Poage was raised from boyhood here and is well remembered. Mrs. Connrardy would like to have all of his old time friends call at her home and renew acquaintance. M. STILL FULL OF PEP John M. Griggs, who spent his boyhood and early manhood tak ing care of race horses and much of the time jockying says he is still the be^st rider in the country re gardless of his advanced yeara, He owns Captain Elder one "of the fastest horses that ever ran on a race track and he proposes to go to Harlan next week and from there to DesMoines for the State Fair where Captain Elder will,be put into action to capture some of the big purses offered. FINE FARM Chas. E. Garroute, a prominent farmer living just across the line in Audubon county, has purchased a 400 acre farm near Hamlin for which he paid $300 per acre or $1-20,000. Mr. Garroutte recently sold his 200 acre farm at $325 per acre andthe 20 acre tract of land just outside the west corporate lim its of Anita formerly owned by D. B. Harrison, which Mr. Garroute purchased a year ago, could have been sold a short time ago at $16, 000 buthe refused the offer. The Audubon county farm just purchas ed is one of the best improved in this part of the stat'e, being well fenced, and containing 21 buildings. —Anita Record. ARE YOUR SHEEP SAFE FROM DOGS It is getting about the time of the year when dogs will commence their depredations in the flock of sheep and lambs of our county. Two years ago it will be remem bered that two dogs had made an attack in the' flock of shfeep and lambs of Mr. Christen Hansen west of town and killed 21 head all in one'day.' At theTitfie of the killing we said that "County'Super visors Soren Madsen and Harvey Maharg were called to the farm of Mr. Christen C. Hansen to view the destruction by a dog or dogs on Mr. Hansen's lambs. Mr. Hansen had 21 head of lambs and they were all kiled ly a big St. Bernard dog be longing to Mr. Jens Madsen of Sha ron township. The dog was shot while chasing the lambs but not killed but was later killed and the ownership was acknowledged by Mr. Madsen who later paid Mr. Han sen for the lambs. Last week the flock of Mr. Law rence Axelsen of Sharon townshio was attacked by a dog and three of his lambs were killed. Now that neighborhood is all ex cited l§st wholesale killings will again take place in the flocks. There are several flocks through the county of from 150 to 250 in each and a dog would do untold damage if not stopped in his madness for blood, when in the chase. It is natural, right and lawful that if a neighbor's dog kills your sheep he must pay the bill whether it is for one or one hundred head, that is if you know that your neighbor's dog did it. But if you do not know whose flog caused, youv loss and vou will SWEAR TO THAT then the county will pay for t.hp ani mal er animals, or fowls so destroy ed. To be neighborly then, kill the dog that menaces your neighbor's flocks. The dog will be better off and you will thus avoid loss and neighborhood illfeeling. The shortage of wool and mutton is such that it is a duty we owe to the war stricken world that we pro tect our sheep. THE RROIINSR THE BLUE The Home Coming for the boys at Audubon last Thursday was one round of pleasure. The ornamen tation of the street from the depot to the court house and the decora tions in the business houses were superb and all befitting the great occasion it was to commemorate— the homecoming of the boys. The pa rade was headed by tho Brayton band and about two hundred and seventy-five soldiers and sailors were in line. The G. A. R., the W. R. C. and the Audubon band folowed the happy crowd to a sumptuous dinner. After the "delivery of one of the finest speeches by Hon. N. E. Ken dall ever delivered here a well ar ranged program vas puled off that seemed to please everybody. The committee in .charge certain ly did themselves proud and the good people of Audubon should ev er remember the event with pleasure and pride. «. J?!' ^1, fALACt THEATRE SATURDAY. AUGUST 23 "Everybody's Girl" by Alice Joyce. This is a play we have been trying to get for along time it is play ed in. the best playhouses in the big cities to crowded houses. This is a play every body likes, you don't want to miss it. We guarantee you will be pleased. THURSDAY, AUGUST 28 ''Freckles" A Paramount Artcraft pic ture by Jack Pickford, same star that played in '•Seven teen." "Sleuths" by Fatty Arbuckle This is one of the best Thurs day shows we have ever given you. Don't miss this partic ular show as we know it is good. O— Shows start at 8:00 Admission 10c—20c P. M. Cbristensen & Son Entertain Relatives Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Kness en tertained a company of relatives Sunday in honor of their son Geo. Juniors return from Newport Rhode Island. He having been in the navy for the past sixteen months. Those present were: P. L. Carter and wife of Audubon/ Chas. Boehme family of "Exiraf Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Cecil and fam ily of Anita, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Kness and family of Audubon, and Mr. and Mrs Grant Kness and son of Hamlin. RUNiirci Frank Dimick of Exira left his car parked in front of the home of Mary T. Watts the day of the home coming celebration. The brakes were evidently not secure for he had not been gone long when it started off by itself. The hill is a steep one and it gained speed quickly. Before it could be stopped it had run into three other cars at the foot of the hill. Mr. Dimicks car v?as rather badly damaged but the others were only slightly hurt. ASSOCI Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Jessen of west Exira had a birthday party at their home Sunday last when the following guests were present: P. K. Petersen family, Mr. anw Mrs. Hans Petersen, Abel Stone family, P. M. Jessen family, Chris 'Jessea family, P. Hansen and wife, C. P. Knudsen and wife, Peter Gude, wife and one one child, E. Croy family, M. Jessen family, J. Jacob sen family and Mrs. Smith. The total number of guests was over fifty and all enjoyed a very pleas ant time. FOORTllmRAT IFIED AMENDMENT Fourteen states have ratified the federal amendment to the present time.' They are Wisconsin, Michi gan, Ohio, Kansas, New York, Illi nois, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Texas, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas,' Montana and Nebraska. Alabama and Georgia refused to ratify. Using figures of the 1910 census as a basis, nearly 49 inilions out of the 91.972,266 live in states which have already stamped their official approval upon th^ amendment to the United States constitution, which wil give political equality tflfc •American wonien.