W. J. Lancelot, Editor W. H. Lancelot, Publisher V4/ ' . — lQ/-in — •*

TWENTY-ONE YEAR!sV,JV EXIRA, IOWA, THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1907. - **'r " $1.00 PER YEAR

See the new ada in tbia week's Journal.

D. E. Boar of Audubon was a business caller in Exira Friday.

J. B. Connrardy visited over Fri­day night with Audubon friends.

Miaa Mary Campbell is now employed at the Kelsey Cafe.

Frank Parker ot north of Anita Hold hie farm last week to "Honest Pete."

Miss Veda Masterson is assisting Mies Bruner in her dress making parlors.

MISB Anna Dorr left Saturday for Charter Oak on a visit to the home of a niece.

Messrs. Carey and Hosna of Anita were Friday night callers on C. W. Hpencer.

Mrs. W. P. Turner returned Sat­urday from a week's visitrviith rela­tives at Anita.

Mrs. Bush ia reported much weaker this week and less able to care for herBelf.

Ebbe J. Hanaen and wife went to Omaha Wedneaday on buaineaa returning Friday.

Ad Seibert and wife apent Sun­day at the home of George ROBB, north of Audubon.

Walter Hockenberry bad a ce­ment walk laid in front of his premises last Satuiday.

The Eaatern Star Chapter meeta Friday night and the Masonic Order on Saturday night.

D. E. Sbrauger returned Satur­day from Casey where he had been on bnaineas for a few dayB.

H. H. Dimick had a neat cement walk put down in front of hia dwelling and from the Btreet to the bouae last week.

N. J. Marietta ia carrying the mail now on Rural Route No. 2, while Mr. Seibert iB enjoying a fifteen days vacation.

Mr. Earl Smith of South Omaha viaited last week until Monday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. Smith of West Exira. ^ •

Mrs. William Wilda of Atlantic arrived here Saturday evening on a visit at the Xerxea Knox resi­dence in Kickapoo Park.

Mr. and Mrs. E. Milner after sev­eral week's visit at the Vickery home left Wednesday for their home at Fairmount, Nebraska.

MTB. Deen and three children and Miss Moore of Anita, arrived here Friday on a week's viait at the home of Mr. and Mra. Charlea May.

Mr. and Mra. Frank P. Tracy of Fontanelle viaited Saturday night and Sunday at the home of hia aiBter, Mra. Hellyer on South street.

W. K. Marietta had Chase at work part of last and thia week moving his house from West Exira to his lot on North Park street.

Mrs. Jenkins who resides in the parsonage of the M. E. church, en­tertained a lady friend from Atlan­tic last week, returning home on Friday. |

Will Wadsworth and wife returned from Minneapolis, Minn., Saturday and Tuesday left for their home at Chickasha, Indian Territory.

Miss Grace Huyck has been visit­ing her sister, Mra. Hans Nelsen and family, down near Lorah the past week. She returned home Tuesday evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Delahoyde and bis mother, Mrs. L. V. Delahoyde nnd Mrs. J. M. Andrews visited at the Van Gorder home in Audubon Saturday, going in Ed's auto.

W. R. Copeland departed Mon­day evening for hiB home at Coun­cil BluffH and Mrs. Copeland and the boys went to Audubon to viait her sister, Mrs. V. E. Horton.

Folly Herrick had a nice walk put down in front of his house oc­cupied by Mr. and Mrs. Baumgart-ner and /. H. Bell also had a walk laid this week on the north end of hiB lot fronting Washington street.

Mrs. Barchard, late of Chicago, and daughter, Mies Bessie, who is engaged to teach in our city Bchool the coming year, have commenced housekeeping in the W. U. Ham­mer building on west South street.

Hans Nelsen, wife and family, who reside one mile north of Lorah drove up Sunday and visited her parents, George Huyck and wife. Jamea Huyck hae been assisting him now several weeks with hiB farm work. He came along re­turning with them in the afternoon.

* Another Business Change / Last Friday night another change in the implement buaineaa occurred in thia town, Charles W. Spencer trading bis complete stock of implements and the busi­ness building on Washington street, now occupied by Johnson, the harness man, to J. E. Walker for a one hundred and aixty acre farm seven miles Boutheaat of Anita, possession to be given at once. Mr. Spencer will continue to reside here for the present.

J. J. Dimick went to .. ,ubon on business, Monday.

Charles Curd bad business in Audubon Monday.

N. J. Boose went to Atlantic, Monday on business.

H. F. Andrews made a business trip to Audubon, Monday.

Wm. Doffing transacted business at the county seat Monday.

Art Rabson had business in Brayton, Monday afternoon.

_Mra._ Lou Anciaux ia visiting a sick niece in Johnson connty.

Ed Reese or "Monk" went to Audubon on business, Monday.

Robert Leak of Audubon waa a Sunday night visitor in Exira.

E. D. Powell, wife and daughters took their Sunday outing at Lewis.

Claude Jayne, of Greeley is buy­ing up some cattle for bis feed yard.

Will Ridgeley had a cow killed by lightning Wednesday of last week.

Rev. J. A. Howard is viaiting with his family tbia week leaving Monday.

A1 Voorheea ia a buaineaa visitor in Miaaouri thia week leaving Monday.

Clarence Bruce, of Atlantic, was assisting in the FirBt National Bank, Tuesday.

Mra. Dopp, of Casey viaited over Sunday with her Bister, Mra. Work­man, leaving for Ida Grove on a viait.

A deluge of water fell Tuesday morning about six o'clock which put the atreams nearly out of their banka.

A First National Bank examiner waa in town Tuesday performing the dutiea of his office at the J. E. Bruce bank.

Mrs. Henry Minerman ia in John-eon county, leaving the Fourtn to visit her father who ia reported dangeroualy ill.

Niel Barentsen and wife visited over Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Jensen returning to Audubon Monday.

Kirk Knox lost his five year old horse last week, the animal being hurt by jumping on a board fence, injuring it internally.

Mrs. Sarah Bergeron, of St. Louis visitel her parents, Henry Kerns and wife of West Exira from Saturday until Monday.

C. W. Clay and wife are entertain­ing her sister, Miss Lizzie McCnrdy of Tama, Iowa, who arrived here Saturday for a ten days' visit

Neal Jensen and Will Minerman left Monday on their return to Mcintosh, New Mexico after a month's absence visiting relatives here.

Joe Gearheart put down a neat string of cement walk on the west side of the Rev. H. L. Wissler prop-ty south of the Congregational church last week.

Audubon Gun Club Preparing for Action

ANNOUNCEMENT The Old Firm of C. W. Spencer

Changed Hands. Sold to James E. Walker, of Anita, Iowa.

_Tbe Arm of C. W. Spencer of this city Bold his stork of Implements and the building on main street to Mr. James E. Walker of Anita, who will conduct the business on the same aquare footing aa it haa been conducted in the past. Mr. Walker came to us highly recommended aud will no doubt merit a fair share of the trade of our Bection.

PULL TOGETHER Sip

What a Town we Would Have if we Would Only Pull Together. Conditions Would be Better

Mrs. Charley Wilde and baby of Audubon visited from Saturday until Tuesday evening with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Bow­man oi South street.

E. B. Voss has traded his one hundred and twenty ac^e farm seven mileB southeast of Anita to N. P. Christensen for two hundred acres six and one-half miles south of Adair.

Mr. and Mra. Herbst, of hear Templeton, are visiting this week with her relatives, the Thielen families near town. She is the daughter of Peter Theilen and wife formerly a citizen of thia township.

Mrs. W. A. Hamler arrived here Monday evening and will remain until he comes to Atlantic with their household goods and stock of drugs. When these are unloaded and unpacked he will then assume charge of the Wilken drug store.

Eugene Milner has quit work iu the harness shop and Tuesday left for St. Louis, where he is thinking of engaging in the plumbing busi-nc as. 'Gene is a steady industrious young man, respected by every one and we feel sure he will ac­quire success in his new vocation.

W. H. Wadsworth, of Texas, son of E. C. Wadsworth, who formerly lived on the E. C. Wilson farm west of Exira, waa in the city Monday conferring with some gentlemen here regarding aome buaineaa mattera. Mr. Wadaworth is a real estate dealer in the Lone Star state and handles large tracts of Pan Handle dirt,

S. D. Harn, marshal and street commissioner, waB handling some short pieces of boards Friday when he slipped and fell upon a nail sticking through One ot the boards which paused through one of his fingers; a nail also ran into the wrist of the other hand, injuring it severely. By applying remedieB promptly, he feels easier and ap-prehenda no fear of blood polBon.

During the summer kidney irregu­larities are often caused by excessive prinking or being overheated. Attend to the kidneys at onoe by using Foley's Kidney Cure. Sold by Niek Doffing.

If we could only get together for the town's interest in ALL THINGS as we do for the ball games, what a town we would have, my country­men! While the national game is played with such vim, and our boys are bringing us the trophies of the conteBt and are gentlemen wherever they go, they ought to bs accorded a Royal Sweet Home, with this exception:—Sunday games ahould be considered aa Sabbath breaking, for you are commanded to Remember the Sab­bath Day and Keep it Holy.

MRS. DR. JACKSON |f One of the Respected Teachers of

Audubon County, now of Coun­cil Bluffs Making First Visit.

Mrs. Alta Crow-Jackson, of Council Bluffs who will be remem­bered aB one of Audubon'a moat successful teachers, having taught in the city schoola there for ten yearB and who lost Father and Mother since coming to the city in 1S96 and years later married Dr. Jackson, a prominent physician who removed to Council Bluffs, is making her first visit to relatives and friends throughout the county. She arrived at the home of her niece, Mrs. Belle Lancelot-Wilson in Exira Saturday where she spent two or three days of her short vaca­tion, there aud at the home of her Bister, Mrs. VV. J. Lancelot. She left here the first of the week going to Audubon to visit friends.

HURRAH! HURRAH! For the Elk Horn and Kimbatlton

Short Line. Dirt is Flying at a Lively Rate

At half past one o'clock Saturday last, July IS, 1907, on the Peter Lar-sen hill which is about six miles north and west of Atlantic the first dirt on the new line of road from Atlantic to Elk Horn and Kimball-ton.waa moved.

Forty teams started iu the good work and sixty more are expected Monday, making a hundred teams to start with. The committees having the right-of-way to look after, report that practically the work ia done and most of thedeeds are in their hands. The first five miles will soon be completed when the twenty five per cent of stock subscript.on becomes due. The management desires every sub­scriber to be prompt with the funds, as on the exercise of this virtue depends the happiness and comfort of every workman on the job. The matter of fencing is now under consideration and all mat­ters will be taken up and pushed to completion.

Cobs! Cobs! Cobs! for Sale Lota of cobs at F. M. Henaley'a.

A SNAP:-80 Acres at $36. per acre. Write Journal.

LOST:-The4th between Marquesen'a store and Geo Huyck's crossing a dark gray shawl. Finder please leave hers.

Bee supplies at J. W. Peterman's.

Miss Lulu Barnea of Omaha re­turned bome Monday.

Ralph Tilley returned from Oma­ha Friday after a very ahort stay.

Mrs. George R. Spencer returned from a business trip to Atlantic Friday.

W. E. Jobnaon returned Saturday from a abort buaineaa viait in Omaha.

Mrs. Boy Herrick returned Fri­day from a ahort visit with Atlan­tic frienda.

Mr. and Mra. Andrew Carlaon viaited frienda out in the country weatoftown.

Miaa Julia Jenaen ot the Upper Heights returned from Corning Friday evening.

Mrs. Ellis Olipbant and daughter are visiting her sister, Mrs. Charlie May and other friends.

Free Anders had a* neat cement walk laid Thursday from his resi­dence south to the street sidewalk.

Mrs. Croy and her friend, Mrs. Warren passed Friday night and Saturday with friends in Audubon.

Miaa Lulu Barnea of Omaha has been visiting her grandparents and aunt, Mrs. Wood Kline, Bince laat Thursday.

Clarence Crane is again working iu the E. (J. Crane baroer shop and bis wife has hied herself away to South Dakota.

Mrs. O. Witthauer and daughter, Beseie, arrived in the city Friday evening on a visit to her parents, W. H. Bowman and wife.

Mrs. Wolsey and two children of Atlantic were calling on her friend Mrs. Frank Basham Sunday, re­turning on the night special.

Martin Jensen marketed sixteen smooth Chester White hoga laat Friday which averaged two hun­dred and seventy-five pounde.

Mrs. Clint Barnes and Gertrude B. Hutchins of Omaha arrived in town Sunday on a visit to their parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Hellyer.

The Exira Produce and Coal Company Manager, Oluf Jensen, is having a new frame put in at the scale office besides several other improvements, grading, etc.

Gust Johnson and wife who re­cently returned from a visit to the Old Country, made thia ortice a pleasant call Thursday. He will shortly leave on a t'uur to British Columbia.

ESTRAY:—A red bull calf came to our place some time ago. Owner can have same by paying for thia notice.

j 25 FARSTRUP BROS.

Miss Martin, who has been visit­ing her sister, Mrs. E. L. Grans-berry, for several weeks, left Sun­day for St. Louis where she will spend hei vacation before resum­ing her school work at Van Meter.

Mrs. Henry Peters and children of Huron, South Dakota, arrived in Exira Friday on a visit to her par­ents, Mr. and Mrs. George Fenater-macher, on North Park street, prior to their departure for their new ranch in southern Colorado.

N. T. Hellyer and wife of Grand Junction, Colorado, after a good visit at their old home town, Guth­rie Center, arrived here Thursday evening and visited until Tuesday with hia brother, V. B. and wife, and his niece, Mra. J. W. Kline, and husband.

Mr. W. A. Hamler will leave Ten-nant the 15th for Atlantic. He has bought out a drug atore there and will alao take hia drug etock from here. We regret to have them go as they have been active in league and church work and have made many friends.—Harlan Tribune.

Around the World Theirs and Ottrs

Thirty languages are spoken in the city of Winnipeg.

Over seven million children in Russia are without school accomo­dations.

There are lots of things besides happiness that money won't buy— manners for instance.

The state normal snmmer school at Cedar Falls opened with an enrollment of eleven hnndred.

Goldfish were first disoovered in China. They were brought to Europe in the seventeenth century.

Boston will employ 21 trained nurses the coming year, to super­vise the health of the school child­ren.

John Chandler, of Qaincy, Illinois was killed by being thrown from a buggy recently. He waa 107 years old.

The dry leaves of the trees in Paris are gathered and converted by high pressure into fuel and sold to the poor.

What sport eaa furnish snoh keen delight,

As a fisherman feels when he gets a bite.

The world is so full of a number of things,

I m sure we should all be as happy as kings.

Harvard graduated a class of five hundred and fifty last week. It is the oldest school in America having been opened 271 years ago.

The new railroads which are be­ing bailt in Western Canada will re­sult in from fifty to a hundred new towns within the present year.

Alaska has only one person to every ten square miles. The Dis­trict of Columbia has three thos-sand eight hundred thirty nine to eaoh aquare mile.

. Mrs. Annie Pugh, of Baltimore, who is sixty years old has just cut her fourth set of teeth. She suffered fully as much pain as during the cutting of her first set.

The man, who has the softest snap,

(It's saying nothing rash,) Is he who's almost always sure To have the most hard cash.

The age in which we live today Is like milady's hat, 'Tis hard to tell which way it

trends Or know where it is at.

President Jordan, of Stanford University, California, is on his way to Australia and New Zealand where he will lecture to the colleges on the American University system.

We have abundant proof by in­scriptions and manuscripts that medicine and surgery were prac­ticed by th^ anaient Egyptians. Each physician treated only one or two diseases.

"Explain," said the preacher, "the difference between the quick and the dead,"

"The quick is them that gets out of the way of motor card, and the dead is them that doesn't," answered •Johnnie.

It takes a shower of thumps and kicks,

To rouse a boy at half past six, But when the glorious Fourth's

begun, He's up and dressed at just

12:01.

There are immense coal mines being worked nnder the ocean at Cape Breton. They cover a thoa-sand acres. They are entered from the shore and the operators follow the vein beneath the water for more than a mile. The bed of the ocean above them is as tight as a cemsnt cistern. A sort of fireclay lines the roof of the mine and the sedi­ment is packed down by the pressnre of the water until there is not a crevice nor a drop of water from overhead.

There are no 'swear words' in the Japanese language.

It is said the women of Norway are charmed with King Haakon be­cause in speaking of Queen Maud he always calls her "my wife."

King Edward and Queen Alexan­dra are visiting the Dublin exposi­tion in Iroland. This is their second visit to Ireland since their accession to the throne.

Keokuk has the largest field of tomatoes in the United States. It comprises one hundred twenty acres and is the property of the Keokuk Canning company.

Most persons employed in the Venetian glass industry lose their sight by the time they are from forty to fifty years of ago. The blindness is caused by the heat and glare from the furnaces.

We are beaten back in many a fray,

But never strength we borrow; And where the vanguard rest

today, The rear may camp tomorrow.

Mrs. Cyrus T. Mills, who is past 80 years old is president of Mills College in California. The school was chartered as a college in 1885 with Mrs. Mills as its president and she has held the position ever since. Mills College is the only college for women west of the Rocky Moin-tains.

There are two Indian chiefs in attendance at the sixth national convention of the American Feder­ation of Catholics in session at Indianapolis, this week. Chief Horn Cloud and Chief No Water, both of South Dakota, who will represent ten thousand Catholic Indians.

Mount Blanch, of Nevada, is a mass of pure borax. It is 1500 feet high and two miles in diameter. It isthe property of Frank M. Smith, of Oakland. The market value of the borax is over $100. a ton and there are at least three billion tons of borax in the mountain. '

The Parliament of Norway by a vote of 96 to 25 has given parlia­mentary suffrage to all women over 25 years of age who are taxed on an income of one hundred thirteen dol­lars a year in cities or of eighty four dollars a year in the country, or whose husbands are taxed on an in­come of the same amounts. This must admit a very large proportion of the working female population.

A man and his wife at the window one day

Stood watching the organ man's monkey,

When a cart came along in which a boy.

Sat driving a long-eared donkey. Said he to his wife by way of a joke

"There's your relative iu that car­riage."

She glanced at the donkey and made reply;

"Ah, yes—we're related bj mar-riase."

At the recent regular session of the legislature of Texas a Jaw was passed that the sheets on all bods in boarding houses and hotels must be at least nine feet long. The law went into effect July twelvth. After that date the keeper of such places are liable to arrest and a heavy fine if shorter sheets are found on his beds. The tops of the sheets are to be folded back over the other bed covering thus protecting the occu­pants from any germs lurking there­in. The law also requires that the sheets be washed every day.

There's one thing I can but recall with a shudder,

I wonder I live now the story to tell;

Of how I oft drank from the old oaken bucket,

The germ breeding bucket that hung in the well.

I might have caught typhoid, ma­laria or measles,

I wonder that ever I lived to grow up,

For using that unhygenic old buck­et,

Instead of employing a sterilized cup.

All kinds of ground feed. Shorts and bran on hand. a 1

EXIRA COAL & FEED CO.