The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-07-25
The west is not roasting the east this
time. It's the sun

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time. It's the sun
For SALE-A Jersey heifer calf.
o. E. HULL.
Foundation and we'll brick at $3.50
per M. 4S 4t F. @. MULLINN1x
Another pretty little daughter was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Hoffman
last Saturday morning.
Some people for the first time are Of
fering prayers. They are to be found in
the drouth stricken sections.
Roe Caster, our iceman, has tried to
keep his customers in good humor the
past week by predicting light frost in
December.
The Abba Union says quite number
of colored people from that town Will
attend the Emancipation celebration in
this city on August &.
The 9TH Annual Reunion of the
Pioneer and Veterans of Grand River
Valley will be held in the park at Davis
City, Iowa, Aug. l3-l4-l5 and l6, 1901.
Everybody invited.
j. M. HOWELL, Secy.
The Winterset Review, by A. W, c.
Weeks, suspended publication lately. 1t
starved along as a middle-of-the-road
Populist paper for several years and
then became an anti-Cummins Republi-
can paper. That settled it quickly.
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A poultry raiser, successfully exper
fenced, says camphor ball put in the
hens nest will keep away from the fowls
vermin or lice, and one ball in setting
of eggs will keep the mother hen and
chicks free from lice. 1t is an easy and
simple remedy and worth trying.
The following school districts have
not reported school levies for this year:
Decatur No. 3.
Long Greek No. S.
Long Greek No. Z.
Richland No. z.
Bloomington township.
j. F. Gill,
Auditor.
j. B. Snyder last week threshed the
small tract of wheat he raised this year.
mention of which was made in THE RE-
PORTER a few weeks ago. He called
Saturday and told US that when the
machine stopped the tally stood at 1856
bushels and the wheat was raised on
three acres and ninety rods. The wheat
tested 6l4 pounds to the bushel.
The recognized Maroons played their
first game last Friday afternoon at Ath-
letic park in this city and defeated De.
catur City by score of II to l. Jim
and John Hurst were in the box for the
Maroons and did splendid work as the
score shows. The Maroons have hard
game ahead of them on Emancipation
day when they play the o. P. G. Fl.
club from Gallatin, Mo.
r. L. Parrish returned last week from
Boulder, Colorado, where he had been
for two months looking after his mining
interests in the Blue Grass Mining Co.
He tells us that they have very hatter.
ing prospects and are now taking out
paying ore. A short time ago the COM
pany was incorporated and some stock
sold to equip the mine with new ma
chinery, but the stock has now all been
withdrawn from the market.
Charles f. Jones, whose series OF
articles on store management in Printers
Ink has attracted widespread attention,
says that some merchants largely in.
crease their ad vertising at seasons when
trade is not as brisk as usual. 81
believe" he concludes, "that those who
do the most advertising at such times
have the best Of the argument. If the
purpose be to draw trade why not adver
tise most when you need trade most?
Four of the Leon "sooners', who
started on the excursion to Oklahoma
Tuesday of last week, came home the
next night. They were Marion Wood
ard, Geo. w. Bakeer, G. M. Keller and
OF Springer and ali said they would
"sooner" live in Leon than get the best
quarter section to be drawn in Oklaho-
una. When the party reached Kansas
City they found that the Rock Island
road over which they were to travel
from that point was simply swamped
and could not handle the thousa nds
who we're trying to get to Oklahoma
They remained over night in Kansas
City and the next morning all of them
got on board train by crawling through
a window except Oh Springer, but after
the car was crowded so full that Fl We and
six men occupied each seat the Leon
fellows concluded they wanted to come
home SO they crawled out of the window
again.and took the first train for Leon
We learn of a horrible accident JUS,
across the line in Missouri last Friday