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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

It's reported on good authority that
the Adams Express Co. will move their
Office from. the depot to the business
part of town and appoint an agent to
look after the business and devote his
entire time to it. This will be a great
convenience to the patrons and the
change will be appreciated. There are
several applicants for the position. 1t
is said the railroad objected to fireman.
ing at the depot on account of the liquor
traffic. If the office is moved up town
the ''Colonels" can 60 on dress parade
daily.-Corning Free Press,
+ 1t is to be hoped the express COM any
will do the same at Leon. A petition
signed by every business man in Leon
was sent to the company some time ago
asking that an uptown office be estab-
lished, as it is very inconvenient to have
the express office mile away. from the
square. Nothing has been heard from
it,however, and it looks as if the ex.
press company cared very little for the
accommodation of the shipping public,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

If the parties who found the mans
watch near the @ depot few weeks ago
will return it to this Office they will re-
ceive a reward.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

The date of departure for Yellowstone
National Park has been changed from
July 10Th to June 23d to suit the con.
venience of number of tourists who
expect to make the trip. We hope this
change will give general satisfaction to
the tourists.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

Two or three young ladies who desire
to learn typesetting can secure positions
in The REPORTER Office. Pleasant work
Call at once.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

Ham Tullis, of Decatur City, was in
the city Tuesday. 1t was all mistake
about him starting dray line at Deca-
tur, but he has purchased the livery
and bus business in that town with
Frank Gardner as partner.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

Miss Harriet Meter commenced her
hrst term of school at the Stone. school
in Decatur township Monday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

Caster Bros. mill will be closed April
Is, 1902. All parties knowing themselves
indebted to us will please call and set
tile. 80 : CASTER Bros.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10
License to Wed.

The following marriage licences have
been issued by Clerk Keller since our
last issue:
Elmer Hatcher $500. -. 49, ...... .......... q
Minnie P. Keown.. IL
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

A small blaze at Casters mill yester-
day morning was discovered just in time
to prevent big confagration.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

The Kraft Clothing Co. has just start.
ed another large store at Creston. This
makes eleven stores for this firm. They
buy their goods at one time for all these
stores and are thus able to buy goods at
very low price and as result sell at a
low price to the people.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

About twenty-five couples of young
folks attended the last dance of the sea-
son at K. P. hall Tuesday evening.
Music was furnished by Kromer's or
chestra, Of Des Moines.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

Do not fail to go the Leon Home
Nurseries and select some fresh, healthy
stock for orchard and garden.
). w. A. GARRET.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

The last will of Francis Varga has
been filed with Clerk Keller for probate.
The will is dated April 6, 1901, is in Mr..
Vargas own handwriting and is wit
messed by M. A. Gammill and John
Ledgerwood. After providing for the
payment of all his debts and funeral ex.
penses he bequeaths all his estate, both
real and personal, to his wife. Mary
Varga, absolutely, to do and dispose of
as she may deem fit. The third para.
graph says: Providence was so kind to
me, | was able to give to each of my
seven children, Stephen Varga, Clara
Frazier, Emma Gatchell, Rosa Hamil-
ton, Esther Coder, Mary Slade and Mel
lie Dorm the sum of 81 300 equally"
Paragraph reads: "In regard to the
abstract books known as the Leon Loan
and Abstract Books, and all my fixtures
pertaining thereto, owned with my son
Stephen Varga in partnership, order
and make the following provisions, that
after my death my son shall become the
absolute owner of said books, and shall
have absolute control of them, and |
hereby sell to him my half interest for
81 900, the amount paid for them,
with the express stipulation that while
his mother is living he shall pay to her
+ per cent interest annually. The said
Stephen Varga is not required to give
any bond or security for said 81 900, but
after the death of his mother he shall
pay the 81 900 as soon after her death
as may be convenient for him to do, re-
tanning to himself one-seventh of the
$4,000 and giving to each of his six sis.
tiers one-seventh part, and in case of the
death Of any of my six daughters, their
share to be paid to their respective chill
dren, and should any one of my chill.
dren's children die, then the share of
such shall go to the survivors" He an.
points his wife and son Stephen as ex.
ecutors of the will without bond, and al.
so authorizes them, without any court
proceedings whatever, to sell and dis.
pose of such property as his wife NAV
deem fit, and execute conveyances az he
could if living.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

The board of supervisors met in reg
ular session Monday for the transaction
Of the usual business of the April ses.
sion, which they will probably be able
to handle in time to adjourn SATURDAY.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

M. 4. Sanger has been awarded the
contract for building new school house
in District No. 4, Decatur township.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

At the last term of court Judge
Towner re.appointed DR.. II. r. Layton
and S. A. Gates as members of the
insane commission for the term of two
years.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

Maple City Soap is not only one of
the good soaps, but is one of the best
soaps made.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

Losr-Monday night on the public
square, solid gold watch charm locket,
size and shape of half dollar, valued
at sos, on the inside of which was a
valuable ruby set ladies' ring and a
photograph; all can be easily recognized.
Finder can get big reward by calling
upon Cliff Dull at the Journal office.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

A bright boy living with his parents
who desires to learn the printing trade,
can secure a situation by calling at The
REPORTER office at once.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

Foley's Kidney Cure if taken in time
affords security from all kidney and
bladder diseases. w. A. Alexander
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

The surest and safest remedy for kid
ney and bladder diseases is Foley's Kid
new Cure. w. A. Alexander.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

A deal was closed Tuesday whereby
John Lawrence, of Lamont, purchases
the Hotel Leon from VIM. Woodland for
$4,000 and takes possession of the prop.
erty at once. He traded in his 40 acre
farm at SIS per acre. John will take
charge of the hotel about May LIST and
will certainly make jovial landlord.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

Last Friday John G. Reuss filed an
information before Justice Beck charging
James Bonner, Horace Quigley, Roy
Quigley and Henry Quigley with larceny
in carrying away from land in Burrell
township owned by Reuss wood and
posts to the value of $40. The defend.
ants were arrested by constable Der,
Warner. and the case set for trial on
next Tuesday, the defendants being
released on bonds of $50 each.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

FouND-A set of buggy curtains which
the owner can secure by calling at The
REPORTER office and paying for this no.
tice,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

Take your watch and clock repairing
to Kohler the jeweler. Opera house
block
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

The case of State VS.. James Bonner,
accused of criminal trespass in cutting
timber from land in Burrell township
owned by w. P. Axes, which was set for
trial before Justice Beck last Friday,
was continued until April 18th by agree
ment. The defendant has retained
Marion Woodland, and the state is rep.
resented by county attorney Olsen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

WANTED Two young ladies to learn
typesetting. Apply at The REPORTER
Office.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

G. M. Grimm has been appointed
postmaster at DeKalb vice II. d. Fry
resigned.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10
FL M. Shinn has two two-year.old
colts and fresh Jersey COW for sale.

Native lumber of all kinds and dimen.
sions for sale. HI. CooNTz.
81 81 Woodland, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

Hurrah for the Yellowstone Pork trip,
We are off June 23d.
Try Chamberlain's Stomach and Live,
Tablets, the best physic. For sale by
Alexander.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

KoEler the jeweler, has had over 20
years experience in the repairs of fine
and complicated watches and clocks.
Jewelry repairing and gold soldering
done promptly in the best possible
manner. Opera house block.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

If you want farm sold or want
a farm loan at lowest rate of in
terest and best terms go to e. j.
Sankey, southeast corner Main
and Commercial streets, Leon. la.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

This is the way an Abba man con.
fessed at a revival meeting last week.
He was pressed to repent and at last got
up: "Dear friends" said Bill, 81 feel
the spirit moving me to talk and tell
what bad man Lhave been, but can't
doiit when the grand jury is to be in
session next week" 1.-THE Lord will
forgive you," shouted the preacher. 81
guess that's all right" said Bill, "but
he's not on the grand jury"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10
Special Tourist Car leaves Leon for
Yellowstone Park June ODD. Get ready

Special Tourist Car leaves Leon 70,
Yellowstone Park June 23d. Get ready
w. A. Allbaugh of the Star dairy, has
put out very fine new milk wagon,
built for him by John Bell. 1t is
equipped with regular hurry.up gong
Miss Grace Bowman celebrated her
eighth birthday by entertaining Al of her
young friends at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W, Bowman, last Friday
afternoon. Refreshments were served and
Miss Grace was the recipient of many
tokens of friendship from her playmates.
Mrs. Q. M. Ketcham and sons spent
Tuesday in St. Zoe, and while waiting at
the union depot for their train, Mrs. Ket-
cham found a wee bit of baby which had
been tucked away in basket and left in
the waiting room. An officer was sum-
moned who took the infant in charge,
placing it in a foundling's home and the
st. Joe authorities are trying to find the
person who deserted the little one. The
incident created quite a commotion among
Cne passengers at the depot.
@. M. Ketcham has closed the con.
tract for the transportation of his party
through the park. 1t includes seven
full days, % meals and covers $50 miles
OF travel, passing all the principal points
of interest.
We cannot all go abroad, but it is pos.
sible for most of US too see some of the
magnificent scenery in our own country.
A trip to Yellowstone National park is
within the reach of most of us.
This is trip you have long wanted to
make and have talked much about.
now party has been organized and
you may join it and get all the benefits
that come to large party in way of low
rates and special favors.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-04-10

Will Lindsay of the "Old Arkansaw
Co." spent Sunday with friends in this
city leaving Monday to JOIN his com.
pany at Sedalia, Mo-, He reports most
prosperous season and says next year
he and Fred Raymond will have four
companies on the read. "Old Arkan.
saw" will be here in Leon early in Nav.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-04-19

An old sailor, in a reminiscent mood,
told this story of Fighting Bob:
did 1 ever hear Evans swear? Now,
you're asking me to tell tales out OF
school. know the newspapers have
given him a reputation for salt water
talk, which I guess hasn't lowered him
very much in the affections Of the peo-
pie. But l wouldn't want to make any
statement about it. I'll tell what l did
see, once, though, that was the fun
niest thing to me l eve laid eyes on.
We had been lying up at Funchal, in
the, Madeiras, waiting for the south
cast trades to help us along. The first
day out, toward shutdown, everybody
wa piped aft to prayers. 1t was pref
ty hot, and things looked squally, but
there was q chaplain aboard, so we all
trooped aft to hear the prayers read.
On the bridge was an officer, who shall
be nameless. The captain wal stand
ing near the chaplain. The prayerbook
wa anread out on a capstan, and the
service had just begun, everybody with
his cap in hand, listening 1 hope, with
reverence. All Of a sudden the shin
gave a lurch,s and we found ourselves
in the middle Of a nasty squa1l. For a
second everybody stood still. Then
the officer on the bridge leaned over
toward us and shouted: You blankety-
BANKED l%andlubbers, get aloft with you
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Sailor Tells Good * *. x
Xxx * Story on Bob Evans

as if all hell was on your heels! Climb.
you dashed pirates! Climb!
THE men at the wheel had the rat.
ties or something, for they lost control
of 1t, and the ship almost preached to
and came around with a jerk. The
captain had been standing right near
where the starboard main sheet had
been coiled man-o'-war fashion. He
was a very heavy man, weighing near
ly three hundred pounds. AS | was
cutting up the shrouds l looked below,
and nearly dropped off with laughing.
There stood the outraged chaplain,
with his prayerbook tightly clasped,
looking with horror at the captain. He
had stepped back onto the coil of the
main sheet. Some duffer had let 1t go.
and it raced out with a jerk. The
jerk threw the captain fiat or the deck.
There he sat, swearing like a carpenter
at the chaplain for not, helping him up,
while on the bridge stood the officer
I've not named, shouting blue language
at the topmen. And, there, looking
from one to the other in horror and
disgust, stood the chaplain. holding the
prayerbook on the captain with both
hands, as II he were trying to decide
whose language was the worst. I've
seen comic operas, but never has there
been a situation SO funny to me az
that."-New York Tribune. &
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! Discipline at Sea q


tAsship at sea is an isolated world.
Not only does the little floating vii
lage depend On the stoutness Of the
planks beneath 1t, but the safety and
comfort OF those on board depend on
obedience to intelligent orders. The
man who rules must RUE often, as
does a chieftain of a ~half-savage tribe,
by physical force. Mr.. Frank T. Bull
len, author of. ...The Men OF the Mer-.
chant Service" is no advocate of vio-
lence on the part of, officers, but, as
he explains, II there is no weight of
force behind an order, men will al
ways be found who will disobey. One
OF Mr.. Bullen's earliest recollections
Of sailor life is an incident on board
the East Lothian.
The men have been demoralized by
q cowardly second mate who was fin
ally discharged at Bombay. His sue
cesso. was a splendid specimen of a
seaman, not too tall, finely proportion
ed, and of q very pleasant face.
The first morning he was on board
we were washing decks, Mr.. Eaton,
the new second mate, was having a
look around the ship, and stayed for
ward, where two men were passing
water out Of the big washdeck tub.
AS Mr.. Eaton passed, one Of them,
carelessly singing a bucket toward the
other dropped 1t and cut the deck bad
ly with its edge. With a glance at
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DR.. Boone. whose "reminiscences Of
the. Lost Cause interest many listeners
at several New:York clubs where he Is
a frequent visitor, told a good one
about his first patient. His single
had been a target for the elements for
six months.
1T was not because the town OF Fay
cite, Mo-, was SO distressingly healthy"
he said. All my professional brethren
we're doing we'll while / waited.
MY office was on the second floor
of a shop, and 1 could hear what was
going on below. One night g man gal
Hoped his horse in front of the house
and halloed to the shopman. When.
the shopman answered, the man on
horseback asked him II he thought
Doc Boone was in his Office. Il
..sThe shopman assured him that l
wa upstairs. The horseman dis
mounted and hitched his nag. AT
lastY I unused, al most any young doc
tor would have done under the circum-
stances. 4s I. @fa At a. #
Then / began thinking of all the
ailments which human flesh is heir to,
and asSeachl REQUIRED % me | thought
Of what i would prescribe for It. y
never thoughts rapidly as did be-
tween the time Sc that mans Sdismounnt
andAhis knock 1T mysdoor. AS soon as
he came8insI recognized him. "
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EVEN IRISH WIT FAILS At TINES.

Ono INSTANCE Whore an Answer Was
Not Forthcoming.
Repartee is like tennis. The ball is
driven backward and forward from n
| player to the other, and the II on
whose side it last strikes is the loser.
1t is a terrible thing for an artist at
repartee to find that he has no answer.
The mere pretender does not care. He
will answer something, to the point or
not, but the artist will not debase his
art with a bad answer; he merely sor-
-ows for a good one
There was a little Irishman who keep
a liquor shop, and he was noted for al
ways having a reply ready. One day a
man came in. laid a dollar bill on the
bar and called for whisky. The pro-
prietor set out the bottle and a glass.
and the customer filled the glass right
up to the top. us it a towel you'd be
wantin'?" the proprietor asked, imply
ing thereby that the customer had
poured out a bath, rather than a drink.
Look here" said the customer,
pointing to the money, there's a dol
lar. you can take the price of this
drink out of it. and if there isn't
enough, tell me how much more yon
want and I'll pay it, but l don't want
any talk from a little Mick Of a bar
tender"
The proprietor picked up the dollar
and laid down IS cents. AS the GUS
toner disappeared he walked around
in front of the bar and said to a friend
who sat there: Casey, I'd have given
me liquor shop to have knowed what
70 answer back to that man."
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the new officer he burst out into furi-
GUS cursing at the other man for not
catchingsit. Mr.. Eaton turned quietly
to him and said:
IF you don't shut that foul head up,
I'll shut it for YOU"
The man, q huge New York monde
script, deceived by Mr.. Eaton's pleas
ant look, strobe up to him. swearing
horribly, and threatening to kill him.
For answer the second mate leaped at
him and seized him by the throat and
waistband, and the next minute he
was flying over the rail into the sea.
Mr.: Eaton turned swiftly, and was
just in time to catch the other man
In midrush at him with a squarely
planted blow on the chin, which land
ed him a clucking heap in the SOUP
pers.
BY this time the other men had seen
the fray and rushed forward, shout
ing, kill him." Presently Eaton was
the center of a bowling gang threading
his life. But he armed himself with a
norman" a handy iron bar from the
windlass, and non of them dared face
him with that terrible weapon. The
skipper and the first mate came rush
ing forward, and ranged themselves
by the side of the second mate. In
two minutes the whole tone of the
ship vas altered. 1t was never again
necessary to resort to violence.
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2 His First Call /.
, Prosperous Physician R elates Amusing Experiences Of His
, +# Early Days. . "

Hello, Doc, was the s%alutation.
The abbreviation vas common In those
days. All alone?' he asked.
Obstetrics I said to myself.
said to him that I had been alone UNI
til he appeared. ;
81 was just on my way to q danes
down the road he went on to explain,
and just before / got here I discovered
that l had changed my trousers. Loap
me a dollar, Doc
""And that was the result Of q siA
months wait for my first patient! Ny
visions vanished.
"Well I had a dollar and I let him
have 1t. I didn't see him for several
months; the next time he showed up
he had a load Of wood to SELL I bought
it. After the fuel was delivered I asked
him what I owed him
".Oh.' he replied. just call It even.
Doc, on that dollar you loaned me-
81 congratulated; myself until I found
that the wood was green elm. and II
you know anything about wood you
might as well try to fire asbestos1a Of
to fire green elm. oh, yes, Iremem.
her my first cal. '-New York Sum.
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Lord .nd Hone.t F.rmer.

GOn0rou Lord 0n0 Farmer.
The remarkable popularity of the
Ntzwilliams in Yorkshire is not a
matter Of yesterday, but has existed
for several generations. and for cause.
An anecdote significant OF the ways Of
the house is told Of the late earl's IA
ther. A farmer came to him to repre-
sent that his. wheat had been damaged
seriously by the hounds. The earl in
quired at what he appraised the
damage. The man said ESQ, and it
was at once paid. After harvest the
farmer came again and said that the
wheat far: from being injured where
most trampled on, seemed the strong
est when they came to cut It, and con-
sequently he had brought back the ESQ.
.;.Ah." said Lord r., this is as things
should be 'twixt man and man Then!
ne wrote out a check for f100, saying,
Take care Of this, and when your
eldest son is Of age present It to him,
and tell him Of the occasion which
Produced Ii. "-London Chronicle.
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WHIPPED WRONG MAN At THE KEY.
Question Is, Did He Come Back to Get
the Right One.

Question IL, Did He Come Back to Get
the Right One.
Fighting" over a telegraph wire
with a man several hundred miles
away is not an unusual occurrence
among telegraph operators. w. H. lie
Hew, a Seaboard Air Line train dis
patcher, tells of a fight he once had
over the wire, with an odd sequel. He
was quarreling with an operator, J.. H.
Chapman, many miles out on the road,
and the quarrel waxed warm. LIE Hew
declared he would go down the next
day and personally whip his antagon-
list. Chapman thought it would result
as most wire scraps do-in nothing
and did not worry any more about it,
believing he and LIE Hew would be as
good friends as ever the next time they
worked together owe a wire. The next
day, however, LIE Hew boarded a local
freight train, and, according to prom
Use, got of at a distant station to whip
Chapman. He walked into the tele-
graph Office. and demanded.
Are you the operator here?"
Yes, SIR" replied the man at the
instrument.
Without further ado LIE Hew sailed
in and whipped him.
That night Chapman called up Ii
flew, saying he was surprised that lie
Hew had come there while he was
away at dinner and had whipped his
substitute.
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a Chance 10 Smile
Bright Tales That Furnish q Little Relief From Lies Monotony.
Pinning Him Down.

"Of course" he said. in an offhand
way, ut goes without saying that a
beautiful girl like you must have had
many offers Of marriage"
She blushed ,prettily, and her eyes
,eemed to say "of course" but she did
aot answer otherwise. "a
And Of course" he went on. Il
couldn't think Of asking who any of
The men were, or anything about them.
but I am interested in knowing how
hey do it."
Then she reused herself.
Look here" she said. Are you try
ing to get hints how to propose to me,
Or to some other girl?"