The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-07-31

WANTED.-A girl to do general house.
work. Enquire at this office.
Mrs. Joseph E. Cummins will hold a
reception this afternoon from 3 to 5
O'Clock complimentary to Mrs. Irish, of
Des Moines, and Mrs. Davis, of Lamont.
MIR. Biggs has disposed of all his inter-
est in the Leon Water Works Co., in
Guiding the real estate and deep well, to
E. d. Dorm, who assumes all the liabili-
ties of the water company.
Mr.. j. Writ Springer of Des Moines
and Miss Mamie A. Allen were married
at the residence of the BRIDES parents
in Lamont last evening, the ceremony
being performed at s O'Clock.
The C.. w. B. NJ. auxiliary of the
Christian church will meet with Mrs.
Eva Williamson, Friday, August I, $50,
instead of Wednesday, on account OF
Emancipation day. Should the weather
be stormy the auxiliary will meet with
Mrs. Marion Osborne.
j. I'll. Copenhafer, a Creston attorney,
plead guilty before Judge Towner to the
charge of habitual drunkenness and was
given a sentence of one year under the
new law for dipsomaniacs. He will be
taken to Mt. Pleasant. He was quite
popular in Creston and drinking has
been his only fault.
w. M. Householder, of Charlton, as
sistant manager of the Charlton Chau.
tauqua, was in Leon Tuesday billing the
town for this important event. A full
list of the speakers was published last
week, and he informs US arrangements
are being made to run an excursion
over this branch on Bryan day,
Elsewhere in this issue appears the
card of d. s. McMains, the will known
and highly successful live stock auction
neer Of Derby, who has cried a number
of good sales in this county the past
year including the big horse sales held
by Axes & Jones. He is certainly one
Of the fastest and best auctloneers in
the state and sells everything at top
prices. He makes a speciality of live
stock of all kinds, and it always pays
the seller to have a good %auctioneer,
Mr.. McMains can be easily reached at
: Derby by letter, telegram or telephone,
and as the sale season Is approaching
parties contem plating holding sales this
> fall will do we'll to make application to
: him for open dates. He has never yet
: cried a sale that was not satisfactory
and those who have seen him sell horses
!, like clockwork at the big sales in this
, city are convinced that he is q good one.
: The following dialogue is reported
: between two passengers on an east
; bound train after leaving Council Bluffs:
"What state is this" asked the first
man who was coming east from Idaho.
"Why," replied the other, "this is Iowa
u Don't you see that corn? There is none
u other like it in the country. I have
been away from here for seven years
I've been out in Oregon. My, but thai
u field looks tne." Then the other replied
that he had heard Of Iowa, but that be
had never been in the state before
sits a blacker dirt than they have wesi
isn't it, looks like it would pillow we'll
= too, wonder if it rains much or do they
.TTigatts??" n~Irfigate?" smiled the othea.
well l should smile they don't
The only irrigation here is the tear,
from the eyes of fellows like me who ar,
d glad to get back. Irrigate, l should say
not"
Some men are known by the friend.
e they fail to make.
Il II you want the best hard water soar