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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27
A Successful Farmers Trust.

At Rockwell there fourishes most
successful cooperative farmers associa-
tion, the object of the organization be-
ing to sell at the highest prices and buy
in the lowest market. This farmers
trust held its annual meeting last Satur.
day and received hereports of its Off
GERS and management. 1t appears from
these reports that the association trans.
acted business during the past year to
the amount of $6l6, ,294. .66. That it han.
died $4,000 bushels of oats and 1856 600
bushels of corn, besides smaller totals of
other grains. Of articles consumed by
members of the association it handled
more than 5000 tons Of coal, nearly
200 sacks of -four and more than 900
barrels Of salt. These farmers bought of
the association $4,000 pounds of barbed
wire and nails, more than So tons of oil
meal. 80 tons of feed, IS tons of binding
twine and 5000 grain sacks. Lumber to
the amount Of 800, 900 feet, 100000 feet
of shingles, 10000 feet of lath and sash
and doors to the amount of 5000 are
other items of these reports. Posts for
about 20 miles of fence, $625 worth of
paint, "a barrels of linseed and lubri.
eating oils are also included in the vol
ume of business transacted, as are So car
loads of hogs and cattle.
The cost Of transacting this business
and that of the branch at Cameron,
showing in figures given above, amounts,
ed to 50, ,O90.72. OF this the agent and
help received So, 1868. The salary of
the president and secretary was $50,
printing, postage and stationery
amounted to $64, taxes and insurance
were $344.60, and gasoline cost 1902 TO-
This association is one of the few of
its kind which have been successful. 1t
has raised and held up prices in its COM
munity, and by cooperative buying
saved much to its members. 1t has
$4,000 in its treasury. 1t saved last
year nearly $3.50 to each member of the
association. But it is unique of its kind
and a matter for newspaper mention
from Maine to California.
To duplicate it's results it will be neces-
sary to duplicate the community Of SEN
sible, straightforward farmers that has
built up theIRockwell Cooperative as
ISOLATION and forced it's success. Mar.
shalltown Times-Republican.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27
Niuht Was Her Terror.

tI would cough nearly all night long, .
writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate, of Alexan.
dria, Ind, land could hardly get any
sleep. had consumption so bad that
if ! walked block would cough fright
fully and spit blood, but when all other
medicines failed, three 81 bottles of DR..
Kings New Discovery wholly cured me
and l gained So pounds It's absolute.
ly guaranteed to cure colds, coughs, la
grippe, bronchitis and all throat and
lung trodbles. Price SOC and ST.. Trial
bottles free at L. Van Werden's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27
PARENTS VS.. TEACHERS.

Speaking on school matters the other
day with one of the prominent ed
ucators of the county the Herald's at
tention was called to mistake fre.
qaently made by parents, which works
irretrievable wrong to the children, and
that is, taking the child out of school
because OF some real or fancied grievance
against teacher. Teachers make mis-
taxes and may sometimes perhaps be
guilty of little unfairness in the treat
ment of certain pupils, bat only in a
few instances are they SO unjust as to
warrant parent removing the child
from school. Such cases are so excep-
tional that one is almost justified in say
ing that 999 cases out of every 1000 the
teacher is in the right, and in the lOOOth
case if the parent would go and have a
good common-sense talk with the
teacher, that case too, would be made
right. The trouble is, the parent hears
but one side, and not reliable side at
that, gets miffed and takes the child out
of school in order to sspite the teacher"
The teacher is not "spited." The
school and teachers salary go right on
as before, but the child is injured in a
way that it will never recover. The
older it grows the more it comes in con-
tact with the practical experience of
life, the more the injury will be ap-
parent. 1t is crime against child to
deprive it of the opportunity for an ed.
ucation in the years when the character
is forming, when the mind is plastic and
Impressions for good or bad are easily
formed and long retained.
. During the years when child should
be in school it is of but little use else.
where. 1t can not earn enough at any
sort of manual labor to be factor in
bread winning, even were that neces-
sary, which it seldom is IN cases of this
kind. But as "an idle brain is the
DEVILS workshop" if child can not be
learning something that will be useful to
itself and beneficial to society in after
life 1T will be learning the opposite. A
normal child learns something every
day; something that can not be "un-
learned" If this knowledge is not
obtained from books or in school it is
obtained by observation of and asso.
.ciation with people. The education of
the street is always pernicious, and few
indeed are the children who have force
of character sufficient to shake off in
after life the handicap of street edu-
cation. No parent has right, because
OF a difference Of opinion with a teacher,
to deprive his child Of that which the
state so generously provides-a good
education along useful and practical
lines. Remember, parents, next time
you get "mad at the teacher" you will
injure your child and not the teacher by
taking the child ou, of school, ol.-Clarinda
Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27

Truth is the foundation stone of con.
sistency.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27
A pRICKED BUBBLE.

Attorney General Knox appears to be
Lincoln type of lawyer. He brushes
away unimpcrtant considerations and
goes to the main point. His ability to
point out the real issue is shown in his
complaint filed against the Northern
Securities company.
Mr.. Knox plainly says the sale of the
Northern Pacific, Great Northern and G.
B. & O., railroads to the Northern
Securities company was fraud. There
never was such a sale. "The Northern
Securities company" he says, "does
not have aud never had any capital
sufficient to warrant such stupendous
operation. It's subscribed capital was
but $50, ,OO0. It's authorized capital of
$400, 600 is just sufficient to cover
the exchange value of substantially the
entire stock of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific companies. Its shares
are but beneficial certificates issued to
designate the interests of the holders in
the pool"
Thus is the Northern Securities bubble
pricked in word. This company of
$4,000 capital says Mr.. Knox, is mere
depository, custodian and trustee. 1t
does not own the railroads which it has
attempted to merge because it has never
actually bought them and never has
had the money to pay for them. 1t is
a fiction and an illegal one at that. "It
was organized" says the attorney gen.
eral, "solely to carry into effect an un.
lawful combination"
This "unlawful combination" referred
to, has reference to the statute of the
state of Minnesota which forbids the
merging of two parallel lines of railway
in that state. 1t doubtless also comes
under the Sherman anti. trust Law.
The attorney general has so neatly
exposed the vitals of the merger propo.
sition that one wonders whether the
scalpel is to be applied to other meyers.
That of the steel trust is almost exactly
similar. The independent steel plants
were never bought. They were simply
merged. No billion dollar capital was
ever in hand to buy these companies.
The business was done largely on paper.
And these facts apply to many other
trusts.-Des Moines News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27

A few years ago the bane of South
Dakota farmers was Russian thistles,
which in remarkably brief time grew
thickly in all parts of the agricultural
portion of the state and for time
threatened to run out and utterly de-
stroy all vegetation. Roads and fields
became fringed and dotted over with the
pest. These fears we're proved ground.
less, and then the farmers turned their
attention to attempting to discover
some use for the thistles, which thrived
equally as well during rainy or dry
weather. Last fall some stockmen liv-
ing in the vicinity of Okoboji conceived
the idea that the thistles could be util-
lied for feed for cattle. They according
ly cut and put up large quantities Of the
tkistles. Notwithstanding the doleful
predictions of doubling persons, who
declared that cattle could not live on
the stuff and that those who depended
upon thistles for feed would lose their
animals. During the last few weeks a
thorough test Of the nutritive qualities
Of the Russian thistles has. been made,
and those who have used them exclu.
sively for stock feeding purposes are
unanimous in saying the thistles have
fully borne out their expectations. 1t
not appear to make any difference
does whether they have grown large or
are still small, so long as they are cut
and stacked while green.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27

The interior department has under
consideration the advisability of start.
ing new herd of buffalo in the Yellow.
stone National park by buying some and
catching all the young buffaloes that
can be found and placing them in the
reservation. Twenty-Five of these ami
mails are now located near the head of
Pelican Creek.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27
a severe cold for three months.

The following letter from A. j. Nus
baum, of Batesville, Ind, tells its own
story. 81 suffered for three months
with severe cold. A druggist prepar-
ed me some medicine, and physician
prescribed for me, yet did not i'm.
prove. l then tried Foiey's Honey and
Tar, and eight doses cured me-" Refuse
substitutes. At W. A. Alexander's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27

Kitchener puts the responsibility for
Methuen's rout on the stampeding
mules. They were American mules no
doubt, and this is not the first time their
heels haye done the brave burghers a
good turn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27

Whatever other nations did for
us in 1898, we are at least able to see in
the Barcelona insurrection. just what we
have done for Spain.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27

AND
ChIL

Does your horse feel his
oats"l What a difference be-
tween the granted and the
grass-fed horse! The first
strong and full Of ginger, the
second aabby. weak and tired
out before he begins. The
feeding makes the difference.
Children are not alike either.
One is rosy, bright-eyed, full
Of life and laughter, another is
pale, weak and dull. Thefeed-
ing again is responsible.
Sickly children need special
feeding. They don't "feeltheir
OATS. Scott's Emulsion adds
just the right richness to their
diet. It's like grain to the
horse. The child gets new
appetite and strong digestion.
SCOTS Emulsion is more
than food. 1t is a strong
medicine. 1t rouses up dull
children, puts new flesh on thin
ones and red blood into pale
ones. It makes children grow.
SCOTS Emulsion makes ordi-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-03-27

nary food do its
duty.
This picture represents
the Trade Mark of Scott's
Emulsion and is on the
wrapper of every bottle.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT & BOVINE,
4o9 Pearl ST., New York.
soc and Fl. all druggists.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-05-28
OSSIAN.
(From our regular correspondent.)

(From our regular correspondent
May 81, 1902
J. Cameron Clark, of Calmar, spent
Sunday with the Holbrook family.
Miss Stella Blanchaine spent the
past week at Cedar Rapids.
Fl. J.. Mayer and Leo Figge took ad-
vantage of the excursion to Waukesha
We are grieved to say that Mrs.
Nick Britton continues very iii.
Mr.. Dan Sullivan, who for the past
few years has made his home in Idaho,
returned to Ossian last week to see
home folks.
Among those who went to DEBORAH
to witness the remains of the flood
Tuesday night were Peter Meyer,
John Heinen, Tony Zwack, John Moe,
Ed. Brown, John Reading, Tony Bren-
non and T. f. Schmitz
Mr.. Torner, of Kansas City is max
ing an extended visit with his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Thomas Kane.
Miss Lou Thompson is the new clerk
at Simpsons.
Percy Bullard moved his family
into his residence on Fishers avenue
last week.
Geo. Broghammer was an Ossian
visitor yesterday.
John Heinen, Joe Heinen and Joe
Mann were putting up monuments al
DEBORAH last Tuesday.
John Heinen returned on the night
train but the others with their team,
stayed over night and one of their
horses was drowned in the high water,
and the wagon with their implements
, was washed away.
Joe Meyer is Castalia caller this
morning.
Mrs. Joe Peyer's sister accompanied
by her four daughters departed las,
Tuesday morning for Klondike where
she will join her husband who has
been the past four years engaged in
mining at that place.
Dan Malloy spent Sunday with Os
sian friends.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-05-28
RAVENA
From our regular correspondent
May 10, 1902

From our regular correspondent
May 10, 1902.
delayed by the flood
Fritz Unger, of Parkston, S. Oak. +,
was the guest of Theodore Holtey,
several days last week.
News was received here of the death
of Herman Teasecutter, May II, in
Germany. Mr. T. was a former re-
sident of Ravena, but long since a
resident of Nebraska.
E. E. Scofeld contemplates making
visit at the Livinggood home near
Myron, in the near future.
Saturday, May Sd, the Wiltchen feed
mill ground nearly 500 sacks of feed
Louie Felke. of Webster City, was
"a Sunday visitor at F. Yoemans'.
VIM. Kipp, who has been hauling
cream for the Ossian creamery chang
ed his route to the Nordness creamery
last Wednesday.
John o. Brown was DEBORAH bust
ness visitor Tuesday.
@. Gerleman recently erected new
Star windmill ON the ID. Jack farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Erick E. Clement
celebrated their tin wedding Sunday.
Thursday, May 10, 1902, at II 80
O'Clock at the Washington Prairie
Lutheran church occurred the cere-
mony which united for life in the
bonds of matrimony Mr.. John Vista
to Miss Helena Clement, Rev. Koren,
officiating The writer wishes them
a pleasant and prosperous journey
through life.
X. Anderson has the, mason work
completed for his granary and summer
kitchen.
Mrs. NJ. E. Billiard and son, Carol,
were DEBORAH visitors Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. ID. Long, of Ossian,
passed through Ravena, ON their way
to DEBORAH Thursday.
Joe Broghamer is transacting bust
ness in Glenwood township today.
Several farmers in this vicinity have
finished planting their corn.
Miss Nora Puffer was an over Sunday
visitor at her home at FIT. Atkinson.
A little girl came to gladden. the
hearts of Mr.. and Mrs Henry Sweine-
fus.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-05-28
How's This!

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. J. Cheney q Co., Props, Tole-
do, o.
We the undersigned have known f.
]. Cheney for the last 10 years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by their firm.
West 81 Truax, Wholesale Druggists,
Toledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan g. Marvin, Whole.
sale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter,
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Price 10 cents per bottle. Sold by all
druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls family Pills are the best.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-05-28
SPIELVILLE.
From our regular correspondent

(From our regular correspondent
May 26, 1902.
VIM. Speicker and family Sundayed
at Waucoma with friends.
Stephen Kruchek, has had a fence
put in front of his residence.
Father J. J. Dostal returned from
Strawberry Point last Wednesday.
Prof. J. J. Champlin Sundayed at
Cresco.
Miss Pauline Haug is at DEBORAH
visiting relatives.
H. H. Haug spent last week at
Spring Valley, Mimi.
FIR. Kapinos, ST., returned from
Prairie du CHEN, Thursday.
Mrs. J. G. Mashek is out in the
country visiting friends.
Mrs. Radcliffe and baby returned
from DEBORAH last week.
A number of our people have their
cellars filled with water.
Frank Soukup, of DEBORAH Institute,
spent Sunday at home.
j. Vrba of Duncan, was few days
in our vicinity last week.
Miss H. Sydow and sister of Con-
over, were in town shopping, Friday.
Miss Rothenberger was business
caller at Waucoma one day last week.
The Benesh brothers are painting
the residence of @. H. Hauser.
F. HAPPIER was business caller at
Festina one day last week.
Klemish, ST., departed for Mis-
souri, last Tuesday to spend three
months with relatives.
Mrs. Vrba, of Duncan, Ia, is visit
ing her daughter Mrs. H.
Miss Tillie Mueller of Plover, Ia. +,
arrived last week for an extended visit
with her sister, Lou.
Among the callers in our vicinity
from the Fort were H. Huber, @.
Summers, DR.. Horton and wife.
The storm which ragged through this
section of the country last week did
no damage in this vicinity to speak
of, considering the damage in other
places.
DR.. J. J. Radcliffe transacted bust
ness at DEBORAH last week, returning
Monday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-05-28
Original Notice,
State of Iowa.

state OF iowa, &C
Winnesheik County. 90
In District Court.
To Annie Nelson, Theodore E.
Nelson, Nels +. Nelson, Jacob E.
Nelson, Clavas Z. Nelson, John Z.
Nelson, Edward Z. Nelson, Ruben f.
Nelson, Ellert E. Nelson, Joseph
Walton, Alex Mckay, Stephen II.
Sails and the unknown heirs of said
Stephen HI. Sails.
You and each of you are hereby
notified that on or before the LIST day
of May 1902 the petition of Peter Nc
Gallery, plaintiff, will be ON file in
the office of the clerk of the court in
and for Winnesheik county, Iowa,
claiming that he is the absolute owner
in fee of lots one(D, two (2), and Four
az of the northwest quarter "a of
the northwest quarter "a of section
eleven (l1), in township ninety-nine
(99), north of range nine 90, west of
the 9Th p. M. And alleging that one
Filing Nelson, who is now dead, had
or claimed some right title or interest
in and to said lot four (4) of the fore
going described premises by virtue of
a deed of conveyance executed by one
Stephen III. Sails to said Filing Neil
son on the 9th day of February 1868,
and which said deed is recorded in
book H" on page SO thereof in the
office of Recorder of Deeds in and for
said County of Winnesheik, Iowa,
and alleging that the widow and heirs
of said Filing Nelson viz: Annie
Nelson, Theodore f. Nelson, Nels
+. Nelson, Jacob f. Nelson, Claves
h. Nelson, John Il. Nelson, Edward
Il. Nelson, Ruben L. Nelson and
Ennert e. Nelson have or claim to
hold adverse to plaintiff) the right
title or interest of said Filing Nelson
in said premises by right of inherit
ance.
And alleging that Stephen II. Sails
who is now dead, had or claimed to
have some right title or interest in and
to said lot one Cd of the foregoing des-
cribed premises by virtue of deed of
conveyance thereof made to him ON
the 3rd day of February 1863 by one
Levi Moore and which said deed is re-
corded in book 'H" on page 1856 there
of in the office of Recorder of Deeds in
and for Winnesheik County, Iowa, and
alleging that the heirs of said Stephen
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-05-28

H. Sails whose names and residences
are unknown to plaintiff have or
claim to hold adverse to plaintiff) the
right title or interest of said Stephen
H. Sails in and to said premises by
right of inheritance and alleging that
the defendant Joseph Walton has or
and to lot one (1) of the premises
above described adverse to plaintiff
and that the defendant Alex Mckay
has or claims to have some claim adj
verse to plaintiffs title in the to lot
two (2) aforesaid.
and alleging that plaintiff and his
grantors have been in quiet peaceful
and Uninterrupted possession of all of
the foregoing described premises under
claim of right and color of title for a
period of more than ten years last past,
and asking that his title to said prem
Uses be quieted in him and that de-
PENDANTS and said unknown claimants
be barred and forever estopped from
having or claiming any right, title or
and asking also to have the costs of
this action taxed against any person
or persons contesting plaintiff IS claim
herein.
Now unless you appear thereto and
defend before noon of the second day
of the September 1902 term of said
Court, which will commence ON the
22nd day of September 1902 at the
Court house in DEBORAH, in said
county and State of Iowa, default will
be entered against you and decree
entered thereon as prayed.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, April 20,
1902.
DAN SHEA, Atty. for Plaintiffs.
Upon reading the foregoing notice
it is hereby approved and ordered that
the same be published in the P u b C
Opin o n, weekly news paper pub
lished in the county of Winnesheik
and State of Iowa, for term of six
consecutive weeks the last of which
shall not be less than ten days prior
to September 1902 term of Court in
and for said County of Winnesheik,
Iowa.
Dated, Lansing April 26, 1902.
l.. E. FELLOWS,
Judge of the 18th Judicial District
Court of Iowa. 21-6
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-05-28
Price Will be Cut
Deep

The question of profit or loss will
not be taken into consideration in the
naming of prices-the one object is to
move the goods at once.