The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-06-11

morning Mr.. G. w. Jenree was attacked
by one OF his fainting spells and for
time was in precarious condition, but
is now improving.
Cream Flour CT m.
per sack ID L eUU.
FULTON & MANNING.
STRAYED-From the undersigned, a
blue roam mare weighing about 1 900
pounds. Please notify me if found.
G. M. KELLER,
Van Vert, Iowa.
A small Matchmaking scheme in which
Leon young man was held up for $50
was discovered by Mayor Woodland
Tuesday, and the woman in the case
forced to return the money.
The Sunday School convention and B.
y. ?. U. of the Eden Baptist association
will convene at the Baptist church in
this city next Tuesday for a two days
session. Many delegates from a dis
lance are expected and a specially good
program has been prepared.
The base ball enthusiasts circulated
paper the first of the week and secured
enough contributions to lease the ball
park for the summer and buy the nee
essary paraphernalia. They expect to
have good club ready to met all clubs
IN this part OF the country in the course
of a couple of weeks.
On account of the death of the father
OF Chairman Campbell, the board of
supervisors adjourned from Thursday
morning until Monday morning. They
visited the poor farm Tuesday and are
now making the semi-annual settlement
with treasurer Young. The board will
probably be in session all this week.
Fulton & Manning, the north side
grocers have a new adv. in this issue,
and are quoting some special low prices
on a shipment of choice California canned
goods, which grocery buyers will do
we'll to investigate. This enterprising
firm keeps strictly tirst-class grocery
and their customers always get value
received.
The insane commission examined
Fred Brown last Friday, AN information
having been filed charging him with be-
ing insane, and the board decided he
was fit subject for treatment at the in
sane hospital at Clarinda, to which
place he was taken the same afternoon
by deputy sheriff Fred Martin and
Claud Lorey.
The contract for the new Christian
church has been awarded to W. I'll. Jen-
kins of this city, at about $4,000. This
RI ,<,f l,,Io ali .sJ I.
windows or finishing the basement, as
neignborhood of $4,000. A. +. Kemp
will do the carpenter work on the CON
tract.
The Burlington road finally got their
main line opened to Ottumwa Sunday,
the first train for nine days to pass over
the road being No. 4 Sunday evening.
Monday morning the first Chicago
freight for ten days was received at the
Leon station, and there was several car
loads. 1t was the worst and most COM
plete tie up the railroad has ever ex-
perienced.
Mr.. S las Whistler, who lives two
miles west of Leon, has our thanks for a
box of most magnificent strawberries
of great size and fine flavor. While he
will have fair crop he tells us the wet
weather has caused him to lose about
twenty bushels of berries. His vines,
however are in fine shape and he can
supply plants that will produce the
finest berries in the state.
If Iowa and New York could have
divided up on the weather the past six
weeks it would have been good thing
for both of them. A press dispatch
from New York under date of June LIST
says. although chill damp winds mark
it's close, May established new record
in this city for drought, and approached
within one degree of the record for heat
in that month. In the thirty-one days
of May and the last fourteen days of
April, only one-quarter of an inch of
rain fell.
Did you ever think how easy it is to
make an error? Did you ever stop and
think how easy it is to make mistakes
in a newspaper? it is the easiest thing
i'll the world, if you never knew itbefore.
Within the past week we have read in a
paper not thousand miles from the G.
b. u. Q. Ry. some errors that GER
family were comical. The RE-
PORTER never make errors. Oh no.
But when we do they look to us as if
they are printed in red ink when dis
| covered.
At the regular meeting of Hesperia
Lodge No. 33, K. of P. Monday night d.
E. Morgan, o. e. Hull and Geo. e. Hurst
were selected as representatives to the
Grand Lodge which meets at Council
Blnffs the first week in August. Final
arrangements were also made for the
Memorial services next. Sunday. If the
weather will permit the exercises will
held in the court house park, and the
public are invited to attend. Addresses
will be made by Knights /. N. Beard
and Geo. w. Baker.
The Decatur County Medical Society
in The Nv oef