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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
Miss Lunbeck's Efficiency.

During the last twelve days of March
Miss Clara Lunbeck has placed in good
homes eight children. four boys and four
girls, ranging in age from four months
to twelve years. One went to the home
of minister, one to lawyer and six to
farmers. In addition to this she has re-
ceived four applications for children
from good homes, investigated three
others, visited five children previously
placed, made several public addresses,
secured 1925 to help do this work and
travelled 1850 miles. This has been an
unusually full period. yet it serves to
show something Of the work done and
OF the duties of district superintendent
of this great society, and Miss Lunbeck
is one of the most efficient in the state.
Mason City Globe Gazette.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
Hossack Case to be Dismissed

An lndianola correspondent writing
ITO Des Moines paper says the Hossack
case will never be tried again The
board of supervisors of Warren county
at last weeks session passed resolution
Withdrawing assistance from the county
attorney and ordering that the lawyers
be dismissed. 1t also asked that County
Attorney Cooper dismiss the case. 1t
has already cost Warren county tax
payers $40 600. Mrs. Hossack was found
guilty of numbering her husband at the
first trial and sentenced to the peniten-
tiary for life. but on account of error il
was sent back by the supreme court for
new trial. This took place at Winlerset
recently and resulted in disagreeing
jury.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
TO BE TRIED THIS WEEK.
Barney McDanieis' Wife and Para
mour Before Court for Murder.

Mrs. Ella McDaniels and Bert Livix,
who are charged with the brutal mur-
der of Barney McDaniels, a former resi-
dent of this county, will probably be
tried at Avoca this week. The county
attorney of Pottawattamie county was
in Leon last week interviewing relatives
of Mr.. Mcdaniel and preparing to sub
poena witnesses. The following dis
patch from Council Bluffs says:
CoUNcIL BLUFFS, April 22.-Attorney
Genuns, of Glenwood, has been in Coun-
Gil Bluffs on business connected with
the .Livix McDaniels murder case, which
will soon be tried at Avoca. While in
the city Mr. Genung held conference
with his clients, Bert Livix and Mrs
Ella McDaniels, and also conferred with
County Attorney Killpack relative to
the time of the trial.
'The case is bad.looking one, [ will
admit" said Mr.. Genung, in talking
about the prospects Of clearing his
clients of the ugly charge which hangs
over them. "uowever, l will state that
it will not go by default
An important witness who lives out
side of the state has been found by Mr..
Genung, and he desires to have the case
postponed as far along in the term as
possible in order that the testimony of
the witness may be secured. Mr. &c.
nung and Mr.. Killpack agreed Saturday
to try the case during the third week Of
the Avoca term Of court, or near the
latter part of the present month.
This is the case in which woman
and man of whom she was supposed
to be enamoured first poisoned and then
cut the throat of the woman's husband.
The crime was committed a few miles
east of Macedonia.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
Attack of Whooplno
COuuh

Mrs. Ellen Harrison, of 300 Park Ave, i
Kansas City, Mo-, writes as follows:
"Our two shildren bad severe attack
of the whooping cough, one Of them in
the paroxysm Of coughing would often
faint and bleed at the nose. We tried
everything we heard of without getting
relief We then called in our family doc
tor who prescribed Foley's Honey and
Tar. With the very first dose they be.
gan to improve and we feel that it has
saved their lives" Refuse substitutes.
L. VanWerden, druggist.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
Sponsor for a City.

A newspaper is Sis$ty good index
of city. That is recognized every.
where. If the paper has healthy ap.
pearance the town of &sy is generally
set down as healthy. Thousands Of
people see the paper representative Of
the city that have beutf seen the city
and form their good opinions. The
yalne of these opinions cannot be
measured. smites, aaod words, a
friendly grasp q shs fnnd, cost but a
little effort yet they ase mighty in their
influence. A healthy newspaper makes
y healthy penfnsnt shd healthy
sentiment makes healthy town.
Mason City Times. Herald. i
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
Easy Way OF Making Good Roads

Experiments in road making that
should be of interest to the people of
Gentry county have been lately made
IN several of our neighboring counties.
In Grundy, Andrew and Worth counties
the farmers have hit upon the scheme
of smoothing and keeping the roads in
good condition by going over them oc-
casionalIy with drag of split logs. All
reports that have been made of the ex.
pertinent are to the effect that the roads
are kept smooth and compact, mud
holes are less frequently formed and
that large portion of the road prob.
lem is solved by the scheme.
In constructing the drag heavy log
is split in the center. The two pieces
thus formed are fastened together by
means of cross pins, holding the halves
with sharp edges pointing down and for.
ward. A team is then hitched to the
drag and it is hauled over the roadway
to be smoothed. The halves are left
farther apart at one end than at the
other and this end is kept always to.
ward the center of the road, as a result
of which the dirt is thrown continually
toward what should be the highest part
of the road.
One team can ef1ectually cover several
miles Of road in a day with this contriy-
ance and the cost Of working is thus
made trifiing. Albany (Mo.3 Capital.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
our DARLING TEDDY.
Our Teddie isa nice young man,
You know he's DreSlacul-


You know he's president
dc Kills the bears and hugs The coons.
And lives spon he scelit.
he taiSes the lambs 10 dis embrace,
His GtiAs about their belt
Then yum. yum, yum, smackety smack,
Their daring Roosevelt.
OF all the presidents we've had,
He's first to have the gall,
To ask the nkyheaded race
Inside that sacred nail.
But then. you zee, he saw chance
10 hit the south "a welt,
And all the colored gals went in
To dine with Roosevelt.
The damsels in their long tailed gowns
Cut too short at the top,
Made goo-goo eyes at Teddy dear.
TIL they could hardly stop.
The presdent-God save the mark
With pride before them knelt,
And then and there they harmoniZed.
The coons and Roosevelt.
A ,ane is very straight. indeed,
That never has bend;
This promennding with the coons
Will som e day have an end.
His epitaph will be in full,
Each word correctly spclt:
Here lie two hearts that beat as one,
A coon, and Roosevelt
&C. A. Burress, in Ladonia News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
FARMERS WELL SERVED.
Eighth District Leads In Rural Free
Delivery Routes.

The Eighth Iowa is one Of the banner
districts Of the entire United States in
the free delivery mail service among
farmers. This district is among the
leaders, in fact it is in the front rank
and none of them have a more general
rural mail service or a larger number Of
routes. Dividing the total number Of
routes, fourteen thousand, by the mum.
Der of Congressional Districts, 1856 gives
an average of thirtysix and one third
to the district, and the average in Iowa
is III. Yet the Eighth has in operation
loo routes in the eleven coun ties,
twenty y-nine in excess of the average in
Ioe5a, Ia above the general average Of
the entire country. This gives an aver
age per county in the Eighth of little
more than thirteen which makes the
rural mail service quite general and
covers good portion of the territory.
Thus it can readily be seen that in free
rural mail delivery, as in many other
important matters, the Eighth Con-
gressional District of Iowa Is entitled to
blue ribbon designating one of the
first premiums, Surely the farmers of
the Eighth have no just cause for com.
plant so far as mail facilities are con.
cerned. They are we'll taken care of in
this respect as in other matters affected
by national legislation and the admin
istration of national laws.-Jas. F.
Bryan's Washington Cd. CO. cores.
nd L., lNraat1,x, AauasI;s.a..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30

The statement has recently been made
by the Board of Control that for every
two million dollars Iowa spends for
school, she spends three million on her
penal and corrective institutions. And
yet, how seldom we hear people com
plain of taxes for this purpose. The
school tax is raked fore and aft; and
ever closely scrutinized on the tax re-
ceipts, but the vast court expenses in
criminal cases are scarcely alluded to-.
Oskaloosa Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
His Advertising Paid Him.

Mr.. E. Moore, proprietor of the De.
catur City Nursery, who has been run.
ming small adv. in The REPORTER the
past few weeks, in remitting for it says:
"You got the adv. in in good shape,
and know it made me some good
money as l have had splendid trade
this spring, almost double that of last
year, so that adv. surely did me good.''
What advertising did for Mr.. Moore
will do for others.
Are You Using Aliens Foot-Ease
shake Into your shoes Aliens Foot Ease, g
powder. " cures Corns, Bunions, Painful
Smarting, Hot, Swollen feet. AT all druggists
and shoe stores, s5c. s54L
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
BIG HEARTED JACK EVANS.
More About the Popular Burlington
Engineer.

ling TIE REPoRrRR's account of Jack
Evans, the popular engineer who pulls
QUE of the q. passenger trains through
Leon, stopping his train to put out a
house which was on fire near Davis City,
tells Of another of the numerous brave
deeds which have been performed by
Mr.. Evans during the many years he
has been in the railroad service:
"This isn't the only worthy incident
in the life of Jack Evans. Years ago he
saved the life of child in most thrill
ing manner. The incident attracted the
attention of DR.. Talmage who used it as
an illustration in one of his great lec-
lures in Brooklyn, New York. In the
report of that lecture the incident is
given and its application.
Concluding, the lecturer gave a
thrilling portrayal of a locomotive en-
eineer speeding over the prairies, with a
train laundering in his wake, suddenly
discovering little child who was wont
for long time to wave her hand as his
engine sped along, sitting on the track,
|innocently careless Of danger. He pic
tured the heroic knight of the cab re-
versing his engine, then crawling out
along the running board to the pilot,
leaning down and grasping the form of
the little one as the great black engine
shaking the earth with its iron tread,
lifting it from the track as the great
machine of steel and throbbing steam
rushed along its mad course and falling
back on the pilot insensible in dead
faint. He rescued the child, however,
and for the act Of splendid heroism the
engineer, twenty years ago when the
speaker was on visit to Iowa, was pre-.
sented with gold medal, purchased by
the railroad company, inscribed with
lines descriptive of the daring deed, and
presented to him by the governor of the
state. There are daily great trains
of woe, disaster and misery from
the track of which we can all res.
cue some discouraged soul, beaten down
in the strife of life, and win reward
and earn a fame equal to that repre-
sented by the heroism of the Burling-
ton engineer, who, it may be stated in
passing was Jack Evans, at the time OF
the incident twenty years ago employed
on the west division of the Burlington.
The incident was so thrilling that the
few who witnessed the unequaled dar.
ing of Evans as he stood on the pilot
leaning for out and leaping ahead Of the
onracing engine to grasp and save the
child, can never efface it from their
memories, occurred in Red Oak one
summer day in 1877. The little one
WAS the child of section man, who was
accustomed to stand in the yard hard
by the track and wave her hands at the
engineers and trainmen as they shot
down the long grade with the speed OF
the wind and the tread of an earth.
quake. Jack Evans, who in build
swarty face, dark eyes and hair of mid.
night color, greatly resembled Gen.
John A Logan, is still in the employ Of
the Burlington, being at present en-
gagged in running an engine pulling a
passenger train between Charlton and
st. Joe. The recital of this splendid in.
cident, used to illustrate point, closed
the lecture"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
RheumatIsm Cured IL a Dav,

Mystic Cure" for rheumatism and Neural
gia radically cures in TO 8 days. Its action
upoL the system is remarkable and myster.
ious. IL removes AZ once the cause and tn q
disease Immediately disappears The first
dose greatly benefits. Si.O0. Sold by l.. Van
Werdendruggist, Leon. 1926
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
Farm Suited Him.

The Kansas City Journal tells an in.
teresting story showing how Carthag
(Mo.) real estate agent lost client, but
secured an extraordinary complimen Mt.
A Jasper county farmer decided to sell
his place and call upon real estate
agent who wrote for publication an ex-
trayagant description Of the property.
When the agent read the notice to the
farmer, the old man said: ''Read that
again. 2 After the second reading, the
farmer said: 81 believe I'll not sell; I've
been looking for place Of that kind all
my life, and didn't know had it until
you described it to me.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30

Diphtheria, sore throat, Group. In
slant relief, permanent cure. DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil. At any drug
store.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
Farmer Burns Wants to Wrestle
AlldredHe.

IHE REPORTER is in receipt of the fol-
lowing challenge addressed to the sport
ing editor Of TIM REDnRTsR. AS we do
not boast of spolAsg editor on our
staff, we publish Farmer Burns chal-
lenge, and If any of our sports think
that James II. Alldredge, the famous
Leon wrestler can defeat Burns they
can evidently be sss1nfm sdated with a
match.
Big Rock, Scorr Co., Iowa,
April 25, 1908.
SPORTING EDITOR LHok REPORTER:
l see by the papers that Mr.. James H.
Alldredge of Leon wants to wrestle any
mani in Iowa. I will come there and
wrestle him catch-as-catch-ca for a
purse, and if he means biz let him put
up $50 forfeit and l will cover it and
come there and make the match.
Please notify me if he accepts.
MARTIN "FARMER'' BURNS.
Mr.. Alldredge is out Of town 1T pres
ent, having gone to Saxannah, Georgia,
a couple Of weeks ago where he easily
defeated Haddai DaA. the Turk, in a
spirited contest, but Rm no doubt be
ready to make match with Burns
when he returns. On Friday night of
this week he will have match with an
unknown at Sioux CITY.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
More Rope for Jurles.

e j do not believe in this old barbaric
way of treating juries that have Wit
nessed," said Judge Smith Mcpherson
al Council Bluffs after he had dismissed
the Brown jury from the room and
court adjourned. 81 have instructed
the bailiff of this jury to have the men
deliberate until supper time, then after
an hours recreation the men are to
meet in the jury room and 90 at it
again. Then if they cannot come to an
agreement by bed time they are to be
excused and allowed to go to their
rooms and sleep. In the morning the
jury will meet hen court convenes and
re.commers, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
] think it is perse nal insult to a
man to have thres or four bailiffs follow
ing him 10 seq if le stops and talks to
anyone. | wsSud resent such treat.
ment, and believe that any self-re.
specting man would. / can stop and
talk to my friends and sit around the
hotel lobby and nothing is thought of
it. If a juryman would stop and do
that, there would be suspicious aroused
right away.
No, sir, the average jury nowadays,
especially those of the federal courts,
are composed of men Of high degree of
intelligence, men who are honest and
above the reach of any suspicion. l
firmly believe that men simply because
they are placed on jury duty should not
be treated in way that is actually
brutal and far worse khan prisoner
Red Oak Republican.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1903-04-30
To Cure a Cold In one pav

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
drugg lists refund the money ifit fails To cure
Il. " Groves signature is on each box. 25s
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-31
OLD SOLDIER
PASSES AWAY
---------
s. G. BEAN, NOTED ocToGENAR,
IAN or LAS CRUCES, CLOTH.
Ed UPON WITH MINOR
TALLY.

Thursday Samuel G. Bean. aged
eightyfour years, died suddenly at
1; 30 o'clock at his home in Las Cru.
ces, whore he had lived almost con
tinuously for sixty years. Mr.. Bean
wal one Of the oldest citizens Or
New Mexico, having come to Las
Cruces In 1916. as n Of the first
Americans to take up his permanent
residence In the then Indian.rldden and
barren southwest.
A pioneer in the southwest, he was
also a veteran Or two great wars. He
served his country In the war with
Mexico. gaining distinction for his
personal service. and later fought for
the union In the civil war. During
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-31

1901, 900: then Chaves 100000, San
Miguel $243 5000, Valencia $226, 900;
Rio Arriba $4,000; socorro SIZE,
900; Eddy $4,000: Bernalillo 1922
600; Lincoln $lO9, 900; Taos s1OS. 900,
while Santa Fe values It's sheep at on
ly $4,000.
In cattle. Chayes county leads with
sS59,000; Grant being second with
$834,000, and Eddy third with $791,-
900. Then come Union $4,000; Col.
fax s43S,00O; Quay 1896. 900; Sierra
s354.O00; socorro $685. 1000; Lincoln
1897. 900: Roosevelt county $275,0O0;
otero s245,000 Luna $242, 900; San
Miguel s2l5.OO0; Leonard Wood $751;
900: Dona Ana $4,000; Mora $123,-
600, while Bernallllo county has only
$4,000 invested In cattle. Valencia
$500 and Santa Fe $4,000.
Every county except Socorro reports
a little cash on hand. Bernalillo has
only 1850. or about G cents per per-
son Chaves has $4,000. Colfax $5.-
900; Mckinley $50, or n cent per
person, Santa Re $796; and Luna
s57O.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-31

all these years since 1886 he has lived
In Las Cruces, and during all Of those
years he has done his best as a
mar and a citizen to build up the in
terests Of the Mesilla valley and the
territory. Mr.. Bean has out-liyed his
family, but he has many friends in
Las Cruces and throughout the terri
tory who will regret that his years
could not have stretched onto the cen
fury mark. During the later years
Mr.. Bean has done much for the his
tory Of the southwest, and Of New
Mexico BY his newspaper and mag
azine articles which have been fire.
quent. and for the most autobiograph-
zeal. He Is leaving behind the record
Of a brave soldier and a good citizen.
He was a brother to Roy Bean, the
famous Judge Of the Pecos.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-31
ASTONISHING
FIGURES
-
Territorial Auditors Abstract
Of Assessment Rolls Show
Ridiculous Assess.
ments.
NEED OF REF0RM
Man May Own u 0-Cent Watch.
10 Cents worth or Books and
Three Dollars Worth or
Furniture.
NEED OF Reform
SAN MIGUEL COUNTY LEADS

Tra telling Auditor Charses ". Sal
ford has just completed a correct md
valuable abstract Of the 1908 assess
ment rolls from which the New Mexi.
can has made the following extracts:
The total assessment Of New Next
co for the year 1903 Is 4i,s32, 56G. 10,
against s41.los, 745.07 In 1902. showing
. gain or almost s~72s.s2l.72. The gain
In taxable valuation Is still greater.
tho exemptions this year amounting
to only s2.235.6l5 against s2.474.7S1.s0.
the year previous. That leaves an
assessment subject to taxation for
1908 OK ys9,596.95l.79 against $685..
63s.S93.27 the year previous. a gain
Of s962. 95S.27 the year previous, a gain
Of s9g2. 95s.52. Taking In consIdera.
ton, however, that this year d mum.
Der Of large double assessments have
been eliminated. the actual gain in
taxable valuation Is about So, 0O0. 900.
A review Of the GLASSES OF valuation
gives n glimpse OF the undergraduates
OF New Mexico assessment methods.
The assessment roll for this year. for
instance show a decrease or ySS6,i75
In the value Of New Mexico grazing
land since last year. n decrease In
value OF bank shares since last year
OF Sl71,S36 despite the fact that there
are four more national banks this year
than last. Other classes showing a
decrease In valuation are telcgraphs
and telephone lines. toll road and toll
bridges. reservoirs which have do.
clined In value 1890; mines and
their products, capital in manufacture.
Ing bonds aud warrants Of which sal.
800 less were found by the assessor
this year than the year previous.
San Miguel county leads In taxable
valuation, the total assessment being
N,732.is6. Bernaiillo county is second
with a valuation Of s3.i03.l2O.
There Is a gratifying increase OF al
most 100000 In the value OF agrl.
cultural lands; OF $4,000 in city lots,
Of $4,000 In timber lands; OF $4,000
In ~irrigatIng bitches; Of, 1880 in
narrow suage railroads: Of 500, 9os in
standard guage railroads and y205..
G07 In surface improvements OF mines.
Notable increases are also shown III
the value Of mills 1864; notes and
book accounts 1881; engines tl54,
ls0; horses sIis.0o0: mules $4,000;
cattle 3253.0o0; sheep $4,000; goats
$4,000: swine s3.4o0; burros $1,000.
carriages and wagons $4,000; sewing
machines 81. 900; saddles and harness
ga, 900; merchandise s330.0o0; farm
implements $4,000: saloon and once
fixtures $4,000; money $4,000;
watches and clocks $4,000; books $40,
900; jewelry $4,000; gold and silver
plate $1,000. musical instru.
ments 927 1000; household goods siG.
$4,000.
The biggest taxpayers OF the terri.
tory are the railroads for They are as.
scssed At s7.4s2.224. or almost one.
NTH Of the entire valuation. The cat
tlemen are second for the cattle of
the territory are assessed at scas2..
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-31
Ambisuitlc. Of Parrot TnIk.

Ida-That parrot is always saying.
"Sit close"
May-Yes. It's hard to say whether
his former owner was n street car con.
ductor or a young lady keeping regu-
lar company. ST. Louis Star.
signed Against signing.
Man With Petition-l'd like To have
your name on this, Rugglcs. Its i
mere formality. you know. but
business Man-rd like to oblige you
R~ackshaw, but a fellow came round
last week with a pledge binding The
signer not to put his name on a peti,
ton of any kind for one year, and
signed II.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-31
CnIIed mIm nrother.

Harlow noticed you called Fred
brother" Does he belong to some se-
cret society that you do?
ShallopI don't belong to any secret
society. | call him brother because my
wife once promised 10 be a sister to
him.-Boston Transcript.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-31
Like n Charm.

Customer tangrily)-You said that
hair restorer you sold me a couple OF
weeks ago would work like a charm.
and 1t didn't do any good at all.
Druggist But. my dear sir. no one III
this enlightened age believes In the ef,
ticacy OF charms.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-31
Tho wicked rnrrots.

Miss Nancy wonder why It is that
sailors arr such terrible swearers?
Cousin Tom-why. don't you know;
They learn profanity OF the parrots. l
thought everybody knew that.-Boston
Transcript.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-31
signed Against signing.
Chance For Heroisr

Adorcr tanxiously)-Wha did your
father sayi
Sweet Gfrl-Oh, he got so angry |
was afraid 10 stay and listen. Hes in
a perfectly terrible rage. Go in and
appease him.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1903-10-31

TO Cure 4 Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II 1t
fails to cure. u. w. Groves sigma,
ture Is on each box. 25 cents.