The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-11-10
From Our Correspondents
Grand Rlver.

We learn that DIR. w. G.. Ward, Of Kan
sas City, has purchased DR.. Guffy's
interests at Kellerton, and will make
regular visits to Grand River, from the
21st to the 18th of each month.
Misses inertia Edwards and Florence
Brenneman are at st. Louis this week.
Mrs. Alfred Branaman is going after
THE REPORTER diamond ring contest in
the right way. Her friends are helping
her on all sides.
The plastering is finished on Switzer's
new bank and is a splendid job.
Harrison Young was doing some stone
work at Boeger's store last week.
Bant Ladd returned from Dakota last
week. He likes it there and took a
claim.
Warren Day began his duties as rural
route carrier Nov. LIST.
Drs. Bone, Layton, Bowman, Lands
and Robinson were out to Oscar Shields
bone from his wife's leg. The opera
suffers no pain. We hope it will be a
permanent cure.
N. B. Eaves and wife were Sunday
visitors at Oscar Shields.
w. G. Oyerholtzer took in hogs Sat-
urday.
John Bradshaw is here on visit.
Jack Edwards returned from his Da-
kota trip looking we'll.
Marion and Albert Spray were in
town Saturday on business.
T. P. Edwards is building barn for
his brother, j. H. Edwards.
John and Cranmore Wycof returned
from Nebraska last week.
Jake Wadsworth returned to his
home in Nebraska last Monday.
Frank Mcconnell has put in fine
walk for O. E. Hukill. Frank is an ex-
pert on concrete walk.
Jim Bone was visiting his brother H.
G. last Sunday. Jim's new house is not
completed yet; he will have the best
one in the neighborhood when it is fin
ished.
Robert Fear is buying some shipping
cattle. Y.
j. Fl: Louthan is out for an auctioneer.
Herb will try to please his patrons.
Miss Mabel Horner will give recital
at the M. e. church next Friday night
for tn. benefit of the Epworth League.
She is very highly spoken of as an en-
tertainer. Do not fail to hear her.
Rev. Ross, of Humeston, delivered a
very interesting sermon at the Baptist
church last Friday evening.
Our bad boys were out halloween as
usual doing all kinds of damage to prop
erty, upsetting out buildings, tearing up
everything that was loose. We cannot
see why the public will suffer such
depredations year after year. No par
ent who tries to raise his children
right will allow them to destroy his
neighbours property, neither will he
allow them to be out Of nights roaming
around in this way putting other peo-
pies plows or other things in mud holes
to ruin them. We are glad to see a few
papers take stand against this. Some
mean low fellows will stand around and
laugh at the cussedness they have done
and watch an old man hunt wagon
at other peoples troubles you show
make a man and when you wilfully
cause others unnecessary trouble you you
are still worse. When injury is being
done anyone your kindness should be-
gin, not your hellishness. One man
who knew his boys were out destroying
his neighbors property and never even
corrected them for it took their part in
this wise: that boys would be boys, he
had done the same thing and had heard
his father and grandfather tell how
they had done. This was noble rea-
son. On the same line we would be
hanging witches and prosecuting peo-
pie for their religion, for we have heard
how they used to do. Such fellows have
no we'll developed respect for other
peoples rights or they would see that
their boys are home in bed at the
proper time. We have no respect for
such erratic opinions of what is fun and
less for parents who teach their chill
dren that such things are right. It is
easy to destroy and it is degrading.
Teach your boys to be builder not a
destroyer. No good citizen will will
fully injure his neighbor. For our part
we are going to do all we can to dis
courage this shameful vandalism in our
boys. Parents are mostly to blame by
not knowing where their boys are. 1t
is only by knowing and bordering upon
the mistakes of the past that we can
properly shape our conduct in the fu-
ture. The man who makes mistakes
and can afterwards avoid them is no
fool, but the man who makes the same
mistakes over again and again because
his father and grandfather made them
is doubled distilled knave as we'll as a
fool and should be held responsible for
his crime. We will not equivocate Or
eradicate but will denounce this hellish-
ness in the strongest language at our
command and it makes no difference
who or where it hits. This is our pri-
vate opinion publicly expressed.
Mrs. G. w. Firecoat and daughter,
Miss Bertha of Murray, were over Sun
day visitors at George Travis.
Mrs. B. G. Bay and son Frank, of Clio,
were visitors at Mrs. Bradshaw's and
Oscar Shields the past week.
p. Young sent his brother William
a barrel Of apples.
J. W. Durham is clerking at Coving-
ton & Armstrong; while Sam and Poush
are looking after the votes.
Burr Oak Ridge.
e. Fl. Lewis and wife were Sunday
visitors at Chas. Chastain's.
VIII. McCalla, wife and daughter,
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