The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-07-21

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! Scotch Collie Pups, finely bred, for
sale w. H. HAZLET,
43-tf Leon, Iowa.
| LosT-A child sailor hat between De-
|catur City and Leon. Please return to
/ THE REPORTER office.
| J. A. Harris has been appointed adj
ministrator of the estate of Samuel Mil
Ter, who, died in this city on July 9Th.
have room for ten or twelve head of
horses or cattle in my pasture near
Leon. Plenty Of water. w. 7. COOKS.
Commencing next Monday the early
south bound passenger train which has
been arriving at a. M, will arrive at
$3.50 a. M, thirty minutes earlier, SO
don't get left.
The young ladies of Mrs. H. H. Hub
bells Sunday school class will give an
ice cream and cake social on the Hub
bell lawn, Wednesday evening, July 27.
All are invited.
". +. Penniwell received severe cut
on top of his head Monday while build
ing the bill boards for the circus. L.
Van Werden was assisting him and let
a Ratchet fly out of his hand and struck
Virgil square on top of the head cut
ting deep cash.
According to the Chicago Tribune
the casualties resulting from our cele-
bration of our national holiday this
year numbered 81 dead and 2,O97 iniur-
ed. This is material decrease from
the figures for last year but the num-
bers are yet entirely too large.
Mrs. Mary Louthan who has been
making her home at the Old Peoples
Home at Lamont for few years, was
returned Tuesday by the authorities of
this city to her former home at San
Francisco, Cal, as she would become a
permanent county charge If permitted
to remain here.
Leon is to be visited next month by
one of the big railroad shows, an agent
of the Wallace Show being here last
Friday and Saturday making the neces-
'sary contracts for the shows appear
ance in this city. The Wallace show
has been here before and is this season
bigger than ever.
t G. M. AXES has big force of men at
work putting in stone foundation or
retaining wall on the corner of his lot
on, which stood the barn which was des-
troyed by fire few weeks ago. He has
not yet decided what he will build on
this corner, but thought it could do no
harm to put in a good foundation and at
least improve the looks of the property
until it is built on.
The new Iowa law concerning auto
mobiles, which went into effect July list
is rather strict. The owner Of each
) machine must register with the secre-
tary of state and secure number, pay
| ing 81 license fee. The maximum
speed of twenty miles an hour is allow
, ed in country and town but only ten in
, crowded streets. The right of the Iowa
horseman has been well cared for. By
merely raising a hand he has right to
stop the automobile when there seems
to be danger that his horse will become
frightened. If the machine and the
! horse are travelling in opposite direct
ions the occupants Of the automobile
, must render all possible assistance il
conducting tho horse past the auto
: mobile. The automobiles must also
show lights not only in front but behind
as we'll when operated at night.
1t was generally supposed that com
mencing July LIST all rural mail carrier.
. would receive an increase in salary tt
r S720 year, but notice which Post
P master Ledgerwood received Monda,
: shows that only two Of the five Leol