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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-06-30
The REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.
PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT.

| PRAISE FOR ROOSEVELT.
"The American people were fortunate
in his successor, to whom they turned
with trust and confidence which have
been fully justified. President Roose-
velt brought to the great responsible
ties thus sadly forced upon him clear
head, a brave heart, an earnest patriot
ism and high ideas and public service.
True to the principles of the republican
party and to the policies which that
party has declared, he has also shown
himself ready for every emergency and
has met new and vital questions with
ability and with success.
"The confidence of the people in his
justice inspired by his public career
enabled him to render personally an in
estimable service to the country by
bringing about settlement of the coal
strike which threatened such disastrous
results at the opening of the winter of
1902
"Our foreign policy under his admin
istration has not only been able, vigor-
Gus and dignifed, but in the highest
degree successful. The complicated
questions which arose in Venezuela
were settled in such way by President
Roosevelt that the Monroe doctrine was
signally indicated and the cause of
peace and arbitration greatly advanced.
"His prompt and vigorous action in
Panama, which we commend in the
highest terms, not only secured to us
the canal route, but avoided foreign
complications which might have been of
4 very serious character.
"He has continued the policy of Presi-
dent Mckinley in the orient, and our
position in China, signalized by our
recent commercial treaty with that
empire, has never been so high. He Sc
cured the tribunal by which the vexed
and perilous question Of the Alaskan
boundary was finally settled.
Whenever crimes against humanity
have been perpetrated which have
shocked our people his protest has been
made and our good Offices have been
rendered, but always with due regard
to international obligations.
MCKINLEY GIVEN WARM PRAISE.
i "Under his guidance we find ourselves
at peace with all the world, and never
were we more respected or our wishes
more regarded by foreign nations.
"Preeminently successful in regard to
our foreign relations, he has been
equally fortunate in dealing with
domestic questions. The country has
known that the public credit and the
i national currency were absolutely safe
in the hands of his administration. In
the enforcement of the laws he has
shown not only courage, but the wisdom
which understands that to permit laws
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-06-30

Mrs. Lille Surber and daughter Chel-
sea, of Decatur City, were visiting with
Leon friends Monday.
W. r. Ellinwood, wife and son Beryl
left Sunday for ten day visit at the
st. Louis Worlds Fair.
Ed Harris returned last Thursday
from stay Of several weeks on his
claim near Presho, S. d.
Mrs. w. L. Armstrong returned Mon
day from visit with relatives at
Omaha and Des Moines.
Mr. and Mrs. Hue Farquhar, of Orient,
Iowa, came Saturday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. j. D. Brown.
Miss Halle Miller went to Decatur
City last Thursday and visited a few
days with friends in that city.
O. W. Halstead, one Of the hustling
business men Of Davis City, had bust
ness in this city last Thursday.
]. K. Bennett, who is working on the
railroad near Creston, visited over Sun
day with his father in this city.
H. o. Harvey, the manager of the
north side bakery, returned Thursday
from business trip to Creston.
jim. Gates and family, of Davis City,
were guests at the home of his brother,
S. A. Gates, in this city Tuesday.
| Gus H. finch, the versatile and hust-
ling editor of the Davis City Lariat had
business in this city last Thursday.
Charles Hilliker, of Des Moines, came
yesterday to visit until after the Fourth
with relatives and friends in this city.
| Mrs. Fred Teale and children return
ed last Friday evening from few days
visit with friends at Mt. Ayr and La
moni.
Mrs. r. A. CARRIER and her sister, Mrs
F. M. Gittinger returned Friday from a
visit with relatives at Libertyville
Iowa.
Mesdames S. Bartlett and A. G. North
rup, of Garden Grove, came down Satur-
day to attend the funeral of Mrs. j. D.
Brown.
Charles Mclaughlin, of Florence
Oklahoma, arrived Sunday for a, visit
with relatives in the vicinity of Deca.
tur City.
Charles Kline, of Weldon, one of the
best young democrats In Decatur
county, had. business in this city last
Thursday.
Miss Julia Clumm, returned to her
home in Lamont Monday after pleas.
ant visit in this city at the home of w
! w. Lucas.
Mrs. Claud Moore and children came
yesterday to visit until after the Fourth
at the home Of her father, James Harris
I in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Farquhar, Of
Winterset, came Saturday to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Farquhar's sister, Mrs
J. D. Brown.
Miss Dollie Garrett left Saturday
morning for Colorado Springs, Colorado
where she will spend the summer with
her brothers.
Miss Bess Bruce, local editor of the
Decatur County Republican visited ovel
Sunday with relatives and friends a
Garden Grove.
| Miss Leila Fritz, who has been visit
ing at the home of DIR. w. F. Waight, o
this city, returned to her home in Clear
field Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-06-30

Ed Alexander had business at Humes-
Ton last Saturday.
J. e. Vail, of Garden Grove, had bust
ness in this Tuesday.
T. B. Daniels, of Garden Grove, was
Leon visitor Monday.
Frank Gardner, of Decatur City, was a
Leon visitor Tuesday.
Mrs. Susan Wolf, Of Van Vert, was
leon visitor Tuesday.
C. NJ. Keller returned Tuesday from
business trip to Ottunwa.
DR.. H. r. Layton had professional
business at Lamont Friday.
Mrs. Mayme Baker returned Monday
frar. .. sheftyisit at Decatur.
v. r. McGinnis had legal business
calling him to Osceola Friday.
Attorney f. ]. Horton, of Davis City,
had business in this city Tuesday.
VIM. Biggs and wife left Monday for
visit at the st. Louis Worlds Fair.
Senator Marion F. Stookey had legal
business at Pleasanton last Thursday.
DIR. j. O. Woodmansee had profess
Ional business at Lamont last Thursday.
AIRS. Ed K. Pitman, of Humeston, was
visiting her father in this city Tuesday.
Mrs. A. b. Owen went to Des Moines
yesterday to visit week with friends.
Miss Amy Shell, of Decatur City, is a
guest at the home of Marion Woodland.
james Hines, of Grand River, was
transacting business in this city Mon
day.
Ed Monroe, of Garden Grove, spent a
couple of days in Leon the first of the
week.
Grant John, the real estate man, had
business calling him to Lamont last Sat
urday.
DR.. Mary Gates had professional bust
ness calling her to Davis City last Sat-
urday.
Marion F. Stookey was a Van Vert
visitor Friday, looking after some legal
matters.
Will Lindsey, local editor of the
journal, spent Sunday with friends at
Bethany.
Miss Marie Evans went to Lamont
Saturday to visit few days with her
many friends.
Frank Farquhar returned Saturday
evening from his trip to the st. Louis
Worlds Fair.
Mrs. Ebert Earnest WenJ 10 Decatur
Saturday to spend few days visiting
with relatives.
Thos. Brown, of Charlton, came to
Leon Saturday to attend the funeral OF
Mrs j. d. Brown.
Miss May Kentner went to Garden
Grove Friday for short visit with rela-
tives in that city.
George and Ed Farquhar returned
yesterday from their trip to the st.
Louis Worlds Fair.
Miss Della Cherrington went to Des
Moines Monday to visit week with
friends in that city.
Miss Jennie Hickman went to Humes-
ton Monday for short visit with
friends in that city.
Vern Kier, Charles Stanley and Harry
Fisher, of Decatur City, were Leon
visitors over Sunday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-06-30

E. E. Bell, James f. Harvey and o. e.
Hull attended Shrine meeting at
Ottumwa last Thursday evening, class
of thirty being escorted over the hot
sands. The initiation was followed by
a swell banquet served at the new
Ballingall hotel.
Miss Bessie Read passed through
Leon last Thursday on her way to
Pleasanton to visit her mother, Mrs. H.
Brown. Miss Reed has been student
at the New England Conservatory Of
Music at Boston for several years, and
has made great progress in her musical
studies.
Mrs. Eva Mcclure, who has been
visiting with her sister, Mrs. Ed Alex
ander, in this city and with relatives at
Humeston, returned last Wednesday to
her home at Walsenburg, Colorado. Her
mother, Mrs. Merriam Caldwell, of
?Lewisburg, went home with her to
spend the summer.
Mrs. T. H. Schenck and daughters
Willah and Jennie returned last Thurs
day evening from a stay of several
months at Lamar, Colorado, where they
went for the benefit of Miss Williams
health, but the change did not benefit
her. They were accompanied home by
another daughter, Mrs. "Trinx" Flynn
and baby, of Lamar, Mrs. Flynn also be-
/ ing in very poor health.
! John Wilantt, of Decatur City, was a
Leon visitor Tuesday, being accompan-
led by his brother-in-law, S. ]. Gibson,
of Iowa City, who had been in attend
ance at the firemen's tournament at Des
Moines and took the opportunity to run
down and visit his sister. Mr.. Gibson
is one of the few men who have lived
after having their neck broken. While
working on the Rock Island at Brooklyn,
Iowa, last September bar slipped with
him and he fell eighteen feet, his spinal
cord being fractured lengthwise for a
distance Of several inches. He was
complete by paralyzed for several weeks
and has been recovering slowly. When
he was injured he had one chance in q
thousand to recover but he drew the
single chance and although his right
arm is still partially paralyzed he Is
able to walk around and is gradually
growing stronger.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-06-30

to be violated or disregarded opens the
door to anarchy, while the just enforce
ment of the laws is the soundest con-
servatism. He has held firmly to the
fundamental American doctrine that all
mon must obey the law, that there must
be no distinction between rich and
poor, between strong and weak, but
that justice and equal protection under
the law must be secured to every citi-
zen without regard to race, creed Or
condition.
ellis administration has been through
out vigorous and honorable, high-mind-
ed and patriotic. We commend it with
out reservation to the considerate iudg-
ment of the American people,"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-06-30

Scald head is an eczema Of the scalp
very severe sometimes, but 1t can be
cured. Doan's Ointment, quick and
permanent in Its results. At any drug
store, so cents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-06-30
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-06-30

No good health unless the kidneys are
sound. Foley's Kidney Cure makes
kidneys right.-L.P P. Van Werden.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
A Chrysanthemum Festival.

Picture to yourself the November
moon shining down upon the quaint
houses of Toxic. Her radiance invests
the late blooming chrysanthemums with
ghostly fairness. In the gardens, on the
outside of the tea houses, in the boats
on the river, twinkle thousands of softly
colored paper lanterns, and each one of
the throng surging through the streets
and over the bridges carries a lantern
bearing his crest or his name in great
black Chinese characters, the japanese
using Chinese ideographs in writing.
The enchanting effects of these many
lanterns have been compared to swarms
of glorif1ed fireflies. Poets are writ
ing verses in praise of Lady Moon; the
pretty geisha girls are singing to the
accomplishments of curious Japanese
harps; people are drinking sake and
tea; parents are telling little ones. that
the reason the November moon is so red
is because big maple tree grows there,
and, of course, its leaves are now scar
let Everywhere are laughter, music,
gay chatter. No wonder these happy
people call their Indian summer by the
joyful name of little spring" Good
Housekeeping.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
Not for Fashions Sake.

The criminal law of England was
formerly marked by indiscriminating
severity. Theft of an article valued
above ten shillings was punished with
death. In writing about Sweet Hamp-
stead and Its Associations" Mrs. White
records pleasant thing of Lord Mans
field, who, as rule, leaned to the side of
mercy. 1t was Lord Mansfield who d.
rected a jury to find a stolen trinket less
in value than ten shillings in order that
the thief might escape capital punish
ment. To this the jeweler who prose-
cuted demurred, asserting that the fash
ion of the thing had cost him twice that
money. Gentlemen, z replied the judge,
with grave solemnity, I'VE ourselves
stand in need Of mercy; let us not hang
"a man for the fashions sake! Youth's
Companion. z 75=.=
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that was in him. He expressed an
anxiety to experience those joys, but
regretted he had no mount. 1t was
then Col. Bill Hart said he would FIX
him up all right" He little knew
how prophetic was the promise
One night the colonel, accompanied
by a galaxy of judges, professors,
colonies and few majors came to in
vite Mr.. Rithby to a foxhunt, at the
same time kindly providing him with
a mount. The mount was gigantic
mule, which at a little distance he OBJ
served silhOuetted against the sky
like statue of heroic size. He was
roman-nosed and saggy in the back,
with plentiness of leg and scarcity
of tail, but guaranteed to easily carry
1856 pounds.
The foxhunting time in the Usage
Hills coinciding with reynard's busi-
ness hours, there was little difficulty
in finding a fresh trail. Then the fun
and incidentally the fatalities began.
One of the hounds nosing along
through the brush gave the peculiar
yelp which means I've got him. in
dog. An answering howl from all the
other dogs, a whoop from the humans,
a blast from the horn, and they were
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
overed by heavy forest, it endures to

covered by heavy forest, it endures to
this day.
Nobody seems to know how or why
or by whom nocturnal foxhunting was
made principal, or rather the prin-
cipal, sport there. If you know the salt
licks and patiently lie in their vicinity
for a day or two your ravenous appe-
tite will be appeased with a taste of
venison. You can catch up with the
wild turkeys any day in the season,
and coon and 'possum await you at
all times. But why the Usage Hill
folk almost altogether ignore these
objects of sport and take a savage de-
light in blindly chasing a worthless,
uaedible and malodorous varmint like
fox through the painless brush of
their flinty hills at night is unaccount-
able.
Mr.. Rithby had never tasted the
joys of the nocturnal foxhunt, but the
description excited the love of sport
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

OF. Not slowly at first with graduallr
increasing speed, but like an arrow
from bow into the night and the uk-.
known. So
There was q wild rush down hill. Mr..
Rithby knew it was down hill because he
gravitated towards the mules head.
Then a rush uphill little less wildly.
of course. After that, a demoniacal charge
along a bare ridge where the shod hoofs
knocked myriad sparks from the flint sur
face. It was . weird scene and Mr. Rith-
by felt he would consider it picturesque
II he was mere spectator. But he knew
that one false step of the mule and the
hoofs that came numbering behind
would snuff his life out. Still the wild
impulses-that inspired the others soon
took possession Of him and he whooped
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pares with the nocturnal
foxhunt of the Usage Hills.
The comparisons are Lawrence f.
Rithby's, and he ought to know. Mr..
Rithby-who is a railroad engineer
with Offices in the St. James building,
New York city-had the fortune to ex-
perience the kidgloved eastern sport,
and what he terms the misfortune TO
risk his neck in the untamed Missouri
affair." And when he witnessed the
risks taken in a nocturnal run with
the hounds in the Usage Hills he con-
cluded that human life was about the
cheapest thing in the market there.
At about IS miles westward from
Eldon, Mo-, you find yourself in the
heart of the Usage Hills Eldon is
mentioned because that is the railroad
jumping-off place. From there team
of tough Missouri mules will run you
to the hills in about four hours.
The Usage Hills lie about the main
valley of the Usage river, and in this
region until 1850 dwelt the Osages,
noblest of redmen. Here, says the
legend, the Great Spirit tired of his
labor of leyeling off the earth and
rested amidst the chaos at his feet.
And so, scanned, rugged, broken and
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attention himself The principal would naturally object to be-
ing outshone by dog-star. VS. : ..~%Ss.
The production of plays has undoubtedly improved times
will say the acting the mechanical settings
y vastly those of generation For instance,
when banquet shown real champagne We
used have be soda water being the
when unsteady upset lighted candle
labra and set fire to the ice
asked truth and sincerity not important factors in
the stage They certainly Even comedy the player
should be sincere and seriously For he the that
he knows he saying funny and absurd things, the suby the
preston destroyed The gravedigger Hamlet indulge in the
most ridiculous statements which they supposed think deep
philosophy but if they indicate in the slightest degree
they regarded their absurce the humorous effect would
be LOST
The artist should be artistic, but and
sermcntay different things and
widely divergent. This is painting any other art
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15

hoofs raced with them to the bottom
Sometimes when the swiftly moving
powders struck horses hind legs, the
animal assumed sitting posture which
1t maintained until level ground was
reached. For the most part they tobog-
gained that hill. At the bottom was a
snake fence around clearing. This they
crashed through. Jumping is not a
necessity in an Usage Hill hunter. The
ability to dodge stumps, trees and bowl
ders going at full speed is. The clearing
was studded with stumps, but the mule
never grazed one. Going at a gallop he
swerved and lodged in a manner that
was amazing. Yet more amazing was
the way Mr.. Rithby kept his seat.
Across the clearing was another
snake fence. This, of course, would be
an admirable jump for a Meadowbrook
hunter. There was good approach and
a chance for horse to rise to it. But
the advantage Of good approach only
allowed a greater impetus to the mules
butt" He went through that fence, not
over it. Main strength rather than
agility counts in an Usage Hill hunter.
They climbed another hill straighter
than the first. Another clatter along a
ridge. Another descent of hill that
this time was terraced like great stair.
The chase led towards the river and Mr..
Rithby could DISCERN it edged with great
sycamores in the bottoms below. There
was thunderous crash through a skirt
ing fringe of willows and dogs, horses
and mules were foundering through the
oozy mud of bayou when the paving
and kicking hunters deluged their
riders with Shiny shower. Then drip
ping with mud, mules and hoses clam
bered up the slippery clay bank like
cats. The louder and more prolonged
baying of the dogs in front told that the
fox was near his finish. Then the
whoops of the hunters urged the
frenzied dogs to the final pittiless effort
They were racing along strip OF bot
tom near the river. 1t was thickly tim
bered and the ground was strewn with
fallen trunks. With his roman nose
stretched out in horizontal line the
mule lodged stumps and trees and took
fallen trunks in his stride without re-
taxing his speed. To avoid a pile. of
drift he swerved and ran underneath a
dogwood tree from which thick branch
grew straight out. 1t caught the ILL
fated engineer at the neck and stopped
him abruptly while the mule preserved
the uneven tenor of his way. For a mo-
ment Mr.. Rithby remained suspended bv
the chin like an enthusiastic gymnast
and then dropped in a heap to the damp
leaves below.
Then he concluded that the human
organism is wonderfully held together
or the jolting of fox hunt as it obtains
in the Usage Hills would shake it to
pieces. And it struck him as wonderful,
how even the rawhide physique of Mis-
souri, mountaneer can stand the repeti-
ton of the fiendish battering of three
hours nocturnal run with his dogs
through. the brush and timber of his
bowlder-strewn and PERCEPTIONS hills.
:. J.F. O'RYAN. \
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as ferociously as the rest. '@Take your
feet out of the stirrups," yelled some one
who rode near him. He did so. After
wards he was to be thankful for the
advice.
The trail led downhill again over
ground strewn with rocks and bowl
ders. In obedience to the laws Of gravita-
ton these where loosen by The horses
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1904-01-15
A CHRISTOPHER RACE.
1t WAS Won by John w. Mackay Be-
cause the Professor Got the
Wrong Bottle.

Mackay was an early riser, a hard
worker, and, although exceedingly hos
pitable, was him of abstemicus and
could seldom be induced to play cards
for money, and then for only nominal
stakes, relates the San Francisco Call.
The only game that seemed to attract
him was the "grasshopper race" with
which the mining superintendents on the
Comstock beguiled portion of the noon
hour, while waiting for luncheon at the
Savage company hosting house. Boys
caught grasshoppers and sold them to
the players at rs and so cents each. Each
player paid a fixed stake, ranging from
one dollar to $40, into the pool, and the
man whose hopper made the longest
Jump captured the pool. On the Gay be-
fore Christmas it was agreed to celebrate
that holiday with a pool the stakes in
which were to be $500 for each player
The terms were play or pay" and at the
instance of German professor who was;
superintendent of a leading mine each
man was allowed to use any means that
he might devise to stimulate his grass
hopper. The professor was so full OF
his scheme to scientifically capture the
thousand-dollar pool-for there were
ten entries-that he communicated it
to young assayer, who was not grass
hopper plunger. The professor had ex-
perimented and ascertained that grass
hopper who was touched by a feather
dipped in weak solution of aqua am
monia would jump for his life The
young man also experimental, and as
result he filled bottle of the same size
and appearance with cyanide Of potas-
SUM and managed to substitute it for the
other in the professors laboratory. The
next day, when the profe after much
boasting about his scientific attain
ments, dipped feather in the substi-
tuted bottle and touched his insect with
it the grasshopper rolled over as dead
as a salt mackerel, amid the roars OF the
crowd. Mackay's hopper won the big
pool, and two widows, whose husbands
had been killed in the Yellow Jacket
mine. received gift of $500 each from an
unknown source.
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A Feminine Revenge.

{ THAT woman In front of us prevents.
me from seeing the stage" ;
We'll, that's too bad! don't see
what can be done about It. suppose
she has the right to pile her hair as high
as she likes" - '- III
"Oh, wouldn't raise word of objec-
ton if it. was her hair-but it isn't"
And the lady in the front seat heard
every word of this.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer. III & -