The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-06-09
LEON WILL CELEBRATE
The Fourth of July Celebration at
Leon will be a Hummer and the
People will be Entertained.

1t was definitely decided at public
meeting held at the court house last
Friday evening to hold granl Fourth
of July celebration at Leon this year.
1t has been three years since Leon cele-
brated the Fourth, laying off so as to
give the smaller towns in the county q
chance, but this yea, the people are ex-
pecting Leon to celebrate and they will
not be disappointed.
Frank Manning was chosen chairman
of the meeting and o. E. Hull secretary,
and the question Of celebrating fully
discussed. A voluteer committee
had been circulating a subscription
paper among the business men to see
what they thought of the celebration
project and everyone responded quite
literally, there being subscriptions on
the paper amounting to nearly three
hundred dollars, with quite a number
to be seen yet, SO the finance committee
will have but little trouble in securing
the necessary funds.
On motion the following committees
were appointed for the celebration:
Executive Committee-Geo. e. Hurst,
III. l.. Long, j. r. Bowsher.
Finance Committee Frank Manning,
S. E. Benetiel, II. j. Vogt.
Speaker ". r. McGinnis, A. P. Olsen,
Geo. w. Baker.
Nlusic-E. B. McClelland, DR.. J.. w.
Rowell, O. E. Hull.
Amusements &C. M. Axes, Robert
Bowsher, Claude Lorey, O. E. Tullis.
Advertising IS. E. Benefiel, H. O.
Harvey, Mat Pullen.
Water and Ice-J. NJ. Caster.
Privileges j. A. Caster, M. Mayer,
w. G. Stempel.
Fire Works-F. N. Hansell,W. A. Alex
ander, l.. Van Werden.
Marshal of the Day-Robert Bowsher.
The preliminary work of the commit
tees is now we'll under way, and the
program for the day is being prepared.
1t is proposed to make the day one
long to be remembered by everyone
present, and there will be something
going on all day long. Quite number
give special prizes for features on the
program, andlthere will be fun galore.
Some of the special features will be
prizes for the fattest baby in the county
under six months of age, a team hitching
contest, tug of war between teams from
different townships, prizes for the Oldest
lady present that day, and also for the
Oldest couple, girls nail driving contest,
barrel races, jumping matches, children
drills, free coffee for everyone, jubilee
singers, wrestling matches and other
amusing features, and everything will
be absolutely free to the people who
come to Leon.
"A promise has been secured from Hon.
v. r. McGinnis that he will deliver a
speech, and it is we'll known that there
is no man in the whole state of Iowa who
can make a finer Fourth of July address
than Mr.. McGinnis, and the announce
ment that he will speak will draw many
people to Leon on that day.
1t is probable that there will also be a
free gift drawing on this day at which
the prizes will be paid in gold, and a
goodly sum given to people who attend
the celebration from outside of Leon, as
it is understood that Leon people will
be barred in all the contests, so as to
give the prizes to people outside of
Leon.
Everything points to it being the
grandest celebration ever held in
Decatur County, and if you want to
have day of enjoyment for yourself and
family, make no arrangements for the
Fourth that will prevent you from
coming to Leon to celebrate.