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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-03-03
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

ORIGINAL NOTICE.
In the District Court Of Decatur county, Iowa.
March term, A. d. 1904
Frank Greenland, plaintiff,
s. j. Boyd and Maude Boyd. his wife; Stephen
Short Mrs. Stephen Short, his wife; and Samuel p.
Kelley defendants.
To S. j. Boyd, Maude Boyd and Samuel p. Kelley,
the above named defendants
You are hereby notified that on or before the 18th
day OF February, A. D. 1901 there will be on file in the
office Of the Clerk of the District Court of Decatur
county, Iowa. the petition OF the plaintiff aforesaid,
claiming of you the of Three Hundred fty-seven
dollars and three cents, money justly due from
you and interest thereon at eight per cent from the
LIST day Of January, A. D. 1902 for amount due on two
certain promissory notes, for Seyentyve dollars
and one for Two Hundred Eighty two dollars and
three cents dated January l, 1909, signed by s. j..
Boyd and Maude Boyd in favor OF s. II. Covington,
with interest according to the tenor and effect OF said
notes. and praying the foreclosure OF certain mort
gage given by the said S. j. Boyd and Maud Boyd to
the payment of said notes on the east half of
the northwest quarter and the northwest quarter Of
the northeast quarter and commencing In the center
Of the section thence north eighty rods thence east
sixty rods thence southwest to place OF beginning,
being all in section thirty township seventy, range
twenty -si1, Decatur county, Iowa, containing one
hundred and thirty five acres, more or less; said mort
gage being recorded in Book l3l page 49, OF the
records of Decatur county, Iowa.
That whatever lien interest defendants or any Of
them may have, claim to have, In and to said
premises be declared to be junior and inferior to the
lien of plaintiffs mortgage and that their equity and
right of redemption be forever barred and foreclosed
That special execution issue for the sale OF said
premises, and for such other and further relief rs
may be just and equitable in the premises and for
COSTS including a reasonable attorneys fee for
plaintiffs attorney, as provided by said mortgage
No personal Judgment is asked against Stephen
Short, Mrs Stephen Short or Samuel p. Kelley.
For full and complete statement of plaintiffs cause
Of action see petition.
You are also notified that unless you appear there
to and defend before OF the second day of the
said District Court of Decatur county, to be held on
the 2lst day Of March, A. d. 1904 default will be
entered against you and judgment rendered thereon
V.R. MCGINNIs,
26-4t Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-03-03
Locations for Business.

If you are seeking location for any
mercantile business, for the practice of
profession, or for the manufacture OF
any article, first communicate with the
undersigned, who will inform you in re-
gard to opportunities on the line Of the
Chicago, Great Western Railway Co., the
most progressive railway traversing the
most fertile section of the United
States. Maps and Maple Leaflets mail
ed and more specific information given
as requested w. ]. Reed, Industrial
Agent, 6O4 Endicott Bldg, st. Paul,
MINI. April 1.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-03-03
Attention
Farmers

Why remain in the North
and stay in doors six months in
the year consuming what you
raise during the other six
months?
Go. South where you can
work out doors every month
in the year, and where you
are producing something the
year round. Ii you are a
stock raiser you know your
stock are now "eating their
heads off" and, besides, have
to be protected from the rigors
of winter by expensive shelter.
Economical stock feeding
requires the combination of
both flesh-forming and fat
forming foods in certain pro-
portions. Alabama and Florida
produce in abundance the vel
vet bean and cassaya, the first q
flesh producer, the latter fat
producer, and they are the
cheapest and best fattening
material known to the world.
More money can be made
and with less labor, in gen
eral farming, fruit and berry
growing and truck gardening
along our road in the South
than in any other section of
the Union.
If you are interested and
desire further information on
the subject, address
G. A. Park,
Genr'l Immigrant and Indus
trial Agent, Louisville &
Nashville R. R. Co.,
Louisville, KY.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-03-03

severe cold, or neglected case of catarrh.
For people who are subject to such troubles
| especially have prepared and have per-
fected my DR.. Kay's Lung Balm which in
variably will cure cold in very short
time. If You will but take it at the first
symptoms of a cold, you will break it up SO
quickly that you will scarcely realize the
trouble that you have avoided.
In cases Of chronic hoarseness, throat and
lung troubles, of course it is necessary to
renovate the entire system, and build up the
body. Where such cases exist always rec
ommend that in connection with my DIR.
Kay's Lung Balm, my DR.. Kay's Renova-
tor be used. The good effect of this great
tonic is soon apparent. The Renovator aids
Digestion, makes new rich blood, inyigorates
the nerves and strengthens all the vital organs
Of the body. The Lung Balm allays the
local irritation, reduces the Inflammation
that accompanies q cold, SO that the two,
when taken in connection, make combina.
ton that is the most valuable assurance
against sickness known to man.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-03-03

We know lady Decatur fond examining
and she also admres pretty dress goods of the styles 1t the
ambition
We have just returned from market where have been the last
days Of the handsomest lines of
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-03-03
Raw or inflamed lunas

Yield quickly to the wonderful cura-
tive and healing qualities of Foleys
Honey and Tar. It prevents pneumonia
and consumption from hard cold
settled on the lungs. L. P. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-03-03
Settlers Rates.

To points in Minnesota, North Dakota,
Ontario, Saskatchewan and Assiniboia.
Tickets on sale by the Chicago Great
Western every Tuesday in March and
April. For further information apply to
any Great Western Agent, or ]. P. Elmer
G. P. A., Chicago, Ill. April 25.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-03-03

l find that neg
lected colds, or q
tendency to take
cold easily is q synp-
tom Of coming
trouble.
Catarrhal a If g c.
tons, if neglected,
too frequently be-
come serious.
In my practice l
have notices that
most cases of Con-
sumption have had
their origin in q
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16

In the Wick district, the Carter
Oil company has drilled in it's Sec
ond test well on the A. D. Ankrom
farm, and has show for a small
pumper. In the same district, the
second test of Bartlett, Riddle &
Brown has been drilled into the
Big Injun sand, and is showing
for a small well
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16

The first National bank to be
organized in the prosperous city
of Sistersville, w. Va, was the
First National bank, which was
chartered in December, 1895, and
which, although other National
banks have been started there in
the meantime, has continued to
maintain the lead it obtained and
by reason Of the great conf
dence the people of Sistersville
and vicinity have in it, stands
foremost among the banks of the
State. Among the banks organ
izers were A. C. Jackson, E. A.
Durham, j. T. Jones, Robert Nc
Cormick, F. D. and I'll. w. Nc
Coy and j. C. Morrison. The di-
rection of the banks affairs has
practically been in the hands OF
A. G.. Jackson, vice presiednt and
cashier, since the bank was or
gained, and the banks success
is in a great measure due to him.
Since it was organized the bank
has earned $99,7O5.92. The aver
age net earnings for the eight
years it has been established are
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

1890. In the same time the
bank has paid in cash dividends
SCI, 700 on ) 800 Of the capital
stock. The capital is 100000,
surplus and profits $40, 900 and de-
posts 1851, 900. The bank has l.
1872 depositors of an average ac-
count of $3.50. Eight per cent div
idends are paid. The original cap
ital was $4,000. This was in
creased in May, 1901, to 100000.
At that time an extra 800 cash
dividend was paid. Capt. J. T..
Jones of Buffalo, N. Y, is the pres
ident. Mr.. Jones is a lifelong OPP
orator in the oil fields of Penn
sylvania and West Virginia Mr..
Jackson came originally from
Bradford, Pa, where he was en-
gagged in the banking business. j.
j. Mckay is assistant cashier. The
directors are j. T. Jones, John j.
Carter, F. D. Mccoy, Robert Nc
Cormick, j. G.. Morrison, W. j.
Neuenschwander, A. C. Jackson,
J. W. Shay, E. w. Talbot, R.
Broadwater, SelmOn Wells, G.
Tuel and Joseph McKay-Money,
of Pittsburg.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16
New Oil Company Organized.

Last Saturday the Three-H Oil
& Development company, COM
pany recently incorporated, held
it's first meeting at the office of
Grogg & Duley, in Parkersburg,
and elected the following officers ::
William Harrington, president /;
DR.. Horace G. Price, vice presi-
dent; j. H. Grogg, secretary and
treasurer, and j. S. Hout, general
superintendent. The directors are
William Harrington, j. S Hout, L..
Dudley, DR.. Horace D. Price, j.
7. Harris and J. H. Grogg. This
company has an authorized cap
ital of $4,000, and a paid-up
capital of 100000. The COM
pany has purchased 800 acres of
oil property in Auglaize county,
Ohio, with twelve producing wells
.(no dry wells) together with all
of the machinery and equipments,
which are in fine working order.
There are also quite a number OF
other good locations, and the COM
pany will at once proceed to de-
velop the territory. The price
paid was 100000.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16

In analysing the reports for
May of the pipe line companies
of the older fields, Standard publ
cations make the increase in pro-
duction over consumption appear
to have amounted to between 300,-
900 and 100000 barrels, whereas
the reports show that as gagged
by the regular runs from wells
and regular shipments, there was
no increase worth mentioning
barely 2,166 barrels. The alleged
larger increase is obtained
through the medium of the items
of "Other Receipts" and "Other
Deliveries. ;" The regular re-
ceipts or runs from wells, desig-
mated in barrels, were distributed
as follows:
Pennsylvania oil. ...... 2, 56S, 1913
Ohio and Indiana Lima
OILY ......... .cr.-.,..-. l, 143, ooO
Kentucky and Tennessee. 85,515
Total a, 1897, 55S
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16
Purchased Oil Property.

James Hennegan, Stephen DAILY
and o. o. Smith, oil operators,
have purchased a lease of 100
acres of the Corbitt estate, near
Waverly, from the Central Oil
company, for $500. The pur-
chase includes a small production
and the appurtenances, comprls-
ing rigs, etc.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16
Arm Broken.

Joseph, the 11-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Rawley, OF
Wells street. had the misfortune
to break his left arm yesterday at
ternoon. The accident was due
to the lad falling from the roof OF
a belt house. The fracture Is quite
a serious one, being at the elbow
Joint.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16
Can't. Heatherington Dead.

Capt. Jacob Heatherlngton
passed away last night at his home
in Bellaire, O. Capt. Heathering-
ton was in the 96th year of his
age. was numbered with the prom
inent pioneer steamboatmen OF
the upper Ohio. He was identi-
fed with numerous extensive bust
ness enterprises at Bellaire, and
through his shrewd fnanclerlng
had amassed a snug fortune.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16
MAY PIPE LINE REPORTS

The regular deliveries or ship
ments were distributed as follows:
Pennsylvania oil. ,516, 345
Ohio and Indiana (Lima
OILY .................l i, 1913, 92l
Kentucky and Tennessee. 29,55S
Total ............. 4, 1893, 1924
Total regular deliveries. 4, 1893, 1924
Total regular receipts. :. 4, 397 ,55S
Increase 2,166
The situation is otherwise de-
fined by saying that in one of the
most depended upon to
add to the stocks the fields of
New York, Pennsylvania, West
Virginia, Ohio, and Indiana, with
Kentucky and Tennessee thrown
in for good measure, produced
about 1000 barrels more in the
regular runs from wells reported
than the regular shipments.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16

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trude Atherton; "The Heart OF
Rome" by F. Marion Crawford F.;
"Calumet K" by Merwin Web
ster; "The Pride of Jennico, by
Egerton Castle, and "The Vlr-
ginian," by Owen Wister, for %
cents at McCoy's Book store.
6,13-6t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16

Via Crusis, Stephen Holten, For
the Freedom of the Sea, Philip
Winwood and many other good
books, handsomely bound, for only
As cents, at McCoy's Book store.
6,10-3t
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16

A bad reputation is much easier
built than RACED.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16

Congeniality of the right sort
is impossible of GENERALIZATION.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16

In the Jackson Ridge field, in
Monroe county, Ohio, Stewart &
Young have completed their test
well on the John CHASER farm,
and have a show for an 8 or 10
barrel pumper in the Keener sand.
In the same district, the Mars
Drilling company has completed a
second test well on the A. H. Nc
Cannon farm and will have an g.
barrel pumper in the Keener sand.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16

1t is said that an American
dressmaker will do three times as
much work in day as a dress
maker in France.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-06-16

Near Stewart Station, D. A.
Bartlett & company have COM
pleted No. 2 on the j. R. BOwles
farm and the well is producing 10
barrels a day from the Keener
sand.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-03

HE ripping spontaneous humor of
the post-prandial feast of reason
is usually as evanescent as the
haze of cigar smoke which crowns
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-03

his previous experience of mission work
In the east end of London and else
where, the new rector began to mold a
small unit Of sterling material out Of
the bewildering wreckage of the de-
cayed parish. He utilized methods
which his brethren of the cloth de-
nounced as revolutionary, but which
were productive of remarkable success.
Believing that social life is indispensa-
bic to the growth of a strongly cohe-
rent church body, he organized clubs,
dramatic societies and dancing enter
tainments for the poor of his flock. in
stituted classes for the instruction of
children in useful arts, and made of
his own home gathering place for all
who would care to meet him on the
common ground of friendship. He made
his church a democratic community by
throwing open the pews to all Corners.
Despite the singing criticisms of his
brother clergy and the near approach
to trial for heresy, Dr. Rainsford
built up this decrepit parish in the
heart of the poor district of New York
to the position of one of the strongest
OF the city's churches, where rich and
poor alike kneel in worship
(The Outlook Company, New York.
price, 81 25.)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-03

things first. Each element stands out
alone, sharply defined. Like Cowper
again in his Winter Mornings Walk, =
for example. it is not the cleaning
sweep of the horizon. or the spotted
dome of heaven. which holds Eliza
beth's attention SO closely as the glow
ing red cherries Of the nightshade and
the white flame of lilies" With all
this delicacv of outline there still
breathes from Elizabeth's pictures a
certain charm of the largeness and
purity Of things out Of doors, which Is
the siren call for the hapless city
dweller and treadmill slave of the
smoky. sodden life in the mills of men.
Elizabeths sly humor at the expense
of her fellows is as infectious as the
wine in her word painting. Perhaps
the reader is disappointed when the
painfully forceful Charlotte elbows her
way into Elizabeth's story, but he is
quickly rejoicing again when he be-
holds the pudgy mother of the six
Bernhards'' being made the yielding
target for Elizabeth's quick tierce and
riposte. If ever there was a character
in bookland that needed sympathy 1t
is that self-same pudgy Charlotte, the
woman of ideas.
(The Macmillan Company. New
York; price, 81 50)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-03
AFTER-DINNER
Humor Of DR.. H. II. Behr

IT HE ripping spontaneous humor of
the post-prandial feast of reason
is usually as evanescent as the
haze of cigar smoke which crowns
it. That Of the lamented wit of
the Bohemian Club DR.. H. H. Behr, is
of different order, for it needs not the
comfortable glow of a good dinner with
good fellows to give zest to its enjoy
ment. 1t is humor which stands upon
its own worth. Attest: The keen en-
joyment given by his little posthumous
volume, 'Hoot of the OWL"
Everybody in the charmed circle of
the Bohemian Club hears "reminiscences
of the dinners at which the genial wit
of the old doctor was wont to glow
The atmosphere OF the past dinners
and past good fellowship is kept alive
by the fragments of this old raconteur's
happy conceits, for throughout all of his
published responses to the calls of the
Worshipful Sire, DR.. Behr has taken
sly shots at men and matters in his
club which must have a ready appeal
to the disabilities of all club members.
The nature of his quips and cranks
is not so personal that the uninitiated
cannot enjoy them, however. The
humor is rarely broad, always keen and
of the sort which strikes through abb
surdity and exaggeration. Dr. Behr was
a student of almost all things know
able. His fund of knowledge was what
he drew upon in every possible in
stance, bringing surprising oddities out
OF scientific deductions, twisting philo-
sophical precepts or phiIologicaJ for,yr
las to suit the ends of startling mirth.
From the structural peculiarities OF the
mosquito as well as from the sayings
Of Socrates the genial wit could find
something to twist into laugh Very
like that of Squibob of the old days.
to whom DR.. Behr pays tribute in an
instance, is the quaint humor which
livened his speeches. THE Skeleton in
Armor" or the speech upon "Prehis-
toric Relics might have come from
the lips OF John Phoenix" himself.
For example, DR.. Behr, discoursing on
botanical clsssifications, makes this
statement:
This ingenious scientist (Piiny) d.
vided the whole vegetable kingdom into
the following classes: Trees. shrubs,
vegetables, chicken salad. mushrooms,
coffee. wines extra. All plants not be-
longing to one or the other of these
great classes he Jumped together and
called weeds and did not take any
further notice of them"
Read 'Hoot OF the OWL" II will
brighten rainy day or make a blue
Monday livable.
"a. M. Robertson, San Francisco:
price 81 6o)
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-03

novel, Read the book and you will
agree with her.
This is no half way turning back of
the hands of time, no colonial story or
romance of Elizabethan days, but a
full swing back into the darkest of the
dark ages, when men plated them
selves about with slabs of iron and
fair ladies hadfnot the privilege of por-
celain bath tubs. Kings audience
chambers, mqated castles and barons'
halls are the drops and wings for this
romance Lords of Northumberland
and of Douglas trail their ten-foot
swords through the pages with stately,
metallic tread. Pomp of joust and
glory of pageant fill the books with
glittering banners. Smiles of lady loves
and their smile was as fetching be-
meath Golf as it is under a present
day pompadour-spur heroic knights to
tilt at anything under the broad heav-
ems. 1t is romance-romance way
through and very delightful romance,
too.
The author, perchance, shares with
her readers certain WEAKNESS of all
these novels of dreary modern life
these books of the ballot box, the ticker
and the ducal coronetlet. She there
fore has endeavored to bring into being
something redolent of all the dash and
the glory of the troubadour days. She
has succeeded. Her spirited tale is re-
freshing. Love is it's theme and it
must be confessed that love in moonlit
bowers meath castle walls looks better
than love in a front fiat parlor under
electric bulbs.
(Dodd. Mead & Co.. New York; illus
trated; price 81 SOD
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1904-04-03
A PREACHERS
Story Of Successful Work

- HE world delights to honor a man
who has done things. The story
Of a life devoted to meeting and
conquering great difficulties. build
Ing bit by bit an enduring structure
OF achievement out of the very stumb-
ling blocks Of opposition-such a story
appeals to the spirit Of work In every
man and prompts him to deeds of en-
ulation. "A Preachers Story of His
Work" from the mouth Of the Rev.
w. S. Rainsford. rector of st. Georges
Church, New York, Is one Of these &C.
counts of doing which must win re-
spect and admiration for the man who
has builded such solid record az that
OF his rectorship In the great parish of
the metropolis.
Too few there are who realize that
there are fierce battles to be fought
and hard victories won in the profess
sion which Is DR.. Rainsford's. The
hard-headed man of business or the
SUCCESSFUL lawyer can see nothing ma
terial In the striving of the devoted
men who give their lives to the care
Of souls. Wherein lies the gain. say
they. in building up a church. tremb-
ling on the brink of insolvency, to the
position Of one Of the leading houses
of worship in a great city? What is
there in 1t? Should such q man read
this story Of the life work of a min
lister of the gospel he would see that
success In that endeavor is very near
kin to success in trade or before the
bar, and this he might strive not to
see: that the rewards are beyond
those measurable by the dollar sign.
DR.. Rainsford's reward is the love and
confidence Of over a thousand people.
the knowledge that his efforts have
been productive of lasting good to q
whole community and that his mem
DRY will be perpetuated by a memorial
more enduring than a. fortune in the
bank or decision from the Supreme
bench.
When DR.. Rainsford accepted tho
parish Of St Georges in 1882 he found
q church almost without worshipers.
hopelessly in debt and even with its
building on the market for sale. With