The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1904-04-07
AS rule, Eighty people must walk.

AS a rule, Eighty people must walk.
The free-seeders in Congress have q
large majority.
1t does not take fast man long to
come to full stop.
Lots of good stories are spoiled when
you run them down.
II we could afford it, we would never
burn light low. 1t looks so gloomy
When man is afraid his reputation is
about to be hurt it will bear watching.
/ Latest news from the seat of war
merely contradicts that received just
before.
A reunion of the First Iowa Cavalry
will be held at Mason City during the
G.. A. R. encampment.
1t is to require eight years to con-
struct the Panama canal now that Sem
ator Morgan has stopped talking.
The original package bill known as
the Hepburn-Do lliver measure, has been
favorably recommended for passage by
the house judiciary committee.
The st. Louis Post-Dispatch remarks:
Governor Cummins will be bold war
rior indeed should he attempt to battle
for tariff reform in the Chicago conven-
ton"
The Abba city council has ordered
every chicken out of town, and the citi-
zen who hereafter allows chicken to
run at large will be guilty Of misde-
meanor, and upon conviction, shall pay
fine Of 500 and costs.
Some twenty-six business establish
ments in Bethany are out with a pro-
test against the people trading with
such mail order houses as Montgomery
Ward & Co., Sears, Roebuck & Co., and
other such foreign department houses
and make plea for home trade.
House cleaning time is about here and
as usual a big lot of women. will work
themselves into fit Of sickness trying
to save dollar they should pay some
one else for doing the house cleaning.
Beats thunder how women work and
stew and make everybody miserable
trying to save fifty cents at the. expense
of several dollars worth of time and all
the comfort there is around the house
for week OF two.
The season Of public sales is now on
and THE REPORTER makes speciality of
printing sale bills. We print bills on
paper, MANILA cards or cloth, just as
you desire, and always get out an at
tractive bill which assists in drawing a
crowd to your sale. We also give free
notice of sale in THE REPORTER which
places it in nearly every home in De-
catur county. Bring in your. sale bills
and we will do the rest. 6-tf
| Railroad employees on the Burlington
road are of course interested in the
scheme proposed for pensioning all per-
sons who have served given term with
the company. The plan is formulated
after the custom followed by several
different railroads which are now pen
sioning those who have grown old in
their service. The fund from which
pensions are to be paid is made up from
a certain per cent of the wages of regu-
lar employees to which is added the
same amount by the company.
Consumptives are to be barred from
first class Pullman cars on the Santa Fe
railway, and hospital cars on through
trains will be provided for them. These
cars will be specially equipped and
none but sick persons will be allowed
to ride in them. This innovation will
be put into effect between Chicago and
Kansas City to Colorado, New Mexico
and California points, over practically
the entire system. The hospital cars
probably will be put on at the opening
Of the summer tourist business this sea-
SOU.
There are plenty Of farmers in the
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