The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-04-27
Look at the Woodland Horse Co.'s
new roadster. He's fine one.

new roadster. He's fine one.
Reeds Yellow Dent seed corn, s1.25
per bushel. ARNOLD Il SlGLER.
Joe L. Warner, jeweler and optician,
| opposite Farmers & Traders State Bank.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
meet at the Methodist church Thursday
| April q, 1905.
For SALE-Tborough bred Light
Bramah eggs at SOC per setting.
A. J. HIATT.
For RENT-12O acres of fine pasture
with plenty of water.
SIGLER & KELLER,
Leon, Iowa.
The home of F. 7. Smith, of Blockley,
was gladden. by the arrival of a charm
ing little daughter last Thursday which
| has been christened Geraldine.
| Contrary to expectations it did not
rain on Easter Sunday, but we got
good sod soaker on Tuesday all right
which will delay the farmers with their
work for several days.
]. H. Barrett, of Hamilton township,
last week sold fine big bay mare, six
years old to c. Nj. Axes for the Leon
Horse Co., for an even $780, The same
animal brought S212.50 at the horse
sale on Friday.
The Knights Templars in full uniform
attended the M. E. church on Sunday
morning and were favored with most
excellent discourse by Dr. Pitcher.
The church was beautifully decorated
with flowers for the Easter Services.
E. B. Rowe and Lloyd Daley. of New
Haven, Conn, are here buying heavy
horses, MI. Rowe for the New Haven
market and Mr.. Daley who is in the ice
business at New Haven is picking up
half a dozen big teams to use on his ice
wagons.
Mrs. M. P. Lindsey of this city right
! ly thinks she is entitled to a place on
The REPORTERS honor roll, as she has
read the paper ever since she was a
small girl, her father the late Ed. X.
Pitman having at one time been the
editor of this paper.
Senator o. H. Platt who succeeded
Senator Hoar after his death as United
States senator from Connecticut, died
at his summer home at Washington,
Conn, last Thursday evening. He had
been ill since March 31st when he
suffered chill while attending Senator
Hawley's funeral at Hartford.
Harry Wright, who has been book
keeper for Swift & Company in this
city for, couple of years, has been
transferred to Albany, Mo-, to take
charge of their branch house in that
city. Mrs. Wright went down to Albany
last Friday to visit few days. We
would be very sorry to lose them as
residents of this city.
c. M. Axes is building large new
barn at his residence in south Leon,
formerly owned by ]. G. Early. Uncle
John Givens was working on the barn
last week and part of the material being
used was the heavy native frames which
were taken out of the old Sales house
when it was torn down last summer by
Mr.. Axes. The timbers were rather
familiar to Mr.. Owens for he helped
frame them when the old hotel was
built just fifty years ago. The timbers
are Just as sound as the day they were
first used in the old hotel.
Roy d. Chambers who for several years
has been resident of this city, hold
/ ing the responsible position of book
keeper for the big firm of Bowsher &
Biddison, left last Tuesday evening for
his former home at Lynchburg, Va.
where he has accepted position as
bookkeeper in large clothing estab-
lishment. Mr.. Chambers during his
residence in this city, made many warm
friends, and he will be greatly missed
by his former employers with whom he
was on most friendly terms, only leav-
ing because of exceptional inducements
offered him to return to Virginia. His
cousin, Miss Edith Harris, accompanied
him to Lynchburg and will spend the
summer with numerous relatives in
that vicinity.
Farquhar Bros, the we'll known hard
ware dealers of this city have been do
ing some extensive advertising recently
comparing prices at which they sell
goods in their lines with the prices
charged by the Chicago mail order
houses, and are demonstrating that the
same goods can be bought right here at
home as cheap or cheaper than you can
send away for them. The advertising
is bringing them good results too, they
receiving good big order from Davis
City and another one from Grand
River, both Of which were filled to the
satisfaction of the customer and the
dealers. Farquhar Bros, are doing a
lot Of educational work, and if all deal
ers would take the matterup and adver-
tise their goods as Farquhar Bros. are
doing the. mail order houses would soon
be put out of business SO far as this
county is concerned.
At the opera house on Monday May
1st Mr.. Oliver Labadie will present a
magnificent production of Gothes
immortal Faust. This grand old play
needs no introduction; it and the great
moral lessons that it teaches will live
forever in the hearts of the people. 1t
makes us nobler men and women for
having seen it; it shows us the great
Importance Of right thinking, and