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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
Very Low Excursion Rates For
Christmas Holidays

to all points on the Nickel Plate Road
between Chicago and Buffalo. Dates of
sale, Dec. %, "a, 25, 70 and 81, 1905, and
Jan. l, 1906, with limit returning Jan. 3,
1906. Rate one and third fare for the
round trip. Individual club meals,
ranging in price from 35 cents to 81 90,
and midday luncheon so cents, served
in Nickel Plate dining cars; also service
a la carte. No excess fare. Chicago
city ticket Offices, III Adams street and
Auditorium Annex. Depot, La Sale and
Van Buren streets, the only depot in
Chicago on the elevated Loop.
Dec, "a.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
Baptist Church Notes.

Five new members received the hand
Of fellowship on last Lords morning.
The union prayer meeting held at the
church on Sunday afternoon was q
glorious meeting.
The subject for the sermon at Ii a. M.
next Lords day is missionary Work of
American Baptist Publishing Society,"
a special Offering will be taken for this
work.
Evangelistic sermon in the evening
at 1880.
The pastor breaches each evening
during the week. Come to the meet
ings. JAS. A. ARMSTRONG, Pastor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
Referees Sale.

BY VIRTUE OF AN ORDER OF SALE, directed
to the undersigned Referees, from the Clerk of the
District Court of Decatur County, Iowa, on judg-
men obtained in said Court the 25th day of Octo
ber, 1908, In favor of Mary Myers as Plaintiff and
against Leander Boyer ct al as defendants for the
Partition of the Real Estate named and described in
the said Plaintiffs Petition, will the 23rd day of
December A. ID. 1905. offer for sale to the highest
bidder, the following Real Estate, to-wt: of
s w and w I of !. Section Is, Township So,
Range 25 containing 80 acres or less known as
the Boyer farm.
Terms of Sale Cash.
Said sale to take place in front of the Court house
doT, in Leon, Iowa, at the hour of o'clock p M of
said day, when and where due attendance will be
given by the undersigned.
Dated at Leon Iowa, November %, 1905.
STEPHEN VARGAl
1926 MARION WooDARDI RErEREEs.
II. j. LANDEs)
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
At The Christian Church.

The series OF chart sermons which are
being delivered each night by Elder
ID. f. Sellards, pastor of the Christian
church are very interesting and in
structive and are greatly enjoyed by
those in attendance. A feature of the
meeting which is especially noticeable is
the large attendance of young people,
there being thirty-five present last Sun
day evening.
On next Sunday J. M. Hoffman, state
evangelist of the G. w. B. M. will be
present and speak at both the morning
and the evening service. He is an
eloquent speaker and all are invited to
hear him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
School Report.

The Elm Grove school taught by Miss
Anna Tabler closed Friday for short
vacation. The total number enrolled
was 20. Average daily attendance Is.
Those neither absent nor tardy during
the term were Lowell West and Anna
Hickey. An interesting program was
rendered the last evening, followed by
a box supper for the benefit of the
school at which $3.50 was realized.
Miss Tabler has been engaged to teach
the winter term, making the sixth term
she has taught at this school.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
FARMERS INSTITUTE
And Teachers Meeting at Garden
Grove Thursday, Friday and Sat-
urday, Dec. Ia, Is and Is.

The combined meeting of the Decatur
County Farmers Institute and Decatur
County Teachers Meeting will be held
at Garden Grove, Thursday, Friday and
Saturday, Dec. IA, Is and 16. Garden
Grove is making preparations to have
the biggest meeting these associations
have ever held and those who attend
will be we'll repaid. 1t was a good idea
to combine the teachers meeting with
the farmers institute, for the work of
each is interesting to the other. County
superintendent Eli Hutchinson asks ali
school boards in the county to grant
their teachers both Thursday and Fri
day, or at least Friday to attend the
meeting, as he feels that every teacher
will be benefited by attending. The
following is the program for the
meeting.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER IA.
Corn Day. A judge from Iowa State
College will judge the corn.
1870 P. M.-Music.
lnvocation.-Rev. Z. O. Lovett.
Address of Welcome.-Fred Wooley,
President Farmers Institute
Music.
1880 p. M.-Garden Grove High School
Declamatory Contest, fifteen contest
ants. Music interspersed. AS the one
who wins in this contest is to be sent to
the Southern Iowa contest which is to be
held at Guthrie Center, incurring con-
siderable expense, an admission fee of
ten cents will be charged, to defray the
expenses.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10.
1000 A. M Music.
Invocation Row Dot
Music.
Address. -"Good Roads, Rev. Good
sell.
Discussion.-Le by c. c. Dye, of
Woodland.
Music.
paper,- "Dairying' by G. D. Mallette
Music.
1870 p. M.-Music.
Address.-"The School, the Farm and
the Home" by Prof. r. c. Barrett, Iowa
State College, Ames, iowa.
Music.
paper.-"Tile Drainage" J. T. Eveland
1880 p. M.-Music.
Invocation. Rev. Patterson.
Music.
Address.--"A Square Deal for the
Farmers Boy Supt. Y. G. Thornburg
W. oupU. Ol fOlk county.
Music.
Address.--"A Healshy, School Senti.
mcnt," Hon. V. r. McGinnis, Leon.
Music.
SATURDAY.
1000 P. M.--Music.
Invocation.-Elder L. NJ. Kobb.
Music.
Address.-"Farm Philosophy" Hon
Joe S. Trigg, Des Moines, Iowa.
Music.
Paper" "Glimpses of Child Nature >
Eli Hutchinson, Leon.
1870 p. M.-Music.
Address. "Plant Breeding" Prof.
Henry E. Summers, |. S. G.
| The music will be furnished by the
Garden Grove band, quartets, solos, and
others.
The president, Fred Wooley, has made
arrangements to offer prizes for the
best exhibits in corn. Also to school
children for the best exhibits in handi-
work, cooking, sewing, carpenter work
corn Judging, etc, contestants not to
be above twelve years of age. The full
premium list has not yet been made up
so we cannot make definite announce
ment concerning the premiums at this
time.
i Fred WooIey SVa'oiley Committee
e. p Arnold
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
A Disastrous Calamity.

1t is disastrous calamity, when you
lose your health, because Indigestion
and constipation have sapped it away.
Prompt relief can be had in DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. They build up your
digestive organs, and cure headache,
dizziness, collie, constipation, etc.
Guaranteed at l.. P. Van Werden's drug
store 25c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
Advertised Letters.

Remaining uncalled for in the post
office at Leon, Iowa, for the week end
ing Nov %, 1905:
d. W. Stanley, Miss Cora Brandt, w.
]. Burgess, Miss Lizzie Carter, Mrs.
Julius, Mr.. Lee Leachman, Miss Ida
Marrell, Mrs. j. H. Shelter, Mrs. Geo.
Timbrell.
When calling for the above letters
please say advertised"
JOHN LEDGERwoOD. Postmaster.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
Special Homeseeker's Excursion

Low rates are offered by the Burling-
ton Railway. Round trip tickets at
less than regular one-way fare to many
points in the west and southwest.
Tickets on sale Nov. and 21st, Dec. 5
and 18th. Return limit q days, liberal
stopover privileges. Details on request.
G. Nj. KETCHAM,
Dec. l9. Ticket Agent,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
License to Wed.

Wilbur E. Prall, Lamont IS
Lena NJ. Church, Lamont. -. ..........21
S. M. Poland, Grand River
Eliza Woods, Grand River .....................3S
Perry A. Truitt Garden Grove -......... 20
Mabel c. Traupel, Garden Grove ......... 10
Thomas Mckee Stuart, Lamont. ....73
Mrs. Hannah Clark, Lamont .......... 55
George d. Boyce. Van Vert rt............... SO
Laura Warnstaff, Van Vert t............. SO
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30


Number farms owned 93,e51
Number farms managed ............... 4,020
Number farms tented . ........... 56,35S
For cash rent ................... 1851
For share rent....................... 1870
For cash and share rent....... 5,507
Total number farms .... 154,029
Foreign born white farmers
Number farms owned ............... 4O,oO7
Number farms managed. .... 620
Number farms rented ........... 14,568
For cash rent t............ 1O,154
For share rent 1890
For cash and shares cs..... 1,415
Total number farms ms....................... 55,O95
Colored farmers
Number farms owned .. q
Number farms managed ................ 3
Number farms rented ........ 13
For cash rent 9
For share rent 3
For cash and shares. ........
Total number farms s.................. 81
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
II Thank The Lord!"

cried Hannah Plant. of Little Rock
Ark, for the relief got in Bucklen's
Arnica Salve. 1t cured my fearful
running sores which nothing else
would heal, and from which had suffer-
ed for years" 1t is marvellous heal
er for cuts, burns and wounds. Guaran-
teed at l.. p. Van Werden's drug store;
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
Sunny Kansas.

We conduct another excursion to
western Kansas on Thursday, December
5th. We have sold 10000 acres to
Decatur county people this year. Come
and go with us. $1,000 for the round
trip. 14-2t.
WELD & JAMIsoN LAND Co.,
Phone 20 Lamont, Iowa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
Dec. 49,.
Homeseekers' Excursion to West
ern Kansas Next Tuesday.

Don't pay rent here when you can
buy as good land at $500 to $500 per,
acre. Will produce any crop you can
raise here. Round trip $1050. See us.
S. A. GATES,
BERT WARNER,
IT, G. JOHN.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
S9O,997,324
FEW NEGRO FARMERS

The negroes of Iowa occupy thirty
seven farms in the following countless:
Allamahee, Decatur, Harrison, kossuth,
Lee, Louisa, Mahaska, Marshall, Page,
Taylor, Worth, Webster, Winneshiek,
Union and Warren.
The following table shows the classi-
fication of the farms Of the state with
reference to color etc:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
Coal. Coal.

We are ready to contract or fill orders
for Smoky Hollow coal by the bushel
ton or car load. j. j. EVANS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
2,O44,197
II value .......... 81, ,S29,O ,O89. 1872
LIVE STOCK FIGURES

The live stock valuations, also, are
interesting, and somewhat larger than
the values placed on the assessment
rolls. With respect to cattle the cen
sus is as follows:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-30
ARE WORTH BILLIONS.
State Census Figures Show a valu-
alton of $l,829,O89,792 for
Farm Lands of the State.

The population portion of the state
census has been printed and the other
tables which have been compiled from
the returns in the hands of the eXecu-
tive council have been sent to the
printer. The book will be ready for
issuance within a few days. This
weeks work will exhaust the money
appropriated and the borrowed for the
publication OF the book The sum OF
$4,000 was appropriated and $4,000 was
borrowed on the consent of the appro-
priation committees of the two houses
About 800 pages of the book has been
printed. 1t will make book of about
800 pages. It's cost will be about one,
half the cost of the census of 1895.
The agricultural schedules were COM
pleted yesterday and sent to the print
ers. They show very interesting COM
parsons with the returns of the assess
ors taken at the same time. The fol-
lowing table gives the number of farms
and other essential information regard
ing their use and value.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-20
NEW YORK BUILDING
WRECKED BY BOMB

New York, Dec. 2O-A bomb was
hurled last night thru one of the front
windows Of the Allied Iron association
at No. 7 East Fourteenth street. It
landed in a room used for telephone pur.
poses and, exploding, wrecked the place.
Several employees were in an adjoining
room, but were only stunned by the ex-
plosion.
Fourteenth street was crowded at the
time with thousands Of persons making
their way to their homes on the East
Side and to Brooklyn by way Of the new
Williamsburg bridge. For a time the
crowd was panic-stricken, but the ar
rival Of police reserves soon straight
ened matters out.
Only fragments Of the missile could be
picked up in the wrecked room, and no
one could be found who saw the person
who had thrown it. .,:~
The Allied Iron association was
formed recently when the structural iron
workers declared strike against the
contracting firm of Post & McCord. Its
offices have been used as bureau for
the EMPLOYMENT of nOn-unlOn men to
take the place of the strikers.
About ten days ago notice was served
on all union structural iron workers IN
the city that on and after that date no
iron workers would be employed by the
contracting firms Of New York except
thru the association agency in East
Fourteenth street. Post & McCord are
tie contractors for the Altman building,
at Thtfry-fourth street and Fifth aV.
enue. where a. premature explosion of
dynamite early yesterday killed three
i men and injured number of others.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-20
SUSPECT PLAN ON
PRESIDENTS PART
Army Men Believe Senate Military
Committee Was Formed to
Evade Seniority Rule.
BY w. w. Jermane.

:
Washington, Dec 2O.-There is q
story going the rounds of the war de-
partment, that the new senate commit
tee on military affairs, so far as the.
appointment Of men to fill its three
vacancies this session Of congress is
concerned reflects distinctive Ro0se-
welt party. The president has always
felt that he was hampered in making
military promotions by the rule of
seniority, and twice, when he violated
that rule in the appointment OF Gen
erals Miles and Wood, he stirred up
a commotion in the department. which
1t is we'll known that the president
holds that the good Of the service fire.
quently demands that the seniority
rule be violated, and yet his experience
in the cases mentioned has suggested
to him the need for caution.
1t is at this point that the story 60
ing the rounds Of the war department
today about the senate military COM
mittee comes in.
committee are Lodge, Warner and Hem
| enway, all personal friends Of the presi-
dent. The war department theory is
that these men were put on the COM
mittee thru the influence of Senator
| Beveridge, member of the senate com
mittee on committees, which made the
new assignments, and that -Beveridge
was influenced in insisting upon these
appointments by his knowledge of what
the president wanted.
Certain army officers fear that the
/ president having these three of his
friends on the committee will before
long send to the senate a lot of pro-
motions made without reference to
| seniority.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-20
-Constitutionality Questioned.

Constitutionality Of; the law making
the railroad commission an elective in
stead Of an appointive: body is involved
in the refusal of the 500 Line to obey
the COMMISSIONS order against the
tearing up of: the Otisville side track.
Upon request, Senator NJ. D. Clapp has
given it as his opinion that the legis-
1atrlre had authority to- create the Of
flee Of railroad commissioner and make
it elective. The road denies the right
of the commission to make the order
referred to and intimates that it may
take the case to the supreme court.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-20
!. RAILROADS
will. Extend to Rosebud.

Special to The JoufnaI., =
Sioux City Iowa, Dec. 2o-It was
announced here yesterday that the
North w stern road next summer will
extend the Bonesteel, s. D., line to the
border of the Rosebud Indian reser-a-
ton It will pass thru the new towns
Of the portion Of the reservation
thrown open. last year for. the conve-
nience Of homesteaders. -5' -.-->
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-20
Interurbans Exempted.

Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. 20.-The
right of railroads to issue passes and
the constitutionality Of railroad com
mission law are involved in test suit
on an agreed statement of facts filed in
the county courts. -
The case will be carried to the
United States supreme court. One Of
the points relied upon by the railroads
in attacking the constitutionality Of
the law is the exemption of the inter-
urban electric lines from the operation
Of the law.
Railroad Notes.
! The Great Western road has paid $500 fine to
| pliance law. The case brought in the federal
| court for alleged failure to comply yester-
| day stricken from the calendar ~ ..
Car manufacturers are feeling the car short
| age themselves. They cannot furnish the rail-
roads relief from the conditions existing
Detroit car company has man in the Midway
| district trying to hustle along lumber shipments
to be used in making cars. .---s.
~. An export corn rate of 81 cents from Kansas
| City and Omaha to- Chicago will be put in to-
morrow, by the Great Western road This will
to Chicago of the thru tariff the Milwaukee road
put in to Liverpool. The normal rates will be
| restored Jan. !. .>....~ . u.
Agents association at ST. Paul yesterday officers
| We're elected follows: President, j. II. Sayle,
Great western road; vice president, II. T..
Voges, St. Louis: secretary treasurer, Harry
Clar. Diamond 10; executive committee. ". NJ.
Stephenson, Wisconsin Central; c. T. Spear,
Omaha load. .s.,~ ~ : Y @E."
| The passenger department of the Pennsylvania
railroad announces that there is now running
en- Grand street. New York. a thru street car
/ line between Desbrosses street station and the
Brooklyn end of the new Williamsburgh bridge.
This line. which transfers with all north
and south lines in New York city, affords con-
venent service to the great wholesale district of
lower New York city, Broadway the East Side
shopping district and the great eastern district
Of Brooklyn. The attention of passengers is
called to this new line which brings Desbrosses
street station into convenient connection with
a large section of Greater New York.
New Short Line Service to Southern
California
4 Commencing December 18th and daily
1 thereafter the North Western Line and
| connections via Ogden and Salt Lake
City, reduce the through time to Cali
| fornia nine hours with frst-class train
service the entire distance.
Leave Minneapolis $3.50 pm, st. Paul
9:O5 pm, arrive Omaha 9:35 am, Og-
den 2:3O pm. next afternoon and Los
H Angeles 4:45 pm. the day following.
This means that in less than sixty
eight hours you pass from the land of
snow to where every month is June.
For further information call at 396
Robert street, St. Paul. and 900 NicoHet
avenue, Minneapolis, or address T. w.
| Teasdale, General Passenger Agent. st.
Paul.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-15
Panama Hat School.

A central school OF hat making, and
for the cultivation and improvement
of tonquilla straw. has been estab-
lished in the district of ABRAHAM pam
anal. The school is provided for
by government funds, and will be UNI
der the authority of the minister of
public works.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-15
AS She Understood 1t.

II could have married any girl l
pleased in my younger days." said the
cid. bachelor.
Its really too bad" rcjoined the
pretty widow, 'thst you were unable
to find one you could please."-Chicago
Daily News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-15
He Waited No LONGER.

"You may refuse me now,' said the
persistent s%uitor, "but | can wait.
All things come to him who waits
Eyes" replied the dear girl. land
| gucrs the first thing will be father;
| zeal him on the stairs. '-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-15

AppNIBIlIy DIUu Z WUIh'
Life Insurance Agent-My dear sir,
have you made any provision for those
who come after you?
Earduppe-Yes; | put the dog at the
door. and told the servant to say I'm
oat of town.-Stray Stories.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-15

Leave Want" Ads. at branch Of
ices.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-01

greater than in the ordinary process
of butter making. Consequently we
will have butter, which, while 1t
contains the usual amount of fat,
but no more, contains also a large
quantity of broken-down casein, and
an excessive amount of water, be-
sides the residum of the alum, salt
peter, and other substances that may
have been used in the process"
With all this data before him it
will be a surprise if the farmer in
sists on being "millIed' by such men
as are peddling Estep's so-called i'm
proved butter and cheese maker. Men
of the stripe of the inventor OF this
process will lay awake nights con-
juring up methods for swindling the
unsophisticated, and as one class OF
farmers are extremely gullible there
is a prolific field for operation among
them-and Estep knew this. The ex-
pose of the fraud by the newspapers
may put an end to his operations in
one section, but he, or some one else,
is almost sure to bob up in another
section with the same thing or a vari-
alton of it, and this publication is
glad to spread the information broad
cast that the farmers may recognize
the ear-marks of the Estep process
when they see it.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-01
The Cheese Making Industry.

At meeting of the state dairymen's
association held at Olympia recently,
description of the process of making
and marketing the famous Edam
cheese of Holland was one of the in
teresting topics, says the Lynden Sun.
The work comprises practically all the
industry of section of that country.
1t has occupied the attention OF the
people for many years. The lands
are given over to pasture and mead
ows, and every family has small
dairy. 1t is the great dairy region OF
the old world. Every man owns his
little place, and is satisfied with his
neighbors and his country.
Many important lessons may be
taken from the lives of the cheese
makers of Holland They do not at
tempt too much. The average dairy
does not contain more than twenty
COWS. That enables each family to
take care of the farm and it's products
without employing hired men or house
servants There is no hard labor at
tached to the dairy farms. The hours
of employment are short and regular.
Every man has work that pays him
good wages four times month. The
field is not crowded and the demand
for it's products will never be fully
supplied.
Western Washington presents bet
ter field for cheese making than any
other section of the world. The eli
mate is more equable and the cost of
growing food for dairy COWS is not so
great as in most agricultural districts.
That required to insure success is
proper management of the natural OPP
portunities. Men must overcome the
desire to get rich quickly and not try
to reach out too far in the world of
speculation. A twenty-acre farm will
often give wealth and contentment
when an attempt at managing ten
times that acreage would result in
bankruptcy. The little cheese making
farm is one of the future homes of
happiness.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-01
Webster's Purchasing Bureau.

The purchasing bureau maintained
by Mrs. Stella g. Webster, 259 Colman
building, Sea --le,is something that will
prove valuable to all who reside in
the country and find it rather incon-
venient to come to town every time
something is needed Mrs. Webster is
ready at all times to do the purchas-
ing for you and will give your orders
the closest attention, the same as If
she were making the purchases for
herself. She has resided in the city
so many years that she is thoroughly
acquainted with the stores and her
experience in making purchases is
such that she is able to get the best
goods at the lowest prices. In an
other column Mrs. Webster makes an
announcement to the public.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1905-03-01
Broken Dolls.

Long before this the Christmas dol
lies heads have most of them been
broken off, but here is way to fix
them if they came to grief at the neck.
Take a good sized square of stout
muslin-about the size of mans
handkerchief, if the head is of me-
dunn size. Throw the middle of it
over the tip of stick and push
through the neck to the top of head
inside. Carefully remove the stick
and gradually fill the bag thus left
in the head very tightly with cotton.