The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-07-20

Wheeler and his brother Charles have
both accepted positions in the barber
shop at Hotel Leon.
We are over stocked on hammocks and
to reduce our stock we are Offering them
at prices that should appeal to any one
that contemplates buying this season.
We have few slightly soiled that will
go at your own prices. Come and see
us. w. G. SzEMPN4 & Co.
Mrs. Emma Bowman of this city is
feeling mighty proud over becoming a
grandmother twice within week, her
daughter Mrs. DR.. 7. S. Duff, of Gains
vile, giving birth to fine boy on Fri
day, July 18th, and on last Friday, anoth-
er daughter, Mrs. Frank Grimes, of
Bethany Mo-, also gave birth to a
bouncing boy.
Parties needing good horses should
not fail to attend the big sale of good
western horses which will be held in
this city on Saturday of this week
when the Leon Horse Co. will offer a
big bunch of extra good western horses
which will be sold to the highest bidder.
The horses are the best that have ever
been brought here, and are of good
size.
id. Carpenter, of Des Moines, state
agent of the Queen ms. Co., was in Leon
Tuesday and adjusted the loss on the
brick building owned by ]. A. Harris,
the walls Of which were injured by the
north side fire, and through the local
agent, Mr.. L. P. Sigler, paid Mr.. Harris
the sum of $40, the settlement being
in every way satisfactory to Mr..
Harris.
Simon Goodman, the we'll known farm
er and fruit raiser of near Crown, was
in Leon Saturday and told us that he
had succeeded in keeping a Jonathan
apple in good state of preservation until
the Fourth of July. For number of
years Mr.. Goodman has raised some of
the finest Jonathan apples to be found
in the state, and last fall determined to
see how long they would keep. The
apples which were preserved were not
wrapped up but were kept in crates in
his cellar.
Will Smith and wife, of Lamont, came
up in their auto Monday evening and
spent day visiting with friends in
this city. Mr.. Smith reports the roads
in pretty bad shape, as he says there are
culverts washed out at the foot of near
ly every hill, SO that it was impossible
to make very good time over them.
However he made the trip here in
about an hour and half. His machine
is two cylinder seven horse power, and
he does not have much trouble in climb
ing any of the hills.
A nice law point is to be tested in
the August term of the Lucas county
district court involving the right of an
adopted child. While it is admitted
that an adopted child is an equal heir
to the estate of foster parents lit is
denied by one side of the controversy
that this right of Inheritance extended
to the property of the parents of. foster
parents. 1t is claimed that the articles
of adoption is mere contract, and that
an adopted child, not deing an heir of
issue, is not entitled to share inheritance
with foster brothers and sisters, they
being natural heirs, to grandparents
estate; that this adoption contract can
only affect property of those contracting
and not tina. of ancestors.
Leader.
From report from the state au-
ditor, received by the county auditor,
it appears of record that during the
intervals from July 4th, 1904, when the
law went into effect, until December
31st, 1904, there were reported by the
physicians OF Decatur county to the
township registrars 1O4 births, and
there were also reported AZ deaths for
the same period to the same registrars,
who in turn sent their reports to the
state officials. The law requires that
each birth shall be reported by the at
tending physician, and these figures are
ridiculous for this county, showing that
the law is not complied with by those
whose duty it. is to attend to the mat
ter. 1t would seem that the birth rec
ord would be of some Importance and
that the law should be enforced, and
such an evasion of the law makes the
records worse than useless.