The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-03-23
From Our Correspondents
Grand River.

We learn that DR.. ". G. Ward, Of Kan
sas City, has purchased DR.. GuIy's
interests at Kellerton and will make
regular visits to Grand River, his next
visit being April 10 to 13, 1906.
Rev. +. Edwards Of Osceola was here
over Sunday.
Mrs. Fred Wcknor is getting ready to
move to Rodgers, Ark, where she will
join Fred and make their future home.
Miss Laura Bradshaw of North Dakota
is here visiting her grandmother, Mrs.
Lamb, and will leave in few days for
her home, where she has been teaching
since she left here. She has taken q
claim there, so have the rest of her fam
lily, and likes it we'll there. Several of
Miss Laura's friends came in to see her
and passed very pleasant evening
with games and refreshments. Among
those present were Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Bell and DR.. Ward, who makes regular
visits here as a dentist. Miss Laura
leaves to begin a spring term of school
at once.
Fred Reardon liked it SO we'll in Wyo-
ming that he will return soon to begin
life on ranch.
| We have been informed that Tom
Reardon and family will return from
Colorado whore Mr.. Reardon has an in
terest in mine.
]. 3. Beard moved his family into one
OF Wood Binning's houses and T.. T.
johnson purchased the one Beard va
Gated.
AR. switzer made a trip to Fort
Madison last week to see Frank Green
land on business.
The medicine show in Switzer's hall
will remain a week. They will find this
good show town but they will not soil
much medicine.
E. l. Armstrong and wife will go to
Sheridan, Wyoming, for Mrs. Arm.
strong's health. He has a job as book
keeper with a firm there.
Next Saturday is the corn contest
here. Come out with your best corn
and show what you have done tho last
year.
We have two men who come here reg
ular to take orders for liquor. One OF
them might be mistaken for a guerilla
if suddenly met with in the woods, es-
pecially if he were clad in wood clothes.
He looks like the business he is in, a
representative Of hell. They must get
patronage OF they would not come.
Watch who they deal with and perhaps
you will find hell vender. We have no
respect for the Judge or court who says
that to stop this would interfere with
interstate commerce. They would come
nearer the truth if they said it does in
terfere with commerce. They come here,
take an order, deliver the goods and
the express agent takes the money.
This in other goods makes lawful sale
and men are sued when other goods are
sold this way and judgment rendered
against them unless they pay. Our
United States supreme court handed
down decision of the Tennessee cigar
cite law that eulogized tobacco in this
way. They said that tobacco had been
an active article Of commerce for over
four hundred years, that probably no
other vegetable had contributed SO
much to the solace and comfort Of the
human race as tobacco and for that rea-
son they would not interfere. So we
have the cigarette and liquor shipped
| in yet. These are barbarian decisions
and we should put the men who make
them out Of Office. Such men and those
who sell liquor do moro harm than all
others combined, because most crimes
grow with or out Of the liquor traffic or
habit.
The Methodists started meeting
last Sunday evening to last some time.
Oscar Shields and family were visi-
tors at N. B. caves over Sunday. Mrs.
Shields is able to get around again.
8. G. jennings Jr. and family were
visiting his father last Sunday and
attended church in the evening.
Who would Of thought few weeks
ago when the snow covered everything
that by the middle of March the grass
would begin to get green. But such is
the fact and it is quite green in our
yard. We know that:
Behind the clouds the starlight turks,
Through showers, the sunbeans fall;
For God who oveth all His works,
Hath left his hope with all.
The sun shines through the clouds at
times, then the rain comes down, then
spring comes all at once.
Life is but sheet of paper white
Whereon each one of us may write
His word or two and then comes night
Though We have time but for o line
Be that sublime
Not failure, but low is crime
The rain Saturday interferred with
B. S. Bakers sale Of household goods he
got with the restaurant. N. B. Eaves was
the auotioneer, but the rain come up as
they We're just under good Roadway.
However the things we're all sold.
Mrs. VIM. Overholtzer is not any bet
tor yet and not able to move to town
and occupy their house recently pur-