The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-09-14
Grand River.

regular VISITS 10 Grand River, his next
visit being Sept. 10 to %, 1906.
Mrs. 7. B. Sloan and daughter, Winnie,
drove to Elk to visit George Sloan and
family last Sunday.
Vim. Green has some of the best
wheat the miller has seen this fall that
he raised on his farm.
Mrs. j. II. Davis is at Grimes Wis ting
her daughter, Mrs. w. Kingsman.
George Buel has rented Jake Switzer's
house in the southwest part OF town and
has taken possession.
W. B. Cox has departed for the Nj. E.
confence to be absent about week.
Harrison Brown, Marsh Burchett and
wife, and others left for the west to
visit relatives and see the Lewis &
Clark exposition at Portland.
Alex Keller was home over Sunday
from tlMeshing; he has about weeks
work yet.
c. w. Mccarthy was home from Des
Moines over Sunday.
VIM. Kelley of Ringgold was here last
Saturday trading. Kelley is one of our
best farmers.
j. A. and A. Weldon had over eight
bushels Of timothy seed to the acre.
They have some fine clover which they
got along with the rest.
Lloyde Gillreath will go to Dakota as
he has rented a farm there.
Work has begun on j. r. Snyder's
best in the country.
Mrs. j. f. Kinds returned from a visit
to Leon where she had been attending
the reunion.
Joe H. Edwards of Long Creek had
business here Saturday.
Frank Overholtzer is building a new
house on his farm west of town; it is
nearly ready for plastering. w. B. Day
will do the plastering Geo. Lee and
Palmer are doing the carpenter work.
Harry Carmachel, OF Tingley, is here
plastering the new bricks.
IL. p. Brothers left on the morning
train going west where he has work in
his line, the latter part of the week he
is going east. His talent is being re-
cogniZed.
Capt. II. G. Jennings is very sick. We
hope it will prove nothing serious.
Jess Combs is home from Idaho where
he has been for the past year. He will
return in the spring If not before. He
is we'll pleased with the west.
VIM. Green went to help Ike Brown
FuS III a SCilSuC Walk dFOullu HIS mouse
on his farm near Terre Haute.
d. o. Jennings and wife left for their
home in Wewoka, Indian Territory, last
week. Dave thinks there will be
great chance for man there when the
Indians can give good title to the
land and Wnen they get statehood
which will come soon.
Mr.. G. w. Straight of near Elk was
n h1c hn, 1oo L.
Jane Switzer, has L. p. Edwards build
ing him more lumber sheds.
We have three lumber yards here you
can find plenty of opposition on lumber
as we'll as other things. Come to Grand
River when you want lumber.
We Still have some fellow who is too
miserable lazy to work for an honest
living and is selling strong drink here.
Inns is so bad that some workmen are
sometimes in nlaudlin condition, not
being able to work. There is hardly d
day that someone is not injured by that
reprobate selling the juice of hell. If
we have to be punished in this way let
some one sell it who is crippled both
mentally and physically not able to
make living any other way then he will
not lnlure the community more than all
thieves in it. We are utterly opposed
to this traffic and have no use or re-
spect for man who will do it, knowing
that he is menace to every home in
our land and the destroyer of many of
them. How long are we going to stand
silently by and see our fellow men
ruined in this way without making an
effort to remedy the evil? 1t is our
fault if we do not do something against
1t. We can have the kind Of law we
want in this land. Do you want Your
boy to be blockhead, bleareyed swagg-
er just because some lazy reprobate
wants to sell liquor. A man must have
very bad heart to start in this bust
ness saying nothing of being engaged in
1T all OF his life and being the prime
cause of the ruin OF happiness of many
OF his neighbors all for little money
because ne has not the energy to earn
it in some honorable way. Think of
our ruined and misspent life that should
be help and solace to mankind worse
than wasted in such hellish business
How long are we going to stand it,?
Think OF this and act as it is best for
your family and neighborhood. Let us
do something now. Wonder where the
W. G. 7. {. is. Every community has
personality of it's own analogous in
many ways to that of the individual
members who compose it,and with towns
as with men the character developed in
early years has an enduring influence.
What shall ours be? We must answer.
1t is in our hands. How shall we mould
1T. We mean you.