The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-12-28
Grand River +

We learn that VIC. Ward, of Kansas !
City, has purchased DR.. Guffy's inter
ests at Kellerton and will make regular
visit to Grand River. Special extrac-
ton under somnoform the new anes-
thctic. His next visit being Jan. ID, to
20, 1906.
w. II. Young, of Mitchell, South
Dakota, came in Saturday for visit.
He is we'll pleased with the country, he
has been there several years and is
doing we'll. $3.50.
james Trower, of Wayne county, is
here visiting his mother this week
He and his family, Will and his family
and their. mother will have. family
reunion.
George Young and Wood Binning re-
turned from Dakota where Young
bought farm joining land which MIR.
Binning had bought some time since.
MIR. Young will move soon.
Will Trower and family are visiting.
his mother over Christmas. He still has
the job as engineer on the railroad.
John Bryant will move to town as
soon as he can secure a house.
A. II. SwitZer will build u new house
in the spring.
Mrs. b. G. Bay who has been visit
ing her mother Mrs. Bradshaw re-
turned to her home near Clio last week.
George Durham and wife, of Charlton,
are visiting parents and relatives.
Miss Letta Sloan is home for Christ
mas vacation. Miss Sloan has the re-
putation of being the best Hello! girl in
the county, she will return to her duties
at Van Vert soon. - ss 80.
Christmas was well observed here
and everything was orderly and quiet. y
Fern and Frena Boeger will spend.
vacation with their aunt Mrs. }. p.
Kline, at Weldon.
We,are glad to see Leon taking hold
of the liquor nuisance. lndict these
places for keeping and maintaining a
nuisance. We like to see the healthy
tnrn some of our papers are taking
in the matter. The Lamont Chronicle
gave us one last week taken from
the Ringgold Record now THE REPORT
Err says some good things. But Leon
wants everything that is good but no
saloon, as no good ever came from n
saloon they are home slestroyers, crime
builders, and develope all that is
base in man. Many thoughtless people
think prohibition a failure and that a
saloon would be better as we would get
something out of it and we would have
no more drinking. Prohibition by state
alone is hard but much good has been
done. Between the democratic and
republican parties on one hand and
the corrupt officials and liquor on the
other, prohibition has been merciless
diabollically and ANONYMOUSLY crucifi-
ed between two thieves. If example be
necessary will give you one that took
place in our own county as told by a
though sometimes romancing historian,
and thereby hangs a story that will
point moral and adorn a tale. Once
town was going to have a reunion
they wanted a crowd and the expense
would he considera BILE, and a misguided
inhuman wretch (Which all liquor
vendors are) caught the council napp-
ing offered them a corruption sum for
the privilege of running hell hole il
tent ON the ground. The council
having no colonel among them to stand
as firm as the rock of ages against this
weakly surrendered the honor OF their
town to this wretch. saying we will
have TO give a certain Official part Of
it so he will keep still. This was ac-
cordingly done the money paid and the
corrupt official got his part, which was
fifty dollars. Alter The yender had run
awhile the corrupt official went to him
! and said: see here you are selling liquor
! contrary to law, tho vcnder said know
it but fixed it with the council and
they with the other fellow naming him
The corrupt says an, him;you will have
to pay me a hundl ed dollars or | will
have you prosecuted, the poor wretch
having no stamny dug up. The historian
commenting on this said, did not
blame him for selling out once but dam
him when he did it twice. This is the
way prohibition has, sbssn 4cruciiied in
our count y and no doubt it has Jared bet
ter here than in any county in the state
We have more respect for the worst
homeless dog in the street than any
liquor vender, hut ii he pays the
revenue AS demanded by tho rotten
government law he is a decent man as
compared to such corrupt officials, OF
Il court that will say that it interfears
with the interstate commerce not hay
ing jugs of liquor shipped into Iowa
Which is why remark and my language
is plain, that for ways that are dark
aud for tricks that are vain the liquor
business is peculiar, which the same
am free to maintain. That riilainous
doctrine OF legallZlng the ilquor traffic
is the infamous crime our nation has
ever been partner to, and 1t lie the
saloon must so. What We need is not
more saloons but more writer's like
William Lloyd Garrison, Wendall
Phillips and Harriet Beacher Stowe and
an army OF voters to put it down.
Why build homes, churches and schools
with licensed saloons to tear down all
the good done in them. Crime will al
wavs exist withnut legalizing it in any
/ furn. Never vote iuf saloon under
/ amy circumstances.
Sweet Creek.
The exercises at the Elk chapel Satlr-
! day night was well attended.
y. Gentry was a Lamont caller Friday.
Oscar. Orville and Eliza Wills spent
Sunday with their sister Mrs. George
Actauhey.
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