The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-11-01
]. Letter from Joe Walker.


DEAR OLD REPORTER:
AS | want my paper changed from
Garden Grove to Chula, Mo-, will drop
the dear old boys of Decatur county a
few stammering thoughts as l have
nothing else to do down yonder in old
Missouri as the Decatur county people
seem to think. But with all the broil-
ing sun that has poured it's brilliant
rays on us this season, we have some
thing left yet to do. We think we have
made pretty good record in Living
ston county this year, that is good
many of US have. l myself last week
gathered ESQ bushels of corn besides
doing my chores, but of course that
amt much, as the southern people are
content with little. have 40 acres of
corn that will make right at the sixty
bushel mark. Il While that is no big
yield with rain, think it is pretty good
to make without rain. My neighbor
has ITO acres which he thinks will
make fifty bushels to the acre. While
there are some very poor pieces of
corn here there is lots of corn. The
hay.crop was a failure. And in con-
cluslon will refer you to Mr.. Neb.
bethards, now of Decatur county,
recently moved from here. He put
this c1op.of corn in that l spoke of.
Yes, poor old Neb waded the dust with
tearsain his.!eyes with that brilliant
sun following him every step that he
made. But when he started north it
wasn't long until he crossed the line
from the way the wheels of his wagon
were turning and from the way his
head projected in front of the team. I
told you | worked five days last week
and OF course l dressed up and went to
Chula on Saturday. The saloon was in
bloom and big short-horn cattle sale
in front Of the hotel. Cattle did not
sell very highs not so high as the
stump water at the saloon, but that is
not very hard to account for, as Chula
thessame as old Decatur county has q
sinking fund. suppose some different
from some funds, but from the members
l should judge that it was a pretty
rich institution Judging from those
large blue spots that are placed on
their noses by indellible ink that costs
them Hundreds, yes thousands Of
dollars. But we will not say anything
about this in Chula nor in deal
old.s Decatur county, as the mem
bers would say that l had gon,
back on them. l don't want t,
lose my membership there O
here. l will now try and come to m,
senses. A few weeks ago l passe,
Luther Logan's farm, and as the peopl
OF Decatur county know, or ought t
know, he has one of the best herds Q
Short Horn cattle that have seen for
long time. If there was ever herd q
good stuff such as money and brains ca
secure he has them, for was all owe
his farm and saw all his stuff, and will
say to the good people Of Decatur coun
ty, the cattle raisers, and there ough
to be good many more of them, 70
have the best or among the best cattl
raising country on earth. That is tn
way | have it, and think that ever
man who wants Short Horn cattle vii
put dollars in his pockets instead Q
quarters by investing few dollars il
some of Mr.. Logan's cattle, as they ar
very cheap for the kind. He is no polio
man but does right because he thinks
is right to do SO. So will close by say
ing that if l could drive down tina
beautiful street in Garden Grove tn
police would have to fight those oil
corn breeders to keep them from steal
ing my corn. Yours truly,
JOE WALKER.