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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26
B0WSH[R 4 BOWSHfR

day at Bruce Warren's.
Frank Meacham ate Easter dinner at
Floyd Lillard's.
Mrs. Ida Meacham and sons Frank
and Lawrence were calling at ]. W.
Worden's Sunday afternoon.
Charley Worden and family spent
Easter with Bruce Warren's.
Mrs. j. Delk and daughter, of Leon,
spent last week at J. Fl. Delks.
Newt Worden, Ella Seuifer and Esther,
Warren attended Easter services at
Weldon Sunday night.
George Newburn and best girl at
tended Easter services at Weldon Sun
day night.
G. D. Worden gave dinner Sunday in
honor of Miss Carma's fourteenth birth
day. A fine time reported.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Worden attended
church in Weldon Sunday night.
Nathaniel Boyce made his regular trip
to Weldon Sunday night.
Tom Boyce and Bill Taylor shipped
their fat cattle Saturday.
Mrs. j. w. Worden spent last Tuesday
afternoon with Mrs. Ida Meacham.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26
Center.

Mr.. Often is building on his land.
April % is Mr.. Evans sale day.
JAS. Bowsher has about so head of
mules on the Middlebrook farm.
Frank Long lost valuable mare.
Capt. Brown and son shipped stock
from Crown last Saturday.
Miss Goldie Stewart is teaching in
what is known as the Miller district
west of Kingston. She received very
pretty Easter lily by express from a
gentleman friend.
Auctioneer Merrill has oats ground
rented of Frank Gardner.
Frank Gardner and family gave a
splendid Easter dinner to number Of
their friends. Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner
made a present of new piano to their
daughters, Misses Clara Gardner and
Goldie Stewart.
Mr.. Brannen and wife drove down
home Saturday after household goods.
Mr.. Cain and wife, who live on the
Cal White farm, spent Sunday with their
granddaughter, Mrs. Roy Cannon, of
Eden township.
Jas. Hull has built an addition to his
house and the young folks gathered
there Saturday night to dedicate it
with social hop.
Mr.. Marvin is moving on Mrs. Jack
sons farm.
G. Offi.ld spent Sunday with John
Offield who lives on the old Cal White
farm.
James Beavers son has rented Henry
Vanos trand's farm.
Ed Parker and Henry Vanostrand
accompanied by their families will start
this week on an extended western trip
travelling with teams.
Miss Grace Cain spent Sunday with
Miss Lulu Housh.
Miss Berta Peck is teaching the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26
Pleasant Valley

Mr.. and Mrs. George Virden spent
Sunday at the home Of her brother, W.
A. Hill south of Leon.
George Virden was saving wood for
Horace Quigley Saturday.
John Attebury and wife, of Davis City
were visiting at W. A. Hills Sunday.
Tom Roberts and wife were Decatur
callers Saturday.
Miss Carrie Bibby is working for Mrs.
Horace Quigley.
M. and Mrs. W. A. Hill of south of
Leon, are the parents of fine boy.
Mrs. Riley Forkner, of Terre Haute,
was an over Sunday visitor at the home
of Cal Citizens.
Mrs. Horace Quigley was visiting at
Davis City the latter part of the week.
All smart up-to-date women of to-day
Know how to bake, wash, sing and to
play;
Without these talents wife is N. G.
Unless she takes Rocky Mountain Tea.
w. c. Stempel & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26
Salem.

T. L. Wynne was Pleasanton caller
Saturday.
Ella Conrey spent Sunday with Mrs.
Clark.
j. b. Dale and son Chester went to
Leon Friday.
Mrs. Minor and children Josephine
and George and Edd Still and wife Sun
dayed at M. Linden's
Ray Marvin called at the Slower home
Sunday.
Blanche Leeper spent Saturday night
and Sunday at w. V. lnmans.
Mrs. Slower and son George had bust
ness at Leon Friday.
Esther and Annie Peters spent Sun
day with Alice and Monte Still.
Lawrence Watson, of Missouri, Sun
dayed at the Drury home.
Sarah Robinson spent Sunday with
her brother j. Il. Robinson.
Alta Pryor spent one night last week
with Pearl and Vie Slower.
Mrs Slower spent Saturday night
with her daughter, Mrs. j. H. Mcdaniel.
]. B. Dale and family spent Sunday
with Mrs. Dale parents, Edd Barrett and
wife.
M. Linden and daughter Lesta were
Pleasanton ca lers Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, they cannot reach the dis
eased portion of the There is only one way to
cure deafness and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness is caused by inhamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Enstachian tube. When this
tnbe is infamed you have rumbling sound or i'm
is the result and unless the inammat can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal eond-
ton, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out OF ten are caused by catarrh which is nothing
but an infamed condition of the mucous surfaces
We will give one hundred dollars for any case Of
deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free
j. +. CHENEY Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26
DELAYED CORRESPONDENCE,
Lamont

Mr.. and Mrs. James Daughton visited
over Sunday with their daughter, Mrs.
Tapscott near this city.
Mrs. Campbell and children passed
through Lamont Friday enroute for
their home near Mt. Ayr.
Rev. Heckathorn filled his appoint
ment at the M. E. church Sunday.
Grace Longacre was Friday after
noon passenger for Des Moines where
she will spend about week.
Mr.. Tharp, of Davis City, was in La
moni Sunday.
Mabel Horner was Friday passenger
for Leon.
Frank Weld returned Saturday from
independence, Mo.
]. F. Ward, of Leon, spent Sunday in
Lamont.
Katie Patrick returned Tuesday from
Shenandoah where she had been attend
ing school.
Florence Peterson returned Friday
afternoon from Davis City.
The Easter services at the M. e.
church was well attended Sunday even
ing.
Cohall Buchanan was in Lamont Sat-
urday.
Walter Longacre transacted business
in Lamont Friday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26
Ganders Neck.

Jesse Wion was Lamont caller Fri
day.
Sowing oats is almost thing of the
past in this neighborhood.
Belle Smith spent Sunday at home.
John Ashburn, of Tuskeego, was seen
in this vicinity Sunday.
Joseph Bogue, wife and daughter
were Lamont callers Tuesday.
Allen Andrew and family visited at
Fl. Wion's Friday night and Saturday.
Rev. Heckathorn filled his regular APP
pointment at Pleasant Valley.
Chauncy Bogue was seen going
towards George Lloyd's Sunday.
George Lloyd and wife were Lamont
callers Friday.
Jesse wion called at c. M. Bedelrs
Sunday.
Pearl Barnes spent Sunday night and
Monday with her friend Gerata Bedell.
The ladies in this vicinity have organ
lied ladies aid society.
Fine timothy hay for sale Soc IT
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26
.veryDog
Has His Day
There Are Some Has BeenS

We have the champion prize fighters that knocked
John L. Sullivan used to be fighter but Jes punched him
and there by the three that
hence he is a has been.
Then there running and trong horses that
winners but there taking their places.
Then there wresers; always along
take the championship from him and through all pro
fessions, doctors, lawyers and politicians.
Then in Implements the time is past when the any
thing will alone sell and make customer real satisfied
Now have edge drop planter that has like amushroom
the night and has taken 81 of the best agents the
from the old lines when letters of intimidation and patent
suits did not stop them and the Sure Drop has mopped
the slate This planter will street exhibition Leon Iowa,
Saturday afternoon, April 2Sth and witness it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26
BOWSHER s. BOWSHER.

Linevile Iowa. April IA, 1906
Dear srThe Gale Sure Drop Planter purchased
the most perfect planter u accurate Drop
handle and does perfect work every way advise
all intending buy planter investigate the Drop before
buying | am it is the best N the
am yours truly IS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26

The snrest and safest remedy for
kidney and bladder diseases is Foley's
Kidney Cure. L. P. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26

Timothy, Glover and Millet at Bow
sher & Bowsher's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26
Sold by BOWSHfR & B0WSHfR.

Spring Valley, Iowa. April Il, 1906
BOWsHER & BOWSHER Leon, Iowa
In reply of the 10th Gale Sure
Drop Corn Planter will the best The most
drop handle and does perfect every
way and would advise all intending planter investigate
the Gale Sure Drop before buying think King of corn
planters. Yours very truly,
CLATTD ATIEY
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-04-26

Fine timothy hay for sale. See H. A.
Wright.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-02
For Purity of Elections.

United States Senator La Toilette
has introduced his second reform bill
aimed at purity in elections. 1t re-
quires an accounting of money expended
on elections, provides for the filing OF
statements of receipts and disburse-
ments of political committees and pro
hibits corporations from indirectly pay
ing or contributing any money, property
or things of value to any political com
bittee or to any candidate for any politi
cal committees and candidates for fed
eral offices to file statements of con-
tributions and expenditures and 5forblds
them from accepting contributions from
corporations or any employee of a cor,
poration. The penalty for contribu-
tions by evaporation is fixed at. from
81 900 to $4,000, and any person vollat,
ing the act may be fined from $500 to
So 900 or imprisoned up to five years
Senator La Toilette will, if he keep III
his. pace, fix, things so that poor mar
can stand some show of getting into the
United States senate. fi
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-02
CUPID AIDS AN IMMIGRANT.
Tracy Man to Go to Boston After His
Bride.

Tracy, Feb. 27-Peter Nelson, a
prosperous farmer, has gone to Boston
to meet Mrs. Christina Johnson, whom
he will bring back as his bride. The af-
fair is the elimination of a romance
with some unusual features.
Nelson's wife died about three years
ago, and upon the advice of friends he
began correspondence with Mrs. John
son, whose home was in Stockholm,
Sweden, and whom he had never seen.
The correspondents seemed to be well
satisfied with each other and agreement
to wed was finally reached and Nelson
sent money to bring the widow and her
daughter to America.
When she arrived at Boston, 1T is said,
her money was all gone and the immi-
grafton authorities were about to return
her to Sweden, when Nelson was noti-
fed of the predicament into which his
fiancee had fallen. He Immediately
started for Boston and on his arrival
there engaged a lawyer who untangled
the situation and Mrs. Johnson was al
lowed to land Nelson is said to have
a bank account of $4,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-02
OPPOSED TO DEATH PENALTY
Governor Johnson Will Recommend
Abolition Of Capital Punishment.

st. Paul, Feb. Ex-Governor johnson
will recommend in his message to the
next legislature the abolition of capital
punishment in the state of Minnesota.
This comes from source so close to
the states chief executive that it can
not be disputed, although the governor
himself has nothing to say for publica-
ton on the subject.
Governor johnson abhors the inflc-
ton of the death penalty. He believes
its present sanction in most of the
states of the Union, is simply survival
of a relic of the past, and the sooner it
is done away with the better
IF l as governor personally had to
aid in the execution of condemned
man." he is said to have recently re-
marked to a friend, 81 would resign my
office in preference TO- carrying out such
a duty" And he doubtless meant what
he said, for his experience with execu-
tions has been anything but pleasant.
The governor has Just finished an in
vestigation of the hanging of William
). -.liams in the Ramsey county Jail by
Sheriff Anton sMiesen, The gruesome
story that the rope holding the swaying
body of the condemned man had to be
held up by deputies because the rope
was too long, while the man strangled
grated on the governors, nerves. He
found, however, that the, letter of the
law had been carried out by the sheriff
so nc further action will be taken
The proposition to pass anti-capital
punishment legislation in Minnesota is
not new. AT the last session bill to
abolish the death sentence was father
ed in the house by Representative
John Lund of Minneapolis, and though
the measure was strongly advocated by
the author and number of friends of
the idea, it failed to pass. Doubtless
with strong recommendation of the
states chief executive, a bill to abol-
ish capital punishment would have
much better chance of becoming law.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-02
OLD RESIDENT GONE.
Death Of Mrs. Eleanor Jones, Sunday
~ Afternoon.

From Mondays Daily.
Mrs. Eleanor Jones died yesterday af-
ternoon at four O'Clock at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Humphrey Roberts on
Soath Broad street, of chronic bron-
chitis, after an illness of two years.
She was born in Gyntolanfechein, coun.
ty of Trefalown, Wales, Sept. 9th,
1898, and was married Jan. 9th, 1857.
Her husband died ten years ago, but
she leaves two sons and two daughters,
Ed N. Jones of Judson, Evan Arthur
Jones of Aberdeen, S. d., Mrs. Humph-
rey Roberts of this city, and Mrs. Win
nifred Clark of Minneapolis. She also
leaves one brother, Evan L. Evans OF
Judson.
Mrs. Jones was an excellent lady and
had wide acquaintance, as she had re-
sided in the county for thirty nine
years, the last four years with her
daughter in this city. Her death is
greatly regretted by all.
Funeral services will be held at ten
o'clock tomorrow forenoon at the resi-
dence of Mr.. and Mrs. Roberts, and at
1880 O'Clock at the Welsh c. Nj.
church on State street. The remains
will be taken to Judson on the l2:l5 p.
m. train for burial. ,a
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-02
KEITH IS NOMINEE.
Mankato Man Named for Supreme
Court Clerk BY Socialists.

Minneapolis, Feb. 24.-After two days
of warm debate the state convention OF
the public ownership, otherwise known
as the socialist party, came to a close
yesterday at McElroy hall, 723 Nicollet
avenue, Minneapolis. The following tic
ket was nominated.
Governor, 0. E. LOTUS of Shelby
Mimi; lieutenant governor, B. b. Nor
ledge of st. Paul; secretary of state
Charles Rowles of Libby, Mimi; treas
urer, John Kolu of Hibbing, Mimi; au-
ditor, c.. f. Williams of Minneapolis
railway commissioner, t. O. SANDY OF
Wrenshall, Mimi. attorney general, NJ
A. Brattland of Ada, Mimi; clerk OF
supreme court, E. c. Keith of Mankato
Mimi.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-02

an ex-president should work. There are
people in this country, however, who feel
that ex- presidents should be petted and
fondled, cared for at government ex-
pense. The Free Press is of the opinion
that a man of Theodore Roosevelts
temperament would not want gratuity
bestowed upon him, after he leaves the
White House. Upon his retirement
from the presidential chair, Mr.. Roose-
welt will still be a young man. He will
not have reached fifty years of age. He
will be in prime condition to work if
his inclination is in that direction, and
we apprehend that it will be, as no man
of his energy and willingness to do
things could remain i'll idleness. He will
be able to earn q good salary, and that
being the case he will not be entitled
to pension. There is no more reason
why ex-presidents should receive pen
sion than eX-congressmen and ex-sen-
ators. Representative Suffers bill is
but another species of extravaganza that
is making this government burden for
the people to support.
The st. Paul Dispatch criticises the
Sulzer bill with faint praise:
"What shall we do with our ex-presi-
dents 2" was once a very important ques-
ton, when there We're eX-presidents, and
when the possibility of their not having
had enough, and attempting to over
throw the government, was to be feared.
Now, with only one eX-president in the
running. and with him not taking a
very swift pace, nothing more serious
is under consideration than a retirement
on half pay, that is on $4,000 year.
A New York representative has offered
congress such bill. Since the presi-
dent is commandment chief of the army,
doesn't he come, under the pension ex-
tension, which grants Il pension to sol
diers after they have passed the retir-
ing age? That would cut down the pen
sion to be paid, but then we cannot tell
at what moment our eX-presidents will
become numerous again. Perhaps the
main difficulty would be in determining
the retiring age. Tire lady readers of
Mr.. Bok's famous journal have not
found Mr.. Cleveland very near this age.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-02
DISEASE PROBE PROPOSED.
An investigation Of the Peculiar All.
ment of Cattle.

L
Minneapolis, Feb. 26.-Dr. S. H.
Wood, secretary of the state live stock
sanitary board, is deeply interested in
tie bill introduced by Congressman C.
K. Davis, calling for an appropriation of
S., 200 for the purpose of carrying on in
vestigations covering the cause and
mode of contagion of several diseases
which affect live stock in Minnesota. The
investigations are to be carried out at
the agricultural experiment station un-
der the direction of the secretary of
agriculture.
DR.. Ward took up the matter with
Congressman Davis two years ago and
with the help of Minnesota representa-
| tWes at that time the department of
agriculture was induced to send out DR..
A. A. Holcombe to investigate. He re-
ported the existence of two diseases;
Ii. e. hemorrhagic septicemia in cattle,
and swamp fever in horses, and recon-
mended that Investigations be carried
| on.
I No further action was taken by the
department Of agriculture because of
lack of funds. The live stock sanitary
board have, however, been carrying on
Investigations whenever possible. The
work, which has been under the direc
| ton of DR.. w. L. Beebe, the boards bac-
tericlogist, has of necessity been slow,
the sanitary boards appropriation being
small.
There have occurred serious losses
| from these diseases in Minnesota, and
the sanitary board have been unable to
| intelIigently advise any measures for
their control, consequently outbreaks OF
| the two diseases mentioned are invari-
ably received by the board with a great
deal of worry.
"The two diseases" says DIR. Ward,
"are evidently caused by germ, which
belongs to GROUP which is responsible
for many peculiar diseases in various
parts of the world and which have SO
far remained unsolved.
Swamp fever, as it is called, appears
principally in the northern section of
the state, being particularly prevalent
in the Red river valley country. Many
outbreaks are reported to the sanitary
board, where on investigation it is
found that the entire herd of horses up
on farm are infected and ultimately
die. Many farmers in the particular
region where the disease exists, have
been kept poor replacing horses to carry
on their farm operations.
"Hemorrhagic septicemia, which ap-
pears to be essentially a disease affect
ing cattle, is distributed in all sections
of the state. In many outbreaks the
disease causes the death of the cattle
so rapidly that the owners first intima-
zion of any trouble is the finding OF one
or more dead animals. The disease ire
quently takes the entire herd of cattle.
1t does not seem to spread to ADJOINING
farms, and the outbreaks are far re-
moved from each other. The investiga-
lions carried on by the board have fail
ed to connect one outbreak with an
other, and its mode of origin has proven
a problem"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-02
Pensions and Ex-Presidents.

A New York dispatch brings this piece
of news before the public:
Representative Sulzer of New York
wants to make Grover Cleveland a
birthday present. He does not refer to
it in that light, for his bill to appro-
pirate $4,000 year to eX-presidents of
the United States is not designed spec
tally for the benefit of the sage of
Princeton. Yet he is the only man who
would benefit by it, for no other former
incumbent of the chief magistracy is liv-
ing.
"Mr.. Cleveland's birthday comes on
March 49,. Then he will be sixty mine
years old. 1t has now been twenty
one years since Cleveland was first in.
augurated.
"John Adams, inaugurated in 1877
lived twenty mine years afterward. JEFF
ferson survived twenty-five years after
the beginning of his first term. Madi-
son went him two years better and liv-
ed twenty years. John Quincy
Adams made a record of twenty nine
years, Martin Van Buren, twenty-fi
and Tyler twenty-one, the same as
Cleveland. Fillmore lasted twenty-four.'
1t is hoped that the house of represen
tatives will have the good sense to Kill
the Sulzer bill. Why should ex-presi-
dents be pensioned? There is no sound
reason for it. Grover Cleveland has
money in plenty to live on during the
balance of his days. If he has de-
sire to accumulate, more he has a profess
sion, the practice of which would bring
him in good returns, and no sensible
person would consider it disgrace il
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-02
WILL GENERATE POWER.
Plans for Construction Of Hydro
Electric Plant at Otsego.

Minneapolis, Feb. 24.-Colossal plans
for the construction of an enormous
hydro electric power station capable OF
generating $4,000 horse power within
twenty-five miles of Minneapolis have
been definitely decided upon by the Great
Northern Development company of Du-
luth, of which C. C. Cokefair is president
This great work will be undertaken IN
the Mississippi river at the village OF
Otsega near Elk River and will repre-
sent an investment of between $1,000
600 and $4OOO,O00. 1t rs contemplated
to build electric lines out of Minneapo-
lis and st. Paul in all directions.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-02
WIDELL QUARRIES.
Business Men Feel That General Wi :
dell Should Operate Them.

From Saturdays Daily.
1t is rumored that General Widell
may decide to locate in Wisconsin, and
take the lease of some stone quarries
there, and continue his work with the
railroads This has stirred up some of
the citizens, who believe that it would
be a misfortune to the city for him not
to conduct the quarries that he has SO
long and successfully conducted in this
city. 1t is felt that some arrangement
should be made whereby he can secure
a lease of his old quarries, but if this
could not be done and if the quarries
must be sold, it has been suggested that
company be organized by Mankato
business men to buy them and then give
a contract of sale to Cen. Widell, SO that
he could take charge of them and even
tually own them again himself! = :,
General Widell would prefer to re-
main in Mankato and it is said that
several moneyed men of the city have
expressed a willingness to put money in
to such a company. This is matter
that the Board of Trade should take
up. The operation of the quarries the
way that General Widell has operated
them for years past has been worth
more to the city than half a dozen fac
tories such as it has been seeking.
With several hundred men employed at
good wages, and most of them support
ing families in the city, the pay roll has
quickly found its way into the channels
of trade.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1906-03-02
Former st. Peter Resident Dead.

From Mondays Daily.
William McOuat, a former resident OF
st. Peter, died Saturday night in Min
neapolis, following an operation. Mr..
McOuatt was native of Canada and
came to Traverse DIES Sioux years ago.
For a number of years he was mail car
rier from Ford Ridgley to the Chippewa
river. He was at one time chief OF po-
lice of st. Peter. During his incumbency
Mr.. McOuat fought street duel with
mob of drunken toughs who had at
tempted to run the town.