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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-06-21
Rogers Clark. Above the entrance
facing the south is the inscription of
dedication: ITO lndiana's Silent Vic


tors"
Thursday afternoon the ladies of the
party were rendered reception at the
beautiful home of Mrs. Mary Wright
Sewall, and on the same evening there
was reception for the ladies and gem
tlemen at the Propylaeum, under the
auspices of the Propylaeum Association,
which is composed of many of the we'll
known ladies of Indianapolis.
A visit to the Winona Technical
School was greatly enjoyed. At this
school practical education is given
young men in the various trades, in
Guiding civil engineering, electrical on
gineering, architecture, sign painting,
printing, lithographing, metal working,
etc. OF course the printing department
was the chief attraction for the editors.
Here they have a model printing plant
with the latest machinery and type and
young men are given practical know
ledge OF the art and are able to COM
mand top wages when they leave the
school. The school is located on grounds
formerly used by the U. S. government
as an arsenal, by the citizens of Indian
apolis at cost of over S15O,OOO. 1t is
the most complete school of the kind in
the world.
The business session of the associa-
tion closed Friday forenoon and upon
adjournment the members were taken
IN carriages to the depot to meet vice.
president Fairbanks, who came direct
from Washington City to meet the edi-
tors in his home town, and the process
sion which escorted him to his home
passed through the principal streets,
headed by band and squad of police.
Ihe same afternoon reception was
rendered the editors and their ladies at
the Fairbanks home, where they were
each introduced to vice-president Fair
banks and his hospitable wife. The
vice president is tall man, pretty bald,
and we have met better looking men,
but he is not at all cold or dignified and
greeted each with hearty hand-shake
and had few words for each one.
When we were introduced from Iowa he
took it for granted we were relative
OF congressman Hull and republican,
but we soon dispelled both illusions and
assured him we was an Iowa democrat
At this reception we also met George
Ade, the famous humorist, who is a very
modest little man and who freely ac-
knowledged he could not make speech
but said he was glad to meet us. James
Whltcomb Riley, the "Hoosier Poet"
was also present and recited one of his
poems. We were also addressed by
Gov. Hanley of Indiana and Gov. Hoch
of Kansas, the latter member of the
editorial association, the mayor of In
dianapolis and other celebrities, and
then partook of delicious refreshments
and the entire party were photograph
ed, grouped around Mr.. and Mrs. Fair
banks on the lawn. 1t is impossible to
tell all about the pleasant time we had
at Indianapolis, for it would take pages
of THE REPORTER to do so.
Friday evening we were the guests of
ninety Indiana editors at reception
and luncheon at the German house, and
on Saturday morning at a. m. about
300 of the party will leave on four
day trip to various points of interest in
Indiana, about which we will endeavor
to tell our readers in our next letter.
O. ID. HULL
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-06-21
THE SUMMER SCHOOL
Opened Monday With FIatterine
AttendanCe---lt will Continue
for Five Weeks.

The Decatur County Normal and Sum-
mer school opened at the high school
building on Monday Morning, under
tiattering conditions, the enrolment be-
ing eighty the first week. AS the school
will continue for five weeks and stu
dents may enter at any time the attend
ance before it closes will be quite large.
Two sessions are held daily, the hours
being from 7:45 a. m. to l1:40 a. M, and
from 1:3O p. m. to $3.50 p. m., all under
the direction of Prof. Eli Hutchinson as
conductor. His assistants are among
the best educators Of southern Iowa and
those who attend the summer school
will certainly receive the best results.
The last two weeks will embrace the
regular normal institute, and at that
time the attendance will be largely in
creased, as many of the older teachers
do not care to attend the entire five
weeks. Following is the enrolment for
the first week:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-06-21
Washington, D. c.
Another Record Breaker Buggy
Sales.

The list below shows the buggy sales
at our Leon store the past week, two
being sold during the week and seven
on Saturday:
D. H. Hubbard, spring wagon.
Lucy Peck, buggy.
Fred Beers, buggy.
Chas. Hedreck, buggy.
Jas. Marvin, buggy.
Mike Griffin, Concord Drive.
Rolla Chastain, buggy.
Milton Watson, buggy.
Roy Cannon, surrey.
Bowsher & Bowsher.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-06-21
Baptist Church Services.

Business at the Baptist church next
Saturday at 2:3O. A large attendance
of the membership is desired.
Prof. W.. A. Young, of Pella, will de-
liver an address at IL a. m. next Lords
day, subject-"Christain Education
Open air gospel service on court
house lawn next Lords day evening at
z o'clock. Preaching also at the church
at s O'Clock.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-06-21
Gem City Business College, Quincy
Illinois.

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College in America. 20 teachers, 140O
students, and 100000 College Building.
Bookkeeping, Shorthand and Type
writing, Penmanship, Banking, Etc.
Graduates readily secure employment.
Write today for 64-page Illustrated
Catalogue Free, showing how to qualify
for good situation as stenographer or
bookkeeper. Address,
d. L. Musselman, Pres,
43-1Ot Quincy, Illinois.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-06-21

a GRADE
LYDIA Epperly, Leon.
Linnie Gardner, Leon.
Helen Gardner, Leon.
Ruey Hazlet, Leon.
Katherine Asbach, Davis City.
Veta Scott, Davis City.
Alton Hembree, Davis City.
Margaret Crawford, Leon.
Albina Crawford. Leon.
Ella Seufer, Garden Grove.
Eta Nedrig, Lake Mill.
Vena M. Edwards, Pleasanton.
Alta Hauenstein, Grand River.
Ethel King, Van Vert.
Frances Swope, Leroy.
]. A. Dunn, Leon.
Sylvia Vandel, Pleasanton.
b GRADE
Mrs. Elsie McMurtry, Weldon.
Myrtle Rumley, Leon.
Winnie Housh, Leon.
Laura Leonard, Leon.
Ruby Hazlet, Leon.
Eliza Bunch, Leon.
Halle Freeman, Davis City.
Georgia Rudibaugh, Leon.
jamie Evans, Leon.
Lula Newcomer, Leon.
Marie Baker, Leon.
Ella Bronson, Grand River.
Mabel Straight, Lamont.
Nellie Smith, Leon.
Emmett Daughton, Grand River.
G GRADE
Ora Sutterlin, Lineville.
Leila Woolsey, Pleasanton.
Sophia Adkins, Davis City.
Myrta Walters, Davis City.
Bess Sullivan, Leon.
Susie Priest, Decatur.
Gertrude Luce. Weldon.
Cecilia Cotfey, Weldon.
Nora Rogers, Davis City.
Olive Evans, Leon.
Christina Kyle, Leon.
Della McCarty, Lineville.
Eva SHUTS, Weldon.
Marie Barrett, Leon.
Nellie Mullins, Decatur.
R. E. Ross, Decatur.
W. G. Wise, Leon.
Maggie Lunney, Kellerton.
d GRADE
Mae Sell, Leon.
Ethel McCarty, Lineville.
frankie Adkins, Davis City.
Zada McMurtry, Weldon.
Floyd Morgan, Andover, Mo.
Ida Fulton, Davis City.
Brent Tye, Pleasanton.
Lizzie Folmer, Leon.
Mary Rumley, Leon.
B. Carl Mcdaniel, Davis City.
Jane Priest, Decatur.
Gretchen Myers, Leon.
Minnie Lewis, Leon.
Fern Pryor, Leon.
Edna Crawford, Leon.
Merle Evans, Leon.
Grace Bennett, Garden Grove.
Ancil Dunham, Lineville.
Walter Watsebaugh, Leon.
Minnie M. Painter, Decatur.
Minnie Miller, Leon.
Lula Shuts, Weldon.
Rose Lamoree, Van Vert.
Lucy CARRIER, Leon.
Edna Shy, Leon.
Olive Millsap, Decatur.
Zilpha Monroe, Lamont.
Lesta Linden, Pleasanton.
Mabel Lloyd, Lamont.
Winona Frisby, Kellerton.
Win Matsler, Leon.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21
MISSIONARY WORK.

An interesting contribution to the
literature of the ate-legislation ques.
ton is senate document No. 249, issued
March 5. 1t is a collection of tele-
grams in relation to the Hepburn bill
sent to S. B. Elkins, chairman of the
senate committee on interstate COM
merce. They bear dates from Febru-
try to February %, and came from
points on the Milwaukee railway sys-
tenn in Wisconsin,, Minnesota, Iowa
and the Dakotas
The general tenor of these dispatches
is that the senders oppose the passage
of the Hepburn bill. especially without
Incorporating a provision for judicial
review. In many cases apprehension
is expressed as to the effect of the
measure and declaring that in it's pres
ent form it would be a detriment to
business prosperity in the west.
A noticeable point with reference to
these dispatches is that a great many
of them, from widely separated points.
are worded exactly alike, showing that
they have been solicited, and that the
form of the telegram was suggested by
someone else. 1t looks as if the Mil
waukee road had been doing some mis-
sionary work through it's agents, re
quiring them to procure these tele-
grams from men who might be expect
ed to be opposed to any change in
present conditions.
Another popularity of the mes
sage is the frequency with which the
expression "to make rates" occurs, and
the protest against the commission
having the power to make rates"
Not one of them. however,, makes
the definite statement that they are
opposed to the commission having the
power to set aside an unreasonabl.
rate and to name a reasonable one il
its place, which is all the advocates of
rate regulation want to do.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21
PANTS AND VESTS.

The Difference Between Them AM
Trousers and WaistcOats.
Why do the trade journals ignore the
word pants" and what is the differ
ence between "trowsers" and 'trou-
sers" and between west" and waist
coat?" asks a correspondent of the
Clothier and Furnisher.
Pants, is an Authorization Of pan
taloons," word foisted upon us by
the French, though possibly derived
from the Italian "pantaleon," which,
according to the poet Byron, has an i'll
defined connection with the lion Of st.
Marks, in Venice. 'TrOwsers'' is old
English modernized into trousers"
which is the proper spelling. "Vest''
is an abbreviation of "vestment." An
other poet, Oliver Wendell Holmes,
traces it to Londoners in his line which
says:
The dangerous waistcoat. called by cock
neys west"
Genteel usage declares pants" to be
vulgar, though it and "pantaloons" and
"vest' have their place in trade and so
receive recognition. We end the matter
with another quotation from Holmes:
The thing named pants in certain docu-
ments,
A word not made for gentlemen. but
gents
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21
HIDDEN POWER OF VESTED IN
TERESTS.

Mr. Roosevelt is ready to make any
sacrifice necessary to win the rate
contest. These sacrifices not only in
clude measures that should be passed
by congress, but they involve personal
friendships. political ties, social rela-
tions and other considerations that try
strong men and invariably move weak
men. 1t seems ironical in the extreme
that in his final stand for the people
as against the predatory trusts and
corporations. Theodore Roosevelt
should be deserted even by most of
the members of his cabinet, by some
of his oldest and most trusted friends
in the senate and deliberately and
hagrantly misrepresented by some of
the leading papers hitherto giving him
their unqualified support.
1t all means that the power of the
railroads and the trusts, great as it
has been known to be. is even greater
than the people knew. And this will
he the hitherto unwritten history
1t will be the exposure Of the real re-
iations between the corporations and
certain public men.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21
THE BITULITHIC SHAM.

If the bituithic pavement laid on
East Main street between First and
Palouse is a fair sample of that kind
of pavement it would be hard for the
city to find anything worse. Work on
the roadbed of the new street railway
has revealed the true nature of the
that the wearing surface of this pave
ment is only from a half to an inch
and a half in thickness and that it can
be easily pried loose and broken into
pieces with a board. Then the foun-
dation can be shoveled out like any
pile of crushed rock.
1t is plain that such a pavement will
soon give way in places. and when it
once starts to break it's further useful
ness will be forever ended.
1t will probably be claimed by the
Warren Construction company that
this pavement was not intended to be
permanent, as it was known that the
street railway tracks would soon be
extended to Palouse street but there
was no contract for temporary or de-
fective pavement with the city, and
the property owners in that assess
ment district are liable for the full
contract cost of the pavement.
1t seems that inspection work on
behalf of the city was as worthless as
the pavement itself. Everything the
Warren company chose to do in laying
the pavement was accepted regardless
of the specifications of the contract.
The same sort of defective work was
shown when the first section of the
street railway was laid, and there is
little reason to doubt that the same
kind of work has been done by the
Warren company wherever it has had
a contract in this city.
Excavations for gas and water SER
vice on East Alder street first showed
that the thickness of the wearing sur
face was not according to the specifica-
tons. and it is a safe bet that tests
would show the same defect on every
street where the bitluithic pavement
has been laid.
In the face of such damaging dis
closures as to the poor work being
done by the Warren Construction COM
pany it is not easy to understand why
any city council would be so eager to
award contracts to the same company
for paving so additional blocks. be-
sides the pavement to be laid on North
Fourth, Elm, West Main and Spo-
kane streets.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21
CONDITIONS ALONG THE PANAMA
CANAL.

The New York Independent, which
published Poultney Bigelow's article
severely criticizing conditions in ad-
ministration along the Panama canal,
sent two representatives to Panama to
report on the situation there. These
representatives were DR.. Slosson and
Mr.. Richardson Of the Independent
staff. preliminary statement appears
in the current issue. While they do
not utterly repudiate Bigelow's work.
they practically admit that it was
hasty careless and unfair and in
large measure untruthful. They find
that while in the past there has been
great deal of waste of time and
money, the conditions today are de-
serving of commentator rather than
criticism They find that what is now
being done is wise and we'll considered
preparation for the great task in hand.
They say the work of digging the
canal is progressing very slowly and
without adequate machinery or other
facilities. They find, however, that
the sanitary conditions have been
greatly improved and are now such
as to command admiration for the in
telligence displayed in that RECORD.
They find an excellent esprit de corps
among the men from Chief Engineer
Stevens to the common laborers. The
district is we'll policed, the conduct
of the employees, both black and white.
is remarkably good in comparison with
that of men engaged on similar work
in the United States.
Chief Engineer Stevens, "by his
iMsthe Mr.wonrmt shrdlu cmwfyppp
democratic manner and business-like
ways, has won the regard and even the
confidence and affection of all his en-
ployes'' Even the devoted adherents
of Mr.. Wallace, who deplored his re-
moval. are frank in their admiration
for the efficiency of his successor
The sanitary work under General Cor
gas is pronounced by the representa-
tives of the Independent as a triumph
of applied science. Yellow fever is ex-
tinct and as much is being done to
keep down other diseases and to care
for the men who get them as could
reasonably be expected.
Altogether the report of the investi-
gators is highly favorable to the gov
eminent for while it recognizes that
the work is proceeding slowly and that
it has up to date cost more than it is
worth, the present condition of thing.
is assuring Of satisfactory results in
the future and evidence of capable and
intelligent management. This testi-
mony is the more valuable in view o
the fact that it was the Independent
which gave publicity to Bigelow'
sweeping charges of incompetency
waste and failure.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21
Studies of the Vernacula

Studies of the Vernacular.
"Saylilv' exclaimed the girl at the
handkerchief counter.
"Wotsmatter now?" asked the girl al
the ribbon counter.
"Aintchoogittin nufteet?"
"Wojjaskin thatfurw
Observation-Disclosures thin"
"Aintnutherr'
"Yartoo. Betterficksher back hair
Scummin down.
"Quitcherrubberin. Mine jeroan biz. .
But she fixed her back hair.
"Saylil."
"Saycherseff."
"JevvergitcherfOrchu told %
"Yeh-wunsertwice. Ever gitchoorsT
"Yeh. Ootola juh?'
"Erdkitsmith sayinso. CumtrooT
'Notchett"
'"ThinkitwiilY
"Lykaznot Letchoono fit does"
"Sayjen. Juno Kittenbills keepin-
cumpnyY
"Awka moffr'
'Stroo lima stannineer."
"Howjeerit?"
"Sallright. Yooleerabout it soonu6.
Sayjen, canchooketch on
Say. there. you girlsv' interrupted
the fOorwalker. who happened along
at this moment. go back to your Gus.
tomers!'- Chicago Tribune.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21
NO DEFENDER FOR FREE SEEDS.

Secretary Wilson is frank to state
that he is not in sympathy with the
free seed graft, and he has been enlist
ed by Speaker Cannon and Chairman
Tawney to help head off a possible at
tempt to override the committee on
agriculture and continue the distribu-
ton. The secretarys letter calls at
tention to the growth of the system
and its distortion from the original
purpose. The appropriation was orig
inally made in order to import new
seeds and introduce new plant varie-
ties into this country. These were
distributed by the bureau on requests
made usually through members OF
congress, and the demand grew till it
was necessary by 1890 to buy seed
wholesale from native growers. TIL
original purpose was lost sight of.
and was revived in 1897 by separate
appropriation of $4,000 a year. to be
spent IN importing and reproducing
foreign seeds and plants. Meanwhile
he free seed graft has grown to an
expenditure of 100000 a year.
The practice is certainly paternalism
run mad, and no other country, a
Secretary Wilson says, buys ordi-
nary miscellaneous vegetable and
flower seeds from growers and deal
ers, and then distributes them to its
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21

body with power to fix the price of
transportation without affording the
selling companies adequate protection
in case the price fixed should do them
injustice.
The assumption of senators like Mr..
Foraker that the price of transporta-
ton is a private commodity, its price
to be fixed by barter between seller
and buyer is so untrue that it knocks
down all the arguments on that side
of the question. If a man could shop
for transportation as he can for mack
erel and so take it or leave it as the
price suited or displeased him, the
position of Senator Foraker might be
sound But transportation is not so
bought and sold. 1t belongs in many
instances to a single company, IN
others to two or three companies
whose relations are cheerfully close.
Moreover it is not thing which can
be taken or left 1t is something that
must be had
The terrible wall about conf1s-
cation of railroad property affects the
people very lightly because at the
worst the rate legislation is merely
retaliatory The railroads have been
playing the game of confiscation for
decades and they have only recently
arrived at a sense of the heinous
character of the offense. Moreover
they did not arrive at their present
sober reflections from a contemplation
of their own high handed deeds, but
merely from Illuminating on the posi-
bility of the government assuming
even such a limited jurisdiction over
them as the fixing of maximum rates
within reasonable limits.
Senator Foraker does not find that
the Hepburn bill in terms deals with
rebates, which he considers the only
trouble with railroad rates. There
fore he assumes that the bill will not
do what it is expected to do. But why
should Senator Foraker mourn over
this omission, even if it is an omission,
when he is so certain that the Elkins
law will do everything that needs to
be done? The Hepburn bill does not
repeal the Elkins law, so far as we
have learned.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21
EXEMPT.

Dame Fashion reigns in royal way and
with an iron rod.
The destiny of things mundane Is shaped
by beck or nod.
The fads Of yesterday become the dis
cards of today.
And only lovers dare to keep to the good
old fashioned way.
Our manners. like our garb, must change:
our ceremonies too.
We anguish or athletic grow just as
we're babe to do.
Concerning cen the arts we ask, Is this
or that au fait?
But somehow lovers still embrace the
good old fashioned way.
For coquetry and courtship no dictum has
been set:
No oracle proclaims new styles and rules
of etiquette.
While there are men and maids to list
and Eros pipes his lay
Lovers will always WOO and win in the
good old fashioned way.
Ella Randall Pearce in Brooklyn Life
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21
EARLY Bargain Sales.

There were bargain sales even when
this country was in its early youth,
but most of the bargains offered were
choice lots Of slaves to be disposed Of
at the old slave mart that stood at the
foot Of Wall street In the New York
Gazette of Dec. "a. 1867, one Of the
large slave holders makes this an
nouncement:
German Slaves For Sale.-To be dis
posed of. three German servants, one .
baker by trade, one a butcher and the
other a laborer. They are Industrious.
good men, whose honesty has been tried,
and they may be had on reasonable
terms. Inquire Of tho printer hereof.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21

Old Louis the Eleventh used to hide
from the contempt of his subjects il
his county seat on the Loire, patrolled
by armed guards with orders to shoot
intruders on sight The ghost of the
old king ought to revive mundane
memories by a little visit to the
Rockefeller estate, where the emperor
of kerosene is hiding from process
sedvice, under like protection.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21

citizens" On principle the graft
could never be defended, and has only
lasted so long because it has been a
handy way for congressman to keep
solid with their constituents at govern
ment expense. 1t would be bare
faced fraud on the country for con-
gress to ignore the protests made and
loot the treasury for another $780,
600
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21

begrudge a great many -Four years
more" for Grover
Lincoln park, Chicago, has a $1,000
elephant for sale. Any family needing
an elephant should wire the park au-
thorities at once
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21

a" tne reason Head MeteoroIoeaae
moore at Washington has to offer IA,
ene unseasonably warm weather Of tha
eat'S winter weeks u that it was IN,
seasonaoiy WARE, and that II ali ha
no"' ABOUT It Although it might not
10 % particle Of good to know thu
exact why and wherefore Of THE wealth
er vasary, just the same head MOTOR.
U.osAs' draws salary to post Us ON
this point. and it would be we'll for h,r.
20 get busy when freaks happen alons
"no a' least make show Of earning II
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21

The recently revised rumor that Mrs
Potter Palmer is to marry the Duke
Athol has been firmly denied by his
grace. But does the duke know what
Mrs Palmer's plans are?
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21

AS we know more about the quality
of the liquor sold, according to the
government experts, "the lid is more
and more seen to be a measure for
conserving the public health.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-03-21

Evangelist Torrey states that hel
is the insane asylum of the universe
derstood in insurance quarters is that
this place, which we prefer not to
mention. is the infinite legislative in
vesrigation.