The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-10-25

Cne wall paper we now nave IN stock
will go at 20 per cent off the regular
price. w. C. STEAIpEL & Co.
For SALE-Or will rent, house and
lot containing six acres, in north Leon,
three blocks from school house. Will
sell at a bargain, as | am going to
Texas and want to sell bad.
j. S. WARNER, LEON, Iowa.
Can't look well, eat we'll or feel we'll
with impure blood feeding your body.
Keep the blood pure with Burdocl1
Blood Bitters. Eat simply, take eXer-
else, keep clean and you will have long
life.
The Southwestern Teachers Associa-
ton will meet at Atlantic Nov. /, 9 and
3. A large number of prominent educa-
tors of the state are on the program and
several teachers from this county eX-
pect to attend.
]. H. Beck and wife departed Thurs
day for visit with relatives at Atlantic.
They will not return to this city, Mr..
Beck having resigned his position with
the Clarinda Poultry Butter and Egg
Co., and will seek employment else
where.
Mrs. Frank g. Jones, of Memphis,
Tenn, arrived Monday for short visit
at the home OF MIR. and Mrs. Robert
Bowsher. Her neice, Miss Edna Kohler,
will return to Memphis with her and
attend school in that city the coming
winter.
]. W. Norton, of Chicago, came in
Sunday for a short visit with his
brother, G. L. Norton, in this city. Mr..
Norton is engaged in the live stock
business in Chicago and went to
Blythedale Monday to look after some
business in that vicinity.
While riding horse at the Crown
school house Tuesday, Margery, the
twelve year old daughter of John
Elliott, of Franklin township, fell off and
broke her left arm. DR.. Bowman was
called to reduce the fracture and the
little lady is getting along very nicely.
T. R. Early, of Kansas City, former
we'll known businessman of Leon, and
now one of the prominent wholesale
lumber dealers of Kansas City, was an
over Sunday visitor in this city at the
home of DR.. ]. w. Rowell. Tom is the
same old genial fellow and his many
friends were very glad to see him and
hear of his great success in the lumber
business.
Earnest Brown and Jacob Blatt COM
pleted new we'll at the north school
building Saturday. The we'll is seven
ty-one feet deep and five feet across,
and from indications will furnish all the
water needed at that building. When
Brown and Blatt commence digging
we'll they are willing to stay and sink it
just as deep as desired, and would have
gone a hundred feet or more if the
board had so desired.
]. w. Honnold returned Tuesday from
his trip to Big Piney, Wyoming, little
sooner than he expected, as when he
left here he thought he would be gone
six weeks. When he reached Opal,
where he was to take the stage for
seventy mile trip across the country
to Big Piney, he found genuine
blizzard raging, with the thermometer
down to zero, and every indication that
it would be month before a team
could get through to Big Piney, so he
hit the back trail and came home.
The city authorities should demand
and insist that their demand is com
piled with on the part Of the electric
light company to keep the street lights
burning until twelve o'clock. They
are paid for full time, the people are
entitled to the lights and there is no
reason on earth why they should be
turned off an hour or so before the
plant is shut down. Last Wednesday
night many people had to tramp home
through the dark from the show at the
opera house as the lights went out at
ten minutes after eleven, just after the
show was out.
The residence of S. A. Oiler, an old
solder living five miles south of De-
catur City, was totally destroyed by
fire early Tuesday morning. His child
rem had arisen and started fire in the
kitchen and then gone out to do the
milking. Mr.. and Mrs. Oiler were still
in bed when they smelled the smoke
and had hard time getting out only
partially dressed, as very strong wind
was blowing and the building burned in
very few minutes together with every
thing in the house nothing being saved.
Tom Sutherlin and his hand saw smoke
coming from the house and before they
could drive the half mile from his house
to the house it was nearly burned up.
Mr.. Oilers loss will be in the neighbor-
hood of $1,000, but fortunately he was
insured in the Hawkeye Co., through
L. P. Sigler, for $1,10O.
c. L. Norton & Son have been buying
car load of sucking mules the past
week which were delivered to them in
this city last Saturday. Among the
mules was one which attracted a great
deal of attention and many people
visited their barn to see it, for it was
a pure white mule colt, something
rarely if ever seen, and said to be the
first one ever raised in this county.
The white mule was raised by Charles
Morey, of Hamilton township, who bred
bay mare to spotted jack in Neb-
raska, and the colt was pure white
when born, even it's hoofs being white.
The colt was big strong fellow and
although only five months old Mr.
Morey received SIS for it. There is a
great demand b DAYS for mules and