The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1906-09-27
Grand River.

parents Mr.. and Mrs. ]. H. Davis. Mr..
Davis has sold his stock of general
merchandise at Grimes and has not yet
decided what he will engage in.
Mr.. j. H. Davis sold his interest in
the restaurant to B.S.Baker who will be
found doing business at the old stand.
He has moved his household goods in
the back part of the restaurant SO as to
be near his work and has rented his
residence to l. N. Edwards.
Mr.. and Mrs. l. N. Edwards will soon
be at home to their many friends in the
Baker house. We extend congratula-
tions to the happy couple. They are
among our best people and will be
found valuable citizens. Mr.. Edwards
being good member of the anti-saloon
league.
Rev. w. B. Cox and family will move
soon to Decatur where Mr.. Cox was
sent by the NJ. E. conference. Decatur
City will find MIR. Cox a preacher not
afraid to express his opinions, and if his
people work with him they will do our
country good. We are sorry to loose
his good influence here but his good
work will not leave the county.
Overholtzer and Greenland shipped
seven cars of stock to Chicago last
Saturday. w. G. Overholtzer, Henry
Boyd and Mr.. Price, of Tingley, all go
ing through with them.
A few days ago good divine gave us
this riddle. If the devil would loose his
tail where would he go to get new
one? To the drug store where they
retail evil spirits.
Mr.. Cox, of the big store, returned to
his duties last week after weeks alb
sence.
DIR. W. c. Ward made his regular visit
here last week and had more work than
he could finish. He thinks he will be
able to be here two weeks at a time
after he gets his new house finished at
Garden Grove. There must be some of
the original dutch blood in him as he
bought some fine cabbage last Saturday
to make kraut. Wonder if he ever
heard that awful cabbage snake story
which scared as many people two years
ago.
Mrs. T. I. Johnson had cancer re
moved last week by the combined
powers of our three doctors and Drs. f.
A. Bowman, of Leon and Gegier, of st.
Joe. The operation promises to be a
success and the patient is getting along
nicely and we hope for a permanent
cure.
W. L. Bowman, of King City, Missouri,
came over and visited with his brother
last week and with r. w. Boeger. Mr..
Bowman recently sold his newspaper
at that place and will go in other bust
ness.
Mrs. T. B. Sloan popular landlady of
the city Hotel was an over Sunday
visitor at Van Vert at the home of her
daughter.
Our friend J. Merritt, of Centerville,
was here last week representing the
Lawrence Milling Co. Mr.. Merritt was
formally partner with his brother in the
merchandise business at Centervile.
He is a very pleasant gentleman and
deserves success in any business. He
rep,, 5 honest Tom Dillon doing we'll in
the grocery business and enjoying good
health.
Miss Halle Durham returned from
Beaconstield where she has been visit
ing her sister, Mrs. VIM. Daughton
Will has the best livery barn in that
little enterprsing city.
5. ii. Covington returned Saturday
from his Kansas City trip where he had
been looking after his land interest.
G. B. Riggs returned from his visit to
Parnell and Burlington Junction, Mo
He reports crops fine and plenty of rain
Sanford Poland bought the home farm
of Mrs. Kirk paying forty-fve dollars
! per acre. Mr.. Poland is one of our
prosperous farmers and has fine farm
which he knows how to make pay.
Tom Reardon will leave soon for
Wyoming where he and his son Fred
have bought some fine stock ranches.
w. K. Green says he will give $4,000
and ten acres of land joining town If
they will build the court house here.
The question of voting tax will be uE
again this fall. Vote for it. We took
the trouble last Saturday to ask some OF
our voters how they felt about the
court house tax. Nearly all said they
would vote for it. Fifty-eight said they
would vote against it. Nineteen said
they would vote for it whether Leor
gave thing or not as we need new
court house and Leon has never beer
small or kicked when we got the
fine bridges we needed that were a
benefit to US. A few were in favor Of
Decatur City; most all of these think a
new court house is needed and Leon the
place and in the square not any place
else. 1t can thus be seen that Leon car
have court house by little extra
effort. The east half of the county will
no doubt give it good support.
Pat Griffin returned from business
trip to Seward and other points in
Nebraska last Saturday.
Miss Dora Landis, of Westerville, was
visiting here Saturday.
Fred and J. r. Crees returned from a
months visit to the Pacific coast. Fred
visitt d the scenes of earlier times; he
made his first visit to California during
the western country; he has too good a
farm here to think of going west.
Mrs. Madge Dale Stofer and daughter
are visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs
John Dale. Mrs. Stofer's home is in
Chicago where her husband is in bust
ness. They usually make visit here
during the summer.