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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
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Delayed)
Mrs. w. Moore is reported to be no
better at this writing.
George Slower hauled hay to Pleasan-
ton one day last week.
George Stover and wife and Miss
Severe spent Sunday at the home of
Marian Davis.
The snow storm last week makes
people realize that winter is here.
Grace Dale spent Sunday with Myra
Blakesley.
Myrtle Moon is assisting Mrs. J. w.
Moore with her household work.
j. B. Tye, of Pleasanton, preached at
New Salem Sunday.
The party at Seth Davis was we'll
attended and all report good time.
John Drury had business at Pleasan-
ton Saturday.
Marian Davis and family and Mrs.
I. l.. Wynn spent Sunday at Jim
Drury's.
Mary Sparger spent few days last
week at the home of John Mcintosh
near Davis City.
Those that spent Saturday evening at
AL Sparger's were George Davis and
wife, Will Henderson and family, Rosa
mond Severe and Alma Walters.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
Bring In Your Corn.

A few weeks ago The Reporter an
nsunced that it would give prize of
$500 for the best ten ears of corn
Brought to this Office this fall, the date
fer making the award being announced
as Monday, Dec. End, but several par
ties who wished to enter corn in the
ssntest have not yet finished husking
their corn and have requested us to ex-
tend the time couple of weeks and we
have consented to do SO. The contest
will close atnoon on Monday, Dec. 10th,
and on that date someone will receive
the prize. There are no strings tied to
the contest, and any person can enter
enc or more lots of corn in the contest.
Ehe award will be made by three
judges who are disinterested, and what
ever lot of ten ears they decide as
being the best will receive the award.
We Do not say the largest ten ears, but
the best ten ears. We are not after the
corn, Sut want to see what good corn
the faimers Of Decatur county raised
this ysar, and if the winner Of the
prize wants the corn back he is welcome
to it. Rring on your corn and the soon
er you bring it in the better. If you
have two or more varieties you can en-
ter as many lots as you wish.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
Mail Order House Indicted.

Sears, Robuck & Co., of Chicago, were
indicted by the federal grand jury in
Des Moines this week, on the charge Of
using the United States mails for the
purpose of fraud. The indictment is on
three counts, and if conviction follows
in the trial the company will be sub
ject to fine of $500 on each count, and
may be debarred from further use of
the mails.
OF the three cases on which the in
-dictment is based one is result of
their advertisement that their paints
contained white lead and was made in
their own factory and covered by the
fullest guarantee. A sample of the
paint sent was examined by a chemist
and it is claimed showed not a trace of
white lead.
The two other cases allege that rings
were sold as containing numerous pearls,
sapphirs and opals, when as a matter
of fact the stones in the rings were the
cheapest limitations.
1t is understood that at the trial ey-
idence will be introduced to show that
the company has sent short weight, or
short lengths, and otherwise failed to
come up to it's advertisements, circu-
lars and letters sent through the mail.
The outcome will be watched with
interest,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
X. Ed. No. 3.

Laura and Lester Sell, Fay Ellis and
Lucy Sell attended Sunday school at
Palestine Sunday.
Mr.: and Mrs. o. Fl. Reynolds were
business callers in Leon Saturday.
Harley Ellis is through gathering
corn.
4 Mary Cox visited home folks over
Sunday.
Our children enjoyed vacation over
Thanksgiving.
J.Sell is building new barn.
Lucy Sell called on Fay Ellis Sunday
afternoon.
Charley Beasley delivered three loads
Of hogs to Decatur Monday.
Mrs. Byron Stout is quite poorly.
Mrs. Effie Pryor has returned to her
home in Nebraska.
Fred Epperly has been nursing a
fractions tooth the past week.
That storm we read about must have
been side tracked.
A. 3. Ellis shipped five cars of hogs
tsrom Decatur to Ottumwa Tuesday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
ADDITIONAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Pleasant Valley No. 2

j. H. Edwards made business trip to
Chicago the first of the week.
Miss Nina Poland is quite sick with
sore throat.
George Poland and family and Samuel
Briner and family spent last Thursday
night at W. w. Briners.
Those from here who attended
Thanksgiving services at Grand River
were Isaac Foland and wife, Mrs. La
vina Jimmerson, Mr.. and Mrs. Hendrick-
son and Mrs. John Acton.
James Carol and wife are rejoicing
over the arrival of pretty baby girl
which arrived at their home Nov. oath.
I. T. Williamson took his little baby
and left Tuesday for Kansas City, where
he will live with sister.
A little daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. j. L.. Brammer Tuesday, but died
the same day and was laid to rest in
the Young cemetery.
A. Q. Donaldson and wife, of Paola,
kas., came last week to visit her par
ents, John Foland and wife.
George Brown has engaged rooms of
Mrs. Wycoff at Grand River and will
stay in town with the children while
they attend school.
. Mf. Il. berry, the state missionary, is
Fere helping Rev. Armstrong with the
meetings at Pleasant Valley church.
They have large crowds at every meet
ing and quite an interest is being taken
fifteen have been converted and several
reclaimed. Mr.. Berry is fine speaker
and is doing lots of good. Mrs. Arm
strong was also here last week assist
ing with the work, but was compelled
to return home. We miss her greatly
here, for she was splendid worker.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
Lamont.

Miss Zerald Sawyer, who has been
visiting her aunt, Mrs. e. Sawyer, for
several weeks, left last week for Den
yer, Colo.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cal Snyder visited rela-
tives in st. Joe last week.
John Peterson spent Sunday with
relatives in Ringgold county.
George Hicklin went to Kansas City
the first of last week to visit relatives.
Rev. o. Howard filled his appointment
at the M. E. church Saturday night and
Sunday.
Mrs. sweeley and sons Byron and
Charles returned last Thursday from
Goodland, Kansas. They expect to stay
in Lamont.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Hartshorn, Of
Davis City, were Lamont callers Tues
day.
Glen Judson is visiting relatives at
this writing.
Ray Howard returned last Monday
from Aurora, ILL.,, where he had attend
ed the funeral of his father, Florence
Peterson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
LEON SCHOOL COLUMN
ED'roRs ROLAND enAs AGfa1ei AI1sauen.

"An investment In knowledge always pays the x
best interest.
The Thanksgiving vacation is over
and nearly everyone has recovered from
the effect of too much turkey, mince pie
andTf0otball by Monday morning.
The sophomore latin class is reading
Caesar now and seem to feel quite
grown up. The juniors will have to get
march with the great Roman.
Garden Grove will have high school
|declamatory contest next Friday even
ing. MIR. Voelker has been invited to
attend and act as one of the judges.
G. Fl. Harp, the landlord of Hotel
Denison, entertained Mr.. and Mrs.
Voelker and the football team Sunday
noon. All rep ,rt good time and a
fine dinner.
Several of the teachers spent Thanks
giving vacation out of town. Miss
Wallace was in Des Moines, Miss Clark
in Skidnore, Mo-, and Miss Meter in
Garden Grove. Miss Drake and Miss
Grogan visited relatives in the country
The Thanksgiving programs at both
the North and South school were we'll
attended by parents and friends of the
pupils.
The Freshmen grammar class has
grown SO large that it was decided to
divide it. Miss Drake teaches one
and Mr.. Voelker the other.
Ivan Coontz is new pupil in the
High school this week.
The Mt. Ayr High school football
team plus as much outside help as they
could obtain, was defeated by Leon
| High school, Thursday afternoon. The
game was an interesting one and a
large crowd attended, The High school
girls were there and no one had much
chance to over lock them as they gave
a high school yell every chance they
had and that was pretty nearly all the
time. This game ended very success
full season for our team in all respects.
They won five of the seven games
played. They will have about $27 left
after all the expenses are paid, and
though some people were confident that
the entire team would be either killed
or crippled before they got through,
they are all alive and uninjured.
Football has done great deal to
arouse feeling of school spirit and
loyalty. We are proud Of our team and
expect to have even better one next
year.
We are not sure whether Mt. AYE
can play football or not, in fact there
are some who have serious doubts on
the subject but we do not know that
they have very vivid imaginations-
Their tale of woe concerning the treat
ment received here, is certainly very
sad and shows that they have a decided
talent for one thing at least.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
New Court Cases.

Mrs. p. A. Gore VS.. Zed Gore. Plain
tiff sues for divorce on the grounds of
cruel and inhuman treatment and
alleges defendant has become an
habitually deunkard. They were mar
ried in. this county May "a, 1879. She
also asks for the custody of their two
minor children and $3.50 temporary and
$1,000 permanent alimony. c. W. Hoff-
nan attorney for plaintiff.
. Mrs. Mary P. Bond VS.. Samuel P. Bond.
Plaintiff asks for divorce on the grounds
Of desertion. They were married in
this county March -, 1883, and lived
together until July %, 1901. She also
asks for the custody of their three
minor children and $500 temporary and
$4,000 permanent alimony. V. r. Nc
G,nnis attorney for plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05

over general depositors and be paid in
full by the First National Bank, has
been decided by Comptroller Ridge1y in
the following letter received this
morning.
"You are advised that a trustee or
officer legally depositing money in q
national bank is not entitled to any
preference over general creditors. His
deposit is a general one, though the
funds in his hands may be public
moneys or trust funds"
+, This ruling will also include schoaR
treasurers, money deposited by society,
administrators, etc. 1t may be, how
ever, that money deposited in the bank
for specific investment,-to buy bonds
or for some other specific investment,
may be a preferred claim and be paid in,
full ahead of general depositors. But
so far no such deposits have been
found.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
Lucas County Will Issue Bonds.

All three county supervisors were
in town last Saturday, and at an in
formal meeting decided that they
would issue bonds at the January meet
ing, to raise money for the county, and
for the schools and city tax money that
had not yet been turned over to the
proper treasurers. Between $4,000
and $4,000 will be issued, according to
present plans of the supervisors, and
the bonds may be made immune from
taxation, in order to draw lower rate
of interest. This will bring plenty of
money into the county treasury for all
needs until the spring taxes are col
lected.
The talk of closing some of the coun-
try schools for lack of funds, and even
of closing the Charlton schools, was
idle and only tended to needlessly
nurse the excitement over the closing
of the bank. Even if there should not
be money to pay the teachers for a
month or two, could they not trust the
school districts, which are really saier
than banks? But there is plenty of
money, especially in Charlton, and with
the county bonds to be issued in Jan
uary there will be no shortage of
school money anywhere. There was
just as much cause for talk of closing
the court house, or the city hall, as of
closing the schools, and those who took
stock in the rumor did so because they
allowed themselves to get excited and
did not stop to think.
It'is claimed by some attorneys that
the county's deposit, or at least part
of it is preferred claim on the First
National, and will have to be paid in
full, ahead of the depositors. This
point may be fought in the courts if the
county bond proves good.
J AS to the collection of the shortage
1 from the bondsmen for the county
deposits, Chairman Roberts says it
will be done in due time, and the coun-
! ty will not lose cent. But it cannot
be done until everything possible is
collected from the bank. Charlton Her
aid.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
THEY WON final GAME
Leon Wins Last Football Game of
the Season, Defeating Mt. Ayr
Thanksgiving, Score IL to 5.

The foot ball game on Thanksgiving
day between Leon High School and Mt.
Ayr was witnessed by crowd of
nearly four hundred people who cheer
ed themselves hoarse as the Leon team
administered defeat to Mt. Ayr to the
tune of II to 5. The Mt Ayr team had con-
siderably strengthened themselves by
the addition of three outside players,
notwithstanding the fact that they
were supposed to play strictly high
school team, and that all the members
of the Leon team were students of the
Leon high school. When Mt. Ayr re-
fused to put a strictly high school
team on the field, Referee Lorey an
nounced to the people that Me. Ayr
was playing team, three of whom we're
not members of the Mt..Ayr high school,
one man being college student from
Illinois. -.
Leon won the toss choosing to receive
the kick at the south goal. Wood ad-
vancing the ball about ten yards. The
Leon team showed their ability to run
Mt. Ayr's ends as we'll as to go through
their line and in a few minutes had the
ball on their own 40 yard line, but here
they lost the ball on tumble and Nc
Quigg carried it over Icons goal for
Mt. Ayrs only touchdown. Norris fail
ed to kick goal and the score was Mt.
Ayr 5, Leon 0. Leon kicked to Mt.
Ayr who advanced the ball about fifteen
yards, Mt. Ayr soon had the ball on the
55 yard line, but here they fumbled and
Grimes securing the ball made mag
niticent run down the field, being tack
led when only fifteen yards from the
goal. Mt. Ayr was penalized five yards
for offside play and when the ball was
within two yards of the goal Housh
went through the line for a touchdown.
Housh failed to kick goal and the score
was now tied, to 5. Mt. Ayr kicked
to Leon, Housh advancing the ball ten
yards. The Mt. Ayr line could not
withstand the severe plunges of the
Leon backs and in short time the ball
was on Mt. Ayr's four yard line. Leon
now tried to play through tackle and
Axes carried the ball over for another
touchdown.
Grimes kicked goal making the score,
Leon IL Mt. Ayr S.
Grimes kicked to Mt. Ayr but time
was called befere the ball had scarcely
been in play.
In the second half Mt. Ayr kicked to
Leon, Wood making four yard gain be-
fore he was downed. Leon now went
through the line for four yards and
Grimes made forward pass to Wood
who gained fifteen yards. Leon, finding
they could repeatedly gain through ar
Ayr's line, sent McMorris and Blaksley
through for good results and the ball
was only six inches from Mt. Ayr's
goal, Stookey making the touchdown.
Grimes again kicked goal making the
score, Leon II Nit. Ayr5
Leon kicked to Mt. Ayr but before
any gain could be made time was called
and the game was over.
Leon should be proud of the record
made by the team this year. They
have won five games out Of seven play
ed and being against some Of the best
high school teams in the state.
Following is the lineup:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
WHAT HE WANTED.
New YorkESalesman Did Not Find
it Until he Reached Leon.

Irving johnson, drummer who is
we'll known to many of our merchants,
was in town yeaterday, stopping at the
Hotel Leon, where The Reporter man
heard him tell few new stories that
he had collected on his last trip.
81 am glad to see," said Mr.. johnson,
"that Leon is right-up- too date in cigars
as we'll as in other things. have been
hunting for Wadsworth Bros Chiees
in the last half dozen towns, and did
not find one until went into Bell e
Robinson this morning. That cigar is
all right, l can tell you, and although IL
cost only &C., yet push them out to nay
customers, knowing that they will think
it is 10c. or two for quarter
The Wadsworth Bros. Chicos is an all
Havana filed cigar that smokes just as
cigar ought from start to finish, burn
ing evenly with long, clean, firm ash
Its flavor appeals to the lover of high
grade cigars, and it's price to all sensi-
BILE smokers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
Presbyterlan Notes.

"Who Holds the Reins of the Uni-
verse;" will be discussed at the Pres
byterian church next Sunday morning.
Evening topic: Raising CAIN" lecture
No. 2.
The pastor would be glad to see
large representation of parents present
to hear this vitally interesting subject.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-12-05
Baptist Church.

Prayer meeting Wednesday evening.
Covenant meeting on Saturday at 2:30
p. M. Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. on
next Lords day. Preaching at II a. m.
and 6:30. Come to the meetings.
JAS. A. ARMSTRONG, Pastor.