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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
is KILLED AT WELDON
Leroy Caster, a K. & W. Brakeman,
is Instantly Killed while Switch
ing at Weldon, Monday.

Roy Caster, of Centerville, a popular
brakeman on the X. & w. was instantly
killed at Weldon Monday afternoon
about 2:30 O'clock. Mr.. Caster had for
some time been a passenger brakeman
on the run from Centerville to keokuk,
but recently asked to be transferred to
the freight service, as there was more
chance for promotion. While switching
at Weldon Monday afternoon he met
his death. Several cars had been kick
ed back on switch by the engine and
Caster was running along the side of
the cars. He attempted to kick off the
air brakes and in some manner fell un-
der the wheels which mangled his body
in horrible manner, and he was dead
train crew. The wheels passed over
both his legs, cut one arm of and crush
ed his chest.
His remains were taken to Centerville
the same evening. The deceased was
one OF the most popular employees OF
the road, and leaves young wife. He
was the youngest son of family Of ten
boys residing in Centerville, and his
death is the first to break the family
circle. He served with honor as mem
ber of the Fifty-First Iowa, and had also
served for three years in the regular
army. At the time of his death he was
drum major of the famous Centerville
military band, and very popular with
the people of Centerville as we'll as all
the employees of the railroad.
His funeral was held at Centerville
Wednesday morning, and he was given
all the honors of a soldiers burial.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Too Much Dress at Women's FEEDER.
alton Clubs.

"The biennial convention of the Iowa
Federation or Women's clubs is getting
to be too much of a dress parade affair.
Women can't change their costumes two
or three times day and attend to busi-
ness, that's certainty"
In the above Characteristic statement,
Mrs. W. r. Mitchell, president of the
Des Moines Women's club. set forth her
criticism of the notable convention
which met last week at Oskaloosa.
THE shirt waist woman, the woman
of plain dress was much in the minority,
and the whole convention suggested
nothing more than dress parade.
have attended the past four conven-
tions of the state federation and re-
gret that they have been gradually
growing dressier. Women can't possi-
bly, give the time and thought to dress
that they did at Oskaloosa and give
proper thought and attention to the
convention. The work of the federation
must suffer if this continues further.
"lt isn't any more appropriate for a
woman to appear on the platform at a
morning session of a federation conven-
tlon in an elaborate evening gown than
it is for man to go parading the
streets at the same hour of day in an
opera hat and evening suit. Yet that
is just what happened at the conven-
tion.
''In marked contrast to this general
tendency of the delegates was the APP
pearance of that splendid woman, Mrs.
Florence Kelly, whose address on the
child labor question was the feature of
the meeting. She was plainly garbed
and an embodiment Of plain living and
high thinking principles. The earnest
and sincere women from some of the
smaller cities and towns also showed
their eminent good sense by appearing
in plain costumes.
81 couldn't help thinking about the
poor husbands at home and their in
ward groans as they contemplate the
bills that all this dressing must bring
81 think it's time for the women to
leave their fuffs and rutfies at home."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Decoration Day.

The committee in charge of the pro-
gram for Decoration Day have not yet
completed it, but arrangements are un-
der headway. The memorial sermon
will be preached at the M. E. church
next Sunday morning by Rev. James A.
Armstrong, pastor of the Baptist church.
The day will be suitably observed next
Thursday, the exercises being in charge
of Leon Post G. A. R. The principal
address will be by Rev. j. L. Boyd,
pastor of the M. e. church. All parties
who can furnish flowers are requested
to leave them early Thursday morning
at the G. A. r. hall.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
THE TREASURE BOX.
Bell & Robinson Have Just Put One
in Which Will Interest All the Men

There is box at Bell & Robinson's
popular drug store which will interest
all the smokers in Leon. On the cover
is handsome picture of the great
American eagle, while inside are fifty
well-made cigars, of good size, long
Havana filler, called Wadsworth Bros.
"Chicos," that sell for sc. each.
There's no ''six for quarter about
the contents of this treasure box, for
the "Chicos" cost Bell & Robinson more
than any other sc. cigar in their case,
and are equal to most of the 10c. goods.
Try one and you will see that this is no
fairy tale.
Wherever Wadsworth Bros AChicos''
are known, the best people in town burn
them. Many ten-cent smoker has
given up his three for quarter and
enjoyed the "Chicos" better. Get one
to-day and see how good they are.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
GRIM DEATHS HARVEST
The Past Week has Witnessed the
Calling of Several of the Aged
Residents of this City.
George w. Mills.

Uncle George Mills died at his home
in east Leon Tuesday morning. A
couple Of years ago he fell and broke his
hip, and has been confined to his bed
ever since, being very feeble for some
time prior to his death.
The deceased was born at Horican,
Herkemier county, N. Y, June II, 1888,
being 73 years, II months and days
old. He was married to Sarah Woods
at Pleasanton, Iowa, in 1858. She died
in 1868, and he was again married to-
Isabelle Smith, at Cheyenne, Wyoming,
and she died in this city in 1883. He
was the father of five daughters, Mrs.
Esther Hilliker, of Des Moines, Mrs.
Lou Clark and Miss Carrie Mills, of
Bowers Hill, Mo-, Mrs. Dollie Crider, of
High Point, and Miss Winifred Mills, of
Leon, all being present at his funeral
except the two daughters living at
Bowers Hill, who were unable to be in
attendance. He is also survived by one
brother, Henry Mills, of Eden township,
and one sister, Mrs. John Holden, of
Leon.
Comrade Mills enlisted in the 35th
Missouri Infantry at st. Joe, Mo-, in
1862, and served until the expiration of
his term of enlistment, being corporal
of his company.
The funeral services were held at the
family home Wednesday afternoon
at 2:3O o'clock, conducted by Elder E.
M. Romine, interment being in the Leon
cemetery. The G. A. r. Post, of which
he had been member for many years,
had charge of the services at the ceme-
terry, and he was buried with military
h0nnrS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Clarke County CRATER Caught.

We understand that Wessie Lowe has
set trap and he assisted by the county
attorney Thurston has captured man
who has been forging names to fee re-
linquishments and drawing living for
the past three or four years out of
there are hundreds of dollars of fees
left in every county from cases that are
continued and finally settled, great
many of them state cases that the wit
nesses have forgotten that they had
fees due them. His graft was to fix up
a REIMBURSEMENT, sign their names,
present them to the auditor, get war
rant and go in and cash it with the
treasurer. Gertie and Ona Luce were
witnesses several years ago and forgot
they had any fees due them. He fixed
their accomplishments and drew their
fees and his hand write exposed the
graft.-Garden Grove Express.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Commencement at Graceland

The several events of commencement
week at Graceland College, Lamont.
will be as follows, as reported to us by
President Stewart:
Friday evening, June z, class play.
Saturday, at ten o'clock, Alumni busi-
ness meeting.
Saturday, at five o'clock, Alumni ban
quet.
Saturday, at eight o'clock, Alumni ad-
dress by Rev. j. Fl. Yaggy.
Sunday, at eleven o'clock, Baccalau-
reate sermon by Rev. o. M. Johnson.
Monday evening, address before the
Athenian.
Tuesday evening, graduating musi-
Gale.
Wednesday morning $50 a. m., COM
mencement exercises proper; the ad-
dress to be given by Hon. Edward A.
Nye of Des Moines.
Wednesday, from to 6 o'clock p. m.,
Presidents reception at the College
chapel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Notice..

cemetery will please meet at the church
Thursday, May 30th, to clean up the
cemetery preparatory to decoration.
Bring your flowers, and consign them
to floral committee viz: Mesdames,
Jim Thomas, Elliot Gammill, Thomas
Winn, ]. B. Dale, and w. S. Clark.
Parties having special wreaths for
special graves are requested to place
them on graves early in the day.
G. w. BLAKEsLEY,
A. J. WOoLsEY,
JOHN f. ROBINSON,
Com. on arrangements.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Christina Gochenour.

At the home of her brother, few
miles east of Leon on Tuesday morning
at IL o'clock occurred the death of Miss
Christina Gochepour who has been an
invalid for several years. The funeral
was held from the home of her brother
Wednesday afternoon, interment being
in the High Point cemetery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Solomon Bright.

AT his home in south Leon Monday
night occurred the death of Solomon
Bright, who has been lying very sick
for several months. He was born in
Virginia, March 13, 1886, being II years
2 months and days of age. The fun
eral services were held from the Adven-
tist church Wednesday lat 10 o'clock,
conducted by Elder E. M. Romine, pas
ter, of the Christian church, interment
being in the Leon cemetery. A suita-
big obituary will be published next
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23

Let me send you free, just to prove
merit, a Trial size Box of DR.. Shoop's
Catarrh Remedy. 1t is a snow white
creamy, healing antiseptic balm. Con-
tanning such healing ingredients as Oil
Eucalyptus, Thymul, Menthol, ETC., it
gives instant and lasting relief to Ca
tarrh of the nose and throat. Make the
free test and see for yourself what this
preparation can and will accomplish.
Address DR.. Shoop, Racine Wis. Large
jars 5Ocents. L. P. Van Werden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23

Cashier Ware of the defunct Seymour
Bank seems to be very badly frightened
over the prospect of the peniteniary
and there has been rumors of an effort
at suicide. He should take heart. The
case of Day Dunning, the Mt. Ayr bank
er who stole everything in sight and
who has just been cleared of all prose-
cution, is great encouragement to
bankers who want to use more money
than their profits amount to.-Newton
Record.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Uncle John Dale Dead.

John Dale, one of the pioneer settlers
Of Decatur county, who came here in
1866, died at his home in Clearfield last
Thursday morning at the age of "a
years. For many years he resided in
Hamilton township, leaving this county
some twelve years ago and settling
south of GAINESVILLE, but for the past few
years has made his home at Clearfield.
He was an uncle of A. G. and John Dale
of this CITY.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Commencement Exercises.

The commencement exercises of the
graduating class of the Leon High
School will be held at the opera house
in this city on Wednesday evening,
May 10Th. The Baccalaureate sermon
will be preached at the M. E. church on
next Sunday evening by Rev. E. M.
Romine, pastor of the Christian church.
The class will not have individual ora
tions, the class oration being delivered
by Miss Blanch Woodard. The address
to the class will be made by Rev. W. e.
Kunz, pastor of the Presbyterian church.
The following is the program for the
exercises:
Invocation Rev. j. L. Boyd.
Vocal Solo ............."Auf Wiedersehn'
Marie Moore.
Glass The Old and the New Civilization
Blanche Woodard.
Violin solo ."Serepade by NJ. Mosjkowsky'
Enid Alexander
Address Rev. w. +. KunZ
MUSIC ...:..-..:t.- ,--..Doubie Quartet
Mesdames Hull, Dorm, Boone, Caster.
Messrs Rowell, yogt, Tatman, Warner.
Presentation of Diplomas Pres. q. w. Hoffman
Bened1ction Elder II. Nj. ROmne
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Inez Jane Briner

Infant daughter of W. f. and Ollie
Briner, was born Sept. IL, 1905, near
Westerville, Iowa, died at Lacelle, Iowa,
May 16, 1907, aged months and days.
Little Inez was taken sick with pneu-
monia on May 4th, and her little body
was too frail to stand the dread disease.
God took her home to dwell with him.
We mourn not as those who have no
hope, and are comforted by that beauti-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Methodist Notes.

Memorial services next Sunday at
II m. Sermon by Rev. Armstrong,
pastor Of the Baptist church.
Baccalaureate sermon at s p. m. by
Rev. Romine, pastor of the Disciples
church.
Mems meeting at p. m. led by Rev.
Boyd.
Other services at the usual hours, You
are very cordially invited.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Baptist Church.

Next Lords day Sunday school at
9:45. No preaching services on ac-
count of memorial services at the M. e..
church.
The pastor of the Baptist church
will hold memorial service at Union
church, at Davis City, at 3p. m. and
conduct services at night. James A..
Armstrong, pastor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Rare Relics Found.

In tearing down the old brick hall they
found one brick that Uncle Billy Cash
told them had a footprint on it of his son,
Winfield, when he was kid. The brick
was presented to Win for keepsake.
They also found an old ink we'll that
was used in the Decatur City courthouse
when this was the county's' capital.
1t also is kept for relic Decatur
Rul1atin
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
A Proclamation.

In order to properly commemorate
the laying of the corner stone of the
new Decatur county court house, it is
requested that all places of business in
Leon be closed from to 3 o'clock p. M,
on Thursday May 23rd.
j. L. HARVEY, Mayor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
CORNER STONE LAYING.
The Corner Stone of Decatur Coun-
tvs Magnificent New Court
House will be Laid Today.

The corner stone of Decatur countvs
magnificent new court house will be
laid this (Thursday) afternoon, with
appropriate ceremonies,b being in charge
of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Iowa,
and our city will be graced by the pres
ence of w. f. Cleveland, NJ. w. G. M. of
Iowa. 1t was expected that N. r.
Parvin, M. w. G. Secy would also be
present, but a letter was received from
him Tuesday, saying he was just out of
the hospital and that his physician
absolutely forbid him making the journey
to Leon.
The laying of the corner stone will be
attended with elaborate ceremonies,
and it will be the first corner stone
ever laid in Decatur county by the Iowa
Grand Lodge of Masons.
The program for the day will be as
follows:
PROGRAM.
100 p. m.-Opening of Emergent
Grand Lodge at hall of Grand River
Lodge No. 7S, A. F. & A. NJ, W. F. Cleve-
land, M. w. G. M. of Harlan, presiding.
March to the southwest corner of the
court house escorted by Tripolis Com
mandery knights Templar No. 60.
Music by Garden Grove and Weldon
bands.
Song by quartet.
Laying of the corner stone by the
Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Iowa,
A. r. & A. M.
Song by quartet.
Music by bands.
Remarks by W. F. Cleveland, M. W.
u. NJ.
Address, Judge H. M. Towner, of
Corning.
Benediction, Rev. Joe Goodsell, Grand
Chaplain, of Garden Grove.
1t is expected that large crowd will
be i'll attendance, as Masons from all
over the county will be in attendance.
The Knights Templar will act as
mounted escort for M. w. G.. M. Cleve-
land who will arrive on the 11:37 train,
and the Garden Grove and Weldon
bands will be in attendance to furnish
the music.
The corner stone which is fine piece
of copper workmanship, the handiwork
of Frank Farquhar, which is decorated
with silver masonic emblems will con-
tain the following articles:
Holy Bible, presented by Leon Chap
ter No. 352, o. E. S. and roster Of mem
bers in Decatur county.
Historical sketch written by Mrs.
l.. e. luOmpSOI.
A copy of each of the newspapers
published in Decatur county.
Silver and copper coins of mintage of
1902.
Roster Of county officials from 1874,
when the court house and records were
destroyed by fire, to 1907.
Roster of city officials of city Of Leon.
List of contributors to Decatur county
court house fund.
Roster of the official proceedings of
the voting of bonds for the erection of
the court house.
Copy Of the Iowa Official Register for
1907.
Journal of proceedings of Grand
Lodge X. of P. for 1906 and roster of
members of Hesperia Lodge No. SS, K.
of P. of Leon.
Journal of the proceedings Of Grand
Lodge |. o. o. F., and roster of members
of subordinate lodges and encampments
of Decatur county.
Roster of members of B. A. Y. of De-
catur county.
Proceedings Of Grand Lodge A. F. &
A. NJ, for 1906 and roster of members of
Decatur county.
Roster of members of Tripolis Com
mandery No. 60, Knights Templar.
Roster of officers of Emergent Grand
Lodge A. F. & A. M.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23

Mr.. Gurley George of this city and
Mrs. Bertha E. Smith, of Des Moines,
were married at Des Moines Tuesday
evening. Mr.. George and bride will re-
turn to Leon today and his many friends
will extend cordial greeting. They
will make their home on the groom's S
farm Just east of Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23

full passage of scripture Jesus has said:
Suffer little children to come unto me,
for of such is the kingdom of heaven
The funeral services were held at
Camden church, conducted by Rev.
Joseph Edwards, large number Of
sympathizing relatives and friends
being present. Her frail little body
was laid away in the Wheelis cemetery
to await the resurrection morn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23
Sheriff Goes to Georgia After Fugl.
tive.

Sheriff 7. E. Wallace left Monday
.afternood for Dalton, Georgia, after
Charles Bledsoe, who has been a fugitive
from justice for four years. In 1908
Charles Bledsoe, of Morgan township,
forged the name of his father, T. NJ.
Bledsoe, prominent farmer of Morgan
township, to note given to Bowsher &
Biddison for buggy. When the forgery
was discovered young Bledsoe skipped
the country. and his whereabouts have
been unknown. An Indictment was re-
turned against him charging him with
forgery. Recently detectives who had
been looking for him, received tip
that he was at Dalton, Georgia, he hav-
ing written to relatives in this county.
A message was sent to Dalton to place
him under arrest last Saturday, and on
Sunday sheriff Wallace received a
message from the sheriff at Dalton that
he had arrested Bledsoe as he was leav-
ing the cotton mill where he was en-
ployed, and that he was willing to re-
turn to Iowa without requisit zion papers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-05-23

Scratch chronic critic and you find
a hypocrite.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-25
INTENSIVE FARMING.

How great revolution has been
worked by irrigation in the west is
shown in an investigation just COM
pleted covering San Joaquin county
and applying to the whole Central
valley. says the Rural Spirit. In 1900
this county had 1866 farms averaging
44O acres to farm. Today the aver
age has dropped to 20S acres, but
that does not tell the statistician's
whole story. For against 9S farms of
less than 10 acres in 1900, there are
now 55z of this size and 69S farms
of less than 20 acres.
Here in a locality where a few
years ago farming was on a vast
scale. there are now 127 profitable
farms of less than three acres each
and 1862 less than 10 acres. This
change, due principally to irrigation
and the subdivision of farming lands
into small tracts, has brought about
an era of intensified and diversified
agriculture, resulting in much higher
land values, and more valuable pro-
ducts and amounting to an insurance
against general crop failures.
The small farmer pursues more
scientific methods of culture and gets
so much greater profit per acre from
his holdings than the old-style farmer
ever received, that he can gain
good living from very small parcel
Of land.
This. change to small holdings also
has the important results Of multi
plying settlers, for each needs but
little capital. What land is required
can be bought on time. In a few
months the settler is established and
within a year has an income from his
own property.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-25
A NOVEL POSTOFFTCE.

An ingenious method is employed
to deliver letters to the islands of the
Tonga group, in the Pacific ocean.
These islands, guarded as they are by
dangerous rocks and breakers, are
hazardous to approach, and would
often, were the ordinary routine of
delivery employed, have to go letter.
less.
To overcome this difficulty the
steamer which carries the mails is
supplied with skyrockets, by means
of which letters are projected across
the danger zone to the shore. A
floating postoffice, consisting of
painted cask, is attached by chips to
the rocks at the extreme point of
Terra del Fuego, in South America.
To this strange postoffce, which, is
under the joint protection of all ma
tions, every passing ship sends boat
to post and collect letters.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-25

GUS combustion, as was the case with
the shoe factory at The Dalles.
Pendleton's $4,000 house and
grounds are not in It with La
Grande's dead and buried university
which cost somebody $4,000 and
which never paid for Its shingles in
actual earnings.
And so the mistakes of eastern Ore
gon towns may be cited ad libitum.
Abner Robbins built a $4,000 flour
mill near Drewsy Harvey county,
and for IS years the mill did not turn
a wheel, although filled with first
class machinery. Union has an
empty brewery building in which at
one time $4,000 worth of machinery
and fixtures were in use and other
instances of industrial mistakes are
IL the mind OF the writer who is per-
sonally acquainted with the inside
history of eastern Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-25
THE PASSING OF THE FOREST.

AS long as the forest shall live,
The streams shall flow onward,
still singing
The bright, living waters that give
New life to all mortals who thirst.
But the races of men shall be
cursed.
Yea, the hour of destruction shall
come
To the children of men In that day
When the forest shall pass away;
When the low woodland voices are
dumb;
And deaths devastation and dearth
Shall be spread DER the face of the
earth.
Avenging the death of the wood,
The turbulent streams shall out
pour
Their walls of wrath, and no more
Shall their banks hold back the high
flood,
Which shall rush Ger the harvests
of men;
AS swiftly receding again.
Lo after the flood shall be dearth,
And the rain no longer shall fall
On the parching fields; and a pail,
AS of ashes, shall cover the earth;
And dust-clouds shall darken the
sky;
And the deep water wells shall be
dry.
And the rivers shall sink in the
ground,
And every man cover his mouth
From the thickening dust, in that
drouth;
Fierce famine shall come; and no
sound
Shall be borne on the desolate air
But murmur of death and de-
spair.
Blair Thaw, in the Gen.
tury Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-25
IN Hoo $IGNO.

The money question Is a delicate
Subject to deal with, but those who
owe US will readily understand why
we Speak of it. 1t Is not because we
care to discuss it, but because we
need the SIS. Printing materials
are higher today than ever before,
but we have not raised our prices
correspondingly and consequently
are unable to endure long time cred
its. Such necessities as coal, cloth
ing and food are high. and we antici-
pate a hard winter 50 please Send
US in few SIS on account.-Evans-
ton Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-10-25
THE EDITORS WISH.

The miserable miscreant who as
saulted us in the dark last night
using a club, naturally failed of his
dastardly purpose. His work was
entirely rudimentary, vulgar and
coarse. We are Indifferent as to
whether we die with our boots on or
off, but as we are living the intellec-
tual life-and making money at it,
too-we have a pardonable pride in
wishing to shuttle off-if the shuttle
is square up to us-without our brain
block pristinely intact.-Spokane
Chronicle.