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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08
Burr Oak Ridge

Everybody is attending the Chau-
tauqua.
Mrs. Kate Hoffman, of Center town
ship, visited the first of the week with
her sister, Mrs. McCalla.
Miss Julia Chastain returned Satur-
day from weeks visit at Mr.. Gains
A. j. Rumley, wife and daughter spent
Sunday at Ernest Hamiltons.
Little Friend Horney was quite sick
a few days last week.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Meek and daughter
Louie, also Willie Hazlet and Mary
Edgington were Sunday visitors at G. E..
Chastain's.
Mr.. R. Peters and family were among
! the number from these parts who at
tended the surprise dinner at Mr.. Nc
Daniels Sunday.
Misses Anna Smith and Minnie Shira,
also little May Smith, called at Mrs.
Mary WaltoH's one afternoon last week.
Roy Craig returned to his home at
Saline, Mo-, after weeks visit in this
vicinity at his uncle, w. A. Johnsons.
Clyde Waller made his regular visit
at the Still home Sunday evening.
Alex johnson was called to Pleas
anton on account of the death of his
father which occurred Saturday. His
father would have been 100 years old in
September.
Joe Keller and family were Woodland
visitors Sunday.
G. Vanderpool and family visited Sun
day at Ike Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgington and little
daughter Ruth were sunday visitors at
Mr.. Quiet's, north of Leon.
Iade Griffin. wife and little daughter,
were pleasant callers ut Bid Frost's Sun
day afternoon.
W. H. McCalla and family, Harris and
Anna Cannon, Mrs. Mary Thompson,
the Misses Hazlet, and Mrs. Kate Hoff-
man, We're Sunday visitors at E. A.
+. ADAMS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08
Spoon Ridge.

Walter Blakesley was Leon caller
Saturday evening.
Will Owens and family visited Satur-
day night and Sunday with his mother,
Mrs. Martha Owens.
Gill Vanderpool and family called at
l. E. Evans Sunday.
Miss Elva Campbell is spending this
week in Leon with relatives and friends
and attending the Chautauqua.
Miss Pearl Dale spent last week with
her cousin, Miss Ruth Barrett.
Chas. Campbell, John Barrett and Joe
Dale were Davis City callers Monday.
George Minor called on his sister,
Mrs. Ed. Still, Sunday.
Ray Marvin in company with Misses
Nellie Woolsey, Oracle Dale and Myra
Blakesley attended Sunday school at
New Salem Sunday.
Mrs. Mile Barrett and daughter
Ruth, Pearl and Mert's Blakesley and
Pearl Dale spent Wednesday at G.. G.
Campbell's.
S. "A. Dale and family visited at the
home Of G. w. Blakesley Sunday.
George Evans was sailing south Sun.
Miss Nellie woolsey spent one even.
ing fast week With her friend Miss Myrs
Riakesley.s r.. NJ.
Miss Elva Campbell spent Friday
with friends in Kellerton and attended
the reunion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08
pleasant Valley No. |,

We were visited with another fine
rain Sunday.
We were sorry to hear that Uncle
John South, who lived up by Van Vert,
was dead, having passed away Satur-
day evening.
Mrs. George Virden and daughter
Sarah, were Decatar visitors one day
last week.
Mrs. Tom Roberts enjoyed visit last
week from her mother, Mrs. H. j. Lam
dis, of Leon.
Miss Blanche Roberts was Decatur
visitor one day last week.
Fred Zika attended the reunion at
Garden Grove last week.
Jack Dingman and Levi and Rollie
Virden attended the ball game at Davis
City Sunday.
Adam Zika and family were visit
ing at Henry Quigley's Sunday.
Horace Quigley and family spent Sun
day at Ora Blacks.
George Virden was visiting Sunday
at the home of George South, up by Van
Vert.
Mrs. James Young was Decatur Wis.
itor Sunday.
Mrs. Nellie Citizens called on Mrs
George Virden one evening last week
Levi and Rollie Virden were Leon
visitors Saturday.
Laura and Mabel Dingman were visit
ing with their grandparents, Mr.. anG
Mrs. Frank Dingman last week.
! Miss Grace Dingman was Leon visi
| tor Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08
CORRESPONDENCE.
Garden Grove.

Anna Vermillya, of Unionville, Iowa,
came last wee and was a guest at the
Fl. w. Potts home, visiting her friend
Edith Poole, returning home Monday.
Ben Mead and wife and Mrs. Florence
Laughlin, of Lineville, were here the
latter part of last week visiting at the
Levi Jennings home.
Ollie Sweetman, of Blythedale, Mo-,
was here last week to see her sister,
Mrs. ]. G. Knapp, returning home Mon
day.
Evron Bruce left Monday for Pueblo,
Colo, where he goes in the hope of ben
efitting his health.
VIM. Macy, who in company with Miss
Kitty Kessler have been visiting at
Hartford, Michigan, returned last week
accompanied by their relative, Miss
Irma Nickerson.
Willis Clark and daughter, of Correc-
tionville, Iowa, arrived here last Thurs
day to visit at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Vim. Metz. He has bought farm north
of Leon.
Grace Knight, who lives at Redding,
Iowa, came last Thursday to visit her
cousin, Miss leila Smith.
S. H. Amos went to Des Moines Mon
day to attend to business matters. He
expected to go by way Of Leon but the
K. & W. train being very late he came
back and went by way of Indianola.
Jim McClung went to Charlton Mon
day evening. The Charlton foundry is
making lot Of road machines for the
Aleorn company In which he is in
terestessss.
Sid Lillard, who is located at Macks-
burg, Iowa, was here last week visiting
relatives and friends. He is running a
general store there,
jerome and us6. Traupel, Of Des
Moihes, were here last week shaking
hands with old friends.
TIE White Oak school house was
struck one night last week by lightning
damaging it considerable. 1t is covered
by insurance.
Mrs. Parnell, of Chicago, came last
week to visit friends here, being guest
at the T. J. Shelter home. She returned
Saturday evening.
The Old Settlers Reunion last weel
was one of the best the town has evel
held. The visitors were more thar
pleased with the entertainment which
was of the best. The success of the re
union is due in a great part to the fac
that everything was on the park, max
ing it much more enjoyable for ever.
one. The crowd the first day was no
as large as common but the second da.
the crowd was very large.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08
r. r. D No. 3.

Fred Smith has moved his family to
Leon.
". D. and G. B. Smith spent Sun
day at home.
George Clark is back on visit from
Colorado and giving lessons on his
photograph.
James Jones and family were Sunday
visitors at George Stephens.
]. H. Morgan has purchased fine
new buggy. OF course we will ride to
the Leon Chautauqua with him.
While breaking colt the Barlean
boys had bad runaway, which tore
their wagon up.
While topping out a stack of hay
SAINT Newman had the misfortune tc
have the stack fall over, but fortunately
no one was hurt.
The Davis City reunion committee
have secured Harvey Morgan and A. j
Fulton to take charge Of the singing
during the reunion.
About fifty ofsthe. young people gave
Andy Smith a. surprise Sunday, it being
his twenty first birthday. He received
number Of presents, but lack of space
prevents giving list Of the guests and
presents.
John Fulton took in the reunion al
Garden Grove last week. 7
Violet and Raymond Smith visitei
Fern, Paul and Edgar Fulton Sunday.
Milt Manchester sold his fine saddle
horse to George Moran, the King Git.
horse buyer, for $4,000.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08
r. F. D. No. 2.

j. o. Garner worked for Frank lick
man one day last week.
Mrs. e. Cannon and daughters, Miss
Fannie and Mrs. Gertie Potter had
business in Leon Wednesday.
People to the number of one hundred
attended a surprise dinner at uncle
Jack McDaniels Sunday.
Mrs. j.: o. Garner and children and
Mrs. Wallace and two little daughters
went to Garden Grove Friday and
visited until Saturday with relatives
and friends.
Several from these parts were Davis
City callers Sunday.
j. o. Garner and family visited at E.
Gammon's one day last week.
Wedding bells are ringing in this
/. vicinity.
E. Cannon and daughter Bertha and
Grace Garner were Leon callers Satur-
day.
Miss Annie Peters is staying with
her grandma, Mrs. Finch.
M. Kimport was a Leon caller Satur
day.
Arthur Campbell was seen goins
north Sunday evening.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08
Orphan Ridge.

Harvest is over and threshing is in
full blast.
A. j. Fulton had business at Gil
Vanderpool's Sunday.
Lee Davis spent Sunday with Macy
and Dad Stephens.
Fulton brothers were putting up hay
for G. NJ. Axes last week.
Gene Rock took in the social at
George Stephens Saturday night.
Abby and Wade Fulton and VIM. Pace
called on the Barlean boys Sunday.
Mrs. Charles Brewer is much improved
at this writing.
George Rogers and Milt Manchester
are camping on Grand river this week.
Jake Butts is working for Lon Fulton
this week.
Dick Pace, of Leon, helped his brother
Clate put up hay on the G. W. Wheeler
farm Tuesday.
Sam Stephens of Blockley was in
these parts Saturday and Sunday.
Fletcher Honn is on the sick list.
Milt Manchester took load of wheat
to Davis City Thursday and brought
back load Of flour.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08
Green Valley.

A nice rain visited this vicinity Sun
day evening.
Miss Eva Rumley, of north OF
Leon, has been visiting at the home OF
A. ]. Rumley and E. Hamilton the past
week.
Lewis Hamilton, mother and little
brother drove to Decatur Friday to
visit at the home of Mrs. Hamilton's
father, Nat Cornett. Lewis going to
help; his grandfather thresh. Z
Mary Rumley returned home Satur.
day after q weeks stay at; the home Of
her sister, Mrs. Earnest Hamilton whom
she has been assisting with her house
hold duties.
Lewis Hamilton called on Clara Gam.
mon Wednesday evening.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08
Salem.
The farmans no no

The farmers are now busy threshing.
Grace and Ray Dale spent Saturday
night with their brother, Elba and
family.
Clara Landphair is visiting her broth
er, Ernie this week.
Anna Edwards and Dalice Spencer, of
Pleasanton, came out and spent few
days last week at L. Spencers.
George Slower and mother Sundayed
with her mother, Mrs. Lovina Hill, at
Pleasanton.
George Blakesley, Ernie Landphair
and wife and Mrs. Slower and daughter
Vie were Davis City callers Saturday.
Edd and Milt Spencer were seen go.
ing south Sunday evening.
Bulah Drury called at Andy Browns
Friday afternoon.
Lige Spencer was in Davis City Sun.
day.
Alice Davis called on Marie Brown
Saturday.
Annie Hall is assisting Mrs. Oda
Dale through harvest.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08

For Complete saw mill outfit
with 20 h. p. engine and corn burrs for
sale cheap on account of my health.
27tf D. A.. BRIGHT.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08

have 1000 bushels of corn for sale
at SOC per bushel, delivered at Leon,
and 700 bushels of oats at 40c per
bushel. G. M, AXES.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08

Find your way with Road Map. For
sale at all stationers and newsdealers.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-25

A new departure in architecture has
been made in connection with the foun-
dation work for the 45-story Singer
building at New York, which is expected
to be the highest structure in the world.
According to an article by G. M. Rip
ley in the Engineering World, the pro-
lection of this lofty tower from insta-
bility ON its narrow base on account of
wind pressure has been effected by inn
bedding several lengths of great iron
bars in the mass of concrete forming the
caissons fifty feet below the level of the
basement floor. These bars are held to-
gether by pins 6 inches in diameter,
which in turn are joined to the upright
steel columns in such way that the up
pull from wind strain might be counter
acted. This has never before been done.
The law requires that stability of struc-
lures be figured upon a wind pressure Of
30 pounds per square foot, and on this
basis the force exerted against one side
of the building would be equal to $50
tons pressure.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-25

Thomas Baldwin, Who Killed a Fam
ily succurnbs i'm bloomington Jail.

TnORnas baldWln, Who Killed . n am-
lily, succumbs in Bloomington Jail.
Thomas Baldwin. whose sensational
and coId-blooded murder of four resi-
dents of Arrowsmith township, ILL.,. last
fall greatly stirred the vicinity and all
central Illinois, died at 80 a. N. We'd
nesday in the country Jail in Blooming
ton, where he was awaiting trial. Though
a strong, healthy man when first put
into jail, he had steadily fallen away,
until of late he had bten a mere skeleton.
Owing to the condition of his health l.
had been necessary to postpone his trial
from time to time, until violence was
threatened by the people of Arrowsmith,
who several times attempted the organi-
cation of a mob TO take the prisoner ana
deal out summary justice. Baldwin shot
and killed Cora Eiseman, IA years old ;
Mrs. Simon Eiseman, her mother; Chas.
Kennedy relative of the Eisemans, and
Mrs. Chas. Kennedy. The cause of the
crime was the exposure Of an attack COM
mitted by Baldwin, who was an old man,
upon the youngest of his victims. Bald
win, who had been supposed to have led
an exemplary life, was indicted on the
charge of betraying Miss Eiseman. The
girls mother and father and two rela-
tiyes testified against him. Baldwin gave
bond of $1,000, declaring that the charges
were false. Armed with two heavy re-
volvers and supplied with a quart of
whisky, he started out in a buggy on his
mission of wholesale murder, found his
victims near or in their farm house, and
shot them.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-25
WRECK AND ROB BANK
DYNAMITERs GET $500, But
ARE CAPTURED.
CraclSssnen az bingham Lake, Mimi,
Carry on Rich BOOTY, but Are
Traced by Telegraph operator
Small Family Is Barred.

Cracksnen made raid on the State
bank of Bingham Lake, near St. James,
Mimi, the other night, and robbed it of
$1,000 in cash. The robbers exploded
nitrogycerin in the vault, and the force
of the explosion was so great that the
bank building was blown TO pieces. The
robbers quickly grabbed their booty and
boarded a train. The telegraph operator
at Bingham Lake notified officers at st.
James to meet the train, and at 3 o'clock
in the morning two men, heavily armed,
were taken off and lodged in Jail. They
give the names of George Chester and w.
r. White. Little money was found upon
them, and it was later discovered that
part of the booty was in grip that had
been left on the train. The grip was
recovered at Lake Crystal and sent to
st. James 1t was found to contain $500
in cash and a quantity of nitroglycerin
and cartridges, and other things which
go to make up the kit of a bank burglar.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-25
Short Personals.

Sig. Enrico Caruso, the Italian tenor,
has given $4,000 to the New York So
ciety which aids Italian immigrants.
Gardner f. Williams, the American
mining engineer who directs the diamond
output of the world, was born in Michi-
gan.
Long Ivan" of the First regiment of
Russian guards, is the tallest soldier in
the world being seven feet and eleven
fine proportions. He makes a good tar
get.
w. Sidney Pittmsn, a colored man,
drew the plans for the building at the
jamestown exposition to contain the ne
gro exhibit.
Charles ". Jacobs, consulting engineer
of the Pennsylvania, New York and Long
Island Railway Company, has been re-
tanned for the construction of tunnel
under the river Seine from Rouen to
Havre.
The sudden Inheritance Of $5,0O0000
did not disturb Charles i. Van Vert,
a matchmaker of Colorado Springs for
he put away the papers when he received
them and calmly finished small job of
repairing.
William III. Trip Of GAINESVILLE, Wis,
Is believed to be the only man in Amer
lea who can boast Of having mahogany
sideboard in front Of his residence.
Melody Choir, whose real name was
Melchoir. died in Seattle recently. a bach
elor. and legt $4,000. all Of which, ac-
cording to a will Of 145 pages. is to be
used for the purpose of the erection Of a
mausoleum-
DR.. Paul Herr, who has sJently sent
to this country to investigate systems Of
reforming minors, has compressed the re-
suits Of seven months study in book
entitled. The Modern American Refsrm-
atory System"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-25
ROOSEVELT rs RIGHT.
TRUTH OF ONE OF HIS STATE
MENTs PROVEN.
Animal Keeper Who Thought Press
fdent Mistaken Is Now i'm Hospital
Dynamite Bomb Found i'm Coal
at Cleveland MIL

Tom Dean, an animal keeper at the
ZOO in Olentangy park. Columbus, Ohio,
took the DIR. Long end of the animal fakir
controversy mad is now under a nurses
charge at a hospital. Dean considers
himself an authority on animals, or he
did so until the other day. Since then
he may have changed his mind. The
other day, with hundreds of people look
ing on. Dean entered the cage of a wolf
to prove that the animal would not at
tack a human being, even upon provoca-
ton, as Long had contended in his maya
zine fight with President Roosevelt. He
tainted the wolf which sprang at him
finally and lacerated him so badly he had
TO be taken to a hospital. Il agreed with
DIR. Long VIXEN he said wolves wouldn't
attack human beings" said Dean at the
hospital Even now he may be right.
Maybe I'm not a human being"
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-25
NEW YORK.

Weather, crop and retail trade condi-
lions over wide area of country have.
changed for the better this week and the
feeling is more optimistic than for some
months past. In the Northwest, parts
of the central West ami in some sections
of the South higher temperatures have en-
couraged freer buying Of summer goods
and made for more cheerful advices as
te the wheat and cotton crops Agree
ment is general that retailers stocks the
country over are large, that reduction
sales are numerous, and that filling in
orders from jobbers and manufacturers
are a negligible quantity as yet. 1t is.
noted that fall trade reports are good in
most sections, in a few being in advance
of a year ago, but there are, coinesiental-
~, few reports of cancellations of husi-
ness booked, mainly in the Southwest,
or requests for the withholding Of ship
ments, and for extensie1s on payments on
past business.
Business failures in the United States
for the week ending June 13 number 161,
against 155 last week and ITO in the like
week of 1906. Canadian failures for the
week number %. against Is last week
and 20 corresponding week year ago.
Wheat, including -four, exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending June 10 aggregated 3,376,962
bushels. against 5,263, 1873 last week and
2,329,242 this week last year for the
last fifty weeks of the fiscal year, 1884,
321 $50 bushels against 130,956,355 in
1906. Corn exports for the week are
1888 400 bushels, against 1,145,065 last
week and 320,4S6 year ago; for the fs
cal year to date. 69,531 ,4S1 bushels,
against 107.S27, 326 in 19O5-6.-Brad-
streets Commercial Report.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-25
CHICAGO.

Inc recent heaviness which partially
depressed activity in distributive lines.
mas dissolved under the encouraging in
huence of brighter weather. and BUSH
ness is characterized by cheering tone.
Local demands equal expectations in the
principal industries, manufacturing sus-
talns a strong position and the demand
for seasonable merchandise gives for
ward impetus to retail operations. Inte-
rior adyices testify to high consumption
and a satisfactory depletion of stock.
Payments through the banks still largely
exceed those OF a year ago, and, with the
purchasing power throughout the West
evidently greater then AT any time hith-
erto. it is difficult to find a sound reason
for apprehending any immediate diminu-
ton of commerce.
IL is significant that many visiting
buyers from distant points attend the
wholesale markets for staple goods and
that road statesmen obtain substantial or
ders for fall deliveries, the volume OF
bookings thus far making favorable COM
parison with that at this time last year.
Mercantile collections at some points are
better than in the early spring, and in
this district remain remarkably prompt,
while the defaults show much under the
normal average.
Failures reported in the Chicago dl>-
trict number II, against % last week and
Il year ago.-Dun's Review of Trade
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-25
News of Minor Note.

The Roman Catholic church of the
Sacred Heart at Ottawa, Ont, was de-
stroyed by fire. Loss 100000, insur-
ance $4,000.
b. Il. Coin, % years old, was shot and
killed at Leesville, La, for insulting
Young women. His slayer was freed Oh
the plea of justifable homicide.
At Leavenworth, Kan, the federal
court denied the motion for postponement
of the hearing of the application for
the discharge of the receiver Of the Uncle
Sam Oil Company.
1t is believed that one of the men guilty
of she Northern Pacific holdup was killed
in a pitched battle with sheriff's posse
at the 20 W." ranch, sixty miles north
of Sheridan, Wyo.
Fire at Cananea, Mexico, destroyed the
assay Office, the old machine shops and
part of the supply department of the
Greene Cananea Copper Mining Com
pany. Loss $4,000.
At the hearing Of the contempt case
against Sheriff Shipp at Chattanooga
Tenn, none OF the witnesses was able
to identify any Of the men who lynched
Ed johnson in defiance Of the United
States Supreme Court.
Secretary Wilson denied he had been
guilty of giving out advance information
on crop reports or Of suppressing charges
OF fraud, when testifying at Washington
in the trial Of former Associate Statlsti-
clan Holmes Of the Department OF Agri-
culture, accused Of having revealed pre-
maturely government cotton crop reports
Judge Hazel of the federal court at
Rochester denied motion to quash the
indictment in the case Of the government
against the New York Central and other
railroads charged with making special
rate to the Vacuum Oil Company ana
Standard Oil Company on consignment
of crude oil sea. from Rochester to the
Fast
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-25

A number of progressive laws touching
the defective and dependent classes were
enacted by the recent Minnesota Legisla-
ture. For the insane, detention hospitals
were ordered where period of special
expert examination may be had before
patients are committed TO the regular asy-
lums. A State board of visitors was Gre
ated to inspect all public institutions. An
other law establishes an industrial school
for girls. Punishment for the parents
who by neglect contribute to the depen-
dency or delinquency of their children is
provided in still another act. The juve-
nile courts are extended and the proba-
ton laws are made more effective. A
hospital farm for inebriates is established
and it is forbidden to send drunkards to
prison for the first offense. Other laws
make education compulsory for deaf chill
dren, render more effective the child labor
laws, provide woman factory inspector,
enlarge the scope of the bureau of labor
and change its name to the bureau of
labor and commerce, establish free public
employment bureaus in ST. Paul and Du-
luth, as well as in Minneapolis, open the
way for the erection of public baths in all
cities having from 10000 to $4,000 popu-
lation and limiting the number of State
prisoners that may be employed at one oc-
duration.