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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-10-31
Sweet Creek.

Dusk and Efie Gentry and John Zim-
norman were Lamont callers Saturday
Dennie Cook and daughter Ethel
and Mrs. Addie Skinner and children
of Eagleville, Mo-, are visiting at ]. W
Wions.
with his parents.
Sadie and Bert Devries and Ruth
Percy were calling on friends Sunday
Myrtle Wion is visiting with home
folks.
Will Rhodes called at ]. W. Wion's
one day last week.
John Zimmerman, Clara Gentry, Eva
Wion, Charlie Piercy, Walter Yenn, and
Harry Andrew were Leon callers Tues.
day.
Mr.. Stewart and son Dare, called at
ID. Gentry's one day last week.
Hazel Stewart called at J. W. Wion's
Friday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-10-31
Salem

Andrew Brown and wife were Leon
callers Saturday.
Morris Linden Sundayed with home
folks.
Newt Judd visited in Garden Grove
last week.
Homan Pullin spent Sunday with Roy
Dale.
j. Drury and family were Pleasanton
callers Saturday.
Pearl and Merl Dale spent Sunday
with Fern and Fay Linden.
j. B. Dale and wife and Mrs. Slower
and children spent Sunday at Guy
Yengling's.
George Minor was Leon caller Sat
urday.
Tom Wynne and wife were Pleasanton
callers Saturday.
Maggie Brown spent Sunday with
Pearl Slower.
Several of our young people enjoyed
an oyster supper at e. T. Landphairs
Wednesday evening. All report a good
time. |,
Leon will have big mule and horse
sale next Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-10-31

We are determined to reduce our
stock of wall paper. 1t all goes for
one-half price as advertised.
w. G. STEN1PlL & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-10-31

For Oklahoma real estate write or
call on G. B. Jordan, Enid, o. T.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-10-31

Come to the mule and horse sale at
Leon next Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-10-31

HAY WANTED--I want to buy two tons
of good loose timothy hay. o. E. HULL
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-10-31
My farm for sale. Write or phone
EUGENE STANLEY, Lamont, Iowa.

Clearance sale of wall paper at Van4
Werden's, see them before buying.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-10-31

Immense discounts in wall paper at
Van Werden's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-10-31

Leon will have big mule and horse
sale next Saturday.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
SENATOR DRYDEN'S WEALTH.
How simple Little Bill of 100
Words Made MuIti-MiIIiOnaIre.

From Golfers Weekly.
On January 1. 1880 the New Jersey leg
stature came together At Trenton. And
within few weeks there appeared an in
nocent-looking bill. 1t consisted Of less
than 1O0 words. and no one of those
words was Prudential The Prudential
Company was not named: but the statute
applied to that company, and to no other
company. It vas by Dryden and
for Dryden Briefly the substance Of that
bill was.
All elections of directors of any joint
stock insurance company whose object
il is TO assist its sick or needy members
or to aid in defraying funeral expenses
expenses shall be by the stock
holders of such company. and no policy
holders or person insured in such COM
psny shall be entitled 10 vote"
That act was the Midas wand which
made Dryden rich. 1t was approved
March 8, 1880 On March , the policy
holders controlled the surplus; on March
{ Dryden and his friends had It, And
Dryden has stated on the witness stand
that he secured the passage of the stat
ute that made the transfer. From March
3, 1S0S. on, no policy holder has had a
vote in the Prudential Insurance Com
pauy, nor aught to do but pay his weekly
premium
Dryden and his friends had secured ex-
elusive dominion over the company and
over the surplus And how they have
used it! Out of it and its subsequent ac-
cretions they have voted themselves
splendid estates in Somerset County Out
Of 1t they have bought half the gas works
and electric railroads in New Jersey
From it they have bought for them
selves ownership of the rich banks and
trust companies of Newark
Yet. after all the footing of that fecund
surplus. there still remains S16.000000. And
Senator Dryden. who represents himself
as less greedy than his associates. SAYS
that one of the trials of his position as
president is resisting the demand of his
fellow-Owners TO divide some more Of that
g6000,000 among them.
That money consists of contributions
from policy holders. The policy holders
had control OF it, OF that control they
were, by legislative trick. deprived; and
those who planned and executed the trick
divided the money among them There
you have all the elements of a simple and
familiar situation. If i've partners had a
fund; If two Of the partners took the
fund and divided It between them-there
would be the Prudential performance
shOrn of technicalities
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
RAILROAD BROUGHT TO TIME.
Missouri Pacific VIII Establish Sta
tions where Kansas Designates.

Topeka, Kans, Jan. 20-The Missouri
Pacific Railway Company has taken steps
to comply with all the orders Of the State
board of railway commissioners and to
have the four petitions for writs of NAM
damus against 1t dismissed.
Z. P. Waggener, general solicitor for
the company in Kansas. has written to
the board of railway commissioners an
nouncing that his company was ready and
willing to comply with orders OF the board
requiring stations and agents to be estab-
lished or reinstated at Amiot, In Ander-
son County: Fremont in Mcpherson
County; Day, in Washington County, and
Arnold, in Ness County.
The board heard the complaints in these
cases last summer. and the railroad was
given thirty days in which % comply with
the orders. The company refused to do
this, and Carr W Taylor, attorney for the
board filed petitions for writs Of man
damus I'm the Supreme Court 20 compel
the railroad 10 obey orders These suits
have been I'm the court for some time.
The company filed demurrers in each
case. asking that the petitions be thrown
out of court on the ground that the State
had no authority 10 bring a suit. and that
the names Of the State Of Kansas. Carr
W TAYLOR, attorney for the board Of
railroad commissioners, and G 9. Cole
man attorney general, were improperly
Joined Mr.. Waggener. at the same time.
wrote the board that his company would
obey the orders IL the suits were dis
missed.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
REPORT ON SUBSIDY MEASURE
Committee Majority Speak for the
Littauer Substitute.
Claimed the Proposed Bill VIII
Stimulate the building of
American ships.

Gen. Grosvenor, chairman % the House
Committee on Merchant Marine aud
Fisheries, has filed the report on the
Ltnuer subsidy bill The paper is thirty
pages long, and covers the whole history
and scope of subsidy agitation. with the
present argur~ INT for the pending bill.
The Littauer bill is before the House
having been reported at "A late hour Sat
urday- As it is a Senate bill, and the
passage by the House of the substitute
reported will throw the whole subject
into conference. the tight for subsidy from
now on IS mainly "a matter of strategy.
The passage of the salary raise and
the probable passage IF the Littauer bill
combine to strike terror TO the minds Of
some Republican members of the House
who are not so well buttressad ia control
Of their districts as they would Ike 20 be
Nevertheless the majority leaders have
their programme well mapped Out. and
viii meet with slight. if any, recaIcitra-
ton on their own side of the han. The
Democrats will struggle for their brief
day Of protest but rule will be brought
in, and the bin passed without any ex-
tended waste of the precious time Of the
House
The minority Of the Committee on Mer-
chant Marine are at work on a report
which viii be quite as long as that filed
by Gen. Grosvenor. and will present the
whole argument against subsidy. This re
port viii denounce the bin as subsidy
grab. pure and simple. for the benefit of
the Hartman and Hill lines to Japan. the
Spreckels line 10 Australia. and the Pa
ciic Mail The minority believe that the
bin as a mail subsidy is simply an enter
ing wedge for a gigantic onslaught OF the
biz transportation interests on the Treas
ury which VIII have a tremendous inlIu-
ence on speculative properties. and In a
measure act as matter Of consolation
commercially for the passage last session
of the rate bill.
The report which Chairman Grosvenor
has filed declares that the measure is not
a general ship subsidy bill 1T does ROT
give d dollar OF subsidy or bounty 90
cargo vessels of the tramp type; it does
not give a dollar Of subsidy or bounty
or Of mail subventi0n.' he declares, Ito
any company Tor operating a last pas
senger service to Europe.
1t is" the report says. AN ocean mail
bill. pure and simple, with incidental pro-
vision for a naval reserve approved by
the Navy Department and Admiral
Dewey. Enrolment in this naval reserve
is voluntary with each officer and man
of the merchant service. while it is OPP
tioEal with each ship 10 carry or not to
carry these naval reserve men-so that all
fear Of CONSUMPTION as suggested by the
Sailors Union is removed.
Continuing. the report points out that
the steamships 10 perform this postal
service must be built in the United States
on plans approved by the Navy Depart
ment with "a view 10 use as auxiliary
cruisers or transports, and must be held
AT the disposal Of the government in time
Of war.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
INCREASING THE ARTILLERY.
Warren Bill Likely "a Pass the
House Promptly.


The Senate bill to increase the field and
coast artillery. which was passed by the
Senate Friday, viii be called up in the
House this week, probably to-day. The
measure has little or no opposition in
the lower branch of Congress. as it had
none in the Senate. The bill provides
for an increase in officers in the artillery
arm Of 296. and in men of coast artillery,
5.04S, and in field artillery of 99S. The in
crease Of cost of this increment of Off
GERS and men would be 81 6S9.OO0 a year
The bill is in line with the policy of coast
defense inaugurated under the Endicott
board, under which the government has
spent $l260OO,0 600. and has to spend yet in
the completion OF the plan S73,G00000.
1t has been urged with force that while
this work of such magnitude has been go
ing on the need Of more men in the arJil-
leTy arm has all the time been so great
that much Of the ordnance and the vari-
Gus works for defense have been in danger
OF rotting and rusting to ruin. Tbs pres
ent organized force for artillery consists
of 65I officers and 800 men. 1t is pro-
posed to bring the artillery arm up 10
L754 officers and 43 So men for immediate
needs Of the service, with some slight
further increase in the course Of a few
years when more works of fertilization
are completed
The increase as to officers is to be grad
ual one-ffth being added each year for
FIVE years. The increase in men Is to be
made at once This does not increase the
total strength Of the army beyond the
number allowed by law.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
FIGHT ON FOR A QUORUM
Speaker Will Insist on Care IN
Passing Criminal Code.
MIR. Gaines JOcose Rebuke 90 Alb
senfees Has Served Good
Purpose.

Speaker Cannon expresses more satis-
faction with John Wesley Gaines dock
ing" bill than almost any other single
proposition that has attracted attention
this session He says that for the first
few days after Mr. Gaines introduced his
bin ne was swamped with kilograms from
absentees beseeching him TO put them on
record as absent on account Of sickness.
Since the reassembling Of the House after
the holiday recess there has been no time
when there has not been not only a
quorum IN town but In the chamber o.
in the Capitol
The Gaines bill will not be passed. In
deed, 1t viii not be pressed for considera-
ton. II has. however. done all that it
could reasonably have been intended to
accomplish. Il has twitted every mem
Der who has been IN the habit Of coming
down 10 Washington at the beginning Of
a session long enough TO draw mileage
and. seeing things started. into staying a
while, for fear his standing before his
constituents might suddenly be assailed
in some way through talk about the
Gaines bin.
John Wesley said the Speaker TO the
Tennesseean Saturday, your nasty little
bin has policed the House into some sense
of its duty and has been all 10 the good ="
Mr. Cannon has been glad Of the incident
for one especial reason; There is TO be
adopted this session the new revised
criminal code Of the United States. This
is the work that has taken a commission
Of able lawyers eight OF nine years TO
prepare.
The criminal law is Of such Importance
that IL has all the time seemed hazardous
10 undertake to adopt the report Of the
commission this session in the stress Of
business for want of time to consider It.
There are 200 pages In the new criminal
code and thirty-three pages OF practically
new criminal law. There has entered into
this code during the last two years many
most important matters of legislation
The administration Of President RooSe-
welt has served to make II OF the highest
importance that the criminal code should
I'm no respect undergo any mishap in the
action Of Congress in adopting il.
The Speaker will. therefore, insist that
there shall be present during every ses-
sion while the code is under COnsidera-
ton a quorum Of the House. The code
viii be read from beginning to end and
considered at evening sessions. As but
thirty eight working days Of the session
remain, it may be imagined what labor is
before Congress in this matter. The code
must also be read in the Senate and acted
on there as in the House.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
LOAN FOR FORESTRY BUREAU.
Needed to Increase Force of Rangers
and Supervisors.

Clifford Pinchot chief of the Foresty
Bureau. in a statement to the House Com
mittee on Agriculture. asks Congress to
loan his bureau 100000, of which he
wants S2,OO0,OO0 for the next fiscal year
The service is rapidly becoming self-sup-
porting. In 1906 its revenue from sale Of
down timber and other sources was S767.-
900. and the expenditures were $l,192. eco
The receipts this year are likely to be
81, l25, 600. There will be added to this a
large sum when the bureau sells water
power. The standing timber is worth
500. O00,000 and the entire property is
worth 81, 400.0C0O00.
Mr.. Pinchot states that if the reserves
were maintained on the PruSsian basis
1900 rangers and Is supervisors would be
required to man them, instead Of the 500
rangers and 80 supervisors now employed.
To-day each ranger covers "a territory Of
100000 acres. and each supervisor a terri
tory of !. AZ. S26 acres. These figures show
that the reserves are undermined, and
make it difficult to prevent fire and tres
passing
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21

From the Dublin Freeman.
The Irishman wanted to sell the dog,
but the prospective buyer was suspicious
and finally decided MOTTO buy. The man
then told him why he was so anxious to
sell. You see. he said. I bought the
dog and trained him myself / got him
so he'd bark all the time if a person
stepped inside the gate and I thought I
was safe from burglars Then my wife
wanted be to train him 10 carry bundles.
and I did. If 1 put packet I'm his
mouth the dog would keep 1t there till
some one took it away. Well, one night
I woke up and heard some one in the next
room. I got up and grabbed my gun.
They were theTe-three of the scoundrels
and the dos.
Didn't he bark?" interrupted the man.
Sorry bark: he was too busy"
Busy? What doing?"
Carrying a lantern for the burglars
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
Frenchmen BaIk at Checks.

From the New York Times.
Frenchmen have never cared for checks.
They do not understand them. a few days
ago a French Journalist who had received
check on a well-knOwn London bank
showed it to me and asked me what he
ought To do with IL.
Has it any value?'' he asked.
Why, certainly I said. You simply
indorse it on the back. take it to your
banker. an6 he viii give you the amount
written on it.
But he seemed somewhat skeptical. and
] could see that he would much have pre-
ferTed "a postal order. But at last a seri-
Gus attempt is to be made by parliament
TO teach the Frenchman how to make use
OF the check. 1t will however. require
the sanction of q special law before the
masses will believe that there is any real
good in the system. IT is proposed 10 in
troduce the check with the assistance Of
the pOst-office, and 10 issue check0oOks
for sum not inferior 10 $50.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
FIRE IN PACKING PLANTS.
Quarter of a Million Dollar Loss in
Chicago stock Yards.

Chicago, Jan. pa quarter of a million
dollars damage was done by "a stOck-yard
fire early this morning, in the Swift, Lip
ton, and Armour packing plants. The
flames threatened the entire yards for I
time, and half the city's FIRE fighting
force was called out to subdue it.
The first alarm was from the Swift hog
house. one Of the largest in the yards.
From mere the flames spread TO the
Armour hog house.
While this fire was raging. a second call
came from the Upton plant, a mile and
a half distant This fire spread to the
Armour cattle house Losses are esti-
mated as follows:
Swift. $4,000; Armour. $4,000: Upton,
$1,000
Both fires were started by crossed cleo
trio wires.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
Poor XIII
, Snmerrille journal.

From the S0meryille Journal
Mrs. Watkins-Why, Willie, what are
you doing2 Put that cat down imme-
diately. What do you mean by torturing
the poor creature?
WILLIE amt hurt your old cat. That
man that was here last night said that
there wasn't room anywhere in this fiat
to swing a cat, and there is in every
ROOM for I've just done IL
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
MIstook the Sound.

From The thiCagO Tribune,
It's too bad you didn't send in an
alarm You heard the burglar. did you?'
ooh. yes; distinctly. He made quite
racket"
And you were not frightened
Not bit I thought it was my hus-
band coming home
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
Honest Confession.

From the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Does a merger tend to stifle c0mpeti-
tion?"
No. sir
How do you explain that?'
1T tends to kill it quick. and not by any
old-fashioned process
Naturally, at this point, his lawyer gave
him new cue
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
Circuit Court No. ..
JUSTICE ANDERSON.

Assignments for to-day:
No. s. Cross vs. Javns Attorneys. ". z. Les
teri T. Scaggs and Thompson & Laskey.
M. y. Totten Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company Attorneys. Thompson & Laskey-Hamil-
ton Colbert x Hamilton.
No. Is. Ransom vs.. Capital Traction Company
Attorneys. F. " Hackett-R. L. Perry & Son and
6. T. Dunlop.
No. - Totten IS. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
company Attorneys. Thompson d Laskey-Ham-
iton. Colbert x Hamilton.
No. 499. Taylor vs.. Washington and Rockville
Railway Company. Attorneys y. Y. Bradley. j.
Darlington.
No. l34. Richards vs.. zurhorst Attorneys. ". c.
.'rentiss-H amiltoh, Colbert X Hamilton
No. s. Wyle Harker 4 Camp Company vs..
Riley. Attorneys, q. NJ. Brady-Dougass & Doug
lass
No. ~ Lukei vs.. Washington Loan and Trust
Company Attorneys. Douglass & Douglass-J. J.
Darlington.
No. l5s. Mears vs.. Jones Attorneys. C. L. Frailey
arthur Peter
No. IA. Grady Washington Gaslight Com
pany. Attorneys. Douglass X Douglass-R, Ross
Perry & Son and McKenne5 & Flannery.
No. l56. Warwick vs.. Gleunan. Attorneys, J. A
BUrkart-E- /. Gies
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
Criminal Court No. L.

JUSTICE SIAfEOkD.
Assignments for to-day;
United States vs. Aloysius Brown.
United States Henry Colbert.
United States vs. Humphrey Mills.
Criminal Court No. =.
JUSTICE BARNARD.
Assignments for today
United States VS. Maurice Hgbce.
United States vs.. George Reed.
United States vs. Max Won Schrader.
Civil cases:
No q. Stewart vs.. Jenkins. Attorneys, Leo
SimmOns-Eugene A. Jones
No q. Knott Is. Kelly Attorneys. Leo sim
mons-Eugene A. Jones
No. g. Forsyth vs.. Person. Attorneys. Stuart
McNamara-S. v Hayden and Il J.. Franc
No Sc. DOnohue Head Attorneys, ", T.
AmbTose-B +. Leighton
No. 81. Mcdonald vs.. Webb. Attorney. w S
Alert,
No. 80 Nicolai vs.. Ross Attorneys. Leckie. Full
ton s Cox.
No g. Scott vs., sprngnan. Attorneys, r. W
Frisby-D- orc. CaIlaghan.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21

From the Chicago News.
Gyer-Brokeleigh is now an heiressto-
crat.
Myer-What's an heiresstocTat?
Gyer-A man who is married to an. heir
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
Highest Returns to Investors

With safety 10 principal guaranteed b. first mort
gage tdeed Of trust notes on Washington business
property Several notes S 900 EACH for sale paying
per cent net TO investor. Smaller notes on resi-
dence property.
HEISKELL & McLERAN. IWs ST nv
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
CONFIDENTIAL

CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANT OR PRIVATE
secretary. with man Of large affairs. Young man.
vide experience ability, highest references wishes
position ENERGY, City Club, Binghamton. n. Y.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
Not a Family Affair

From the Womans Home Companion
Geraldine-If you kiss me I'll call my
mother.
Gerald-That's all the good it will do
her; I'm no Hobson.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
Circuit Court No. 1.

Assignments fer to-day.
No g. Burton vs. Elkirs- Attorneys. George Fl.
Calvert IA. 5 WorthnEtnn
No. l53 Easterling vs. H0ruing- Attorneys vii
son & Barksdae-TuCAer y Kenyon and L. ).
Bailey
No. l55 Niaguder vs. Luttren Attorneys. RaIston
& Siddons and ". L. Observation-Disclosures. Colbert
q Hamilton.
No 49, Louis vs. Bristow. Attorneys. H. f..
Da7is-M H. Beach and Chaplin Brown
No rs Stead VS. Gait. Attorneys George s.
Chase-Wolf & Rosenberg and b. W. Baker.
No. 49, Mills IS. Digs. Attorneys. W. j. Lam
bert-Brandanburg x BrandenhuTg.
No. 3. Wright VS. Baum Attorneys ". L. Am
brCse-Ormsbv MCCammcu.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
DAILY COURT RECORD.

Equity Court No. I.
CHIEF JUSTICE CLABAUGH.
- assignment for to-day.
Equity Court No. =.
JUSTICE GOULD.
Assignments for to-day.
No. l54 Pitzer rs. District Of Columbia Attor-
neys HaIlam & Hallam-E r. Thomas
No 1856 AIcSwcen VS. Eureka Dairy Company.
Attorneys Cuttings s Chamberln and Irving VIII
iaunson-Tucker x Kenyon
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-21
Herald Want Ads

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