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The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30
Hotter Than Hades.

A Hot Springs, South Dakota, man
met fellow from Phoenix, Arizona, re-
Gently and writes Smoke Wreathes"
to tell of a little discussion they had
about the weather.
'How's the weather in Phoenix"
asked the Hot Springs man.
Hot" replied the Arizona man.
How hot?"
well, it's SO hot that Phoenix man
who died last week and went to Hades
found it so chilly there he had to send
back for his overcoat. Denver Post
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30
MAKING It pleasant For Him.

Mabel-Papa, what did you say to
Harold that upset him SO? He was alb
ing after he had been in to ask your
consent.
Mabel's Papa-Oh, nothing much
After giving my consent, l merely ad-
ded that l hoped he wouldn't back out,
same as all the other fellows had done
when he found out what temper you
had.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30
Put More In.

One morning. just before starting
to school, little Bobbie, aged six.
years, was watching his mamma put
up his noon lunch. Suddenly he said:
Mamma, / wish you'd let Katie put
up my lunch instead of doin' it your
self. Won't your"
IT'S no trouble. my dear"
81 know"
Then, why"
Cause, mamma, she's got a bet :.
ter appetite than you, an she puts
more In. n."-Delineator.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30

Misery loves company, but we feel
sorry for the company.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30

The average man tries to console
himself with the belief that he isn't
half as big fool as he used to be.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30
pissolution and DistiIIation.

A man who had made his fortune In
the West returned to his boyhood
home in Ohio to spend it.
whats become of John Falvey?"
he asked of some old friends he met
at the hotel.
"Oh, he's dead. Drank himself to
death We buried him two years ago"
well, declare. So old John is
gone. And where is Jim Robinson? Is
he dead, too?"
"0h. yes; we buried him three
years ago. He drank himself to death,
too"
You don't tell me. And where is
old Peter Marean? Has he passed
over?"
YES" said one of the home folks.
"Old Peter has been gone about a
year"
you buried him a year ago. Well,
we'll"
'Oh, no." was the reply; I'VE didn't
bother to bury him. We just poured
him back into the BARREL"
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30

There is still hope for the bachelo.
who reads the marriage notices.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30

New factories are springing up like
mushrooms in the Rhine country, and
all are built substantially. There is
general complaint. in consequence. OF
the scarcity of labor. 1t has been
said that no man in Germany is idle
unless he chooses.
The Elbert County tribune., 1908-07-30
By GEORGE BARTON

Mor0elouS I1Siebf Of -Sber-
lock Holmes Prototype Re-
x,eafS a Professional Bandit
II, Man .Ser0anf Of SIR Arch
dbdId Hunfer-TeU-ToIe I'm
press Of Thirsty TbiefS
Di6f1S on Receptacle and
on Cab Door Furnishes
Connecting Links in Queer
Robbery .SofxfiOn. x * @
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
Fifty Free Scholarship.

Speaking of the free scholarships re-
Gently offered by the board of trustees
OF Iowa State College, President Storms
says:
"The fifty scholarships are intended
to aid the needy and the deserving. A
scholarship generally means free tu-
ition. At Ames tuition is, and for years
has been free. Consequently, the
scholarship can be used to meet con-
tingent expenses incurred at the col
lege.
1--WE recognize in the county super
intendent the best possible agency to
select the one most entitled to the
scholarship, and consequently have
empowered this officer to make the ap-
pointment subject to the approval of
the superintendent of schools in the
city where the appointee graduates.
"The total increase in attendance
at the college during the past two years
has been about 300-a number sufficient
ly large to keep the institution en-
barrassed every year for lack of funds
to meet increased expenses for addi-
tional equipment and teaching force.
The state college, however, belongs to
the people, and the trustees are en-
deavoring to have all classes repre-
sented in college courses, as we'll as all
sections of the state. 1t is the hope of
the trustees that the scholarships
offered will be the means of encouraging
fifty additional young people to enter
upon college courses"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
Orphan Ridge.

Miss Rosa Weable, of Lamont, is
spending few days at the home of
Mrs. Mary Mclaughlin.
Will Virden, of Pleasant Valley, came
over Saturday and spent couple of
days at the home of his cousin, Zona
Housh.
Joseph Dobson and son Charles had
business in Leon Saturday.
Those who took dinner at A. J. Piper's
Sunday were j.. M. and Will Barleap,
Fred Jones, Mrs. Mary Mclaughlin and
Miss Rosa Weable.
The township road gang will start
out Monday with A. J. Fttson as .forei
man. <'za- eTsf '.-ere-s-- -
Glib Johnson's team became frightened
at an engine Saturday and ran away,
but the only damage was a few
scratches.
Fred Jones and James Smith spent
Sunday night at George Stephens.
John Barlean, of Corydon, is here
spending few days with the Barlean
boys. He will work for A. j. Fulton on
the township road work.
Charles Hatfield and Fred Smith
went to St. Joe Saturday to buy more
goods for the Blockley store.
James Smith sold his fine saddle horse
last week to the Blockley merchant for
5000.
Zona Housh has lost 81 head of hogs
the past week from cholera.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
Good Hope.

Mr.. Rasmussen and wife spent Sun
day at Sam Heathers.
Mrs. Frank Binning visited Thursday
with her mother, Mrs. Anthony Cox, OF
Leon.
DR.. Lindsey and wife, of Van Vert,
called on F. L. Plotts and family Tues
day afternoon.
Earl Wise took dinner with Elba
Wills Sunday.
Bessie Upheld spent Sunday with
lvah Thompson.
nellie Wise called on Nicholena Ras-
mussen Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. nellie Hoadley is on the sick list
Sophia Smith, of Van Vert, spent
Sunday with Tressa and Esther MEGA
huey.
Oliver McGahuey, Elba Wills and Earl
Wise had business at Leon Saturday.
Mrs. Charley Imhoff called on Mrs.
Clyde Stevens Thursday afternoon.
Misses Dale and Grace Wise spent
Sunday with Orpha McGahuey.
Lloyd and Earl Barger called on Will
Jones Sunday afternoon.
Oliver McGahuey and Guy Smith
took dinner with Clyde Imhoff Sunday
Mrs. w. II. Wise visited Friday night
at Van Vert the guest of her mother
Mrs. M. ]. Waterman.
Earl and Madge Hamilton visited
friends and relatives in Leon Saturday
They were accompanied home by their
cousin, Rue Hamilton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
Presbyterian Notes.

Next Sunday morning subject "He
that hath seen me hath seen the Father
or "the Fatherhood OF God" preached
by request. Evening topic; 1.-THE
Bridge" by H. W. Longfellow, will be re-
cited by the pastor and illustrated by
blackboard drawings. This will be a
highly instructive and Entertaining
lecture and one of the best of the popular
series of illustrated sermons. You can't
afford to miss it, both from the stand
point literary as we'll as religious
interest. Installation service Thursday
evening Of this week, beginning promptly
ats o'clock. Let all our young people turn
out for rousing Christian Endeavor
rally Sunday evening at o'clock. The
pastor requests as q personal favor that
every young person Of our congregation
be present to meet him at this service.
Junior Endeavors have important busi-
ness on hand for Sunday afternoon at
3 o'clock. Many words of appreciation
Of our morning services were heard and
our people were glad to welcome Mrs.
DR.. Bowman and DR.. Bowman's sister,
Mrs. Kopp into our church fellowship.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
NightWatch Lorey Sluaqed.

Saturday night nightwatch Forest
Lorey was slugged by James Craig, one
of the decorators employed on the new
court house and since then he has been
wearing his right eye in deep mourning.
1t seems that Craig and Frank Cont,
another decorator had been drinking
and had been warned by the nightwatch
to go home or he would have to arrest
them. They failed to heed his warning
and some time after he thought it
necessary to arrest Craig. While Lorey
was talking Cont, Craig got busy and
slugged him, and then Lorey used his
billy to good effect on Craig and he
was arrested and put in Jail but later
released on bond of S10O to appear be-
fore Mayor Gates Thursday morning.
An information was filled before justice
Beck Tuesday charging Cont with
resisting an officer and he was arrested
by constable Charles Swanson. His
hearing was continued until Friday
and he was released under 800 bonds
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
Unbiased Political News.

During the campaign now opening,
The Des Moines Register and Leader
will publish, impartially, all of the po-
litical news of interest to Iowans.
While its views in regard to the differ
ent candidates and policies will be ex-
pressed on the editorial page, it's news
columns will be free from bias. Readers
of the Register and Leader will be kept
fully and reliably informed on the Iowa
and national political situation from day
to day.
Any new reader can secure the Reg
lister and Leader, every day except
Sunday, from now to July 4, 1908 until
after the Iowa primary and the republi-
can national convention-by sending
One Dollar to the Register and Leader
Co., Des Moines, Iowa; for the daily and
Sunday editions, send S1.5O. The pub
Usher of this paper will forward sub.
,scriptions without additienl charge.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
r. Ed. No. /.

Some of the farmers have been i'm.
proving the roads in this vicinity by
the use of the grader.
Mrs. Jim Moore visited her siste,
Thursday.
Con McClaran and wife were visiting
his sister, Mrs. Herd Davis, few days
last week.
Scott Clark and wife were PIeasanton
callers Friday.
John Davis and wife and daughter
May visited her parents, Andy Still and
wife, Wednesday.
Mrs. ]. W. Moore is quite sick at this
writing.
Mrs. Nell Still and Mrs. Joe Ingram
visited Mrs. Marion Davis Thursday.
Everybody appreciated the fine rain
that came Sunday night.
Page Drury has the measles.
Alta Pryor, of Akron, Mo-, is working
for Mrs. Marion Davis this week.
Nell Still and wife visited at Andy
Stills Sunday.
John Bibby's barn was struck by
lightning Sunday night and all the con-
tents were burned, consisting of three
horses, 150 bushels of corn and all farm
ing implements also the henhouse and
the chickens.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
Commercial Club REFLECTS officer,

At the regular meeting of the Leon
Commercial Club held last Friday even
ing, all of the old officers were reelected
for the ensuing year. The Commercial
Club has been in existence just one
year and during that time they have
accomplished great good for the general
welfare of Leon. The membership has
shown material increase and great in
terest is taken in the work by all the
members.
1t was decided that the Commercial
Club would take charge Of the big
Fourth of July celebra tion to be held at
Leon this year in connection with the
dedication of the new court house, and
the various committees will be ap-
pointed within a few days by President
Harry j. Vogt. 1t is proposed to make
this the greatest celebration ever held
in southern Iowa, and the Commercial
Club does not do things by halves.
Steps were also taken to secure a
series of band concerts for this city the
coming summer, as Leon now has two
good uniformed bands, the X. P. band
and the High School band, and it has
been suggested that both be employed to
divide the time at the concerts, which
would be giving proper encouragement
to both organizations and with Satur-
day night concert by two bands the
town would hardly hold the people.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
Leon Teachers Elected.

At the regular meeting of the Leon
school board held Tuesday evening the
teachers were elected FOR the coming
year. Prof. A. G. Voelker was re-elect-
ed as principal some weeks ago and the
board fixed his salary for next year at
$1100, an increase of $1OO, and he GER
tainly deserves it, for Prof. Voelker has
done splendid work in our schools the
past year and they have made great
progress under his supervision. He is
one of the, hardest workers we ever
knew and is very popular with both the
pupils and the patrons Of the schools.
-Four Of the old teachers, Misses Hal
lie Moore, Hattie Meter, Grace Wallace
and Mabel Chase were not applicants
this year, and all of the other old teach
ers were reelected.
The board made general change
around in the assignment, Miss Ella
Grogan being assigned as principal of
the south building at a salary of $50,
Miss Ophie Clark takes the 4th and 9Th
grades, Miss Maud Stocker 3rd grade
and Miss LYDIA Epperly the 1st and End
grades, at salary of S45.
At the north building Miss Hattie
Drake is first assistant in the high
school at $40, Miss Ella Conrey End as
sistant at $50, and the third assistant
has not yet been elected. Miss Iva
Brandt, of Ames, a graduate of the State
College at Ames was elected to the Sth
grade, Miss Marion Woodland to the 9th
and 7th, Miss Mildred Rinehart, of Des
Moines, for the 4th and 9Th grade, Miss
Fern Pryor of the 3rd, and teacher for
the LIST and 2nd grade is yet to be elect
ed. as we'll as music teacher.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
MEET FOR FIRST TIME
Brothers Born in Decatur bounty,
Accidentally Meet while Visit
ing in St. Louis, Mo.

The following dispatch appeared ir
last Sundays Chicago Examiner, local
interest being added from the fact that
the two brothers who met for the first
time were born on farm in Decatur
county:
st. Louis, Mo-, May Idly watching
the new arrivals at the Hotel Jefferson
registering their names, Mervin r. Hen
derson, 2737 Locust street, met for the
| first I'll, Q his brother, J. Henderson Pol
| lock, of Des Moines, Iowa.
Mr.. Pollock arrived at the hotel and
registered. The name as he wrote it
caught the glance of Mr.. Henderson,
who is travelling man and who hap
pened to be standing near the desk.
III guess you must be brother of
mine" he remarked to the new arrival,
and the explanations which followed
led to hearty greeting.
Mr.. Henderson is thirty-seven wears
old and was born on farm in Decatur
county, Iowa. He was the oldest of a
large family Of children and was away
from home when the younger children
were born.
At the birth Of the youngest child the
mother died and the children were sep
arated, all but the two older ones being
adopted into other families. This led
to change of names for all of them but
the two, and most of them have never
met.
When Mr.. Pollock. who is a LAWYER
and newspaper man of Des Moines. ar
rived at the Hotel Jefferson he was
unaware that he had a relative in st.
Louis. In casual way he had known
of his brothers existence, but neither
knew the location of the other.
Mr.. Henderson has four brothers and
sister, all Of whom have names differ
ent from his. They are Pearl Henderson
Springer, of Indianola, Iowa; Evelyn
Henderson Hibbard, of Langdon, N. D.;
Roy Henderson Thompson, of Blair, Neb.;
Austin Henderson Pollock, of Mime
apolis, Minn., and Mr.. Pollock, who is
now at the Jefferson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
The Davis City Reunion.

At meeting held at the mayors Of
fee the business men of Davis City de-
cided the dates for their reunion this
year, August 18th to 14th inclusive
and elected the following officers for
this year:
Presidents. Radnich.
Vice President--Wm.F Frazier.
Secretary-G. G. Grimes.
Treasurer-A. F. Radnish.
Executive Committee. A. Brown,
James Parker, P. f. Early, W. L. Severe
and John Asbach.
The committee will spare no time or
expense in making this, the 14th apnual
reunion, the banner reunion. Mr..
Grimes, the secretary and concession
man, is clean young man and hust-
Ter, and with the assistance of the COM
mittee assures the people of first-class
entertainment.
Make your arrangements to attend,
not for one day but for all four days.
You will be entertained all the time
you are there. They will look for you
early Monday morning and will expect
you to stay until late Saturday night.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
Judge prouty to Speak Again.

Judge S. F. Prouty, of Des Moines,
who spoke at the opera house in this
city few weeks ago and created such
an excitement among the standpatters
by his expose of their methods of run
ming the republican party in Iowa, has
been secured by the Cummins Club of
Leon to make a second address in this
city at the opera house on Thursday
evening of this week, and in addition to
Jurge Prouty, Hon. ]. A. Dyer, of Des
Mojnes. one of the most eloquent or
ators in the state, will also be present
and make an address, Those who heard
Judge Prouty when he spoke here few
weeks ago will be pleased to again have
an opportunity to hear him, and it is
a foregone conclusion that there will
De good audience present to hear his
address.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
MORE NEWSY LETTERS
Another Batch of Splendid Items
Crowded Off Regular Page by
Advertising This Week.
Lonesome Ridue.

Chilly weather is the order of the
day in this vicinity.
Mrs. Curran called on Mrs. Jim An.
derson one day last week.
The smallpox scare is over in this
locality.
Essie Hamilton spent Sunday with
her friend, Miss Maud Adams.
Quite few people are having the
measles in this locality.
Arthur Campbell called on his best
girl Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. W. Hamilton and two
children spent Sunday at Ernest Hamil.
tons.
Lon Adams spent Sunday at W. H.
McCalla's.
Mrs. Joe Ingerman and son Clifford
were Leon callers one day last week.
Clifton Mills was seen going south
Sunday evening.
Mr.. Horney was Leon caller one day
last week.
Ruth Durrell is very sick at this
writing we hope she will soon recover.
School closed at West Eden Friday
with Dock Dunn as teacher.
Lewis Hamilton has purchased fine
moving picture machine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Durrell spent Sunday in
Davis City.
Charley Mills called on his parents
Friday evening.
Milt Lindsey was in this part of the
country Thursday.
Those that were Leon callers from
this locality Saturday were: Tom
Guthrie and wife, Clifton Mills, Arthur
Campbell, Jack Dingman and sister, W.
H. Hamilton and daughter, Essie Maud
Adams, Lewis Hamilton, and wife, Jim
McMorris and two children.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07

Prof. Arthur McMurray, well known
to many Decatur county people as the
popular platform manager of the Red
path Chautauqua held in this city last
August, has been elected to succeed
Prof. A. M. Newens as head of the pub
lie speaking department of the Iowa
State College, at Ames. For several
years Prof. McMurray was teacher in
the School of Expression in Chicago, and
has divided his time between lecturing
on the Redpath Lyceum bureau and
teaching. He is a graduate of the State
University of Kansas, where he won
several interstate oratorical contests.
We expect to have Prof. McMurray
with us again in August as the platform
manager of the Redpath Chautauqua,
the management having been requested
to send him back here again this year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07

Registered letters can only be deliv-
cred TO the person to whom addressed,
when so directed, according to orders
received at the local office. The order
states that registered letters, when SO
marked are to be delivered to the
addressee only, and cannot be given to
any other person, even when a written
order is presented. No control which
a parent or guardian or any other per-
son in any capacity, may have over the
addressee, shall alter or lessen this re-
quirement for strict observance of this
regulation. When such letter or arti-
Gle cannot be delivered to the person to
whom addressed, it shall be returned
to the sender. This rule has been in
effect for number of years, but has
not been SO strictly enforced as it will
be in the future,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07

Last Saturday evening as Roy Stout
was driving one of Vanostrand's drays
to the depot, Mr.. and Mrs. G. Fl. Harp
riding on the dray with him, he met
Vanostrand's auto half way down the
depot hill. The team he was driving
became frightened and ran away. Mrs.
Harp was jerked off the back of the
dray and as she is quite heavy woman
she was badly bruised and shaken up
and the services of physician was
necessary to relieve her. When his wife
fell of Mr.. Harp jumped and he fell and
sprained his wrist and cut one of his
hands quite badly. The team ran down
the hill and across the tracks and the
driver finally stopped them in front of
the residence of G. L. Norton,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07

Edgar Haskett Bell, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. E. Bell has received a present
which he will no doubt cherish in years
to come. 1t is a regulation U. S. flag,
which hung at half mast on the man Of
war which was in the harbor at Calloa,
Peru, when news of the assassination of
President Garfield was received at that
port. Oliver Haskett, once a resident
of Leon. was one of the officers of the
ship and he secured the flag and pre-
sented it to his brother, E. W. Haskett,
who hung it in his office in far away
Alaska. After his death it was be-
queathed to the next of kind, Chard
Sanford, Of Los Angeles, as there was no
boy in MIR. Haskett's family, and re-
Gently after the birth of son to his
daughter, Mrs. E. E. Bell, the flag was
forwarded to Leon, and will probably
be handed down with reverence by gem
erations to come.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-05-07
ARRESTED FOR FRAUD.
f. II. Johnson Sent Forged Check to
Sears-ROebuCk and Uncle Sam
Puts Him in Jail.

+. ii. Johnson, a young man about
twenty-six years of age, was arrested
at he home Of his parents near Lamont
last week by deputy United States
marshal Wesley Bryant and United
States Post Office inspector Charles S.
Ranger and taken to Cres ton where he
was placed in Jail on the serious charge
of using the United States mails for
fraudulent purposes.
1t seems that some time ago young
johnson sent an order to Sears, Roe
buck & Co. for bass drum costing
$14.00 and phonograph records to the
amount of $1.95, and in payment for
them enclosed a check drawn on the
Farmers & Traders State Bank of Leon,
signed by W. H. Mills, for $3.50. The
goods were shipped to him and in due
course of the time the check came to
Leon for collection and when it was
charged to the account of W. II. Mills,
who is we'll known farmer of Eden
township, he promptly declared he had
never issued such check. The check
was returned by the bank to Sears Roe
buck & Co. and they placed the matter
in the hands of the government officials.
The post cffice inspector in due time
took up the case and after making an
investigation located the young man
and placed him under arrest. 1t was
found that after receiving the goods
from the Chicago firm he sold the drum
to a neighbor for $500. After getting
the first shipment of the goods Johnson
sent in another check and order, the
check bearing the name of Fred Smith,
of Blockley, but the Chicago firm of
course did not fill the order as the
other case had become known to them.
Mr.. Mills was summoned to Creston
last Thursday to testify against young
Johnson, but he entered plea of
guilty and was bound over to the next
Federal grand jury which meets this
month at Des Moines. Last summer
Johnson was working for H. W. Towns
ley, neighbor of MIR. Mills, and he
said he got the checks on the Leon
bank while he was there and although
he did not know Mr.. Mills he signed
his name to the check.
We understand that young Johnson
is not considered very bright, and if
such is the case he will probably re-
ceive the lightest sentence possible
when he pleads guilty at Des Moines.