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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-01-23

Thursday. January 9. 1908.
Board met pursuant to adjournment
Members all present.
Board began checking treasurers tax re-
ceipts. completing same to Eayette.
At six O'Clock board adjourned to meet
Friday. January TO- at s o'clock.
Attest:
Scott, A B McClaran.
Co. Auditor. Chairman
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-01-23
Wednesday. January 8. 1908.

Wednesday, January 8. 1908.
BOARD met pursuant to adjournment.
Members all present.
Board considered road and bridge petitions.
Road petition Of Susan Greenland for road
In Long Greek township approved November
22. 1907. reconsidered and rejected.
Road reports from Burrell. Franklin. High
Point and Fayette townships approved.
Reports of Robert Turner and John Hatch
er. justices of the peace in Fayette township.
approved.
Official bond of Kier approved.
The following claims were allowed:
@ Danielson trustee Fayette... IL %
W A Grenawalt trustee Fayette.... 12 IS
Bert Butchcroft trustee Fayette. 12 rs
a Otis White clerk Fayette .............. 20 80
6 Reed medical aid Mrs ] Mend
ALL. ...... . 10 IS
g Reed medical aid Mrs Emma Van
Beck. Observation-Disclosures. III w
G Reed medical aid Mrs K Harp. 800
ID q White q Son merchandise MIS-
Burgess ........................... ~
Supply Store merchandise Brsntwait
& Observation-Disclosures. 500
Foreman Teale & Co merchandise
Bennett ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. "a
Foreman Teale & Co merchandise
Argaorlght.. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 63
n Danielson coal for the poor....... 40 81
Hurst Bros merchandise F Honn...... 9s
Covington & Lloyd merchandise
Morton ........... .......... 222 80
McCIellaad & Ogilvie merchandise F
HOnn ................... w
Horner medical aid Brantwait. 10 90
B A Greer medical aid Bennett ........ 10 90
A Greer medical aid Will Mason
claimed Sll1.7o allowed .......... IS so
w WALES medical aid Mrs Osborne. 80
JW WALES medical aid Mrs Turpin.... 40
Wallace & Linnane payment on court
house. .........................l. 6l5 10
Smith, Wetherell & Gage estimate -. sc 26
At six o'clock board adjourned to meet
January9.
Attest
81. G. Scott. A. B. NcClaran.
Co. Auditor. Chairman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-01-23
Wednesday Jan. is. 1908

Wednesday Jan. Is. 1908
Board met pursuant to adjournment.
Members all present.
Board finished settlement with Treasurer
and found all monies collected and disbursed
by him satisfactorily accounted for and
approved his books.
Tax OF Mrs. Acton of Davis City remitted
for the years 1905 and 1907.
DIV Parker clerk Hamilton. 400
Rogers trustee Hamilton 400
e Aorey trustee Hamilton .. 400
N e Gammill trustee Hamilton 400
Tomas Boyce coal Mrs. Reavers.... g
3 A Bowman medical aid W BAN.
llson OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 30 90
Covington Armstrong merchandise
Mrs Shields .............. - 40
Covington & Armstrong merchandise
loe Accom-. Observation-Disclosures. 0O
Covington & Armstrong merchandise
MIS- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, l7411
B L Eiker medical aid Will Mason. 20 %
B L Eiker surgery and Nurse hire etc.,
Mason claimed % ~ allowed ......... IS 90
E w Doolittle medical aid Mrs Beav-
ers......... Observation-Disclosures. IS 90
School Fund Mortgages DOS / and to 10
inclusive approved.
Board ordered SIS O3 transferred from the
county fund to the General Township Fund.
Board ordered $4,000 transferred from the
temporary school fund to the permanent
school fund.
Board ordered 81. $4,000 transferred from the
insane fund to the pauper fund
Moved and seconded that G Lee be
selected as bridge foreman for the wear 1905
carried.
No further business appearing Board adj
journed to meet April g. 1908
A b McClaran per diem and mileage 20 90
S P Wiley 40 M
ID CoVlngton f. ;. 81 80
Attest.
H. G. Scott A. B. McClaran
20. Auditor. Chairman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-01-23

GrORan
TN Riddle
Stephens
II L Coontz clerk Trustees
Road Report OF Center Township.
To balance on hand Jan 1so7............ IS 70
Amount received from County Treas-
urer April sss 90
Amount received from County Treas
urer October Z. !. Z. "a M
Board OF health fund used by township
fund but reserved tor former pur-
poses s. " 90
Total 1905 rs
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-01-23

Balance on hands December 81, 1907. So 8
g w Smith
w D Smith
Z Z Richardson
j 4 Mendenhall Twp Clerk Trustees
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10
IMPROVEMENT
IS PROSPERITY
By John T. Stewart.

In an agricultural region the works
bf man are the characteristic features
which are noticed by traveller. AS
the intelligence of the inhabitants
and the prosperity OF the country in
creases the works of man are made
more slightly and pleasing to the eye
and more convenient and comfortable
to the occupant. This condition of an
agricultural country is denoted by the
word Improvement which may be
considered as the index to it's pros
perity.
If the buildings are neat and at
tractive, the lawns and shade trees
well kept, the fences straight and free
from weeds, the fields properly cul-
tiyated, the passer-by will speak of
the country as being well improved,
by which it is understood that the
people are intelligent and thrifty, the
soil productive, and the markets good
A we'll improved country is a prosper
Gus country.
If the buildings are small and poor
ly built, the yards and waste places
grown up in weeds, the fences I'M
slightly and areas of land not Guilt
waited, it is spoken of as poorly i'm
proved country, which is understood
to mean that either the country is
comparatively new, the inhabitants
lazy and shiftless, the soil non-pro-
ductiye Or the markets poor.
A poorly improved country being
one that for some reason is not pros
porous. AS comfort, convenience and
beauty are qualities which please the
average person, they are prominent
factors in determining the market
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10
OLD WAGE LOOKUP.
Quaint Structure for Confinement Of
Rouues and Vaaabonds.

Roques and Vagabonds.
Several villages in the Midlands
possess in more or less ruined state
their old parish lockups, commonly
known as round houses.
Breedon, a Leicestershire village,
close to the South Derbyshire border,
possesses its lookup, quaint stone
building 1S feet high and feet 6 in
ches diameter inside The walls are
fifteen inches thick. The door is Of
stout oak, studded with many large
iron nails.
The lock is very strong and the key
hole is covered with an iron plate,
which itself has to be unlocked by a
spanner before the door key can be
inserted. Ventilation is afforded by
small holes punched in an iron plate,
6 inches by Z. fixed in the centre of
the door. There is no window.
At Worthington, the next village to
Breedon. the old lookup is seven
sided brick building, badly in need of
restoration, an opportunity for archae-
ologists which, it is hoped will not be
missed. EOuH II bieeuoL anu WVl III
ineton these diminutlVe dlsuSed
prisons are On the roadside, adjacent
to the pound or pinfold, that the con-
stable had conveniently side by side
the strayed cattle and any human
rogues or vaea bonds he had charge OF.
There are similar old lockups at
Simisbv and Ticllnall, two villages
close to Leicestershire.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10
Settinq the Matter Right.

Representative Rodenberg OF Illinois,
who used to be civil service commits
sioner in Washington, was in the city
recently attending to some chores for
his constituents. With him was Rep
resentative Charlie McGavin, also of
Illinois, and during my brief street
corner chat with the two of them
Rodenberg happened to mention in an
affectionate if somewhat patronizing
sort of way, that he and McGavin used
to go to school together back home"
After I had left them and strolled
along for a block or so I heard the
patter of feet behind me, and, swing
ing around, discovered McGavin all out
of breath.
''Sa-say,'' he painted, you heard
what Rodenberg said about going to
school with me?'
| admitted | had.
Well" said McGavin, with a nerv'
Gus glance over his shoulder, don't
hold it up against me. My parents
were good-hearted, but thoughtless."
And then he chased back to where
the unsuspecting Rodenberg was wait
ing for him.-Washing Star
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10
FIsHWoMEN ON THEIR DIGNITY.
How They Forced the Removal of an
Officious Police Inspector.

A telegram from Cherbourg de-
scribes a strange happening here yes
terday morning The fishermen had
brought in a big catch of fish and
shellfsh and the market was just
opening when a police inspector step
ped up to one of the fishwives to make
note of an infringement of the local
bylaws.
The woman had stepped two yards
further than the bylaw allowed her
to do. A minute later second police
complaint was made-against WON
an who had undertaken to sell the fish
OF a fishwife who was i'll. A third
complaint was made against fisher
man who went out of his turn in put
ting up his catch for sale.
The news of the police officiousness
spread quickly. Many of the women
were still bargaining with the fisher
men, but the last bids and counter
bids could not be heard for the shouts
of the women established behind the
fish baskets on the market place. In
two minutes the word was passed
round that the fishwives were going to
close the market in order to show
their Indignation against the police.
For some time all was hurry and
hustle; within ten minutes the market
square had been cleared and the fish
returned to the boats in which they
had been brought into harbor, Thus
it was that the $4,000 inhabitants of
Cherbourg were without fish yester.
day. The strike came to an end to-
day owing to the removal by the mu-
nicipal authorities of the obnoxious
police inspector.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10
A Great Enalish Lady.

To the late Mrs. William Lowther,
the speakers mother, generation
that is within sight Of doing justice
to women owes a special tribute. She
was one of the cleverest women Of her
time. and would i'll later time have
been one Of the greatest. Even az
it was she had more of a real educa-
ton than most OF her contemporaries,
her father. the first Lord Wensley-
dale, the great judge and jurist, edu-
Gated her himself ON the regular lines
of boys education. He used to say,
I'll, my daughter Alice bad been boy
she would have made the name OF
Parke illustrious in Jurisprudence"
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10

to wire to his manager, Anatovitch,
asking if Chrissy were we'll | told
Sisterson that we had not heard from
friendly, and seems a decent sort of a
chap. By the way, he is accepting our
plans for their New York building; he
thought at first that | had called on
him about them That's good, at all
events, isn't it?''
But we don't seem to know much
more about your sister,
1T will be something to know if
she's we'll" said Philip.
tAnd if she isnt?"
eve must wait to see what Anato-
witch states.
"Sisterson didn't say anything about
the troubles going on in Russian
Not a word He didn't appear to
have any doubt about his telegram
getting through. All we can do at pres
ent is to keep as cool as we can"
You are philosophical, said Nor
man, bitterly.
rs there anything else possible
just now, Norman" asked Philip, re-
proachfully. Not that | am not anxious
enough"
Some hours later Sir Maxwell rang
I'D Joyce & Forde on the telephone to
say he had heard from Anatovitch,
and that Miss Joyce was perfectly
we'll Miss Sisterson, he added, was
ILL but then she often was very poorly.
Was there anything more he could do,
he asked.
There's no other news, ! SUPPOSE
asked Philip after thanking him for
his courtesy.
NO. replied Sir Maxwell And they
rang off.
"Christabel is perfectly well" said
Norman, when he heard Sisterson's
message; that is good; but what
keeps her from writing?"
Miss Sisterson's illness, it may be-
observed Philip.
Surely she would find time to write
a. short letter-and it's two months
since We heard! The thing is mex
plCdDlo.
'It is most strange agreed Philip.
But I don't see what is to be done,
do you?"
Il must think it over"
Norman went to his rooms sore at
heart and utterly puzzled. She was
we'll, and yet she had not answered
her brothers kilograms. She was we'll,
and had not written TO him, though
she had said that she loved him, and
had promised to write. Perhaps he
said to himself, trying to reason the
thing out, she may think it better
not to carry out her promise, consid-
ering all the circumstances; but, even
so, why does she not reply to her
brother?" What could it mean?
Ito Be Continued)
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10
MOTHER AND CHILD
Both Fully Nourshed on Grape-Nuts

The value of this famous food is
shown in many ways, in addition to
what might be expected from it's chem
ical analysis.
Grape Nuts food is made of whole
wheat and barley is thoroughly baked
for many hours and contains all the
wholesome ingredients in these ce
reals.
1t contains also the phosphate OF
potash grown in the grains, which Ma
ture uses to build up brain and nerve
cells.
Young children require proportion.
ately more of this element because the
brain and nervous system of the child
grows so rapidly.
A Va. mother found the value OF
Grape-Nuts in not only building up her
own strength but in nourishing her
baby at the same time. She writes:
"After my baby came I did not re-
cover health and strength, and the
doctor said | could not nurse the baby
as / did not have nourishment for her,
besides / was too weak
"He said l might try change of
diet and see what that would do, and
recommended Grape-Nuts food. I
bought a pkg and used it regularly.
A marked change came over both
baby and /.
"My baby is now four months old,
is in fine condition, am nursing her
and doing all my work and never felt
better in my life. There's Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 'The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10

|NEdVNaV 55V 5DsdVkIaV VSfdO VNdVNdVEaN
! | he Honor of !
! Nurse Joyce
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CHAPTER XIV. (Con&inued.)

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Il should not think So answered
Dmitri. Our postal service is not
bad Your brother, Miss Joyce" he
said to Christabel, must be too busy
TO write"
Perhaps" replied Chlistabel, in a
doubling tone, turning round at the
same time, on hearing rapid footsteps
behind her
A man came running quickly toward
them, carrying something in his
hand
1T is a dispatch" he said, when he
had come up with them, and he hand
ed a telegram to Dmitri.
st is for you, Miss joyce said
DmetIi looking at the address on the
envelope, and mentally cursing the
man who had brought lne message at
this inopportune moment. as he saw
that both Mary and Christabel must
have seen to whom it was sent.
Christabel hastily tore open the en-
yclope. impatient for news.
The telegram was from Philip, and
it read
what is the matter? Why don't
you write?"
Chlistabel looked up. and saw the
eyes of Dmitri fastened upon her.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10
MOVABLE WIRE COOPS FOR
THE GROWING CHICKENS


The type of coop shown will some
times prove valuable for housing
growing stock. By it's use many of
the advantages of free range can be
secured in localities where the area
is insufficient to permit such range.
The usual practice is to place these
coopS on grass land and one or more
times daily to move them their length
or width so that the fowls may have
a fresh supply of green feed and I'M
soiled ground. OF course any given
area can be fed over in this way sew
eral times during a season. The coops
are light and very readily moved.
Dragging would be made easier by
shaping the lower edges of the ends OF
the bottom scantling Of the frame like
a sled runner. The coop can be still
further improved
1. BY putting doors about foot
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10
BIRDS ROBBED MAIL BOX.
Letters Left by Carriers Interfere
With Nest of the Feathered
LodqerS.>

A remarkable story of bird intel,
ligence is told by Henry Babb OF Bow.
doinham, whose mail box is on the r
F. d. route. One side of this box is
broken, and some time ago Mr. Babb
found a bird had built her nest in the
box, going in through the hole made
By the broken place. The bird set up
housekeeping in this novel home. and
now there are five young birds and
the mother.
Several times the mail carriers have
tried to drive the bird away and at
first they took out the nest and threw
it away, but every time the bird re,
turned, and after the young ones came
they gave up trying to dislodge them
Last week Mr.. Babb found the signal
set on the box and looked for mail
but found none in the box.
This happened a numDer of times
so often that he decided that some one
had tempered with the box. So he
asked the neighbors to watch out
One day when neighbor, George
Hackett, drove by he saw a bird fly
ing from the box with something in
its mouth. He followed the bird to a
tree some distance away, and there
the bird stopped and after dropping
the article she carried flew away.
Mr.. Hackett went under the tree
and found four letters addressed to
Mr.. Babb. Each one had been brought
apparently by this unusual messenger
Just why the same tree was selected
every time seems strange. One theory
advanced to account for the removal
of the letters is that their presence
in the box interfered with the domes.
tic arrangements of the feathered
dodgers, who took this way to get rid
of them
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10

square in the gables so that fowls
on the perches beneath the roof can
be reached from the outside.
2. BY putting a hinged gate large
enough to admit the blade of hoe
opposite the end of the feed trough so
that it may be conveniently cleaned
when necessary.
3. Light diagonal braces in the cor
ners will render such coops firmer
and more durable Wires might I'M
doubtedly be used with advantage for
this purpose.
Such coops have frequently been
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10
Spring Under Capital Square.

Beautiful landscape gardening makes
Franklin Square one of the most at.
tractive of the numerous breathing
spaces of Washington and it's
green sward covers splendid
spring containing an inexhausti-
bic supply of pure sparkling
water, which was used for the tens
of thousands of soldiers who en-.
camped there and on the contiguous
blocks of ground during the civil war;
a spring which for more than half a
century supplied the White House
with cooking and drinking water,
through wooden piping beneath the
ground
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10

used with satisfactory results for con-
fining laying hens during the summer.
The care of the fowls will take rather
more time than in houses, but the use
of the coop moved daily solves the
problem of green feed; it makes it
possible to carry a large number of
fowls with many of the advantages
of free range on limited areas and it
is the observation of the writer that
hens kept in this way with no fixed
habitation) become broody less than
those in houses and may consequently
lay more eggs. An orange box be-
meath the roof with hinged gate in
front of it for removal of the eggs af-
fords the needed nests. This can be
set on and fastened to the bottom
frame at one corner so that it moves
with the coop. Such a coop will ac-
commodate from ten to II hens. AS
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10

Pure Seed stigations.-Since the
publication of bulletin No. SO of the
Iowa experiment station on Vitality,
Adulteration and Impurities of
Glover, Alfalfa and Timothy Seed"
q large amount of important work has
been done along these lines, especially
from the standpoint of purity and vi
tality. The high price of agricultural
seeds during the past year has made it
especially important that buyers be
sure of obtaining pure seed with a
high percentage of vitality. The pas
sage Of the pure seed law has been a
long step in the right direction, but
there is still large amount of seed
sold that is far below standard The
results of the latest investigation in
this line have been published in bulle-
tin No. SO of the Iowa experiment sta
ton, which will be furnished free upon
application to the director, Prof c. F.
Curtiss, at Ames, Ia.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10
CATS HOUR FOR REVENGE.
Where the Yellow Dog Made the Mis-.
take of His Life.

According to the traditions of a
country known as the United States of
America freedom is sweet, and accord.
ing to various alleged nature takers
freedom is as sweet TO a cat as to
a man, writes a Washington CORE
spondent
Minnie agrees with the nature fax
efs, and as Minnie is cat, she should
know. She has had an abundance of
time in which to taste the bitters of
servitude, and could she talk, she
would say that the sweets of freedom
make delightful contrast.
For nine long, cruel years Minnie
has been in bondage, but her enamel
patton proclamation was signed when
the law went into effect to muzzle all
dogs in the streets of Washington
Minnies masters-for she had not
ing. and inhuman to an extent that
would have made one Simon Legree,
whose deeds have thrilled melodrama
audiences for half a century, blush
with shame for his lack of knowledge
of the proper and most soul-rending
methods of torture
During the aforementioned nine
years every dog, or rather every cur
and mongrel, whose habitat is known
as the fish wharf, had used every
method known among lower class ca
mines to make Minnie miserable, and
when it is known these same ours and
mongrels live by their dog wits, there,
fore possessing more than ordinary
intelligence, some idea may be gained
of the extreme way in which Minnie
suffered
Then came the law whereby every
good-for-nothing or cat-killing dog was
muzzled. And with the adoption of
muzzles as a canine fashion their teeth
were rendered practically useless, at
least in the pursuit of their hereditary
prey, the feline tribe.
Minnie learned this about five sec.
onds after she spied the first dog she
had seen wearing a muZZle. He was
a large yellow dog and vicious, having
Ill HIS NSlu0 Dull-OOS DICOu
Seeing Minnie, Spike, the yellow
cur, in accordance with a custom of
years standing, made rush for the
cat According to custom Minnie
should have made hole in the atmos-
phere by boiling, leaving a little Trail
of fire behind her where her rapid
exit burned the air; but Minnie, being
possessed of certain amount of curl
osity, waited, and ran the risk of be-
ing mauled in the desire to learn about
the funny-looking straps about the
dogs mouth.
Minnie waited The dog came on,
and as he ran toward the cat her back
rose, her tail assumed perpendicu'
lar position, and grew large, and the
hair on her back and neck stood up
right. She was a picture of fury in
carnate On came Spike, and as he
rushed Minnie grew more angry.
When the dog was ten feet away
Minnie leaped straight upward, her
paws extended and ready for action.
AS the dog passed beneath Minnie
came down, 20 claws digging into the
hide of the yellow dog. Spikes mo-
mentum carried him some distance,
and before he could stop Minnie had
used her opportunity to the best adj
vantage. Spike, barking, bowling and
growing at one and the same time, in.
creased his speed, but Minnie held on
GD1 Is n%
tle and then she jumped lightly to
the ground and was up tree before
Spike missed her weight on his back.
Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1908-09-10
London Paupers.

In the whole history of the poor
poor of the metropolis have never
reached the point now touched by the
last official returns. In the forty
warehouses; of Greater London there
were 80,1S3 boarders, and 1891 peo-
pie were receiving outdoor relief.
This gives rate Of 26.5 paupers per
200 OF population.