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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
CASHIN6 CHECKS FOR STRAN6.
ERS is A DANGEROUS
BUSINESS,
Iowa Bankers Association Sends
Out Warning To Their Gus
toners

In view of the inclination of so many
merchants and others to cash drafts for
strangers, for the sake of some small
saiespr to close up a desirable trade, or,
because, above all things else, they
want to be accommodating, and because
of the almost universal loss to the en-
dorser or the one who cashes these
drafts, the Protective Committee of the
Iowa Bankers Association sends out
the following for general distribution
by the bankers Of the state.
The bankers of the state have so near
ly driven out the forgers that in the
past years were in the habit of working
the banks, that they now want to be of
some service to their patrons in help
ing them drive out the forgers that are
teasting on them. If the patrons will
unite with the bankers in turning down
these swindlers, or will refer strangers
having drafts they want cashed to the
banks, there will be less money lost in
this kind of transactions.
The most plausible stories as to right
Of possession and the genuineness of
draft and the signature thereto are
offered as conclusive evidence of iden-
tity of the holder by the smoothest and
most dangerous forgers.
To accept such stories or explana-
tions from strangers as any sort of eyi-
dence that the check or draft is genu-
inc, or as evidence that the holder is
it's legitimate owner and the identical
person to whom it should be paid, al
most invariably results in loss to the
person paying it and in gain only to the
forger.
| If the stranger through whom so
many have lost money on forged drafts
or checks, had asked the person cash
ing same to endorse note for the
amount of the draft cashed, he would
have been promptly refused, hut the
possession of check or draft, ON A
BANK, together with his PLAUSIBLE
TALK, did the business.
Better use every precaution against
any possibility of fraud. Send the
stranger to your banker. Should you
go with him let your banker advise you
but do not, under the circumstance
either endorse or cash any draft, check
or any other instrument for strange,
unless you are willing to be swindled.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
WYNNE CASH
LILA MCKINLEY

School opened Monday after weeks
their places. The diphtheria scare is
just about over.
Miss Nellie Richardson, of South Da-
kota, entered high school Monday.
Miss Estes, of Plcasanton, and Mr..
Lemmax, of GAINESVILLE, were visitors in
the high school Monday afternoon.
The school band furnished music for
the democratic rally Monday evening.
A dozen new seats we're placed in the
high school room during vacation and
they are all occupied. There are still
some pupils without seats.
Fire gongs have been placed in each
OF the school buildings, and fire drills
will soon be part Of the weeks pro-
gram.
The Turner Art Exhibit which was to
have been here this week has disap-
pointed us again. No exhibit at the
library this week.
Instead of the regular devotional ex-
ercises on Monday morning we listened
to very interesting and instructive
talk from V. r. McGinnis. His subject
was "The Reward of Industry" Mr..
McGinnis is always welcome to our
SSA1ooA WIN eAASA WO hOPO lO Will COu0
again.
Robert Axes, member of our high
school, received very serious injury
last week from being thrown from
horse and falling upon rock. We hope
for his rapid recovery.
Lila Mckinley, member of the Senior
class, is ill with diphtheria. She is do
ing nicely at the present. We hope she
will soon be able to come to school
again.
Last Saturday Osceolas football team
came down with colors flying but it did
not scare our boys at all. The game
which resulted in a score Of 81 to in
Icons favor was not at all interesting
to the Osceola onlookers. Our boys out
played the Osceola team in every de-
partment Of the game. Friday of this
week our team plays the heavy Grace
land College team at Warmers park.
This promises to be good and close
game. Come out and see it. Game will
begin at o'clock p. m.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
DEMOCRATIC MEETINGS
Democratic Speakings Will be Held
in this County this Week
as Follows:

Thursday, Oct. p, Eden Center, v. R.
McGinnis and others, 1880 o'clock.
Friday, Oct. %, Bennett school house,
New Buda township, A. M. Pryor and
Marion Woodland, 1880 o'clock.
Friday, Oct. %, Whits Oak school
house, Morgan townshiplDr. T. A. Bow
man and Geo. w. Baker, 1880 o'c ock.
Saturday, Oct. "a, Woodland, V. r.
McGinnis and A. M. Pryor at 2 o'clock
Saturday, Oct. "a, High Point, v. r.
McGinnis and A. M. Pryor, 1880 o'clock.
Saturday, Oct. oath, Terre Haute, DR..
E. A. Bowman, Marion Woodard and
Geo. w. Baker, 1880 o'clock.
Monday, Oct. 26, Westerville, Marion
Woodard, A. M. Pryor and Geo. W.
Baker, 7:30 o'clock.
Monday, Oct, Goth, Leon, D. F. Lam
bert, o'clock.
Tuesday, Oct. 27, Brick school house,
Richland township, Marion Woodard,
Geo. W. Baker and A. M. Pryor, 1880.
McGinnis, 7:30 o'clock.
Wednesday, Oct. %, Tuskeego, Geo.
W. Baker and Marion Woodard, 7:3O
o'clock.
Wednesday, Oct. 2s, Gospel Ridge
school house, Garden Grove township,
A. M. Pryor and Eli Hutchinson. 1880
o'clock.
Thursday, Oct. 20, Lamont, Senator
w. D. Jameson and Hon. H. G. Beard,
1880 o'clock.
Thursday, Oct. 30, Grand River town,
Senator E. G. Moon and Marion Wood
ard, 1880 o'clock.
Thursday, Oct. 10Th, Crown school
house, A. M. Pryor and Geo. W. Baker,
1880 o'clock.
Friday, Oct. 30, Weldon, V. R. Nc
Ginnis and A. NJ. Pryor. 1880 o'clock.
Saturday, Oct. 81, Pleasanton, V. r..
McGinnis and DR.. +. A. Bowman, 2
o'clock.
Saturday, Oct. 81, Davis City. v. r.
McGinnis and DR.. F. A. Bowman. 1880
O'Clock,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
Public Sale.

Our lease with Uncle Sam, having
practically expired, and having decided
to quit the business, and retire to pri-
vate life, we the undersigned, will offer
at public sale at our residence, at the
Capitol in Washington, d. c., commence
ing on the second day of December,
1908, the following described property,
to-wit:
One elephant about forty-fve years
old.
One financial panic, old enough to be
weaned.
One republicon platform, the same
being somewhat rotten.
One big stick.
One republican machine, the same
being somewhat out of repair.
One financial system.
Fifty million Teddy Bear; and other
articles too numerous to mention.
Terms Of sale cash.
COP, OWNERS.
Rockefeller & Morgan, Clerks.
Wall Street, Auctioneer.
While it is believed by many that
most of the above mentioned articles
will be purchased as relics, by the
standpatters, still have been informed
on good authority, that it is the earnest
desire Of the G. o. P. that the demo-
cratic party be present at the sale and
thus show their interest and goodwill
in the same, even though they don't see
anything which they care to purchase.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
124-Mary Brown, Ruthven, Iowa.
1C2-John Poouoc .Horlon Joxuo

124-Mary Brown, Ruthven, Iowa.
128-John Reeves, Harlan, Iowa.
132-L. o. Beams, Camanche, Ia, agent
for Harvey P. Tallman, Camanche, Ia.
142-Karl d. Woodwork, Woodbine, Ia.
143-Frank Whitner, Storm Lake, la.
144 Frank B. Shut, Wick, Iowa.
1H--Jens Anderson, Archer, Iowa.
14S-W. M. Muxlow, Sanborn, Iowa.
157-John Gray Gowans, Emmets-
burg, Iowa.
15S--Thomas N. Burke, Anamosa, Ia.,
by Charles P. Scroggs, Dallas, S. D.
159-William G. Jacobs, Guthrie Cen
ter, Iowa.
161-John A. Wood, Correctionville,
Iowa.
166-Charles Andrews, Moorhead, la.
184-James L. Brown, Green Mount
ain, Iowa.
1873 Nellie McCune, Missouri Valley,
Iowa.
194-John w. Alton, Little Sioux, Ia,
by VIM. Peterson, Little Sioux, Iowa.
198-James X. P. Bolsinger, Colesburg,
Iowa., by James Coyle, O'Neil, Neb.
2O0-Marion e. King, Cambridge, Ia.
204-James Stewart, Persia, Iowa.
205-Henry Miller, Cedar Rapids, Ia.
by G. w. Stewart, Cedar Rapid, la.
213-E. ]. McPane, Council Bluffs, Ia,
$40 Pearl ST.
221-William ]. Vanderharr, Doom, la.
222-J. F. Mclean, Wilton Junction,
Iowa.
225-Edward ]. Yeggy, Riverside, Ia.
226-A. L. Johnson, Cresco, Iowa.
229-Ralph A. Oliver, Onawa, Iowa.
233-Thomas H. Baxham, Shelton, la.
235-Charles A. Smith, Sutherland, Ia,
by William Frazier, Sutherland, Iowa.
Cornelius Notboom, Ireton, la.
250-Mc Arvidson, Sioux City,: Iowa,
Box 437.
261-William 7. O'Neil, s12 Fifth Ave-,
Council Bluffs, Iowa.
266-L. e. Parmenter, Boone, Iowa.
273-D. L. Weir, Council Bluffs, la.
275-John P. Vreem, Leighton, Ia.
'276-Clay Oakes, New Providence, la.
27S-C. w. Burdick, Decorah, Ia., by
Fl. A. Dixon, Presho, S. d.
2S2-Lew Irons, Kingsley, Iowa.
2S4-Fred Amber, Corwin, Iowa.
2S5-John II. Katt, Rock Rapids, la.
2S9-J. A. Kelly, 1910 Fifth Ave.,
Council Bluffs, la.
291-Andrew ]. Davis, Whitney, Ia,
by John ii. Pixler, Whitney, la.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
THE BLUFF WAS CALLED
An Iowa Firm Calls The Big Bluff of
the SharpIes Cream Separator
Company in Good Shape.

One of the most brazen, criminal as
saults on a free ballot ever attempted
in the history of this country is that
sought to be accomplished by the P. M.
Sharples cream separator company, of
Westchester, Pa, which threatens to
close after Bryan's election.
Here is the news dispatch that con-
veys this dastardly thrust at a free
ballot:
"Philadelphia, Oct. 9.-If William
Jennings Bryan is elected president,
Westchester will lose, at least tempo
rarily, its biggest industrial plant, the
Sharples Separator Works, the largest
establishment of it's kind in the country,
employing over 1000 men in all it's de-
partments, in addition to many branches
throughout this and other countries.
This is the threat made by P. M.
Sharples, proprietor of the plant, in a
statement issued in writing to his en-
ployer this morning when they report
ed for work. He also ordered them to
appear in tho republican parade this
evening to meet Jas. S. Sherman, vice
presidential candidate.
"The order says in part:
"The blight of the possibility of the
succession of Organism is now upon US.
Letters received every day from our
former best customers, who should be
ordering thousands of separators at
the present time, state that they are re-
fusing to place orders for fear Bryan
will be elected.
to us as his election seems remote, but
the hour we are convinced such thing
will occur, that hour these works will
how tn oil thn ctn Of
tubular separators we carry is reduced
by sales three-quarters. This will be
done as matter of self preservation
and with as great regard as any en-
ployer could possibly have for the ne
cessity."
Here is where the brazen impudence
is resented and the bluff called:
Special to the Tribune, Des Moines,
Iowa.
Waterloo, Ia, Oct. 16.--The Iowa Dairy
Separator Co., of Waterloo, by it's presi-
dent, w. w. Marsh, last night sent to
VIM. ]. Bryan the following telegram:
ITO the Honorable William Jennings
Bryan, Lincoln, Nebraska
1--WE have sent the threat Of the
Sharples Separator Company, of Penn
sylvania, to close down it's shops in the
event of your election. AS the largest
manufacturers of cream separators in the
United States, the Iowa Dairy Company,
of Waterloo, will agree, in event of your
election and the threat of the Sharples
Company being put into effect, to take
the men into our employ. In view of
the fact that the finished product of the
steel trust is the raw material of a sep
arator factory and under the present
tariff the steel trust is permitted to
charge us so percent more and does
charge us SO percent more than we
could purchase in the worlds markets,
the Sharples Company must be talking
as shareholders in the United States
Steel Corporation rather than as sepa-
rator manufacturers.
IOWA DAIRY SEPARATOR co.
By W. W. Marsh, President
The Waterloo concern sends it's pro-,
ducts over two continents and employees
nearly 1000 men.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
Bethards-King

MIR. Zearl A. Bethards and Miss Nellie
King, both of Woodland township, were
married at the clerks office in this city
last Wednesday afternoon at O'Clock.
the ceremony being performed by JUS
tice G. w. Beck.
These estimable young people come
from two of the best families in Wood
land township, where they we're born
and raised. They are prime favorites
among large circle of dear friends
who wish them every happiness and un-
bounded prosperity in their journey
through life.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
Another Iowa Bank Gone Up.

W. L. Culbertson, president of the
First National Bank at Carroll, Iowa,
committed suicide Monday morning by
shooting himself, and the bank is now.
in the hands of the bank examiner. The
Carroll bank was one Of the oldest in
the state, having deposits Of more than
half a million dollars. The president
had been speculating, and now the de-
positors will wish they had national
bank guarantee law like Oklahoma, and
perhaps a good many of them will vote
for the party favoring the plan this fall.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
Methodist Notes.

Preaching next Sunday both morning
and evening. Subject of the morning
sermon: ga Miracle of Instruction"
Evening topic: "The Sacredness of the
Ballot; or "How Shall l Voter Sunday
school and all the other services at the
usual hours.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
A. c. Church Notes.

Elder j. ]. Rupert will preach next
Lords day at the usual hour, II a. m.
Topic: "a Trumpet call for Christian
Soldiers" Prayer meeting Wednesday
evening, and Sunday school Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock. All cordially in
yited.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
Christian Church.

Special Harvestide services will be
held next Sunday morning and evening.
Every body welcome.
A fried chicken dinner will be served
at the church next Tuesday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
License to Wed.

Zearl A. Bethards, Woodland % F
Nellie e. King, Woodland u 81 Q
Hugh Ulm, Humeston ... -.-..,.-.. s. ....s q o
Esther Harp, Lamont ....... lis
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-22
following is the lineup
)SCEOLA

Touchdowns-Ho (3) BOord, Blakes-
loy Sears, Wood.
Goals from touchdowns McGinnis,
Housh.
Referee, Miller; umpire, Senseney;
Headlinesman, Lorey.
Times of halves-25 and 20 minutes.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-20
CACHE OF COINS
one Is Uncarthcd In Emigration oph-
yon But They Prove 10 be
Commercials.

To find while playing with her young
son near their tent, pitched yesterday
in Emigration canyon. pile of CON-
and to commence digging IT up with a
Joy that was killed suddenly by the
hndlng Of dimes not trimmed at the
edges was The experience Of Mrs, L.
II. Beason aud Mrs II. a. wagner
The silver mine proved on Inspection
suggested by the untrimmed edges OF
the dimes, to be lead and zinc iind.
Instead OF a pile of good coins, what
they unearthed was a pile of bad ones
an couuteriets and coated from long
exposure In the dirt. The camp was
on the stream bank about II mile ana
a half above the new cafe at the mouth
OF Emigration. The coins were made
OF lead and zinc and consisted Of
nlckeis. dimes and quarters. Thcy
were well made except that few of
the dimes were not trimmed The
dimes were dated 1891. the quarters
1883, and the nickels 1893. The mint
mark on the quarters is -, which
denotes the San Francisco mint
L. $ District Attorney Booth when
shown the bad COINS this morning,
stated that he had never heard OF any
counterfciting plant being unearthSd
IN Emigration canyon As the condl-
ton Of the coins suggests that they
had been there for long time, IT is
doubtful II an Investigation VIII be
made
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-20
TROUBLE AMONG CLERKS
Charge OF Assaulting Leo shaw
or the Same Place.

A case that Is expected To have an
airing IN the county attorneys office
His afternoon is that of Ray Holm, of
Murray, who was arrested last night on
an accusation made by Albert Shaw,
Of the same place, to the effect that
Holm had assaulted complainants son
Leo Shaw, from the effects OF which
the latter TX now suffering and his
condition Is feared to he serious
soon after being brought to the county
hall young Holm was released urnn his
own lccoEnizance, with the promise
chat he would appear before the county
attorney today to explain the circum-
stances leading NJ To the affair.
II was last Thursday morning that
the difficulty Is said To have occurred
between Shaw and Holm. Both arc
employed AT the Lyon Drug store al
Murray and both slept at the place
Wednesday night Shaw had gon,
home for the night when, # Is stated
he WAS called ON the telephone by hi,
Employer G. H. Lyon. who spoke Of q
FISHING trip to be undertaken next day
and asking Shaw To sleep at the drug
store so that an early stHrt might b,
made. His father answered the phone
while waiting for his son 10 come m
answer 10 his call he claimed to have
lNNillNflh 81 Itlilhlh nltut Nv Nli. 10y IN
that convinced him that that gentle
man was in some way connected with
the trouble that followed.
The two clerks, Shaw and Holm, as
stated, slept al the drug store, and
aeXt morning the trouble Is said Ia
have started over difference as Ia
whose turn It was to cloan up the
store and prepare for business. Holm
slams that shaw called him liar
aud that he struck him. the latter ful-
ing against something In the room and
mlurng his head. There are conflict
ns stories aud one was 10 the effect
mat the proprietor was present and
1eid shay while Holm beat him. This.
however Is denied hy Mr. Holm, who
declares that hc did not arrive upon
the scene until the trouble Was over
aud that he dressed the injuries of
shaw His statement is borne out b,.
Holm and young man named Arthur
Myers, who also Slept at The plbrr.
Homorrhages from the nose of Shaw
made his friends npprchcnsive that nls
lead mad been seriously Injured. and
iht arrest OF Holm followed
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-20
LATE LOCALS.

Bank Clearings--Today' local bank
Clearings amounted to S965.322S2, as
against St,26S.230.1S for the same day
last year
Warrants out for "Sid'--A warrant
has been issued from the police court
for the arrest OF kid" Bernstein. The
complaint is signed by Sarah Bern
stein, his former wife, and charges
the eS-pugilist with beating her up.
En- Route for YcIIowstone-Gu
Benson OF ST. Louis and party of 10
tourists spent Monday sight seeing in
the city and viii leave tonight over
the oregon Short Line for Yellowstone
park. Thoy win return to Salt Lake
July % en- route east,
Pleased With salt Lake.. w.
Brimhall of Schaller. Ia, and Clay
Wilson of Kingsley Ia, both promin-
ont business men, arrived In salt
Lake City Sunday evening from yell
lowstone park. Both men said they
We're well pleased with their trip and
are loud In their praise for this city,
They ieaVe for the east this evening
over the Rio Grande Western line.
Works Running Fine-Pope Yeat-
man, chief engineer of the American
smelling 4 Refining company, was at
the Knutsford Monday en- route east
after tour OF inspection of the plants
Of the company I'm Montana, MIR. Yeat-
man made trip to Garfield Monday
before leaving for the east and re-
ported the works running in fine
shape.
New Pamphlet Oul-"Onc hundred
ana seventy thousand opportunities
and only 10000 inhabitants To take
advantage ~ them" is the way tho
passenger department of the Denver
& Rio Grande invites attention 10 the
| great possibilities for the agricultur-
list, set forth In It's new and hand
somely illustrated publication. THE
| Grand River VALLEY In Colorado"
which Is now being distributed,
Itctums from Auto Trip-G. $.
| Holmes and his two sons have return
ed from four weeks automobile trip
Up and down the California coast Mr..
| Holmes reports the roads I'm that coun-
| lry equal To- any I'm Europe They are
an either sprlnklod with water or oil
! sprayed. and touring ears are In evil
| dcnce everywhere The experiences
attendant upon a run along the coast
through the watering resorts are most
enjoyable,
Colorado fruitman iIcre-IIoward
- Fletcher representing the Grand
Junction. colo, Fruit Growers asso-
citation, is no the city today, confer
ring WIN Secy. Taylor OF the bureau
eI horticulture with reference "a the
handllng oi Utah products by the ass
ISOLATION tho current season Mr.
Fletcher says from Frulta clear "a
Falisade u Is ono continuous series OF
orchards which viii Yield this season
an abundant harvest But elsewhere
~ the Grand valley, The late frOsts de-
slroyed pretty much everything,
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-20
MAY HAVE TRIED
TO KILL FAMILY
Carbolic Acid in Food at Home
OF w. H. McFar-
land.
BELIEVES TWO WOMEN GUILTY
Pearl Curtis and Mrs. j. Lcmoync Are
Said to Have Been Seen While
Leaving the House.

The county attorney and officer
Garrison are Investigating a case OF
supposed attempt at wholesale poison
Ing. and the probabilities are that
Pearl Curtis and Mrs j. Lemoyue will
be placed under arrest on the chare
of putting carbolic acid onto tho food
stun OF w. II. Mcfarland, who resides
on Eleventh North and Tenth West
streets
The two women We're living with
james Leymone and Frank Hutchin-
son. arrested last week for chicken
stealing and burglary. Friday night
the two women were taken into custody
for trespassing IN the jail yard put
were discharged.
According to the story told by Nc
Farland, the two couples lived In a
tent at tho rear OF his place, and he
gays he tried to get them TO move
because no knew the men were thieves.
His attempt to get them TO move pre-
cipitated row and on saturday night,
in an effort 10 scare the women, Nc
Farland fired several blank cartridges
at them. They had Mcfarland ar
rested. Yesterday, he says, while he
and his family were away from homo,
the women were seen to enter his back
door. When Mcfarland and his fam
lily returned, they noticed a strong
odor OF carbolic acid in the kitchen,
and upon Investigation discovered that
the back door had been unlocked and
that some new potatoes and some flour
had been saturated with the poison
A youth residing In the neighborhood
told Mcfarland that he saw the Curtis
and Lemoyne women going into the
place. Mcfarland found n broken
bottle which had contained carbolic
hoid. and he brought the same to po-
lice headquarters this morning together
with the potatoes and a sample of the
nour.
The matter was referred TO Officer G,
A. Carlson. and he sent the McFar-
lands 10 the county attorney. Carl
son is hard at work on the case and
It promises some interesting develop
ments
Mcfarland declares that the wonlon
were sore" at him because he want
ed them to leave the neighborhood, and
that they attempted TO poison him
and his whole family Mcfarland
laid this morning that recently he
asked Lemoyne and Hutchinson why
they did not work for a living and
that they told him they could make
more by stealing than by working
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-20
WEATHER TALK.

II Is the old story today OF "fslr and
warmer" for the coming "A hours az
there is no active movement among the
air currents over the Pacific slope. and
a long spell OF warm weather may be
in prospect Low barometrio pressure
continues over the south plateau, ana
the pressure Is low also over the middle
Mississippi and Missouri valleys ana
north plateau, Rocky mountain slope,
Gulf and north Atlantic states, lake re-
zion and ONO valley tho bnrometrlu
measure il high. These conditions have
caused showers or thunderstorms over
portions of Montana. Nebraska, the Da-
kotas Kansas, Missouri. Oklahoma, Tex
as Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, nil
nols, Florida. Pennsylvania and New
York Heavy rainfall is reported In Ala
bama, $50 inch at Montgomery.