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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31
Burr Oak Ridge.

L. Johnson and wife, of Harrington,
Kans., visited friends on Eden prairie
Monday. Mrs. Johnson will be remen-
bered as Miss Gena Barrett. k
Little Violet Lorene Lille, infant
babe OF Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lille, died
Sunday morning afterTan illness of only
a few hours. Although emily few
weeks old, baby was loved SO dearly
and her death has cast solemn gloom
in the home. Rev. Boyd, pastor Of the
Methodist church in Leon, held funeral
services at the home Sunday afternoon
and the little body was laid to rest in.
the Meek cemetery. The heartbroken
parents and grandparents have the;
sympathy Of the community.
Mrs. Lon Adams and daughter Maud,
also Mrs. McCalla and daughter Belle,
spent a pleasant afternoon at q. Van
derpools Monday.
Everett Martins spent Xmas eve ii
Leon with relatives.
Willie and Earl Atha, of Missouri,
spent few days last week at A. j..
Rumley's.
Mrs. Tade Griffin died at her home
Monday after an illness of several
months. She leaves husband, four
little children, father, two brothers and
two sisters to mourn her loss. A very
large concourse of sorrowing friends,
relatives and neighbors followed the re-
mains to their last resting place in the
Catholic cemetery.
/ Charley Honn and wife, of Humeston.
and Mrs. John Harris, of Lamoni,- came
for visit at their parents, Mr.. Wander
pool and wife.
4 Okla and Lenna Muse visited oyer
Sunday at Van Vert at the home OF
Walter Briner.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31
Morgan.

Geo. Smallwood and wife were Leon
visitors Wednesday.
Mrs. s.. II. Cozad is on the sick list
Ray Cozad, or Moline, Illinois, came
Thursday to spend the holidays with
his mother, Mrs. S. ]. Cozad.
Melvin Coins and family were Line
vile visitors Wednesday.
Miss Nellie Dale has been assisting
W. A. Alexander during the holidays.
Robert and Jessie Van Horn and FAM
lilies, of Iowa Park, Texas, came last
week for an extended visit with C. c.
Campbell and other relatives.
J. W. Hubbard and family spent
Christmas with W. M. Massey at Wood
land.
]. B. Robson, wife and sons Ernest
and John spent Sunday at FreemaR
Hawkins.
Miss Sara Lille is assisting Mrs. Free
man Hawkins with her house work.
Ed Mcdowell and family spent Christ
mas with relatives at Morgan.
Miss Lulu Newcomer is enjoying a
weeks vacation.
Forrest, Melvin and Homer Robson
visited Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. M.
L. Dale.
A.. F. Cozad is visiting relatives at
| NOulGOu uufluS Uuo uoiludSo.
Miss Annie Hubbard spent Wednes-
day at M. L. Dale's.
Melvin Coins and family ate Christ
mas dinner at Alva Moores.
Ray and Jaunita Cezad visited Satur-
day with their brother, M. L. CoEad.
]. B. Robson had business at Leon
Wednesday.
W. M. Cozad and family spent satur-
day evening at Mrs. S. ]. Cozad's.
George Moore and family visited Sun
day at John Barrett's.
A. B. McClaran and family, II. Il
Cozad and family spent Christmas sat
s. J. Cozad's.
M. L. Dale and wife had business at
Leon Monday.
Mrs. B. Smallwood and family, George
Smallwood and family and ]. w. Osbornt
spent Christmas at Marion Evans.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31
Garden Grove.

The Misses Vail left Friday for Tren-
tou, Mo-, to visit their sister, Mrs. Nor
man,
Mr.s.f, 4s:ii,s..s 4si,s..s z. !. o. Cir. nd daugh.
ter, of Ottumwa, were holiday guests of
her parents, Rev. and Mrs. Wilson.
DR.. and Mrs. Leo McNay entertained
his mother, Mrs. McNay and sister Miss
Ollie, of Humeston, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Luther McNay, of Derby, over Christ
mas. They returned home Saturday.
Marion Jennings went to Charlton
Saturday to visit friends.
L. Nj. Kob was the recipient of a
"post card shower" on Christmas day,
the occasion being also his seventy
fourth birthday. He received about 100
cards.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper Scott entertain
ed at pleasant dinner on Christmas
day, their guests Including John Smith
and family, Chas. Smith and family and
Henry Silvers.
Joe Majors and wife, of Eureka, ILL.,,
spent the holidays here with her sisters,
Mesdames e. Garrett and Berry Aten.
Prof. and Mrs. A. L. Lyon and little
daughter, of Unionville, are guests at
the DR.. Lyon home.
AAAAou VI SdhO odO-
urday to visit at the W. D. Smith home
L. w. Sullivan and wife were in
Indianola and Milo part of last week
Bess Dilsaver went to Des Moines
Thursday to visit her sister Kate.
Henry Honn and wife visited ovel
Christmas with the latter's brother, Joe
Gates, at Brazil.
Ruth Arrasmith, of Blythedale, Mo.
was recent guest at the Elmer Burrel
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney, Of Indianola
visited their daughter, Mrs. Joe Good
sell, during the holiday season.
Mrs. r. w. Jones went to Williams
burg Thursday.
Rev. Allen Judd returned to De
Moines Monday.
Tom Mccullough and wife, returne
from Leon Saturday.
Harry Craigo and wife returned frol
Leon Saturday.
Wayne Pryor and daughter Laur
spent Xmas with Mrs. Harvey Porter, {
Humeston.
Mr.. Gorsline was Leon visitor Sa
!, urday.
Newt Judd and wife visited in Gran
River with their daughter, Mrs. Fran
y Boyd, part of last week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31
HatCh-Jennings.

Mr.. Roy +. Hatch and Miss Pearl
Jennings, both of Leon, were quietly
married at the Christian parsonage on
Tuesday evening - by Elder Charles
Arthur Coakwell. They are well known
young people of this city, the groom
being the son of Rev. and Mrs. A. e.
Hatch, and the bride is the daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jennings, and has
been employed as q compositor in the
Journal Office. The young people will
go to housekeeping at once and many
friends extend congratulations.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31
Zika-Williamson.

At the residence Of Mrs. E. j. William
son, four miles south of Leon, at noon,
on Thursday, Dec. "a, her youngest
daughter Miss Ella was united in Mar
riage to Mr.. Fred e. Zika, Rev. j. L.
Boyd, OF Leon, performing le 7 the &c ceremony; :;
and was greatly enjoyed by the guests,
who were few of the relatives and
intimate friends. There were number
of useful and beautiful presents. We
heartily wish for these young people a
happy life.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31
State University Alumni Meets.

The Decatur County Alumni Associa-
tion Of the State University of Iowa,
held their annual meeting at Lamont,
December %, 1908.
Last year the Greater University Com
mittee az Iowa City proposed and
started the organization of the county
club system. The main purpose of the
Organization is to get the alumni,
students, and all those interested in our
State University to boost our school to
al those who might 60 away to take up
their higher education. There is no
reason why Decatur county does not
send more students from the county to
the University. We are one of the
smallest represented counties in the
state. 1t is not because our young peo-
pie do not go away to school, but OF
those who do go away, comparatively
few know or realize what great uni
Il yersity our state has and the great OPP
pOrtunity that they miss by attending
small college. A small college is bet
ter than none, but it costs no more to
go to larger school and the schools
standing and reputation makes the
graduate have higher distinction in
the college wsrld. All our university
boosters should begin and make known
u TO every Ou0 bic mcEICS VI Oui SIOdu
university which the state Of Iowa is in
deed so fortunate to have.
There is now being built at Iowa City
new law building which will be as
fnc law building as there is in the
land. A women's building is now being
talked of at the present time, and if
this is built there is no doubt but what
there will be great many more girls
enter the university than do at the
present time. Iowa is sure in need OF
Shis building and our state legislature
should carefully consider the legisla-
tion. There is now in attendance about
600 girls and 1900 boys. The increase
in attendance in the past four years has
been from 1900 to $500 and with that
rate of increase in few years Iowa
will have as large university az
Michigan.
The officers for the following year are
as follows: Marion r. Stookey, of Leon
president; DIR. w. s. Nye, of Leon, vice
president; Franklin l. Jones, of Lamont
secretary and treasurer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31
Ralns-Carlson.

Mr.. Nova Rains aud Miss Mabel
Stella Carlson, both of Woodland, were
united in marriage Wednesday, Dec. 90
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. ].
Statzel, in east Leon, Rev. j. l.. Boyd
officiating. The witnesses were Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Rains, brother of the
groom and wife. After dinner at the
Statxel house the bridal party returned
to their home near Woodland. These
popular young people have the good
wishes of their many friends that theil
married life may be full of happiness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31
Jurors for January Court.

The grand and trial jurors for the
January term Of court which convenes
in this city on January 18th, with Judge
III. X. Evans presiding have been drawn
by the county officials who have charge
of this task. The grand jurors are
drawn for the entire year of 1909 and
the trial jurors for only the January
term. The following are the names o
the jurors drawn:
GRAND JURORS.
Henry Bright, Leon.
A. A. Cozad, Hamilton.
j. E. Ownby, Decatur.
A. p. CoontZ, Woodland.
G. o. Andrew, Grand River.
Charles Brackenbury, Fayette.
Frank Bennett, New Buda.
Roy Cannon, Eden.
G. A. Mattison, Tore Haute.
w. L. Coons, Center.
James McBroom, Garden Grove.
Mike Griffin, Woodland.
TRIAL JURORS
S. N. Little, Decatur.
Rolla Alexander, Leon.
c. M. Keller, Leon.
Amos Brazelton, Eden.
H. e. Cozad, Morgan.
Ray Scott, High Point.
II. r. Slower. Hamilton.
B. J. Blair, Long Creek.
Lewis Horner, New Buda.
Z. J. Penisten, Leon.
I. 7. Hughes, Franklin.
W. p. Childers, Burrell.
Win Feight, High Point.
Frank Redman, Grand River.
George Green, Fayette.
II. G. Lutz, Leon.
Henry Clampitt, Hamilton.
G. w. Scott, Center.
Sherman Hartshorn, Fayette.
Guy Randall, Fayette.
J. Il. Jaquis, Garden Grove.
c. w. Kelley, Grand River.
E. e. Tabler, Franklin.
w. H. Vandert1ugt, Bloomington.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31
Methodist Notes.

A Watch Night service will be held
Thursday evening, Dec. 3ist, beginning
at $50, sermon at p. m, followed by a
social hour. Refreshments will be
served. The closing hour will be given
to prayer and conservation service.
All are cordially invited. Preaching
next Sunday both morning and evening.
Let the entire membership as nearly as
possible be present.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31

The big western play, down Devils
Canyon, will be presented at the opera
house on Thursday night CT this week.
by one Of the best companies ON the
road. Big band and orchestra and a
first class show.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31
Sale Dates.

w. II. and W. 8. Snyder, u miles north.
east OF Leon, Thursday, Dec. 31st.
Walter Mclaughlin, 4 miles north
west Of Decatur City, Wednesday, Jan.
9Th.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31
Capt. 6ooding & owens Sale Date

Jan. 20, e. F. Briner.
Jan. ", Charles Lutz.
Feb. 2, G. w. Jared.
Feb. 3, Cyrus ,Lutz.
Feb. 10, Lewis Aiken.
Feb. II, jim Evans.
Mar. IL, Lewis Romner.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31

F0UND "A child's cap, which the own
ser can secnre ~ The Reporter Office.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31
Grand River.

Dr.. Wards next dates at Grand River
I arc January 1lths to 18th. ss
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-12-31

Real estate transfers from December
1st, to December %, 1908, as reported
by S. Varga.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

| thropist and philosopher, but all these
have been wasted in a vain and con-
slant effort to9keep square with local
merchants. The governor is doubtless
familiar with the old hymn: Take
my silver and my gold; not cent will
1 withhold well, that fits my case
| exactly.
There are four reasons why Kan
sas merchants should trade with To-
peka rather than outside the state,
and they are: Social, moral, patriotic
and financial.
"Social-We are alike, all of us in
this grand state. You could come to
| town and in a short time would be
| one of us. I believe 1 could come to
| one of your towns and become one of
| you, and maybe get SIS credit at one
| of your stroes after six months resi-
dence with you. Then. think of it, in
anticipation of your coming to our city
the mayor and council passed an or
dinance shutting up all the dogs in the
city They did not want you to leave
here with the hydrophobia. Here is
sociability and brotherly love for you
"Moral-Ladies, when your husbands
come to Topeka to buy goods, you
need not worry about them. This is a
dry and moral town and there is abso-
lutely no chance for them to get into
mischief here.
"Ffnancial-All things being equal
you can better afford to do business
here because of the previous reasons
1 have given. But you are in business
to make money. Yet I want to tell
you that the towns that lop over into
Missouri and speak the Missouri Ian
guage have nothing better to offer in
the way of freight rates, big inStitu-
lions and prices than has Topeka. The
committee furnished me with the fol-
lowing data regarding Topeka as a
jobbing center that surprised me as
know it will you:
mo. Meat The rate on carload
of cattle and hogs, take for example
Cattle .141x per cwt; hogs 5 is per
cwt. The distance is 269 miles. The
rate to Topeka is the same while the
distance is IS miles. but as these
commodities are handled where ship
pers almost entirely Gin local ship
ments or in less than carload lots,
when moving out of Topeka, our local
on smoked meats s 10 less than Kan
sas City.) Or in other words (the rate
on fresh meat Kansas City to Smith
Center is so, the Topeka rate
s 400 Smoked meats Kansas City to
Smith Center 5 40, Topeka rate
s 80. Fresh meats carrying in local
shipments first class rates. Cured
meats fourth class.
Cabbage, onions, potatoes, turnips.
carrots, parsnips, rutabagas and all
root vegetables are classified third
class, and as they are produced in
abundance in the circuits of Topeka,
this market is endowed both by nat
ura1 and railroad advantages which
can be eclipsed by no other market in
the west
I'm closing, I want to ask you to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

only proper that Topeka should be
proud tonight. You have doubtless
discovered that we have self respect.
but can you blame us. as you sat this
evening in the twilight and looked
across the city at our glorious land
scape which furnished the setting for
such beautiful and prosperous city?
There are three kinds of drafts-first.
the kind that blow through the open
doors and windows and give you a
cold; then there are draughts which
have to do with kegs and stems, and
finally there are drafts which are
called bills of exchanges. and as a To-
pekans. / am proud to talk to you to-
night about them. Nine-tenths of the
business Of the world is now transact
ed by bill of exchange. Topeka's VOL
ume of business as shown by the
clearing house records the past four
years is as follows:
1905. s41.s03.000: 1906, s45.7es..
900; 1907, $51.677.0O0: 1905; January
1 to June 81, $25.572,OO0.''
T. R. Borman on "A Good Butter. -
Kansas produces 20 millions pounds OF
creamery butter and 20 million pounds
of country butter annually. Now the
Continental creamery, which has been
handed so many nice bouquets tonight,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

stay over until tomorrow and have a
good time. If you get in Jail Mayor
Green and Sam Lux will go on your
bond and Tom Doran and I will de-
fend you in the police court free of
charge"
Vaudeville That Pleased.
At this point in the program there
was an intermission of twenty minutes
in the speaking and a most pleasing
vaudeville sketch vas played for the
banqueters by team from the Air
Dome company, now playing in the
city.
Judge Dana started the program
again by Introduction Of the three
minute speakers, or "toastettes."
Rousing Three Minute Talks.
Ralph n. McEntire, on "Shavings:"
"I suppose that 1 was given this sub
ject for the reason that shavings are
useless, thin and short. The Kansas
for Kansans sentiment has been ap-
plauded here tonight, but everybody
knows that in order for Kansas fac
tories to thrive from Kansas patron
age they must make the best goods
for the best price. Business and sem
timent do not mix to any great extent.
Still. all things being equal, the Kan
sas manufacturer has a right to ask
for the trade of the Kansas buyer"
w. w. Bowman. on Drafts" 1T is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17

it's wheat and corn. 1t sends more fat
cattle to market than any other state
in the Union 1t raises more alfalfa.
1t has the greatest salt mines in the
world. the largest normal school, the
largest agricultural college and the
largest creamery in the world. These
are facts, and no exaggeration at all
I'VE also have great quantities of oil.
mineral and gas. (Subterranean gas. I
mean. Then Kansas Is not western
state. line drawn through the Union
and south and another east and west
will locate the center of the Union in
the state of Kansas. If our expansion
policy continues much farther west
ward Boston will eventually be spoken
of as western metropolis.
During my years of work as a news
paper editor at Marion l urged the peo-
pie always to patronize home merchants
and leave the Chicago mail order houses
alone, so 1 have the right tonight to
consistently declare, patronize your
home and state institutions as far as
possible. (Cheers). 1 urge all country
merchants to buy from Kansas, dealers.
I know what a hard struggle. Topeka
firms have had with the big and rich
corporations of the east in the light for
trade from their own state.
And now / must stop. There are
other speakers here bursting with elO-
quence. (Cries of go on, go on). Well. to
tell. the truth I have reached the end
to your homes more loyal than ever
before to the institutions Of your own
state and bearing in mind always the
motto of this meeting: Kansas Tor
Kansans.'
McNeal Was Never So Witty.
Judge Dana introduced the next
speaker as a modest man and the Bill
Nye of Kansas, who was to speak on
the subject, "Our Blowout"
T. A. McNeal responded as follows:
ct object to part of that introduction.
I am not an emulator of Bill Nye; Bill
is dead I did not choose this subject;
the one I selected was, We Need You
Every Hour but the committee would
not stand for 1t. looked up the sub
ject they assigned, me and found that
Webster refers to a blowout as an ex-
plosion of steam in the tubing of boil
ers for the purpose Of removing rust.
How, in Gods name, does that apply
to this crowd? It is an intimation
that would not dare to make to our
visitors. Now we had to drink kaw
river water few weeks back during
the period Of break in the pipes from
the wells, and accumulated enough
sediment in our stomach to grow those
marvellous crops the governor spoke
of awhile ago. The POSTMASTER, the
governor and the mayor have well
stated the object of this meeting. but
want to say that all the delicacies thai
go to make up the menu at this feast
are Topeka products. excepting only
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-07-17
Judge Dana as Toastmaster.

Juu8o DHihzf as IOdS1ifisS0eT'
Thirty-eight tables had been set on
the floor of the roof garden and about
seven hundred guests were seated in
front of the speakers table when
Judge Dana began talking. The Judge
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-15

ing in the northeastern sky Is one of
the most interesting of its class. 1t
is known as Halley's comet, in honor
of it's discoverer in 1880. Calcula-
lions We're then made by HALEY and
Sir Isaac Newton, which identified the
comet with one reported in 1881 and
in 1907. This established its period
lefty. Calculations were made for it's
return in 1859. Clairault undertook
the mathematical part, and formulat-
ed the algebraical problems. But
there remained an immense labor in
converting these into the numerical
formula. This was undertaken by two
mathematician, one of whom was
woman, Madame Hortense Leplante,
and the other the famous astronomer
Lalande. During more than six
months they labored necessarily to
put into numbers the algebraical form
ula. Leland was the first to complete
the calculations. The result was that
the planet Saturn would delay the
comets return 102 days, and the plan
ct Jupiter SIS days, in all 62O days.
This meant that its revolution would
be one year and eight months longer
than the previous one. Its return was
fixed at April IA, 1850 This pTedic-
ton excited wonder and amazement
throughout Europe. And it was
| worthy of it all 1t was the most dar-
ing thing ever attempted. AS pre-
! dicted, however, the comet came, and
followed the indicated course among
(, the considerations. This began new
era in cometary astronomy.
In view of the fact that Uranus and
! Neptune-the giant planets at the ex-
1 tremity of our system-were not then
discovered so that their influence on
| the comet could not be determined
the result was truly marvellous. The
period of it's revolution between 1853
and 1885 was 2s006 days, but the
period of it's former revolution was
27,937 days.
Calculations have now been made
showing its present revolutions to be
799 days shorter than the preceding
one. and according to Pontecoulant
the comet will reach it's nearest poin
in the heavens to us on May "a, 1910
Between 1885 and 1872 the come
was travelling away from Us at incon
ceivable rate of speed. In 1873 i
doubled the cape in its icy winter, ant
since then has been flying toward thu
sunny summer of our sky at con
stantly increasing speed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-10-15
A Valuable FOOD.

"Sealshipt" Oysters are particular
ly rich in food values-nutritious but
light and easily digested. One can
eat heartily of them without discom-
fort They can be prepared in scores
of different ways, all equally tempt
ing. They are acceptable as a single
c ,rse or as an entire meal. Eaten
for lunch, dinner or supper, they are
always appetizing and delicious.
To appreciate the real flavor and
piquancy of the oyster it must be
fresh. That is one reason for Seal
shipt" superiority. 'Sealshipt' Oys
tiers must be fresh because they are
packed in sealed, alright containers
with ice around the containers. Nc
water touches the oysters. You ge,
the natural oyster, whole and perfect
We sell "Sealshipt" Oysters-yo,
will find them displayed in a white
porcelain case bearing the blue Seal
shipt" trade mark
Frank ]. Ewers, Joseph Haubert. NJ
l.. Hoffman.