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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-09-17

Saturday for few days visit at the
home of her brother, WI. Bennett.
Miss veda Beasley, of Davis City,
passed through here Monday going to
Indianola to attend Simpson College.
Estey Armstrong departed Monday
afternoon for Pella where he will attend
the Baptist college the coming year.
Walter Osborne, the genial democrat
ic candidate for county auditor, was a
business visitor in this city Monday.
James Dunn and wife, of Des Moines,
are here visiting for few days at the
home of his mother, Mrs. Allan Dunn.
George Wells left Tuesday on trip
to Shattuck, Okla, where he will look
at land with view of locating there.
Mrs. Andrew Mccartney went to Kel-
lerton Monday to visit few days at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Ed Moore.
II. d. G1eenlee and family of north
west of town, returned Tuesday from a
visit with relatives at WOODBURY., Okla.
Miss Maud Swisher returned to her
home at Probe after visit in this city
at the home of her uncle, J. w. Bright.
A. L. Ackerley, the new cashier of the
Exchange National Bank of Leon, spent
Sunday with his family at Grand River.
F. E. Thompson returned Saturday
night from visit at the home of his
sister, Mrs. Eva Silvers, at Butler, Mo.
Clark Biddison, of GAINESVILLE, came up
Monday to spend a few days at the home
OF his sister, Mrs. H. A. Wright, in this
city.
Mrs. E. P. Attebury, of Hartford, Kas.,
came Tuesday for few days visit in
this city with her sister, Mrs. Forest
Lorey.
Miss May M. Lewis returned Friday
to her home at Lamont after having
spent several days in this city attending
urt.
o. T. McCorkle and wife, of Wellman,
Kas., we're in Leon Saturday, being on
their way to Pleasanton where they will
locate.
Mrs. J. M. Sallee, of Bethany, passed
through here Friday going to Pleasanton
for short visit with relatives and old
friends.
Mrs. Lottie Wells and daughter
Frances, of Garden Grove, were guests
at the home of L. P. Sigler in this city
Monday.
M. j. McCaull, of Garden Grove, Wis
tied over Sunday in this city at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. W. H.
Howard.
Mrs. Walter Adams and son Ned, of
Loveland, Colorado, came Monday for a
short visit at the homo of L. P. Sigler in
this city.
Miss paa ri Rnoun Of Alrno,, No ..,Lo
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18


During the war the great armies
raised 10 preserve the Union were al
legged by the critics to be IA
tally defective in organization, gen
eralship, etc, but they got there"
Just the same. And so with our magnif-
bceQt feet OF battleships which has
Just successfully completed its record
breaking trip OF $4,000 miles and land
ed safe for target practice in Magda-
lena bay off the coast of Lower Cah
ifornia 1t got there without a serious
mishap of any kind, with no deteriora
tion in any ship, and ready for action
IN instant emergency. - And yet the
magazine gadfies, hired 10 get up SEN
sation stuff warranted to go down with
the most blase reader. have been af-
firming with brazen confidence that
every vessel in the fleet was fatally
defective in its construction, and, in
brief. that our battleships, while good
ON dress parade, would be worthless
III action. The action" has not yet
arrived to disprove their theory, but
the great voyage just completed, and
the dispatch Of Admiral Evans to the
navy department, convinces the coun-
try that our fleet is as good as the
best and that the magazine writer's
have been attempting to brighten the
us with a bugbear. And concerning
those same magazine writers, if our
recollection is correct, some of them
have deliberately hired themselves
out in the service of faisehOod and
Islander, and in order to make an en-
tartaining story well spiced with hor-
Tors they have written up peOnage in
Florida with a fertility of imagina-
ton and Yividness of word-painting
that entities them to life member
ship and special honors in the Anan-
las club From the stress of compe-
titton and other causes our magazine
literature has been steadily degenerat-
ing Of late years. and these slanderous
yarns are but two Of many evidences
of this degeneration.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
CANAL ROUTE TO MOBILE is
ENTIRELY PRACTICABLE

Editor Pensacola Journal: | have
noticed the subject agitated lately as
to the feasibility of connecting Mo-
bile, Perdido and Pensacola bays by
a canal, thus establishing inland com
munication from Pensacola to Mobile
The connection between, the three
bays can be easily and cheaply done.
have lived in Baldwin county, which
borders on Perdido Bay, almost con-
tinually for fifty years. l am we'll post
ed in regard to the proposed route,
and know what l am talking about.
There are four routes, either one
Of which could be selected to connect
psacola and Perdido bays, which
the surveyors could decide on. The
shortest and cheapest is from Perdido
bay to the Grand lagoon at Bent's
ditch, which is only three-fourths of
a mile across. This route has it's
drawbacks however. The entrance
to Pensacola bay would be at the
mouth of the harbor and during hard
winds from the east, southeast, and
south, it would be difficult and dan
gerous for ordinary boats to pass
through. And again, if the current
should be very strong sand might
wash through and injure the channel
at the mouth of the harbor.
The next shortest route is from
Tar Kiln bayou on Perdido bay to the
head of the Bayou Grand The dis
lance between the two bayous is
about three and a half or four miles.
The same being very low and level.
This route would give the canal
safe entrance into Pensacola bay, but
would necessitate a draw bridge at
the terminal crossing at the mouth
of the bayou and one also further up
at the government bridge
The third route is from Herron's
bayou on Perdido bay to point
somewhere between the two bayous on
Pensacola bay.
The fourth route would be froro
Bayou Marquis on Perdido TO Bayou
Chico on Pensacola hay The dis
tanee to dredge in the last two routes
I shall say is between five and six
miles. The route between Pensacola
and Bayou Marquis was used by John
Innerarity during the war of 1912,
who carried on smuggling business
between Pensacola and Mobile, and
here is where he made most OF his
money. Merchandise at that time
was very cheap in Pensacola, and
very dear in Mobile Coffee, for in
stance, could be bought for ten cents
per pound in Pensacola and sold in
Mobile for fifty cents and a dollar,
and everything else in proportion.
He hauled the goods to Bayou Mar
quis, then took them by boat to Por-
tage creek, then hauled them four
miles to Bonsecour on Mobile Bay,
thence to Mobile by boat
If the canal is cut through from
Mobile Bay into Perdido it will be
about where this Innerarity's road
crossed, as it is the nearest point be-
tween the two bays. The land from
Portage creek to Bonseceur flour
miles) is very low and level, not more
than three or four feet above the
level Of the bay and could be dredged
very easily.
FRANK SUAREN.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18

shortly after the county went dry that
blind tigers" would get all that was
coming to them, If they ever reached
the criminal court and let Solicitor
WaElow and Judge Beggs get behind
them.
Our prediction has been verified
and while there are many who are
soft hearted enough to weep croco-
die tears and decry the harshness
of the law in regard to the old men
who were sentenced to one year, the
majority of the people are in favor OF
these culprits getting the limit.
Orange county has gone dry by a
vote of the whole people and liquor
should not be sold in any shape Or
under any guise.
The people of this county wish to
give the prohibition law fair shake.
II prohibition is the best measure, two
years of a strictly dry regime will for
ever settle the question and 1t will
never be agitated again--Orlando Re-
porter-Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
Save Palafox Parkway
for the Public.

The action of the meeting of the
Park Commissioners yesterday in
putting themselves on record for the
REIMBURSEMENT of the Palafox street
PARKWAY by the street car company
and the Improvement of that plat OF
ground for park-just what it was
originally intended to be and should
be-is strictly in accord with what
The Journal has been advocating for
years.
There is plenty of room on each
side of the parkway for the street
they should properly be located. The
place can never be improved or util-
szed as a park as long as it is monop-
Oiled by the street car tracks.
There is no doubt In the world that
the vast majority of the people Of
Pensacola would hike to have the CEN
ter OF Pala1ox street improved and
would be glad to see the street car
tracks shifted. In fact, there exists
a general demand for that Identical
thing, but until the company can be
induced to remove its tracks no i'm
provement there is possible and no
use Of the place ever could be made
sven if ii were improved.
The Park Commissioners have done
The right thing. Now let agitation
become general until the plan is &C
eomphShed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
vox PopULI.
THE EXAMPLE OF MICHIGAN
IN TELEPHONE RATES

Editor Pensacola Journal: i ana just
in receipt of a letter from a. banker
in Michigan giving me rates on tele-
phones in four cities as follows:
Kalamazoo: Business places, $42
per year; residences, S24 per year.
jackson: Business places, $50 per
year, subject to discount for cash in
advance of 80 per cent; residences
net, $24 per year.
Adrian: Business places, $24 per
year; residences. s12 per year.
Coldwater: business places, S24
per year; residences, S12 per year.
These are Michigan State TeIe-
phone Company rates which is a
Bell Telephone Company.
Kalamazoo has only one telephone
hence the higher rates.
Coldwater has over 1900 subscribers
each in the Mi igan State. and the
Southern Michigan Telephone Com
pany; more in each company than we
have, SO there is no reason for us to
pay a big rate because we have a big
system On the other hand if we had
such rates we would have 1000 sub
scribers. Let us have the lower rates
and try it.
A. r. BINGHAM.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
SAGE LEAVES.

The March weather became too hot
for comfort down town and / have
migrated northward TO 1918 Davis
street, where the temperature proves
to be satisfactory at present.
Should the heat become oppressive
here / may next seek an aefonautie
outing beyond the Mason and Dixon
line.
/ am now in the heart of the great
northern desert, where no street i'm
provement has ever been made except
the opening of Tenth avenue from
New City TO the Western Hemisphere
during the nineteenth century, an
opening which invited the waters from
the great New City plateau to rush
down and open a Panama canal from
Ninth avenue to a perfect grade with
the trunk line of the l.. & n. road.
Take a look at your city map and
learn the extent of this thickly set
tied section north of Gadsden street
and between Ninth avenue and the
railroad, where the original sand beds
of every street almost bar the fire
department from saving burning build.
ings, and where it is cruelty to ami
mails to load wagons with decent
cargo.
DOl MS I4S AOUS OcA SA11I SaO
street railway terminated at the
washout of Tenth street ("North
PoleD, general building boom was
inauguFated which has almost reached
to LIE Poidevan and Montgomeryville,
on line eastward from Saunder' S
mills to the Orphans Home.
No street lights are visible here,
except on AlcaHiz street, beyond De
Soto, where dozens of blocks are
closely built up with residences and
stores galore. How long Will this I'M
mense outgrowth of Greater Pensa-
cola remain in utter darkness?
Scarcely a house can be found for
rent, notwithstanding the neglected
streets, lights and sidewalks
The multitudes of consumers are
evidenced by the continued footing OF
fish horns, ringing of vegetable wag-
on bells, and the loud calling OF the
vendors of ice cream, bread, oysters,
coal and wood.
Let us hope that with the dawn OF
better times the street car line ex-
tension from this North Pole" to the
industrial centre at Goulding together
with these long protested railroads.
the model hotel and ten-story sky.
scraper will all materialize during the
presidential administration of Bryan
or Taft.
THOS. MCMILLAN.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18

Our bright friend who does the
Franco-American stunt on the. Tampa
Tribune still INSISTS that employee"
must be spelled with the double e at
the end of the word, and he gives
number OF instances to show how alb
gurd it would be to use the word
without the final e. He makes an ad-
mirable argument, conclusive from g
narrow point of view. and we almost
hate to knock him out, but in the in
terest of eternal truth and justice we
are compelled to do So Dear brother
OF the Tribune, all language is a mat
ter OF convention first and of evolu-
ton afterward. 1t has been built up
slowly and laboriously through the
ages, and by an inherent law of its
own it is necessarily changing. If
you don't believe this go back 10 the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
URGES DREDGING OF A
CHANNEL TO BAGDAb
Bagdad Fla. March Ia. 1908

Bagdad, Fla, March ii, 1903
Editor Pensacola Journal: I have
read with pleasure the important
meeting of the chamber of commerce
of our Deep Water City, where many
important matters were discussed,
among which / notice with pleasure
the matter of dredging and deepening
the channel to Bagdad This, Mr..
Editor, to my mind, is one OF our
great necessities, not only for Bag
dad and community, burt for Pensa-
cola as well. Many vessels would not
only come to Bagdad to be repaired
in Mr.. Bruce's dry dock, but would
come and load lumber from the lum-
Der yards of the several large saw
mills along our beautiful river
Also many large tugs, and other
deep draft vessels, that are owned in
Pensacola, and are forced to go to
Mobile for repair, would be glad to
come to Bagdad, from the fact that
it would be big saving in charges
and time.
I therefore endorse this move, made
by your grand commercial body, and
as one of the representatives from my
county will assure hearty co-opera-
ton from the citizens of Santa Rosa
county in this move.
i enclose copy OF memorial passed
by the legislature of 1905. and a sim
liar one was passed in 1907. with. only
one difference: We ask for one hun
-dred thousands dollars instead of fifty
thousand dollars, therefore you viii
see that this move is not foreign to
us, but We are really anxious to have
this much needed matter accomplish
ed, and we feel that such stems ~
the chamber Of comDaerce of our
Deep Water City will have much
weight in bringing this matter before
congress in the proper light.
Again assuring you that this move
will be highly appreciated by the citi-
zens of Santa Rosa, / remain,
Truly yours,
]. II. HARyELL.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18

those in charge to make better dispo-
sition of the exhibits. The quality
has Also increased since last year, and
shows that there are more growers,
and more people interested in the
fair than ever before. A noticeable
increase in the number of home man
,ufactred articles is also shown. All
this tends to impress the observer
with the very satisfactory progress
this county is making. As has been
urged repeatedly by the News-Reeord,
these fairs are OF great value as ad-
yertising mediums, and it IS already
evident that the eleventh annual fair
will prove of greater value than any
previous fair. The management de-
serves the highest praise for what II
has omplished.-Miami NeWs-Rec'
ord
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.
Mail subscriptions Must Be Paid This Month

The posoce department which requires to
tons effect April hEs on that date your
are
Journal but is that becomes
subscribers
arrears.
and that
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
PENSACOLA FLORIDA MORNING

English Of Spencer and his Fairie
Queen, and then come on down and
note the gradual progression toward
what2 Simplicity. We first greedily
absorbed all the Latin and Greek
words and added them to our rude
Saxon lingo, and we have been rob-
bling all other languages ever since.
always bearing in mind our ideal of
simplicity and shortening UP" to save
time. Especially have we ravished
the beautiful and graceful French
tongue, and our language is rich in
appropriations from it, but all the
time it has to pay the brutal Saxon
price and submit to pruning to meet
new conditions. Employee" is one
Of these ravished words and as there
was obviously no necessity for the
final we simply chopped it off and
threw It away. We have made it an
Bngnsh word and We have taken the
same liberty with hundreds of other
foreign words, and they are all the
better for it. Our language will uIti-
mately dominate the world, and it will
help to mollify the other nations if
We will frankly admit that we have
stolen from them right and left
There are no 'fomplOyays" in this
country; We are simply hired hands.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
Wants Vaerant Law Repealed.

We think one of the best planks
that could be thrust into the platform
of representative and state senators
during this campaign would be that
thew pledge themselves TO the people
to do all in their power TO have that
little halflhanded and half-Witted law
that is now on the statutes called the
''vagraney law" repealed. Another
good pledge TO the people would be
that they viii not try to enact any
more laws, but bend every effort to
revise all of those laws that have
been enacted for the past eight years
so as the average voter can know and
understand them.-Santa Rosa Star.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
A Roast for PardonIns Board.

The recent turning loose of CONVICT
ed criminals by the state pardoning
board has enraged public sentiment
and very properly. As an instance,
q Hillsbopough man was recently par
doned from serving life sentence for
an atrocious murder. He made an
other effort to commit like atrocity
and an honest and decent citizen is
now in hazard for having killed him
in self-defense. The only legitimate
case for a pardon Isl when the limo
eence of the convicted person has
been later ertained.-Ta mpa
Times.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
a sWEETLoyE SONG.

Next Sundays World will contain
the words and music of Dear Heart,
as originally produced in the great
Broadway musical comedy success,
"A knight for a Day." now appearing
at Wallaek's Theatre, New York.
Beautiful cover design drawn exclu-
sively for this music by Penryn Stan
laws, the well-known pen-and-ink art
ist. Order next Sundays New York
World today.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18

His newspaper brethren all over
Florida will hope that the genial vet
eran, Major George Butler, of the In
verness Chronicles reported to be Sc.
riously i'll, Will soon be up and at it
again. Major Butler is one of the
characters of the Florida press and
we can't spare him long at a time
He has many years of good newspaper
work left in him and he improves
every paper he works on.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18

The Puunta Gorda Herald indignant
ly denonnces the story that certain
newspapers in this state have been
approached with pecuniary offers to
support General Gilchrist for governor.
The Herald says:
If some hireling of the opposition
is using the inSidious and nefarious
trick Indicated to hurt General Gil.
christ, rest assured that it will be ex-
posed and will hurt some one else
Tut, tut, tut! There's nothing In it.
Keep your temper and don't call hard
names even by indirecdion. Three
clean and honest men are running for
governor of Florida. and we don't be-
leve that one of them would disgrace
his honor and his self-respect by seek
ing to achieve his ambition by dishon-
orable or even questionable methods.
This talk about corruption in state
politics is largely the product of i'm
agination, anyway, and is due more
TO the inherent tendency of US poor,
sinful rnortal5 to think evil Of each
other and impeach each Others mo-
tives than to any facts in evidence.
'Hirehng of the opposition" and 'tin-
sidfous and nefarious trick sounds
very much like Eatenswih Journal
ism. Cut it out, Brother Jordan;
there is nothing to warrant it at this
stage OF the game.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
In Touch with Outside World.

The Western Union Telegraph com
pany last week began the construc-
ton Of their telegraph line from Do
than to Panama City. With its COM
pletion the bay country will be in IN
Simultaneous touch with the outside
world, and another important step in
our progress made. The Bell Tele-
phone company will also complete
their line here about the same time.
Panama City Pilot.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18

We had hoped that the present
session Of congress would not pass
without one of those luminous erup-
tons from Senator Tillman, accom-
panied by sulphurous smells, lava,
hot air, etc, which add SO much to
the gaiety of the nation. And he has
not disappointed us. He tore loose
in the senate Monday, skinned his
colleagues, roasted Teddy, damned
everybody and everything and other
wise disported himself to the delight
of full senate and crowded GALL
He contributed no strong thought to
the solution of present problems, but
he said old things in a new way, and
this itself is a gift of the gods which
makes him invaluable as a star per-
former in the greatest deliberative
body on earth.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
Bad for Blind Tigers.

The atmosphere of Orange county
is hardly conducive to the good health
OF blind tigers. Wherever the striped
creature with bad eye has strayed
far from his lair he has been spotted
and Gagged, his claws clipped and pro
longed captivity viii be his fate. The
Reporter-Star made the assertion
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
NEWS AND VIEWS
BY STATE PRESS
Proofs Not ceneIuslye.

The Tallahassee True Democrat is
very positive in its assertions as to
the existence of a political machine in
this state. but it must be admitted
even by those who wish to agree with
1t, that the Instances it cites as proof
are not very conclusive.-DeFuni
Breeze.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
FORTAx Assesses

hereby announce my candidacy for -
election to the office of Tax Assesso-
subject to the action of the prin1ar,2 =!
May 18th. With gratitude / aclnSvT
edge the favoPs of the past ana CO...
nestly solicit your favorable considers.
ton at this time. Respectfully
W. w. RICHARDS
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18

John Temple Graves says that his
position as editor of the New York
American is simply ideal" That IF
teen thousand dollars per annum
would idealize it for most any of MS.
Under the circumstances. We don't
blame John for hanging ON to his job.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18

The undersigned announces himself as
candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court
of Escambia County. and asks for the
support of the Democratic voters in the
coming primaries, on a platform of care
full personal attention to the duties of
the office, with no other business to
prevent his giving his entire time to
the service of the people and leaving
the question of a salary or fee system
entirely with the legislature and the
people. FRANK JOHNSON.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-03-18
FOR COUNTY coMMIssIoNE,

hereby announce my candidac,- g.
county. commissioner from Distric+ Nyof
5. subject to the action of the No, w
cratic primary. / will apprecista -, ~
support of all Democrats uis
j. 7. FILLINrDE