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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Foot Crushed by Cars.

J. M. Gill, the well known hotel
man of Van Vert, had his right foot
crushed by a train at the Van
Vert depot last Wednesday, the ac-
ddent happening when Mr. Gill at
tempted to board the train after it
had started. He had gone to the
depot accompanied by his wife to
take the train to Des Moines to at
tend the state fair and was standing
on the platform talking to a friend
when the train started. He had a
heavy grip in his hand and in at
tempting to board a train in some
manner he fell and his right foot
was caught and crushed, one of the
bones in the instep being broken
and his heel being crushed. The
accident was witnessed by a number
of persons who were on the depot
platform and assistance was at once
given him, local physicians being
called to dress his foot. At this
time 1t can not be told whether il
will be necessary to amputate the
foot or not, the physicians deciding
to allow nature a chance to heal the
injury, but in any event Mr. Gill will
be laid up for several months.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09

Corydon Democrat, one of the best
erectors in the country, and since
Monday morning under the care of
Wallace Blair, an experienced op-
orator from the Herald office at La
moni, has been grinding out the
type for this issue of the paper. I'm
der ordinary conditions with an ex-
perienced operator the linotype will
do the work of five or six good
printers But it costs a heap
money to make this Improvement,
our outlay for the machine and ex-
pcnses of installing running up to
near $4,000. That is a lot of money
to put into country printing Office,
but we believe our patrons will ap-
preciate our efforts to give them an
up-to-date paper. Other improve
ments in the Office equipment are
being made, among others the in
stallation of electric motors to
drive all the presses and other
machinery in the Office, which will
be installed within the coming week
We will tell you more about the
wonderful working of the linotype
after we become better acquainted
with it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Seymour Votes for waterworks.

At the special election held at
Seymour, that enterprising town
over In Wayne county last week,
the proposition to issue bonds in
the sum of 100000 for a system of
waterworks carried by a vote of $50
for to $50 against, and at the same
time the proposition to issue bonds
in the sum of $4,000 for sewer pur-
poses carried by vote of SOB for
to 160 against. There were 321
ladies voted at the election and out
of this number only 81 voted
against waterworks We congratu-
late the good people of Seymour on
their action A system of water
works is something which is needed
by every town of any size in the
state of Iowa, and no town or city
needs them more than does Leon.
While the proposition was defeated
at the election held in this city last
June it will be brought up again
before long and We hope to see the
proposition carried by as large a
majority as it did in Seymour last
week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Commercial Club Meeting.

At the regular meeting of the
Leon Commercial Club held last Fri
day evening a letter from General
Manager Ward was read. In this
letter he makes a definite promise to
erect new brick and stone depot,
of suitable size and satisfactory eq-
uipment if it can be made certain
that the building of the depot will
settle any further controversy in re-
gard to the location of the depot,
the new depot to be erected at the
foot of Main street, and they offer
to agree to construct the depot next
year if the suits against the COM
pany are dismissed. The matter
was referred to the attorneys in
charge of the matter for proper ac-
ion.
Mr.. Chase a waterworks engineer
from Clinton, Iowa, was present at
the meeting and gave very inter
esting talk not only on the advant-
ages of system of waterworks but
also on general municipal improve
ments.
In this connection the question OF
submitting the proposition for a sys-
tenn of waterworks in Leon will
soon be submitted to a vote again
The city council expects to let the
contract on Friday night of this
week for survey and estimate, a
special session being held for that
purpose and number of engineers
have fled bids to do the work.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Great Excitement at GAINESVILLE.

]. E. Vail, the Garden Grove real
estate hustler, was in Leon this
morning returning from a business
trip to GAINESVILLE. He says every
body in GAINESVILLE is greatly excited
over the coal prospects down there
and property of all kinds Is chang
ing hands at fabulous prices. 1t is
said that the company which is de-
veloping the coal proposition has let
the contract for the erection of forty
houses for miners, and will sink a
shaft at once, having appropriated
$4,000 for this purpose. They
bought Tuesday the business block
now occupied by A. Biddison's store
for $4,000, and also paid $4,000
for another business block for a
company store. They bought 10
acres of land for shaft purposes at
S400 per acre, and second tract
of five acres at $3.50 per acre. The
people of GAINESVILLE are simply wild
with enthusiasm over their pros.
poets and GAINESVILLE to-day is sure
on a boom.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Christian Church.

Sunday morning theme: "Bear
Ye One Another's Burden Mr..
Clifford Belding, of Drake Univers-
ity Conservatory of Music, will rem
der a special solo. Sunday evening
there will be special service in
song. The young mems choir as
sisted by Mr.. Belding will give a
program of sacred music This will
be followed by a ten minute gospel
sermon. Midweek service on Thurs
day evening.
Rev. Chas. Arthur Coakwell, who
has been the popular pastor of this
church for the past year, COM
menced the first Sundays work OF
a second years pastorate last Sun
day Rev. Coakwell has proven one
of the most popular pastors which
the church has ever had, and under
his pastorate the church is in a
fourishing condition.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
SET ON new LINOTYPE
This Issue of The Reporter is Set
on The New Mergentheler Limo
type Installed this Week.

For more than twenty years The
Reporter has taken the lead in every
improvement in the newspaper busi-
ness N Leon. We installed the first
steam printing press in Leon, the
first gasoline engine, the first news
paper folding machine, the first up
to-date newspaper press, and this
week we announce the installation
of the most modern and complicated
as well as the most expensive piece
|of machinery ever brought to Leon
and it completes the equipment of
The Reporter Office which has no
equal in southern Iowa. The new
machine is new Model 5 Mergen-
thaler Linotype, the very latest i'm
proved machine made. The new
machine arrived last week and at
tracted considerable attention when
lit was unloaded in front of The Re.
porter Office. The machine was
erected by.Mr ]. j. Stirring, of the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Southern Iowa Editorial Association
Fall Meeting at Charlton.

The fall meeting of the Southern
Iowa Editorial Association will be
held at Charlton on Thursday and
Friday, Oct. 14th and 18th, and the
local committee in charge at Chari-
ton are making arrangements to
show the visiting editors a royal
time, including big banquet which
will be served Thursday evening in
the basement of the new Presbyter-
ian church, one of the finest churches
in Southern Iowa. The officers of
the association will shortly issue the
program for the meeting.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
John Hurst Goes to Philadelphia.

Mr.. John F. Hurst, of this city,
who has been connected for several
years with various advertising
agencies in Chicago, left Saturday
night for Philadelphia, Penn, where
he takes a good position with the
firm of N. w. Aver G Sons, the old
est advertising firm doing business
in the United States. Mr.. Hurst has
developed great ability as an adver-
tising specialist and is now connec-
ted with the biggest firm in the
United States in this line. John has
many friends here who are pleased
to see him climbing up on the lad
der of success.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09

/ Mrs. n. ]. Close, who spent the
tsummer in New York, and has been
Twisting for few weeks at the home
of her sister, who lives at Mt. PIeas-
ant, Iowa, came Monday for a
visit with her many friends in this
|city.
Mrs.. Marian Caldwell, of Humes-
Eton, and her daughter, Mrs. Eva
kncG Guire, of Walsenburg, Colorado,
who were visiting in this city at the
home of the formers daughter. Mrs.
e. o. Alexander, went to Humeston
Saturday.
c. B. Simpson and wife went to
Davis City Sturday evening and
visited over Sunday with relatives
Elder ]. S. Coffin was a passenger
Saturday evening for Kellerton
where he preached at the Christian
church on Sunday.
Prof. w. H. Kalkofin and two
children, of Lineville, who were Wis
iting with relatives in this city, de-
parted Friday afternoon for Russell,
where he will hold the position of
principal of the Russell schools for
the coming year.
District Superintendent B. F.
Miller, of Indianola, who preached
at the M. E. church in this city Sun
day evening and held quarterly
meeting on Monday, left Monday
evening for Mt. Ayr.
G. D. Barr, of Morgan township,
came Monday to attend court, being
a member of the grand jury for this
J year. He was accompanied by his
brother, j. A. Barr, of Hycho, Okla.
who is here on a visit
Claude Robinson, our popular
/ young druggist, returned Monday
| evening from Des Moines where he
, had been visiting for a few days
, with his brothers who are promi
, nent dentists in that city.
} Miss Bessie Judd, of Garder
/ Grove, was visiting with friends il
this city Saturday, being on her wa,
t to Grand River where she has &C
t cepted position in the publ,
3 schools for the coming year.
! j., H Evans and wife returned
: Monday evening from Grimes, Iowa
e where they had been visiting for
week at the home of Mr. Evans
daughter, Mrs. James Zornes, an,
a with friends in Des Moires.
M. 3. Wasson, who is travelin
salesman for an Indianapoli
Il " noASoAAS SOAupduy, came III FIlQd
e and visited over Sunday with hi
j wife in this city. He had just re
9 turned from business trip to In
: dianapolis, Ind, and left Monda
o morning for trip through Mis-
i souri.
h Mrs. Margaret Waight returne
4 last Friday from a weeks visit a
: the home of her sister, Mrs. Su
IS Rinehart, at Clinton, Oklahoma
# and went to humeston Saturday al
e ternoon, having accepted a positio
as one of the teachers in tn
Humeston public schools for tn
k coming year.
:, P. G. Harris and wife, of Carol
e Iowa, who were former residents G
It the neighborhod northwest of Leor
a came in Saturday for visit wit
. old friends in this vicinity. Nj
o Harris sold his farm in this count
: year ago and bought a farm nea
s Carroll. but he recently sold it an
= may decide to again buy a Deeatu
e County farm.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Death of Rey. A. M. Pitcher.

Rev. A. M. Pitcher, a former
pastor of the Leon M. e. church,
died at his home in Amboy, ILL.,, on
Monday, August 27, his death fol-
lowing an illness of several months,
being nearly ~ years Of age. He
entered the ministry in 1856 and for
forty years was in active service dur
ing which time he made a record
of nearly 5000 conversions. He is
survived by his wife and seven chill
dpen.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Bad Wreck near Crown.

A bad wreck occurred on the Burl-
ington Tuesday evening a couple of
miles north of Crown, when Ave
freight cars were ditched and piIed
up. No one was hurt but traffic was
suspended until about 10 O'Clock
this morning, the early morning
train from Charlton being compelled
to come around by way of Van
Vert -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Presbyterian Church.

Communion services will be held
lat the Presbyterian church next
SaDbath morning. Rev. John L..
Gage will preach, the subject of his
discourse being How" Evening
services as usual. Choir practice
Friday evening.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
School Opened Monday.

The Leon public schools opened
Monday morning for the coming
school year, with total enrolment
of 479 pupils and Supt. Voelker ex-
|petcs the enrolment to soon reach
500. There are several new teach
ers this year, Supt. Voelker being
assisted in the high school by Miss
Marea Sears as principal and Misses
Mary Parrish and Margaret Hurst
assistants.
The enrolment of the various
rooms are as follows:
North Building.
High School ................ .102
9Th Grade-Miss Halle Moore SO
9Th and 7th Grades-Otto Wies-
ley :. :. :. :. :. ...... So
4th and 5th Grades-Miss Ruey
Hazlet 80. :. -. ;. ;. >. IS
I'D and "a Grades-n44ss Fern
1st Grade-Miss Edenia Krid-
dlebaugh >. :. :. >. >. =. SO
South Building.
9Th and 7th Grades-Miss Ella
Grogan 81
4th and 5th Grades Miss ophle
Clark :. =. .. =. . "a
I'd and Sd Grades-Miss LYDIA
Epperley :. :. ;. =. :. ;. 33
1st Grade-Mis Florence Moor
0eaQ 40
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Capt. Gooding's sale Dates.

Sept. Z, c. c. Prall, Kellerton,
Iowa.
Sept, 8. w. w. crees, Grand
River, Iowa.
Sept. 9, Jack Wolf, Van Vert, Ia.
Sept. 10, S. H. Hukill, Wester-
vile, Iowa.
Sept. IL, chas. Kahler, Grand
River, Ia.
Sept. 1s, w. H. johnson, Black
more, Ia.
Sept. IA, Anna Wilson, Redding,
Sept Is, A. w. Duffy. Keller
ton, la.
Sept. 16, S. L. Sutherland, Davis
|City, Ia.
Sept. II, Geo. Bryant, Beacons-
field, Ia.
Sept. IS, w. o. Newton, Keller
ton, Ia.
Sept. 20, Walter venn, Lamont,
Sept; p, Mass Manning, Beac-
I Sept. %, Will Browning, Grand
River, la.
Sept. %, Chas. Wilson, Keller
Sept. "a, Ben Crackroft, Gale.
donia, la.
Sept. 25, Holdencamp, Mt. Ayr
la.
Sept. 81, Will Tunney, Kellerton
Ia.
Sept. %, w. M. Dosier, Keller.
ton, la.
Sept. 20, Frank Painter, Keller.
ton, la.
Sept. 80, John Edwards, Grand
River, la.
/ Oct. 1, John Bryant, Grand River
Ia.
Oct. 4, Lewis Rominger, Keller.
ton, Ia.
Oct. 5. Andy Merritt, Kellerton
Ia.
Oct. 6, A. M. Jones, Mt. Ayr, la
Oct. 8, ]. D. Link, Mt. Ayr, Ia.
Oct. IL, Noble & Bigley, Keller.
ton, Ia.
Oct. 21, Patt Carr, Beaconsfield
Ia.
Nov. 5, Buchanan & Son, La
tmoni, Ia
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Methodist Notes.

Next Sunday closes the conference
year. At the morning service the
pastor will give report of the
years work. After the morning SER
mon infants will receive baptism.
Preaching at 8 p. M, and all other
services as usual.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09

Mrs. Caleb Brazelton, of south
Leon, while going to the basement
lat her home one day last week,
jtripped and fell to the bottom OF the
stairs, and as result she is getting
around on crHtches, having sprained
an ankle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Run on Blockley Bank.

There was run on stephens
bank at Blockley all of last week.
The bank paid "a feet Of sand per
yard to all corners. am ready to
handle all orders, at 40 cents per
ton I. o. b. cars at Blockley. 2-2t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-09-09
Grand River;

Dr. Wards next dates Ut Grand
River are Sept: 8 to i 80 's's
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-17
Luck In Golf,

Luck, as will readily be understood,
Is a factor that enters very largely
into golf. Perhaps the most notable
case on record is that of jamie An
derson when competing for the cham
pionship at Prestwick in 1873 He had
just teed his ball for the seventeenth
drive when a little girl standing
among the spectators remarked that
he had unconsciously placed it just in
front of the proper line. Although
nobody else had noticed the fact, this
proved on examination by the referee
to be correct. Thereupon Anderson
teed his ball again in a fresh position
well behind the line and made a drive
which landed him in the hole and
eventually enabled him to win the
match. If, however, he had played it
from the original spot he would have
been penalized a stroke and have lost
the championship. Clearly, then, luck
on the links is something to be taken
into consideration whatever nonbeliev-
ers may say to the contrary.-Bailey's
MAGAZINE.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-17
Big Mortality From Accidents.

WASHINGTON, Feb. l5.-The total
annual mortality from accidents In the
United States among wage earning
men 10 between 10000 and IS, 900, OF
which at least one-third and perhaps
one-half should be saved by intelli-
gent and rational methods of factory
inspection, legislation and control.
There were also approximately 2,OOO,-
600 accidents that were not fatal, cur.
failing the normal longevity among
those exposed to the often needless
risk of industrial vocations. The con-
clusions are announced in q bulletin
OF the bureau of labor issued today
which advocated q more earnest effort
to profit by the industrial methods of
European countries.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-17
LEGAL

RIVER PRESS Fort Benton
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-17

+, lesson In the range, power and Won
derful rapidity Of fire which the new
rifle permitted. At the same time, the
Indians had really surprised them and
appeared in such numbers that the lit
tie garrison, from commander down,
on hasty consultation decided that it
was a forlorn hope to think of escape,
though all were determined to fight to
the last breath.
The Indians spread out and CALAMITY
charged, while the main body Of In
dams between them and the fort look
ed on exultantly, fully prepared to take
advantage Of any opening. Powell had
commanded not a shot to be fred until
his orders, and. inspiring his men with
his own GOODNESS, it was reserved until
the yelling horde came within $50, then
100. then so yards from them, when
Sire, boys, fire." was shouted, and a
perfect sheet Of fame burst forth.
Horses and riders tumbled, and a driv-
ing sleet of bullets struck the charging
mass. To the Indians establishment
the fire did not stop at one volley, as
usual, but continued to belch forth un-
interruptedly. Then the foe circled
around at a mad gallop; but, like the
blazing spark from a fireworks pin
wheel. the corral responded with death
dealing effect, which at last the sur
vivors hurriedly escaped from. The
result to the defenders was
ing, as a mass Of horses, with dead
and wounded Indians, lay in all direc-
lions. as a forest of trees falls by the
striking Of a tornado. The corral lost
the gallant Lieutenant Jenness with a
bullet through his head, one soldier
was killed, and two were severely
wounded, leaving twenty-eight at the
post. To the Indians the whole affair
was a terrible puzzle, and they actually
believed that the corral held ten times
the number of men, for they now
adopted a new method by preparing to
surround the corral with skirmishers,
the bow and arrow men creeping for
ward ahead Of those with rifles, taking
advantage Of every depression in the
ground until within range, then to
the besieged with gun and
arrow fire when the main attack would
be made by the entire body Of VIZ r.
This was wonderfully skillful in
execution, but the defense was almost
1mpregnable, and the defenders were
silent under the fusillade that tore into
the wagons and the arrows that pierre
ed through the sheets. So terrific was
the fire that it sounded like cracking
thunder, and the strategic silence that
caused the Indians to think
that it had been effective, although &C.
tually not a defender was hurt in this
attack.
Under a heavy fire from the skir-
mishers a thousand Indians broke into
charge, encouraged by the silence.
when again rang out the merciless
fire. led by PowelTs own rifle. On
they pressed until almost to the wagon
beds, suffering from a slaughter al.
most unheard of, when back they
again rode. A few feet more and it
would have been all over in a hand to
conflict. But so close had they
that some of the men threw mis-.
siles in their faces.
This was repeated for six times, the
sixth being the final charge and re-
pulse. which, if it had been followed
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-17
Dry Farms In WYOMING,

CHEYENNE, Feb. 1.-THE house OF
representatives of the Wyoming leg.
lslature today passed a bill appropri.
ating $1,000 for dry farming expert
ments in Wyoming during the coming
year.
Lusk. Shoshone, and Thermopolis,
three Wyoming towns, each has ar.
ranged to purchase and till an expert
mental farm, raising the necessary
money by public subscription.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-02-17

which lie engineered what is known
Red Cloud was then a young. ambl.
tious and a most powerful rising chief
Of the Ogalalln Sioux and ignored the
actions of the older Indian chiefs. In
1865 at the IIaruey-Sanborne treaty he
boldly denounced the white mans in
,vasion, sprang up from the council.
called Oh the discontinued to follow
him and went on the warpath. From
that time that section became a yeri-
table burysng ground wherever the
willy chief could succeed in finding sub
jects for his vengeance. Red Cloud
Kept the fort in constant agitation, even
making ii dangerous to collect wood
on the surrounding hillsides. In the
first six months there We're 154 per-
sons killed and a great number wound
ed, besides hundreds Of animals, cattle
and mules stolen. One Of these attacks
Is famed because Of the fall Of Colonel
Fetterman, and his men were practi-
cally victims of g%allantry and indiscre-
tion, Colonel Fetterman was a man
with a splendid record. Although he
had several experiences, in one Of
which Lieutenant Bingham was killed,
together With several soldiers, and
only the timely arrival Of General Car
rington himself saved them, yet he
still expressed himself that with "a
hundred men he could ride through the
Sioux nation" On the fatal occasion
the wood train had been sent out to Sc
cure wood and bring timber to finish
building the hospital for the fort. Soon
information was brought from one Of
The outpests on the hill to General Car,
-ington that the train was in peril.
Colone! Fetterman was put In com,
mand IF about / hundred men anG
started 20 form a junction with the
wood train. He made a detour. hoping
20 take the Indians In the rear.
The Indian scouts on seeing his ad
vance from the other side Of the hill
left a few to occupy the attention Of
the wood train and concentrated on
Fetterman. The wood train broke cor
ra! and went off seven miles northeast
Of the fort to the Piney. The Indians
massed in overwhelming numbers and
Notwithstanding the bravery Of the lit.
tie command, simply wiped them out
Of existence and then retired to cele-
brate their victory. In one spot was
found a pile Of about forty-nine men,
stripped of clothing and mutilated.
Colonies Fetterman and Brown were
found lying side by side. some believ-
ing that at the last moment, rather
than be captured, they died by each
others hands. The news was received
all over the country with great hor-
ror, while from one end Of the plains
to the other among the red men rang
peans of praise for the great young
Red Cloud, and his achievements gave
him a power in the Sioux councils
that he held through many long years.
Red Clouds continued success drew
10 his ranks ambitious braves from
every section until he had such a for
midable organization that, II 1t were
understood that these tribes were Of
az many nations as distinct in a way
as among the white races, one-half of
his followers would be entitled to the
name and deyilish recklessness Of the
most famed foreign legions." To say
that he kept the vast theater Of con.