The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-05-06
WILL HOLD ELECTION
To Vote on the Question of Issuing
Bonds in the Sum of $4,000
to Install the WdterwOrks.

The public meeting to discuss the
question of waterworks for Leon held
at the opera house on last Thursday
evening was we'll attended and much
enthusiasm over the project was mani
tested. The X. p. band kindly furnished
music for the occasion.
The meeting was called to order by
Harry j. Vogt and on motion Senator j.
d. Brown was selected as chairman, and
o. E. Hull secretary. The question of
waterworks was discussed by number,
and there seemed to be but one side to
the question for none of the speakers
called on objected; all expressed them
selves in strong terms as in favor of
securing system of waterworks.
Among the speakers were Mayor S. A.
Gates, Harry j. Vogt, Jas. f. Harvey,
DIR. B. L. Eiker, A. p. Olsen, DR.. H. r.
Layton, DR.. o. w. Foxworthy, M. A.
Gammill, j. r. and Robert Bowsher,
Marion Woodard and others. The needs
of system of waterworks from busi-
ness and sanitary standpoint were
thoroughly discussed and those who
were agitating the question were highly
pleased with the practical unanimous
expression in favor of voting bonds.
On Friday Mr.. D. l.. Wheelock, of the
Palmer Co., of Kansas City, who are in
charge Of the installing Of the water
system at Lamont as supervising engi-
neers, was in Leon and went over the
lay of the ground and made prelimi-
nary estimate of the amount of mains
which it would require. At Lamont
they are putting in four and half
miles of mains and it was estimated
that in Leon it would require from six
and half to seven mile of mains. The
cost Of installing the system at Lamont,
including the stand pipe, pumps and
mains was little over $4,000, so Mr..
Wheelock estimated that first,c class
system can be installed in Leon we'll
within the amount of bonds which will
be voted on, $35, 900.
On Saturday the committee in whose
hands the petitions were placed to Sc
cure signers to present to the city
council asking that a special election
be called to vote on the question went
to work, and by night had nearly four
hundred of the five hundred voters in
Leon signed. The petition has been
filed with the city council, the law pro-
viding that the council shall call
special election to vote on the question
at the first meeting held after the petit
tion has been fled containing a majority
Of the qualified electors, and the petit
tion now on file has almost four-fifths
of the electors of Leor,. The city coun-
Gil will meet in regular session on
Thursday evening OF this week, and
they will make the formal call for the
special election, the law requiring that
four weeks notice be given, so that the
election will probably be held about
Tuesday, June 8th.
During the past week the waterworks
question has been the main topic of
conversation on the streets and there
seems to be but very little opposition,
and those favoriDg it are confident that
it will carry at the election by an over
whelming majority.
Leon must progress. We must have
waterworks and sewerage and then paw
ing and other improvements will follow.
This is the time to get busy and boost
for the future prosperity of Leon, and
we are more than pleased to see the
larger number of boosters who have
been getting busy the past few days.
That is what makes town. 1t is the
boosters, not the knockers. Take any
town where the people are all pulling
together and boosting all the time and
it is bound to make progress.
Keep your eye on Leon for the next
few years and you will see there is GO
ing to be something doing. We have
no fault to find with anyone who does
not favor the waterworks proposition.
They are entitled to their opinion on
the matter. Let us be fair at all times
in discussing the proposition. We can
not all see and think alike, but it looks
as If the people of Leon We're going to
be pretty near unanimous in favor of
waterworks.
Boost, Boost, Boost.