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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-16
(First publication Sept. IS, 1909. }
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, County Court for
Pierce County,

Pierce County,
In the matter of the will of J. e. Flint, de-
eeaSed,-IN PROBATE.
Notice is hereby given that letters of admin
istration with will annexed on the estate of j.
f.. Flint, deceased, late of the city of River Falls
in said county, having issued to Laura Flint of
the town of River Falls in said county, the
claims and demands of all persons against said
j. +. Flint deceased will be examined and adj
just~d by the County Court of said Pierce
county, at the regular term Thereof, to be held
at the County Court room in the village of Els
the 9Th day of April, A. d. 1910, and that until
and including the first day of April, A. ID. 1910
is the time allowed and limited by said County
Court for creditors of said j. E. Flint, deceased,
to present their claims for examination and al
lOWance.
Dated Sept. 14th, A. d. 1909.
BY order of the Court,
ALLEN p WELD, County Judge
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-09-16

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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
Library Open Sunday Afternoons.

The public library will be open on
Sunday afternoons from 2:30 to $50 as a
reading room for time. If we'll patron
lied tue practice will be continued and
if not it will be closed after fair trial.
The library receives the following
magazines as they are issued, for the
use of the general public in the reading
room:
Century, Bookman, Current Ltera-
ture, Harper's Magazine, World Today,
Worlds Work, Independent, Educa-
tional Review, Outlook, Cosmopolitan,
Harper's Weekly, Success, Delineator.
Good Housekeeping, Bird Lore, Chill
drens' Magazine.
e. These are donated by patrons:
Ladies Home Journal Out Door Life,
Golfers Weekly, American Boy,
Youths Companion, Saturday Evening
Post, Review of Reviews, Munsey,
Modern Priscilla, Home Needlework
Magazine, Christian Science Sentinel,
Eiahoma L. D. S. journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
Mrs. Martha N. BedelI.

Martha NJ. Fuqua was born in Ken
lucky, February 26, 1929. She moved
from Kentucky to Wapello county,
Iowa, where she was united in marriage
to David E. Bedell on March 10, 1849.
To this union was born eight children.
four boys and four girls. All were
present at the funeral except the Oldest
daughter. The first was John Bedell
who lives in Corning, Mo-; then Nancy
E. Earl who lives in Ottumwa, Ia; Caleb
M. Bedell who lives in Kellerton, Ia;
Susan who lives in Decatur City, Will
liam II. Bedell who lives in Kellerton:
Sarah E. Stephens who lives near De-
catur; Jesse B. Bedell who lives in
Mercer, Mo-; Belle 2. Milestone who
lives in Ft. Madison, Ia.
David E. Bedell moved with his family
from Wapello to Decatur county in the
year 1880, where they have since resided.
David Bedell, her husband departed
this life July 20, 1894. Sister Bedell
was converted and joined the Methodist
church in childhood and lived consist
ent christian life until her death. The
deceased has been resident of Deca-
tur City for the past six years. Her
sickness was very brief, being stricken
with apoplexy and died at her home
April II, 1909, at the age of 80 years /
month and 16 days. She leaves her en-
tire family of four boys and four girls,
one brother, Squire Fuqua, of Dahlo-
mega, Iowa, twenty three grand chill
dre, twelve great grand children to
mourn the loss Of dear mother and
grandmother, making an ancestry of
fifty three souls.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
WHY NOT WATERWORKS
Leon Should Get Busy And Vote to
Install an Upto-date System
of WaterW0rkS,

The suggestion of "Grouch" published
elsewhere in this issue that the Com.
mercial Club and citizens of Leon
should get together and take immediate
steps for securing complete system of
waterworks is a good one, and we trust
that the Commercial Club which has
taken the lead in various matters of
public improvements will take up
the matter at it's next meeting and
not let up until the ball is started to
rolling.
The time has come when Leon must
keep moving and be progressive. This
city is one of the very few county seats
in the state of Iowa which has not al
ready system of waterworks. Our
neighboring town of Lamont is now in
stalling system at a cost Of $25.000
and there is no good reason why Leon
should delay in this matter. Our city
has been enjoying a healthy and pro-
gressive growth for several years and
the prospects for continued growth is
most fattering. But if we are going to
progress we must keep up with the
public improvements which have made
other towns double in population in the
last few years, and to our mind there is
nothing which Leon needs as bad as a
system of waterworks, and then other
improvements such as sewerage and
paving will follow, but water is the
first thing needed.
1t can be secured too if our progress
sive citizens will all take hold Of the
matter and boost, and boost and boost.
That is what makes city. We have
no use for knockers, but the glad hand
is ever extended to the boosters. Look
at Abba, Osceola and other neighbor-
ing towns which few years ago were
in the same class as Leon. They got
busy, voted to install waterworks, then
sewerage and paving, and real estate
has increased, the population has in
creased and the business of these towns
has increased. That is Just what would
follow in Leon.
Let the Commercial Club take hold of
this matter first, for they represent the
business interests of the city. Let
them call big public meeting which
every citizen of Leon should attend, and
discuss the matter. That will start the
ball rolling. Then let a special cleo
tion be called and let the people vote
on the question of issuing bonds to
provide the funds needed. The bonds
could run for at least twenty years, at
low rate of interest, and by providing
small sinking fund the payment of the
bonds could be met and paid off and the
additional tax would never be noticed
by the taxpayers.
There is no use of putting the matter
OFF. The time to do this work is right
now. Think it over, talk it over. and
above all boost for waterworks
We want a bigger,a better and more
progressive Leon, and we are going to
have IT,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
Band Concert Saturday Night.

the first of the series of Saturday
night band concerts which will be Civ
en- by the X. P. band will be given on
Saturday evening of this week, when
the boys will make their first public
appearance in their handsome new uni
forms. The following is the program
for the concert Saturday evening:
March, "Gentry's Triumphal" Fred
Jewell.
serenade, "Cnpid's Charms"-H. C.
Miller.
Grand Sacred Potpourri, "Joy to the
World'--C. L. Barnhouse.
Medley, "Melody of Love"-H. Engle-
man.
Selection, bohemian Girl"-Dalbey.
Piece Characteristic, "a Day in the
Cottonfield" & Zublin.
Descriptive Piece, IA Hunting Scene
p. Bucalossi.
A Slip Horn Promenade "Yixi'-B. L.
Billings.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
TIE LOCAL HAPPENINGS
interesting Items of LEGAL Interest
Picked Up by The Reporter
During the Present Week.
Better Train Service Promised.

The citizens Of the towns along the
old H. & S. r. r. are feeling pretty
good over their prospects for additional
train service on that line of the Bur-
lington, w. &. Burleigh, secretary of
the Tingley Commercial Club having
received a letter from Gels Botsford, of
the Des Moines Commercial Club, in
which he writes that he has been adj
vised by the State Board of Railway
Commissioners that about June 1st the
Burlington will put on new train each
way between Chicago and Lincoln, Neb.,
which will be run via Burlington, Gem
terville, Humeston, Van Vert, Tingley
and other towns to Shenandoah and
Lincoln. The train will carry both Chi
cago and Lincoln sleepers.
Over year ago the Tingley COM
mercial Club started the agitation for
better passenger service, asking for a
morning and evening passenger train
each way daily, and it seems that their
efforts for better service have not been
in vain
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
WENT INTO THE DITCH
The Des Moines Passenger Train
of tuesday was Wrecked Near
Kingston. mo One Injured.

The Des Moines passenger train due
at Leon at 1850 a. NJ, Tuesday did not
arrive at all as it went into the ditch a
couple of miles south of Kingston. The
trucks of the tender first left the track
and turned sideways, cutting the
ties in two for distance of about 200
feet. Then the rails spread and let the
mail car off the track, but by this time
the engineer had stopped the train and
nobody was injured. The track was
torn up for distance of three hundred
feet and it was necessary to send to
Creston for a wrecker. The evening
train reached Leon by coming around
by Humeston, and then backed up as
far as the wreck and transferred the
passengers who were bound for Leon
and points beyond. Sheriff Jesse Andrew
was passenger on the train and he
says that they had pretty lively
shaking up, but that not a single pas
senger was injured. He walked in COM
pany with several others to Decatur
City where they secured teams and
were driven to Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
HELEN DECK I +
EDGAR kETCHAM L

practice is nine-tenths of success Emerson.
There was an agent in the city last
Friday evening exhibiting a new method
Of fire escape before the school board
and part of the students. A number of
the children from the lower rooms were
rescued from the upper window of the
building. The fire escape was one made
of canvas.
Anna Perdew was high room visitor
last week.
Miss Wynne Cash entertained the
senior class and High School faculty to
an evening party at her home last Fri
day evening. Delicious refreshments
were served. Contests and music made
up the evenings entertainment.
We are indebted through Supt. A. G.
Voelker to Grim 4 Co., publishers of
Frye's Biographies for an exhibit show
ing the method of coloring and making
maps.
Prof. Senseney was absent from
school several days last week on ac-
count of severe cold. Mrs. Voelker
filled the vacancy.
'Who steals my purse steals trash But he WHO
flches from me my good name takes that which MT
enriches him and makes me poor indeed"
-SIia kespeare
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
plead Guilty to Manslauqhter.

Charles A. Steen, who was under
arrest at Ft. Madison charged with
murder in the second degree, particu-
lars of which were published in The
Reporter last week, plead guilty to the
crime of manslaughter when arranged
before Judge Bank at Ft. Madison last
week, and under the indeterminate law
was sentenced to serve eight years, the
maximum penalty, in the state re-
formatory at Anamosa. 1t is thought
that his ease will be favorably acted
upon by the board Of parole after he
has served portion Of his sentence.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
A. Pretty Fat Fee.

A few weeks ago Lucky Baldwin,
at $20,000,000. His lawyers have filed
claims for 100000 for legal services,
and the physician who attended him
during his last illness has filed claim
for 100000 for attending him during
the last twenty nine days of his life.
Local interest is added from the fact
that the physician in the case, DR.. j.
W. Unworthy, is the husband Of a
former Leon girl, Miss Ida Haskett,
who is an aunt of Mrs. E. E. Bell, of
this city.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
We Need Waterworks.
EDITOR LEON REPORTER:


Leon Should have public water. Why
don't the Commercial Club take up the
water question, or why not call meet
ing of the taxpayers and talk the matter
over?
In our efforts to make Leon better
city good water, and plenty of it, comes
first. Then a sewage system and then the
question of paving. The fight for decent
depots and better railroad facilities can
go on in the mean time. Let's have
water. 1t will cost lis perhaps twenty
five to thirty thousand dollars, but let's
be progressive and get busy and be
quick about it. We should look after this
at once and have the mains laid this
summer and complete the job this fall.
The present is an excellent time to
do this. Money is cheap and plentiful,
and bonds can readily be sold at good
price. Let's take up this water question
and provide Leon with good water and
plenty of it. CROUCH.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
North Side Hotel to Open.

Matt Pullen, the we'll known hotel
man of this city, has closed lease for
the north side hotel, and big force Of
workmen are at work getting the build
ing in shape for occupancy, new roof
being put on, the interior painted and
decorated and new furniture and fittings
being purchased for the hotel through
out. Mr.. Pullen will call the new hotel
"The Central" and it will be conducted
as strictly first class hotel. Itis -exs
pected the work on the hotel will be
finished SO that it will be open about
May 18th. Both Mr.. and Mrs. Pullen
have earned enviable regulations as
iirst-class hotel people and "The Cen
trail will be a popular stopping place
with the travelling public.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
And the Snake got Away.

Ed Biggs is compelled to use a pair
of crutches in getting around since last
Saturday when he tore the ligaments of
his right leg loose and sprained his
knee while trying to kill a little garter
snake. He was out at his pasture east
of town when small garter snake at
tracted his attention and he tried to
crush it with his heel. Hejumped pretty
hard and his heel striking soft place
sank down while his toes were on Grm
soil SO that his knee was bent back,
tearing the ligaments loose,and sprain-
ing the muscles. He did not think much
of it at the time but Sunday morning
was suffering so much he had to call a
physician. And the worst of it is that
the snake made its escape.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22

Governor Carroll last Saturday signed
the joint resolution recommending a
pardon for Charles Woodard, this be-
ing necessary to keep the record
straight and it is thought the pardon
will be issued this week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
Lost Three Horses by Lightning

]. B. Debolt, who lives on the old
Bason farm at Tuskeego, lost three
head of good horses which were killed
by lightning during the storm last Sat
urday night. He had four horses in "a
lot and three of them were killed out
right and the fourth one badly stunned.
The high wind blew down the granary
at Tuskeego and did considerable dam
age to outbuildings in that vicinity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
Christian Church.

Sunday morning theme Measures of
the Work Done at the Front" Sunday
evening, ''The True Value of Manhood"
Bible study on Thursday evening ad-
journed on account of the special meet
ings at the M. e. church. Choir prac-
tice on Friday evening.
CHAs. ARTHUR COAKwELL, Minister.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
Methodist Notes.

If you are interested in the moral and
spiritual uplift Of the community, at
tend the revival meetings. If you
want to be the best possible, and do
the most good, come. Prayer and praise
service in lecture room, each evening
at 1880. Services in auditorium begin.
ing at p. IN. Sermon 500. Come and
bring friend.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
Notice..

Ordinance No. ~ providing for the
registration and taxing of dogs (eity
tax is to be strictly enforced. Dogs
not bearing collars with owners name
and city tax check will be killed after
due notice. Necessary checks can be
secured of city clerk s. G.. Mitchell.
Rate for male dog 81, female 81.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22

If you own dog and live inside the
corporate limits of Leon, you will have
to secure dog tag from city clerk
Mitchell at once or the city marshal
will kill your dog. At a meeting of the
city council held Monday it was de-
cided to rigidly enforce the dog tax
ordinance, and marshal Cruikshank has
orders to kill all dogs who are not
tagged.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
Live Stock Breeders to Meet.

All members of the Decatur County
Improved Live Stock Breeders Associa-
tion are urged to attend special meet
ing which will be held at the rooms of
the Leon Commercial Club in Leon on
Saturday, April Gath, at 1 o'clock,
sharp, to make arrangements about
holding county fair and live stock
show this fall. Let all who are in
terested in this project be on hand at
this meeting,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
Sudden Death Of D. J. Hullinqer.

D. ]. Hallinger, one of the prominent
and we'll known farmers living near
Davis City, died last Friday night after
An illness Of only few days. His death
was entirely unexpected as he was able
to be in town but day or two before
his death. His funeral was held AI Davis
City Tuesday afternoon. We trust we
may be furnished with data for suit-
able obituary next week. .s>5 4
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
Decatur City Nursery.

Pear trees 5 to feet high. .25c
Budded peach 5 to feet high. ...10c
Apple, one year..................... &c
Evergreen, II inch. 10c.
Crimson Ramblers, years old ..... 25c.
Good assortment of other stock at
low price.
State Inspection Certificate of health
furnished. This stock will be sold two
blocks north of square at Cherrington's s
residence. e. MOORE.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
License to Wed.
A. c. Church Notes.

There will be preaching next Sunday
morning at II o'clock and in the even
ing at o'clock by the pastor, Elder
j. J. Rupert. All are invited to the
services.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
JennInes-Johnson.

Mr.. Grover Jennings and Miss Nora
johnson were quietly married by Justice
John Holden at his home in this city
last Wednesday evening at o'clock.
They will 60 to housekeeping in this
city at once, and both are we'll known
by many friends whe wish them every
happiness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
CARD OF THANKS.

We wish to extend our heartfelt
thanks to the neighbors and friends
who did so much for us during the brief
illness and death Of our dear mother.
God alone can repay you.
Z HE CHMDREN.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22

Rev. 3. 8. Menoher, Of Alton, came
Tuesday to assist Rev. Boyd with the
meetings in progress at the NJ. e.
church.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22
Grand River.

DIR. Wards next dates at Grand River
are April 10 to "a.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22

Como 10 the dinner at tho Presbyter
ian church Friday evening.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22

Come to the dinner at the Presby tor.
ian church Friday evening.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-04-22

See r. Q. Mullinnix Tor brick. sotf
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-22
An Affront to Honest Citizenship.

Taft's first appearance in Minnesota
as president, says the Duluth Herald,
is IN the ungrateful role of apologist
for an infamous law which is a fat
and fragrant betrayal Of the party of
which he is the nominal chief and of
the nation of which he is the actual
chief executive. He admits that he
had declared for real tariff revision,
and that by that he meant revision
downward. Yet in face of the fact
that experts, actuated neither by par
tionship nor by loyalty to any poll
tical organization, fatty deny that the
Aldrich-Payne-Taft bill is revision
downward at all, the president has the
effrontery to come into Minnesota and
tell an audience OF normal, thinking,
intelligent American citizens that this
sis the best tariff bill the Republican
party ever passed."
The American Review of Reviews,
which is rigidly independent though a
warm supporter of the Taft admins
tration, had this bill analysed by a
man whom it declares to be more com
petent to do it than any member of
either branch of congress, and who is
certainly more competent to do it than
President Taft. AS a result of that
analysis this independent review,
which has never been accused of free
trade or Democratic leanings but has
often been accused of favoritism to
the Republican patty, states emphatic
ally that the new law sis the most
thorough-going high protectionist
measure that has ever been enacted in
this or any other land,'' and that it
was framed almost entirely to suit
the wishes of selfish interests; in
short, that "the tariff in detail is a
most monstrous and Ubiquitous per-
formance."
Yet the president of the United
comes into the state of Minnesota, ten
out of eleven of whose representatives
in congress voted against that bill and
thereby richly earned the applause OF
their constituents, and declares that
the bill is the best ever produced by
the Republican party. Not content
with that, he practically reads out OF
the party of Aldrich, Of Cannon, OF
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-22
amounted 10 IS, 600, 900, IS compared

amounted to q, 200, 900, as compared
with half that amount for July. The
war department used over S12, 0O0, 900
during the last month, while the
maintenance of the navy called for q
little more than SO, 600, Oe0.
This means that the treasury will
have to borrow either by an issue OF
bonds or notes. There will be, of
course, some effort at economy and
some pairing of appropriations, but
nobody seriously pretends that the
scale of expenditures will be or can
be materially lowered We are spend
ing Sl43, 893,885 on the navy alone
this year and the appropriation for
pensions is not much less. It is not
at all likely that any important cut
will be made in the big items, and if
it is proposed to limit the pork barrel
that will be like stirring up hornets
nest. For instance, how will the real
estate sharks of Los Angeles like it if
the 81, 100000 holdup for forti6cation
sites at San Pedro is to be cut off in
the interest of an odious economy?
The corporation tax will not go into
effect for months to come, and it's
validity is certain to be contested in
the courts, so that no relief can be
expected from that source for a long
time. The surplus in the treasury left
over from the fat years has dwindled
to little more than $4,000, 900, so
that at the present rate of monthly
deficits it will be wiped out altogether
before the end of the year. This
means that the treasury must go into
the market as a borrower.