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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07

across small, puny, sickly stock Of
corn you may rest pretty well assured
that there are from 500 to 1000 little
brothers and sisters to that little
stalk in that cornfield. They have
fooled around all summer doing moth
ing"
At every town where the Holden
special stopped from 100 to 500 far
mers attended the lectures and wit
messed practical demonstration in
making tester out of pine boards,
sheeting and sawdust, at total cost
not to exceed so cents. Scores pledg-
ed that they would test their seed
corn Immediately. seeing that 1t was
money out of their own pockets not
10 heed the warning.
At the same time Prof. Holden and
Prof. Bowman launched a campaign
to solve the seed corn problem in
future years. They urged each farmer
20 establish five acre seed patch in
which to plant his best seed corn
This year in order to have a sure
supply of seed corn for next year
and the future. They argued that
If the farmer would test his seed
corn this spring and pick out the
ears which showed ytheir sample
kernels that they would terminate
perfectly and would plant these best
ears in separate part of the field,
where the silks would bepollinated
only by pollen grains from tassels
on stalks strong and vigorous, that
The yield of that five acres will be
=, ;r%, o1o ko
The acre better than the average and
the work of getting next years seed
corn will be simplified.
Making it Easy for the Farmer.
All that will be necessary will be
for the farmer to walk through that
five acre patch and in short time he
will have his seed supply, whereas
at present he rambles over the entire
corn field of so to 100 or 200 acres
picking out the best ears at random
eff the farmers of the corn belt
will follow this advice the situation
can be saved" says Prof Holden, the
father of the special seed corn train
idea. "The necessity of doing this
cannot be emphasized too much. Corn
is Americas greatest crop. but it
| will fall below cotton and wheat this
Year unless the farmers test theit
seed corn"
The Holden special was run six
days and traversed 500 miles. BE
tween 5000 and 1000 farmers attend
ed the lectures, which We're delivered
by Prof. P. G. Holden, Prof. M. L
Bowman, Prof. B. w. Crossley, and
Prof. A. H. Snyder. The Burlington
railroad was represented on the triI
by E. R. Puffer of Chicago, genera,
freight agent, w. G.. Wagner of Bur
lington. division freight agent, and
e. H. Hunter of Des Moines, specia
| representative
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07

The wicked wastefulness of the
government is exemplifed in it's re-
cent decision to tear down the post
office at Fort Dodge, building that
originally cost $4,000 and built only
10 years, to make room for a new
structure. The city wanted to- buy
the property for city hall, but the
offer was spurned. The same thing
was done in Cedar Rapids three or
four years ago. A comparatively new
postoftice building costing not less
than 100000 was torn down to make
room for better building, in spite
OF a good offer made by the city to
buy the property and donate just as
good a location elsewhere. These
are some of the leaks that keep swell.
ing the postal deficit.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07
Words to Freeze the Soul.

Your son has consumption. His
case is hopeless. These appalling
words were spoken to Geo. q.
Blevens, leading merchant of
Springfield, N c., by two expert doc
tors-one lung specialist. Then
was shown the wonderful power of
Or. Kings New Discovery. After
three. weeks use,' writes Mr. Blew
ems, he was as we'll as ever. |
would not take all the money in the
world for what it did for my boy"
lnfalllble for coughs and colds, it's
the safest, surest cure of desperate
lung diseases on earth. soc. and
$l.OO. Van Werden & Kopp guar
antee satisfaction. Trial bottle free,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07

President Taft has completed the
first year of his administration. The
Baltimore Sun, paper that has al
ways been friendly to Mr.. Taft, says:
AT the beginning of his term in the
white house he was believed to be
a man of broad views, with the cour-
age of his convictions, but many Of
his best friends now admit that he
has disappointed them. He began
with an apparent intention of re-
forming the tariff downward, but
when the standpatters had had
everything their own way with the
Payne bill he commended it, instead
OF denouncing it. In SO acting he
fell below the standard set up by a
faithful democratic senators failed to
make the rates of the Wilson tariff
bill accord with ante-elcetion prom
ises President Cleveland signified
plainly his disapproval and refused
to sign the bill He accepted the re-
sponsibility of his position as lead
,er of his party and insisted upon the
performance of its promises. Presi-
dent Taft preferred to follow and
applaud where he could not approve.
II, as he said in his speech at New
ark, N. j., a few days ago, all the
newspapers unite in hammering the
administration it is because he has
neglected a great opportunity. He
is still personally popular. There is
yet in the three remaining years of
his term chance to regain his lost
ground. This he can do by remem-
bering that he is president of the
whole country, not of party-least
of all of the greedy, selfish, ultra
protectionist section of his party. He
knows, or should know that the
monopolistic trusts he processes to
wish to reform are built up by the
tariff. If he does not know this, his
party is in advance of him. For him
to defend tariff which strengthens
the hold of the monopolies distresses
his best friends. No amount of de-
tense or explanation by the presi-
dent or anyone else says the ST..
Paul Pioneer-Press, republican
journal, will convince the American
people that the pledges of the repub-
lican platform have been kept The
tariff law, when all defense of it has
been weighed, remains as a dishon-
orable deception Lawyer like uuib-
bles from the president as to the in
tent of the platform are unbecoming
to his high office. His seeming in
sincerity in the tariff matter may
throw doubt upon his directness in
other measures which he is propos-
ing to congress. He still has an OPP
portunity to regain public confidence
ii he will snnk the partisan in the
patriotic, the politician in the states
man."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07
Notice of Appointment of Admins.
traitor.

In the district court of the state
of Iowa, in and for Decatur county.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of Hugh
Wilson, deceased.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as administrator of the
estate of Hugh H. Wilson, late of
Decatur county, Iowa, deceased. All
persons in any manner indebted to
said deceased or his estate will make
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against said de-
ceased or his estate will present them
in manner and form as by law re-
quired for allowance and payment.
Dated this 18th day of March, A.
D. 1910.
31-3t. T. F. Buchanan,
Administrator of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07
Census Superintendent Estimates
Population at 9O,OOO,OOO.

Dr. =. Dana Durand, National Sup
erintendent of the Census, says that
by June |, he hopes to report the
number of inhabitants in the United
States as between SS,0OO,OOO and
91,00O,0O0.
The enumerators, $4,000 men and
women, will move on April 18th and
cover the cities in fifteen days, and
the rural sections in thirty days. 1t
will take four months to cover the
manufacturing interests and three
years to tabulate and study the re-
suits
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07

The Iowa Democratic Club will
mold its annual banquet and love-
feast at the Slavery hotel in Des
MONIES on the evening of April Sth.
Governor Shallenberger of Nebraska,
will be the principal speaker of the
evening and Governor John Burke of
North Dakota, is expected. General
Weaver. Judge Wade, Claude R. Por-
ter, John D. Dennison, Fred E.
White and others will also address
the assemblage. The price of tickets
will be $3.50 each.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07
Notice of Appointment of Admins.
Y traitor.

In the district court of the state
of Iowa, in and for Decatur county.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
Martha A. Wion, deceased.
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as administrator of the
estate of Martha A. Wion, late of
Decatur county, Iowa, deceased. All
persons in any manner indebted to
said deceased or her estate will make
payment to the undersigned; and
those having claims against said de-
ceased or her estate will present them
in manner and form as by law re-
quired, for allowance and payment.
Dated this goth day of March,
A. D. 1910.
33-3t. ]. G. CoZad,
Administrator of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07
"I,d Rather Die. Doctor.

than to have my feet cut off, said
M. L. Bingham, of Princeville, Ill.
"But you'll die from gangrene
(Which had eaten away eight toes)
if you don't" said all doctors. In
stead, he used Bucklen's Arnica
Salve till wholly cured. It's cures
Of eczema, fever sores, boils, burns
and piles astound the world. Csc at
Van Werden & Kopp's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07
Swept Over Niagara.

This terrible calamity often hap
pens because careless boatmen ig-
more the rivers warnings, growing
ripples and faster current. Natures
warnings are kind. That dull pain
or ache in the back warns you the
kidneys need attention if you would
escape fatal maladies-dropsy, dia-
betes or Bright's disease. Take Elec-
trio Bitters at once and see backache
fly and all your best feelings return.
After long suffering from weak kid
neys and lame back, one $1.0O bot
tie wholly cured me-" writes J. R.
Blankenship. of Belk, Tenn. Only
soc. at Van Werden & Kopp's.
i.S
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07

Our idea of a joke that lacks humor
is the kind that members of church
get off on their preacher.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07

A man is judged good deal by the
kind of heels he has on his shoes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-07
Poor Ears Are Costly.

Every poor ear of seed corn the
farmer uses costs him four or five
bushels of corn. Each ear has from
800 to 1000 kernels on it. If you
walk through cornfield and come
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05
ABSTINENCE MAKES BIG GAINS
IN No Country in World Has Cause
of Temperance Made Better
Progress Than England.

The progress of abstinence from in
toxicants in Great Britain may be
seer in the report of the temperance
organizations connected with the Free
Church union. Thirty years ago out
of $500 such ministers only 760, or
about one-third, were abstainers. To
day there are 2,670 abstainers out of
a total of 1868 ministers, or seven
eighths of the whole. Out of SO
young men newly entering the minis
try 81 were found to be teetotalers
and Al of these had never known the
taste of drink. In no country in the
world has the progress of total absti-
nence among ministers been more
marked and more rapid than in Great
Britain. where the present arch
bishop of Canterbury is an active
friend of temperance in church, So
ciety and state, says Interior. Ad-
dressing a recent meeting in Liver
pool Lord Charles Beresford, from his
youth a member of the British navy
and now standing at its head, said
that 46 years ago he came to Liver
pool with a squadron which the city
entertained. Out of 1000 men who
went ashore hat year not over 300
returned to- their ships sober, and
1900 were left In the hands of the po-
lice. Two years ago Lord Beresford
said he brought a feet to the same
city. and out of 1900 men who went
ashore not over three failed to re-
port fit for duty when the shore leave
expired. Admiral Beresford attrib-
uted the change to various causes, not
the least being the gracious influence
of Christian women who followed with
their prayers and temperance litera-
,ture the navy round the world. The
address of the British admiral stand
in marked contrast with that OF an
American admiral who has recently
expressed the fear that sober Ameri-
cans will prove "mollycoddles."
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05
sEMR5Nanee
9MaNp9E9.
BARRED FROM N0RTHLAND
Alcohol lsr Not Allowed to Be Sold
Along tbs Coast Of Labrador :.
Many Of its ILL Effects.

alcohol us not allowed to be sold
on any part of the coast on which we
are working, says DR.. Grenfell. a IA
nous physician who is working among
the Eskimos; but so surely as 1t
comes IN Illicit sale begins, one
gees its evil results as quickly
as If, instead of alcohol it had
been the germ of diphtheria or
smallpox, a5SfLying at my anchors
In Labrador harbors, women have
come off the ship after dark,
secretly. for fear of being seen. to ask
me for Gods sake TO try and prevent
its being sold near them. as their son
and husbands were being ~debauched.
and even their girls were in danger.
q have. seen it come among the rs
kimos. 1t kills our native as arsenic
kills flies, and il rob them of every
thing that would differentiate them as
human beings from the beasts.
"VVhy don't | want to see liquor used
at sea? Because when | go down for
a watch below ! want to feel that the
man at the wheel sees only II light
when there. is only one light to see;
that when the safety of the ship and
all 1t carries depends on the cool
head, the instant resolve and the
steady hand of the helmsman, there
is not standing there in place of the
man the poor, debased creature that
all the world has seen alcohol create.
Il have seen ships lost through col
Iision because the captain had been
taking a aaittle alcohol | have had
to tell n woman that she was a widow
and that hero children were fatherless.
because her husband, gentle and low
ing and clean-living. had been tempted
to take "a drop of alcohol at sea and
had fallen, over the sider drunk, and
gone out into a drunkard's eternity. l
have had to tclothe children and feed
them whentreduced to starvation, be-
cause alcohol had robbed them OF a
natural protector and all the necessi-
ties of life. Il have had to visit In
prisons the victims of crime. caused
as directly in honest men by alcohol
as q burnfis caused by falling into the
fire. gts uere
II have been doctoring sick men
and women Of every kind, and | have
found that I can use other drugs of
which we know the exact action and
which we can control absolutely with
greater accuracy in cases of necessity
for stimulating the heart. l contend
we can get just as good results with
out it, and l always fear its power to
create a desire for itself. 1t is not
necessary for happiness, for have
known no set of men happier and en-
joying their lives more than h crews
of my own vessel, and the many, many
fishermen who, like ourselves, neither
touch, taste nor handle it."
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05
Governor noch on Temperance.

Ex-Governor Hoch of Kansas is san
guine of the complete success of tenn
iperance throughout the country. At
"a recent meeting in Chicago he deliv-
cred an address, in the course OF
which he said; There is absolutely
nothing to be said in favor OF the
saloon. AS soon as the Middlefield
Dill. or some other like it, gets through
congress, to make shipments of liquor
into dry territory ~contraband, the re-
naming great obstacle to temperance
viii be removed"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05
Abstinence Absolutely Safe.

Gen. Fred Grant tells us that in
early life, because of the greatness of
his father, he had an unusually large
number of invitations to drink. He
y Il tried to drink with extreme
moderation, because | knew that alco-
hol Is the worst poison a man can
take into his system; but | found out
it was impossible to drink moderately.
For that reason | became an absolute
teetotaler-a crank, If you please.
When a mar can say, I never drink
he never has to drink, is never urged
to drink, never offends by not drink.
ing"
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05
WORDS OF THE WISE.
An i'll weed grows apace.-Chapman

An i'll weed grows apace.-Chapman.
Saying and doing are two things
Henry.
He that dies pays old delxs.-
Shakespeare.
Toll, says the %proverb, is the sire of
fame.-Euripides.
Excess of wealth Is cause of covet-
ousness.-Marlowe.
AS good be out of the world as out
of fashion.-Cibber.
Sweet are the slumbers of the virtu-
Gus man.-AGdison.
The two noblest things, which are
sweetness and light.-Swift.
Think not that thy word ant thine
alone must be right.-Sophocles.
Oft hath even a whole city reaped
the evil fruit of a bad manifested.
Nothing Is there more friendly to a
man than a friend In, need.-Plautus.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05
POT SHOTS.

Pockets are one night stands for dol
lars.
A poet is a man who knows how to
make words dance.
Most of the aeroplanes nowadays
are failing because of a defective flew.
The worst thing about real trouble
Is the fact that you can very seldom
talk about them.
Wild oats are a peculiar grain
which is sowed with q bottle and
reaped with a patrol wagon.
Phenomenal gravity does not assist
craftsmanship, but 1t serves to keep
off some of the good fellows.
A mans man" Is not necessarily a
man whom any old skate can take
away from his wife for an entire eve
ming.
Speculation consists of betting that
the big fellows are so much interested
In robbing someone else that they will
not notice you.
Why Is 1t considered more of a
credit to descend from a fine old fam
lily than to ascend from a common
crowd OF ancestors Literary Maya
zine of the Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

The best example some people can
be is by keeping out of sight.
A mar car overdraw his wife's pa.
thence worse than his bank account.
It's better to be an ass and enjoy
life than a wiseacre and be wretched
over 1t.
&c.
Little children are SO naturally
honest that it fools the life out of
grown-ups.
The reason a man a make so
much love to a girl is he doesn't
dream she is making him do it.-New
York Press.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05
SUNFLOWER PHILOSOPHY.

We can understand how q
woman can raise three or four chill
dren and not GO crazy.
If you are as sensitive as the peach
crop you will encounter about the
same number of frosts.
The ~henpecked husband is one
white slave who doesn't attract the
sympathy which is his due.
If the mar in the wrong kicks hard
enough and roars loud enough the
man in the right will usually apollo.
gize.-Atchison KAN Globe.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

Second, those who give thoughtless.
~, without any real or high motive-~
giyers of the occasion. as 1t were.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

Sixth, those who give because they
feel they ought to give; who give
through a sense of duty and not
through love-moral givers.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05
THE SEVEN KINDS OF GIvERS

First, those who give spontaneously
and generously. but only to them
selves-autogivers they might be
called
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

Seventh, those who give in the spirit
of Jesus; who give because they love
their n%eighbor as themselves, and
above all things desire to help them
spiritual givers.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

Fifth, those who give because
others give, because they are expected
to give, and are ashamed not to give,
and therefore give grudgingly-con-
ventional givers.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

Fourth, those who live as a matter
OF display, to, win public applause for
their Observation-Disclosures giyers. y
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

Third, those who give as a sop to
conscience and self-esteem; in a spe-
cies of atonement for the evil they do
-penitential giYers.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

To which do you belong?-Rev. E. L,
Meadows in Pittsburg Christian Advo.
cate.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

Most of the aeroplanes nowadays
are failing because of a defective flew.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

The worst thing about real trouble
Is the fact that you can very seldom
talk about them.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

A Clean Family Newspaper. An expo
nent of all that's good and wholesome;
fearless in it's condemnation of all that is
evil. We want YOU to read it.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

Wild oats are a peculiar grain
which Is sowed with a bottle and
reaped with a patrol wagon.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

A poet is a man who knows how to
make words dance.
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

Pockets are one night stands for dol
The Falls City tribune., 1910-08-05

Nothing is there mor friendly to a
mar than a friend In. need.-Plautus.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-16
DAYvILI.E
Brotherhood Club Entertained-Per.
 sonal Mention.

Mrs. F. B. Rollison and Miss Flor ence Rollison spent a lday this week in Providence.
 The Rev. MT. Reynolds was in New Haven for several days this week.
 Willard Bennett of Providence spent the week end with his mother, Mrs. Fannie Bennett.
 MT. and Mrs. W. F. BidweII enter tafned the Broth herhood club on Wed nesday evening.
 H. T. Gagnon spent the week end in Spencer, Mass.
 Charles Root has moved his family to Leominster, Mass
 Mrs. N Larne Greig entertained the Thinble club on Wednesday after noon. q
 Miss Florence RolIison spent Sum- day the guest of Miss Haigh of Moos- up-
 Miss Helen Kelley spent Sunday with her parents, MT. and Mrs. W. P. Kelley.
 Samuel Cogswell is again able to at tend to his duties at the mill of the Assawauga company.
 Christopher Campbell has been spending some days with his mother, Mrs. James Campbell.
 Miss Edna Aver entertained Miss Mary Douglass of Sterling on Sum day.
 Nasia Greene, R. F. D. carrier, has moved into the house vacated by War ren c. Thac1er.
Norwich bulletin., 1910-04-16
CANTERBURY.
Murray Estate Sold for Hunting Pre- serve-Birthday Surprise visit-A Woman Who Earned 1t.

Ex-Deacon John Murray has sold his real estate in town to A. c. Ben nett for hunting reservation
 Miss Gertie Green has returned to her home in Canterbury, as has also her brother, George Green. Jr.
 Miss Matte A. Bennett is visiting her grandmother at the Buttonwoods.
 Miss Edna M. Bliven and Miss Inez E. Williams are guests this week of Miss Bliven's sister, Mrs. Frank A. Bromley. at the West Side, Norwich
 George House has moved his fam fly to Lebanon.
 Carroll Green has gone to Lebanon to work for George House.
 Surprised by Mite Society.
 The members of the Mite society gave Mrs. Carrie A. Carr a surprise on Thursday of last week, 1t being Mrs. Carr's birthday. There were 12 present, and pleasant afternoon was spent Mrs. Carr received a number of presents.
 A Young Woman Farmer.
 Some of. the farmers in town will have to- take a back seat. Mrs Her bert L.. Tracy is beating some of them as regards farming. She can drive a yoke of oxen, trim out and cut down trees in the woods, and run a cross cut saw and handle an axe better than some of the men in town, and she is only 21 years oldi