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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Some Interesting Items of Local
News Gathered on the Run
During the Past Week.
Grocery Changes.

There have been two changes in
the grocery business in Leon during
the past week. On Friday Edgar
Cave sold his grocery store in the
opera house block to Ernest Prang,
of Skidmore, Mo-, who took posses
sion at once, installing o. c. Clark,
a well known Leon young man who
has been working at Skidmore, Mo-,
for several years, as manager. Mr..
Clark has many friends in this city
who are pleased to see him return to
Leon. He has had years of expert
ence in the grocery business and will
be able to secure his full share of the
patronage in this line.
On Monday a deal was closed
wherein F. M. Coder disposed of
his grocery stock to R. H. Garner,
of Bay City, ILL.,, possession being
given at once. Mr.. Coder retires
on account of his health, which
has been quite poor for
some months. Mr.. Garner, the
new proprietor, has had experience in
the business and will continue to
carry an up-to-date line of groceries,
He is a brother of j. o. Garner, of
Eden township.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
TIDES IN SOLID EARTH.
Leon Rises and Falls Eighteen Inches
Every Twelve Hours.

Leon rises and falls eighteen inches
every twelve hours, day in and day
out, and yet not person in this city
knows it, and not a brick in the city's
substantial structures is disturbed.
This fact is made clear by an article
from the pen of Prof. Oscar Hecker,
in the April Harper's Monthly, in
which that scientist says:
The ebb and tioodtides of the sea
are familiar phenomena. Everyone
knows that the ebb follows the flood
tide at regular intervals of six hours.
and that the flood succeeds the ebb
tide after similar interval of six
hours. Moreover almost everyone
knows that this rising and falling
of the water is chiefly due to the at
traction of the moon 1t follows,
therefore, that the moon should af-
| feet not only the water but also the
land, and that it ought to produce
tides in the solid earth. This con-
clusion has recently been verified by
actal measurements. The moon
produces tidal waves which constant
ly distort the earth.
Our solid globe, by which we
mean not merely the crust, but the
entire planet itself, is necessarily de-
formed by the tremendous, disrup-
tive, attractive forces of the moon,
and periodically it's shape according
to the moons position. This earth,
which we are accustomed to regard
as solid and imm'ovable, is therefore
not absolutely rigid, but is traversed
by an elastic flood tide. There is
something strange in the thought
that a city, like New York, with all
its huge buildings, is imperceptibly
rising and falling twice a day
through the distance of half yard
Delicate instruments of precision
prove beyond question that this ris-
ing and falling does occur"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Resolutions OF Respect.

Whereas; 1t has pleased the Su-
preme Ruler of the universe to re-
move by death our. worthy and re-
spected brother, C. M. Bedell, and as
a token of esteem we owe his mem
ory, be it,
Resolved; That in the death of
brother Bedell the lodge has lost a
worthy and respected member, the
community in which he lived an hon
ored and upright citizen, his COM
panion kind and loving husband,
his children an indulgent father.
Resolved; That the lodge extend
to the grief stricken family our sin
cere sympathy in this their great
loss and commend them to the care
|of Him who knoweth all things and
who will not leave them comfortless
Resolved; That a copy of these
resolutions be presented to the fam
lily of our deceased brother, and
copies be furnished the county
papers for publication and the
charter of the lodge be draped in
mourning for thirty days.
S. Schenck,
fss j. D, Gardner,
! IJahn soH ''sss. Il. .ssy
1870 ~ tsn;fi1i1j ,,a
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
A GREAT MINSTREL SHOW.
Commercial Club MinstreIs Pleased a
big Audience Last Friday Even
ing.

The Commercial Club minstrels
We're greeted by a big house at the
opera house last Friday night, and it
was one of the best pleased audiences
which ever left the opera house at
the close of the performance.
The performance opened with the
announcements by Nose Jones, and
Nose did not have his mouth closed
while making the announcements
Which provoked roars of laughter.
Drs. Bowman and Rowell, the end
men, were minstrels par excellence,
and Frank Farquhar was a low down
coon to perfection, and was heartily
encored whenever he appeared Carl
Hale as the female impersonator and
skirt dancer was bowling success,
and the buck and wing dancing by
Ansel Barry and Leslie Grimes cap
tured the big house. DR.. Woodman-
see and Roy Allen made good with
their songs and the quartet COM
posed of Bob Tatman, Leslie Grimes,
Ansel Barry and Will Rhoades were
fine. Then there were the two Dutch
men, Stempel and Kopp, and they
kept the audience in a roar of laugh
ter all the time, and the instrumental
y ~NNA ~ ~ A1CSdApIC, AhCS, LOIl anu
Jones was novelty in it's line, and
they surely made hit Lou Pease
and DR.. Bowman had to respond to
vigorous encore with their banjo
and guitar number, and Ray Layton
made a hit with his vocal effort.
Kopp, the droll Dutchman, not con-
tent with being typical Dutchman,
made an excellent coon and his
vocal effort and booster mottos were
great. Lou Pease surprised even him
self with his vocal efforts, and as
coon" singer he has no equal The
performance closed with the Bedelia
dance in which George Hurst, Will
bur Miller, Pete Brady and C. NJ.
AXES shown like new silver dollars.
All in all it was one of the greatest
shows ever put on before Leon audi
ence.
The gross house amounted to over
$3.50 and after all expenses were
paid the boys turned the neat sum of
Sl21.3O over to the improvement
fund of the Leon Commercial Club,
which will be put to good advan-
tage later on
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Last Day For Filing Nominations.

Nomination papers for all legisla-
tive and other state offices must be
filed by April 26th if the candidate
wishes to get on the primary ballot of
any party to be voted for at the nom
mating primaries which are to be
held Tuesday, June 7th.
Nomination papers of candidates
for county office must be filed not
later than Saturday, May 7th.
Nomination papers for township
officers must be filed not later than
Monday, May 23rd.
Candidates for party committee
men, whose names had to go on with
a paster or be written in on the pri-
mary ballot two years ago, may now
be printed on the ballot if the candi-
date will file his nomination papers
with the county auditor. The last
day for filing is the same as for the
township officers, May 23rd.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Census Law No Joke.

Person who think they may fail or
refuse to answer any question pro-
pounded by the census enumerator
should read the bill ito provide for
the thirteenth and subsequent decen-
nial censuses." This act makes it a
disdemeanor not only to fail or re-
fuse to answer, but also to answer
any question falsely and imposes a
penalty not less than 500.
The government is earnest in this
effort to obtain an accurate census
and will have spent more than $1O,-
100000 to that end The president
and congress, therefore, have taken
every precaution by the people. This
is shown in the rigid rules for their
protection with which it has sur
rounded the census employees. Any
supervisor, clerk, enumerator, inter-
prefer or agent who refuses to per-
form the duties enjoined on him will
be guilty of a disdemeanor and SUBJ
ject to a fine of $500; for disclosing
information he shall be subject to a
fine of $1,000 or imprisonment for
two years or both; deliberate false
swearing means perjury with five
years in prison and $4,000 as the
maximum fine, and the gamut of Of
fenses runs UP to final penalty of
five years Imprisonment and $4,000
fine
This glimpse into the provisions of
the census law affords an idea of the
serious Importance the government
attaches to an accurate census. This
Importance is enhanced by reason of
the numerous aggressive movements
the government is promoting today
for popular improvement, most of
which depends in some manner upon
the very statistics this census is to
disclose.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Col.ydon Boosters Won.

At the special election held at
Corydon last week, the boosters won
a great victory by voting 100000
for a system of waterworks and S15.-
600 for sewerage. There were 331
ladies voted at the election and only
26 of them voted against waterworks.
The vote cast was 675, there being
610 for and only 65 against.
The boosters of Corydon were thor
eughly organized and the result
shows that there was practically no
opposition to the project to put
Corydon on the map as one of the
progressive towns of southern Iowa.
We congratulate the Corydon Boost
era on their victory.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Pleasant Valley.

William and Levi Virden and Ray
Robb went to Leon Monday on busi-
ness.
Tommy Roberts spent Saturday
and Sunday at home.
Miss Katherine Dobozy spent Sun
day at George Virden's.
Several from this vicinity attended
the dance at A. E. Ellis last Friday
night.
Mrs. T. A. SutherIin and Mrs.
Millsap were Decatur callers one
evening last week.
Miss Katherine Dobozy was visit
ing at home last week.
Miss Beatrice Christofel returned
to her home last Saturday.
Miss Gladys Buck spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Miss Mary
Robb.
o. E. Black and wife were at De-
catur CityNlast Sunday.
George Virden and son Levi were
Leon callers last Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Death of an Old Decatur County
Resident.

George S. Whiteaker, one of the
pioneer settlers of Decatur county,
having lived for many years on a
farm northeast of Leon; died at his
home near Keysor, Colorado, on
sssAApril 1st. Mr.. Whitealser will be -e-
by the old reeid eirts mere,
having left here about twenty years
ago. He was a brother-in-law of
Hon. E. ]. Sankey. The Ramah,
Colorado, Telegram of April Sth, has
the following notice of his death:
George S. Whiteaker, one of the
Oldest men on the Divide, passed
peacefully away at his home four
miles east of Keysor, last Friday
evening at $3.50 o'clock. Deceased
was a we'll preserved old man and
possessed remarkably good health.
He was only sick a few days and
gradually sank away.
Mr.. Whiteaker was born in Ten
nessee, Oct. %, 1929, then moved to
Iowa i'll 1884. In late years he moved
to Colorado. He was aged S3 years,
months and days His wife de-
parted May 18, 1891, at the age of
81 years. There were born to them
eight children, six of whom are still
living to mourn the loss of good,
kind and Christian father: Eta,
wife of G.. L. Goss, Walden, Kansas;
Estella, wife of William Shaw, o.
Neill, Nebraska; John NJ, Beacons-
field, Iowa; Anna, James and Charles
of Keysor.
| The funeral was held last Sunday
afternoon at two o'clock from his
late home, Rev. William Graning
conducting the services. Text, Isaiah
40:6-7-S. Interment in the Mountain
View cemetery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
McGINNIS FOR JUDGE.
Well Known Leon Attorney Consents
to Accept Democratic Nomina-
ti0n for Judge.

AS Judge H. M. Towner has an
aounced that he would retire from
the bench whether he was nominated
for congress or not, and as the term
of Judge H. K. Evans. of Corydon,
expires on January 1st, 1911, there
has been much speculation as to the
probable nominees for judges of the
3Fd judicial district. For number
of years there has been a disposition
to divorce, if possible, the judiciary
from politics, and with this in view
the election law provides that judges
shall not be nominated at the pri-
mary election, but at convention to
be held for this purpose in June or
July.
Hon. v. R. McGinnis, of Leon, has
been urged by attorneys and friends
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21

LOT man 10 KNOW,
Virtue alone, is happiness below
Pope
The track team is doing some
splendid work and we are expecting
great things from them.
Earl Dorm, of Des Moines, one of
our former high school pupils, visit
ed school last week.
The eleventh and twelfth grade
history class will give debate next
Friday at 2:30 p. m. The question
is, Resolved THAT the Government
Should Have Control of all the Cor
porations doing Interstate Busi-
ness The affirmative debaters are
Fanny Hazlet, Ralph Sears and Alta
Hart, and the negative Minnie Harris,
Calvin Ryan and Bessie Benefiel. The
debate will be held in the assent bly,
room and we are expecting something
good Everybody invited to come.
The eighth grade pupils enjoyed a
debate last Friday, the subject being
Resolved, ''That the United States
Should Build Sea Level Canal
Across the Panama" The judges.
Hazel Moore, Ethel Beck and Ruth
Farquhar, decided in favor of the
negative.
Miss Kriddlebaugh spent Sunday
at her home in Charlton and missing
her train Monday morning did not
arrive until noon. Olive Gwinn
taught in her place and the little
folks seem to think Olive is all right.
The senior English class have be-
gun the study of ''The Prospector,"
by Ralph Connor. The change. from
Shakespeare and Burns is greatly to
the seniors taste.
A number of our pupils are miss
ing from our school on account of
spring work. We are sorry to have
them go.
We are very proud indeed of our
base ball team, and we think justly
so. The team played game with
Osceola Saturday at their home town,
and Osceola met their first defeat of
the season. Osceola has quite base
ball name, having won five straight
games this season, but our boys made
them sit up and take notice. The
score stood 4 to 8 in favor of Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Quite a Wind Storm.

John Lighthill, of near Decatur
City, was in Leon Saturday and told
us that the wind did considerable
damage in his neighborhood last
Thursday evening. At his place a cat
tie barn was blown down, and wag-
ON loaded with hay was blown down a
hill and overturned, the roof of Ern-
est Cummins' barn was blown off, a
new cattle feeder on the farm of j.
B. Dobson was demolished and
throughout the neighborhood trees
were blown down.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Pictures for Our School Rooms.

The walls of our school rooms
need to be decorated with beautiful
of works of
art. To secure funds to purchase a
number of these our school will give
a big combined program at the opera
house Friday, April 29th There will
be cantatas, dialogues, drills, exer-
cises and songs, each room giving
one number. The boys and girls are
working hard to give you the best
entertainment of the season. Re
served seats only 25 cents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Caleb Miller Bedell.

Caleb Miller Bedell was born in
Wapello county, Iowa, March 20.
1854. He was the son of David and
Martha Bedell. In 1880 he moved
to Decatur, county and has been a.
resident of this5cGunty until two years
atso @heil@zne laft his farm a'tpM
five miles southwest of Decatur City.
and moved to Kellerton, hoping that
by leaving the farm his condition of
health might improve. He was mar
ried in 1876 to Clara Webb. To this
union were born three children,
Everett, Isaac and Gerata Mrs.
Clara Bedell passed from this life in
1907. In the year 1895 he married
Nancy Lloyd who survives him and
with the son and daughter mourn his
departure. He was one of a family
of eight, and all the rest survive him.
He died at his home in Kellerton
April IA, 1910. For some time be-
fore his dea.- he was an almost
constant sufferer, but he was cheer
full to the end and made no com
plant.
He was we'll known in Decatur
county, and everyone who knew him
esteemed him very highly. He was
the best of neighbors and a man Of
great integrity. In his short resi-
dence in Kellerton he made many
warm friends.
The funeral services were held at
the home in Aellerton and from the
Methodist church in Decatur City,
conducted by Lewis =. Bradford,
pastor of the Methodist church OF
Kellerton. Interment was in the
Decatur City cemetery, the burial
services being conducted by the !.
10. o. F. lodge of Decatur City, OF
wh oh ba wac mamhar
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
A Word About Buggies.

When you buy buggy you are
not buying it for day, why not buy
the best. Buy a Velie. Why? Be
cause they have the special single
reach gear, strictly high grade, not
used on cheap work. Special channel
reach construction, special shifting
rail, special plugless body, special
steel corners, bolts through posts,
and lots of other special features that
make the Velie better and stronger
buggy than any of it's competitors.
Look at them at Bowshers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Fruit Crop Ruined.

With the best prospects for a
bountiful crop of all kinds, the trees
being all in bloom, the freezing
weather of the past week cost the
state of Iowa not less than twenty
million dollars. On Sunday morning
the thermometer was down to 26 de-
grees, six degrees below freezing. 1t
is said there will be no plums or
cherries, and the apples and pears
are badly damaged
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Grand River G. K. Declamatory Con-
test

In the declamatory contest of the
Christian Endeavor societies of
Clarke and Decatur counties, held at
Grand River last Friday evening,
there were a number of contestants
from the c. E. societies of the two
counties. Miss Mildred Asbury, of
Tingley, was awarded first place, Paul
Hubbell, of Grand River, second, and
Miss Iva Briggaman, Of Leon, third.
Miss Mildred Avery, of Leon, also
represented the Leon society, but as
Leon had two contestants they were
only awarded one prize, although
Miss Mildred received many compli-
ments for her effort, which was one
of the best on the program
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Chicago Banker Will Attend.

A. L. Ackerley returned this morn
ing from flying trip to Chicago,
and while there secured a promise
from Henry Meyer, assistant cashier
of the National City Bank of Chicago,
that he would make an address before
the bankers convention which will
be held in Leon on May 4th. Other
prominent bankers will also be pres
ent at the convention. Mr Meyer is
one of the prominent bankers of
Chicago, and was a national bank
examiner in Iowa from 1898 to ,,u2.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Christian Church Notes.

The subject of the discourse next
Lords day morning will be "Vain
Words and Fruitful Deeds" Evening
subject, The Crime of Suicide" The
prayer meeting will be omitted on
Thursday evening on account of the
lecture at the Presbyterian church.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Roy Delos VanderpooI.

Little Roy Delos, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. D. Vanderpool, died at the
home of his parents, southeast of
Leon, Monday, April 18th. The
funeral services were conducted from
the Palestine church, west of Leon,
Wednesday afternoon by Elder j. S.
Coffin, pastor of the Leon Christian
church. The remains were laid to
rest in the Palestine cemetery. A
large number of sympathizing friends
and neignbors were in attendance at
the funeral services
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Township Committeeman.

A meeting of all the democratic
committeeman has been called to
meet at my Office in Leon on Satur-
day, April 23rd, at O'Clock p. m.
Every member of the county COM
mittee is urged to be present. There
is business of Importance in connec-
tion with the primary and general
election. Don't fail to have your
township represented at this meet
ing. Marion Woodard,
Chairman County Central Com.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21

April showers bring colds, grippe,
rheumatism, and other distressing
troubles. HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea effectually and quickly rids one
of such trouble prevents them, too.
A 35c package makes los cups Of tea.
Try it today. w. c. Stempel & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Methodist Notes.

Subject next Sunday morning,
Sons of God" Subject for evening
sermon, The Bible Way of Saliva
uon; A Sermon for the People Who
Want to Know" Sunday school and
League services at the usual hours.
No prayer meeting on account of the
missionary. address at the Presbyter-
ian church.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
For Clerk.

| will be a candidate for the
democratic nomination for clerk of
the courts, subject to the decision of
the voters at the primary election
J. L. Mendenhall
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Treasurer.

cratic nomination for county treas
urer, subject to the decision of the
voters at the primary election.
w. c.. CoZad,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
Marriage Licenses.

j. NJ. Thompson, Van Vert. (. SO
Mollie e. Steen, st. Joe, Mo. Sc
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
For County Superintendent.

l will be candidate for the repub-
lican nomination for county superin-
tendent, subject to the decision of the
voters at the primary election.
Erven Spencer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21

For brick work, brick, cement and
sand, and guaranteed cement side
walk at 10 cents per square foot,
see F G. Mullinnix 35-tf.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21

For Sale-Two farms and six
dwellings in Leon on good terms. See
j. Cesler. 9-e W.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21

For Rent six room residence
property. See J. R. Bowsher. Il
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-04-21
SCHOOL NOTES.
Ed.to-. Nina Still
1"tofs Blanche Brann

Know then this truth, (enough
for man to know,)
Virtue alone, is happiness below" T"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1910-01-01

erations, and still Is. yet he cannot
successfully face the peril OF malaria,
with Its toll of shortened life, lessened
efficiency and ultimate death. 1t Is
matter of record that the thousands
OF people who would hasten TO aid in
making this region the most produc-
tive in America are kept away by
the malaria mosquito.
IL is the reason why thousands OF
acres of the most fertile land on the
eoDtinenteasy Of access and close TO
good markets. are to-day the haunt OF
deer and bear. II is an example OF
the enormous toll the south pays to
malaria No one other thing has
done so much to retard its progress.
Prof Herrick, formerly connected with
tho College OF Agriculture of Missts-
sippi. says:
I'VE must now consider briefly
what $4,000 or 100000 cases OF
chilIs and fever in one year means.
For Iaboring men 1t means an i'm
mense loss of their time. together with
the doctors fees In many instances. II
members of thoir families other than
themselves are affected 1t may also
mean a loss OF time. together viii