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The evening world., 1911-12-08
Furs and Fur Coats
for Misses, Girls and Children

GThe advantages of buying fus at Saks is that there is absolute dependabity in
the statements of ahouse which conducts its own flrer department The quality of
a fur and its intrinsic worth ar: not arbitrarily determined for US by Others, for these
things are our business and we know all here il to know sbol. the fms we SELL 1t
should be Of vital inpotan;e to you to know, that wnevr priced fms yol buy at
Chidren's White Bunny Fur Coats, sizes 2 o 6 years . 1900, $50 and $50
Girls White Caracul and Gray Poney Coats, sizes 8 o u years. $500 o 1900
Misses Fur Coats, of black and natural pony skin. French and Buam
SEAL black cancuLh blended mMnt and sable squirrel Sizes Is to IS years IS 90 to 1850
Mufs and Neckpieces to match
for Children and Girls
imitation Ermne bets ,.. ....'.. ..,,. .ZZ5 to 75O
White Iceland Sets $50 to 9I5
White Mouhon Sets $50 to 1850
Natural Squirrel Sets. 10 100 to 1850
Natural Opossum Sets $50 to 400
Natural Beaver Sets ,.... ..... 80. IL so to 275O
The evening world., 1911-12-08
Women's Smart Winter Coats
remarkably low prices tomorrow

HdlNd low Prices CO'mOTTOW
qI is a tusm that almost everything in this world has its compensahons md this is borne
out event this early December offering Of smart Winter coats md wraps However keenly
disappointed woman may be who has for some reaon or other delayed the purchase Of a
coat till now, there is consolation in the fact that there is great dal of economy in buying
acoat att this time In this sale Tomorrow for instance although the mates styles are pre-
dominant prices are lower than at any time during the current season. Fourth floor
The evening world., 1911-12-08
Women's Serge Dresses at 1000
regular prices 1900 & 1900

Just l0 Dresses and every one is offered at a remarkable reduction. Made Of fine quality
black or nav serge with self or combination trimmings Of broadcoh and setin sleeves
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

bed it up. cxclaiming. "Oh, my Cod On
another occasion a visiting actor saw me on
the point OF putting his hat on bed, and
grabbed it lust in time. That night he had
a telegram from his wife that her father
had had stroke OF paralysis but was living.
| said to him afterward that | supposed II !
had actually put the hat down on the bed
the old gentleman would have died, and he
answered very gravely, well, YOU almost
did" implying that II was only that ha1r-
breadth miss that saved him.
Then there is the superstition about the
black cat. and that OF the cracked mirror;
but these are no longer powerful. Certain
theaters are regarded as unlucky. Just as
ships are thought by sailors TO be Jonah
boats" But there is generally reason be-
hind this.-fnancial difficulties fires or
panics that have recurred too frequently,
and all that sort OF thing
There is a superstition that II one per
son dies in a company three will die. Per
sonally know OF only one case where that
came true. and am not sure if the three
deaths all occurred in one season, as lhey
should to fulfil the prophecy.
THE most malicious superstition OF the
L stage today is that certain actors or ac-
tresses are hoodoos shat they are unlucky.
Surely this is not peculiar TO actors; but the
working out Of it in the dramatic profession
is a most cruel process OF injustice. ne ldea
usually starts with the fact that an actor or
actress is unucky for short space OF time
in the plays they appear in or the parts they,
are cast for. Until he has safely passed
the danger period, every Young actor IS
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR APRIL 2. 1911

of the dressing room reserves, one can easily
see what pandemonium would ensue if all
the men should be whistling while persons
were making up and trying to think Of their
lines.
For many years one never saw any pea
cock feathers in decorations of the stage
Birds of all kinds. particularly flying birds,
were barred from these effects 1t was
Irving who broke this tradition.
The first thing actors will do when they
hear the name of the play they are to act in is
to see if there are thirteen letters in the title
or thirteen persons in the cast. Then they
wait with bated breathS to learn if the day
of production is to be the thirteenth. This
superstition, OF course, originated with the
Lords Supper.
Once was in play called A Drop OF
Poison" II had thirteen letters in the title
thirteen persons in the cast, and was pro-
duced on the thirteenth day Of the month.
All the actors suffered greatly the supersti-
ton being that some one would die during
the run of the piece. But the play itself
came to so speedy an end that no actor could
have beaten it out unless he had died OF
heart failure or had
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

When YOU prepare the food for
vour baby be sure that the basis
of it is pure. fresh milk.
Fresh milk alone is too strong
for babv's little stomach. but fresh
milk modified with Mellin Food
is readily digcsted by the yo"ng-
est mtant, and it ha, all the life
giving vitality that baby needs.
The Mellin's Food method of
modifying milk is the most prac-
tical. and at the same time the
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

with all original flavor and purity
II depends refrigerator ....,...u u,
Impossible
As
S the importance
cold mat te
all impurities ure ana
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

heart failure or hdd
shot himself.
One must not place
boots on a shelf or a
table. Neither must
he put an umbrella or
a hat on a bed. Prob
ably this superstition
originated in a sense
of order. One night
there were a couple Of
actors in my rooms. |
CHANGED to throw my
umbrella on the bed.
and one of them grab
New-York tribune., 1911-04-02

most scientific, method that has
ever been devised.
Thousands and thousands OF
babies have thrived on Mellins
Food. SO will your baby. Get a
bottle for him today.
We have a very helpful book, "The
Care and Feeding of Infants. - We shall
be glad to send you a copy. together
with Trial Size bottle of Melln S Food
if you will write US.
MEuLIN's FOOD CO., Boston. Mass.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
HUNTERS FUND is DECREASED
$4,000.
Total Sale of Licenses Indicates That
Gunners are not as Ambitious as
Last Year.

The sale of hunters licenses fell
off nearly $4,000 last year as COM
pared with the year previous, accord
ing to statistics compiled by Bert
Rosser, of state auditor Bleakly's Of
flee. The total sales for the year from
July l, 1910, to June of this year,
were $SS,695. The best month was
last October, when $26,655 worth of
licenses were sold. The poorest month
was last July, when $40 worth of
licenses were sold.
Polk county had the biggest sale
with 1899 licenses. Other counties
showed the following sales: Black
Hawk, 1854; Clinton, 1855; Clay
ton, 1884; Dubuque, 1852; Linn,
2,322; Mahaska, 1,777; Muscatine,
1884; Scott, 1850; Pottawattamie,
1868; Wapello, 1912.
In Decatur county the number of
licenses issued was 1854 as against
almost six hundred the previous year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
Nap Makers on Waubonsie Trail.

The map makers car and a car
containing president Reiniger and
official photographer c. r. Babcock,
of Shenandoah, spent the night in
Leon Tuesday and left Wednesday
morning for CoTydeM and other
points on the east end of the Wau-
bonsie Trail. They started from Ne
braska City Monday morning and
are making an official tour over the
entire trail. Mr.. Huebinger, of the
Iowa Publishing Co., and L. M. May
nard are making an official map of
the Waubonsie trail which will be
published in Huebinger's Automobile
Atlas of Iowa, which is now in
preparation. They report that the
roads along the trail are showing
great improvement. In addition to
making the map they are securing
the names of all the farmers who
live along the trail. The official Wau-
bonsie sign boards for this county
were received the past week and
have all been placed, so that tourists
will have no trouble in following the
trail Hardly a day goes by but
what one or more tourists from other
states pass through this city, using
the WaubQnsie and Interstate
Trails. 49," I'D N,,-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
Morgan.

Levett and Delbert Cozad deliver
ed wool at Leon Tuesday.
Mrs. Matt Pullen, of Leon, spent
the past week with her friend, Miss
nellie Dale.
Mrs. Ed Mcdowell and children
visited Saturday night and Sunday
Robson, in Leon.
Mrs. A. B. McClaran spent part of
last week with her mother, Mrs. S.
=. Cozad, who has again been very
poorly.
Harvey Smith and family, of Big
Springs, visited Sunday and Monday
with her mother, Mrs, NJ. Maynard.
orr Fisher ana wife called at Ed
Fishers Sunday evening,
y Mrs. Julia Kinds, Of Lineviiie, and
Mrs. Jane Halstead called on Mrs.
S. J. Cozad last Sunday afternoon.
Little Miss Mildred Skinner called
on Misses Verna, Vesper and Luetha
Fisher Monday afternoon.
Il Mrs. Emma, Snethen and baby, OF
Pleasanton, were here Sunday to at
tend the funeral of her grandmother,
Mrs. B. Smallwood.
:. Jim Cozad, of Decatur City, was
down Sunday to see his mother.
5s Mrs. Walter Bassett and son Ly-
man, of Mercer, Mo-, came to attend
the funeral of Mrs. B. Smallwood.
Mrs. B. Smallwood, an old and re-
spected citizen of this vicinity, pass
! ed away at her home Friday. Inter
ment was at Eden cemetery last Sun
day. The relatives have the SYM
pathy of all in their sad bereavement.
Mrs. Hattie Robinson and children
visited her sister, Mrs. M. L. Dale,
Tuesday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
Bethel.

This section was visited with q
much needed rain Friday night and
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Warner Wis
tied friends and relatives at Van
Vert last Saturday and Sunday.
w. M. Fulton and family visited
at Frank Stoneburner's Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McNelly and
daughter, Miss Florence, and Miss
Mabel Brigaman were Leon visitors
: last Thursday.
49,. Mrs. Joe Dobson visited with
Grandma Hemilrich last Thursday
afternoon.
y Mrs. Dow Parker visited with her
daughter, Mrs. Fletch Honn last
Sunday.
Lew Dobson and brother Charley
helped Aaron Goodman with his hay
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Dobson visited
their daughter, Mrs. Aaron Goodman
last Friday.
Work has commenced on the new
bridge they are putting in at the
Kelley ford across Little River.
A. L. Ackerley and family, of Leon,
passed through here in their auto
last Sunday, and found the roads
pretty rough.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Millsap visited
at Davis City last Sunday.
Several of the folks through here
went fishing on Grand river Sunday,
but they all report poor luck.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Weidner were
business visitors at Leon Monday.
Frank Cox commenced to cut his
rye last Monday. Rye and wheat
seem to be earlier this year than
common. Corn is growing fine for
such dry weather.
Lew and Charley Dobson were bus
mess visitors at Leon last Monday.
Merit Cozad was in these parts last
week buying stock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harve Morgan were
business visitors at Davis City Mon
day.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
Lost u Toe Boarding Engine.

Joe Morgan, boss and Interpreter
Of a gang of Italian laborers who
are working with the ballast gang
On the Burlington along the Gains
Vile branch just south of Saline,
met with an accident last Tuesday
evening which cost him a toe. Nor
gan had gone back along the track
to flag the evening freight and as
the engineer did not stop Morgan
tried to board the engine to tell the
engineer the track was not clear
ahead. AS he put his foot on the
step of the engine his other foot
swung. down and was caught by the
wheels, MASKING two of his toes. He
was taken to GAINESVILLE, where the
attending physician found it neces-
sary to amputate the third toe on
his left foot, out it is thought the
other toe which was mashed can be
saved.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
Auto Owners Must be Careful in Sc
curing New License.

That Iowa motor car owners are
careless is demonstrated beyond
question by the applications fol
motor car licenses under the new law
which are being dumped in on Score.
tary of State Hayward from all over
the state.
Despite the fact that the secretary
of state urges all motorists to whom
he mailed applications to be sure and
fill out each and every one of the
blanks in the applications, many of
the motorists do not do so.
OF this neglect the motor car own
er is the one to suffer. Every appli-
cation not filed out complete will be
returned. This means that the ap-
plication not complete will be tossed
aside until all the other applications
are disposed of. Accordingly all
motor car owners who are careless
in their applications will have to wait
many weeks before they get their
machines numbered and authority of
the state to run.
1t is almost certain that the secre-
tary of state will be unable to dis
pose of the incomplete applications
by July 4, when the new law be-
comes effective, and the careless
autoists may find themselves with
out license to run their cars after
that date.
ION every application we have had
printed in big type, Fill Out All
Blanks" said Henry T. Saberson,
of the secretary of states Office, yes
terday. "Yet many applications are
coming in with from three to half a
dozen blanks ignored. All such ap-
plications will be returned after this
department has disposed of the good
applications, which will be some
weeks. So it behooves the motorists
to be careful
The secretary of state is also hav-
ing some trouble over the horse
power of the cars. The new law
specifies how to determine the horse
power of machine and directions
are given motorists how to proceed.
1t is found that many motorists make
a guess at the horse power or are not
accurate. Such discrepancies are
stating the return of the applica-
found practically every time, neces-
ton.
The task of issuing the new
licenses has just been started. Evil
dence of the size of the job is the
fact that in yesterday mornings
mail the secretary of state received
over 1000 letters, by actual count,
practically all being applications for
motor car licenses.
The department has up to date
mailed out about 10000 letters to
motor car owners in Iowa, inclosing
the application blanks.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
Weather Crop Bulletin.
For the week ending June 10, 1911.

For the week ending June 10, 1911.
Des Moines, Iowa.
The past week was about all that
could be desired as to temperature,
the average for the state being slight
ly above normal. The rainfall was,
however, unequally distributed, but
all except the extreme northwestern
and southeastern districts received
close of the week. In many localities
in the central and northeastern
counties the amount of rainfall was
copious to heavy and ample for pres
ent needs, but over the larger part of
the state the rainfall was light and
in some places practically none. In
many localities, and especially over
the southern and northwestern
counties, oats, hay, pasture and po-
tatoes have already been damaged
and will continue to deteriorate if
the drouth continues. In other Sec
tons where the showers were heavy
and in the northeastern counties
where rains have been frequent, all
crops are in good condition. Corn is
still making rapid progress except
|
the drouth has been the most severe
and of longer duration. Most OF the
early planting has been cultivated
the third time and all the fields are
clean, the soil is in good filth, and
the plants much above the average
height. Fall wheat and rye harvest
is in progress in the southern coun-
ties and much hay was secured dur
ing the week, but the yields will be
considerable below normal. Hot,
dry weather has also been injurious
to fruits; many apples are falling
and in sections where showers have
not occurred berries are drying up.
Rain is needed badly, not only for
crops, but to replenish the water sup
ply which is getting short.
George M. Chapel,
Section Director.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
The Y. p. S. G. E. Program.

The Y. P. S. C. E., of the Chris
tian church, will render a special pro
gram next Sunday evening at I
o'clock, for the benefit of hospita
at Tibet, China. Everyone is invited
to attend whether you are an En-.
deavor or not. The following is the
program:
Song Service.
Scripture reading in concert from
II Cor. 11:21-28.
Invocation by Pastor.
THE Man With the Broker
Head''-Helen Whistler.
"Our Own Work in China"-Eva
Curry.
"Seven Thousand Feet Above the
Sea and no Comfortable Home
Elder j. S. Coffin.
Solo-Ollie Foxworthy.
"The Most Isolated Field"-Min.
ME Hand.
1.-The Gospel in the Chinese Court
Fern Pryor.
Song.
"A Page From the Diary of Dr.
Zenas Lofts" -Maggie Whistler.
"Needs of the Hospital''-Ruby
Gardner.
Reading-Ruth Tharp.
Doors Open to the Doctor
Ethel Lane.
The Hardest Field to Reach
Clara Caster.
"Tibe"-Fay Benefiel.
Song.
The Most Remote Field"-Mrs
Caster.
1.-The Most Needy Field'-Ollit
Foxworthy.
"The Weakening of the Chinese
Giant"-Winnie Housh.
Isl 900 Will Equip and Furnish
the Entire Hospital L. Boyer
If Drake University.
Song, and Endeavor Benediction
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
A Surprise Party.

A surprise party was given at the
home of Uncle Jack McDaniels, a
few miles south of this city, on last
Sunday in honor of their son, H. E.
McDaniels and wife, who leave in a
few days for Granite Falls, Wash
ington, where they expect to make
their future home.
- Mr.. McDaniels and wife have been
visiting at the home of his father
for the past two weeks, their former
home, being in Punxsutawney, Pa,
and this is their first visit to this,
their childhood home, since leaving
here eighteen years ago.
They met many of their old friends
at the above mentioned occasion,
and a most enjoyable time was had,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
A. Quiet Wedding.

At high noon, in the south part
of town, at the home of Alvin Mark
ham, on last Thursday, occurred
the marriage of Clyde Mark
ham, and Miss Gertrude Cole,
theewriter officiating. Mr.. Markham
is the assistant agent at Maitland,
Missouri, in the Burlington Office and
will probably take charge of an Of
flee in the near future. ass .
Miss Cole also resided at Maitland
Mo-, and is an accomplished lady, and
will make Mr.. Markham splendid
helpmate through life. Ill.,. ill.,. g..
=. These young people start out with
bright prospects before them and
with the best wishes of all their
friends. Ed. J. J. Rupert,
Muscotah, Kansas.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
Frank II. Fox.

The subject of our sketch, the lit
tie son of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fox,
was born in Pleasanton, Iowa, March
21, 1909, and died June 16, 1911,
being at the time of his death
years, 2 months and 26 days old. He
was the bright little jewel of the
home, loved by all who knew him,
but the death messenger came and
brought the cloud of sadness to the
father and mother, and brother, who
loved little Frank with all their
hearts. But their jewel is now a
bright jewel in Heaven, and will
shine forever where there will be no
more sickness nor death, and he shall
be one of the jewels in our Father s
kingdom, and there through the end
less ages of eternity shall enjoy the
fullness of His love. While he was
the attraction of home here he will
be the attraction and the bright jewel
to draw father and mother to Heav-
en-. For as they loved him so here
on earth that they would have died
for him, so now they would live to
meet him and make an unbroken
family in Heaven, there to spend an
ever ending eternity together. He
leaves father, mother and brother to
mourn their loss, but their loss was
Heavens gain.
A short service was held at the
home by the writer of this sketch.
Scripture reading from the 18th
chapter and first six verses of Mat
thew. After prayer the second verse
of the lesson was explained. And
Jesus called little child and set him
in the midst of them" And the third
verse of the lesson explains the way
of salvation palmer than man could
explain it. After the services the
body was followed by neighbors and
friends to the Hamilton cemetery,
where it was laid away in neatly
fitted grave, there to await the final
resurrection morn. Cyrus Deyoe.
A Card-We extend our heartfelt
thanks to our friends and neighbors
for their kindly assistance in the
death and burial of our little son.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Fox.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
A Mormon Mystery Cleared.

Lamont, Iowa, Editor Register ana
Leader:-In your issue for June 49,,
page 4, I read the following:
lone of the most interesting trips
we made while guests of DR.. G,
Walter Barr at Keokuk was to Maui
VOC, Ill.," said Dean Frank Nagel, Of
the Highland Park College Of Music.
II was particularly interested in the
house in which Joseph Smith, the
prophet, used to live. By special
courtesy we were allowed to 60 into
the bedroom occupied by Smith. A
closet in that room is one of the most
interesting features of the house.
There is secret passage leading
from the closet. Down the flight of
stairs is chute large enough to per-
NIT the body of man. No man has
gone down that chute, for its depth
has not been sounded. 1t is believed
to lead to a subterranean passage
way from the house to the temple"
am quite familiar with this room
spoken of and / wish to say to your
readers that all there is to this secret
closet is that behind the place pre-
pared for hanging clothes is an open
ing into the garnet of the house. The
story about the chute down flight
of stairs is fabrication-no such
thing can be found as can be demon
strated by examination. If you want
sentimental stories of this kind We
are in position to furnish you as
many as you could use, having been
hearing them for years. We would
not expect much remuneration for
such, but would not be willing to
swear to the truth of them.
Very respectfully,
Heman C, Smith.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22
Hot Air From GAINESVILLE.

The GAINESVILLE News last week
makes a great ado about absorbing
the Leon Electric Co., but in talking
with Messrs Smith and Johnson,
owners of the Leon Electric Co.,
they tell US there is nothing in the
story aside from the fact that the
matter had been preached to them
by the GAINESVILLE Co., who are very
anxious to have the Leon men take
charge of their electric plant. The
News says:
Leon, Iowa., too, we understand
is knocking at the doors of our Light
Company asking for cheap lights and
will probably get them. 1t is en-
tirely within the range of probab1ll-
ties that the Leon plant and our
plant will be consolidated and the
engine and other machinery of the
Leon plant moved to this place.
If these contracts with Leon and
Princeton are made, or in fact either
of them, it will mean a great light
ing plant here equal to the plants OF
cities of 5000 to 10000 people and
give the company a capacity sumc-
iently large to take care OF other
towns in the county. Already line
to Mt. Moriah and Ridgeway is be-
ing talked of and is not impossible
by any means. /!
These extensions would be of great
benefit to GAINESVILLE as it would give
US big light plant with "a hour
service and the business men could
put in electric fans, motors, etc., and
would bring several more families
| to town.
We hope to see these deals go
through" - 4
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22

E. j. Sankey buys and sells Land
on commission, makes farm loans ON
approved security at the best rates,
and does . general real estate bust.
ness. Has had 20 years. experience
In the business. Office upstairs, north.
west corner Main and Commercial
streets, Leon. Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22

All kinds of cement and brick
work contracted by the Leon cement ~
and Brick Co. .s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22

We wish to announce that we are
making special prices on all wool
skirts, yoiles and all hats. Now Is the
time to buy. Clark Millinery Co:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22

For Sale-A three passenger Ford
roadster auto. A bargain Tor some
one. T. I. Wheeler, Leroy, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22

We guarantee our cement blocks
the best and cheapest on the market.
Leon Cement and Brick Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-06-22

For Sale-A good rebuilt run
about. Price right. See H. A.
Wright.