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The La Jara chronicle., 1911-02-10
80 Horses and Mules

I Fine single brood Mare will work anywhere
| Team, coming years old
II Team of bay Mares, coming and 6 years old
3 Horses, coming year old
3 Horses, coming year old
Il Pony, saddle horse
II Iron grey Mare, coming years old
II Span grade Norman Mares, coming & 6 years old
II Span Mules, coming years old
II Span work driving Horses
II Well broken Cow Horse
II Single driving Horse, years old
II ENGLISH SHIRE STALLION, IL years old, W.T.. 100
Span of Mares, IL yr. old, 4OO each in foa
II Brown Mare, IL years old, W.T.. 1900, in foaI
II Grey Mare, years old, W.T.. 1900, in foal
II Span bay Geldngs, coming yr old, W.T.. 1000 each
II Black Mare coming yr. old, W.T.. 1900.
II Black Horse Colt, coming years old
The La Jara chronicle., 1911-02-10

For terms and dates call at this
Office or see or write me at La Jara
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
AUTOIsTs MAY REGISTER SOON
Secretary of State Hayward Will
Register Applications in No.
Vember and December.

Leon auto owners will be pleased
to learn that Secretary of State Hay
ward will register autos. for next
year for those who hold 1911 num-
bers. If persons now owning auto
mobiles that are registered desire to
have the number plates for the next
year on or before January l they can
make application in the next sixty
days and secure their numbers, then
the plates will go out few days be-
fore January /.
The delinquent list for 1911 is now
being made up and in few days
will go into the hands of county Off
Gals, following which there probably
will be good many applications for
the 1911 plates to be used for the
remnant of the year. Several thous-
and persons who had automobiles
registered under the old law have
not registered under the new law,
but these in the main represent sales
of cars.
1t is perhaps inevitable that right
at the beginning of next year there
will be a congestion of work in the
automobile department., so that per-
sons who really want their number
plates will do we'll to make their ap-
plications early. The secretary's Of
flee will be in much better condition
to handle the work for the second
year than for the first, but is is a
big task to handle the $4,000 appli-
cations.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
SHORT CROPS AND PRICES.
Cost of Farm Products on October 1
1911, Compared With That of
Same Date in 1910.

Washington, Oct 12.-Short crops
of corn, potatoes, hay and oats and a
good crop of cotton have had their
effect on prices which are being paid
to farmers for their products.
Inquiry by the department of agri-
culture regarding prices paid on Oc-
tober 1, compared with that date a
year ago, shows that barley averaged
45.6 per cent higher; potatoes 30.2
per cent higher; hay 22.7 per cent
higher; oats ia per cent higher;
corn rs per cent higher; buckwheat
"a per cent lower; wheat 81 per
cent lower; chickens 60 per cent
lower; butter 9.2 per cent lower;
eggs 1917 per cent lower.
Similarly prices on September 1
compared with last year. for clover
seed averaged 1872 per cent higher;
sweet potatoes, 23.1 per cent higher;
onions 81 per cent higher; honey 20
per cent higher; cabbage same; milk
O.5 per cent lower; beans 90 per
cent lower; mich COWS IL per cent
lower; horses Al per cent lower; ap-
pies 4.6 per cent lower; beef cattle
AZ per cent lower; veal calves 5 per
cent lower; wool 11.9 per cent lower;
lambs 1872 per cent lower; sheep
1877 per cent lower; hogs FL per cent
lower.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
An Iowa Autumn,

The following beautiful descrip-
ton of an Iowa autumn comes from
the pen of Editor Heck Sanford, of
the Humeston New Era:
"The autumn months in Iowa are
the best months in the year. May
with her flowers, June with her
roses, July with her days too hot
and sitting for even bug or beetle to
stir abroad until the cool of the even
ing. August with her dog star, pond
lilies and rustling corn blades-all
do not 60 to make up the fascination
of one real genuine fall day, with it's
haze, it's quiet and peace, and it's
general and complete placidity.
How restful and all-sufficient the fall
days are, and how soothing to the
nerves. To one who can have the
privilege of basking in a fall day,
life seems richly worth living. The
fall has various periods of splendor
and they are we'll deserving of at
tention and study by the nature low
er. First there is hint of fall as we
see it this day in the least trace of
russell color in the soft naples, by
another week the color will be more
~ oAAouACCu oAu IuC1S Will US
of it. You think and you say it is
so very fine as to have delicious
lerfume, still the end is not yet.
Pretty soon there is a great sea OF
colors that lend glory to the day and
halo to the night. Then the smoky
fires, which the legend says are
burned as incense to the Indian gods,
begin to make the atmosphere into
a dull and dreamy haze, and there
are days and days of that. Away in
November the sky will clear sudden
ly and the steel blue of cold and of
winter will settle over the landscape,
and you will wonder where all of
those pleasant attributes of the fall
have been spirited away. 1t is
way that nature has of giving to us,
old and perpetual, yet not wholly
expected SURPRISES
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
Pleasant Valley.

Mrs. George Virden and daughters
Misses Julia and Maude, were visit
ing at Charlie Matteson's Sunday.
VIM. Zika visited with his brother
Fred last week.
Rollie Virden spent Saturday
night and Sunday with Fred Tenny.
Miss Edith Myers and brother Joe
visited with thir sister. Mrs. Fred
Millsap Sunday. Miss Sarah Virden
also visited there.
Ralph Tenny spent Saturday night
and Sunday with Ralph Roberts.
Misses Julia and Maude Virden
visited at T. A. Sutherlin's Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vern Beck and Miss
Winona Carroll spent Wednesday
evening at George Virden's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Millsap and
family spent Saturday night and
Sunday at Henry Phillips.
Mrs. Bertha Campbell and daugh-
ter, visited at James Young's over
Sunday.
Reatus and Rosa Bruner spent
Saturday night and Sunday with rel
atives at Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
What is Your Family Worth.

If your family is worth the best
you can afford in house and food and
clothes, is it not worth the best read
ing as well? And the best reading
best for boys and girls, best for men
and women-is to be found in The
Youths Companion.
OF stories alone The Companion
will print nearly 800 in 1912. With
all the rest of the paper thrown in,
and counting the glorious long serial
stories, they cost the subscriber less
than a cent apiece. Moreover, you
will look long before you find stories
so varied and interesting of
GOODNESS in the face of peril, strange
adventures with creatures of the for
est and the sea, moving stories of
life's obscure heroism, stories breezy
with good-natured humor, quaint and
curious character sketches.
Now is the time to subscribe, for
you will receive free from the time
your $1.75 is received all the issues
of the remaining weeks of 1911, con-
tanning the opening chapters of Ralph
D. Paine's great serial story of the
Boxer rebellion, ''The Cross and the
Dragon" And there is the gift of
The Companion Calendar for 1912.
ION the New England Coast" litho-
graphed in ten colors and gold. Only.
$1.75 now for the So weekly issues.
but on January I. 1912, the subscrip-
ton price will be advanced to, 81. 90.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION.
In Berkeley St, Boston. Ma.
Nsx subscript ionsS received at this
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19

night and Sunday with her sister.
Bessie Reynolds.
Mrs. Nancy Logan and son Fred
were Leon callers one night last
week.
Miss Louise Butcher who is at
tending High School at Davis City,
visited over Sunday with home folks.
Mrs. Malinda Odell moved last
week near Kellerton, where she will
live with her son James and family
the coming winter.
Grandma Butcher had the mis-
fortune to fall and dislocate her hip
last week.
Miss Goldie Green spent Monday
night with her friend, Miss Marie
Norman.
Mrs. Fannie Miller visited Tuesday
with her daughter, Mrs. Eva Ellars.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
Morgan Center.

VIM. Lowrance delivered two
loads of hogs at Lineville last Mon
day.
Willis Dillon and wife and Roe
Dillon attended dance at Frank
Bright's Tuesday night. A good
time was reported by all.
Fred Gammill departed last We'd
nesday to visit his sister in Okla
hOma.
Mrs. John Kinds spent Saturday
with her mother, Mrs. Lowrance,
while her husband attended the Co.
Fad SALE,
Henry Dillon departed for Cush-
ing, Oklahoma Wednesday night. He
had bought a car load of apples to
be shipped last Saturday, for which
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
he expects to find q good market in

he expects to nnd gOOQ market III
Oklahoma.
Clyde Petty will have sale on
Friday, October Goth, and expects to
move to Oklahoma where he will
make his home, as he has purchased
a farm there.
o. L. Peck has had quite a force
of hands picking apples last week.
Willis Dillon and wife attended
meeting at Lineville last Friday
night.
A good many from here attended
the baptizing at the Moore bridge
last Sunday. Some got home before
the storm Sunday evening and some
did not get home until Monday. 1t
was sure some rain.
News went over the line this morn
ing of the finding of the dead body
of a son of ALT Warnock. He was
found near a tree which had been
struck by lightning. 1t was very
sad accident and the family have the
sympathy of everyone.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19

YOU CAN SEE 1T DOUBLE
in a short space of time if you will
take good care of your money and
invest it carefully. An important
item is
YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
and you will do well to place it where
you can get the best service.
We are not only Depository for
money, but we take an especial in
terest in the success of each of our
customers which guarantees you the
best possible banking service.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
Ballew Left an Estate of Over a Mil
lion anu Uwe0 Less Than $500.

In another column of this paper
will be found an official notice of the
granting of letters of administration
on the estate of T. w. Ballew, de-
ceased, Ben c. Hyde and Luther j.
Stormfeltz being named as admins
traitors of this estate by the Mercer
county probate judge on September
2Sth.
Mrs. Winifred Harrison was orig
inally named as one of the admins
traitors, but before any legal action
was taken it was remembered that
the Missouri statutes expressly for
bid a married woman from acting
in that capacity and Mr.. Stormfeltz
was then appointed to act in con-
junction with Mr.. Hyde.
James H. Hayes, Jos. Moorhead
and Joseph HEREFORD were selected to
inventory and appraise the estate of
Mr.. Ballew. These documents we're
filed in Judge Alleys court last week
and indicate that the deceased died
possessed of property valued at more
than one million dollars. The fol-
lowing are the principal items listed
in the inventory with the appraise-
ment figures:
Notes, unquestionably good. $3.50, 1913
Stock Princeton Telephone
Company ............ $50
Stock in X. c. Lumberman's
Brick Company ........ $500
United States Bonds. ..... 625
shares in Farmers Bank 700
shares in Monarch Store. 500
St. Joseph School Bonds. $4,000
Certificates Bank Deposits 2,O88
Cash and cash items 49,. 5000
1895 shares in Ballew
Lumber Company ..... 499,75O
The appraisement of personal
property totals $7O6,S5OS4, but it
will be noted that the Ballew Lumber
Company stock, whose par value is
500, is appraised at but fifty cents
on the dollar. The fact that this
stock pays good dividend on the
par value indicates it is worth much
more money than listed in the ap-
praisement. Likewise no mention is
made of the value of Mr.. Ballew's
residence property and fifteen other
lots in Princeton, neither is indicated
in dollars the value of the property
in Bloomfield, Iowa, the stone quarry
or the 200 acre farm south of this
city. Hence our statement that Mr..
Ballew was worth many thousands
more than is shown by the official ap-
praisement filed in the probate court
Mr.. Ballew had horror of debts,
great or small, and it was a habit
with him to owe nobody. Necessar-
lily he often became indebted to
Princeton tradesmen in small sums
but it was his invariable rule to take
the time from his business to hunt
up his creditors and pay them on the
very day he contracted the debt. His
relatives believe that at his death he
had but one creditor-Ed. Robinson,
the bus man, whom he owed less
than $2.O0.-Princeton Telegraph.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
Decatur II. F. ID. No. 2.

Mrs. Harrison Orfield called on
Mrs. Perry Green one day last week.
Gertie Sellars and children visited
Wednesday with Lennie CLANCY.
Miss Cleve Ellars spent Saturday
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
AUTO DRIVERS PLEASE NOTE:

All cars entering contests must be registered the Bureau
OF Information and Registration at foot of stairs leading the
Leon Commercial Club Rooms.
The Leon Commercial Club requests that all cars regis
tered whether contestants or not
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-10-19
PROGRAM
Icons Big Auto Day
Postponed to
Thursday, 26,n9l

$50 m-Meeting Of General and Special Committees at
Commercial Club
1o:3o--K of P. Band in concert at band stand
1100-Address by " McGinnis, ''The Value of Good
100 b. m-Grand Auto Parade. Parade will form at the
opposite the of c. NJ Axes and will be under
Mr. Axes direction Immediately after the parade the follow
ing prizes will be awarded Winners will be announced from
For the most artstcaly decorated Autos two prizes
$1,000 and $500.
For the largest delegation of Autos from town other
than Leon, two prizes, $1,000 and $500.
Music
To the most expert Lady Auto Drivers, two prize $1,000
and $500.
Music
To the driving the longest distance to attend
Leon Auto Day, will be given pair OF fine Auto Gloves
Music
Prize of $500 to Car carrying the highest registration
Prize Of $500 to Car carrying lowest registration
number.
III 2o0.-Slow Automobile Race Prize, large Thermos Bot
e Contest will take place Main street, west side OF Court
House Square, Prize awarded from Band Stand
Music
230.-Puling contest for Automobiles Prize, $780, Con-
will take place side Square. Prize
will be awarded from Band Stand
& Obstacle Race, SIS, So and So prizes
Look for the Mysterious Stranger Find him and get the
$500 prize See small bills for particulars
Music
3oo-Cavalry Drill by twelve young ladies from Garden
Grove representing The Decatur County Corn Club.
3:30-Presentaton of Beautiful Silver Loving Cup to
who has purchased Automobile of Bowsher &
Bowsher All participating in this will line up Main
street in front of Bowsher Bowshers store promptly $780,
345Sartng of contestants for the prizes offered in the
Sealed Schedule Automobile Race. All compete
equality and have equal chance to the prize of $780,
The finish will be North Church Street opposite the home
Of Mr. Jonathan Hamilton The first the
expected to finish about $780, Autos carry farmers who
ridden in Auto.
4:25-Sarting of Motorcycle Race for purse of 5000
Finish will be North Church Street above The first
machines the will probably finish at about AS
Purse divided as follows: $500, $1,000 and $500
5:00-Quick Tire Changing Contest. Open to ALL Two
prizes $500 and $780, Will take place side of Court
House Square.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-21
TEN.CENT LIMIT
FOR EACH Voter
Ante e-EIeCtion Publicity Meas.
ure Adopted.
SENATORIAL LIMIT 10000
Measure AS Passed Covers Both Pri.
mary and General Elections
Some Objections
Made.

Washington, ID. C.-The most dras-
tic campaign publicity legislation ever
passed in either branch of Congress
has been adopted by the Senate,
practically without a dissenting vote.
Using the prediction publicity bill
passed by the House of Representa-.
tives as a basis, the Senate has con-
structed a proposed law with the fol-
lowing important features:
No candidate for the senate or
House shall spend in the election more
than sum equal to 10 cents for each
voter in his district or state.
No senatorial candidate shall spend
total of more than $4,000 in the pri-
mary and general election and no can
didate for the House shall spend more
than $4,000.
Publicity must be given to all pri.
mary campaign contributions and eX-
penditures.
All general election expenses must
be made public before the election,
beginning fifteen days before election,
and publication must be made each
six days until election.
All promises of political jobs must
be made public. The bill further
makes it illegal to promise political
places in order to obtain election sup
port or 10 aid in influencing the cleo
tion of any member of a state legisla-
ture.
The bill will be the subject of prob
ably prolonged conference between
the two houses. 1t originated in the
House as part Of the Democratic
legislative program. and was designed
to require the publication of expendi-
lures before election, which is not re-
quired by the existing publicity law.
The Republicans in the House un-
successfully attempted to extend the
bill to cover primary election ex-
penses.
In the Senate the primary election
amendment, coupled with more radi-
cal amendments, were adopted with
little opposition.
The Senate amendments authorized
by the committee on privileges and
elections required publicity OF all pri-
mary election expenses and all
pledges of political jobs or favors.
Some objection TO this was made on
the ground that primary elections
were not within the control of Con.
gress.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-21

pubic Imagination, and Washington
fully reflects the general view of his
services in behalf Of the public health
and welfare.
While DR.. Harvey w. Wiley will not
himself discuss the movement, which
has taken concrete shape here, to
force him to resign as chief chemist
and pure food expert of the Govern.
ment, his supporters in that service
declare that they have evidence TO
show that the prime mover is the
Whiskey Trust, aided Oy manufacture
ers who have been fined for violation
Of the Pure Food and Drugs act.
In the unofficial expression of opin.
ion around the White House the pos
sihility of DR.. Wiley having 10 resign
his post was treated rather tocularly,
and the impression was clearly set up
that nothing of that kind would re-
suit from the affair II was freely
predicted that the President would
find some other way out of the diff
vulty, and that DIR. Wiley would re
main at the head of the Bureau of
Chemistry.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-21

An appeal for Amercan-made rub
Der tires is made by the United States
consuls in Germany, who say that a
rich market is being overlooked by the
people at home. These advance agents
OF trade point out that in some OF the
cities on the high road OF tourist
travel there are for sale but two
makes of automobile tires, and those
OF French and German brands. The
use Of the bicycle as a means Of trans
portation is reported on the increase.
and, as II 10 add to the field for ex-
ploitation, many Of the smaller cities
are just beginning to awake to the
advantage of rubber tires as a part of
the fitting of general vehicles
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-21
A SPOON SHAKER.
Straight From Coffeedom.

Coffee can marshall good squadron
of enemies and some very hard ones to
overcome. A lady in Florida writes:
Il have always been very fond OF
good coffee, and for years drank ii at
least three times day. At last, how
ever, l found that it was injuring me.
Il became bilious, subject TO fire.
quent and violent headaches, and so
very nervous, that l could not lift a
spoon to my mouth without spilling a
part Of its contents.
MY heart got 'rickety' and beat so
last and so hard that could scarcely
breathe, while my skin got thick and
dingy, with yellow blotches on my face,
,aused by the condition OF my liver
and blood.
IL made up my mind that all these
Affections came from the coffee, and
determined TO experiment and see.
$50 quit coffee and got a package
OF Postum which furnished my hot
morning beverage. After little time
] was rewarded by complete restora-
ton of my health in every respect.
Il do not suffer from biliousness any
more. my headaches have disappeared.
my nerves are as steady as could .
desired. my heart beats regularly asd
my complexion has cleared up beauti-
tully-the blotches have been wiped out
and It is such a pleasure 10 be we'll
again" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book. The Road TO
Wellville." in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever rcnd the above ietteri A new
one appears from time 60 time. They
arc genuine, true, and full OF human
Interest.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-21
HOUSE HEARS OF
ALASKA SCANDAL
Accuses Attorney General OF
Holding Up Evidence.
COMMITTEE TO ASK FACTS
Alaska Delegate Says He Laid EVIL
dence Before Wickershsm, Who
Waited a Year and Wrote That
the Case Was OutIaWed.

Washington.-A wholesale inyesti
! cation of the activities Of the Depart
ment of Justice and it's agents in
Alaska is promised in resolution Of
fered by Delegate Wickersham, whicn
the House Judiciary committee has
decided TO report favorably The reso-
luton followed correspondence be-
tween Delegate Wickersham and
Attorney General Wickersham, in
which the Delegate accused agents
of the Alaska syndicate Of d
whole string of crimes-for instance,
that Grand Jury was packed and a
Deputy United States District Attor'
ney was bribed"
Attorney General Wickersham Is in
volved in a charge by the Delegate
that he ignored plain evidence OF
fraud that cost the Governnent about
$4,000, until the statute OF limitations
had run, and evidence that an agent
of the syndicate had tampered with
Grand Jurors and Government wit
nesses in a murder case growing out
OF a clash of railway interests.
Delegate Wickersham's resolution
calls on the Department of Justice for
information and documents bearing
on the string of cases.
He is on the trail OF men higher
up" and while ms resolution does not
order an investigation it does ask for
information upon which, If II comes
up to expectations, an investigation
will be ordered.
The Delegate particularly wants to
know why it is that of all the depart
ments agents in Alaska the two who
were successfully prosecuting the
wrongdoers were expelled from the
service.
The Judiciary committee was more
than interested when Delegate Wick
ersham offered copies of an afidavit
relating to an alleged criminal act
committed by G.. II. Jarvis of the Alas
ka syndicate, who. committed suicide
In Seattle on June %, this year, the
day after Delegate Wickersham intro
duced his resolution of inquiry in the
House.
What do you mean by the Alaska
syndicate?" Chairman Clayton in
quired.
II refer TO the Alaska syndicate
of ]. Pierpont Morgan, the
Guggenheim brothers, Kuhn, Loeb q
Co, Jacob II. Schiff and Graves"
Whom do you mean by the Gug-
genheim brothers," asked Represen-
tative Norris of Nebraska.
Senator Simon Guggenheim and
his six brothers"
who is Graves" asked Represen.
tative Graham of Illinois.
He represents Close brothers. the
English syndicate, and other English
Captain Jarvis" added the dele
gate, was the confidential agent OF
Morgan, in charge of the syndicate's
interests N Seattle. He committed
suicide immediate following the intro
duction of this resolution you are now
He knew thnt this reso.
luton would bring out the facts"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1911-07-21
PRINCE OF WALES COMING.

Washington, ID. C.-There is re-
port here that the British admiralty
is arranging for a voyage for the
Prince of Wales, TO begin probably in
the fall and extend around the world,
with one of the North Atlantic ports,
presumably New York, as the first
stop.
Gossip has it that the young Prince
will make visits to all the British
colonies to get an idea Of the extent
of his possessions in the future.
There is no political interest at
tached TO the voyage, the heir to the
British throne being too young to be
concerned in an errand of a diploma
tic character