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The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-18
WORKING ON intake PIPE
Active Work Commenced This NORM
ing and Will BE Finished in u
Very ECXY DAYS

The pipe of the intake extension of
the city water plant arrived in the
city on Sunday and this morning the
Grand Forks Concrete company start
ed work. For the past week or ten
days the company has had Il. force Of
men digging Il trench in which to lay
the pipe and but little work, other than
that of putting the pipe in position. re-
mains. - y.
While officials of the company
could not definitely state when the
work will be completed. it is expect
cd that all of the pipe will be put in
place by Thursday night.
r. w. Sharpe. the expert SEN to
this city by the P%ittsburS Filter com.
pany to inspect the local filtration
plant and to remedy defects, has
made a number Of minor changes.
Practically all OF the work will have
been completed by the latter part Of
the week.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-18

No doubt many co%nsciences have
given way under the strain of over.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-18
ATTENDED CONFERENCE.
North Dakota Commissioner Par.
ticipatCtl in Rail Meeting.

W. Fl. Stutsman president of the
state railroad commission. was in
Omaha. Ncb.. in attendance at Il con-
ference OF the railroad commissioners
of seven of the northwestern states
that are joining forces in presenting
Il brief to the supreme court of the
United States in the famous Minnr-
sofa rate cases. Tho commissions in
these Vel states. all Of which are
affected by the litigation. feeling thai
1t is incumbent upon tn" states TO
make Il showing in resistance at the
apparent tendency of the courts to
deprive the states of all power III
reference to the regulation of rates.
desire to enlarge and increase the
powers OF the Interstate
commission along these lines.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-18
OPENS TUESDAY
Big Event at Larinorc Will Commence
Thcn-Much Interest Has
Ranla IrHinl.cd

Tuesday will see the opening OF the
annual mid-winter fair and farmers
institute at Larimorc. The event
promises this year to he bigger than
cver before. with a great deal of inter-
est being evinccd 10y farmers in the
LIrimore district.
The exhibits will be housed in the
Swain hotel building where there is Il
great sufficicncy of floor space.
Tuesday and Wednesday will be tho
regular institute days. while Thursday
will be the day for the women's insti-
tute.
Prizes are offered by the Larimore
Commercial club for the exhibits.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-18
DNKOTANS PA7RON|zE SHOW
Several Chicken F,ancicrs Of This State
Make Exhibits at Annual
l.snn0l.sfnaa lclcoIal

North Dakota is we'll represented at
the poultry show which is being held
in Crookston. closing tonight. Among
the exhibitors from this state are
Joseph Barrett of Lakota. Miss Maudc
Matthews of Iarimorc. n. NJ. Orvick
Of Michigan. c. s.. Person of Minot,
r. b. Tieknor. of Lakota. Mrs. John
Wolf of Merrifiel- Ind Ray Moe of
Oriska.
The Crookston show has been in
progress four days and has been very
largely attended.
Miss Matthews has an exhibit OF
thirty-fve fowl, and Mrs. Wolf has
twenty-fouT fancy ones in her collec-
ton those being tho largest displays
made by mt
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-18

of the king as a tine old chap" lie
has Il tine ord for Crown Prince
George. whom he states visits with
him often.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-12-18

Vt may never have occurred to the
prosecution in the Hyde casc to put
Detective Burns ON the job. And it
they didn't.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
In His Tooth Year.

Uncle Jack Phipps, who lives near
Farragut, Iowa, came in last Thurs
day and visited couple of days at
the home of his daughter, Mrs. F. A.
Gardner, coming to attend the funer-
al of his great grandson, the
little son of Mr.. and Mrs. Melchi
Hart, of near this city. Uncle Jack is
a remarkable character, probably the
Oldest man living in the state of
Iowa, and We know there is not an
other man of his age in the world
who is in as good health and as ac-
tive, for he will be one hundred
years old on the 14th day of next
February. He is still able to at
tend to all his business affairs, and
travels around to visit his relatives
quite frequently, needing no one to
look after him, and is not compelled
to wear glasses. His twin brother
died in Oklahoma a few months ago,
and his death broke a remarkable
record, for we never knew of twins
living to the age of 80 years before.
Uncle Jack was in his usual good
health and bids fair to live for a
number of years yet to come.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
NABBED BLACKMAILfR
W. II. Black goes to Prison for Eight
cen Months for trying to Black
mail Leon DruQQIsts. h

w. H. Black, young man VINO
came to Leon last fall in charge OF
the local agency of the Singer Sewing
Machine Co., and occupied part OF
the store room of r. o. Allen, the
jeweler, was sentenced by Judge
McPhers son in the United States
Court at Des Moines on Monday to
term of eighteen months in the
federal penitentiary at Leavenworth,
Kansas, for using the mails in an
attempt to blackmail Bell & Robin
son, the we'll known druggists of this
ely. Black left this city about the
first of the year, and in February
wrote to Bell & Robinson from Cres-
ton, saying he was an agent of the
anti-liquor association and demand
ing the sum of $3.50 on the threat
that they would be prosecuted for
selling liquor if the money was not
forthcoming. But Bell & Robinson
were not the kind Of men who will
submit to blackmai1, and they
promptly put the letter in the hands
of their attorney who turned it over
to the postofice department. But be-
fore Black could be arrested he be-
frightened and skipped out. Post
Office inspector Ranger took up his
trail and traced him to several
points in Texas, and finally appre-
hended him at Colorado Springs,
Colorado, and he was brought back
to Des Moines last week, the United
States court having returned an in
dictment against him. When arrested
Black did not attempt to deny his
guilt and entered plea of guilty to
the charge. He is now doing time
in the prison at Leavenworth.
1t is also reported that Black was
short with the Singer Co., having
sold a number of machines at Cres
ton for, much less than their value,
and reporting to the company that
they had been sold on the install.
ment plan to customers. He had
given bond to the company and the
surety company who furnished the
bond will probably prosecute him
for embezzlement when he completes
his term for violating the postal
laws
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
THAT NEW AUTO LAW.
Owners Must Pay License Under
New System After July 1.

There has been much discussion
among automobile owners as to the
new registry law which goes into
effect this summer. A new system,
based upon the horse power of the
machines is used in collecting the
license.
Iowa has about $4,000 automo-
biles in use and there are only few
states which show a larger number,
New York and California being in
the lead, with Illinois following.
The automobile drivers are lead
ing in the campaign for good roads
in the Hawkeye state and a splendid
impetus has been given the move
ment by the organization of city and
county associations.
On July 4 all automobiles and mo-
torcycles must register and pay one
half the yearly tax, which pays all
the taxes and fees to January /,
1912.
If car is registered on June 80,
of this year, the owner registers un-
der the present law and pays the
present fee of IS, and is required to
register again July and pay one
half the tax to January /.
The same requirements hold if
the registration is made on Decem-
ber 81, 1911; registration is again
to be made next day, or January 1.
When a car is purchased from a
dealer the buyer is required to make
application to the secretary of the
state for registration, and when that
is done he may run on the dealers
number for Is days, but no longer,
or until he is assigned a registration
number.
All electric and steam cars are re-
quired to pay a yearly tax of SIS
or one-half that amount on July 4.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
Clean Hands,

Few people realizze the import
ance of keeping the hands clean
The dirty hand has been responsible
for carry disease in more instances
than was formerly supposed Think
for moment of the different kinds
of work you perform in one day.
Think how careless you have been
in handling food and clothing and
you will realize how dangerous you
have been to the health of others
as we'll as to your own health. Con-
slider then that every man, woman
and child in your town is pust as
careless as you have been and you
can at once see how difficult is the
task to prevent the spread of con-
tagious diseases. Under the average
finger nail you will find dirt that
has been slowly accommodating for
days. This means that the dirt is
from all kinds of unclean sources.
the hands that possess these finger
nails greets you with a hearty hand
shake, cooks your food, handles your
groceries,, your clothing, vegetables
and milk, in fact does everything.
The hand is a common carrier of
disease. The cause is one that can
be easily remedied. Soap and water
are both cheap and in easy reach
of every one. The main thing is to
educate the people to use them. Use
them yourself, then tell your neigh
bor about it. Soap and water is a
great medicine, more to be desired
than St. Jacobs Oil, Hostetter's Bit
ters, Railways Ready Relief or
Mother Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
1t is great medicine, not only for
the hands but the entire body. Its
free use will save lots of sickness,
prevent numerous funerals, and in
the long run be a financial invest
ment that will pay large dividends.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
FOOling the Editor.

There are few people in every
locality Who think they are doing
something extraordinary smart when
they can mislead an editor by giving
him a song and dance as to where
they are going, when he interviews
them at the depot. The past week
we politely asked three young ladies
where they We're going and they nam
ed distant city, and as we had no
reason to doubt their statement, we
printed the item in our personal COL
umn and no doubt parties who knew
where the young ladies went Won
dered how we came to make such a
mistake. That mistake was made
there is no doubt, for in reading one
Of our exchanges published in town
in Decatur county, not many miles
from Leon, we were surprised to no.
tice that the three young ladies had
been guests of honor at a reception
given in that town. Now, we don't
know whether the young ladies were
ashamed of where they we're going,
or whether they wanted to have the
item make misstatement for the
purpose of putting one on the editor,
but we do know that the next time
they go visiting they will not string
the Reporter man again. - - ..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
Decoration Day Program.

The Decoration Day exercises will
be held at the opera house, on Tues
dny, May 3Oth, at 1:15 p. m. The
following program has been prepar-
ed for the day: ....~, s,..-,.s 4, ~ ". 7
Grade Three.
Invocation .,.... Elder ]. S. Coffin
Ritualistic Services by G. A. R. Post
Song, "Why Don't the Band Play
Dixie ............G Grade Four.
Recitation ..... Barbara Penniwell
Song, "Cover Them Over With Flow
ers" ...- Grades Six and Seven
Address ..-.. Elder J. J. Rupert
Song -. America"
The line of march will then be
formed and proceed to the cemetery
where the graves of deceased soldiers
and members of the w. R. C. will be
decorated with flowers.
Spanish American war veterans,
civic societies, pupils of the schools
and all other citizens are invited to
join the line of march,
Persons furnishing flowers will
bring them to the G. A. R. hall in
the forenoon.
Chief Marshal c. M. Axes.
BY order of Committee.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
New Way to Cut Hills.

A new blasting powder mixed with
nitro-glycerine, has been put on the
market, especially for use in cutting
down hard hills on road. work. The
Reporter man in company with ]. r..
Bowsher, Marion Woodard and A.
M. Pryor went out to the hill by the
farm of w. A. Allbaugh, just east of
Leon, and made some experiments
with the powder, Bowsher & Bow
sher having ordered a. shipment for
parties who will use it in this county.
The result was highly satisfactory.
A small charge was placed in the
ground at a depth of about three
feet, and when discharged it tore ur
the hard clay and rock so that it was
crushed like concrete and could easi-
ly be moved with a scraper. And
this was on one of the hardest hills
in the county too, where six heavy
horses are unable to pull plow.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
Prof. Voelker Will go to Idaho.

Prof. A. C. Voelker, who has been
superintendent of the Leon public
schools for the past four years, and
declined a reelection rendered him
by the unanimous vote of the school
board this year, as he had decided
to locate in the west, has accepted a
position as principal of the High
School and musical director at
Nampa, Idaho. We regret exceed
ingly to see Prof. Voelker leave
Leon. Since coming to this city he
has been a hard worker and our
schools have made splendid progress
and improvement under his charge.
He is musician of ability, and our
schools will feel his departure in
this respect. He has worked long
and hard to bring the Leon High
School up to be fully accredited
school, and had the satisfaction of
seeing his efforts crowned with sue
cess. Prof. and Mrs. Voelker have
made many warm friends in this
city who are very sorry to see them
cave, but who wish them unbounded
success in their new location in the
great and growing west.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
BRADLEY-WASSON MERCANTILE
4 COMPANY.
Have Removed Their Ready to Wear
Ladies' Department to First
Floor of Their Store.

The -Wasson Mercantile
90. have been making some ex-
tensives changes in their store the
past week, having removed their
ladies' ready to wear department
from the basement to the first floor
of their attractive store, where they
can be shown to much better ad-
vantage, with better light and sur
roundings. This store is forging
ahead with the public as a popular
place to trade, and this is the store
of Leon where all the latest styles
are shown in ready to wear suits,
cloaks, coats, skirts, dress goods, etc.
In shoes they carry an up-to-date
line including the famous Dorothy
Dodd shoes and Oxfords, the highest
class line handled in Leon. The Brad
ley-Wasson store has the cleanest
stock of new goods to be found III
Decatur county, all old goods hav-
ing been worked off, and new goods
are arriving every week, SO that GUS.
toners can rest assured they will
have the pick of the markets to Sc
lect from. When you come to Leon
visit this great store. They will give
you a cordial welcome, and will be
pleased to show their goods. Re-
member their new location, at Han
sells old stand, across the. street
from the postoffice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
Died From His Injuries.

Theodore Branham, a stepson of
Mrs. S. J. Roger, of this city, died at
his home near Putnam, Oklahoma.
on May 10th, from the effects of the
injuries he received about month
ago, by being shot through the side.
AS will be remembered Mr.. Branham
was out in the barnyard when he saw
a hawk lowering near his place, and
as he had suffered loss through this
specie of bird, he went to the house
to get his shotgun to kill it. AS he
passed through the door the gun
caught on the casing and was dis
charged, the losd striking Mr.. Bran
ham in the side, tearing out one rib
and badly lacerating the flesh. For
time it was thought he might re-
cover from his wounds, but later the
case took a turn for the worse and
finally caused his death. He was
about Sc years old, and is survived
by his wife and three sons.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
Christian EndeavOr Union COnven-
ton.

The 10Th Annual Convention of
the 18th District Christian Endeavor
Union will be held at Leon, Iowa,
on June 5th and continue to June
7th inclusive, 1911. This District
includes the counties of Polk, Mad
ison, Warren, Clarke, Lucas, Mon-
roe, Decatur, Wayne and Appanoose.
having in all about 10 societies,
and it is expected that at least two
delegates from each society will at
tend this convention. An interest
ing and instructive program has bee ,
prepared for the convention, and the
committees and officers in charge
urge every one who is interested in
Christian Endeavor work to attend
as many, if not all, of the sessions
as possible.
Please remember the date June
5, 6 and 7th. The place of meeting
will be announced in due time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
Morgan-Phillips.

An event of interest in social cir
cles in Centerville and to many
friends of both the young people con-
cerned, was the wedding of Mr.. F.
Clair Morgan, of the Owl Drug store
of this city, and Miss Marian Phil
lips, formerly of Centerville, which
took place this week, Wednesday at
high noon, at the home of the bride
at Canton, III. Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan
are expected to arrive here by the
first of the week.
The bride is no stranger to Center
vile as she was engaged in the mill
linery business here for several years
and it is pleasing to note that the
romance which had it's inception at
that time results in her returning to
this city to make her home. Mr..
Morgan is one of Centervil1e's pro-
gressive business men, one who was
attracted here since our little city
began to develope and improve and
one who has helped along this line
Centerville Citizen,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
Interstate Trail Located From Leol
to Des MOines.

The locating committee for the Des
Moines, Kansas City & St. Joseph In
terstate Trail Association completed
it's work last week, locating the Inter.
State Trail from Leon north to Des
Moines. The committee spent three
days inspecting the three proposed
routes. Much enthusiasm was shown
by the citizens living along the
route traversed, and the roads for the
most part were in the best of con-
dition.
A joint meeting of Osceola and In
dianola business men with the locat-
ing committee, was held at Indianola
and the pledges giveC at this meet
ing for the care and improvement of
the Interstate trail through Warren
and Clarke counties were sufficient
to satisfy the committee that the road
will be put in first class condition
without delay.
The committee has decided on
routing this improved highway north
from Leon to Osceola, a distance OF
twenty-five miles, thence to Indian
ola 3by the way of Somerset, eighteen
miles, entering the city on East 9th
street. This routing reduces the mile
age between Leon and Des Moines
to about seventy-one miles, or about
sixteen miles shorter than by rail-
road.
The counties of Warren and Clarke
are now fully organized in accord
ance with the constitution of the as
sDciation. c. W. Connoran, of In
dfanola, having been chosen chairman
of the board of trustees for Warren
county, and E. R. Smith, chairman
of the board of trustees for Clarke
county.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25

Say, if some of those scoundrels
out in Colorado don't stop sending
US invitations and pictures about the
splendid trout fishing in that state,
we will be in the bug house. Just be-
cause we enjoyed a few days trout
fishing out there couple of years
ago, is no reason why Pusey Hall,
the Colorado passenger agent of the
Santa Fe, with headquarters at
Denver, and our old newspaper
friend, G. c. Mccormick, formerly
of Abba, but now editor of the daily
Express at Ft. Collins, Colorado.
should make us feel bad because we
have no trout fishing in Iowa. But
never mind, the fishing season is on
in Iowa now, and perhaps we can
steal away for a day some of these
times and get few Grand River
channel catfish.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
FultOn-BrOWn

MIR. John A. Fulton and Miss MauGe
NJ. Brown, were quietly married at
the M. E. parsonage in this city
last Wednesday evening, the cere-
mony being performed by rev. f..
NJ. Hoff.
The bride is one of our most
beautiful and charming young ladies',
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. c..
Brown, Of north of Leon. She is
a most popular and estimable young
lady, and one who will make a model
wife for the young man who has won
her. The groom is one of our ell
ergetlc young men, and is to be cou-
graduated on winning such a charm
ing bride. Both of these young puo-
pie enjoy the friendsip and esteem
OF a large circle of friends who wish
them every happiness.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
The Baccalaureate Sermon.

The Baccalaureate sermon will be
delivered at the opera house next
Sunday evening at 500 o'clock by
Rev. J. S. Coffin, Pastor of the Christ
ian church. There will be no preach
ing at the Christian church Sunday
morning. The Bible school will be
held at the usual hour, 9:45, and
then at 1900 o'clock will be held
the union memorial service at the
M. E. church. The special service
for young women at the Christian
church last Sunday evening was we'll
attended and splendid attention Civ
en- to the address.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-05-25
Killed q Big Snake.

w. H. Hazlet, of Eden Prairie,
claims the title of the big snake
killer of Decatur county. While
working on his farm one day this
week he came across monster
snake, of strange variety, which
he thinks is the biggest snake
seen in this locality for long time.
The reptile measured 5 feet and nine
inches in length, and almost two in
ches thick. 1t was of q light color
with cross bars, and Mr.. Hazlet says
he has seen all kinds of snakes but
never saw one like this before. John
w. WATSON says he thinks it is what
is known as a King snake.