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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-07-20

Mrs. L. L. Craft, of Van Vert,
passed through this city last Satur-
day on their way to Bridgeport, Okla
homa, where they will make their
home, Mr.! Craft having preceded
her a couple of days with their car of
goods.
DR.. w. S. Nye came up from their
camp near Davis City last Saturday
to secure some young chickens and
other supplies, for he says they are
getting tired of fresh fish. Prof
Voelker and family who are camping
to remain there for another week.
Prof. Hugh S. Buffum, of Valley
City, N. D., was in Leon Monday on
business. He is spending his summer,
vacation with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. S. Buffum, at Leroy, and
while here is pushing the sale of
Alberta farm lands. For the past
three years he has been one of the
faculty at the State Normal School
at Valley City, N. D., and has con-
tracted to teach there again the COM
ing year. His sister, Miss Mary Buff
fun, who has been teaching. in the
schools at Prosser, WASH, is also
spending her vacation with her par
ents at Leroy.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. R. Fierce and little
son, of Los Angeles, Calf, who were
visiting at the home of his aunt, Mrs.
Lew Gardner, in this city, went to
Van Vert Saturday to visit few
days with relatives and friends. They
were returning home from an extended
visit at various points in the east.
Mr.. Fierce is an old Decatur county
boy, residing near Van Vert, but for
a number of years has lived at Los
Angeles, being president! of the Elec-
trio corporation, of that city. 1t had
been nine years since he had been in
Iowa, and his many friends were
pleased to see him and learn. that he
is prospecting in business in his west
ern home, =.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-07-20

About dozen members Of the Re-
bekah lodge of Decatur City came
over Monday evening to attend the
initiatory work put on by the Leon
lodge. After the work was finished
refreshments were served and a So
cial hour enjOyed
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-07-20

For Sale-Some extra good utility
Whit Orpington cockerels of heavy
laying strains. need the room and
these will be sold very cheap, quality
considered. Call soon and get first
choice cheap. C. w. Reeder, The
Leon Orpingtons.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

the country will be teeming with tex.
tile and other manufacturing plants.
What the Southwest needs most at the
present time are plants that manufac-
ture foodstuffs from the raw material.
The cotton gin, the compress and the
oil mill have been located wherever
needed, but the cannery, the creamery,
the peanut plant and other plants of
similar nature are few and far be-
tween. There is hardly a county in
the entire Southwest that could not
support one of these latter plants, and
many of them could support the entire
three, and even more. These plants
produce an article of necessity in
every home.
There are also opportunities of the
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20
Commercial Clubs Indispensable.

A commercial organization reflects
the enterprise and the progress, as
we'll as the standings of a town or
city They are the centers around
which business, industrial and civic
life revolve They are an absolute
necessity, if new enterprises are to
be obtained, or If eyesores are to be
discarded and replaced by plots or
beauty. Look at the cities and towns
that are growing, that<are being talked
about, that have future, and you will
find business organization that ia
awake to the issues of the present and
bespeak the hope of the future. Near
ly all street improvements have their
inception within the halls of CONNER
cial organizations. They are the heart
and inspiration of business and civic
life as the churches are the heart of
religious thought and action. For a
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1911.

Half a century ago the French were
driven out of Mexico by American
Intervention, but it was not of the
overt kind. Possibly the same policy
may restore peace in Mexico now, and
if so it will be better in every way.
But the advice our government is Civ
ing Mexico would certainly be I'M
needed if Mexico did not know that
it is backed up with the ability to use
force if necessary.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

The showery weather is promoting
a rank growth of weeds, not only in
the gardens and fields, but along the
roadsides and in vacant lots. Weeds
are menace to health, because they
furnish breeding places for pestilent
vermin and disease germs. Swat the
weeds and thereby guard against a
possible epidemic of fever. Eternal
vigilance is the price of health as well
as of liberty.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

The name of the leader of the Mex
lean insurgents, Francisco Madero,
translated into English, is Francis
Wood. The American general Wood
was promoted to the highest rank over
the heads of officers of superior merit
because he had pull with the admin
istration, but the Mexican Madero is
rebel because those in authority
wouldn't give him a square deal.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

very best kind for the location of all
kinds of plants that use high class
of labor, as fuel Is, cheap, and the raw
materials and the markets are close
at hand. Packing plants are springing
up in every important center. Foun-
dries and machine shops are assuming
vast proportions. Textile plants will
in the course Of a few years find the
Southwest an inviting field. In the
meantime they will be constructed
here and there at considerable inter-
yals. With them the labor question is
of supreme Importance The South
west is rapidly taking its place among
the manufacturing states, and yet is
still gaining in the point of its agricul-
tural products.-Industria Record
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

The feeling of the Americans on
the border is well expressed in this
from the Laredo Times
THE attention of Uncle Sam is called
to the fact that Laredo is just across
the Rio Grande from the Mexican
border and that some keep off the
grass signs are badly needed on the
north bank of the stream in case those
Aqua Prieta rebels start down in this
"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

In its desperation the Houston Post
is calling on its readers to pray that
the democratic party may not be per
mitted to cast off the incubus of
Baileyism. But "the sacrifice of the
wicked is an abomination to the
Lord" 1t Is only the prayer of Athe
upright that availeth and these are
all opposed to Baileyism and all OTHER
iniquities.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20
Opportunity for Small Plants.

The Southwest can hardly hope to
secure a great number of large manu-
featuring plants that use cheap labor
until the demand in the agricultural
field is checked. When We take into
consideration the fact that at present
only a small percentage of the arabic
land is in cultivation, we begin to fig
ure that 1t will be good many years
before this great productive section OF
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

traordinary conduct: First, that the
United States officials had seized a
lot of ammunition stored in Douglas,
upon which they depended for con-
tinuing the fight; second, that they
got drunk and refused to obey their
officers. Possibly both are true.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

The beautiful harmony that pre-
walls among the house democrats is
cheering the hearts of friends and dis
appointing the hopes of enemies. II
the democrats of the senate do half as
we'll no power on earth can prevent a
democratic victory next year.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

Congress will go slow on authorizing
the president to send troops into Mex
leo, hoping that the necessity OF 1t
may be obviated. If the MeXicans can
be induced or compelled to make
peace among themselves without in
il will be far better.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

1t will be better than medicine TO
get away from home and see those
athletic stunts on Kyle Field. The
fresh air and the excitement VIII
purify your blood and sweep the COD
webs out of your brain.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

Every man, woman and child VINO
can get away ought to go to the ath-
letic meet on Kyle Field tomorrow
afternoon. Bryan and College are tied
together by the interurban and must
help each other.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

Recent experiments indicate that
the muddy" taste of pond fish is not
due to the stagnant water but to GER
tain aquatic plants which they eat. II
this be true fish ponds and tanks
should be cultivated with the wedding
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

Why can't the Mexicans dispose of
Diaz like the Brazilians got rid of
Dom Pedro and the Portuguese of
King Manuel, by deposing and pen
sioning him? His retirement would
be cheap at almost any price.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

This showery weather interferes
with some kinds of outdoor work but
it is ideal for dragging the roads. We
don't know whether the drags are at
work or not, but if they amt they
ought to be.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

The house democratic majority Is
thorough house cleaning
of all the departments at Washington.
Already they have planned to lop OH
Sc 100000 from the annual expenses
of the navy department.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20
KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE


There is something in sunshine that
makes happiness. Keep on the sunny
side.
Did you ever stop to think that
your opinion was part of the public
opinion? Then make it agreeable.
You can't make friends with man
by inquiring into his private affairs.
Music makes the race more interest
ing. Then let laughter be the music
that makes the race of life pleasant.
Cheer up! You don't owe yourself
anything, do you?
The man who is happy all the time
is not the evil thinker. Evil broods in
the morose mind.
Have you ever thought of the happi-
ness that comes from doing good?
Try it once as an experiment and you
will adopt it as a habit.
Clouds have all passed over, sky is
once more blue
Sunlight is shining on us with its
beautiful golden hue.
Hear the farmer sing as he starts to
work again,
For the present We all agree that
we've had abundance of rain.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

Let us hope that Jupiter Pluvius
will look with favor ON Kyle Field to-
morrow and withhold his overgener-
GUS and superintendent bounty, giving
Phoebus a chance.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

If Texas can pull off-.a statewide
prohibition election without bitterness
or acrimony it will be the best adver-
tisement the state has ever had Such
an example will be powerful for good
in all the states.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

The track meet tomorrow will bring
to College and to Bryan many visitors
from widely scattered points in the
state and it is very important that
these 60 away with favorable impress
sions. for they will be sure to talk
about what they see and hear. A well
pleased visitor is a good advertising
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

The track meet at Kyle Field to-
morrow will perhaps be less exciting
than the battle at Aqua Prieta, but
there will be plenty of thrills without
danger to the spectators.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

Don't think too hardly of old Father
Adam. How could he be satisfied in
the Garden of Eden without a market
for his products?
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

There is an import duty on lead, but
it was not collected on the bullets
shot into American territory at
Douglas.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

After winning a victory at Aqua
Prieta the rebels scattered and 1eu.
There are two explanations of this ex-
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

town to ignore so important feature
is to court business humiliation and
civic death.-Industria Record.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

The man who is happy all the time
is not the evil thinker. Evil broods in
the morose mind.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-04-20

Cheer up You don't owe yourself
anything, do you?
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-10-05

sacked. No clue has yet been dis.
covered as to the identity of the muir.
derer. although foreign.looking man
had been observed lurking in the
vicinity recently. Mr.. Deans house
stands alone in extensive grounds;
1t is a perfectly plain brick structure.
and the robber appears TO have en-
tered through the window Of the third
story. on which Is Mr.. Deans bedroom.
though how he contrived to effect an
entrance without foothold remains for
the present mystery"
Il suspected as much" said Crewe.
The fellow is SO emboldened by the
success OF bis first attempt that un.
less he Is caught series of crimes
Will follow. We must get him this
afternoon"
you think 1t was the same man."
Undoubtedly" said Crewe. But.
to make sure. let us take the train
for Noting Hill Immediately"
We arrived there an hour and a
half later. The grounds were packed
with an immense throng. whom the
police were Intellectually endeavoring
to disperse. Crewe stopped and
focused his eyes upon the building.
What's your business 'ere?" de.
manded a policeman roughly. Move
on there"
Crewe turned abruptly and left the
grounds. THE same tracks" he nut.
tered. Now. Langton, we must catch
this fellow tonight"
VIII you not tell me the sigrifi-
canoe Of the markings" l asked.
Not now. Langton. want to bend
every effort TO apprehending the mur-
derer. Luckily this will not be diff
cult. Since the police imagine him to
be an Italian, he will have no incen-
tive to Disgusting his true nationality.
You know the Spanish quarter"
bloomsbury" said.
We shall find him there. These
people would rather die than live out
side their own neighborhoods. Watch
for man with sack"
"A SACK" queried.
YES" said Crewe impatiently. He
will not dare to maintain the organ.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-10-05
He was hauling hjrnse1 up bes sMwal.>

grinder fiction: nor will he venture to
leave the creature In his room. We
must search the ttreets until we find
him"
At Tottenham Court Road we took
IN omnibus and. seated upon the roof.
observed the streets narrowly. Moth.
Ing escaped Crewe's observant eyes.
When he had passed through the
bloomsbury district we descended,
Crewe hailed hanson. and for an
hour or more We drove slowly up and
down the squalid thoroughfares,
Crewe's eyes registering every human
being among the moving mass Of
pedestrians. Suddenly he signaled
to the dri,er and leaped out.
Follow that mani" he exclaimed.
In front Of us. some two hundred
yards distance. n swarthy fellow Of
Spanish or Italian origin was strolling
leisurely through the streets. He was
attired In the corduroys and overalls
OF a working man and had small
sack slung over one shoulder.
We must not let him escape"
Crewe muttered. II was growing
dark and we hastened our footsteps
until we we're almost abreast OF him.
Then we followed him, now on this
side Of the road. now upon that. while
he pursued his course through Bloom.
bury. Into Seven Dials. thence through
covent Garden and along the waste
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-10-05

ception. for the inclosed courtyard.
dominated BY bare brick wall. was
wholly unguarded. being deemed un.
enterable.
AS we crouched in the shadows we
saw the robber glance swiftly round.
The thoroughfare was apparently de.
serted; nobody was likely to pass
through on any honest purpose.
Stealthily he opened the sack. plunged
In his arm. and drew ou. some furry
creature Of large size--a monkey, and
yet not a monkey. for instead Of
chattering and leapIng this thing lay
apparently llieless In his arms. The
man deposited II carefully In a re.
cess between two angles OF the build.
ins and then began pulling out Of the
bag what seemed like an unending
cord.
by God. was right" heard
Crewe mutter. I was trembling with
excitement; yet for the life Of me I
could not see what the man intended
to do.
Presently he appeared to come to
the end Of tho cord. He pulled of his
coat and walstcoat and made |. fast
around his waist. Then. picking up
tho creature In his arms. he placed II
against the side Of the building.
To my astonlshment the thing be.
gan to move. The strange black
creature climbed higher and higher
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-10-05

OF halferected buildings on Kingsway
the new County Council thoroughfare
At signal from Crewe we fell back
a little.
How do you know that is the
MANI" questioned hurriedly.
He bears the mark OF the beast
Crewe returned.
THE beast?"
Look at his collar"
crept up more closely and sud.
denly perceived. upon the cheap eel.
luloid collar that the man wore, the
Identical hen.track-three finger
marks. clearly outlined-that Crewe
had drawn upon the paper A sud.
den sense OF horror almost overcame
me. l fell back again and waited for
Crewe to join me.
What are you going to do?" I
whispered.
Seize him-at an opportune mo.
ment."
- "oo ui6bt INV, anu Tue tuUTUuSu-
fare. which was not yet Installed with
street lamps. was 80 dark that we
could discern our man only as a shad.
ow moving among shadows. He
stopped before the flank of a new
building from little cells In whose
walls lights cleaned ftfully. l knew
1t TO be one Of the County Council
structures for the housing Of poor
persons. but could not imagine for
what purpose the robber intended
breaking In.
He hesitated moment. then moved
round toward the end Of the block.
And suddenly ! was enlightened. As
though emerging out Of squalor into
fairyland. ! saw before me the splen.
did new Wemyss hotel. fronting upon
the Strand Now the robbers pur-
pose was made clear II he could
ascend that blank wall of the lodging
house for fifty feet and more-if, like
fly. he could climb that apparently
impossible structure. he could gain
the unlit back court Of the hotel and
have each tier Of rooms at his mercy,
while their occupants were dining or
enjoying themselves at some place Of
entertainment. 1t was a daring con-
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-10-05
Physical Strength.

There is no known drug that VIII,
add In the slightest degree to tho
strength or vigor Of the human body.
and no "tissue.builder" on earth ex.
cept food. The only universally "a.
liable "bracer" Is exercise in the Oman
air and sleeping with your windows
open, and the only permanent tonics
to the body are fresh fruit, red meat
and green vegetables. A dollars worth
OF cream contains ten times the
strength" Of any dollar.bottle Of tonic
ever Invented, Eat plenty Of real
foods. the best you can raise or buy.
and you'll have little need of either
patent foods or patent medicines. Any
remedy which universally, or even in
the majority Of all cases, produces a
sense OF exhilara,ion and improve.
ment Is perfectly safe to contain a
"cheater" OF some sort, usually either
alcohol or opium.-Woods Hutchinson,
NJ, D.. In the Delineator.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-10-05

account, had found the body of mai
suspended from an upper window ol
tenement house by rope oil
prodigious length. He had cut him
down. but the suicide had evidently
been dead for several hours. The
rope was ingeniously knotted around
the window bars: yet It had not been
fastened from within. the window be
ing bolted and the room having been
unoccupied for more than a week
previously.
Another item ip the same newspa
per passed without notice; yet the
two were indissolubly connected.
EARLY this morning." II ran. while
going to work. John Jarvis. a plumber
noticed strange beast In the Strand
II was suspended from a window sill
and at first seemed to be dead. bu,
was subsequently found to be sleep
ing. The beast was noosed and taken
to the police station. where It was
discovered, after some investiga ton
to be harmless sloth Of the arma.
dillo type. Its final destination will
probably be the Geological Gardens -
Crewe looked up at me-.
THE greatest mystery" he said. rs
how the creature contrived to knot
the rope round the window bars 50
that 1t held up the body OF the burglar
after 1t had departed upon It's noe.
turnal prowlings In search Of food"
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-10-05

against the blank wall Of the lodging
house. Higher and higher yet II
went, apparently walking upon the
perpendicular slope. until the top.
most window was attained. Then !
saw the burglar Jerk the rope. The
animal disappeared. A moment after.
ward and he was hauling himself up
the wall. hand over hand, with per.
feet ease and apparently perfect Sc.
curity.
Crewe crept forward and drew a
revolver from bis pocket Halt" he
said quietly to the man in the air.
"Halt, or fire. Come down."
saw struggle upon the psrpendic-
ular wall. The clinging man grasped
at the rope missed 1t, seemed to lose
his foothold. and suddenly fell some
twenty feet in the air. The loose rope
tightened with an awful shock; the
body quivered an instant. and then
began to swing like a pendulum from
side to side along the flank of the
building. At every turn the rope
rose higher around him. II was slip
ping upward from his waist, where he
had fastened 1t. toward his throat,
one arm having slipped through the
moose in the struggle. At every turn
the body assumed an attitude more
and more perpendicular, finally, with
sudden shock the moose slipped
round the neck and the corpse swung
evenly at the ropes end, the vibra-
tions gradually lessening until the
body hung limp and loose and life.
less, its one free arm dangling. the
other pinned by the rope to the neck,
the forearm waving weakly around
the head. Nothing that we could
have done could have saved him.
Twenty feet at least above our heads
that dreadful drama was enacted in.
the air.
He has but anticipated his fate"
said Crewe. Poor devil! His in
senuity undid him. Let us 70, Lang.
ton; there is no purpose to, be served
BY our remaining here"
On the following morning. all Lon.
don was agape over the latest mys-
terry. A policeman. according, to the
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-10-05
Few Arrivals,

Few Arrivals.
He says the Hrst thing that comes
into his mind"
That being the case. I presume
there are long intervals Of time In
which he says nothing"
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-10-05
Similar sansatlnna

Similar Sensations.
Meet any icebergs on your way
across?"
mo; but several Of us tried to iiirt
with Boston girl who was on board"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-09-21
STONINGTON.
DR.. c. o. Maine Makes Improvement,
in New Property-Borouah Interests.

DR.. c. 0. Maine is making improve
r1ents in the house recently purchased
by him and also on the property op-
posite him. He is to have the wall at
the waterfront west of the WampasSett
inn moved out 30 feet and the space
filed in.
A large number of hoodlums have
heen heard about town carousing
around town, as many fences were
broken down this week.
Many from town visited the North
Stonington fair Wednesday.
The Misses Chesebro of New Jersey
are guests Of relatives here this week
DR.. and Mrs. Odel1 and daughter left
for their home Wednesday in Scranton,
Pa. They have joined the summer
colony here.
c. NJ. Wilbur of Mt Vernon, n. z,
is a guest of friends.
Vacation Over.
Raymond Pendleton has returned to
New York after having spent his VA
cation at the Pendieton bungalow at
Lantern Hill.
James II. Stivers is able to DO up
and around and is gaining rapidly,
r. G. Hopper has returned to Or
ange. N. j
D.. 3. SpaIding has returned from
visit in New Bedford.
c. w. Barnes of Waterbury was q,
caller here this week.