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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-09-14
Notice of Appointment of Executor.

In the District Court of the State OF
Iowa, in and for Decatur County. IN
probate. D
In the matter of the estate Of
Sarah Underwood, deceased.
TO whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as Executor of the e.
tate of Sarah Underwood, late of De-
catur County, Iowa, deceased. All per-
sons in any manner indebted to said
deceased or her estate will make pay
ment to the undersigned; and those
having claims against said deceased
or her estate will present them in
manner and form as by law required,
for allowance and payment
Dated this 23rd day of August, A.
D. 1911.
GREEN STANTON,
2-3t Executor of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-09-14
Notice of Appointment of Executrix.

In the District Court of the State of
Iowa, in and for Decatur County.
In Probate.
In the matter of the estate of
D. D. Bethards, deceased
To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given that the IN
dersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as executrix of the es-
tate of D. D. Bethards, late of Deca-
tur county, Iowa, deceased. All per-
sons in any manner indebted to said
deceased or his estate will make pay
ment to the undersigned; and those
having claims against said deceased
or his estate will present them in
manner and form as by law required,
for allowance and payment.
Dated this 22nd day of August,
A. D. 1911
MARY C. BETHARDS,
2-3t Executrix of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-09-14
Railroad Commissioners Will Visit
GAINESVILLE. Will Probably Get
Sunday Train.

Some time ago The News began an
agitation for an improvement of our
train and mail service. This improved
passenger and mail service could be
! had only by the Burlington railroad
putting on a Sunday train to leave
here Sunday mornings, connect with
| the mail trains at Leon and return
| in the afternoon. By this arrange
ment the people would get not only
Sunday mail but also passenger con-
nection at Leon for all points on the
|Companys system east and west.
The Company objected alleging
that an extra train would not pay.
Mayor Ross then put the case up to
the State Board of Railroad and
Warehouse Commissioners who took
the matter up with the railroad COM
pany and notified Mayor Ross that the
Commission and railroad officials
would visit GAINESVILLE while out on a
tour of inspection over the Burling-
ton lines
! The Commission and railroad Of
ticials came on special train Tues
day night, and were met by Mayor
Ross and representatives of the Com
merrial Club at $50 Wednesday
morning, and the entire matter was
gore ever.
! "hen Mr.. Eustis, OF Chicago,
who represented the railroad COM
IIny vas made to see the actual
leeds of the city and surrounding
country, and the possibility of large
increase Of business at this and other
points on the line because of the new
train service, he readily and heartily
agreed to recommend it.
The matter of our freight train
leaving early enough on week day
mornings to connect with the Mt.
Ayr passenger train at Leon was also
brought to his attention, and he ex-
pressed himself as being confident
that it could be arranged without any
trouble.
While neither of these is an abso-
lutte certainty at this time, the heart
mess with which Mr.. Eustis agreed to
recommend the improved train SER
vice gives US grounds for the hope
that GAINESVILLE will soon have reg
ular Sunday train, and early morning
train connections at Leon. Gains
Vile News
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-09-14
Lost Goods-Finders Not Keepers

Contrary to the idea prevalent
among many people, lost articles are
not legally the property of the find
ers, nor does the finder have any
right, title or interest in such articles
except as specifically set out in the
statutes. Finders of lost articles in
Iowa are required to make an effort
to find the owners thereof, and the
steps to be taken to find the owners
are fully explained in the laws of
this state, failure to comply with
which subjects the person so failing
to penalty of $40. Nor can any
reward be claimed unless the articles
found shall exceed in value IS. If, az
ter the specified time has elapsed
and the steps to find owner have been
taken, no one claims the articles, un-
der certain conditions they may be-
come the property of the finder. The
law also fixes the compensation or re-
ward for returning articles of greater
value than IS. The point to this ar
ticle, and the reason it is written, is
to call attention to the fact that
legally finders are not keepers except
after compliance with conditions
specifically set forth in the statutes;
that no reward can be claimed un-
less the value of the property shall
exceed s.; and that failure to at
tempt to ascertain the owner of lost
articles, or refusal to give up posses
sion to the owner, is punishable by
law.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-09-14

Upon my farm I sadly looked, for
drouth had left it sere. 'Alas.'
cried, ''my goose is cooked-there'll
be no crop this year, The grass
was burned to gray and red, and
corn leaves wilted were; and every
thing seemed stark and dead, save
weed and bur. And so I wrung my
hands and wept, and made grievous
roar; and in the night time while l
slept, the rain began to pour. 1t
seemed new and lovely world, on
which I gazed at morn; the grass re-
freshed, was all uncurled, and husky
was the corn. And things that
considered dead were convalescent
then; the stately cabbage reared it's
head, the carrot blushed again. So,
after this, when things look black,
and luck seems gone for keeps, I
don't intend to cry "alack!" and
spring line of weeps. The darkest
hour, the sages say, is just before
the dawn; and fortunes headed oft
our way when every hope seems
gone-Walt Mason.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-09-14
A Personal Letter.
Save for Reference, Please.


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The Man Behind the Brush.
LEON, IOWA
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-09-14

The practical jokers came very
near causing a tragedy at Leon. They
had been joking woman about the
attentions which her husband was
paying girl at the factory, where he
was employed. Finally, they got the
girls picture and slipped it into the
mans dinner pail, where the woman
found it when he came home in the
evening. 1t might have occurred to
her that man would not carry pho
tos in his dinner pail, especially if he
did not want his wife to find out
about the picture. But she was jeal-
Gus, and therefore not responsible,
and she took poison, and the doctors
had quite serious task bringing her
through. Now, suppose the woman
had died, what could the law have
done to the idiots who thought tHat
they were doing something funny?
The law knows no remedy for
damphulishness. The only thing
that seems to help is very thorough
beating. Two or three are better
Perhaps in the future such fellows
will be taken to a hospital and the
surgeons will perform an operation.
They may remove the brain OF the
patient and substitute that OF d
healthy jackass. The poor patients
would be gamers by the change. And
they might thus be cured Of Their
dangerous habits. -BurlingtOn Hawk
Eye
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-09-14

A close observer can nearly always
pick out the married men by the
way they begin yawning at o'clock.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-09-14

It is almost as easy for camel to
pass through the eye: of needle as
for some men to see the point.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-09-14

Religion is like medicine-some-
thing that appeals to a man when he
isn't we'll and can't have any fun
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02
BRIDE IN DISTRESS

At this critical stage Captain Cl'
ster Davis, who was board the
Frank Jones, saw towboat belong
ing to the Cornell Towing line. OF
which he is superintendent. Snatch.
ing the megaphone he hailed the tug
boat and ordered It alongside. The
woman amid cheers and congratula.
tions. was placed on board the tug
and returned to Manhattan.
When Mr. and Mrs. Day learned OF
the report that the passenger had
given the name Of Mrs. Day, they de-
clared they had both been at home
on the day In question. They re-
fused to give the name Of the young
woman who Is their guest, but some
of their friends were discussing.
amid giggles. the subterfuge OF the
bride" who did not want to take a
trip to Albany instead OF one to
Coney.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02

divorce laws. He believes that the
only remedy lies In making require
ments for marriage more severe. and
still not so severe that its result will
be to drive many persons into com.
mon law marriages.
TOO many persons marry who
should not" Judge Porterfleld says.
That's where all this divorce trouble
begins. and right there the lawmakers
must begin II they are to help condi.
tions. You can't legislate divorces
and broken homes out OF existence as
long as just anybody can get married
regardless Of mental and physical de-
fects. There ought to be commits
sion to pass ON the mental and ply.
steal condition OF applicants for mar.
riage licenses. and on the earning ca.
pacity of the men. Worthless men
who can't even support themselves
marry.
Something will have to be done or
the people Of this and other states
will find themselves the keepers Of Q
lot OF degenerate children"
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02
BARRIERS Denounce the Safety Razors

Safety razors promote efficiency. II
allowed to flourish they will eventually
accomplish the ruin of American man.
hood. Rom e's celebrated slump was
due TO Just such introductions as the
ornery safety razor.
And" finished one OF the speakers.
after weaving its owner from the re.
fnement of the barber shop, making
him minister TO the demands of his
whiskers across his own threshold, the
safety will gradually pail upon the
man devoted to 1t. Growing careless,
the man will one day lay open the in.
terror OF his face with an unusually
negligent swing Of the supposed safe
ty' razor. and what then? The man.
being weaned from the barber shop.
does not care to return. He Is timid
the fault Of the safety. He lets his
whiskers assume abnormal proper.
tions. He becomes hotbed for germs
Therefore. down with the tyranny Of
the r. g."
1t was prophesied that in the short
span Of year all the old adherents
Of the stubble boards and curved
Adams apples will be filling the red
plush chairs of the shop. The safety
razor, 1t was allowed, was all right
for the mere youths and the trem.
bling hands Of the old, but further 1t
had not just cause for existence.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02
AIMS TO ABOLISH TROUSERS
Berlin Society Of Scholars and Artists
Proposes New and Unique Gar.
ments-Discard Linens.

Berlin.-A society OF seventy per.
sons has been organized in Berlin for
the purpose Of reforming the style Of
mems garments. II Is composed OF
persons from all sorts OF professions
and aims at abolishing trousers. sub.
stituting knickerbockers: while coat
and waistcoat are to give way to a
sort OF loose blouse hanging we'll
down to the knees. Linen Of all sorts
Ia to be discarded.
The newspapers treat the matter as
more or less absurd; and some of
them challenge the members OF the
society themselves to appear In pub.
lie In the new garb The Cologne Ga
zette goes deeper and points out that
Germany can have no influence over
the worlds fashions for mems cloth
ing because of the predominance OF
the military uniform over civilian
clothing here. where even the EN-
peror never lays aside his helmet for
a silk hat.
1t thinks that the fashion for mems
garments will continue to be set al
London. for "a popular dandy OF Lon
don clubdom has more influence In
setting the fashions than the whole ol
this society of German scholars. art
lists and writer's"
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02
COUPLE GIVE KISSING SHOW
Large Crowd Gathers and Enjoys o..
eulations at Piasa Chautauqua-
! Girl Was Pretty.

81. Louis.--Piasa Chautauqua was
aroused soon after the arrival OF the
steamer Alton. by volley Of smacks.
Several men and women ran down to
the river and beheld young woman
and a swain in blue serge. sitting close
together on the beach. One Of his
hands was clasped firmly in hers.
With regularity he popped his
lips upon hers and each kiss was so
vigorous as to be audible. In few
minutes the news spread throughout
the resort. Swimming pools and walk.
ing paths were deserted and scores Of
persons hocked to points Of vantage
In reply to jeers the young man
cried: You fellows are only jealous.
Don't you wish It were you?" Tho
enraptured pair remained absorbed in
one another until It was time to take
the steamer back to st. Louis. The
girl was brunette about 90 years
old and was prettily dressed. The
man seemed few years older.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02
CELEBRATES DEATH OF KIN
American Woman In Paris Gives Din.
ner In Honor Of Mother.in. Laws
Demise. Only to Find Error.

Paris.--Many strange things happen
In Paris, but the most weird and
ghastly expression Of novel social en-.
tertainments this season was a dinner
given by n certain New York woman.
celebrating. as she thought. the death
OF her rich mother-in.law. The lady
has been in Paris since the close Of
the Nice season. Her husband, who
does not care for butterfly life 90
ciety: remains In the villa at Nice.
The other day she received q tele-
gram from her husband. which read:
Mother is dead" Thinking It was
the wealthy mother Of her husband,
she invited friends to dinner. saying
she was going to celebrate new and
better era in her life. which the for.
tune OF her mother-in.law would bring.
Some OF the more sensitive guests re.
belled inwardly at the idea. but the
dinner went on. Next day the hostess
sent apologies to her guests. saying
It was not her motherin-law who had
died. but her own mother. The mis-.
take arose by her husband merely re-
peating a cablegram received for her
at Nice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02
Blame Middlemen for the High Prices

bartering the market. buying up farm
produce at wholesale prices and then
selling at whatever prices they could
eXtort, thus forcing all prices on the
market upward. Some have even gone
so far as to disguise their employees
as farmers and have them take their
places in the market with what were
supposed to be farm wagons with
fresh produce. II developed that mid
dlemen control the prices of four-fifths
Of the produce handled on the Indian.
apolis market and that they have ad
vanced the prices to suit themselves
Comparisons made between the
prices of a few farmers not taken In
by the middlemen with the prices fixed
at the market stands show that the
farmers have been and are selling food
stuff at an average of less than one.
half the amount fixed by the middle.
men. Tomatoes. apples, potatoes and
other staples have been sold SO per
cent. lower by the farmers than by the
market stand proprietors in spite OF
the city's regulations.
The city government hopes to get
at the bottom Of the situation soon
and to devise means by which the mid.
dleh!en will not be able to grab the
farm products and force the people to
pay their prices.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02
RUNAWAY BOYS FIND ERROR
Two PIttsbure Lads Get Stranded In
Cincinnati and Writes injunction
to All Youths.

Cincinnati Heiber and Jo-
seph Lechner Of Pittsburg. both aged
fifteen. who started out to see the
world few days ago. were found
early the other morning sleeping un.
der the Cincinnati & Ohio bridge In
Cincinnati. They told the officers
that they had come to Cincinnati In
a parlor car. and thought they were
going to see the entire world, How
ever. their money soon gave out and
they were forced to sleep anywhere
they could find place to lie down.
Heiber said his father died last
March. and that his mother Is very
sick. He doesn't know why he left
her. The officials will send them
both home. Heiber has written the
following Injunction to all youths:
"Boys-Never leave home. II IL
the best place on earth.
IT you ever feel the hankerine
to see the world. ask your home folks
what is the best thing to do.
II started out feeling like a mil
Iionaire. I had $l2. I thought tha
was plenty. They found me sleeping
under q railroad bridge.
"That old song, There's No Place
Like Home is the truest song eve
written"
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02
Accident Leads to a Canine Debauch

y ROOKLYN, n. "a score or more
y dogs of assorted breeds livened up
things on Fifth avenue the other day
by becoming intoxicated on the spilled
contents Of an overturned brewery
truck. 1t Is said by eyewitnesses that
the drunken dogs acted almost "hu.
man" In the delirious frenzy which fol.
lowed their excessive libations.
The truck. one OF the motor variety,
was chugging along Fifth avenue be-
tween Ninth and Tenth streets, when
It broke down and its contents, sew.
eral cases Of very popular brand of
hop beverage, were spilled into the
gutter. Immediately a golden stream,
sparkling with the pent-up efferves.
cence. gurgled and bubbled down the
gutter.
The day was hot and all the neigh.
borhood dogs, most Of which belonged
to Fifth avenue storekeepers, were
wandering about in search of water
to drink.
Bitten, a graceful greyhound. raised
her head from between her paws as she
lay In the doorway Of millinery es.
tablishment and shifted the air sus.
piciously. The couchant Bitten be-
came rampant.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02

"Woof, my dears!'' she bayed. and
in 20-foot jumps made for the spot
whence came the tantaliZing aroma OF
the wasting beverage.
Immediately every other dog on the
block. and some others from adjacent
blocks. realized that at last it was his
day" Following the lead OF the leap.
ing greyhound, they made for the gut.
ter and eagerly began tapping up the
amber drink.
How many aching heads there were
next day in Fifth avenue dogdom will
never be known, but members OF the
large crowd which quickly collected to
watch the drinking bout aver that the
quantity put away by the canine tip
piers was something to marvel at.
The dogs. too full to find their way
home. and too dizzy to navigate any.
way, were later led or carried to their
homes by their owners.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02

CT. PAUL, MlNN.--Ways and means
~ to deprive the safety razor of its
citizens right and declare 1t unconsti.
tutional, to annihilate 1t, remove It
from the home Of every frce.born
American, and thus bring the barber
shop again into its own. furnished one
OF the subjects for the emotional dis.
cussion that took place at the National
Barbers Supply Dealers association
convention here.
AS the insidious influence OF the de.
grading safety razor fired the speak.
ers at the convention to eloquent
heights. these points were brought
forth:
Barber shops are not so popular as
they were in the past.
The dark man with the beard. In.
stead of permitting himself the &C.
stacy Of 15.cent shave, attacks him.
self with the safety. in Wild carefree
swoops, which are equally injurious to
the life and complexion OF the victim
and to the profession.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02

INDIANAPOLIS. lND.-An expert.
j ment to determine how far a city
can go In reducing the cost OF living
IL to be made In indianapolis under
the direction Of Mayor Shank. Fol.
lowing a suggestion OF James Wilson.
secretary Of the department of agricul.
ture, that municipalities take up the
question. the mayor appointed com
mission to make an investigation.
These men will spend the next few
weeks investigating conditions that
are supposed to be responsible for the
high cost OF farm and garden prod.
ucts. On their report will depend the
city's action.
Several years ago indianapolis es.
tablished market place for the pur.
pose Of giving the people chance to
deal direct with producers and in that
manner to keep prices as low as pos
sible. Preliminary inquiry indicates
Inscriptions mlddlemen have been
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02
Wanted to Go to Coney Island,
but Boarded Albany Boat.
Sympathetic Hudson River Tugboat
Captain Took Her on and Re.
turned Her to bridegroom
Of Few Weeks"

New York-A woman who de-
scribed herself as Mrs. J. ]. Day Of
BIT West Ninety.third street intended
to 60 to Coney island. but didn't go,
Instead she would have arrived at
Albany. but for the act of a tugboat
captain. who took her of the Frank
Jones. Hudson river steamboat,
somewhere In the neighborhood OF
Tarrytown. and returned her safe
and sound to what she described as
her waiting husband" and bride
groom OF few weeks" The real
Mrs. Day denied that she had figured
In the transfer. and intimated that the
woman was a girl friend. who is her
guest
The woman wanted to 60 aboard
one OF the Iron Steamboat company's q
vessels. but failed to realize she was
q passenger on board the Frank
Jones until Yonkers hove In sight.
Then she declared that hubby"
would sit up all night looking for
his bride" in vain and wept very bit
terly. Captain Loucks was sympa'
thetic but firm. Signals Of distress
from the whistle Of the Frank Jones
brought the Albany. another Hudson
river steamboat. alongside In Jig time
whats the matter? Riot?" asked
Captain Post. anxiously leaning over
the rail Of the Albany.
mo: a BRIDE" replied Captain
Loucks through his megaphone
Thought we were blooming
Coney island tripper and Is afraid hub
by will miss her when she's gone"
TOO bad" foated the response
across the water; I'VE are all out OF
smelling salts. Is there anything else
can do?"
why. yes" responded the skippe,
Of the Frank Jones IF you think oi
1t you might telephone to J. ]. Day
at 317 West Ninety.third street. thai
his wife is taking an unexpected rur
up to Albany and won't be back til
tomorrow.
The Red Cloud chief., 1911-11-02
Baby on Sand Bar.

Bittle unhitched his team in the barn
and placed the baby upon some hay
to continue her nap.
Returning in a few minutes the faith.
er and mother found the child had dis.
appeared. No trace of the little girl
could be found and the alarm was
given. In a short time neighbors were
securing the woods but the parents
were the successful ones. finding their
little one in the middle of the river.
quietly wading toward the opposite
bank. They called to her and she
turned to wave greeting to the
frightened parents. In short time
the child was rescued and placed in
the arms Of the mother. who tainted
when she saw her baby in the river.
To reach the river the child had
passed through a field OF corn and
walked about a mile and half. She
had crawled through. or climbed over
two high barbed wire fences without
a scratch to body or clothing. The
water was at least six feet deep for
about 20 feet next to the bank from
which the little girl had entered. She
was In water to her neck when discov.
cred by her parents and in a few feet
in front OF her was more deep water.
She either swan through the deep
water or hung on to log which float
ed her to the middle Of the stream. 1t
was evident though she had been in
water over her head for her hair was
wat