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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
A Contemplate Theft.

Mr.. P. B. Walker, the enterprising
proprietor of the Leon Ice Cream Co.,
is greatly handicapped in his work as
the result of a contemplate theft.
During the winter Mr.. Walker NOV
ed his large building from the old
location near the old depot to a
new location just east of the new
depot, and when he went to put up
the hangers, pulleys and shafting in
the new factory he found that some
contemplate thief had stolen tie en-
tire outfit. They were far too heavy
to be carried away by boys. and a
wagon was evidently used to haul
the property away. Mr.. Walker is at
loss to know the motive of the
thief, whether it was for the purpose
of trying to cripple his business or to
sell the stuff for old junk, but he will
pay very liberal reward for infor-
nation which will lead to the recCv-
cry of the property and the arrest
and conviction OF the guilty parties.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
New School Law Passed.

The present session of the legisla-
ture has passed the following act and
all that is necessary to make 1t law
is the endorsement of the governor.
"Section 1. Any person of school
age, who is a resident Of school
corporation not fully accredited by
the department of public instruc-
ton or the state board of education,
and who has completed the course of
study offered in such school corpora
tion may be permitted to attend the
nearest partially or wholly accredlt-
ed high school that will receive him
under the conditions and provisions
of Section Two of this act.
"Section 2. Any person applying
for admission to any high school un-
der the provisions of this act shall
present to the officials of said high
school a certificate from the presi-
dent or secretary of the school cor
poration in which he resides stating
that the said applicant is of school
age and that he is resident of said
school corporation, which certificate
sbssli4he issued on application there
for. He shall also present certiti-
cate signed by the county superinten-
dent showing proficiency in the COM
mon school branches, reading, Or
biography, arithmetic, physiology,
grammar, civics, geography, United
States history, penmanship and mus
ic; provided, however, that such per-
son may be admitted to any grade in
such high school upon his passing a
satisfactory examination before the
officers thereof, or under their di-
rection.
"Section 3. The school corpora
ttion in which such student resides
shall pay to the treasurer of the
scnool corporation in which such
student shall be permitted to enter,
a tuition fee equal to the average
cost of tuition and the average pro-
portion of contingent expenses in the
high school department in the latter
corporation during the time he so
attends, not exceeding, however,
total period of four (4) school years.
Such payment to be made out of the
teachers fund and contingent fund of
the debtor corporation"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
The Bulk Sales Bill,

The bulk sales bill which had pres
viously passed the house was adopted
in the senate one day last week by
a vote of 33 to T. 1t requires the re-
taller to give the wholesaler ten days
notice of his intention to sell his
stock in bulk. x
The object of this requirement Is,
merely to make it harder for the re-
taller to swindle the jobber or manu-
facturer who trusts him. This is a
purpose with which we should all
sympathiZe and which the state
should aid. Yet the bill had a hard
fight, for reasons thus tersely stated
by the Dubuque Times-J ournal:
"It was defeated by two former
general assemblies. Country bank,
ers and their lawyers were against it..
because it diminished the advantage
they enjoyed from their proximity to
the retailers in their, own towns
They made some farmers in the leg.
islature believe for a time that the
bill would require the farmer in debt
to give ten days notice of his intenzs
ton to make a sale"
The effects of the lack of such a
measure are thus truthfully depicted
by the same paper:
Iowa is one of the few states
which have been without a law OH
this subject In consequence this
state has been a paradise for the
crook who buys a stock of goods and
sells it to a confederate, an innocent
purchaser, who proceeds to hold q
sacrifice sale and puts the proceeds
into his own pocket, leaving the real
owner of the goods to whistle for his
money and perhaps pay damages for
wrongful attachment of what was in
morals his own property"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
MOTOR VEHICLE BILL PASSED IN
THE SENATE.
Providing For Minimum Yearly Tax
of $8.OO-GOes to Governor for
Signing.

Des Moines, April Good roads
and automobile legislation of sweep
ing effect and big Importance was ac-
complished yesterday morning when
the senate passed the house bill by
Kulp, of Palo Alto, by vote of 38 to
5. The new law fixes minimum an
nual registration tax of $500 on
automobiles and 40 cents additional
for each horsepower above 20, of
SIS on electric automobiles, and
SO on motorcycles.
For the making of good roads the
law provides that IS per cent of the
funds accruing from this tax shall be
returned to the various counties and
that each county shall use it's share
of the fund for dragging, grayeling,
|crowning and matchmaking country
roads and for the building of perman-
ent culverts. 1t is estimated that the
total of funds arising from this tar
will be beween 100000 and $780,
900. 1t is levied in lieu of all local
taxes on motor vehicles.
Power is delegated to city and
towns to fix a maximum rate OF
speed for automobiles, but it is pro-
vided that this rate shall in no case
be less than 10 miles an hour.
For an intoxicated person to drive
an automobile is made disdemeanor
under this new law.
1t is provided, also, that persons
four times convicted under the pro-
vision of the law may be deprived of
the right to drive automobiles for six
months.
If man is arrested under the pro-
visions Of the law, it is provided that
he may put up his autOmo obile as bail
for his appearance. a.
Severe penalties are provided as
punishment for violations.
AS the result of an amendment by
Adams, of Fayette, the new law max
es rule that speed of rs miles an
hour or over shall be deemed neither
prudent nor careful in case of injury
to Others
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
1900 LEAVE IOWA.
Record of Removals From State in
p One Month.

According to figures secured from
Des Moines railroad offices, 1,l42
people have left Iowa and Des Moines
during the month of March to make
their homes in Canada, California,
Washington, Oregon, Montana and
the Dakotas. That many one-way
tickets for settlers have been sold
through Des Moines offices. Although
this is a large number, ticket agents
say that business is poorer this
spring than any year for some time.
According to data secured about
twice as many Iowa people left the
state during the month of March
last year.
There is no way of obtaining ac-
curate information regarding the
number who left Iowa last month, ="
said one agent, "as a great number
Of these low fare tickets were sold
in other Iowa towns. should judge
that there were about 1900 who left
to make their homes in Texas and
the west
About 200 left the country to take
up land in Canada, great number
less than last year. The largest num-
ber bought tickets to California. OF
course there were approximately 695.
The rest of the tickets were pur-
chased by settlers going to Montana,
North and South Dakota, Oregon;
Washington and Texas, fifty going
to Texas.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
Iowa Weather Records.

The normal temperature in Iowa
is 47.8 degrees.
The warmest year on record was
1894, when the mean temperature
was 49.7 degrees.
The coldest year was 1898, with a
mean temperature of 45.7 degrees.
The normal annual precipitation is
31.58 inches.
Wettest year 1892, with total pre-
cipitation of 1882 inches.
Driest year 1910, with total pre-
cipitation of 1887 inches.
Average annual snowfall (unmelt-
ed), 30.1 inches.
Greatest annual snowfall, 40
inches, in 1909.
Least annual snowfall, 1872 inches,
in 1894.
Average number Of days with .01
inch or more precipitation, 80.
Prevailing wind direction, north
west.
Average number of clear days,
1874; partly cloudy, 104; cloudy, 81.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
You Must Give Half the Road Going
Either Way.

The following is new law which
the present legislature has passed
and it provides that when team or
auto overtakes another team or auto
and desires to pass them, the one in
front must give half of the road, the
same as il they were going in op-
posite directions. The bill is House
File No. IA, and has passed both the
senate and the house and will be-
come law as soon as signed by Gov
ernor Carroll. We publish it so that
all may become acquainted with the
new law and not get into trouble by
failing to observe it's provisions:
For an act to repeal Section Fiji
teen Hundred Sixty-nine G569) of
the passing of Vehicles on Public
Highways.
Be it Enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Iowa:
Section 1. That Section Fifteen
Hundred Sixty-nine of the Code he
and the same is hereby repealed and
the following enacted in lieu thereof:
"Whenever a person on horseback
or in vehicle, or operating motor
vehicle, shall meet on public high
way another person on horseback Or
in a vehicle, including motor ve-
hicle, such person shall turn to the
right SO as to pass without t1terfef>
ence, giving at least half of the road
way, when possible. Whenever any
person on horseback, or in vehicle,
or operating a motor vehicle, shall
overtake another person on horse
back, or in a vehicle, or operating a
motor vehicle, such person so over
taken shall upon signal or relIest,
turn to the right, allowing free pas
sage on the left, when possible. Fail
ure to comply with the provisions
hereof shall make the delinquent
liable for all damages resulting there
from, and also liable to fine in any
sum not to exceed one hundred dol
lars ($100), and costs of prosecu-
tion and shall stand committed to the
county Jail until such fine and costs
are paid, as provided by law. No
prosecution shall be instituted ex-
cept upon complaint of the person
wronged."
The above bill has passed both
houses of the legislature and is now
awaiting the signature of the gov
ernor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
YOU CAN MARRY AGAIN
The Supreme Tribunal of the State
of Iowa Has New Construction
of the Iowa Divorce Law.

Here's news for the Iowa man or
woman who has been divorced in this
state and who is estopped from again
embarking on the matrimonial sea
by the terms of the decree:
A brand new and important inter-
probation of the divorce laws of the
state was made by the supreme court
recently in an opinion handed down
in a case brought by Josiah Dudley
against Luella M. Dudley-Mullin to
modify a decree of divorce.
The gist of the opinion Of the court
is that person can be divorced in
l>--s state; then 60 to Nebraska and
be married and return and live in
Iowa, without violating the Iowa law
which forbids divorces from remar-
rying within one year.
The court holds that the effect of
the law is only territorial, and that
Mrs. Dudley did not violate either
the law of Iowa or the law of Nebras-
ka, when after her divorce from Dud-
ley she went into Nebraska few
weeks later and married Mullin, to
return almost Immediately to Iowa
to live.
Dudley based the action against
his former wife on the ground that
she was not divorced and that she
had violated the laws of Nebraska,
which are similar to the Iowa divorce
laws.
He sought to have the original de-
cree modified so that he could have
the custody of their child.
1t was contended that inasmuch as
the Iowa divorce laws prohibit di-
vorcees from remarrying within one
year, and the Nebraska laws prohibit
likewise, that she had violated the
terms of her divorce decree. The
high court places a different con-
struction on the law, however.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
At the NJ. E. Church.

Superintendent w. S. Nye has been
On the sick list for some days, and
was unable to be present last Sun
day. The Sunday school was large
and the interest good.
On last Friday evening Mrs. A. c.
Voelker and the pastor entertained
their classes in the basement of the
church. A general good time was
the verdict.
DR.. A. L. King, Of Panora, gave a
very interesting lecture on Palestine
last Sunday evening.
Next Sunday is Tuberculosis Day,
and will be observed in many places
The pastor will present this theme
Sunday evening at 8 O'Clock.
The Epworth League will hold its
monthly business meeting and social
next Tuesday evening at the home nf
Mr.. and MRS. D. L. Twyman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
lilies.

With the approach of the summer
months there will come the usual
number of Aies There was a time
when flies were considered absolute
ly essential to health. 1t was argued
that they devoured the waste from
sewers and decaying vegetables and
thereby had a tendency to increase
the healthfulness of the community,
but in the course of time investiga-
ton proved that flies are carriers of
disease. They are everywhere. They
are no respector of, persons. Their
breeding place is in stable offal and
filth. Upon their dainty little feet
they carry myriads of germs. When
they get their feet fully loaded with
these microbes they proceed to walk
over your cake, your pie, your meat,
your potatoes, your bread and any
thing else that touches their fancy
and which they think will probably
be good to eat. This means that
whenever you permit filth to accum-
.ulate around your premises you are
exposing yourself, your family, your
neighbor and his family to some
form of disease. 1t means that when
your genial grocer sells you fruit
and vegetables that have been set
ting out in front of his place of busi-
ness and that have not been properly
protected from the flies he is selling
you something that will in all prob
ability carry some form of sickness
to you or your family. The same is
also true of your butcher, your baker,
your restaurant and your hotel man.
An ounce of prevention is worth
pound of cure, and if you desire to
prevent occurrences of this kind it
stands you in hand to see that your
alleys are clear of filth and decaying
vegetable matter, to see that your
stable is kept in sanitary condition,
see that screens are on your doors
and windows and to keep your Office
free from flies and dirt.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
Borrowing Their Reading.

One of our regular subscribers re-
marked to us last Saturday that he
wished there was a law which pre-
vented his neighbors from borrowing
his Reporter. He said they hardly
got The Reporter out of the mail
box until a neighbor came to borrow
it, saying they failed to receive their
paper. And there was perhaps a
good reason why they did not re-
ceive the paper, and that was be-
cause they had allowed their SUI
scription to become year in arrears,
and the postoffice authorities will not
allow us to mail the paper to any
one who is year in arrears. Some
people think it easier to borrow their
neighbor's paper than to pay for their
own, so if you are bothered lending
your paper you will know that the
borrower has not paid for their
paper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
Former Clearfield Banker Goes to Des
MOineS.

Grant McPherrin, former presi-
dent of the First National Bank at
Clearfeld, Iowa, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
l. N. McPherrin, of Leon, after look
ing over California as place of resi-
dence and for business investment,
declares Iowa looks best to him and
has come back to the Hawkeye state
to re-invest his money and will prob
ably engage in the banking business
in Des Moines. He admits the tax
on moneys and credits impelled him
to seek a location outside of Iowa,
and that the removal of the tax dur
ing the recent legislature was largely
responsible for his determination to
re-invest his money in Iowa. He be-
lieves that a great many Iowans who
have made their home in California
will return to the state. California
is a great playground" he says,
but for a man who wants to engage
in substantial business Iowa OUT
classes the western state" &.ss.s. Ne
Mr.. and Mrs. McPherrin will make
their home at the Victoria hotel
Moines Capital.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
What Makes Trade Territory.

The trade territory of town is
not all dependent upon the distance
to neighboring trading points, says an
exchange. The territory depends up
on the enterprise of the merchants
and the residents of the town. If a
town does not reach out after the
trade it comes only as it has to, and
it will grow as it is forced to, but if
the merchants go after business in
the surrounding country trade will
come from an ever increasing radius,
the town will gain a reputation for
being awake, and it will forge to the
front. 1t is the men in town and not
altogether the men living within a
certain number of miles from it that
makes the town.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
An Extra Sunday.

In the year in which we are now
shutting along, there will be all told,
fifty-three Sundays one more than
usual in a year. AS it has been 10
year since the like has happened be-
fore and will be 10 years before it
will occur again, it is a good deal
like the much talked of comet which
passed along last year only so far as
we have heard this extra Sunday is
not provided with deadly tail which
is filled with all sorts of poisonous
gases, which threatens the lives OF
all living. creatures, like the comet
did. -.. T..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
Craig, ]. H. Evans and DR.. H. R
Layton. Interment was in the Leon
cemetery
Corydon %; Leon 30.

The Leon High School track team
went to Corydon Saturday to COM
pete with the Corydon High School
in a field meet, but Corydon was too
strong for our boys, piling up 90
points while Leon secured but 80,
Corydon has a strong team, while
the Leon team had not worked up to
their best. The Leon team goes to
Lamont on Saturday of this week to
compete in the field meet at that
place.
The following were the point win.
ners for Leon at Corydon:
Bryant Sears, 1st in broad jump,
1st in nigh jump, 3rd in shot
put IL
Leland Lutz, 1st in high hurdles,
3rd in low hurdles. :. ........ 6
Raymond McMorris, 1st in half
Maurice Grogan, End discus, 3rd
Delos Ackerley, 3rd in 100 yard,
3rd in 440 yard .......... 2
Sam CARRIER, 3rd broad jump. -.
Floyd Van Nostrand, 3rd in pole
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27

H. C. Sigler, established the first
bank at Leon. In 1871 this bank
was merged with the First National
Bank, and Mr.. Sigler became cash
ier. In 1876 Mr.. Sigler and D. & A.
B. Stearns, of Garden Grove, bought
out the stockholders in the National
Bank and the Farmers & Traders
Bank was started by them, Mr.. Sig
ler continuing as cashier until the
bank was sold to it's present owners
in January, 1894, when he retired
from the banking business and has
since that time been engaged in the
Insurance business. During the many
wears he was cashier of the bank it
did a big business and was rated as
one of the leading institutions OF
southern Iowa. In his capacity as
cashier of the bank he had complete
charge of it, and many a successful
businessman and farmer owes in
great measure his present prosperity
to financial favors extended by Mr..
Sigler. He was always one OF our
most public spirited men, ever ready
to do anything in his power to as
sist in the upbuilding of Leon and
Decatur county. For many years he
had been an active worker in church
affairs, and especially in the M. e.
Sunday school, working incessantly
for the children, and for many years
he was superintendent. His loss in
the Sunday school work will be
especially hard to fill. The writer
of these lines became acquainted
with Mr.. Sigler when we first came
to Leon, almost twenty-five years
ago, and we have always found him
staunch friend, both in a business
and personal nature. His death is
great shock and sorrow to not only
his hundreds of personal friends but
to the entire community.
Lyman Perry Sigler, son of John
and Huldah Sigler. was born at Mid
dletown, Marion county, Ohio, May q,
1848, died at his home in Leon,
Iowa, April %, 1911, at the age of
6z years, II months and 16 days.
He came west with his father in
1863, and located at Garden Grove,
where he lived until 1869, when he
moved to Leon, and has resided in
this city from that time. He was
united in marriage to Miss Fanny B.
Arnold at Garden Grove, on Aug. II,
1872, and for thirty-nine years they
have resided in the residence on
south Main street where he died.
One son was born to them, Ralph A.,
who resides in Leon. He is survived
besides the beloved wife and son, by
four sisters, Mrs. S. H. Barnes, of
California; Mrs. w. H. Jennings, of
Garden Grove; Mrs. J. J. Evans and
Mrs. I. N, McPherrin, of Leon.
Funeral services were held at the
M. E. church on Wednesday safter-
noon at $3.50 o'clock, conducted by
Rev. E. M. Hoff, pastor of the Leon
M. E.. church. The floral offerings
were many and beautiful, among
them being floral pieces from the M.
e. Sunday school, the Epworth
League, the Momen's Guild, and
many personal friends, mute trib-
ute of their love for the deceased.
The pail bearers were DR.. j. w.
Rowell, v. r. McGinnis, o. q. Hull,
r.. II. Sharp; J. r. Bowsher and E.
!. II. Alexander. The honorary pail
bearers were ]. +. Penniwell, ). D.
Brown, James Grandstaff, w. w.
r = ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
Fair Warning.

The editor Of the Fremont Gazette
publishes this unique notice in regard
to the chicken nuisance with which
all towns are afflicted: %>
To Mr.. Rooster and Mrs. Hen: ss
The editor of this paper contem-
plates putting in some garden this
week and next and takes this method
of warning the old hen with her big
feet and the rooster with the large
crow that if they are seen on the
aforesaid garden that they will be
summarily dealt with. This warning
is final. Govern yourselves accord
ingly, chickens.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
Prof. Reed Goes to OsceOla.

Prof. F. P. Reed, who for several
years has been superintendent of the
Garden Grove public schools, was
last week elected as superintendent
of the Osceola schools at nice in
crease in salary. Prof, Reed has
built up the Garden Grove schools to
a high standard and the people of that
town are very sorry to have him
leave, but the salary offered at Osce.
ola was too large for Garden Grove
to pay.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
Presbyterian Notes.

There will be meeting at the
church Thursday night at o'clock,
and there should be q good attend
ance, as some matters of Importance
will come before the meeting.
Sunday school at 9:45; Junior
Endeavor at 8; Senior Endeavor at
Z o'clock. F. P. Allen, Supt.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
Death of Mrs. Henry Underwood

Mrs. Henry Underwood died at
her home a short distance east of
Davis City last Wednesday evening,
after an illness of only few days
with pneumonia. Her death is re-
gretted by large circle of very
warm friends, for she was dear old
lady.
Her husband did not long survive
her, passing away Sunday night, and
was buried on Tuesday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
Marriage Licenses.

w. L. Foster, Woodburn.
Jennie J. Toll, Humeston.
j. q. Gosselin, Soldier, Idaho. i
Mamie H. Toll, Humeston. \.
Stephen H. Marble, Pleasanton
Laura Alice still. Leon =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
Baptist Church.

There will be two days meeting
at Palestine church on Saturday and
Sunday, April 29th and 30th, COM
mencing at $3.50 Saturday morning.
Regular basket dinner. on Sunday.
Everybody is invited to come to these
meetings 5@ ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27
w. H. Coulter's Famous Circus.

The w. H. Coulter Circus will ex-
|hibit in Leon on Thursday, May 4th.
Grand free street parade at IL
O'Clock noon. 80 81 b. Is
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1911-04-27

When q woman gets rigged out
with q new lid and gown, the calls
she has been neglecting begin to
bother her conscience. sss