The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-17
T. A. Elwell.-W. T. Shakespeare,

| LdluOul.
Best single ear yellow corn-Box
cigars. $1.75, Fulton & Stout. Bug
gy whip, H. A. Wright. Branna-
man, Grand River.
| Best single ear white corn-Gold
Medal flour, VanNostrand Bros. 2
chickens, j. T. Tharp.-W. T.
Shakespeare, Lamont.
| Sweepstakes, white or yellow
corn-One club bag, $1,000, Leon
Clothing Co. Stall room, SO cents,
Jake Martin.-Joseph Shakespeare,
| Lamont.
| Sweepstakes, best single ear-One
pair Douglass shoes, Arthur Forbes.
II. Brannaman, Grand River.
Best fifty ears yellow corn-Set
silver knives and forks, CrichtOn 4
Son.-B. Brannaman, Grand River.
Best fifty ears white corn-Rug,
$3.50, Hurst Bros.-W. T. Shake
speare, Lamont.
Best ten ears pop-corn-One doz.
half tone photos, G. M. Harris
Geo. Cotterill, Leon.
Best one-half bushel oats-Four
seed corn racks, Barry & Son
Chester Leighty, Garden Grove.
Second best one-half bushel oats
One years subscription to Deca-
tur County Jounrnal.-M. G.. Free
1 stone, Decatur.
Best one-half bushel wheat-Mer-
chandise, $500, Stempel 4 Cher
rington.-J. H. Hill, Decatur.
/ Second best one-half bushel of
4 wheat-One years subscription to
Leon Reporter.-A. G. George, Leon.
Poultry,
I The poultry was judged by G. W.
! Reeder, manager of the Leon Or
! pingtons, who had some of his fine
/ poultry on exhibition, but did not
4 enter them for any of the prizes.
Best pen White Orpingtons-One
ladies handbag, $1,000, Bell & Rob
! inson.-A. J. Cummins, first. Will
! bur Miller, second. Leland Acker-
ley, third.
| Best pen Wyandottes-Ladies
hat, $500, Jessica Pryor.-Will
i Chastain, first. John Gates, second.
Best pen Rhode Island Reds
Ladies auto scarf, IS cents, H. L.
Long. Cash, $500, John Harris
! Claude Ogilvie, first.
| Best pen Leghorns-Cash $500,
Geo. Sanger, first. Frank Chas-
! tain, second. George Sanger, third.
| Highest scoring pen-Violin and
bow, $500, W. A. Alexandria,.
J.. Cummins on White Orpingtons.
/! Best Plymouth Rocks-Frank
Chastain, first; Will Chastain, second
, Fruit.
! Best plate of apples-One silver
filling, $500, Br. West.-Moses
Powers, Decatur.
Best display of apples-One pair
shoes, $500, F. N. Hansell. Two
oyster stews, Mrs. S. X. Carmean.-
Lewis Cannon, Leon.
{. Best plate of pears-One sack of
flour-A. NJ. Caster. One gallon
cylinder oil, E. w. Teale.-F. w.
Cummins, Leon.
Second best plate of pears-One
sack of -four, Harry Bradfield. Horse
shoeing, 80 cents, Craig & Son.
Stephen Grouse.
Butter, Etc.
First premium on three pound
roll of butter-Rocking chair, $7.75,
F. S. Stewart.-Miss Marie Cum Minis
Leon.
Second premium on butter-La-
dies hat, $4.00, Madaline Caffrey.-
Mrs. Chas. Ryan, Leon.
Best pumpkin pie, girls under 16
years of age-Ten Idle Hour theatre
tickets.-Marie Goodman.
Second best pumpkin pie-Twen-
ty loaves bread, Guy Stark.-Hazel
Mullin, Leon.
On Friday evening the annual de-
clamatory contest of the rural
schools of Decatur county was held
at the opera house, good sized
audience being in attendance, and
the program was an interesting one,
there being twelve contestants, and
there would have been larger list
had the roads been so that the con-
testants from remote townships in
the county could have reached Leon.
There were three gold medals to be
awarded, and the decision of the
judges, Prof. o. M. Gass and Misses
Pardun and Shontz, all of the
faculty of the Leon High School,
gave eminent satisfaction to the
audience. Each of the contestants
did we'll, and there was marked
improvement over former cantests,
showing that these contests are
bringing good results in all parts of
the county. The first prize was
ter township, the second to Clara
Graham, of Hamilton township, and
the third to Dossie Akers, of Decatur
township. The program of the ev-
ening was as follows:
Invocation. Rev. Guy j. Fansher
Jim Wolf and the Cats Dossie Akers
Waking the Younguns. Mary Beavers
What the Little Girl Said.
Marjorie Brown
vocal SOLO
The Night has Thousand Eyes"
Miss Ollie Foxworthy
Calip's Courtship. Florence Davis
On the Other Train. Lulu Dennis
Nilkense's Movin'. .Laila Edwards
The Factory Cow y. Clara Graham
Teacher, Teacher, Teacher. $500.
.......... Elberta Grenewalt
An Uninvited Guest at a Dinner
Party Lloyd Hamilton
The Soul of the Violin.
......s... Lucetta Kyle
Pillar Fight. Arthur Young
Helen's Baby. ..... Jessie Young
The attendance at the teachers
meeting on Saturday was also cut