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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-04
4 SEED CORN. SPECIAL
Rua by the Burlington Railroad At
traCted Many Good Farmers to
Leon Last Saturday.

The Burlington's special seed
corn train visited Leon and other
Decatur county towns last Saturday
and Monday. The first stop in the
county was at Grand River Saturday
afternoon, where there was a big
crowd waiting to hear what the ex-
perts had to say about seed corn and
seed corn testing, and the two lec-
ture coaches were crowded to over
flow with interested farmers. The
next stop was at Van Vert, where
another splendid meeting was held
IN the coaches, quite number being
unable to get inside to hear the lec-
lures.
The special train reached Leon at
1880 o'clock, right on time. A.
engagements had been hurriedly made
to hold an uptown meeting, and
when word was received requesting
this, that good boster, G. M. Axes,
got busy, and with the help Of sew
eral others soon had arrangements
made to hold the meeting in the
court house. The X. P. band was
engaged to meet the train and as
soon as it arrived everyone bur-
ried to the court house, and in an
incredible short time the big court
room was literally packed, every seat
being occupied while many stood up
IN the aisles during the entire meet
ign
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-04
DIRECTIONS FOR TESTING SEED
CORN.

Make a box thirty inches wide,
four inches deep and of any length
which is desired. Use plenty of nails
in making this box so that the boards:
will not curl up when. wet. Soak orc;
busiel of sawdust for a box thirty
inches square. This sawdust should
be soaked over night in warm water.
Old sawdust which has stood in
pile or in an ice house over summer
is best, since new sawdust is liable
to heat and give an uneven test. An
easy way to soak the sawdust is to
put it in a gunny-sack and set the
sack into a tub or barrel of hot
water.
In the morning drain off the sur
plus water by hanging the sack of
sawdust up over the tub or barrel for
two or three hours while the chores
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-04
Grand Champion Ear Grown by
Ralph Dain, Hedrick.


put them in a barrel or carry them
Immediately to the barn or pig pen.
so that there will be no danger Of
their becoming mixed again with the
good ears.
Be sure to scald the cloths and
sawdust before using a second time.
so as to kill the mould developed in
the first test. This last applies to
any tester which is being used. Any
tester used should be scalded out
thoroughly before using second
time, because the mould which de-
velops in the first test will stay in
the tester and attack the kernel in
the second test. .
Save Strongest Ears For a Seed Plot.
Whenever an ear is found whose
kernels grew especially we'll in the
termination box, save that ear out
by itself. From the two or three or
four hundred such ears which the
average man will find select fifty or
sixty of the most solid ones of medi-
UNI size, having medium sized kerr
nels, and plant these on one side Of
the field from which to select the
seed during the last days of Septem-
Der next fall. BY doing this from
year to year a man can gradually
improve his seed corn.
After the strong ears have been
butted and tipped, shell each ear by
itself and sort the seed into two or
three grades, according to the size
of the kernel. If any cracked, mould
ed or pointed kernels are found, dis
card them before they are mixed with
ne good kernels. BY Smelling each
car by itself and sorting the kernels
according to size, better work can
be done than by Smelling it altogether
and running it through grader, be-
cause a grader does not sort long
kernels from short ones and the accu-
racy of dropping in the planter de-
ponds more on the length of the kerr
mel than either on the width or thick
ness. After the Smelling is done, the
shelled corn should be run through
grader, which will take out the
thick, blocky kernels and small round
ones which are found here and there
over the ears, even in the best of
seed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-04
The meeting was called to order b

~ The meeting was called to order by
G.. w. Hoffman, who did not take III
any time, as the stay of the train
State Agricultural College at Ames,
INN ediately unfolded his big charts
and got busy explaining all about
seed corn and the necessity of the
farmers of Iowa securing goot tested
seed for their corn crop this year
He is splendid talker and knows
all about seed corn and was able to
impart his knowledge so that his
hearers could understand what he
was talking about. It looked
mighty good to see the big court
room crowded with such large
number of our best farmers, and
they were not attracted by idle cur
iosity, but were anxious to hear the
question discussed by man who
makes it his business to learn all
there is to learn about the seed corn
question.
The special train was in charge of
Mr.. E. H. Hunter, the special repre-
sentative of the Burlington road at
Des Moines, and he is dandy. He
is experienced in the business, being
An old time operator and station
agent, and he kept everything NOV
ing right along on schedule time.
On the train were number Of good
speakers from the State Agriculture
NJ College at Ames, representatives
CT the Des Moines daily papers and
some of the railroad officials, includ-
ing Joe Hood, of Keokuk, travelling
freight and passenger agent. John
Ledgerwood, Of Clarke county, was
also on the train looking after every.
thing, for he is we'll acquainted in
every town visited by the special
The train was composed of two
audience coaches, an officers private
ear, Pullman sleeper and dining
car. The train went from Leon to
St. Joe Saturday night to spend Sun
day, and started in again at Mt. Ayr
Monday morning, making stops at
Lamont, Davis City and Garden
Grove, and at each place there was
a good attendance of farmers. The
seed corn special is arousing more
interest this year than ever before,
and Mr.. Hunter informed us he con-
sidered the melting held at Leon as
the best meeting they had held dur
ing the week.
The Reporter editor had an invi-
tation to accompany the train on it's
two days trip through Decatur coun-
ty, and we were sorry we could only
avail ourself of being with it from
Van Vert to Leon, but we had the
pleasure of meeting splendid lot
Of good fellows who are doing a
world of good in spreading the seed
aSrn gospel. ..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-04

It will be noted that only SO per
cent, or one-half of this corn was fit
for planting and that "a per cent, or
approximately one-third, was abso-
lutely dead
The Bailey Hardware Co. of Mason
City is making a termination test of
one hundred ears from each of a
large number of farmers in their
territory. They have reported sew
enteen cf these tests to be as shown
in table No. .. Six kernels were
tested from each of these ears.
Everyone can have good seed if
he will take care of it properly and
test each ear, throwing out all dead,
weak and moldy ears.
Every ear Of corn intended for
planting this May should be careful
ly tested during the next month. At
least six kernels should be tested
from each ear and only those ears
planted whose kernels all grew in the
termination box.
There are many ways of testing
seed corn. Several good patented
testers are on the market and can
be purchased by anyone wishing to
test. A homemade tester which viii;
do very satisfactory work and cost
NY a very few cents is described
below.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-04
Martins WAY,

1rishmen are inclined to word per.
version; but, says a writer, the follow
ing description of slow speech which
often degenerated into stammer
shows that occasionally they use the
best words possible in explaining a
thing:
ITS a quare sort Nv way Martin
talks" said Pat ITS as If he TUX the
wurds ont Nv his mout' an luked at
en- before be gives 'em to yea"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-04
Rich Find Of OpaIs.

A short time ago a party of three
miners came upon sensational find
Of opal in old ground at White Cliffs,
N. s. w. They came upon the stone
IL feet below the surface, lodged
round & massive boulder feet square.
1t is the biggest find unearthed for
years, and comprises some beautiful
stones.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-04
Got Away With Many NlckeJs.

With his pockets stuffed with nick
els, man was arrested in Mount Yer
non, N. Y, q few days ago, charged
with vagrancy. Puzzled at the jingling
sounds issuing from his garments, tho
police searched his clothes finding; to
their amazement, that 500 nickels were
slowed about his person. The prison
or then confessed that he had tapped
q nickel-in-the-slot machine and made
away with $40.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-04
TEST YOUR SEED CORN.
BY Prof. M. L. Mosher, Agricultural
Extension Department, Iowa
State College.

The general condition of the seed
corn to be planted in Iowa this
spring is bad. Those men who saved
their seed corn in September and
hung it up in a dry, we'll ventilated
place have good seed to plant this
spring, as a general rule, but those
who left their seed in the field until
iusking time will need to test their
corn very carefully and throw out
all bad ears in order to insure llav-
ing good seed.
have assisted in judging the corn
al a large number Of short course
schools in eastern and northern
Iowa during the past winter and
have talked with hundreds of farm
ers attending those schools. The
condition of the seed corn brought
in for the exhibits at the corn shows
ir connection with the short course
schools was unusually bad. In most
cases from one-fourth to one-half of
the ears had dead kernels in them.
The general impression among the
farmers attending the short course
schools was that seed will be very
scarce this spring.
At Cedar Falls forty-fve samples
Of corn were brought in to be used
in class room work. Six kernels were
tested from each ear and it was
found that there were only three
samples in all of the forty-five in
which there were no dead kernels.
There were eight or nine samples in
which every one of the sixty kernels
from the ten ears were dead.
"A similar test of forty-nine sam
Piles was made at Forest City. At
that place there was only one of the
ten ear samples in which there were
no dead kernels, and there were five
in which all sixty kernels were dead.
1t the junior corn contest held at
A'nes duri. 6 the first half of ANU
airy forty-seven ten-ear samples were
brought in from different parts of
the state. One would expect this
corn, brought in for exhibit purposes,
to be above the general average. The
condition of this seed is shown in
the following table:
Table No. determination Test of
Corn in Junior Show-Ames, 1912.
No.
~ cow Dot Dot Dat
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-04
Just Goes Out.

mother, when the fire goes out
where does It go?' asked child Of
her parent.
II don't know, DEAR" replied the
mother. you might Just as well ask
me where your father goes when he
00on nutp'
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04
WAS SORE GRAB8ER HIMSELF
Old Hebrew Had to Contend With
Greedy "lrishers" but He Got
the Turkey. ...
May 1st 1912

When it comes to grabbing fol
things, he is there with both hands,
remarked Alderman William O'Mal
ley. speaking of certain shrewd mer
:hant. 1T reminds me of a story.
One Of these good, old fashioned
Hebrews had occasion to attend par
ty, and, naturally his folks were curl
GUS to find out how he Jared.
There was pile Of Irishers there,
he said. There was the O'Malleys
the McCarthys, the McGinnisses. You
never in all your life saw so many
trishers together at one time except
Of course. on police force.
land then when they brought in
the dinner, those Irishers showed that
they We're the biggest hogs ever. There
was some fine turkey. and the way
they went for that turkey was scan
dalous. They stabbed here and they
stabbed there with their knives and
forks, until you couldn't see a thing
Of the turkey except the knives and
forks stabbing at them
"'You poor uncle said his little
niece, sympathetically. They must
have been awful hogs. Didn't you get
anything to eat?'
"'Surs did, but my hands were all
cut up milwaukee Wisconsin.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04
NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL
ESTATE

Notice is hereby given, Tna: in
pursuance of an order of the
District Court of the Fourth Ju-
dicial District in and for the
County of Elko, State of Nevada,
made on 24th day of April, 1912, in
the matter Of the estate of Myron
Pixley, all incompetent. the under
signed, the Guardian of the Estate
and Person of Myron PixIey, an
incompentent, will sell at private
sale. for cash payable on the day
Of the sale and subject to conirma-
tion by said District Court, on
'Friday. the 18th day Of May 1912,
at IL U'clock M. at the Office of
Henderson, Caine & Van Fleet in
the town of Elko. County of Elko,
State Of Nevada, all the right,
title, interest and estate of the
said Nyron Pixley acquired before
or after the order of the court
declaring said Myron Prixley an
incompentent in and TO all these
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04

In the Matte, of The Guardian
ship of Myron Pixley, An In
competer t.
Order to Show Cause.
1t appearing to this Court in a
Petition this day personally filed
by Saloma Pixley, the Guardian of
the person and estate OF Mvron
Pixley, an incompetent, praying
for an order of sale of certnin real
esteate belonging to sal ward,
that it is necessary and advantage
Gus to the estate of said ward that
said real estate should be sold.
1t is hereby ordered that the
next Of kin of said ward and all
persons interested in said estate
appear before this Court, on
Wednesday, the tewnty.second OF
May, 1912, at ten O'Clock a. m. in
the court room of this Court, at
the court house in the Town of
Elko, County of Elko, State of
Nevada, then and there to show
cause why an order should not be
granted for the sale of said real
estate dt private sale.
Said-real estate is described as
follows:
All those certain lots, pieces or
parcels of land. situate in the
Town Of Winnemucca, County of
Humboldt, State f Nevada, and
bounded and particularly descrihed
as follows, TO wit;
Lots Numbered One %, Two
(2) and Three (3) in Block
Number Twenty-throe (23), in the
lower town Of Winnemucca, as per
the official map of said town now
on file in the Office of the County
Recorder.
And it is further ordered that 8
copy of this order be published for
least fiften days before the sale
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04
TO WHOM It MAY CONCERN

Notice 10 hereby g ven that
Edgar Sadler of Diamond Valley,
Eureka County, Nevada, is hereby
appointed and designated sole ex-
elusive, agent and reperesentst tive
for the state of Nevs da of the
inte sest Of the Esta of Reinhold
Sadler. deceased. in the property
real and personal of said estate
situated and bsing ia the counties
IF Eureka, Elko and White Pine.
Counties. whether such property
be standing on the records of
either said Counties in the name of
the said deceased or whether il be
included in what is claimed to be
and designated as the Huntington
and Diamond Valley Stock aud
Land Company, IA California; corr
por alton and that said Edgar
Sadler IL hereby designated and
appointed as the sole and exclusive
representative of the interest of said
Reiahold Saoler. deceased. and by
him owned and standing upon the
books Of said corporation in his
name at the date of his death.
Louise Sadler
Administre tix of the Estate OF
Reinhold Sadler, deceased.
Carson City, Nevada. Sept. l8,
1906.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04

Southeast quarter (SE3 of .SE1)
OF Section Thirty (30) Townshir
Thirty four (34) North, Rf.ape
Flfty-five (55) East, M. D. M. r1r.
tanning forty. acres ano situa,s.,
within Elko County, Nevada,
Any and all persons claiminp an.
verSely the lands described, or r..
string to object because Of the min.
eral characterof the land, or for
any other re'sor, to the disposal
to applicant, should file. their affi.
daVlts of pro'es, in this office; nm
or before the s15th Gay of May,
1912.
Louis j. Cohn, Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
THE FOURTH JUDICIAL. DIS
TRlCT OF THE STATE OF NE.
VADA. IN AND FOR THF
COUNTY OF ELKO
In the Matter of the Estate OF
Mary Lytton, Deceased.

In the Matter of the Estate of
Mary Lytton. Deceased.
Notice to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned, Edward R. Lytton.
was by an order of the District
Court of the Fourth Judicial
District of tie State ofNevada, in
and for the County of EIko, duly
made and entered on the 18th dsj
Of April, A. D. 1912, duly ap-
pointed executor of the last Will
and Testament of Mary Lytton,
deceased, and THAT he has duly
qualified as such executor.
Notice is also given that all per-
sons having claims against the said
estate must file them with the
proper vouchers attached with the
Clerk Of the above entitled Court
within three months Of tie first
publication of this notice or they
will be forever barred.
Dated at Elko, Nevada, this 18th
day of April, A. D. 1912.
Edward B. Lytton.
Executor of the Ia Will and
Testament of Mary Ly'ton.
Deceased.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04

certain lots. pieces or parcels of
land situate, lying, and being in
the said town of Elko. County of
Elko, State of Nevada. anu bounded
and described as follows to wit:
Lot number oneU) and that
half of lot number two (2) which
adjoins said lot number one ID
along the whole course thereof; all
in Block Seventeen (l7) in said
town of Elko as shown Oh she
official plat thereof; said property
being thirty-seven and one-half
(378) feet in width and extending.
from Sixth street in front back
to the alley in the rear OF said pre-
misses. Together with all the
buildings and Improvement thereon
and all tenements, hercditam ents
and appurtenances thereunto be-
longing.
Terms and, Conditions of Sale:
Cash gold coin of the United States
$4,000 payable on the day of sale.
Deed at expense of purchaser.
ESaloma Pixley
Guardian of the Estate and Person
of Myron Pixley, an incompetent.
Dated this oath day of April 1912.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Serial 04994
Department of the interior,
u. S. Land Office at Carson City,
Nevada
Aprill 5, 1912,
Notice is hereby given that
Emmett L. Bachman, of Tuscarora
Nevada, who, on May 5, 1910.
made Homestead Entry, No. O4994
for SW4 NE4, SE4 NW4 and NJ
SW3, Section 2, Township IS
North, Range So f. NJ, D.
Meridian, has filed notice of in
tention to make Final commuts-
tioa Proof. to establish claim to
the land above described before
E. P. Carville, u. S. Commissioner,
at Elko, Nevada, on the 28th day
of May, 1912.
Claiment names as witnesses:
Frank Wardrop, Joe Sizemore,
Ralph Schni idt and Charles A..
Baker all Of Tuscarora, Nevada.
Louis J. Cohn Register.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04
OFFICIAL TAX NOTICE For THE
SECOND INSTALLMENT OF
TAXES FOR THE YEAR
OF 1911
Elko, Nevada, April 26. 1912.

Elko, Nevada, April 26. 1912.
In compliance with Sections 3644
and 1864 Of Revised Laws of Ne
vada 1912 Volume l, Notice is
hereby given that the State,
County and other taxes for the
year 1911 upon which, are due
the second Installment is now due
and payable at my office in the
town Of Elko, Nevada, and if not
paid prior to the first Monday, the
3rd day, of June 1912 the same
will be delinquent and ten per
cent be added thereto together
with the Cost Of advertising and
Sl-00 for Auditors certificate.
M. H. Miller,
County Treasurer & Ex-Officio
Tax Receiver in and for EIkC
County, Nevada.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04
HIaher Than NIanara

Far up Potaro river in British Gut.
ana are the Kaieteur falls. among the
most wonderful in the world and
among the least known. Though dis
covered forty years ago. the falls have
been visited very seldom by white
men. yet they are five times as high
as Niagara
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
oerlaI UZII2
Department of The Interior,
j. ) and Office at Carson

Department of The Interior,
j. and Office at Carson
City, Nevada. April Is, 1912.
MOTT. E is hereby riven that
Mamie E. Mckee. of Lee. Nevada,
who. on March Is, 1907, made
Homestead Entry No. 1924, Serial.
No. O2ll2. for NE4 NW4 and NJ
NE4, Section 10. Township 81 N,
Range, 81 E. M D. Meridian, has
filed notice of intention to make
final five year Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
before E. P. Carvllle, U. S. Com
missioner, at EIko, Nevada, on the
22nd day of May, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses:
P. }. Ogilvie, Mrs. P. j OgiIvie
Arthur Drown anu Olive Ogilive all
Of Lee, Elko County, Nevada.
Louis J. Cohn,
Register
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04
NO 1O6
Appreciation.

Appreciation.
IF were to die suppose you
would marry young woman?"
Thanks
why do you thank me?"
+ For complimenting me by suppos-
ing that could get young woman to
have me after the wear and tear I've
had to suffer-
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04

date of hearing. in the Daily
Independent, daily newspaper
printed and published in the Town
Of Elko, County of Elko, State of
Nevada.
E. j. L. Taber.
District Judge
Nav 1St 1919
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
06904
Carson City, Nevada, Land Office.
March FL. 1912.
NOTICE is hereby given that
Chauncey W. Griswold, of Elko,
County Of Elko. Stat of Neva Ia.
has filed in this office his appIira
ti"n to enter under the provisions
If Sections 23c6 R. S. U. S. the
following described lar d, viz:
The Southeast quarter Of the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1912-05-04

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
'CHE FOURTH JUDICIAL DIS
TRlCT OF THE STATE OF
NEVADA. IN AND FOR THE
COUNTY OF ELKO.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-11-14
LuCrezzia Rori Makes a Big
Hit in Premiere of PuCCini'S
"Manon LeSCaut."

Atlanta operagoers may hear a new
star soprano next spring when the Met
ropolitan Opera Company plays its
fourth engagement at the Auditorium
and its only one outside New York.
Nine Lucrezzia Bori. a petite Spanish
prima donna. made her American debut
at the Metropolitan Tuesday night
singing the title role in "Manon Les
caut," and the New York musical crit
les gave her high praise. She IS eX-
pected to take front rank among the
sopranos of the Metropolitan and the
Atlanta season will probably bring her
to the South.
The opening of the opera season in
New York was the most notable in
years. and the prospects for success
both financially and in the presentation
Of new operas, are unusually good.
There are to be a number OF revivals
and several operas which have never
been sung in America.
\ new conductor, Giorei9 Polacco.
was also presented on the first night
and will take his place among the
Italian leaders of the season.
Fraulein F'reda Hempel. the Ger
man soprano recently engaged for her
first American season, will arrive in
New York in a few days. and in case
a German opera is included in the
repertoire for the Atlanta season she
may be heard here.
"The Manon Lescaut" chosen for the
opening opera is not the well known
"Manon" Of Massanet, sung here by the
French Opera Company several sea
sons ago. bat Puccinis work. written
around the same theme. the story by
Provost. Caruso and Scott had the
principal tenor and baritone roles.