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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
Earl Jenree Killed at Charlton.

Earl Jenree, a nephew OF Mr.. and
Mrs. w. w. Craig of this city, and
of C. H. Jenree, of st. Joe, was inv
stantly killed by being run over by
his train while switching in the
yards at Charlton last Wednesday.
The deceased was employed as
brakeman on the Burlington road,
and for some time had a run on the
Des Moines-Cainsville branch. He
was very popular among the rail-
road employees and was a model
model young man. He was married
in this city little over a year ago,
and for a time lived at GAINESVILLE,
but later was transferred to run
on the main line and removed to
Creston. He was the son Of Frank
Jenree, who now lives at Gary, Ind
His body was taken through Leon
to GAINESVILLE last Thursday, and on
Friday a large number of his rail-
road friends passed through here
going to GAINESVILLE to attend the
funeral. The floral Offerings were
the finest ever seen in GAINESVILLE.
The following account of the sad
accident is taken from the Charlton
Herald-Patriot:
A terrible accident occurred in the
yards near the round house at this
place, yesterday noon, which cost
Brakeman H. Earl Jenree his life
Way freight No. go, in charge Of
Conductor Walter Brown, was just
pulling into Charlton, when his
brakeman, Jenree, walked across a
fiat car and started to get on a re-
frigerator car next to it. He lost his
footing and fell. but grabbed the
steps on the refrigerator car and
hung on for minute, being dragged
several feet when he lost his hold
and fell under the wheels, being in
mangled, his head being completely
severed from his body and one arm
almost cut off. The remains were
taken to Melville's undertaking par
lors and an inquest was held by
Coroner John Stanton. A jury, COM
posed of Messrs. w. B. E. Lusk,
John Gookin and E. H. Perry re-
turned a verdict of accidental death,
no blame being attached to any per-
son. The terrible accident was wit
messed by Yardmaster Chas. Jones.
Deceased was about 35 years of age
and resided at Creston. He is sur
vived by his wife and a little baby
daughter, Margaret, aged three
months. Mrs. Jenree is sister of
Mrs. Fred Roberts of this city, and
in response to message conveying
the awful news to her she arrived
here last evening on No. 4. Mr..
Jenree was a nephew of Brakeman
Clarence Jenree, of St. Joe, formerly
of this city, and who came in here
yesterday on his regular run. De-
ceased is spoken of in the highest
terms by his associates, and his
tragic death is deeply deplored. His
wife is almost prostrated with grief
and will have the sympathy of this
entire community.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
Mt. Ayr Criminal Cases to be Tried
Mt Leon.

Decatur county has done nothing
much but try big criminal cases for
the past year in the district court,
and now we are to have some out
side cases thrust upon us. At the
session of the district court held at
Mt. Ayr last week by Judge Evans,
he sustained a motion for a change
of venue in the cases of State VS..
r. H. Spence, A. I. Smith, Geo. W..
Kelley and C. P. Bresee, who were
indicted for conspiring to get the
prosecuting witness in rape case
to leave the country and not appear
against the defendant, Geo. w. Kel-
ley, and the cases were ordered trans
ferred to the Decatur county district
court for trial. The state will be
represented by county attorney Lewis
of Mt. Ayr, who will be assisted by
H. M. Havner, of Marengo, Iowa.
Hon. v. R. ~McGinnis, Of Leon, and c.
w. Steele, of Corydon, are the attor-
neys for the defendants, and it is
expected that the cases will be tried
at the coming March term of court.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
Special School Meeting Friday Night.

The conditions of the Leon schools
are such that some provision must
be made to take care of the largely
increased attendance, and the school
board does not, desire to take the
responsibility of making permanent
arrangements without giving the
public a chance to express their SEN
timent and views on the matter. A
public meeting will be held at the
opera house on Friday evening of
this week at 1880 O'Clock, and every
citizen of Leon, men and women,
too, are urged to attend so there can
be a full expression in the matter
as to whethe it is advisable to build
another school house, or an addition
to the present high school building.
The members of the school board
want to satisfy the people and for
this reason urge that everybody at
tend the meeting.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
A Bad Fall.

Mr.. J. L. Harvey was the victim of
painful accident last Wednesday
evening. In. company with Mrs.
Harvey he attended the club dinner
of the New Century Club at the home
of Mrs. c. M. Keller. The walks
were all a glare of ice that evening
and to guard against accidents Mrs.
Keller had spread large rug over
the cement steps leading to the
porch, but it did not quite cover the
full width of the step. AS Mr.. and
Mrs. Harvey were leaving about i
o'clock Mr.. Harvey stepped on the
icy step at the side of the rug and
fell, striking his right side against
the stone abutment of the steps, and
he received a severe bruise, causing
him SO much pain that it was neces-
sary to call q physician to attend
him. He was taken home. In q sleigh
and was confined to the house for
several days.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS Ago
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
Of Century Ago.

! Major J. l.. Young was able to be
at his office after severe sick spell.
E. w. Curry was appointed one of
the examiners of candidates for ap-
pointment to cadetship at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis. The
examination was held at Osceola.
There was a very heavy snow
storm on Wednesday.
Only one marriage license was is
sued, that being to John H. Hanson
and Miss Viola Nelson.
Berry Frank left Leon for New
York to accept position as travel
ing salesman for clothing house.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. w. McConn en-
tertained a party of young folks at
a "taffy pull Nowadays it is a
fudge party
A new paper was started in Leon,
The Fact, the publishers being J. c..
Stockton and D. w. Watsabaugh.
Mr.. Stockton is now a farmer, living
just south of Leon and Mr.. Watsa-
baugh is publishing paper at
Laurel, Montana.
e. w. Curry and w. A. Brown at
tended a big, camp fire given by the
G.. A. R. Post at Mt. Ayr.
Miss Helen Finley started via the
Narrow Gauge for Shenandoah to at
tend college.
w. H. Albaugh was out with a
statement that under no circum-
stances would he be a candidate for
mayor.
w. H. Townsend, a former resi-
dent of Leon, was killed at Lucas,
Iowa, in trying to cross the railroad
track ahead of the fast mail train.
I Hiram Hatfield was reported to
be doing a big business with his
hoop pole shop at Blockley.
Hay was worth $40 a ton and
very scarce at that.
J. L. Parrish closed a term of
school at the Centennial school
house. Mr.. Parrish is now attorney
general for the Rock Island railway
and travels in his private car.
Hens and turkeys were quoted at
5 cents per pound and roosters and
geese at $3.50 per dozen.
A vigilant committee was organ
lied at Richland Center to do away
with a lQt of petty stealing which
had haa1 ng on.
John rholtzer, of Richland
township, accidentally shot himself
with a revolver which he was fool
ing with, inflicting a slight wound.
There was considerable discussion
gong on over President Cleveland's
veto of the dependent pension bill!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
Ladies Publish Cook Book.

The Reporter job rooms has just
completed the printing of fine 12S
page cook book which was printed
for the Women's Guild of the M. E.
church, and it is filled with a choice
collection of tried and proved recipes
furnished by the best cooks in Leon,
and Leon has many good artists in
the culinary lina The book is nicely
bound in waterproof covers and will
be sold for the small sum of so cents
per copy. They can be obtained at
Niller,s newsstand, and many ladies
are buying them to send to their
friends. j !.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22

has been accustomed to battle his
feet in water, fresh and cold from
the we'll, and in winter, in the chilly
snow water. To cure his rheuma-
tism he used to cut a hole in the ice
and swing his feet in the icy water
underneath.
John Phipps and his twin brother,
Eli, who died a little more than a
year ago at his Oklahoma home,
were born in Washington county,
Va, away back in 1912, Feb. IA,
which was prior to the declaration of
war against England, and prior to a
whole lot of big events that most OF
US considered ancient. history when
we studied our books at school. He
left Virginia when he was seventeen
and came to the west He first came
to Iowa in 1886. He lived for a
time in Nebraska and Missouri, and
then came back to Iowa and settled
on a farm near Farragut, where he
has resided for more than thirty
yeas.
Phipps was one of family of ten
children, two girls and eight boys, OF
which he is the only surviving men,
ber. His father was Scotch and his
mother English. At the time of his
earliest recollection New York City
was very small. There were no rail-
roads and very few wagons. Most
of the freight was carried on horse
back. There were no schools. The
young Phipps received their educa-
ton from the Bible, Pixies arith-
metic and the speller. Even the
whites were very illiterate. Only
about one out of every twenty could
read or write. All news came by
letters, which were transported at
cost of rs cents postage each.
Uncle John Phipps has many
thrilling recollections of childhood
scenes back in old Virginia. Slavery
was in it's prime in that distant day.
Slaves were imported and shipped
to the southland as horses are now.
Negroes were imported to Virginia
and set to work in the mills. Later,
when they were becoming civilized
they were sent south, down into
South Carolina, Georgia and Louis
lana to work on the cane plantations.
Many atrocities were committed by
these uncivilized negroes, even to the
killing and eating of two white chill
ulcA Ou -OAV OCC1olOA. L AO Ia " ~
quired the execution of a bond be-
fore a negro could be- imported.
When young Phipps was about fif-
teen years of age, Virginia passed
law prohibiting the importing of ne
groes. Many Virginia traders raised
negroes for the southern market. A
good negro, twenty years old, capable
of taking an overseer's position, sold
for about $1,000. A good woman
twenty years old brought about $500.
Boys of fifteen years were worth
from $500 to $500. Girls of fifteen
were valued at $3.50. The mullatoes
brought higher prices. A good man
was worth $1,000 to $1,000, and a
woman $500 to $1,000. There were
few legal marriages among the ne
groes. The traders were very un-
scrupulous, and treated their slaves
as mere animals. They frequently
sent their own children to the south.
ern market. ,s1
I Sometimes slave would make =
Confin6ed on pSSe l3.J
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22

his birthday he received large
number of post cards and letters
from old Decatur county friends, for
which he is duly thankful. On
Thursday Uncle John was initiated
into the Elk's lodge al Shenandoah,
when their fine new home was form
ally dedicated, large class of can
'didates being initiated, and it was
a gala day with the Elks for they
are mighty proud of having hun
dred year old Elk among their men,
bers. AS the most fitting close to
the services, Mr.. Phipps was asked
to address the lodge for few min
utes. Standing more erect than the
average man of so, with voice un-
capable of making itself distinctly
heard throughout the room, shaking
at times with earnestness and with
thought and ability of expression
truly wonderful, this old man, who
was a babe when the war of 1912
was fought, said:
>. 81 haven't but a few more days to
be with you. I have always been
more of a thinker than a talker, but
I want to tell you that I am proud
to be member Of this grand lodge.
I have found that your principles
are brotherly love and charity, and
brotherly kindness. If we live up to
the commandments of this society
we will make the world better. And
we want to do that. We want to
help each other; you must help me,
I want to help you practice these
grand principles of brotherly love
and charity. When you are as old
@as I am, you will know that these
two are the greatest things in the
world. In the few days that have
left I want to do all the good things
that I can. The practice of the
principles of this society is the best
way to do good that I know Of.
Let's be true to them. I wish l.
could tell you of the peace that
comes with brotherly love; I have
always tried to do right; I don't
think have an enemy in the world,
and / don't want to have. There
won't any of US have any if we just
remember what we have talked
about this afternoon, that charity
and brotherly love and kindness are
the greatest and grandest things in
all the world"
The following Interesting sketch
of Mr.. Phipps' life was written by
Miss Merze Marvin, of the Shenan-
doah Sentinel-Post, to which paper
we are indebted for the use of his
portrait:
Almost everybody in this corner of
the state knows Uncle John M.
Phfpps who lives between Farragut
and Shenandoah, and has for many
years enjoyed distinction as the
patriarch of the community. Almost
everybody hereabouts has been
awaiting with interest the ce1ebra-
tion of his, hundredth birthday,
which will take place tomorrow. In
fact, If you have not, on numerous
occasions in the past, seen this white
haired old man stepping briskly past
on the street, or perchance driving
his old white horse. and exclaimed
TO your less observant companion,
There goes Uncle John Phipps!;
He'll BE- one hundred years old In
slssbruAryy II a. because you are. sa3
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
Another Arrest in Cattle Stealing
Case Near Lamont.

Sheriff H. w. Terrell, of Mt. Ayr.
last Saturday arrested E. B. Gaylord,
of Lamont, on the charge of being
connected with the cattle stealing
near Lamont, for which c. X. Bs-
chanan was arrested some weeks.
ago. Gaylord was taken to Mt. Ayr,
where he plead not guilty and his
preliminary hearing will be held at
Mt. Ayr on Saturday Of this week.
The arrest was made on information
furnished by H. w. Carey, q special
detective from Des Moines, who had
been working on the case g
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
stranger in Shenandoah.

stranger in Shenandoah.
And every time you seen him
you probably paused minute un-
consciously to speculate upon the
remarkable history of man who has
lived a hundred years, and then,
thinking of your own numerous all
ments, you said to yourself, Gee
Whiz! How did he ever do it?" Un-
Gle John himself will tell you that
he used very little medicine, has
lived in the open air and has never
used tobacco, liquor, or opiates. To
this. abstinence from harmful habits
Mr.. Phipps attributes in large
measure, his great span of life. He
believes in the efficacy of cold water
as a curative, and all his life long
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For Representative.

will be a candidate for the DEM
ocratic nomination for represent
ative in the state legislature, subject
to the decision of the democratic
voters at the primary in June.
A. M. PRYOR.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
HIS IOOIh BIRTHDAY
Uncle John Phipps Completes a Full
Ceatury Of Life. Still a vieor-
Gus and Healthy Man.

At Shenandoah last Wednesday,
Uncle John Phipps, the venerable
father of Mrs. F. A. Gardner of
Leon, celebrated the Tooth anniver-
sary of his birth, reception being
rendered him at the home of his
daughter in that CITY,. Mr.. Phipps
has many friends in Decatur county
who extend congratulations, and on
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
For Recorder.

I will be candidate for the dem
ocratic nomination for county re-
corder, subject to the decision of the
voters at the June primary.
w. A. BOONE.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
For Clerk of Courts.

l will be candidate for the DEM
ocratic nomination for clerk of the
district court, subject to the decision
of the voters at the June primary.
E. E. BECK.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
Free! Free!

With every 25c purchase Of Rexall
goods Saturday afternoon We will
give free q Japanese cup and saucer.
or piate. Bell { Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
For Sheriff.

| will be candidate for the DEM
ocratic nomination for sheriff SUBJ
iect to the decision Of the voters at
the June primary.
JAMES CAIN.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-02-22
Marriage Licenses.

j. w. Osborn, Leon .......... 81
Lizzie Smallwood, Leon ....:. 81
Alfred Brown, Decatur ....... FL
Minnie Edith Wiley, Lamont -. 81
Archie L. Keen, Lacona $500. "a
Martha Martin, Lamont ...... 2S
The Dickinson press., 1912-06-15

IF your time is worth more
than fifteen to twenty cents
an hour, you can make an
III c gasoline engine pay for
itself in a very short time.
Many farmers have written us
that their I Fl C engines paid
for themselves in cash, to say
nothing Of the hard work saved.
the first year. Howl
The Dickinson press., 1912-06-15
Legal Notices.
ShenH's Sale

State co of . No %f s Dnkota' iss
The State of North Dakota. ex rel.F.l
G. Hebron. Assistant Attorney Cen
eral of the State Of North Dakota.
Plaintiff.
Frank Paul. Paul Koch and Anna
Mary Koch, Defendants.J
Notice is hereby given, that by virtue of an
execution to me directed and delivered and
now in my hands. issued out of the clerks
office of the Tenth Judicial District. state Of
North Dakota. in and for the county of Stark.
upon a Judgment rendered in said court in
favor OF the above named plaintiff and against
said Frank Paul. Paul Koch and Anna Mary
Koch. the above named defendants. Ihave
levied upon the following described real
property of said defendants. to-wit: Lots
four ~ and five G) in block five 90. town OF
South Dickinson. N. D.. said real property
being situate in the county of Stark and state
of North Dakota. And that 1 shall. on Tues
day. the 18th day, of June, A. D. 1912. at the
front door Of the Stark county court house, in
the city Of Dickinson. in said county and state,
proceed to sell the right. title and interest of
the above named Frank Paul. Paul Koch and
Anna Mary Koch In and to the above de-
scribed property. to satisfy said judgment and
costs. amounting to three hundred sixty-twO
dollars and forty-fve cents 1885,. 49,. together
the same from the 18th day Of February. 1912,
at the rate of seven per cent per annum, OF
public auction to the highest bidder for cash.
J. A.. WEIGH.
Sheriff Of Stark Co.. N. D.
F. C. HEBRON.
PLAINTIFFS Attorney.
Dated Dickinson, N. D., May IA. 1912. 5-1s.5t
The Dickinson press., 1912-06-15
4 RAIN IN GOOD TIME
GENERAL IN NORTHWEST

The rain which fell Sunday night
and Monday in this locality measured
IS inches. the same as reported for
Bismarck. So far as can be learned
the rain was general throughout the
Northwest. Later in the week washouts
in Montana were reported.
1t had been cold and windy for some
days before the rain set in and some of
the early sown wheat was looking a
little yellow in places. However. the
warm rain brings back the color and
everyone is happy again.
It was cloudy again Thursday and
the indications were that there was
more moisture in store for this locality.
People would prefer a week or two of
sunny weather just now. but they cannot
always get things just as they would
like.
The normal rainfall to June 1st is
$50 inches to June 18th, 6.67 inches.
The total rainfall this year to June
18th, is 800 inches. So it will be
seen that the moisture for 1912 up to
June 18th is now IN inches above
normal. %
The Dickinson press., 1912-06-15
u SHOUT FOR JOY

81 want to thank you from the bottom of
my heart, wrote G. B. RAIDER, of Lewis
burg, w. Vt.,"fors the wonderful double
benefit l got from Electric Bitters, in
curing me of both a severe case of stom-
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which I had been an almost helpless suf-
ferer fol ten years. II suited my case as
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STA, indigestion, iaundice. and to rid the
system Of kidney poisons that cause
rheumatism. Electric Bitters have no
ieqval. TTysthem. Every bottle guaran-
teed TO satisfy. Only 50 cents at T. ].
Greene & Cos. l.s5
The Dickinson press., 1912-06-15

Progressive Republican Candidate for
the Office of Representative 31st District.
He is a young man 80 years old and
is a graduate from the law department
of the University of Minnesota. Since
leaving school Mr.. Langlois has had ex-
cellent business training and is also
we'll versed in public affairs. The firm
of McCarty & Langlois have built up
a good real estate and loan business and
have the entire confidence of the people
here by their square dealing. We can
gladly recommend MIR. [.anglois as a
man for the Office and one who will be
a credit to the county. -Belfield Times.
6-15-2p
The Dickinson press., 1912-06-15
OFFICIAL
List of Candidates for
Nomination

Notice is hereby given that the pri-
mary election in Stark county will be
held at the regular polling places of the
various precincts on Wednesday. June
10Th, 1912. The polls will be open
from s o'clock a. m. until S O'Clock p.
m
The Dickinson press., 1912-06-15
versippi

E. F. Hill was having his lot survey
ed IN Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. David spent Satur-
day evening with Alt. Palmer and wife.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Kitchen.
May Goth, q daughter. Mother and
child are both doing well.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Palmer visited
vel Sunday with their son Lee of
Hirschville.
Miss Fanny Pisha is visiting with
Mrs. FlOssie Palmer this week after
spending a week with Mrs. Emma Brun-
sen.
c. W. Palmer and wife. spent Thurs
day night with Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
David. MIR. Culver and Andrew Burnsen
also spent the evening there.
VIM. David has been trading horses
with Dairyman Brown Of Dickinson,
Mr.. Brown taking the fine stallion in
exchange f0r, q team of geldings and q
saddle horse. Mr.. David also purchased
q fine Holstein calf.
Candidates for Office have been quite
numerous this week. Henry Klein,
Adam Mischief, Ed. Mottershead of
Richardton, F. Maser, M. Burnett and
ii. j. Blanchard Of Dickinson, and E. II.
Gunderson of Taylor were around on
Tuesday.
The people Of the flats all gathered at
the home of Owen Baxter Sunday and
had a good social time. The ladies
cooked up a lunch and as Owen 10 q
bachelor he sure enjoyed the lunch. The
last gathering was at Mr.. Garnhart's,
where all enjoyed themselves and par
took of q substantial dinner furnished
by the ladies.
The Dickinson press., 1912-06-15
School Bids

Notice is hereby given that the directors Of
Of Stolz school district. No. q. are prepared to
receive bids for the erection Of two school
houses. coal sheds and outhouses one on south
east corner section 6-137-97 and one on
the northeast corner of the SEA OF section
18-138-97. The plans and specifications for
these buildings are to be seen at the Office of
the County Superintendent In the court house
in Dickinson. All bids must be accompanied
by certified checks for an amount equal to s
per cent of bids and should be addressed to
Gregor Selenger. Clerk, at Schefeld. N. D., on
or before Saturday. June 20. 1912. The Board
reserves the right to reject any or all bids.
6-84t PHILIP KRANK.