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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07
LEAD IN ROAD WORK.
Fayette County to Make Banner Rec
ord in Road Building q
This Year,

Fayette county, according to the
state highway commission, is likely
; to make the banner record for road
building in Iowa under the new road
law. Although it's board of SUPER
visors felt that the legislature had
made a mistake in enacting the new
law, they were law abiding officials
and they took hold of it's fulfillment
with vigor. They had foresight
enough to levy at once a tax which
will produce $4,000 this year in
stead of waiting until next year to
do it. They engaged a competent
engineer and they were among the
first to establish close cooperation
! with the highway commission. AS a
result they have two county grading
crews at work, and they are letting
a contract to employ third private
grading crew, and two county trac-
tor outfits are engaged on the
prairie roads. There is every pros
pect that Fayette county will put in
forty miles of it's 1870 miles of county
roads into excellent condition before
the season closes. Fifteen miles lies
through rough, hilly country and the
other twenty-five miles of highway
Is I'LL ~ oil lS SouACl ASoo
forty miles of highway will be
brought to standard grade, they will
be permanently drained, they will
have concrete bridges and culverts,
they will be properly crowned, they
will be dragged and packed smooth
and hard.
They will make excellent highways
as completed this year and they will
be ready for the addition of any sur
face material, like gravel, that the
supervisors may decide to put on.
This work in Fayette county is at
tracing marked attention from the
people of northeastern Iowa.
If the Fayette supervisors keep up
their present pace, they will COM
plete the permanent grading and
draining of all their county highway
system in less than years time. .
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07
Lake OkOboji Letter.

August LIST, 1913.
Dear readers of The Reporter: If
Mr.. Hull will publish another letter
from me l will try to tell you some
thing more of the Okobojis. AS
every one knows who studies the map
of Iowa, they are situated in the,
central northern part of Dickson
county. West Okoboji is said to be
the most beautiful lake in the north
west The waters have been sound
ed to a depth of two, huRdred and
fifty feet. 1t is noted for It's numer-
Gus capes and bays and the beautiful
scenery along the shores. 1t is con-
nected with East Okoboji by a small
peninsula and draw bridge which
makes a lovely drive between the
lakes. 1t looks strange that such
large body of water would be so
near the highest point in Iowa.
On March 8, 1857 occurred one of
the most terrible massacres that is
known in Iowa. A small number of
white settlers were located on the
southern shore of West OkobOji. The
Indians pretended to be their friends
entered their homes and took every
thing they could lay hands on, then
killing them in a most terrible way.
The ones the Indians did not kill
were taken prisoners. Among the
prisoners was a young girl. The
story of her life is very interesting,
telling of how they marched day af-
ter day carrying heavy loads through
drifts of snow, wading through icy
water, and how the Indians killed
the other prisoners, and how she, by
her bravery and submission, was let
live; because the Indians thought it
strange for a white woman to be so
brave. After two months of suffer-
ing she was finally rescued by In
dams of another tribe who were on
friendly terms with the whites.
What is of great interest to the
tourist is log cabin that was the
home of Abbie Gardner, the young
girl made captive by the Indians
She still owns the cabin and may be
seen every day. In March 1894, five
thousand dollars was appropriated
to erect a monument to the memory
of those killed by the Indians. Their
remains were gathered and buried
again near the log cabin. Thus is
marked the spot on which occurred
one of the saddest tragedies in the
history of Iowa. Thousands of peo-
pie visit here and gaze with wonder
and curiosity on the graves of those
brave ones who gave their lives for
home and loved ones. The monu-
ment was dedicated July 26, 1895.
Among the thousands of people pres
ent was one of the Indians who help
ed to rescue Mrs. Gardner Sharp.
The Okobojis still retain their In
dian name, meaning place of rest
For fear this will find the waste
basket l had better close with best
wishes to all who read this.
Anna Mcdaniel,
Hayward, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07
The Crouch.

A man may be as poor as Job
turkey and have many friends who
love and respect him; he may be
wicked and still retain the regard of
many persons better thon himself;
he may be more or less incompetent
and hold job that more competent
men covet unavailingly; he may be
rich and stingy and still meet gen.
uine liking from others, but he can't
hold a continuous crouch and get
away with it.
Nobody loves a crouch. Thin lip
ped and sneering or fat jOwled and
overbearing, nobody loves him. At
home or abroad nobody seeks him.
He isn't company for man or beast.
Other grouches avoid him. The only
time women smile on him is when
they mistakenly tackle him for a
contribution to build a cemetery
fence and they willingly leave him to
build the fence out of their own pin
money if he were on the inside of it.
1t is expensive to smoke and is bad
for the liver. 1t costs reputation to
gamble and curse or get oreide.
Laziness is an expensive habit. But
the thing that pays least of all is a
crouch is the costliest thing on the
face of the earth. 1t doesn't get you
anything but loses everything worth
living for.
A man can't have religion and a
crouch at the same time. He can't
run business on crouch. He could
mt peddle shoestrings and sell pair
a day on that sort of business capt.
tai. He can't play any game on earth
and play it we'll with crouch. There
isn't anything a man can do with one
of those things except be disagree
able and start an argument that kill
ing isn't murder. A rattlesnake car
ries a perpetual crouch. People take
long sticn, knock the snake on the
head firmly and sufficiently as to the
purposes of the act, cut off the rattles
and wear them for rheumatism. But
so far nobody has found any sort Of
use for the human being with rat
tle-snake disposition. Maybe it is
because he hasn't any rattles. And
at any rate there are laws which
frown on proceeding against him
with long club and willing spirit.
Perhaps, when it is all over and
the goats and the sheep have been
herded according to program there
will be a bunch of mavericks left
who do not belong in the sheep pen
and whom the I. goats will club
against receiving. If so there will
be those who snapped and snarled
through this life with a perpetual
crouch. -Marshalltown Times r e =
publican.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07
To Road-builders.
Cut all brush and weeds.

Cut all brush and weeds.
Do not pillow the center of the road
except on the hills. Take the dirt
from the outside of the roadway.
Do not dump a scrapef in a road
and leave the material in a pile. 1t
should be spread as it is dumped.
Keep the entire width of the road.
way as smooth as possible, so that II
will be an easy matter to NOW the
grass or weeds.
Where you have much soddy ma
terial for use in building roads, pillow
it in the summer or fall so the ma.
terial will be in proper shape for next
years work.
Drag all dirt roads soon as possible
after every rain or wet spell.
Do not leave high ridge OF loose
dirt in the middle Of the, road, but
drag It down smooth.
Keep all roads well rounded, so they
viii shed water as soon as possible.
Keep all side bitches clear Of grass
and weeds. .5,sSI sss,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07
AEROPLANES IN WAR.

Ever since aeroplanes passed the
toy stage of development, romancers
and cartoonists have reveled in the
dream of a huge warship destroyed
by a bomb dropped on it out of the
sky. If recent dispatches from Mexi-
co are to be trusted-which they
seldom are-part of this dream has
come true. A gunboat has been
sunk by an aeroplane.
But let no enthusiast cry that
battleships have become useless. The
armored deck of a dreadnaught
would turn any bomb that any aero
plane now known can carry. Drop
ped down the smokestack, even a
light grenade would put warship
out of business; but the end of
smokestack offers small target to
the aviator three or four thousand
feet above. In spite of the develop
ment of air vessels and submarines,
the great majority of naval battles
of the future will be fought between
ships of the line, as of yore.
The true function of the aero
plane is to carry information. 1t is
the scout of the air, the cavalryman
of the sky. 1t makes secret man
euvers almost impossible; and SO
long as nation has well-managed
air fleet, it need never be taken by
surprise.
An aeroplane squadron should be
able to do effective work wrecking
bridges and railroad tracks, it could
inflict heavy losses on densely pack
ed troops, or perhaps send trans
port to the bottom with all on board.
But no possible development of air
navigation can take the place of
fleets afloat or armies ashore.-Chi-
cagO Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07
HOW TO BUILD ROAD
Government Gives Instructions For
Constructing Gravel Highway
PROPER METHOD IS HERE SHOWN
How to Keep Road In Condition After
Completion Is Explained BY Ex-
perts and Should Receive
Attention.

OF course, the first step in the con-
struction of gravel road is prepar-
ing the subgrade which should be
brought to approximately the grade
esta blished for the road. 1t should
then be compacted with roller and
any soft places filled with good mater
ial and again rolled. The drainage
problems are, of course, the same as
with any other type of road. The
Illustration herewith shows proper
ly constructed gravel road 16 feet
wide, 6 inches thick at the center and
inches thick at the sides when roll
ed. The crown as shown is three
fourths inch to the foot. The road is
graded for a width of 80 feet.
Section A represents a subgrade
or foundation prepared as previously
described, with the center about 10
inches higher than the bottom of the
side bitches.
Section B shows the first course of
gravel, which, after rolling, has a
depth of about A inches at the center
and about 3 inches at the sides.
Section c represents a second
course after rolling. There the ma
terial is about inches in depth at
the center and 11a inches at the sides.
The crown or side slope Of this road
from center to sides is at the rate of
three-fourths inch to the foot. Roads
of this type should be constructed as
early in the spring as possible in Or
der to give them time to consolidate
thoroughly before the fall and winter
rains.
Section c also illustrates how the
shoulders shown in the other two
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07

sections are finished to correspond
with the gravel surface. When plenty
Gravel Road, Macadam Method.
of gravel can be obtained cheaply, 1t
will be found more satisfactory to use
it for surfacing the whole width OF
the road than to use it, as above de-
scribed, with earth shoulders. When
it is used in this way, the gravel sur
face may taper from g. inches in
thickness at the center to 21s or 3
inches at the edge of the road.
The split-log drag, or some similar
device, can be used to advantage in
maintaining gravel roads, but it will
be necessary to use hand rakes to re-
move excessively large stones which
appear on the surface. New gravel
must be uniformly spread from time
to time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07

' If man could try to get to heav-
en- the way he can into public
Office the devils business wouldn't
pay at all.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07

It would be easy enough for any
man to make a speech if it weren't
so hard for people to listen to it
New York Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07

Politeness in a man is largely {
matter of whether the object of II
is more important than he is.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07

What makes anybody have ar
extra good opinion of himself is fol
there to be no reason for it. .,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07
How's This ;

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re-
ward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure.
FIJI. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We, the undersigned. have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years. and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
out any obligations made by his firm.
NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE..
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system. Testimonials
sent free Price Is cents per bottle. Sold
by all Druggists. rFt
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-07

Leon Chautauqua, Aug. 18th
to Goth.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
FASHION WILL TIGHTEN
W0MkN'S DRESS BURDEN

CHICAGO, April SO be COM
pletely dressed from shoe to hat, the
fashionable woman must wear just
nine articles of clothing and consume
less than ten minutes in putting them
on.
This startling disclosure was made
by Nine. A. Ripley at the convention
Of the Chicago Dressmakers Club. II
met the enthusiastic approval of the
members The fashionable attire con-
sists Of:
One one-piece BIT OF sheer lingerie;
one corset, extending almost to the
knees. but not appearing above the
waist line: one pair of silk stockings;
one pair low shoes: one one-piece
gown, slashed and draped. with two
hooks and a single button, and a soft
chapeau and a coat fastening with
two buttons.
Il sigh when I think OF how long
we have been arriving at this sim
plicity," said Nine. Ripley "Why, we
have been carrying the white wom-
ans burden of heavy clothes around
for centuries"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
TWO GREAT STORIES
OF ABSORBING INTEREST

Hearst Sunday American publishes herewith synopsis of
two great continued Stories written by famous authors early
chapters of which have already appeared The American Sunday
Monthly Magazine This American Sunday Monthly Magazine
given once each month with every copy the Hearst Sunday
papers The early chapters of the referred have
already been published this magazine One of the is by
the famous EinOr Glyn, and is entitled 1905 Guinevere
Lover AS all the world knows Enor Gyn author of Three
Weeks and Why If you will read the synopsis of the story
that follows this introduction, and then The American
Sunday Monthly Magazine, you will find the continuation of it
Also accompanying this synopsis of great detective story
by Maurice Leblanc, entitled 'The Crystal stopper Leblanc is
the author the famous upn novels Read the synopsis
that follows then The American Sunday Monthly Maya
zine, where the story is continued.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
1905; Guinevere'S
o Lover o
By ELINOR GLYN

Had Guinevere married a younger
or tenderer man. or had the little
beauty been a few years older, things
might have been different. As it was
she was just in time to be shocked,
repulsed and disguised by the last
expiring flashes Of senile passion of
her Acknowledgement Humphrey Bo-
hun
The birth Of her only son Alger-
non was followed by thirteen years Of
neglect and repression on the part of
the grabbed old English general At
80 Guinevere was a slim, pale girl
ish looking matron whose extreme
coldncss and secluded life had driven
away all masculine attentions
Such was the cold demure little
woman whom Sir Hugh Dremont
found when he paid his first neigh
borly call at Redwood, the ancestral
home Of the Bohuns.
Sir Hugh. a man of 50 with great
wealth and personal attraction, had
developed a cynical lack of interest
in the fair sex, just as Guinevere'e
married life had taught her to be
quite thankful to escape the attentions
of man.
As they exchanged commonplace
remarks a strange feeling passed over
both Of them. Guinevere later told
her sister, Letitia Langthorpe, that
she thought Sir Hugh very cross and
unattractive. and yet that night she
could not get MIN out Of her mind.
Day after day Sir Hugh found occa-
sion TO call or meet Guinevere on
rides. Bit by bit he drew from her
the secrets of her loyeless life.
General Bohun knowing we'll the
cold passiOuleSs character of his wife
had no suspicion that dormant fires
could be aroused, and took little in
tcrest i'm Sir Hugh's attentions.
But thirteen years of fear and dis
gust had peut up and confined in
Guineyere reservoir of emotions
which Sir HuEh's tenderness and un-
Gerstauding threatened to let loose.
When further frequent meetings
near Redwood became impossible Lee
titia by infinite tact. made IL possible
for GuineyCTc to visit her at London.
There Sir Hugh was free 90 he with
her "a large portion Of the time Love
ripcncd fast between the two until
Guinevere felt il unsafe 10 be with
him longer.
Sometimes chaperoucj by Lctitia
and sometimes not. the lovers felt
themselves floating toward inevitable
disaster. At last Gulneyerc tore her
self away from London and returned
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
The Crystal o
o o Stopper
By MAURICE LEBLANC


The two boats fastened to their
little pier that iutted ont from the
-. H., Ii, - g.. .,o5o,,,
: '''i 10Y
Here ana there hShted WINDOWS
showed through the thick mist on
tho MARGINS If tho lake The Fnghian
-, -. I;,,.
casino opposite oId%eu Win "snN
though it was late in the season, the
end of September A few stars ap-
,,o,ro5 ,hro,,,b ,l,, clouds 1i,h+
oreeze ruiiied the surface OF the
water.
Arsono Tunip left the SIMMER
- -. ~. ..-... -,
HVuS'' WHIT ne was a'''"N'"s Nls"i
and bending forward at the end OF
the pier
"Growler?' he asked Washer?
Are You there
A man rose from each of the
boats, and one of them answered:
Yes, governor
Get ready. l hear the car return
ing with Gilbert and Naucheray.'
He crossed the garden. walked
around house in process Of con-
struction, the scaffolding of which
doomed overhead, and cautiously
opened the door on the Avenue de
Ccinture. He was not mistaken: a
bright light flashed round the bend
and large open motor car drew up.
whence spGang two men in great
coats, with the collars turned up,
and caps.
1t was Gilbert and Vaucheray.
Gilbert a young fellow of 20 or 2l
30 III NNHHN &
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materially increase the foreign MARI
ket. For instance, co-operation-s say
under State supfrvision. so as to asf
sure exact fairnes s-should make IL
possible for shipments of oranges &c
be sent TO the large distributing GERS i.
tiers in various parts of the United :
States in just such quantities as the .
market required, SO that when Chi
CagO, Boston, New York, Philadei
phia, Washington, Louisville, 81.
Louis and other centers We're amply
supplied and there was a considerable
surplus, that surplus could be shippe64
in fast going steamers to the British
and Continental markets"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
BritisherS Prefer
American Oranges
Florida and California Fruit Best
Marketed in England, Says
U. S. Consul.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-United
States Consul Albert Halstead, in his
report on the fruit situation in Eng
land, says the Florida and California
oranges are the best marketed there.
Mis- report says:
"Of all the oranges brought into the
British market, none are more palat-
able than those from the United
States-from California and Florida.
The Florida orange has not been in
the market i'm anything like the guam
titles i'm the last seven or eight years
that it was formerly The Florida
orange would command "a steady and
appreciative market if il were sent
to the United Kingdom regularly and
i'm quantities to meet the require
mentS II would seem as if co-operd-
ton by the orange growers should
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
Our Gowns Better
Than Partisan Ones
Says Designer at New York Dinner
Shows Models to Prove
Argument.

NEW YORK, April 5.-"We intend
to show Americans that there is no
longer any need for the American
woman TO go to Paris for her gowns"
said +. r. Grear, designer for "a large
dressmaking establishment. After
dinner | will show you home made
gowns. l defy any one to show me
where our gowns differ from the
Paris-made ones"
After the Trade Mark" dinner
given by the Advertising Mems
League of New York at the Aldine
Club, No. 200 Fifth Avenue, Mr. Grear
showed afternoon dresses, tailor-mado
and riding habits. He was conceded
his argument as soon as the Ameri-
can models came into the hall wear
ing the gowns.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
A Full Treatment, Free To Try.

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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
WIFE LOVE PUT AT $4,000.

NEW YORK, April John j. But
Ter, of No. % Willow Place, Yonkers.a
has brought suit against John +.
Gurnett. who formerly boarded with
him. for alternating the affections Of
his wife. In papers filed i'm the Su-
preme Court at White Plains he asHs
damages of $20O00
Among other alleged humiliatiOns
Butler says the boarder got cream
while he got milk. and that he was
beaten when he resented the favorit
ism shown for Gurnett
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06
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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-06

change for the dreaded list The pre-
feet examined the list, and found it
a forgery. OF course Prasville re-
pudiated his part of the bargain. It
was the night before the execution.
Lupin was worn out and no nearer
the accomplishment of his end than
he was six months before. There
seemed to be not one ray of hope.
Now go on with the story!
You will find the continuation
in The American Sunday Month
ly Magazine, given free with
this issue of Hearst Sunday
American.