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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24

said cost shall be limited to the levy
therefor, collection and proper appli-
cation of such tax and no general
liability shall be created and the
aforesaid cost shall be paid by war
rants on said city improvement fund.
Each bid must be accompanied, in
separate envelope, with certified
check, payable to the order of the
city treasurer of the city of Leon,
Iowa, in the sum of One Thousand
Dollars, as security that the bidder
will enter into contract for the do
ing of said work, and will give the
bond hereinafter required; all enVel-
opes must be addressed to the city
clerk Of said city and endorsed with
the name of the bidder, and the i'm
Drovements said check and proposal
are for.
Proposal blanks will be furnished
by said city clerk, or the city en-
gineer, and all bids must be upon
said blanks Certified checks accom-
panyng bids will be returned to the
unsuccessful bidders and also to the
bidder to whom the contract is
awarded when he shall have entered
into a contract in the form prescrlD-
ed by said city council, and
given bond in the penal sum
of 80 per cent Of the total
contract price with sureties there
on satisfactory to said city
council to faithfully execute said
work, and also guaranteeing to keep
said street Improvement in good re-
pair for the term of five years from
and after the date of its acceptance
| by said city council, and to make
any repairs and replace any defective
work or materials that may become
necessary to keep said improvement
| in good repair for said time. In case
the successful bidder shall fail to en-
| ter into said contract, or furnish SAID
bond, said check will be forfeited by
the city of Leon, Iowa, as agreed and
| liquidated damages.
| Said city reserves the right TO re-
| ject any and all bids. Proposals re-
ceived will be acted upon by said city
council on the 9TH day of August A.
D., 1913, at O'Clock, p. NJ, or as
soon thereafter as is practical.
| Dated at Leon, Iowa, this l4th
day of July, A. D., 1913.
S. G. MITCHELL,
| CITY Clerk.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24

the company purchased from keo-
kuk to st. Louis, a distance OF l3I
miles. And it costs something to
maintain this transmission line.
Every two miles and half there is
a watch house in which a Waterman
and repair man is stationed. Every
eighteen miles there is a central sta
ton. All are equipped with tele-
phones and whenever there is any
trouble the men are notified and if
the trouble is serious all the repair
men rush to the scene from the CEN
trail station a few miles away. The
loss of power or current in being
carried from the power house to st.
Louis is very small.
And all of this great work evolved
from the brain OF Hugh l.. Cooper,
the chief engineer, who staked his
financial means and his reputation
as an engineer on the success OF the
project and today his dream is full
filed, his great work is drawing to
close and the financial success of
the project is assured. Mr.. Cooper
has always kept in close touch with
the work and on this trip we again
found him right out on the works,
personally looking after it. He is a
builder and not a theorist, for he
puts in his time on the work, seeing
that everything is carried out as he
has planned it, though OF course
many engineers are employed to
work out the details.
Many people living within a hun
dred miles of the Keokuk dam have
never visited it, and do not seem to
realize what an enormous project it
is. Many of these have travelled to
far parts of the United States to see
wonderful things and have passed up
the greatest engineering feat in the
United States right here in Iowa. II
you want to take a little vacation
trip we advise you to go down to
Keokuk and see the big dam. 1t is
well worth the expense and trouble
in making the trip.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24
SERUM TREATMENT SUCCESS.
Recovery from Cholera Reported in
Wright County Herds.

Clarion, Iowa.-The serum treat
ment for hog cholera has been put
to a severe test here in Wright coun-
ty during the past forty-one days.
Hog c1lnlera destroyed nearly the
entire herd of William Bells hogs
At the time the department began
active work there in two of the sows
the disease was just in the stage of
incubation. Serum was administer
ed, with the result that recovery was
obtained within one week.
The second case brought to the at
tention of TIE county adviser was
that of Fred !Soults His hogs were
in advanced stages when the serum
was obtained. Fourteen hogs were
saved. f..ss
Spencer Bjalland's hogs came
down with the disease few days
later and serum was administered to
ninety-five head with the result that
ninety-one were served. Serum was
administered three days after symp-
toms were in evidence. The disease
was checked and twenty-one days
after vaccination ninety-One hogs are
in thrifty condition
Serum was used with uniformly
SOOQ eueCLS on IdrmS OI II. y. hlheS,
Liche Bisgrove, Henry Hahn, and }.
ID. Lester.
Up to date Mr.. Wise, through the
department of animal husbandry of
the Wright County Agricultural Ex-
tension bureau, has vaccinated 385
hogs. He has not lost = single we'll
hogs and has saved great number
Of hogs that have been down with
the cholera.
At this time worms are quite pre-
valent in young hogs. The presence
of any great number of worms will
cause q weakened condition and pigs
infected will be more susceptible to
cholera. 81
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24
Original Notice.

In the District Court Of the State of
Iowa. in and for Decatur County.
August Term, 1913.
Polly Ann Maxwell, plaintiff, vs..
Aaron Maxwell, defendant.
To Aaron Maxwell, defendant:
You are hereby notified, that the
petition of plaintiff in the above en-
titled cause, is now on file in the
office of the Clerk of the District
Court of the State of Iowa, in and
for Decatur county, praying that the
bonds of matrimony heretofore ex-
listing between plaintiff and defend
ant be dissolved; that plaintiff be re-
stored to all of the right and privi-
leges of an unmarried person, and al
leges as grounds therefor, that plain
tiff and defendant were legally mar
ried in Decatur county, Iowa, on the
l 4th day Of March, 1880 and lived
together as husband and wife until
on or about the 18th day of Febru-
airy, 1912, and that plaintiff and de-
PENDANT lived during the greater part
of their married life in Decatur
county, Iowa, with their postoffice
address at Davis City or PleasantOn
in said county.
nat uelenudnl since his MARRIAGE
with plaintiff in violation of his mar
riage VOWS has been guilty of such
cruel and inhuman treatment Of this,
plaintiff as to endanger her life and
praying for such other and further
relief as may be just and equitable
in the premises and for costs.
For full and complete statement
Of PLAINTIFF cause of action see petit,
ton.
And that unless you appear there
to and defend before noon of the Sec
ond day of the August Term, A. d..
1913, of said court, which will COM
mence at Leon on the 25th day of
August, A. D., 1913, default will be
entered against you and judgment
rendered thereon.
V. R. McGINNIS,
49-4t Attorney for Plaintiff,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24

would never know there were miles
of dangerous rapids in the river for
they are now coKered with many feet
of water The deep water extends up
the river to a point above Burlington
and affords a good channel nowhere
less than eight feet deep for a dis
lance of IS miles above the dam.
This lock was erected and present.
ed ito the United States government
which pays the salary of the few
men required to operate the lock,
and there is no toll charges for YES
ssls passing through the lock. The
machinery which operates the flow
of the water and the movement OF
the gates, is all operated by means
of a system of levers by one man and
they are so arranged that under no
circumstances can the man do the
wrong thing, as no lever can be OPP
Grated until certain other levers are
first operated, so that it is absolutely
fool proof.
Then we were taken to the great
power house. The foundation has
all been completed, but at this time
only one half Of the power house has
'UcCu CICCLSu, wu1Cu Will 1uIu dll
the power which can be utilized at
this time, but work is being carried
on to complete the entire structure.
The length of the completed power
house will be LIS feet, the part
now completed being $50 feet in
length. 1t is 1872 feet and 10 inches
in width, the heighth being 1T feet
and 6 inches. We were taken all
through the power house, even into
the specially guarded room where
the giant generators were being wir-
ed, a. large force of expert workmen
being engaged in winding the thous-
ands of miles of wire used in each.
We would have to be an electrician
to tell you very much about how the
electric current is generated simply
by the force of the water. All we
know is that the water comes in
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24

then died when subjected to a lower
temperature, thus causing decay to
set in. A fertile egg kept in a warm
room or hot country store for even
| twenty-four hours will be unfit for
food on account of the growth of the
germ
$4,000 deteriorated eggs were
dumped into the Mississippi river in
one day and during the single week
over one million eggs were destroyed.
Fifty per cent of the eggs received in
St. Louis that month were unfit for
food.
Infertile eggs laid by hens with
which no male is running will keep
in good condition for two weeks or
even longer when subjected to tenn
perature which would spoil fertile
egg in twenty-four hours. TO illus
trate this fact cake was recently
baked at this experiment station in
the making of which infertile eggs
were used that had been in an incu-
bator for fourteen days subjected
to a temperature of 102 to 104 de-
grees. The cake was eaten with a
relish by dozen men who pronounc-
ed it first class in every respect.
When the farmers of this state get
to producing infertile eggs during
the summer months, they WILL as a
result, eventually get much higher
price for their eggs. Until they do
this, there is not much hope for an
improvement in prices. In conclu-
sion, it may be said there are five
simple rules, which, if carefully OBJ
served by poultry raisers will in
crease the selling price of Missouri
market eggs to. the extent of several
million dollars year, and make
them sought after in the fancy egg
markets of the world; instead of be-
ing as they now are, practically
stunned by these markets.
These rules are:
1. Give the hen clean nests and
plenty of them.
2. Gather eggs at Iaast once
daily, twice during hot weather.
8. Keep eggs in cool place.
4. Market eggs at least twice
week during warm weather.
S. Kill or sell or contine all ma
ture male birds as soon as the hatch
ing season is over. Swat the roOst-
er.
Eggs found in hay lofts, weeds,
fence corners, etc, should not be
marketed.
p. ,. Quisenberry, Director.
Ralph II. Searle, Vice Director.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24

avoiding technical terms, and max
ing his meaning absolutely clear to
his hearers.
Crossing the ground where the
great government dry dock is in
coure Of construction, which will be
the second largest in the world, be-
ing only one per cent smaller than
the big dry dock at the Brooklyn
navy yard, we passed out on the top
of the Mpper gate of the big lcck
which permits the boats to pass
through the dam. Here group pic
ture of the editors was taken, in
marked contrast to one which was
taken year previous at the bottom,
fifty-two feet below where we stood
this year. The dock is one of the
marvels in water engineering. The
width It's 40 feet, length of lock 400
feet inside and 61S feet 6 inches out
side; heighth of walls, 50 feet 4
inches; thickness of walls 8 to 33
feet. The lock is perpendicular
one, at the upper end having safe
ty gate fifteen feet above the first
gate, which is a safeguard in Gaze Df
accident These two upper gates
are massive steel trussed structures,
and do not open .out like ordinary
lock gates, but on account OF the
great depth of water are raised and
lowered for boats to pass over them.
They are f1oated on top of the water
by means of compressed air, And
when they are lowed the air is re-
leased and their enormous weight
causes them to sink out of sight in
the water, it taking only few sec
onds to raise or lower the gates.
The lower gate or gates is built in
the regular lock gate style, one half
of each folding up at the side of
the lock wall. They age also operat-
ed by compressed air from an engine
house on the top of the lock. The
lock must be seen to appreciate its
enormous size. The lift of the lock
is forty feet as against 80 feet en-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24
Ordering Connections to
be Made.

Be it resolved by the city council
of the city Of Leon, Iowa, that con-
nections from Sewer and Water
pipes to the curb line of the property
adjacent to the proposed street i'm
provement heretofore mentioned be
made within 80 days from the adop-
ton of this resolution, according to
the plans and specifications of the
city engineer on file in the office OF
the city clerk; and in case such cons
nections are not made within such
time by the property owners, then
the city engineer shall cause the
same to be made, and the costs and
expense thereof shall be assessed
against the property in front Of
which they are made; and the city
clerk is hereby directed to give VIZ
ten notice thereof. as far as pr nc
able, to all property owners affected
thereby, and to publish such notice
in one issue in each Of "the news
papers of general circulation pub
lished in the city of Leon. Iowa.
S. G. MTG HE'LL, w.
City Clerk.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24
Pension EiNLCOnfederate Soldiers.

Another law enacted at the last
session of the Missouri legislators
with which few are familiar was
the one providing for tie payment
of pension to all ex-Confederate
soldiers who were honorably dis
charged from service and are shown
to be deserving of state aid The
new law says:
"On satisfactory proof baing fur
nished to the adjutant general of the
state by any ex-Confederate soldier
who enlisted in the Confederate
army or in what il commonly known
as the Jackson state militia, that he
served in such service for "a period
of not less than six months and was
honorably discharged therefrom, and
that on account of wounds received,
disease contracted, from personal in
jury or from old age he is incapaci-
tated to labor, and has no business
or profession or property from which
he derives an income, and no means
sufficient for his support, and who
has resided in this state two years
prior to the passage of this act, HIS
name shall be enrolled by the adju-
tant general on the state ex-Confed-
crate pension roll"
Application blanks will be furnish
ed by the adjutant general upon re-
quest, and any person agrieved by
this officers denial of his enrolment
as a pensioner may appeal to the
board of review, which consists of
the secretary of state, attorney gen.
eral and state treasurer. All those
receiving their certificate of enroll
ment shall be entitled to $40 per
month, payable quarterly.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24
A VISIT TO THE GREAT kEOkUk DAM

the biggest lock of the Panama canal.
1t takes boat only eighteen minutes
to lock through and we had the pleas
ure of being on board a steamer
when it passed through the locks.
We entered the lower river, below
the lock, where the water level is
forty feet below, that of the water
above the dam. The lower gate was
closed, then hugh pipes were opened
and the water came in under the bot
tom of the lock walls and rose rapid
ly until the big boat was forty feet
higher than when it entered the
lock. That means that enough water
had been let in to fill the lock, and
you can take the dimensions of the
lock and figure how many gallons of
water were used to do this. Then
when all was ready the upper gates
quietly and quickly sank out of
sight and the steamer was on Lake
Cooper the enormous body of water
formed by the dam, which complete
Iy covers up the government canal
which was twelve miles long and you
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24

through curved tunnels and strikes
the water wheels or turbines as they
are called. These revolve with the
force of the water at terrific speed,
carrying the rotating parts which
weigh $4,000 pounds, and this gen.
crates the electric current and then
it passes through transformers which
raises the voltage to 10000 volts.
The enormous voltage can be esti-
mated when we tell you that the
voltage of the Leon Electric Co.. s
plant in Leon is 40 volts. In one
end of the room sits a man at a cir
cular table with many different color
ed lights burning, big chart in
front of him and indicators or
needles which tell him just what the
plant is doing He can tell every
time a street car in st. Louis is start
ed or stopped, but it is beyond us to
explain anything about how it is
done. The current is carried from
keokuk to st. Louis on a transmits
sion line erected on steel towers on
d right of way 100 feet wide which
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24
KILL THE BOOSTERS AND SAVE
EGGS.
Millions Lost by Fertile Eg&s-No
BOOSTERS Should be Allow
ed After May.

Missouri State Poultry Experin ent
Station, Mt. Grave, Mo-, June
Swat the rooster" should be the
motto of every poultry raiser for the
month of June. In fact conditions
are such that the governor would be
fully warranted in issuing a procla-
nation designating the first day Of
June as rooster day. and urgin 6
the farmers and poultry raisers of
the state on that day to sell, kill or
tlocks.
Absolutely million of dollars
worth of Missouri market eggs are
spoiled every summer because they
are fertile, and it is the Missouri
farmers and poultry raisers who are
losing this tremendous sum each
pear. The eastern egg buyers have
discovered by years of experience
that one out of every five from this
state is q bad egg, and they make
the price to US and our egg buyers
accordingly. So it is the producer
who loses after all.
After the Matching season is over
there is no longer any reasonable ex-
CuSC LII hCCPIu6 luC A4d4C0 " I'LL IuC
laying hens. Some people imagine
that the hens Jay more eggs if the
BOOSTERS are allowed to run with
them. #E ,-.u-
This is mistake. On the contrary
careful experiments have shown that
a flock of hens will actually lay more
eggs if the males are not allowed
with them.
Because the deterioration which
takes place in an egg is not visible
to the naked eye, as in fruits, vege-
tables, etc, people do not realize
that it is one of the most perishable
of all food products. This is espec-
tally true of fertile eggs. A fertile
egg kept in a warm room will be-
come unfit for eating purposes almost
as quickly as milk.
1t is a mistaken idea that an egg
has to be in an incubator or under
hen in order for the germ to develop.
A very large percentage of the
eggs candled out every summer by
car lot shippers and the Wholesale
egg dealers are fertile eggs III which
the eerm has started TO- develop ard
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24

river had been pumped dry after a
cOfferdam had been constructed. In
this tract the foundation of the great
power house was being laid and the
wooden forms were being put in
place to receive the concrete which
formed the sides of the power house.
Today one half of the great power
house is completed, the water has
been turned into the turbines and
power has been furnished for use for
several weeks. The biggest contract
is that of furnishing the electric
light plant and street railway sys-
TEN of St. Louis, who are being fur
nished 10000 horse power. The
great dam is a beautiful structure
which looks more like a concrete
bridge than dam, and from a dis
tance looks like a great stretch Of
colonial columns. Between each
column is monster gate which con-
trolls the flow of the water. The en-
tire dam is 4,649 feet in length,
nearly one mile. 1t is 20 feet wide
at the top and AZ feet wide at the
bottom, the heighth being So feet
1T is composed of 119 arched spans
with piers feet thick and span 80
feet inside The total linear meas
urement of the dam, power house,
lock, dry dock, sea wall and ice fen
der, all one concrete monolith is 49,
1856 feet, or almost two and a half
miles. In it's construction about
$4,000 barrels of cement were used
and more than quarter million
cubic yards of sand.
Under the guidance of DR.. G. Wal
ter Barr, physician, surgeon, lawyer,
author and the best informed man in
regard to the construction and de-
tails of this great work, we were tax
en- through the works. DR.. Barr is
a unique character and man who
adapts himself to the people with
whom he comes in contact. He is
connected with the department of
publicity cof the Power Co. and al
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24
Notice of Probating Will,
To All Whom 1t MAY Concern:

To All Whom 1t May Concern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Iowa,
in and for Decatur county, an instru-
ment in writing, purporting to be
the last Will and Testament of Anna
koeger, late of said county, deceased,
and that 10 O'Clock a. m. of the 26th
day CT August, 1913, has been fixed
for the probate of said will, at which
time you can appear at the Cou-:
House in said county and show cause,
If any there be, why said Will should
not be admitted to probate.
In Witness Whereof, l have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said court at Leon, Iowa, this 18th
day of July, 1913.
E. E.. BECK,
49-3t Clerk of District Court.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24
The King of All Laxatives.

For constipation, headaches, indi-
gestion and dyspepsia, use DR.. Kings
New Life Pills. Paul Mathulka, of
Buffalo, N. Y, says they are the
king of all laxatives. They are a
blessing to all my family and al
ways keep a box at home" Get a
box and get we'll. Price 25c. Recon-
mended by Bell & Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-24
For Cuts, Burns and Bruises.

In every home there should be q
box OF Bucklen's Arnica Salve. ready
to apply in every case Of burns. cuts,
wounds or scalds. ]. H. Polanco.
,Delvale, Texas. r. D. No. D. writes:
"A Bucklen's Arnica Salve saved my
little girls cut foot. No one beliey-
cd It could be cured = The worlds
best 6alye Only SIC. RDcomubSnd-
ed ~ 1ell @ R0binaou
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1913-08-30
JOCIAL News

Mr.. Charles Kirk and family, Mrs.
John Kirk and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Merry enjoyed a trip to Wilmington on
Friday in Mr.. Kinks automobile.
Mrs. Clarence Harrington and children
are visiting relatives in Philadelphia
Miss Esther Beiswanger, of New York
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs, H. G. Hager.
Captain Harry Price of steamer LORD
Baltimore, spent several days this week
in town.
Master Robert Ayers of Eikton is visit
ing Master Roy Deibert.
Mrs Nellie Reed is the guest of Mrs.
Vim. Rowan near Masseys
Miss Katie Loveless returned on Mon
day after spending some Anne with Mis-.
Dorothy Joyce, of Wilmington.
Miss Margaret Miller, of Delair, n. j.,
is the guest of Miss Ella Queck.
Mrs Henry A. Lindsey is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. H. A. Lindsey, Jr., in Whining
Jon.
Mrs Ida Bouchelle is spending some
time with her daughter, Mrs. Griffith Eli
son, near Kirkwood.
| Mrs Elizabeth Burns returned to her
home in Havre de Grace on Monday af-
tier spending a week with Mrs Arthur
|)eibert.
Mrs. Julius Clayton, Mrs. Hugh Caid-
well, Misses Florence Egee and Lucy
Reed spent "Wednesday in Betterton.
Misses Nettie Blount and Ethel Hines
are visiting friends in Baltimore.
Mss Middleton, of Baltimore, is visit