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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11
farm to farm, and thus aided in ster-

farm to farm, and thus aided in ster-
liking the school until the district
school that twenty years ago had
twenty-five pupils now has but ten;
why should he not use his influence
to establish a centralized school, and
give ten or twenty of his broad acres,
accepting as the only reward the
naming of the school?
Why should he not take the lead
in improved farming methods, for ex-
ample, in experimentation, in finding
out and demonstrating to the people
of his neighborhood better methods
of farming, even though the returns
to him do not meet the expense? We
are only cropping our way in farming,
after all, and experimentation is sell
dom a paying proposition. II he has
on his farm piece of peat land, why
should he not, for the sake of his
neighbOrs, who have similar land, as
we'll as for his own sake, undertake a
series of experiments to show them
how to treat this land in order that
it may bring the greatest returns?
And all this not for gain or reward,
the benefits he has received from the
fact that he is member of society
and has been in such position that
he can harvest the unearned incre-
ment. We believe that every man is
a debtor to every other man; and the
larger his means and the greater the
opportunity, the greater the debt he
OWeS-WallaceS Farmer,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11
Anniversary of War Governor.

On December 20, 1913, occurs the
one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Samuel J. KirkWoOd, the
famous war governor of Iowa. Gov
ernor KirkWood, biography OF
whom has been prepared by DR.. Dan
L. Clark under direction of the State
in Hartford county, Maryland, where
he lived until 1885, when he moved
with his parents to Ohio. At the
age of twenty-eight he began the
study of law. In 1S43 occurred his
admission to the bar and his mar
riage to Jane Clark, who still lives in
the old KirkWoOd home in Iowa City.
In 1850 he served as a member of
the constitutional convention of Ohio.
1t was in 1855 that Kirkwood NOV
ed to Johnson county, Iowa, where
he engaged in agricultural and mer-
camille pursuits. He almost immed-
lately took part in the politics of the
state. In 1856 he was elected to the
state senate and two years later he
was reelected. He is probably best
known for his administration of the
office of governor for two terms dur
ing the civil war, beginning in Janu-
airy. 1860. He was again elected
governor in 1875. Mr.. Kirkwood
was twice elected United States sena-
tor from Iowa, once in 1866 and
again in 1876; and he served for a
short time in the presidents cabinet
as secretary of the interior. Mr..
Kirkwood died in Iowa City, on Sep
TENDER 1, 1894.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11
To Make Your Hair More Beautiful

To give your hair that gloss and
lustre and wavy silky softness, use
Harmony Hair Beautifier. It takes
away the dull dead look of the hair,
and makes it bright-turns the
stringiness into fluffiness-over-
comes the oily odor and leaves a
sweet, true rose fragrance-makes
the hair easier to put up neatly and
easier to keep in place. It is just
exactly, what 1t is named-a hair
bea utifier, and whether your hair is
ugly now or beautiful, it will i'm
prove it's appearance. You'll be proud
of and delighted with the results, or
your money back. Very easy to ap-
ply-simply sprinkle little on your
hair each time before brushing it.
Contains no oil; will not change the
color of hair, nor darken gray hair
To keep the hair and scalp dan
dru ff-free and clean, use Harmony
Shampoo. This pure liquid shampoo
that Immediately penetrates to every
quick and thorough cleansing. Wash
ed off just as quickly, the entire OPP
Grafton takes only few moments.
Contains nothing that can harm the
hair; leaves no harshness or sticki-
ness-just a sweet-smelling cleanli-
ness.
Both preparations come in odd
sha ped, very ornamental bottles with
sprinkler tops. Harmony Hair Beau
tifier, $1.0O. Harmony Shampoo,
SOC. Both guaranteed to satisfy you
in every way, or your money back.
Sold in this community only at our
store-The Rexall Store-one of the
more than 1000 leading drug stores
Of the United States, Canada and
Great Britain, which own the big
Harmony laboratories in Boston,
where the many celebrated Harmony
Perfumes and Toilet Preparations
are made.-Bell & Robinson, Leon,
Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11
Dogs and Sheep.

Some agricultural journals are
trying to discourage the keeping OF
dogs in rural districts. They argue
that certain percentage of dogs are
sure to be sheep killers, and, there
fore, the more dogs are kept in any
region the fewer sheep. In the in
terest of wool and mutton, kill OF
the dogs.
The reasoning Is faulty and the ar
gument futile. Even if the dogs
were natural enemy of the sheep,
he would be kept. He is necessary
to the proper education of children,
especially of boys. But in truth, the
dog and sheep can live together, If
bred and taught to do so.
It is a great exception to find a,
pure bred dog that kills or worries
sheep. This is the crime Of the mon
grel, the creature whose mixed an
cestry makes him revert to ancient
type and hunt his meat wolf fashion.
II a license tax could be devised that
would discourage the keeping of
these worthless creatures and pro-
mote the breeding Of pure blood ani-.
mails, nine-tenths Of the trouble be-
tween dogs and sheepmen would
cease.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11

sages such as Merry Christmas
"Best Wishes" etc., may be enclosed
in parcels but no other written or
printed communication should be
placed therein, as this will subject
the parcel to higher rate OF postage.
Parcels should not be sealed or 9TH
erwise closed against inspection. Seal
ed parcels are subject to the first
class rate of postage.
Photographs, printed books, and
other printed matter are not includ-
ed in the parcel post but are third
class matter on which the postage
rate is one cent for each two ounces
or fraction thereof.
Parcels not exceeding four ounces
in weight may be mailed in street
boxes, when prepared in conformity
with the foregoing requirements. The
postage on such packages is uniform
ly one cent for each ounce or frac-
ton thereof. Parcels weighing more
than four ounces are mailable only
at the main postoffice or it's stations.
Ordinary postage stamps are valid
for postage on parcel post matter.
Christmas stamps or stickers of any
kind other than postage stamps
should not be placed on the address
side of mail matter as this renders
such matter unavailable.
Valuable parcel post packages may
be insured against loss in an amount
not exceeding $25 on payment of a
fee Of FIVE cents in addition to the
postage, and for fee of ten cents
such packages will be insured in any
amount not exceeding $50.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11
Original Notice.

In the District Court of Decatur
county, Iowa, January Term, A. D.,
1914 -..
Thomas T. Johnston plaintiff, VS..
Iowa M. Johnston defendant.
To Said Defendant:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the
clerk of the District Court of Deca-
tur county, Iowa, the petition of the
plaintiff aforesaid, claiming a divorce
from you on the grounds of deser-
ton and for costs and other equit-
able relief. .*.yr IS
For full particulars see petition
on file.
lou are also notified that unless
you appear thereto and defend before
noon Of the second day of the term
of said District Court of Decatur
county, to be held on the 26th day of
January, A. D. 1914, default will
be entered against you and Judgment
,,.s,, 6. w. HOFFMAN, .
Tat Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11
DIR. Hobson's Ointment Heals Itchy
Eczema.

The constantly itching, burning
sensation and other disagreeable
forms of eczema, letter, salt rheum
and skin eruptions promptly cured
by DR.. Hobson's Eczema Ointment.
Geo. w. Fitch, of Mendoza, ILL.,, says:
II purchased a box of DR.. HObson's
Eczema Ointment. Have had eczema
ever since the civil war, have been
treated by many doctors, none have
given the benefit that one box Of DR..
Hobson's Eczema Ointment has" Ev-
cry sufferer should try it. We're 50
positive it will help you we guaran-
tee it or money refunded. At all
druggists or by mail, soc. Pfeiffer
Chemical Co, Philadelphia and St.
Louis. IS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11
State Board of Health.

Des Moines, Iowa, Nov. 26,1913.
To the People of Iowa:-The new
Iowa State Board of Health has been
in existence only since July 4, 1918,
and has just closed it's first meeting
since its organization in July. 1t has
under consideration methods and
plans to be announced soon which
are for the betterment of all lines of
public health. 1t is hoped that the
municipalities, communities, corpor-
atoms, people and all interested in
public health work in Iowa will give
the new State Board of Health, COM
posed of the governor of Iowa, the
secretary of state, the auditor of
state, the treasurer of state, DR.. w.
L. Bierring, Des Moines, president;
Lafayette Higgins, Des MOines sani-
Manchester; DR.. j: L. Tamisiea, Mis-
souri, Valley and DR.. G. F. Sewers,
Centeryille, an opportunity to pro-
mitigate their plans of operation and
put the same into execution without
prejudging the same. ...-.
1t may be proper to state that the
plans of work outlined by the State
Board of Health contemplate a sani-
tary investigation of every city and
town in Iowa, which will include in
vestigations of all public water sup
plies, the sewer system, the sewage
disposal plants and the means of
garbage disposal employed by such
cities and towns These investiga-
tons will include the field work nee
essary to obtain the local conditions
and the analyses necessary to deter
mine the condition of the public wat
er supplies and sewage and garbage
disposal. s
Such investigations will furnish
the state board with such informa-
ton concerning the sanitary condi-
ton of the cities and towns, as will
enable the board to determine meth
DDS Of procedure by which such cities
and towns shall, under the direction
and supervision of the state board of
health, operating through the local
boards of health, improve existing
conditions, and thus eliminate the
possibility of epidemics and promote
the public health.
Signed: w. L. Bierring, President,
Guilford H. Sumner, Secretary.
Iowa State Board of Health.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11
UNCLE SANS INFANT PRODIGY.
Parcel Post During Christmas Time
Called Upon to Perform a Her.
culean Task and Cooperation
Is Asked.

Washington, D. c., Dec. 4.-Dur-
ing the next twenty-four days Uncle
Sans infant prodigy-the parcel
post service-will be called upon to
perform a herculean task in connec-
ton with the transportation and de-
livery of millions of Christmas gifts.
Postmaster General Burleson, who is
responsible for the conduct of this
service. has made extraordinary prep
aratiOns to prevent congestion in
post0fices and to insure prompt de-
livery of these parcels. Several
thousand additional employees will be
added to the force during the holi-
day season and the collection and de-
livery equipment will be augmented
wherever necessary. Every possible
effort has been made to strengthen
those parts of the postal organiza-
ton which will be under the greatest
strain and Mr.. Burleson stated that
with these special arrangements he
is confident of the ability Of the SER
vice to handle successfully the avail
anehe of parcels that will be thrown
upon it during the rush period.
The postmaster general is anxious,
however, lest the public fail to CO.
tain important conditions necessary
to enable the postal authorities to
effect the timely delivery OF Christ
mas gifts. In order to secure this CO.
operation he has caused to be printed
for distribution through the coun-
try hundreds of thousands OF circu-
lars and placards containing direc-
lions for the proper preparation OF
Chris tmas gifts for transmission by
mail.
ibid Christmas parcels should be mailed
early. For local delivery they should
be mailed not later than December
% and for out-of-town delivery as
early as possible. but in any event in
time to reach the office Of destination
at least two days prior to Christmas.
christmas gifts sent by mail
should be wrapped securely. The
containers or wrappers should be SUI
ficiently strong to withstand the nee
essary handling incident to transpor-
tation.
i Glassware, crockery, Christmas
toys easily broken, glass framed
pictures, etc, should be carefully
packed in boxes of metal, wood,
leather or corrugated O pasteboard
with sufficient excelsior or similar
maaidar so prevent the contents from
comiIg in contact with any portion
of the hDx These parcels should be
marked fragile" Postmasters will
refuse to accept for mailing packages
that are insecurity prepared.
s Parcels should be addressed plain
and the addresses should be COM
plete and plainly written in ink. The
regulations require that parcel post
packages shall bear the names and
addresses of both the sender and adj
dressee. If tag is used, the names
and addresses of the sender and the
addressee should also be written on
the parcel itself. ~
Parcels sent in advance of Christ
mas may be marked mot to be open
ed until Christmas" Or some similar
direction. Written or printed mes
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11
The Moral Responsibility of Wealthy
Farmers.

In the cities men of wealth are ex-
pected to show their appreciation of
the good fortune that has been theirs
by giving according to their means to
various public enterprises from
which they can receive no benefit, or
at least no greater benefit that the
ordinary citizen. The community
does not say what the size of the
contribution should be, or to what it
should be devoted; but wealthy men
are expected to open street or es-
tablish a public fountain or con-
tribute to the endowment of school
or an old folks home or hospital,
or to aid in building church,
Young Mems or Young Women's
Christian Association. Neither the
average citizen nor the poor make
any legal claim; but the people feel
that a man who has become rich
through the unearned increment
which the city, and not he, furnished
or who has become wealthy through
the patronage of the city, is morally
bound to make some return to the
city or community as recognition of
his obligation to them. If he does
this, his memory is honored, perhaps
revered; but if he fails to do it and
neither in his lifetime nor in his will
there is any recognition of this moral
obligation, the departed would not
feel complimented by the comments
either mental or uttered, if he only
knew them.
We believe this public sentiment is
just Every prosperous man in the
city owes a debt to that city or the
citizens who have made his prosper
ity possible. 1t is only longer way
of saying what Paul put in few
words: Now we that are strong
ought to bear the infirmities of the
weak, and not to please ourselves.
We see no good reason why the OBJ
legation on the part of wealthy
and prosperous farmers to contribute
to the public welfare should not be
quite as great as the obligation of
the rich city man. A larger per cent
of the farmers wealth consists in the
unearned increment than in the city.
The opportunities for recognizing
this obligation to the community are
quite as great in the country as in
the city.
What is to hinder the farmer from
making the road from his farm to
the town, or at least the road which
he owns half, SO good a road that
every man who drives along it will
involuntarily bless him? 1t costs
money, but money has come to him
in the shape of unearned increment,
in the increased value of his land,
while he slept.
Why should not the farmer who
has prospered take an active part in
supporting the churches? Why
should he not help the support of ev-
cry church in his community, wheth-
er he belongs to any church or not?
For the church, after all, lies at the
very foundation of our civilization.
He can not afford to have the young
people in his community grow up ir-
religious, Sabbath breakers, and i'm
moral If they do, his own children
or grandchildren may become par
takers in the vices of the unchurched
and untaught.
Why should not the wealthy farm
er, who has added held to field and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11
Group and Cough Remedy.

Group is a terrible disease, it at
tacks children so suddenly they are
very apt to choke unless given the
proper remedy at once. There is
nothing better in the world than DR..
Kings New Discovery. Lewis Cham
berlin, of Manchester, Ohio, writes
about his children: Sometimes in
severe attacks we were afraid
they would die, but since we
proved what certain remedy
DR.. Kings New Discovery is,
we have no fear. We rely on
it; for Group, coughs and colds" So
can you. soc and $1.00. A bottle
should be in every home. At all
druggists. H. E. Bucklen & Co.,
Philadelphia or St. Louis.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11

Can't look well, eat we'll, or feel
we'll with impure blood. Keep the
blood pure with Burdock Blood Bit
ters Eat simply, take exercise, keep
clean, and good health is pretty sure
to follow. 800 q bottle. Il
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-12-11

Will the goose that laid the gold
en- egg please step aside and let the
American hen drop something worth
while II the nest sis Il 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

a patent on an airship containing all the
comforts of home. In the official draw
ings 1t resembles some sort OF a bug:
with a row of eyes along the side and
ruffles down it's back. Close inspection re-
solves the ruffles into rallied deck and
the eyes into stateroom windows. In each
Of these the lace curtains are shown
carefully looped back, so as not to OBJ
struct the view of the flying scenery
A staircase leads down from the deck
that ladies may alight without undue ex-
posture of lingerie. Everything the syba-
rite can crave is shown aboard that craft
except the motive machinery, which Is
probab bly, down in the basement with the
furnace and the laundry tubs
A Bergen man has patented what looks
like a large metallic box. turned upside
down. There is no bottom to the box.
In the side walls are large rotary fans.
which suck the air into the box and drive
it forcibly downward. The reaction
against the ground from this draft will.
the Bergen man claims. drive the box up
ward, causing 1t to fly. An expert at the
patent Office figured OFT that a blast
strong enough to lift an airship, driving
machinery and aviator, would blow
hole in the ground big enough to hide an
elephant. What Will happen to the I'M
fortunate aeronaut who is shown sitting
below, right in the teeth of this tornado
is not set forth in the patent
X
New York man solves the problem OF
aerial flight thus: He has a large gas
bag that lifts him above mundane things
From the car. suspended below the bag,
there extends rearwardly a long. hollow
outrigger or arm. at the far or business
end of which is attached metallic cup,
much like the cups Of exaggerated
thermometer From his seat in the car
he aeronaLt feeds into the hollow tuhs
of the outrigger explosive bombs OF
dynamite. guncotton or giant powder
which are electrically exploded when thew
reach the hollow of the cup. The recoii
from this explosion drives the whole
thing forward with a force commensu-
rate with the size of the bomb" says the
patent. Any one who has had doings with
the rear running gear of mule will
readily appreciate this novel form of en-
CINE
incasing himself in a rubber suit like
that OF diver. To this are attached
hollow wings of the regulation angel
type. These are filled with liquid air.
which when released through vents
pointed downward and backward pro-
pels him upward and forward. There are
no eyehoies in the helmet of this wonderful
suit but" naiyeiy states the inventor
in his application. the air pressure from
without will enable the aeronaut to de-
;ermine his direct'on'-a vague substi-
tute for the. compass. ~
From gay Paree comes a patented plan
for flying "by means of eagles, vultures
or condora." True to the instincts o.
his native town. the inventor fits out his
birds with "corsets" the specifications
such are carefully set out. By strange
lapse for one from Paris. lie fails to
state whether these are straightsroE -
swell, but ne has shown wisdom IL Pc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

-HILE the wrights. the Blen-
OTIS and other inventive
NAf giants of the air craft have
wv been busying themselves
in perfecting their various
.,o. =, practical flying machines, the
.;,.t;ve genius OF the IIarus school
80. h.en Idle. This fast is evidenced
~ The erea. number OF applications for
...-.L.. ,.tents that have been Of re-
80. flee n the patent office al
Washington
-,,a large majority of these have been
detected as being too freaKiiy ireahs -
80 rv,.hin any possible range of prac-
.,csbil,ty-"the nightmare dreams OF oe
,,-,o,, yi.iona-ies" as one clerk in the
aa,.,, ONCE defined them. But many
natents have been granted upon flying
Dachin.s that come we'll within the oen-
ntr.on of-well, say. "oddit.ss
w.. n not that each of the pa ,ents
mon these unique inventions cost the
,rventor about 500 one would infer from
examination that sundry wags have been
irving TO play jokes upon the patent Of
AZ The widest flights of whimsical
.rasination cannot surpass some of the
hoviiHertng combinations Of these in
vontors. and could the claims they form
ally make be realized the magic carpet
~ Prince Ahmed and the fabulous roc
II oriental legend would SO out OF TIE
swing business and HOE.
What adds TO the groteseue humor o.
hose pe tents is the strictly scientific Ian
g9,se in which their claims are couched
they read like report OF the Interra-
ttonal Aeronautic Society. Also the close
attention paid to inessential detail i
..rnusins-raillngs OF certain specified
height around the promenade deck oil
the airship to prevent passengers from
falling overheard and mussing up the
scenery: muffs TO keep hands and ears
warm while cruising In the zero lati-
tudes OF the upper air: beds comfortably
arranged with springs, so that the jar
on al,ehting at way stations VIII nos
disturb the light sleeper; telescopes ar
ranged on swiveis so plentfuiy set
about the upper decks that the traveller
nav discern what continent he is fly
ing oyer-these and countless other com
ror,able details are set forth with s,ru
puIous exactnesS doubtless TO convince
Intending travellers how carefully then
physical comfort Will De ioohed aIts!
while touring in clouoianu
y
And what. adds still further to this h4-
raor IS the fact thai most OF these in
ventors dismiss the essential of ali air
craft-a light. powerful and reliable en-
sine-with some such remark as ANY
convenient form of motive power may
he used 10 propel the machine.
In most oil the drawings accompanying
inc pstents tho aviator is shown sitting
with hands placidly folded TO shoW th't :
IT'S Just "a e-e-easy. Where the patents
specify the method OF propulsion All mar
ner of powers have been pressed INTO
service from ducks to dynamite Wings,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

for irrigation and agriculture. 1t was
organized as stock company. but 1t is
now operated as an Official institution.
the government having purchased most
OF the. shareS.--T This bank advances
meney to farmers at a moderate rate of
interest. provided they invest 1T least 40
per cent of the loans received in inn
proving their properties. 1t has already
loaned about $4,000, 900. and during the
past seven months 1t has effected trans
actions aggregating almost l4,WO,UV
peEOs.
I'm this bank. under certain conditions.
farmers can have loans up to 60 per
cent of the value Of their property. For
instance. a.farmer owning prop p TX
ard IL thiess is invested In iTrfga ton
works he can get a second loan Of $50 zoo
more
I'VE have also an appropriation from
congress of s25O,O0O year to be used