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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
New Court Cases.

Poultry Culture Publishing Co.,
VS.. G.. w. Reeder. Suit is brought
on five promissory notes and an ac-
count amounting to $250.S6. Mar
ion Woodard. attorney for plaintiff
William Martindale VS.. Lille Mar
tindale. Plaintiff asks for a decree
OF partition confirming their shares
in certain real estate and asking
that referee be appointed to sell
tE ,nroperty Marion Woodard at
5asy for pl aiars.. # 81 si.
! Lucy Quick VS.. Isaac Quick. Plain
tiff sues for divorce on the ground
of cruel and inhuman treatment and
non-support. She asks that she be
granted decree of divorce and the
custody OF their six children, and
that she be restored to her maiden
name, Lucy Johns. Marion Wood
ard, attorney for plaintiff.
Cable Nelson Piano Co., VS., G. B.
& @. R. R. Plaintiff sues for $1I5
for the loss OF piano which was
destroyed when the depot at Leon
was burned on July 10, 1912, being
consigned to w. A. Alexander. c.
w. Hoffman and S. A. Gates, at
torneys for the plaintiff.
e. H. Alexander VS.. M. E. and A.
r. Hampton. Suit is brought on
two promissory notes and asking the
foreclosure of chattel mortgage.
S. A. Gates, attorney for plaintiff.
w. A. Curry VS.. p. B. Walker ct
al Suit is brought on a promissory
note for $4,000. Marion Woodard,
attorney for plaintiff.
Charles H. Bullard VS.. Cora Bull
lard. Plaintiff sues for divorce
on the grounds of cruel and inhu-
man treatment, and claiming she
has threatened to kill him. Sharp
& Parrish, attorneys for plaintiff.
Clara Albaugh VS.. Theopholus AL
baugh. Plaintiff sues for a divorce
on the grounds of cruel and inhu-
man treatment, asks for the custody
of their minor son and she be de-
creed to be the owner Of certain
real estate and have Judgment for
1000 which defendant fraudulent
ly secured out sof her property. v.
r. McGinnis, attorney for plaintiff.
Letts-Parker Grocery Co., VS..
Krucker Grocery Co. Suit is
brought on an account of $727.71.
B. M. Russell, attorney for plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
VAUGHN BOYS IN JAIL
Everett VAUGHN Stabbed a Constable
at Shenandoah. OrviIic Vaughn
is Held as a Witness.

Everett and Oryille Vaughn, two
former notorious citizens of Leon,
are in serious trouble at Shenan-
doah. Everett being held to answer
to the charge of assault with intent
to commit murder, and his brother
Orville being held as a witness, both
being in Jail at Clarinda. The fol-
lowing account Of their trouble is
taken from the Shenandoah Senti-
nel-Post:
Constable ]. w. Simmons was
stabbed three times Friday night by
Everett Vaughn, whom he had ar
rested for disturbing the peace, ana
for several days lay at the point OF
death. He is slightly better now.
and physicians think he will recover.
The fracas started in the street
in front of the simmons house. EN-
erett Vaughn, his brother, Orvlll2,
and several Others, were returning
from a dance at Gus Titze's in the
west part of town. They were in
toXicated and quarrelsome. Mr.. and
Mrs Simmons requested them to
move on. When they refused Sin
mons secured his billy and attempts
ed to arrest the fighters. He start
led to escort his prisoners to town.
and when they had gone about
block Everett drew dirk and stab
bed Simmons twice in the side, one
blow penetrating the lung and mar
rowly missing the heart. Simmons
Knocked his assailant with his billy
and Vaughn stabbed him third
time, burying the knife in his arm.
Simmons daughter, Mrs. Myrtle
Warden, ran from the house with Il
revolver, and was about to fire IN
Vaushn's face, when his friends in
terfered and prevented another
crime.
Nightwatch ]. C. Deighton and
Marshal Greenway arrested Everett
Vaughn and his brother, Orville, and
summoned medical attention for the
wounded officer.
Everett Vaughn waived prelimin-
ary hearing and was bound over 60
the grand jury on the charge OF
assault with intent to commit mur-
der. His bond was fixed at $1,000,
which he was unable to furnish, and
he was taken to the county jail at
Clarinda to await trial at the FEB
ruary term OF court. The brother is
held .as witness and is charged
with disturbing the peace. a SINH
Iar trial at the last term of court
IN G|arialda- resulted in "a sentehce OF
thirty; years in the reformatory at
Anamasa for the prisoner.
Vaughn is 20 years old and was
married three weeks ago to Miss
Green of Farragut. The family live
northwest OF Shenandoah They
moved here three months ago from
Leon, and were formerly from Mis-
souri,.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
Death of Rev. George p. Bennett.

Mr.. J. J. Evans, Of this city, has
received q copy of the Oregonian,
published at Portland, Oregon, OF
Dec, goth, from his son, Lyman
Evans, who is employed on the paper
as an expert linotype operator, con-
tanning an account of the death Of
Rev. George P. Bennett, who will be
we'll remembered by many of the
having at one time been stationed
here as pastor of the M. E. church,
and he officiated at the wedding Of
Mr.. and Mrs Evans. The Oregon
ian in speaking Of his death, says:
Rev. George P. Bennett, min
lister of the Methodist church for
more than SO years, died at his
home, 1895 East Sixty-fifth street,
South East Side, Monday. He re-
turned from Santa Cruz, California,
a short time ago, where he had been
on visit Rev. Mr.. Bennett was S5
years old, and begun his ministry il
the Des Moines Uowa) conference,
in 1861, filing many appointments
in that state. He came to Oregon
19 years ago, and while not actively
engaged as minister here preached
often. His wife died several years
ago and was buried at Salem. He
is survived by the following chill
dren: J M. Bennett, Portland; l.. c.
Bennett, California; Mrs. Ella c..
Mccain, Portland; E. w. Bennett,
Centralia, Oklahoma; E. F. Bennett,
Ontario, Or. The funeral will be
held Thursday, and burial will be at
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
Pumped Lots of Water.

Superintendent of the. city water
works, Morris Gardner, has given us
the figures of what the pumping sta
ton of the city waterworks has done
during the three months ending
Dec S1st. During that time there
was total of 1,171,5SO gallons OF
water pumped, the receipts for the
quarter being $5O6.97 and the ex-
pense of pumping, gasoline, labor,
etc., amounted to $301.49, leaving
the city a net profit for the quarter
of $205.48, which is a pretty good
showing The receipts will con-.
tinue to grow right along too. as
peolpe are putting in city water
as fast as possible, and several
parties have their application on
file for water connections at this
time. The deep well continues to.
respond to all demands made on it,
and there seems to be an unlimited
supply of the finest water in the
state. Leon can well feel proud Of
her excellent waterworks system,
and congratulate herself that the
mistake was not made of depending
on surface reservoir sfor q supply
of water.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
Leon Should BE Doing Likewise.

The Corning city council has al
ready passed resolutions of necessity
in which they notify their property
owners that they will pave twenty
two blocks next year. Corning
started paving its streets the same
year Greenfield did. They had some
trouble in getting started, but after
they had some laid the people liked
it SO we'll that the city council of
that town has been ordering in much
more each year than they have in
Greenfield. Both Winterset and
Corning have laid more blocks and
more expensive paving than Green
field, ana they propose to repeat next
year. Greenfield should not take a
back seat from Corning or Winter
set in this important improvement.
Free Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
Watch Your Water Pipes.

People who have city water con-
nections will do we'll to keep close
watch on their water pipes these
cold days, and see that no pipe is
exposed so that it will freeze up, as
in many cases when pipe freezes
up it bursts and there is trouble. a
case occurred at the Leon Hospital
which would serve as warning.
The basement doors had been LETT
open and of course the water pipes
froze up. Then when the doors
were closed and a good hot fire
started the pipes thawed out and
one of them burst, and before il
was discovered something like
1000 gallons of water had poured
out into the basement and flooded
everything. A little precaution in
looking after your water pipes Will
save you heap of trouble
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
X. r. EAND MUSICAL BENEFIT.
4 Big Musical Show at the Opera
House Friday, January 18th.

Never before since the history OF
musical production has there been
such stellar organization offered to
music and song lovers Of Leon, and
lin the X. P. Band Minstrel and Rube
Circus benefit one will find his or
her wishes gratitied The minstrel
first part will be musical treat full
+of good wholesome lightning flash
scomedy replete with the latest song
successes, full of novelty; and good
harmony, sung with a dash and a
swing that makes the New York pro-
Eductions a success. The second part
.or olio, is composed Of the latest
novelties in vaudeville musical acts,
singing and dancing duos, the sew
enteen suntiower girls, musical
number long to be remem bered.
just think of it, Can you imagine
anything more entertaining than
seventeen dashing, pretty Winsome
Leon High Schools girls, blondes and
|hrunettes, in song. ThenAcomes the
Rube Circus, a rural comedy music
|al novelty, introducing the much
|talked of suffragettes, who stop in
while they are on parade to inter-
|Siew the circus. become unmanage-
able, and the leader and her follow
|ers proceed to bust things up. The
two funny farmers, who have the
|comedy lines in the Rube Circus, are
what we might say laugh provokers
to the limit. The production is
under the direction Of Frank w.
Jenks, which assures theatre goers
Iof an excellent show. Grand free
street parade will be given Friday
noon, January 18th, at 12:13. Seat
sales open today. Many seats are
already sold. You may have your
general admission tickets reserved
Iaat VanWerden & Kopp's drug store.
The proceeds OF this <show will be
used TO make the X. p. Band more
efficient. What is a better asset to
Leon than a good band? Admission
prices are, children % cents, adults
35 cents. and 90 cents for reserved
seats. Remember the date, Friday,
January 18th
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
100 Acres of Land For Sale.

Located 3 miles from Lineville,
Iowa, "a mile to school, ] Il miles to
Methodist church Land lays gent
ly undulating but not rough. Half
in cultivation, half in BLUE grass pas
ture. Scarcely enough timber to
furnish fire wood and posts. Half
of farm is fenced hog and sheep
tight with American Woven Wire
Fence. This farm is the home OF
the noted Hereford cattle. Improve
ments-7 room house, good cellar
and cave. 3 barns, one extra good,
wells, outside corn cribs with hog
house underneath, shed 16140 for
hogs or calves, with tight granary
in shed 4 poultry houses with
shingled roofs, two orchards Write
CT phone James Bay, LineNllle,
Iowa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
Aaron Van Wrinkle.

Aaron Van Winkle was born Oct
6, 1914, in Licking County, Ohio,
and resided there until 1880, when
he moved to Davis City. His death
occurred Dec. 30, 1912, making his
age 6S years, 1 month and "a days.
He was stricken with paralysis 4
short time ago, from which he did
not rally.
Deceased was united in marriage
to Lucy A. Frost, in Licking county,
Ohio, Dec. 20, 1868. To this union
were born six children, five OF
Lille B. (Craig), preceded the
father to the better world. Mr.. Van
Wrinkle is survived by a sorrowirs
wife and children as follows: g.
Elmer, John w., and Mrs. Maud Bur-
rel, all of Davis City, Mrs. Ottie
Brewer and Mrs. Ella Fulton, Of
Trinidad, Colorado.
Mr.. Van Wrinkle united with the
M. E. church while young man in
Ohio, but after coming to Iowa, hs
never became affiliated with any
church organization He wasaa kind
husband and father,sa tine nsigh hbus
fand had not an enemy IN the world
He was carpenter by trade.
The funeral was held at the Davis
City M. 10. church Tuesday afternoon
at 3 p. M, Henry Reed conducting
the services. The NJ. E. choir assist
ed in rendering some beautiful selec-
tions. Interment was in the l. O. O..
F. cemetery.
The attendance at the funeral was
large. All of the living children were
present
In the passing away of Mr.. Van
Winkle Davis City loses an esteemed
and upright citizen, and the SYM
pathy Of the community is with the
hprpayad family - -LEl..sa.9.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
s, u. 1. Club Organized.

Following a custom which has be-
come esta hlishe ed i'm most counties fof
the state, the S. U. l. Club OF Deca-
tur County was organized last Fri
day evening. The new order is COM
posed of students and alumni or the
State University and there are more
than thirty members in the new or
ganization. A banquet was served
by the ladies of the Christian church
after which the regular business .ses-
sion was held The following offic-
ers were elected for the ensuing
year:
" President--R. A. NMcGinnis, OF
Leon.
Vice President--Miss Lucy Gun
solly, of Lamont.
-Treasurer--Jas. F. Har-
yey, Of Leon.
1t is planned to take up several
matters OF Importance to the school
in the near future, chief among
which viii be the question of moving
the engineering department to
Ames. This has caused widespread
disapproval from all Iowa students
and strong remonstrance will be
made at the next session OF the leg
islature, when the question is TO ne
decided.
At the close of the business ses-
sion the entire membership went In
a body to the Idle Hour theatre
where a special program had been
prepared for them In addition to
the moving pictures a number OF
stereopticon views of the University
were shown and most interesting
descriptive lecture was delivered at
the same time by Ralph McGinnis.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
Death of J. N. Sylvester.

k Friends have received the sad
news of the death of MIR. J. N. Syl-
vester, for many years a well known
resident of Davis City, who died at
his home in Loveland, Colorado, on
January 3rd, after short illness,
his death being caused by pneumo-
mia. He is survived by his wife and
one daughter. Mrs. Bertie Richards,
who also lives in Loveland.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
New Restaurant Firm.

H. IS. Jenkins and Clyde Marvin
last week purchased the restaurant
and newsstand which G. M. Keller
recently bought of Miller & Miller.
and took possession at once. The
new proprietOrs are both hnstling
young men and Will conduct the
business in an up-to-date manner.
They will be pleased TO have all Of
their friends call and see them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
Assessors Met in this City Monday

In response to call from auditor
Mclaughlin, the assessors OF Deca-
tur county met at the court house on
Monday for the purpose of receiving
their supplies and fixing values of
live stock for this year. There were
21 of the 26 assessors in the county
in attendance at the meeting, which
considering the stormy weather was
a splendid attendance. Geo. w.
Sanger, of Center township, was
selected as chairman, and Walter
Osborn, of Burrell township, secre-
tary.
The following schedule of prices
for assessment of live stock were
adopted:
.earling colts. IS 40
Two year old colts. *. ...... so
Three year old horses and over so
Stations, left to Judgment of
assessor.
Mules and Asses. ........ go
Cattle in feeding, per pound -. 5 Nc
Yearling heifers. !. ........... 16i
Two year old heifers.# ....s... 20
Cows. Ill. ...,. ....6....... 80
Yearling steerss .5..s. ..t...s. 20
Two year old steers. ,,. %.
Three year old steers 40
Bulls. 80.
Hogs over six months old per
pound. .ss.s.s.g. &c
Sheep, over six months old
Goats, over six months old. q. Q
- = = 90 . T.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09
Marriage Licenses.
Lewis. A. omeld, Leon: !.

Lewis. A. Offield, Leon: .2s
Marie Scott, Leon. IL
L. B. Balm, Des Moines. !. ~.
Anna Gutter, Aveingdon, Ill. "a
Geo. NJ, Strunk, Leon ~. 81
Tressie e. Bowman, Leon 20
Leo L. Olsen, Lamont. .22
Lillian O. Stanley, Andover, Mo. q
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09

See the new goods Just received at
J. Gates e Co. this week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09

Come in and look over our new
line Of jewellery. G. 3: Butler. the
new jeweler. ss
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-01-09

Try crisco Il Casters GrOcery.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-06-12
MADE RETURN A QUICK ONE
sllrs Absence Cut Decidedly Short
When Visitors Object Was
Made Known.

The lIarduppe brothers, Sam and
Kill we're frankly up against it,"
They owed the tailor. the landlady.
the tcbacconist and sundry others
and they spent most Of their time
d,deing their creditors emlssaries.
Came d ring at the front doorbell
and sam answered
81 must see your brother" an agi-
tatod man insisted. Il must see him
today without fail"
Thinking it one Of his brothers
cr,dltcrs. Sam replied:
~Why I'm sorry, but Bill left town
Yesterday"
The mans face fell. That's too
had" ne said for | wanted to pay
him $50 that owe him. and I'm going
west Tonight"
oh" said Sam. his face lighting
that's easy; Bill came back this
morning"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-06-12
Eaq.Layina Contest.

Egg laying contests are now being
carried on in many states of the union.
and they are serving as an excellent
stimulus to the utility side Of the
poultry industry. While they never
have and never will prove that one
breed or variety is superior to all
others, they do prove conclusively that
careful breeding in certain strains or
families of fowls increase the egg pro-
duction away above the average, and
thus boosts the returns to even larger
proportions.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-06-12
Arrangement for Pasteurizing Milk.

yerted pie tin placed in the bottom Of
the same. This false bottom is placed
in the pail so as to permit circulation
of water and prevent humping of the
bottles. An accurate thermometer
should be placed in the water or in
one of the bottles. Set the bottles of
milk in the pail and I'll with water
nearly level with the milk in the bot
ties. Place the pail with the milk
bottles on the stove and heat until the
thermometer indicates a temperature
of from $50 to 100 degrees F. The
pail and bottles should then be re-
moved from the stove and allowed TO
stand 25 minutes in the hot water.
Now remove the cover and place the
pail under a cold water faucet, allow
ing the water to run slowly into the
pail. Continue until all the hot water
has been replaced with the cold water
and the temperature of the milk has
been reduced to about that of the
water. This is the cheapest and most
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-06-12

the right way, and when good stock |
is kept The fact that it pays to keep |
COW that merely pays for her feed |
because of the fertility she returns to |
the soil is no reason why we should |
not keep good COW.
good COW will bring us just as
much fertilizer, will cost very little
more to keep, will bring the owner a
much larger net return. The same Is
true of good beef, and good hogs, and
good poultry. We cannot afford to
waste time and money on poor stock.
for the best is none too profitable
The buyer of pure bred live stock
must get away from the idea that
really good registered animals may
be wisely sold for the market price
of beef. pork or mutton Breeders
complain that large number OF
their inquiries are for SIS bulls or for
500 cows. Such are plain scrub stock
prices
Oftentimes the breeder has a scrub
purebred on hand. and the tempts.
ton to sell is great. so he puts on
price q little IN excess of the STOCK
ping the animal and mailing the pedi-
gree The buyer thinks that because
he is getting pure-bred he is getting
superior animal, when the chances
are that the best OF his stuff a. home
is better Naturally he becomes dis
satisfied in time. and tells his neigh
bors Thus prejudice grows
Blood lines mean nothing unless ac-
companied by superior individuality
The breeder has a heavy investment.
His advertising charges. his showing,
the extra care and attention he must
give the high-class stock make it nee
essary for him to charge prices which
seem unduly high to many OF us; but
. which are really low when the value
| Of their good stock as sires Is con-
D sidered
0 They cannot breed high class pure
1 bred stock merely for fun. The cas-
e trating knife should be used more
e than il is: but so long as the farmer
asks for pure-breds at an advance OF
a a few dollars over the cost OF grades
s some breeders will continue to supply
O them. to the detriment OF themselves
o the buyer, the breed and Of the whole
II live stock business. A scrub pure-bred
< causes more damage than grade anc
d s75 mature bulls cannot be anything
n more than scrubs.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-06-12
SOWING SEEDS TOO THlCKLY
Practice Should Be Discouraged az
Overcrowdna Undermines Guilt
walton of Plants.
(By w. R GILBERT.)


Thick sowing must be guarded
against Each seed should have room
to grow without crushing or injuring
its neighbor.
Over-crowding undermines the cult
walton of plants at the start and 1t Is
long before, if ever, they outgrow it,
OF course, small plants or seeds may
be sown more thickly than the larger
ones, but relatively they ought really
not to be sown thicker.
Each plant should have sufficient
room to develop its coyledons and one
leaf before it is thinned or pricked
out.
Every year vegetable crops are much
injured by being sown too thickly and
perhaps it is hardly too much to affirm
that most gardeners would be the
gamers we're only half the seed sown
that there is now.
AS to what to SOW the seed in, the
lighter the seed bed the better.
Few seeds will vegetate in lower
temperature than 40 degrees and IN
the range of 20 degrees all seeds will
grow.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-06-12
SCARCITY OF PURE
BRED STATIONS
Some Of Specimens OF Horses
Used for Public Service Are
Remarkably Poor.

The situation abroad Is very much
hotter than In this country. In iact
practically no scrub. grade or non
registered stations. are used Tor pun
lie service.
In Investigations OF this matter car
ried on by DR.. A. S. Alexander Oh
wisconsin II was found that there
we're in one state GO per cent. grace
stations and only 40 per cent pure
bred .,
some of the specimen horses useu
for public service are remarkable eN-
h,hit,ons of wretchedly bred. run down
and diseased animals.
The effect OF breeding from such
stock is apparent in the very low
grade OF horses produced. Water eau
NOT rise above its level neither can a
Grade stallion raise the blood level oil
his progeny above that OF his own
veins In quality.
The use OF such sires. therefore
means n retrogression and grea'
damage to the farmers OF any state