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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22
New Weed Law.

A new weed law was passed by the
last General Assembly and became
effective May /. The, new law pro-
vides for the destruction of noxious
weeds and speaks out in plain and
strict terms The following are
counted noxious weeds and must not
be allowed to seed: Quack grass
Canadian thistle, cocklebur, wild
mustard, sour or curled dock
smooth dock, buck horn or ribbed
plaintain, wild parsnip. horse nettle
velvet weed or button weed, burdock
shoe fly, wild carrot and Russian
thistle.
In case property owners fail to
comply with the law and destroy the
above mentioned weeds, the town
ship trustees, or town council, if it
be in an incorporated town, shall
hire the work done and it shall be
assessed against the property.
The state has provided copies OF
this law printed on large sheet OF
card board, and state that the town
ship clerk shall post at least two
copies in conspicuous places in every
school district in his township.
The new law places the burden on
the trustees and road officers to see
that the work is performed, and pro-
vides fine of 800 in case they neg
lect their duty
All former weed laws have been
repealed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22
Last Days of tuberculosis.

Des Moines, May 1.-That the
legislature in it's recent session
dealt an effective blow to the great
white plague is just beginning to be
understood by the people of the
state. A law was passed, the import
ance of which at the time was not
understood even by many Of the
members of the general assembly,
but now is coming to be generally
recognized as one of the most i'm
pOrtant.
1t is the law authorizing county
boards of supervisors to make ade-
quate provision for persons suffering
with tuberculosis in the advanced
stages of the disease. Already a
number of county boards of super
visors are arranging to make ade-
quate provision for the consumptive
population of their counties. Plans
and specifications for such institu-
tons are being called for from the
department on tuberculosis and
there promises to be very general
movement toward the control of this
dreadful scourge.
1t may be said that we are enter
ing upon the last days of tuberculo-
sis in Iowa No more effective blow
could be dealt to this disease than
the isolation and proper care of
those who cannot care for them
selves. The disease is dreadfully in
fictitious and with the segregation of
the advanced consumptive will be
carried on constantly among the
schools of the state on education on
the methods by which tuberculosis
is transmitted and becomes a social
disease. 1t is expected that every
county will cooperate in these days
of pportunity.-Board of Control
of State Institutions, Department of
tuberculosis.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22
An All-ArOund Newspaper.

1t is generally conceded that The
Chicago Record-Herald is the great
family newspaper of the central
west What has given it this favor
ed position in the home? The ex-
PLANTATION will be found, not in any
single feature, but in the all-around
excellence of all it's departments, so
that it appears alike to men and wo-
men, young and old, gay and serious
the whole family.
The superior news gathering ia
cilities and high class literary fea-
ture Of the Record-Herald have been
the main factors in it's wonderful sue
cess. Besides the full service of the
Associated Press, it receives the for
eign cable service of the New York
World and Herald. 1t has it's own
leased wires to New York and Wash
ington-also correspondents in all
large cities. 1t has it's special cor
respondents in every town of the
central west who report all import
ant news by telegraph. Complete
and reliable market reports and fin
ancial news can always be found in
it's columns, with all other news of
the business world. It's sporting de-
partment also is of the best.
But man and woman cannot live
by news alone. The true distinction
Of the Chicago Record Herald comes
with what it gives over and above
the news-in such features as s. E..
Kiser's daily column of humor, Geo.
Fitch's witty essays, the daily stories
and pictures of Zones Daily Maya
zine" Then there is the breezy
articles by Nine. Sarah Bernhard
and the admirable art talks entitled
Learn one thing every day" This
newspapers criticisms of'the drama,
music and books are unsurpassed by
any in the country. Choicest of all
these extra features is the Sunday
Magazine of the Record-Herald, a
real magazine, full Of good stories
and pictures by the best living au-
thors and artists feast of enter
tainment for the whole family The
Chicago Record-Herald has earned it's
pre-eminence by solid all-around ex-
cellence.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22
w. A, Alexander to J. A. Mar
vim, lots in Davis City. 49,.
1000
Poland View.

Helen Poland spent Sunday with
her sister, Blanche Brammer.
| Eli Carlton and wife of near Grand
River, spent Sunday with home folks
at A. P. Woodard's.
Alvin Donaldson and family spent
last Sunday with John Foland's.
Fred Crees and brothers, Dewey
and Homer, spent Sunday with Ev'
eret and Jim Woodland.
Jordan Crees was called to the
Davis City.
Quite big crowd attended Sun
day school at Pleasant Valley.
Vadia Carlton called on Nervie
Poland one day last week.
Fred Crees jr. and wife spent last
Sunday at Charley South's.
Raymond South spent Sunday with
his uncIes, Arthur and Everett Wood
ard.
Vadia Carlton visited one day last
week with Pearl South.
Morton Pray, of Murray, is sick at
A. P. Woodard's.
Will Brannaman called on Roy
Harger one day this week.
Helen MunyOn is helping Mrs. Car
rie Crees with her house work
Plat Harris visited over night at
A. P. Woodard's.
The rain is keeping farmers from
planting corn, and it is going to be
pretty late this season.
Bessie Woods came home Satur-
day after spending a few days with
Mrs. Dick Pray, helping her care fol-
her sick girl.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22
Methodist Church Notes.

Today is methodist Day" at THE
World in Chicago" Sixteen hundred
people will sit down at the banquet
tables this evening. After the din
ner is served, number OF excellent
speakers will give tOasts
The Northwestern Christian Advo-
cate, one of the weekly papers of the
church, offers the extremely low sub
scription price of SO cent for the last
seven months of the calender year.
1t is very fine, all-round paper. The
pastor will send in your name for
you.
Prayer meeting tonight at half
past seven. The pastor leads. Choir
rehearsal at 500 o'clock in the
church. The choir is doing faithful
work under Mr.. Manleys leader
ship. a,
May 25th is Memorial Sunday. The
custom has been to hold union SER
vice at the 400 o'clock hour In the
Methodist church, and the ministers
of the town are selected in rotation
to preach the sermon. This year it
is the Methodist minister's turn.
The music is to be furnished by a
union choir. Let the singers please
be on hand to help IN the service. {
The Baccalaureate sermon in the
evening will be preached by Rev. j.
w. Johnson, pastor of the Christian
church.
Sabbath school next Sunday at a
quarter to ten The Epworth League
meeting will adjourn at 1880. Alma
Kindblade is leader. .r..
The reception Monday evening in
the church basement came as a
splendid surprise. All were so kind
and cordial in their congratulations
and good wishes. We are truly CRATE
full for such a church and such
friends. If those who attended the
chariyari Saturday night enjoyed
themselves as much as did the folks
of the parsonage, they will have
some pleasant memories to chuckle
over.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22
A ST. JOSEPH YARN.
1t is q Triae Old but 1t will Stand
Reading.

Secretary Daniels related story
which he said had been told him
years ago by Walter H. Page of St.
Joseph, newly appointed ambassador
to Great Britain. The devil wanted
the soul of a certain upright man
whom ordinary temptations failed to
seduce, 80 the devil made him a
business propositions:
eff you will give me your soul
when you die, will honor drafts for
any amount while you live"
The upright man bought a Fifth
Avenue palace, steam yacht, seat
on the stock exchange and spent an
amount that would have staggered
Croesus; the accomplishing devil
paid the bills. But when the man
established daily newspaper in New
York City, the devil threw up his
hands.
"What in hell are you trying to
do?" the devil asked him. 81 shall
withdraw from the contract. If you
are trying to establish a daily news
paper you'll exhaust the treasury of
hell; besides, if you become an edi-
tor I'll get your soul anyway"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22
Tabernacle Meeting in Leon

On Thursday evening May, 20, 9
series of evangalistic meetings will
begin in the Hamilton implement
building. The meetings will be con-
Quoted by Evangelist Ronk, of Ash
land, Ohio, under the auspices of the
Brethren Of Crown and Union Chap
els. .% ~.
The Brethren have conducted SER
vices in the county for generation
and have quite number OF mem
bers in Leon. fhe expression OF the
work has necessitated the building
of church in Leon and this meet
ing is held as preliminary
Evangelist Ronk has worked il
the country north of Leon for two
seasons, receiving great number
of accessions each time. He recently
returned from an evangelistic cam
paign in California to make prepare
tons for the coming meeting.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22
Weather Crop Bulletin.
For the week ending May IS, 1913.
DeS MOineS Iowa

For the week ending May IS, 1918.
Des Moines, Iowa.
Reports from nearly every part of
the state tell about the same story
Of cool, cloudy weather, frequent
and heavy showers and delayed farm
work. The temperature was, how
ever, but slightly below the normal
over the southern half of , the
state, and the rainfall over the
southern tier of counties was con-
siderable less than one inch. Over
the northern section the temperature
|tWas four to eight degrees below the
seasonable average and the rainfall
was much in excess of the normal,
especially in the west central and
northwestern counties where creeks
were out of their banks and, much
bottom land was flooded. Probably
not more than one-fourth of the corn
has been planted, and there is much
ground yet to- be plowed. Except
for delaying planting and blowing,
the rains have been generally bene-
icial All small grain and grass
crops are in excellent condition.
Orchard and small fruit are unusual
" promising. -.
81 GEORGE M. CHAPEL,
IN Section Director.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22
Christian Church Notes.

One hundred and forty-three
were reported in Bible school Sun
day. Fully fifteen others were late
Corners.
The Endeavorers enjoyed greatly
a partial report of the district En-
deavor Convention held last week al
Mitchellville. The remainder of this
report will be given next Sunday ev'
ening. Every Endeavoler will enjoy
it.
Prayer meeting at 500 O'Clock
Thursday evening, Miss Addie Craw'
ford leader.
Parents, send your children to the
church Thursday afternoon at 4
o'clock to receive parts for the Chill.
dren's Day program in June.
Regular services Sunday morning
Bible school at GAS, communion and
sermon at 1900.
Evening services will be union al
the opera house for the annual bac.
calaureate sermon.
James W. Johnson, Pastor
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22

The William Spurrier farm of $40
acres west of Lamont has changed
hands. The new owners paid $64,-
900 for the property, which is said
to be worth every cent of that and
perhaps more today and which will
bring S128,O0O before Lamont is
much older. 1t is considered one Of
the best large farms in that section
of the state. # anybody had sug-
gested, say, 20 years ago.: that in
1913 this farm would be sold for
$4,000, the person making that as
sertion would have been hailed as a
direct descendant Of the famous
Baron Won Muenchausen. Burling-
ton Hawk-Eye. -
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22

DR.. G. r. Reed, who has been
studying medicine and surgery at vi
emma, Austria, since the hrst of the
year left the 9th OF April for Lon
don, where he expects to take 9
course Of lectures ct that place which
will, make his stay until the flrst
week N June Davis City News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22

Rev. Frank Lewis, of Barnard,
Kansas, occupied the pulpit at the
Presbyterian church in this city last
Sunday morning and evening. He
is an applicant for the position of
pastor of the Leon church.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22
BaDtist Church Notes.

Rev. Chas. w. Reeder will preach
next Sunday night, May 25th, sub
ject, "The Sense and Nonsense of
Christianity" Every one welcome.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22

Eliminate that. grouchy feeling
and satisfy your taste with HAVANA
Spike cigars.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22

Come in and look over our new
line Of jewellery. G. e. Butler, the
new jeweler.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-05-22

We guarantee our cement blocks
the best and cheapest on the market,
Leon Cement and Brick Co.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-13

1A\EdE
N Evelyn scamperng daddys chair.
evening anyway" grumbed
aside
the
Well
nice little
They Of talking Major
Just If he human him
looks at her his bright Yes
human folks
eresting things I should like
do
dog he often
thing
she puts her slippers she is with him.
slowly and bringing them down gives them unwingy He
wish could hide those old street shoes where his mistress could
When he left alone Major sometimes reckless He has his
the " chairs though they and softly cushioned that
they must often look tempting tired dog
There is chair in particular that stands Just BY window When
Sometimes Major will ong the but unless he
is naughty he does not venture Jump
his mistress whether
climbs
Just the dog hears his mistress coming into the how
heavily
locked ne 70 waiting inside ready to give her warm welcome
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-13

The usher is an omniscient function.
airy who can always Tell by looking at
people lust where they want to sit. II
they do not care tc sit there. it is no
fault OF the usher's and he does not
allow 1t to change any OF his plans.
The most dex:srous and comprised
form III usher extant is the chlrrn
usher His CHEF mission Is to keep
restless, footlcose visitors out If the
rented pews. THIS is delicate task
and requires the tact of diplomat
united with bulldog tenacity. It is a
trying moment in an usher's life when
a deaf stranger enters the church aad
insists uron climbing into pew
which one of the pillars pays 81 a
month for. This results in an animated
conversation, starting in seductive
pianlssimo and winding up in hair
raising crescendo, the drift of which
can be easily caught by everybody
from the basement up.
The church usher is also required
to pass the collection plate and wait
for people who wish to break up Il
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-13
Sidewalk Sketches
By Howard L. Ram
THE USHER.

dime in small fragments. There are
several other people who pass the
collection plate, also, some from
force Of habit and others because they
left their small change in their other
trousers. After an usher has taken the
CONVECTION for few years he knows
whAm to tackle when 1t is time to
raisS money for the Christmas tree.
'ri.e theater usher is person who
was born without any sense OF loca-
ton. His favorite pastime is to
waltz people down the center aisle,
locate them in somebody else's seats
and then drag them out into the fiftn
row of the second gallery In the mid
die of the first act After a man has
been snaked down into the orchestra
circle in sack suit and stood around
on one foot while the usher tried to
add up the row, seat and number and
then steered him into the wrong sec.
ton, he will be glad to back out and
get where he can throw long, cutting
words at ushers and the art OF usher
ing generally.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-13
SOME PEOPLE WASTE ENERGY.

Activity is not necessarily produc.
tivity.
Some men can hurry and accomplish
results-can you?
When ycr are rushing back and for.
ward, to and from and around your
store or place of business, are you &C.
complishing anything, or just getting
in the way of some one who is really
performing what has to be done? /,
Do you make two or three trips from
one part Of the place to another, to
accomplish what you ought to do in
only one trip?
Do you put in your time doing some.
thing that you ought to delegate to
some one else to do?
The clerk whether in store, bust
ness house or bank, who thinks he is
hurrying when he writes figures 50
that, when the days balance is being
taken he has to be called on to identi-
fy them, is not saving time-he Is COM
hitting q crime against time-and if
the proprietor does such thing he is
committing much worse crime than
the clerk. II some one outside of that
business sees that the proprietor is
carelessly writing down figures on his
books or deposit slip his confidence in
that institution is shaken. Are you a
help or hindrance to the institution
that is paying you?
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-13

"A strain Of barley developed in
Wisconsin last year was six and one
half bushels ahead Of the average
yield. That increase on the entire
acreage Of last season would have been
worth $27,OOO,OOO," says the Wall
street Journal "We plant 100000
acres to oats and get an average
of less than thirty bushels, when
more could be obtained. The ten-year
average yield Of potatoes is 92.7 bush
els per acre. Maine has produced as
high as 22O bushels. A potato will
reproduce, not like itself, but like the
nest or hill it came from. Yet little
attention is paid to selection, which
could increase production fifty per
cent. When 100000 acres are planted,
what a shameful waste! Cotton plant
ers should know that their salvation
lies in their power to increase the
yield and improve the quality. The
expert in charge of cotton breeding in
the department of agriculture says:
BY a system Of selection and breeding,
both yield and quality could be great
ly raised. AS an estimate of the adj
vantage to be gained annually, $780,
600, 900 is not unreasonable.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-13

would be many years until the Des
Moines river will be navigable between
Des Moines and the Mississippi river
Continuing he said:
"My purpose in returning to Iowa at
this time is to confer with men VINO
are interested in establishing the
rights of the state and nation in water
power privileges. A number OF years
ago the government gave right to es.
tablish the Keokuk dam. 1t was not
realized at that time how valuable the
right was. The state OF Iowa mas not
paid a great deal of attention to the
valuable water power sites in the state
and along it's borders. My sole pur-
pose is to see that we have laws that
start right on this proposition and ar
range plan whereby the state and
the federal government will cooper
ate''
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-13
Press Comment.
CUSTOM AND THE PRESIDENT.

/. Springfield, Mass, Republican,: He
asked me whether there was a presi
dents room at the capitol. l told
him there is a presidents ornate room
there. Then he said he has it in mind
to spend several hours each day IN
that room, close at hand to congress
wherein, as he wisely realizes, a large
portion of his success or failure VIII
be determined; for he can make NO
laws himself and congress must make
them. He had concluded, he said
that it is about as far from the capitol
to the white house as 1t is from the
capitol at Washington to Trenton, and
he could obviate q good many Of the
difficulties that must arise between
congress and the president by being
up there each day-close at hand-to
see LEGISLATORS and to be seen by them
Now that is q revolutionary PROPOSE
tien.-Saturday Evening Post.
So 1t is-in the federal government
But there is no state government in
the country that does not illustrate
this phase of executive "absolutism.'
Governors invariably have ofices In
the capitol buildings, and they use
them daily when legislatures are IN
session. Even Gov. Baldwin does this
in Connecticut. Hoke Smith, when
governor Of Georgia, did the dreadful
thing at Atlanta. Mr.. Tillman, when
governor of South Carolina, was al
ways on hand at the capitol. The
effect of mere custom was never more
curiously developed than in the case
OF the president of the United States
That Official in the beginning Of the re.
public visited the capitol building
rather frequently; even now a "presi'
dents room" Is maintained there. But
the practice of century has closeted
the president at the white house. The
truth is that executive coercion OF
congress can be attempted as easily
at one end of Pennsylvania avenue
as at the other Mr.. Roosevelt did
some tall coercing over the telephone.
The truly above board method would
be Wilson's, with 'the open door," But
the incrusted prejudice Of congress
against having the president do what
governors do in every state in the
union makes 1t dangerous for the new
president to carry his Trenton habits
to Washington.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-13

his vaccine, which he claims Is a cure
patients yesterday as test In the
for tuberculosis, innoculated seven
presence of United States government
officials. The seven case will remain
under government inspection to await
the outcome. There has been wide.
spread discussion of DR.. Friedmann's
claim that he has discovered serum
that will cure tuberculosis. That the
claim has been taken so seriously is an
indication that we have progressed so
far in our fight against tuberculosis
that we do not consider cure impos.
sible '1#
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-13

Julia c. Lathrop, the head Of the new
children's bureau Of the federal gov
eminent. points way to materially
reduce the heavy infant death rate. In
a statement she says that 100000
babies less than year old die eve-y
year in the United States and that a
large proportion of these deaths could
have been prevented by the use OF
modern methods of sanitation. If birth
records were carefully kept, she says,
so that relative birth and death
records were able to disclose areas
where infant mortality is unduly high
systematic efforts could be made to
better conditions in such areas. Laws
in all the states requiring compulsory
recording births are sought, as be-
cause of lacking of proper statistical
information the combating of infant
mortality is almost impossible.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-13

Edwin G.. Cooley, former superin-
tendent of the Chicago schools, told
the Iowa legislature that whether the
youth who leaves school early through
choice or necessity appreciates the
need of further education or not,
society must appreciate it and provide
for it. Vocational schools, with even
ing classes for those who cannot at
tend during the day, and part time
schools, where employers will Co
operate are two suggestions he makes.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-03-13
Stories About People.
His Visits Too Brief.


H. Atterbury Smith, who with his
open stairway plan promises to revo
lutionize the tenement house, said in
New York:
"The open stairway tenement, with
it's abundance of sunshine and fresh
air, will make a tenement apartment
actually q home. The tenement dwell
er Of the future needn't feel like Cap
tain Salt.
1--WE sailed the seas for fifty
seven years. Captain Salt, a season
ed old shellback, boasted.
Don't you ever get homesick
captain a lady asked.
"Homesick? Me homesick?' said
Captain Salt. No, stree! amt homa
enough for that. st. Louis Globe
Democrat