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The Keota news., 1913-07-11
Ohio Congressman Champion SpeIIer Of CAPITAL

Agriculture Houston. the pronouncer,
propounded.
Though the guests OF their rivals in
the bee" the statesmen were not
without their supporters In the audi
ence. Scattered through the large
room were many members OF both
house and senate who were not to
enter the competition. There were
also present wives and daughters who
sat nervously watching to see how
these representatives OF the common
peepul" were going to acquit them
selves.
Fourteen statesmen and an equal
number Of newspaper men faced PRO
fessor" Houston when he called his
roll, but when after nearly an hour
had elapsed. during which time the
teacher had selected some Of the most
difficult specimens from the well-worn
"blue-backed" speller, Representative
Frank B. Willis of Ohio was the lone
occupant OF the stage.
Not only had the doughty represen-
tative shamed the press, but he had
trailed the colors Of the senate in the
dust as we'll. His last rival was Sena-
tor Miles Poindexter Of Washington.
who had tripped on "hydrocephalus"
by adding an to the last syllable.
The Keota news., 1913-07-11

W WASHINGTON.-The great and
W those who record their greatness
assembled the other night at the New
Willard hotel. and casting off the
cares Of tariff. lobbies and land laws
returned to childhood days to enroll
themselves In Professor" Houston's
Glass A at the old-fashioned spelling
bee held by the National Press club
- the feature event Of that organiza-
tons annual ladies day"
President Wilson and his daughter,
Miss Eleanor Wilson, and Secretary
and Mrs. Bryan sat in the audience.
which laughed and applauded as con-
gressmen and newspaper representa-
uves Wed with each other in twisting
their tongues around some Of the Jaw
breaking" words which Secretary of
The Keota news., 1913-07-11
Why Visitors to Capital

T., is interesting to hear visitors to
the White House relate the pur-
poses for which they desire to see the
president With many 1t 10 a mat
ter of idle curiosity. Some want to
see If he Is taller than they thought
he was, whether his eyes are blue.
whether he haA q dim2le when he
smiles, and q myriad Of small details
that would be thought ordinarily Of
little consequence. and yet it is these
very details that 60 to make up the
popular impression Of q public serv-
ant.
At . recent reception one solemn
visaged man, evidently a professor.
was standing In line shutting his feet.
He was an exceedingly well-read gen.
tleman, and called attention to the
fact that Is Of the 27 presidents Of
the United States had parental ances-
tors in the British Isles-England hav-
ing 16, Scotland two. Ireland three.
and Wales one. Martin Van Buren,
and Theodore Roosevelt represented a
Dutch ancestry. he said. and the curl
GUS fact is noted that although France
has been 80 closely associated with the
birth and history of the country, there
has not been a president Of French OF
Latin blood. But with the influx of
immigration from the south of Eu-
rope" said the professor, as he shift
ed to the other foot. this condition
II sure to change"
The Keota news., 1913-07-11
To Clean Light woolens.

Make mixture Of cornmeal. hand
full of borax and half cake Of mag
nesia. Mix this dry. and scrub tho
goods with 1t. To clean wool shawls
jackets. etc., sprinkle the mixture over
the garment, place inside sheet fold
ed several times, and beat lightly It
sists in the cleaning process. Leave
for several hours and shake out the
dust and dirt in the open air. It will
also clean light felt hats. Use a soft
brush.
The Keota news., 1913-07-11
Soda Biscuit Without Mix.

One quart Of -four, two heaping Ia
blespoons butter chopped up in the
flour. two cups cold water, two tea
spoons cream tartar sifted thoroughly
with flour, one teaspoon soda. die
solved in boiling water, a little salt.
When flour, cream Of tartar, salt and
butter are we'll incorporated stir the
soda into the cold water and mix the
dough very quickly. handling as little
as may be. It should be just stin
enough to roll out. (Stin soda biscuits
are always failures.) Roll out half an
inch thick with few rapid strokes.
cut out. bake at once In quick oven.
The Keota news., 1913-07-11
John Sent q Proxy.

We are having such a carnival Of
crime in Cleveland nowadays (accord-
ing to certain papers) that lady
daren't go to the door to meet the
postman unless she is armed to the
teeth. 1t Is told of Lakewood WON.
an that she heard slight noise, or
thought she did the other night and
said to her husband:
"Oh. John! There are burglars in
the house!"
''Well, see what they want" grunt
ed John. only half awake.
But you must go down."
mo, you go down. No gentlemanly
burglar would dare strike a LADY,"
The Keota news., 1913-07-11

HE crowd that frequents the soda
! fountain at the drug store at the
corner of F and Fifteenth streets. just
across from the Treasury building.
where women in their new gowns
leave the street cars to commence the
parade up fashionable F street, had a
grand time for two hours the other
day.
A barrel Of syrup dropped from the
tail end Of . transfer wagon. the head
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03

Ii When woman marries man ma
she takes his name, his property,
and his goat, sss
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
ESTIMATES FOR THIS YEAR
Annual Appropriations by Govern
ment Indicate Strides Being Made
4 in Road Improvement.

=.
! No better idea of the forward
strides being made by the Office Of
public roads can be had than from
Injuries connected with the annual ap-
preparations. The appropriation for
the present fiscal year is $41, 400 more
than for the preceding year, while the
estimate for the fiscal year of 1913
1914 is $1S4,120 more than the present
allotment One of the items NEIL
TONED in connection with the appro.
priation for the coming fiscal year is
Matchmaking investigation, for which
work an increase of $4,000 is asked.
The present amount available for SUCH
work is $4,000. The next highest in
crease is asked for road management.
S31 900, as but $4,000 is available this
year. The amount now ready for use
in field experiments, 100000, the office
would like doubled. Included in this
list Of necessary increases is one for
salaries, thus placing the Office of pub
lie roads on a par with practically all
other branches of the government
service that are striving to raise the
bay Of the government clerk The ap-
propriation asked for this is a raise
from $4,000 for the present year to
3$54, 400. .sa# ....
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
Rid Your Children of Worms.

~ You can change fretful, ill-tem-
pered children into healthy, happy
youngsters by Riding them of
worms. Tossing, rolling, grinding
of teeth, crying out while asleep, ac-
companied with intense thirst, pains
in the stomach and bowels, feverish
and bad breath, are symptoms that
indicate worms. Kickapoo Worm
Killer, pleasant candy lozenger, eX-
pels the worms. regulates the bowels
and restores your children to health
and happiness. Mrs. J. A. Brisbin,
of Elgin, ILL.,, says: 81 have used
Kickapoo Worm Killer for years,
and entirely rid my children Of
worms. ! would not be without it. -
Guaranteed. All druggists, or by
mail. Price 25c Kickapoo Indian
Medicine Co., Philadelphia and St.
Louis
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS Gov
EMINENT AID FOR BOONE
AND STORY COUNTIES.

E. ]. Jones, agent of the U. S. Of
fee of Public Roads, completed con-
tract June first with Boone and Story
counties which makes the $4,000
government aid apportioned to the
state of Iowa available for the work
on the Trans-Continental Highway
through those two counties. Boone
gets $4,000 of this fund and Story
$4,000, each putting up twice the
amount received making a total of
$4,000 to be expended on fifty miles
of highway In addition to this sum
$1,000 has been donated for the work.
Iowa is the seventh state to secure the
$10,L % offered to each state on con-
dition that they use it with 100000
of their own money for improving
fifty consecutive miles of post roads.
The other states which have closed
contracts are Alabama, Maryland,
Oregon, Maine, Vermont and Con-
necticut.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
Wants a Wife.

Last fall Rhoads & Ehrenhard got
in car load of potatoes from Eldora,
Iowa, and L. A. Springer bought his
winter supply from the car. Monday
while his wife wass preparing pota-
toes for the noon meal her knife
came in contact with hard sub
stance inside of large potatoe and
upon opening it small wooden box
was found and in it was the follow
ing appeal:
ITO Whom 1t May Concern:-
Who should these lines discern,
Now, be it known,
There lives alone
A man of tone,
On little farmStead cOZy;
With inclination PROXY;
With moderate wealth,
And moderate health
And prospects ever rosy;
Save one lone, sad exception,
To-wit:
He lacks a wife
To make his life
For the last thirteen verses and
chorus, write to Frank Courtney,
Owasa, Iowa.
Mrs. Springer has no desire to
take up the correspondence so turn
ed the letter over to the Gazette. In
the hope that Frank may get wife
we are giving it publicity.-Fremont
Gazette 5N
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
THE FIRST CEMENT ROAD IN
IOWA.

Iowa has one stretch Of cement
road that has been in use for two
years and was one of the first built
in this part of the country. This
stretch of road is just out of Eddyville
and was particularly bad quarter
mile Of deep sand.
For fifty years the people of the
community had fought through the
sand with from quarter to half
load and never succeeded in better.
ing conditions in any way until the
summer of 1911 when request was
sent to the state highway commits
sion for an engineer to make a sur
vey of the road and give his opinion
as to the best method of remedying
the trouble.
From this survey complete plans
and specifications were prepared by
the commission, ready for submist
sion to contractors.
The method of financing shows the
real spirit OF cooperation. The
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
LINCOLN'S SPEECH.
What He Said on July 4th-lou
Should Read 1t to Your Children.

-Four score and seven years ago
our father brought forth on this con-
tinent a new nation, conceived IN no
erty, and dedicated to the PROPOSE
ton that all men are created equal.
Nov we are engaged in testing
whether that nation, or any nation
so conceived and so dedicated, can
long endure. We are met on great
battlefield of that war. we nave
come to dedicate a portion OF that
field as a finaf resting place for those
who here gave their lives that that
nation might live. 1t is altogether
fitting and proper that we should 40
this.
But in a larger sense we cannot
dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we
cannot hallow this ground. The
brave men, living and dead, who
struggled here, have consecrated 1t
far above our poor power to add or
detract. The world will little note
nor long remember what we say
here; but it can never forget what
they did here. 1t is for US, the liv-
ing, rather to be dedicated here to
the unfinished work which they who
fought here have thus far nobly ad-
vanced. 1t is rather for us to be
here dedicated to the great task re-
naming before us, that from these
honored dead we take increased de-
votion to that cause for which they
gave the last full measure OF devo-
ton; that we here highly resolve
that these dead shall not have died
in vain; that this nation under God,
shall have a new birth of freedom,
and that government of the people,
by the people, for the people shall
not nariSh from the ca rth "
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
Not Sears & Roebuck Goods.

A Woodland township farmer, who
ordered a Sears & Roebuck wife last
winter is shipping her back this
week. She looked good and all right
in the catalogue, but the varnish on
her soon cracked and peeled off and
the joints became loose and squeak
ed. He is asking to have his money
refunded, but he don't get it. Better
invest in the home product.-Line-
vile Tribune.
Woodland, Iowa, June 20, 1913.
In reply to your Woodland farmer
and his Sears & Roebuck wife. She
is not from Sears & RoebUck as you
published, but she is an Oklahoma
Boomer, all wool and yard wide,
pure stuff and she neither needs var
nish nor glue, but she won't be I'M
posed on by an Iowa "Quack' and he
was perhaps too well known to invest
so extensively in home products, but
no doubt she regrets more than any
one else that he didn't, but she'll not
be deceived again soon.
One who. knows her.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03

The Sioux City Rotary Club has de-
cided to raise q fund of $4,000 and
ask the Omaha Rotary Club to raise
a similar amount to be offered for the
best road connecting the two cities.
$4,000 will be given the best road
and 5000 to the one on the opposite
side Of the river. 3 D
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
Actual value

Value per So. yd. about S1.O2.
Cement used, 2,G37 sacks, an aver
age of 221 sacks per lin. it.
sand and gravel used, GIG tons.
Water used, 5G4 bbls.
The foundations were kept moist
while the concrete was being placed
and the green concrete kept wet for
a period of about ten days after it
was laid.
This road was built during the sum-
mer of 1911 and an examination made
recently shows it in splendid condi-
ton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03

County Supervisors agreed to furnish
he cement, the farmers interested
agreed to haul the sand and gravel,
the business men of Eddyville and
others paid the contractor for the
labor, the township trustees graded
the road and the Highway Commits
sion furnished a superintendent who
took charge of. the construction. The
specifications called for concrete
roadway, fourteen feet wide, seven
and one-half inches thick at the
crown and seven inches thick at the
sides. Expansion joints filled with
asphalt were placed at intervals g
| twenty-five feet The cost Of the
road was as follows: Length, 1871
feet; width, IA feet; square yards
pavement, 1852 %.
Labor laying pavement, con-
tract price, 31a cents per
square foot ------ --------$ $3.50
paid by subscriptions.)
Cement, furnished by county . 772O0
Sand and gravel, hauling
donated by farmers. Paid
for shoveling ----------- 1890
Hauling water and cement
Cne-half mile, donated.
Grading and digging Of
trench mostly donated
by townships.
Actual cash cost------- 1,404 SO
Actual cost per So I'd. about 10
BASED on actual value the
cost would have been as
follows:
Labor at 81 cents per So fits $500
Cement at SLY per bbl.---- 1890
Sand and 424.00
Hauling water and cement 1881 90
Actual value ---S1, SS7.59
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-03
Combat Dusty Roadway..

An English city Is experimenting
With granular calcium chloride to
combat dusty roadways. applying
shout half Z pound to the square
yard. "
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-10-02
You Can CONQUER IT,

1t is claimed that the nervous ex-
haustion produced by hours of sus-
tanned and monotonous tabor sends
the factory girl into the streets at
night, writes Agnes Repplier in the
Atlantic She is too unstrung for rest.
That this is in a measure true no ex-
perienced worker will deny, because
every experienced worker is familiar
with the sensation. Every woman who
has toiled for hours, whether with
sewing machine or a typewriter,
whether with a needle or pen,
whether in an Office or at home, has
felt the nervous fatigue which does
not crave rest but distraction, which
makes her want to go" Every wo-
man worth her salt has overcome this
weakness, has fostered this desire. 1t
is probable that many men suffer and
struggle in the same fashion DR..
johnson certainly did. With inspired
directness he speaks of people who
are afraid to go home and think"
He knew that fear. Many a night It
drove him through the London streets
till daybreak. He conquered it, CON
quered the sick nerves so at variance
with his sound and righteous prin-
ciples, and his example is a beacon
light to strugglers in the gloom.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-10-02

insuring worldly success. Who OF US
is thoroughly natural? Some, perhaps.
but few-very few. An affectation.
not too patent, pose, a pretense of
greatness, next to greatness itself,
makes the best impression upon the
general run of people. 1t takes a lit
tie greatness itself to distinguish true
greatness. That is why the really
great are frequently not recognized
until after their death But when a
man. by his manner, insists that he is
great, the world generally takes him
at his own estimate, and accords him
the hcnors of greatness.
The man who poses as righteous
obtains reputation for righteousness
Whether he really deserves it usually
as profound obtains a reputation for
profundty He may be as shallow as
a rivulet, but the pose is apt to create
the impression he seeks to convey We
all know the man who utters COM
mon-places with the rotundity of
the great orator, with the air of an
oracle. arrogating to himself the hon.
ors of original discovery. We all
know the impressive appearance and
rotund defamation, which often give
public men, lawyers, lecturers and
other forensic speakers vast reputa-
tons which the product of their brains
utterly fails to justify.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-10-02
Valuable Records Found

Peter the Greats letters have been
discovered in an eating house at St
Petersburg, Russia, where they were
being used to wrap up packets of sau
sages. They had come into the pos
sion of the owner of the shop a few
days before, when he purchased q
large sackful of old papers at an OF
fetal auction for the sum 16 cents
The lot comprised the cars letters
which are declared to be authentic
and to be worth thousands Of dol
lars Many of the letters have disap
peared, having been used as wrapping
for packages. The remainder have
been purchased for 1925 by an anti
quarian, who states that his attention
was directed to the papers on seeing
they were stamped with an imperia
crown. He offered to buy them from
the clearinghouse keeper, who declared
that he was glad to part with thu
dirty stuff" which was almost too
dirty for use. The letters were ad
dressed to Count Tatichtcheff, thu
cars minister of mines, and relate
to the development OF the rich iroi
and copper mines in the Ural noun
tains.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-10-02
ALMOST TURNED THE TRICK
Clever Scheme of English SmuegIers
Only Frustrated by Luck at the
Last Moment.

One OF the most ingenious of SNUG
Cling tricks was that originated by a
band Of clever Partisan rogues recent
ly. A coffin supposed to contain the
dead body of a man who had died of
diphtheria, was dispatched from the
gay city for burial in London. 1t was
met at the railway terminus in that
country, and conveyed at nightfall to a
house not far from the Mile End road
Whitechapel Everything would have
passed off as desired and planned had
not a policeman on duty become sus-
picious on seeing particularly large
coffin being taken out OF a hearse in.
to a house that was known to be the
babitation of men who had done penal
servitude.
After the funeral party had shut
their door and the hearse had driven
away, the policeman secured assistance
and knocked at the door. 1t was found
that the coffin, instead of containing
corpse, was filed tightly with cakes
Of tobacco, dozens of boxes of cigars,
and other excisable goods. The
'mourners" were Immediately arrested
and the goods confiscated
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-10-02

This house plan gives an opportun-
ity for young people to start in with
a home OF their own withou: a great
outlay in cash. As designed, the
house is built without a cellar: but a
cellar may be added at any time
While the children are small, 1t is
not absolutely necessary to finish the
bedrooms on the second floor The
house is complete downstairs. | have
known men with families of five or
six children to build a house like
this, occupy it for a year or two, then
add a cellar, sleeping rooms in the
attic. a porch at the back or side,
and many other attractive features
as they felt they could afford the ex-
pense And very often the money
saved in rent has paid for these i'm
provements.
| particularly like to see thrift of
this kind and | am optimistic
enough to believe that similar senti-
ments are increasing as the country
becomes more thickly populated. !
see evidences of economy that l never
noticed before except in isolated cases.
Economy is one of the greatest vir-
tues. Economy and ignorance seldom
go together 1t requires a person of
more than average intelligence to
practice economy sensibly Economy
is not stinginess; there is a wide dis
tinction.
A house after this plan can be built
for $4,000 to $4,000, according to the
location, cost of materials and the
price of skilled labor
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1913-10-02

quarters, and are taking this means
Of providing themselves with good,
sensible homes at a reasonable out
lay.
The original bungalow roof was low
and broad; but, in order to get more
sleeping accommodation, the ridge
was raised just enough at first to get
one room above the ground floor,
Builders, however have repeatedly
pushed it up higher, until now we see
good many houses built very much
after this plan, with as many as
three bedrooms in the roof
1t costs but little more to build a
seven or eight-roomed house in this
way than to build a f1ve-roomed house
with the rooms all on one level. The
rafters, of course, are longer. and 1t
takes more shingles; but the work on
the roof is not much different, and
so far as the inside is concerned, you
simply add the finishing up of the ex-
ira rooms. The foundation is no
larger; and the only addition on the
first floor is the stairway, which, in
this case. is built in and closed with
a door at the bottom. You seldom,
In fact, see an open stairway in a
bungalow house. 1t seems to be out
of keeping with the general layout.
There is a modification OF ideas in
regard to house stairways, even in
larger houses. The question has often
arisen: Why should we build fancy,
open stair directly opposite the main
entrance door, as though every per
son entering must receive an invita-
ton to go up aloft? AS matter Of
fact, not one stranger in a dozen en-
tering the front door goes upstairs,
and it makes considerable difference
to the members Of the family where
the stairway is placed. Very often
it would be much handler II located
in the middle of the house. 1t would
take UP Tess room, too. and save
some money-and save the architect
a headache. 1t seems to me that we
pay too much atteltion to fashion or
custom; one person is afraid to do
anything different. and each one fol-
lows along after mis- neighbor with
out knowing why.
| have watched the development of
the bungalow idea in house building
with great deal of satisfaction. be-
cause l think | can see in it the
means of providing thousands of
homes at prices within the reach of
those who would never own homes
Of their own if they had to buy or
build houses built on the regular or
thodox lines, laid out by conservative
architects, and built in the old-fash-
icned way. I have nothing to say
against large two-story solid houses
IS heavy as any one wants them.
They are all right in their right
places. But what suits one person
does not suit another, either in plan,
in appearance, or in cost; and the
bungalow has added a chapter to
house building which meets the needs
OF large and increasing numbers of
home owners and home builders.