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Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Todd Date, who has been in charge of the work on the gov ernment bridge repair crew. re- turned to Valdez with his crew Hast night.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Joe Stanton, the mail carrier, Drought in the interior mail at , this afternoon. He reports the trail as in fine condition.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

The gentlemen barber> have had a nice new front placed in the old Sidebnard building.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

F.. E. Hammond. of the dia- mOnd drill crew of the Midas, left for the outside on the Ala meda.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Jim Wilson has taken some horses across the bay to do some hauling in the basin.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

The sewer contractors have the work on the la1. eral in the alley behind the Seat tie hotel.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

The big granite rock for the rock drilling contest on the 4th of July was brought to town this morning.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Mrs. Eddie WhittemOre passed through this morning on the Ala meda for Seattle.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Matinee tomorrow afternoon at the Orpheum. A fine selection of films to interest the children.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Get bicycle from Owen Meals and enjoy your evenings, riding out the government road.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Deputy Clerk of the Court Tom Scott has made a complete in- deX of the laws passed at the re- cent legislative session at Ju- neau.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Mrs. Weeks and Mrs. Blum and children made a trip out the gov ernment road this morning.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Phil. smith, of the Orr stag, Iine, arrived in Valdez this morn. ing from the interior.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

George Baldwin left on the Alameda for Cordova and the Mother Lode Mines on McCarty creek.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

How letter travels in Central Africa is one of the best films at the Orpheum tonight.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27
LOCAL sREvlTlES.

Eagle dance Saturday. Don't miss it.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

FOR SALE--A new boys bicy- cIe. Never been used. Inquire of Owen F.. Meals.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27
eVenlIl.

T For bicycle repair work, call
 on Owen Meals.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

The Grand Camp of Arctic Brotherhood will meet at Juneau July Sth.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Sandy Carson left this morn ing on the Alameda.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27
LOCAL sREvlTlE5.
Pathe Weekly at the Orpheum.

Jack Hanson, the Beaver Dan kid ,iS in town from the road house.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Subscribe TOT ,ns Prospector.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

The standard make of wheels, at Owen Meals, the Valdez bicy- cle agent for the Columbia, Ram bler, Pope Daily Service," Cleve- land and other standard makes.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Mrs. F. Von Schrader, mother of Dr. Non Schrader of Fort Lis cum, left this morning for Cal ifOrnia, after a three weeks visit with her son, post surgeon across the bay.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

E. H. Dickerson, who was in charge of the Midas mine the past few weeks, left on the Alameda for Juneau to work for the Alas ka Syndicate in. Southeastern Alaska. He is accompanied by his wife.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

The men who have been work ing on the Midas property return- ed to town last night, as all work has stopped until an agreement can be reached between the pres ent owners and. the Alaska Syn dicate, which is doing the work of development, but who insist on an extension of time, which the owners have not decided they will grant.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

Twelve Cordova citizens have organized the Cordova Rod and Gun club. ,The officers are: President, Dr. W. ". Council; secretary-treasurtr, E. J. Davis; executive committee, Dr. Council, Malcom rBOck and Dr. C. l.. Hale.
Valdez daily prospector., 1913-06-27

The Valdez Dock pile dryer, which has been used by the road commission to repair the break in the wagon road a few miles from town, was returned to the dock yesterday. on, the four-horse rig of the cOmmissioHs. The work of repairing the break was a matter of but few days,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-13

Albany, N. Y, Aug 13.-GOv. VIII
liam Sulzer was impeached early to-
day by the. assembly for alleged high
crimes and misdemeanOrs in connec-
ton with his campaign fund" shortly
after Tammany leaders had quieted
the riot caused by the announcement
that Mrs. Sulzer, the Governors
Lady," had made a confession that
it was she who converted part of
Suffers campaign fund and specu-
lated in the stock market.
1t was in the very room where last
November a brilliant throng gathered
to see Gov. SUlzer limpressively take
the oath of Office that in the gray
dawn today the name of the COVER
nOr's wife of five years was injected
into the SUlzer embrOgliO.
The story as it is told is melOdTa-
matte. It is claimed that Mrs. Sulzer
entered the room where Senator
Abraham J. Palmer was waiting to
see the governor, and with tears run
ming down her cheeks, she told the
astounded senator that it was she
and not her husband who had used
a portion of the campaign fund and
specUlated in Wall street.
She said she had taken over the
entire charge of heThusband's fnan-
cial affairs because he was oYerwOTk-
ed. She deposited the campaign
checks, and admitted that she had
used some of the funds because the
household was in need of money"
also that she had invested in some
railroad stocks and used some Of the
campaign money in this way.
Sobbing brokenly, she declared
that Gov. Sulzer was telling the truth
when he said the other day that he
had never heard of the brokerage
firms or the stock deals mentioned
in the Frawley committee testimony.
The Tammany assemblymen put
no credence in this story, declaring
it an eIeyenth-hOur attempt of a low
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-08-13
SULZER IIPEACHED AFTERWIFE CLAIMED SHE
USED CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO SPECULATE

ton last night of eSnator James ].
Frawley, chairman of the investigat-
ing committee. FTawley, looking over
his shoulder to see that he was not
Swallowed, called at the governors
office and was inside ten minutes.
Mrs. Sulzer declares that Matthew
T. Morgan, secretary of the Frawley
committee, was fully aware that she
endorsed the governors checks and
deposited them, as HOrgan and his
wife were at that time practically
members of the Sulzer household and
she asserts that Morgan advised her
in financial matters.
AS a climax to her story, Mrs. Sui
ger claims that she and her husband
had been under a system of constant
espionage ever since his nomination,
and that her bank books and many
important papers, together with Sui
Zer's love letters written to her be-
fore their marriage, have been stolen,
Senator Palmer, to whom Mrs, Sui
ger made the confession" today
confirmed the story.
The governor has declared he will
fight the impeachment and carry the
case to the U. S. Court of Appeals.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
Keep the Weeds Out.

While May, June and July are con.
coded by everyone to be the best
months Of the year in which to grade
earth roads, it is oftens inconvenient
Or impossible to get the work all com.
pleted during that time, and as con.
sequence in great many places grad.
ing is done later in the year when
there is heavy sod and a large
amount Of grass and vegetable matter
growing in the right of way, and this
is dragged into the middle of the road
where it holds moisture and makes
the road mushy and bad during a
large part of the year.
Where roads cannot be graded dur
ing the late spring and summer, they
should be plowed in June or early
July, turning the vegetation under a
shallow layer Of dirt so that the entire
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
Legal Notice.

Notice is hereby given that there
has this day been filed in the office
of the County Auditor, the field notes
and plat of the following resuryeyed
road:
! Commencing at the northwest cor
ner of the northeast quarter OF sec
ton 1926, thence east 1925 chains,
thence south TN degrees, east
3.76 chains, thence north 34k de-
grees, east 1888 chains, across steel
highway bridge, thence south 88A
degrees, east 2.97k chains; thence
north 70 Is degrees, east 2.48 chains,
center of west side of wooden bridge,
thence south 70 degrees, east 2.88
chains, thence east 9.74 " chains,
thence south so degrees, east 2.35
chains, thence north 81 degrees,
east 2.74 chains, thence east sos
chains to section corner at northeast
corner of section 1886.
Unless good cause be shown
against so doing county board will
at the September meeting approve
of said survey and plat and order
them to be recorded in accordance
with section 1919 of the Code Of
1897
R. E. MCLAUGHLIN,
>, County Auditor, Decatur County.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17

aad bed that is to be graded will be
Zee from growing grass and weeds
airing the hot summer days. In this
Jay the vegetation will largely dis
Ppear and the road can be graded to
bod advantage late in the season.
The ten miles of road which took
Fst prize In the Mt Ayr, Iowa, con-
st last year was treated this way
and graded in September. At the
time the prizes were awarded in No
Ivember, the road was in remarkably
fine condition, and Notwithstanding
the fact that a heavy rain had fallen
the day before, an automobile could
travel over the entire ten miles at a
speed of thirty to forty miles an hour
with perfect safety because the road
had dried out quickly through having
been kept properly dragged
If you cannot get your road graded
before the vegetation has made it's
growth try this plan and see If you
do not get very satisfactory results.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17

To be successful in the desire OF
improving social and economic con.
ditions, We must begin at the root
If we desire the body polite to con.
sist of healthy and rational men and
women, We must train the young gen.
GRAFTON, clear away inherited defects
provide opportunity, healthy sur,
roundings, sufficient nourishing food
plenty of fresh air and a rational
scientific education. If this be done
Incorporate habits and misery result
ing therefrom will rapidly disappear
never to return.
Nor is all this enough. We must
see that children are born healthy
And this will also be the general
rule in future ages, when nations
have agreed to regulate marriage by
safe and sane laws. Already leaders
in thought, here as we'll as in Europe,
are concentrating their attention up
on the prevention of unfit parenthood
and the Strengthening of the eugenic
conscience. For the theological con-
science, created by emotional and
sensational Prescriptions for which
no rational basis ever existed, the
biological conscience will be substi-
tuted and then society will proceed to
develop in the light direction, while
the theories and measures work Ell
out by illogical minds like those Of
many pr0hibitionists will forever =,
ragbag.-Exchange.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
Medne sday, July 9.

At eight o'cl ock board met at per
adjournment, members all present.
On motion it is or dered that the
claim of the clinton Bridge Works
in the sum of $A367.b2 filed July z,
1913, be rejected lot the reason stat
ed in letter to Nv: .. keffe, their at
torney, copy OIL WA 1ch IS now on
file in this officet
Tullis road pFtltlol1 for change in
road west of L'ecatuf City was re-
jected.
Board author lzed auditor to give
Exchange Natiol lal Ba NIX warrant for
$4,000 for bridge expense.
Board fixed tine SO larry of deputy
sheriff at $2OQ per day for each
days actual LABOR.
Board authori zed Auditor to draw
warrant for and unt pit pay rolls for
labor furnished pndet the day labor
system, when SAID pay rolls are GER
titled to by the engineer in charge
of the work.
The board passed the following
resolution of nee ssity
RESOLUTION or NECESSITY.
Official Form No. 10.
Dated July 9th. - 3.
Be it resolved, ny the board OF
supervisors of DECATUR County, Iowa
that it is deemed advisable and nee.
essary to constru ft tho following de.
scribed bridges:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
What One Booster is Doinq.

Hon. D. P. Hogan of Massena, who
recently offered $500 as a prize for
the six miles Of road in the neighbor-
hood of Massena which was kept in
the best condition the coming year,
has increased his offers to $4,000
and ten stretches of road have been
entered into the contest, making alto
gether sixty miles of highway which
will be cared for by the farmers with
the object of winning the prize money
as well as serving their own interests.
The money will be divided into three
prizes of $4,000 $4,000 and $4,000, re-
spectively. Drs. Greenleaf, Penquite
and Anstey will act as judges of the
contest.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
CLAR|NDA SETS AN EXAMPLE
County Seat Of Page County, Redo.
Gates and improves Highway
Into That Live City.

A stretch of particularly bad road,
fcy half a century proved a great in
j;uy to the business Of Clarinda and
great Inconvenience to the farmers
ming into it from the southeast.
Il ally a few of the energetic boost
rs in that live town went to work
~ plans to relocate the highway and
d first class road out from the
ny.
rhe picture herewith shows the out
\. 1t work on the new road which
Eliminates seven hills and shortens
be distance three-quarters of mile.
several thousand dollars were con-
r.buted by Clarinda for this work
and It IS one OF the very best pieces
If earth road ever constructed in the
state Of Iowa.
Thousands of miles of road in this
state will have to be relocated to
avoid hills before they can be brought
to a reasonable grade. It is often
much cheaper and much more salts
factory to go arc und steep, sharp hill
:ather than to go over it or through
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
lowa's Road Showing.

While a remarkable Improvement
has been made in the manner of car
ing for dirt roads and in the construc-
ton of bridges during the past few
years in Iowa, we have not made a
great showing in the improved road
class, that term being applied to the
road where the surface is other than
the natural earth.
According to the Good Roads Year
Book the improved highways of this
state amount to total mileage OF
2,505. States having greater mileage
of improved highways are, in order
OF precedence, Indiana, with 24,955;
Ohio, 24,215; New York 1852; Wash
ington, 12,263; Wisconsin, 10,167;
Kentucky, 10,115; Illinois, 1914; Cal
ifornia, s,575; Massachusetts, S,643;
Georgia, 5,97S; Tennessee, $3.50; Tex.
as. 1896; Missouri, ATS; while Ala.
bama, Connecticut, Main, New Jersey,
North Caroline, Pennsylvania and
South Caroline have more miles to
their credit than Iowa.
Missouri, on the south, has more
than 1000 miles of improved high.
ways, and Illinois more than doubles
that mileage. But Iowa is ahead OF
Kansas, Nebraska, Minnesota, the
Dakotas, Michigan "a great automo
bile manufacturing state) and . mum
Der Of the mountain states whore road
building u difficult and expensive.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
Road Supervisor Fined for Neglect

Watt James, road supervisor of
Garfield township in Clay county, was
recently arraigned before the justice
of the peace at Webb on the charge
of neglect of duty and was fined ten
dollars and costs. County attorney
Jensen states that he will prosecute
every case where complaint is made
and evidence warrants. His example
is commended to the officials of other
counties as one efficient way of get.
ting the roads dragged.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17

Be it further res wed that the
board of supervisors ill meet at /
o'clock p. m. on the I day of Aug
ust, 1913, at the offitf Aof the board
Of supervisors in the eatur county
court house at Leoh IOWA, for the
purpose of considerioY objections to
said proposed resolutrh, and that no.
tice of said proposed resolution and
of the passage of thS1 resolution be
published as provided by law. That
the board of supervisors will meet
at 1 o'clock p. m. on the 4th day ct
August, 1913, at the Court House in
Leon, when it will hear protests, if
any, against the construction of said
bridges.
I, r. E. Mclaughlin, county audi
tor, do hereby certify that the FORE
going resolution of necessity was
adopted by the board of supervisors
of Decatur county, on the 9Th day
of July, 1913.
No further business appearing at
this time, the board adjourned to
meet again August 4th, 1913, in ad-
journed session.
Patrick Griffin,
Attest: Chairman.
r. E. Mclaughlin, Auditor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
Will Divide State Into Districts.

The highway commission will place
five efficient engineers, trained to
bridge and highway construction, in
different parts of the state in order
to be able to give the various boards
Of supervisors quick service and as
much help as possible in getting the
work under way. This, with the reg
ular staff at the commission head,
quarters at Ames and the county en-
gineers of the various counties, ought
to add greatly to the quality of work
done in this state during the season
Of 1913.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17

township organization Of road drag.
gers is in it's eighth year and the ex'
detrimental stage has passed long ago
The men with the drags are always
ready to come out after the rain and
smooth up the roads with the same
regularity as in any kind Of farm
work."
1t is this kind of management and
spirit that will eventually make Iowa
noted for good roads instead of the
opposite variety. Jackson township
will gravel a number of miles of road
this year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
JOIN IN GOOD WORK.
Increase Land Values and Com fort Of
Living By Improving Highways
BRING YOUR LAND NEARER MARKET
IOWA SHOULD AWAKEN TO THE
FACT THAT THIS GRAND TER
RlTORY is NOT KEEPING UP
WITH THE PROCESSION IN I'M.
PROVEMENT,

Over in Jackson township in Hardin
county, an organization has existed
for eight years whereby all of the
roads in the township are dragged
after every rain in an hour and a half
to three hours time. Until the season
OF 1905 Jackson township had as bad
roads as any other Iowa township
with similar soil and conditions and
Prentiss Ransom of the little town of
OWasa was criticising the trustees for
the bad condition of the highways
when they invited him to take charge
of the roads and see if he could do
any better.
He accepted the challenge and no
township in the United States today
is better known to the good roads
INCREMENT. He made arrangements
wit the farmers to pay them fifty
cents per mile each time the road
was to be dragged and with these
contracts covered the entire town
ship. Then, after a rain when con-
ditions were right, he would notify
his men by telephone and all the roads
would be dragged at the same time.
This organization has been contin-
ued every year and writing to the
Marshalltown Times-Republican Mr..
Ransom recently said:
"Over here in Hardin county we
dragged sixty miles of roads in Jack
son township in about two hours six
times this spring. Namely: March
81, April 5, ID. "a May 6 and 9. Our
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
Rid Your Children of Worms.

You can change fretful, ill-tem-
pered children into healthy, happy
youngsters by Kidding 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
ana restores youfchildren to health
and happiness. Mrs. J. A. Brisbin,
OF Elgin, ILL.,, says: II have used
hlckapoO Worm Killer for years,
and entirely rid my children of
worms would not be without it. ;"
Guaranteed. All druggists, or by
mai: Price 25c. Kickapoo, Indian
Medicine Co., Philadelphia and St.
A1o0is
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
BOARD PROCEEDINGS.
Proceedings of the Board OF Super
visors of Decatur County, Iowa.
July Session, 1913.
Monday, July :.

Board of supervisors met IN resu-
lar session, members all present.
Board spent the day checking up
with Clinton Bridge Company ana
viewing county roads and bridges.
At five o'clock board ADJOURNED
until eight o'clock, Tuesday morning
July Sth. -.a
A++os+. Chairman.
R. d. Mclaughlin, Auditor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17

The board Of \ commissioners at
Grand Rapids have authorized the is-
,uance Of 100000 road bonds for
work this year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17

Patrick Griffin,
Attest: CHAIRMAN.
r. E. McLaugnl auditor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17

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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-17
Tuesday, July 8.

Board met as per adjournment,
members all present.
On motion the following claims
were allowed:
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-10
hit US somewhere. The man who i

hit us somewhere. The man who is
experiencing none Of these troubles is
both lucky and exceptional. The ex-
ception is poor thing to bet on.
If there is any way you can, by
denying yourself little luxury, by
using little foresight even at sac
rifice, you ought to prepare for that
time when the great law Of averages
hits you. When that time comes il 1t
finds you in your own home, with a
little money in the bank or in some
safe investment, you won't have to
suffer or to ask from those who have
shown more sense. You will have
saved both your independence and
your self-respect You will be able
to take the comfort that you ought
to have, to do well by yourself under
adverse circumstances.
You are living in the sunlight now.
Would you be ready for the night if
it should come? And don't YOU think
it likely it will come?
Semi-weekly herald., 1913-03-10
SO KILLED 40 INJURED
EVERY ~ HOURS

Fifty to seventy-fve persons ars
being killed in the United States ~
cry week, and forty to fifty ara being
injured every twenty-four hours by
automobile mishaps, largely due to
reckless driving, according to reports
being compiled by Chief Of Police
Dunn Of Omaha for the use Of the
National Association Of Police Chiefs
in the fight of that organization to
prevent motor car accidents.
Chief Dunn has just made pub
lie the report Of automobile accidents
for the five weeks ending Jan. %, and
the statistics show that in that Pc
riod 203 persons met death In these
mishaps, while 1880 were injured. The
number of accidents were 1875.
In this report are included only
automobile accidents which occurred
in those cities and town which main-
tain police organizations. According
to Chief Dunn there are almost as
many accidents in the country and
in villages as there are In the cities
and larger towns.