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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21
Notice of Probating Will.
Whom It Nav Concern:

To Whom 1t May Concern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Iowa,
in and for Decatur county, an instru-
ment in writing, purporting to be the
last Will and Testament of Benja-
min F. Mcdaniel late of said county,
deceased, and that 10 o'clock a. m.
of the 2Sth day of October, 1913,
has been fixed for the probate of
said will, at which time you can ap-
pear at the Court House in said
county and show cause, if any there
be-, why said Will should not be adj
mitted to probate.
In Witness Whereof, have here,
unto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said court at Leon, Iowa, this
End day Of August, 1913.
e. E. BECK,
51-3t Clerk of District Court.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21
LIKE HAUNTED HOUSE
1v FANNY MAJORS.

"The melancholy days have come
said Medford to himself as he unlocked
his front door upon his return from es.
tablishing his wife at a summer re-
sort. and the fellow who said that the
fall days are the saddest Of the year
probably never had q wife who went
away every summer and left him to his
own destruction"
He stared about him when he enter.
ed the familiar living room and 1t
seemed to him that a company Of
ghosts were drawn up to receive him.
His wife's cozy, sleepy hollow chair
had changed its pretty tapestry dress
for q winding sheet. The Morris chair
wore a bilious looking blouse, and al
though his own leather rocker had
been permitted to remain unmolested
it looked strangely out Of place in this
ghostly company.
mo wonder men take to drink and
gay company when their wives are
away for the summer" he said to him.
self, as he dropped into his accustom'
ed place. Does any sane woman thick
that a man is going to be satisfied with
shrouded chairs and blank windows
for society while his wife is sitting ON
a hotel porch talking to the swells?
II think that at least Lydia might
have left the curtains up, for she
knows how hate bare windows. AS
for this beastly carbolic smell, it
makes a fellow feel as If he we're in
his grave or in hospital. which is
about the same thing"
He wandered about from room to
room, assuring himself that he felt
like the heroine in the story Of the
Three Bears" who was SO difficult to
please tn the matter Of furniture and
porridge. When he came to the din
ing room he stood aghast at the havoc
revealed there and he was shocked at
the absence OF the precious silver cof-
fee pot.
mo matter il I am to take my meals
out, she might have left that coffee pot
Just for company" he mourned. 1T
is all very we'll for her, there IN 4
perfect forest of coffee pots, for she
will probably never give thought to
her own, but next to her there Is moth
ing that I miss so much. II I knew
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21

A farmer rushed up to the home
of a country doctor in the village
late one night land besought him
to come to his house at once. The
medicine man hitched up his horses
and they drove furiously to the farm
er's distant home. Upon their ar
rival the farmer said: How much
is your fee, Doc?'' Three dollars"
said the physician in surprise, Here
v are," said the farmer handing over
the mon. THE blamed liveryman
wanted five dollars to drive me
home. ''-Kokoma Dispatch,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21
Sounds Fishy.

A French inventor has taken out q
patent for the catching of fish by
means of the telephone. 1t 10 stated
that fish, when swimming, emit Ger.
tain sounds which can be detected by
the telephone. The inventors apparar
tins consists Of telephone receiver
and . detonator, which are sunk In
the water and connected By wires to
. post Of observation on the river
hank. When nsh In any number pass
the rsceiver . sound ID hoard BY the
watchsr, who has only 70 proas . bat
"a - axpSodo IL doeenaboE.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21
Notice of Probating Will.
whom It Nav Concern:

TIC, Whom 1t May Concern:
You are hereby notified that there
is now on file in the Office Of the
Clerk of the District Court of1owa, in
and for Decatur county, an instru-
ment in writing, purporting to be the
last Will and Testament of Henry A..
Cowles, late of said county, deceas-
ed, and that 10 o'clock a. m. of the
18th day of October, 1918, has been
fixed for the probate of said will, at
which time you can appear at the
Court House in said county. and
show cause, if any there be, why said
Will should not be admitted to pro-
bate.
In Witness Whereof, have here
unto set my hand and affixed the
seal of said court at Leon, Iowa, this
4th day of August, 1913.
(seaD p. p. BECK,
51-3t Clerk of District Court.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21
j. j. MOffat Has Accident.

Thursday while unloading coal at
the Hammer coal shute j. J. Moffat
met VITA an accident that might
have been serious. Wh:!e reaching
for G cord tC shut off the motor Mr..
i,iotfat lost his balance and fell from,
the car, striking on his head. Mr.
Hammer hearing the machinery run
II ng and not hearing any coal going
up in the buckets surmised some
thing was wrong and started out to
investigate. He found Mr.. Moffat I'M
conscious but in a short time was re-
vived. Jud don't know what happen
ed to cause him to fall, but he says
he knows now he fell by the way he
is crippled up.-Lamoni Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21

A few years ago there were but
few silos on the Iowa farms. The
reports of the county auditors to the
State Department of Agriculture
show that up to July 1, 1912 there
were $751; silos on farms in Iowa.
Fayette county has the largest num-
Der of silos according to this report,
having a total of 1853; Blackhawk
county comes next with total OF
3242; Lee county comes in third with
q total of 1874. The counties in the
northern part of the state on the
whole have more silos than those in
the southern part of the state. This
is accounted for by the fact that
more dairying is done in northern
Iowa than in southern Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21

where she had hidden it would get it
out and take my chance on its being
carried off by burglar. Burglars! l
can fancy that q man could get 30
lonesome that he would be glad to
meet q burglar. l am sure II one
should turn up now would invite him
to sleep In the spare ROOM"
Then he slowly assembled the stairs
and entered the dainty gray and pink
bedroom where twin four poster beds
stood in solitary splendor.
IF she was so keen about putting
things away, why didn't she hide this
abandoned twin?" he grumbled as he
turned from it. Again, like Golden
Locks, he ventured to try another bed,
the spare bed, which graced room
which had no personal associations tor
him and therefore seemed less dreary.
Bux the mothballs had taken posses
sion of that room and in utter discour-
agement he returned to the twins,
which at least were innocent Of often
sive odors.
Upon again entering his own room
his eye fell upon his wife's little ma
hogany sewing table, with it's armless
chair drawn up beside it, and out of
idle curiosity he opened one OF the
drawers.
III I were a real hero Of romance"
he unused, Il ought to find letter
tucked away in here, letter that
would reveal my wife's hopeless pas
sion for another man."
But instead Of letter there were
the gold thimble he had given her, a
neat little row of scissors and spools
of thread Of all sizes and colors. These
seemed to agitate him as much as a
guilt-revealing letter would have done,
and he looked away from the drawer
to the picture Of happy face smiling
at him from the wall. He returned the
smile.
When later he tumbled into bed his
final reflection was: well, don't
care how lonely am, il only she has
q good time."-Chicago Daily News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21

Order cut flowers and loral de-
signs from @. E. Hall, local agent OF
Lozier, Of Des Moines, at The Re-
porter ONCE. Orders sent By phone
81 mail. but order - early - possi-
bic. .5,.'
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21

It is mighty risky for girl to get
out of a hammock suddenly unless
she is dressed for it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21

The Lord made little green apples,
bat the Lord knows who made little
boys to eat them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-08-21

REPORTER FOR SALE BILLS.
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05
Little Red Riding hoed.

Tne reh.arrals for IN. operetta Of
"Littl" Red Riding Hood" Win It's
chorus Of thirty.nve voices ar pro
crossing very iayorably and Prof
EastonJcnner Expresses himself as
quite Satisfied with the prusress
made. tn. sleeping seen. Nith Its
hush and stiffness flooded sith ell.
very moonlight and the sudden zp.
pearance OF the Queen OF sight sing.
Ing the lovely song. "SlumJrr iBosi. -
Is feast To tn. eye.
II will BE- gala nigh, az Wonder,
ly's for In addition to the operetia
tber. viii be III. movie" and tn.
whole will conclud. with tie roaring
farce. Turn Him Out" 90 be given
by some OF our ,al.atcd amateurs.
The cast will b., Mrs Nok.. q
society lady; Susan. n parIpr maid
In ios. with Nobbs Mr. Nokc. hus
band of Mrs Mok.. bus Eill bear
watching. Reginald Ros"i'af swell
but as -of, as they are made: Nico
domns Nobbs. n eos,.r. would rather
fight than eat.
Watch the screen a, woud5rly's.
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05
SOME MORE SHORT LOCALS

The Harvey House At Dodge City
is To be- entirely remodeiled and en-
larged greatly. The Santa Ye will
spend about $4,000 on the Job.
= NJ. E. Basaor. postmaster At Ord
way. mas resigned. and with an unex,
pred term Of three years To run.
The unexpected sometimes happens,
but no, often In postoffice circles.
The Tuesday Embroidery Club
met Wednesday afternoon OF this
week IN place OF the regular day. oH-
ing to the city election. Mrs. Fred
Jones was hostess. The club will
b. entertained next week by Mrs "
II. kidneigh.
wiswell's creamery broke the r.
cord last week by making an even
thousand pounds OF butter. II
takes twelve hundred pounds to sup
ply the local demand. and before
many weeks the creamery will reach
this record.
Mrs. Charles Mcdonald arrived at
home last Saturday night from He
lena, Mont, where she has been the
guest during the past weeks OF her
daughter. Mrs. j Moral Whi,,inghill
and was also present to welcome
her new grandson, born OH March 9Th
r. b. Forney went to La Junta this
week. where ne takes the position
OF wire chief for the telephone com
pany. Mr. Forney did two things
while here as manager Of the local
telephone officc-made lots of friends
and improved the servicc.-FoWIer
Tribune
Mrs. A G. Burwell. Of Ranfoul.
Kan. has been the guest OF her
brother. y. l.. Brown. and family.
arriving In La Jnnta last Monday
for an extended yisit. Mrs
Burwcll Is former resident OF
North La Junta and has many friends
herea bouts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wisdom ar
rived home last Saturday from Los
Angeles. Calf. where they enjoyed a
five weeks yisi, with rclatiycs and
friends. Mr Wisdom went 10 work
Tue sday morning and Is feleing and
looking fine. gaining one pound a
day during his first thrc. weoks in
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05
\ Rssolusions

Resolved. Tba, la Junta l.odge No
'oi. II. =. O. T.. tender lts thanks
10 Mr.. {. W Wond.rly and TO his
abl. corps OF assis,ants f1r their
generous aid In the matter OF the
benefit p"rformanc. AT N1nderiy's
Th.a'or. March II. 1918. given 20
rails" funds for Ii" sufferer from
the Ohio and Indiana floods At
which the sum OF titsli AS rails.
ed: tina, II make particular ackno~.
Judgement to Mr.. Robcr, Lewis stage
manager. Mr.. I'd King. operator: Nr.
Harry Blake. usher: Mr. Hor, ptu.
man. booking agent: Miss Nar.uestss
Wond-riy. cashier: Miss Ethel wIen.
"k.. assistant cashier. and m. eul.
lowing members II wondcrly's a..
ehcsfra: M-ssra Earl Klino. plsso:
Frank Stanxi. vsolin. Earn.s, sta,gj.
cornes: A. A. Rauth. clarinet: Dasi
Chambers. trombone and :. 4 Ne.
Donald. drums. Who refused Mr Wen.
d~riy's tender ot their usual saisry.
and gave their services ~ a coetsS.
button To the fund. to Walter Nc.
MILAN q Company. vaudeville. vAo
hesidss paying generously for sdnls.
stoa 70 their own show. gave a NJ
srai pr cent of their salary. .eA =
the General Piim Company. Dcevse.
Who donated the pictures for N. ~.
Rssolved. rhst vc thank the sve.
shine Club for iss contribution a
5000 10 b. added To this FUND. asA
to all the people who m r.n.roussy
patronis~d the evenings .n,ertaie.
ment.
Resolved. That 80 ackno~ ledv. -,
special obiisat'ons 10 Mr. Wonder.
". vhos~ generous and chsrarteese.
tic tender of his thca,er x,,hos,
charge. made this hen~fi, pos.ib,e.
The rhsrtsi~s that snothe. and nj,
aal h,sls.
Ass scstterrl q tAe ser, Of -,
1lAs elsVsss."
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

Fred Mckinney. the well known di-
rcctory man. is writing series of
interesting letters from Douglas, An
zona, on the Mexican border. TO the
La Jumta Tribune. Mr.. Mckinney II
as good at writing as he is at get
ting up city direciorics-which Is con
siderabl, prais" Lamar SPARKS
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

Bids for the construction OF the
Santa Fe general office building are
to be opened mex, Tuesday and the
contract viii be let next Friday. Be
fore the end of the month work on
the new building will be under way.
II u also thought tina, work sill BE-
commenced on the new Methodist
church insid. OF six weeks
La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05

There are plenty OF cash registers
In Dayton. 50 there WAS probably no
difficulty In ringing up the $527 7s5
contributed by the people Of La
Jun,a for the benefit Of the flood
sufferers. We east our bread up
on the waters TO that extent
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-23
"NEvER AGAIN." BUT HE DID
Frederick Thompson Forgcts Vow Not
To Mnrry Again.
[SDerint In The Tim


New York, April ga school days
romance begun in Nashville. Tenn. Sow
eral years ago. eliminated yesterday in
the marriage OF Frederick Thompson.
the famous manager OF amusement
enterprises, and Selenc Wheat Pitcher.
The marriage was performed by Dr.
Edward Work at tho home OF The bride,
3oI Fifth Avenue.
Tho brides brother. Lieutenant Win
ston. Pitcher. United States Army. re-
tired. gave her away. In the wedding
party were Mrs. Martha Thompson
mother OF the bridegroom: Mr.. and Mrs
Theodore Hamlin, his sister and broth
erin law. and Frank Sanger and Miss
Stewart Elliott. relatives OF the bride
MIR. Thompson was divorced a year
ago in Chicago by Mabel Taliafcrro. the
actress. whom he married in 1906. The
divorce was obtained in Chicago. When
the news that his wife had severed the
he raised his right hand said: Never
again. but at that time he had not
seen his boyhood sweetheart for sew
ert,l years. Miss Pitchers father was
lawyer in Nashville, and came from
New Orleans. MIR. Thompson left
Nashville to make his way in the world
before he had reached his majority, and
mis- visits 10 his homo town We're few
and far between. Miss Pitcher came TO
New York and established herself as "A
Fifth Avenue modiste. She and MIR.
Friends of Mr.. Thompson had no inti-
nation of his intention to rcmarry
me marriage license, which was taken
ont this afternoon. records that Mr.
thompson lis thirty nine years old His
wire Is two years his junior.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-23
PETITION DISMISSED
English Courts Must Fix Liability of
Owners of Titanic.

lPpctldi 10 inc lII1lcS- JJlSpatCH.I
New York. April :2.--Judge George
Z; Holt, of the United States Federal
Court, in decision handed down yes
terday. dismissed the petition of the
oceanic. Steam Navigation Company,
Ltd, asking for Il limit of the liability
or the losses resulting from the sink
ing of the Titanic last year. Judge
Holt says tho American courts have no
jurisdiction in the matter, even though
citizeins OF this country lost their
lives: He says that the extent of he
liability. of the owners must be fixed
by the laws of Great Britain.
The laws OF England hold the own
ers responsible for an aggregate
amount s, not exceeding Is, pounds ster-
ling for each ton of the ships tonnage
Owing to the Titanics size, this
amount will be about s3.300.0O0.
., The report filed to-day by United
States Commissioner Gilchrist shows
that in all 65l claims, aggregating
1860, 1873. have been filed In the
United States District Court against
the Titanic owners. The claims for loss
of life total $14,345,957.75.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-23
JOHNSON WINNER
BY BIG MAJORITY
Primary in Raleigh to Select Can
didates for Commission Form
of Government.

iai W ne Time 6- DiSnatch.
Raleigh. \. G.. April 2c.-Raieigh's
primary yesterday for candidates for
commissioners in the commission form
TO be inausurated May 1. resulted In
sweeping victory for Mayor James 1.
Johnson. who received 991 votes for
Mayor. moro than all three opponents
combined. Next highest was Mcneil.
Sl2. johnson will be without oppo-
sition at the election on May 1. Under
the law the two highest In the pri-
mary are the candidates in the cleo
ton So far Commissioners of Public
Safety O. G. King, and Willard T.
Dowell will fight it out. with indlca-
lions that Dowell will control most of
tho votes cast in the primary for the
weaker candidates.
For Commissioner OF Public Works,
John T. Jones. now city tax collector
and Richard b. Seawell, now city sur
veyor. are up for the contest. For
police justice, w. c. Harris defeated
his only opponent. Alexander Stronach
the vote being 1,2I2 to $40, so his
election is assured
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-23
PERDUE INEFFECTIVE

Boston, April 2".--Pcrduc. who was
70 effective against the Giants last
week. could not hold the Brooklyn bat
tcrs to-day, and tho Dodgers walked
away witt, the game, to o beginning
with tho second. the visitors scored in
every other inning without much op-
position. Perduc was relieved In the
seventh by Gcrvais after Brooklyn had
scored three runs on Il pass, AN error
TWO hits and two bases that were pill
fcred by cutshaw.
Boston tried to cpinc back in tho
sixth. Sweeney walked; Kirke doubled
TO centre, but Sweeney WAS held at
third. scoring with Kirkc when Deviin
shook the right field fence with another
smashing double. Raridcn was an easy
out, however. and the squirt ended.
BOrfDn HrooLiyn
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-23
WHITE S0X WHIP TIGERS

Chicago. April 22.-Thc White Sox
beat Detroit TO to-day. The locals
batted with more consistency and piled
up Il lead of three runs in the first
seven innings. In the opening innings
Collins hammered out u home run
Runs were added I'm the fourth and
sixth. Meanwhile Scott was holding
the Tigers.
~ thinning rally worried tho
locals until the final out. Crawford
doubled. Veach famed and Jones
dropped Gamers fly, Crawford going
to third and Gamer 10 second MORT
arity scored both with a single and
took third himself on a bad throw by
Easterly. Witt was disposed of on n
close play at first, and Mckee struck
out
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-23
JOHN MARSHALL
FIGURES GAME
PROVES THRILLER
(Continued from Sixth Page.D

were directly over third base. This
made the score IL to 10. and neither
team scored in the ninth. although
both teams had men on bases.
The stars for McGuire's were, FIRST
OF all. Snead, who pitched an excel
lent game and who got three hits, two
of which were three baggers; Leach,
who got four hits out OF four times
at the bat; Paschall. who played an
ai-around game and starred in base
running, and r. CogbiiI. for his field
ing. while all the rest of the team
played well.
For the High School the stars were
Blankenahip. for his batting and base
running, and Matthews, for sensa-
uonal catch OF Graves's line drive.
Nearly all of the High School team
batted well. and most were steady in
their fielding.
The Score:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-23
CREVASSE W|DENS
THOUSAND FEET
Continues Gazing Slowly, and
Rushing Waters Spread Over
Surrounding Country.

VicksburG. Miss. April 22.--HavinE
widened moro than 1000 feet, the
Woodlawn crevasse continues caving
slowly on either end, and the rushing
waters which have rapidly spread
throughout the counties OF Issaquenna,
Sharkey and part of Washington, have
also invaded the towns OF Mayersylllos
and Rolling Fork and other smaller
places will soon be under water. &
Captain w. e. Baker United States
Army. has issued 100000 rations to va =.
a. approximately 10000 persons, whom
IL Is believed will be affected. 4 relief,
ana refugee camp is to be established,
At Vicksburg. There is no panic at
the scene of the break, and only two
deaths have been reported. The known
an unidentified white boy. who were
swept away when the levee gave way
Yesterday. -
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-23
PIRATES TAKE THIRD

ST, Louis April 22.-The Cardinals for
the third time In row went down
to defeat before the Pittsburgh Pirates
this afternoon. the score being | to o.
Excellent pitching by Perritt went for
naught. the only hits that Pittsburgh
were able to make, two in number, re-
sulting in the run that won the game.
while the five hits for the Cardinals
were so scattered that they were of no
value. Aside from the almost perfect
pitching OF both Perritt and Camnitz
and the alright fielding, there was
little feature to the game.
The score:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-23
CLAIMS RATE TOO HIGH
National Committee Wants J,Oucr
Chnrgcs ON EAccss BaEGnEc.

ashinSton, April 2e.-Every rail-
road limo in tho country was de-
PENDANT in the hearing to-day before
the Interstate Commerce Commission
IN proceeding instituted by the ma
t'onai baggage committee. attacking
an illegal and unjust the excess bag.
gage rates eNacted by the carriers TO
an extent likewise. every traveller. who
may carry baggage in excess of $50
pounds. is a party in interest
-FOUR years ago the railroads in
creased their charge for excess weight
OF baggage from - LIZ per cent OF
the first class passenger fare TO 1G 1-2
per cent Commercial travellers par
unwarranted and unreasonable. Testi-
mony was introduced to-day to show
that commercial travellers in England
were permitted to carry 1886 pounds of
baggage on q frSt-clasS ticket, and
in Canada 900 pounds.
The complainant cOmmitte urged the
commission to restore the former rate
of II IL per cent Of first-class fare
on excess baggage. with minimum
OF % cents.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-23
SENATORS FALL
BEFORE RED SOX
President Wilson Watches Game,
Staying Until Last Man
Is Out.
LEONARD TURNS TRICK
Washington Unable to Solve His
Pitching at Critical Times.
Fourteen Left.
-EoNARD TURNS TRICK

Washington. April 22--Washington
suffered it's first defeat of the season
to-day. succuInbing to Boston. S to g.
President Wilson attended the game,
and although around the seventh in
ming. with the home team apparently
hopelcssly behind, tho crowd began to
leave. the President remained until the
last man was out.
Inability of Washington to hit
Leonard at critical times was mainly
responsible for the defeat, the locals
having fourteen men left on bases
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-04-23
PLAY THIRTEEN
INNINGS TO TIE
Giants and Phillies Pull Longest
Game of Season, With
No Result.
BURNs's WORK FEATURES
Tcsrcau Yanked in Third, and
Wiltsc Finishes Game i'll
Fine Style.
BuRMs's WORK FEATURES

New York. April 22.-.The New York
and Philadelphia Nationals played u
Understanding tic game here to-day.
the score being . to 9. 1t was won
dcrful pitchers battle between Seaton
and Wiltse, who went into the box for
New York in the third inning after
Luderus had hit Tesreau for home
run in the second period. Wiltse
pitched the better ball. though Scaton
did great work in the PITCHES. III the
eleventh the Giants filled the bases
with one out, but could not score. They
opened both the twelfth and thirteenth
with doubles. but Seatou again tight
ened. Burns's work was the feature.
The score: