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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-09
CONDITION OF RIVER
FALLING FAST At POINTS ABOVE
HOWENER-DOWN TO NORMAL
AT RIO GRANDE.

The Rio Grandc is stationary at
Brownsville and there has been litt,r
change in the situation the past three
days. Now and then reports come in
Of overflows between here and Hidal-
90
Mission. IIidalgO and Mercedes re
port the river as rcccding slowly. The
fall 1T Sam Fordycc and Rio Grandc
city has been heavy, and at those
points the stream j. reported down to
normal.
ut q O'Clock last night water began lap
ping over the river levec between the
National CreoSOting yarl and a point
to the northwest Of the Frisco fright
yards. For Il while it went over i'll a
Sha low food for a distance of nearly a
thousand feet, according to +. IL. Will
ms but during the night men employed
by the railroad managed to stop some
c. the flow. The overflow there is not
considered serious, az the water runs III
the RamircnO rcSaca, going out through
an OvcrfloWpl section i'm the nciuhbCr-
hood of the International bridge. and
thence back into the Rio Grmde.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-09
BAD FINANCE.

Both the Constituencies and fed
erals are feeling the pressure of hard
times. For many reasons the rebels are
feeling it more severely than the otl1
ers. 1t takes money much money. al
most unlimited money. to keep armies
in the field in any reasonable state of
efficiency.
The defactO government at Mexico City
because it is the dc facto government.
has had many advantages in the matter
of paving, arming and provisioning its
sOldiers,-adyantages which, in the ma
ture of things, the rebels could not have.
The rebels had. therefore, TO Give off
the country" To do this without entire
ly destroying the CONTRIBUTIONS en-
differing the people Of the country
against the soldiery, requires great exec
utive ability on the part Of the leaders.
and a tolerable state Of discipline and
self controls among the soldiers These
admirable qualities have rarely been
found together under such circustanccS.
They seem to have been lack
ing among the rebel leaders of
the north Of McXiro-if we may Judge
from the reports we get from the com
try. 1t is not only that the country is
being swept bare Of cattle and forage,
but the tribute levied on the manufac-
turers and merchants have been so Op-
pressive as to make it impossible 10
continue in business. They have found
it better to go ont of business a~lt0gctlt
er. The evils of that sort Of thing are
endless. 1t is the cd story Of killing the
goose that laid the golden eggs.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-09

The Balkan situation is now appar-
entity adjusting itself for more trouble
Flong new lines. Bulgaria ana Turkey
have formed an offensive and defensive
alliance. which has drawn Greece and
Servia into a counter alliance. Ii is
said that neither Turkey nor Bulgaria
has a friend in Europe, and thus they
stand linked together in the hatred IF
their neighbours All concerned look for
la resumption If fighting.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-09
'SQV LNVM QIVHTH OVTN
NOTICE.

\ city ordinance requiring all house
holders to thoroughly clean all chin
neyS. Smoke-tlucs and stove pipes. during
this month. October as a %prccaution
against fire
\ strict compliance with the said or
dinance is requested by.
VI. HANSON.
City Fire Marshal
Texas, October md. 1913.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-09

Nevertheless we must not be in too
egreat a hurry to conclude that because
i0f the capture Of PiedraS NegraS and
iother border points by the federalS the
is over. Since The bcinning VI
1Ensurrection against Nadero it has been
"a desultory affair. Both sides have lost
and won rapidly. Even now the
briiiiant capture Of Torreon by the rel,
Ills rather diminiSleS the luStre Of re-
1ent victories by the fedcralS.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-09

The baseball pennant has Travelled
Fome-has seen many cities; as far west
his ST. Louis. and aS far east rs Boston.
1t has ~soiourned in ten states and clev-
In cities. 1t has heard the umpire cusS-
bal from Bunker Hill 10 Missouri. in nine
different dialects Of the EnglinSh langl
ge: and once i'll Missouri where she
l. spoke correct
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-09
KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE
(BH ASeOcidted PrpSS.l

Cincinnati. O., Oct. 9.-MisS Bright
Kelly. Of C%ovington. Kentucky, a society
gir}. was killed. and two other young
women and three men. all prominent.
we're injured today when an automobile
turned turtle near here today.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-09

Come to think of it we allow our
selves to be hmmbugged 4 Iot--wc coun-
try people. Here we were Yesterday ium-
ing and fuSSing around ahont the 1lSe
ball score between two bali clubs in The
east all perfect strangers ~ uS. WhG
the bulletins camc in. one NV one tn!
9th inning not a score had been made
And they cal that fine playing. and
they evidently expect Us 70 admire EN-
for it-and maybe get NJ IN ice cream
social to help pay expenses Betche amy
two scrub mines III the valley could have
made a score Of - 10 81 in six innings.
Gee. but those Yankees must think were
an easy bunch.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-09
EARTHQUAKE IN SICILY
(By Associated Press.I

Mcssina. Sicily. Oct. "a strong
earthquake lasting twc,vc seconds caus-
ed considerable panic here today. just
at the time when the Red Cross Orphan
age, erected At Palmi. from funds col
lcctcd in the United States was being
dedicated.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-09

coming ~ R"Nidc Herr.-MrS. ". q.
Mo,er Of New York CITY. who will make
her home in Brownsville sailed on Oc-
tohcr ! on the steamship Denver of the
Mallory line. fer Galveston. She will
direct TO Brownsville from Calves
ton.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-09

General Villa seems disposed to keep
lis enemies from hanging him over Il
hid international bridge anywhere. MOI
: long as he can get to them first-as
4 sterday at TorreOn.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-10-09

the chess C}Ub met last night At the
san Carlos hotel with T.. f. MARTYR. Six
members attended. The present meetings
are being held weekly for the purpose
of discovering all the local chess cnthu-
siaStS. with the ultimate idea Of rcgul-
arlv organizing a chess club.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
SHORT WEIGHT PACKAGES.
Creamery Butter Found to be Pack
ed in Fourteen Ounce Cartons.

When you call for pound of but
ter and get 14-ounce carton notify
the state pure food department, and
there will be something doing. There
will be some dealers of the state in a
tight box soon after the weights and
measures law gets in it's work.
The prime offenders are said to be
the creameries and the concentrator
companies. They have been putting
up these short weight cartons long
time. Now instead of putting up
cartons with sixteen ounces each,
they have simply fixed the brands
so there will be pretense of the car
tons being a pound each and they
are billing the stuff to the retailers
as so many cartons instead of so
many pounds. All of which is legiti-
mate.
But a merchant is never asked
for a carton of butter. His customer,
directly or by implication, asks for
a pound. The carton is handed out
and paid for as if it was pound. 1t
probably is short.
Now Commissioner Barney and his
diligent corps Of inspectors and law
enforcers have decided they are go
ing after the merchants who thus
short weight their customers, and
there is sure to be some prosecutions
at an early date. The merchant
seems to be the only one who can be
got at all
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
ANOTHER WEED DAY SET.
July Is is Designated as Date When
Everyone Should Get Busy.

Des Moines, July 3.-Iowa will
have another weed killing day. The
state highway commission yesterday
designated July 18th as the day
when all the people in the state are
urged to wage war on the weeds.
Good results were obtained from the
first weed day last Saturday, but
the word had not been sent out long
enough to penetrate every corner OF
the state. From July 18th to Aug
ust 18th under the new weed law
officials may cut the weeds and have
it charged to the owners of the prop
erty.
Counties in Iowa that have not
made sufficient progress under the
new road laws were severely reprl-
manded by the highway commission
at Ames and three county engineers
were removed. The names of the en-
gineers were not announced, but as
it was intimated several weeks ago
that such action would probably be
taken it did not occasion any great
surprise. Other engineers when not
found competent to direct the coun-
ty road work will be removed by the
highway commission. Boards OF
supervisors have been directed to
employ engineers by the year here
after instead of by the day.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Elected Music Teacher.

AT a meeting of the school board
held last week Miss Mabel Bradley,
of Chillicothe, Mo-, was elected as
music teacher in the Leon schools
for the coming year. Miss Bradley
will also teach penmanship and
drawing, in which she has taken a
two year course and is now further
perfecting herself in this line by
taking a special course under one of
the best instructors in the west. In
music Miss Bradley has splendid
education, being graduate of the
Academy at Chillicothe, Mo-, and al
so of the University of Chicago. She
has made a great record in her musi-
cal studies and her instructors 1T the
University of Chicago say she is one
Of the best students they have ever
had there. Miss Mabel is daughter
of P. F. Bradley, the well known OPP
tician of this city, and spent many
years of her life in this city, leaving
a few years ago for Chillicothe to
complete her education after attend
ing the Leon schools. She has many
friends in this city who will be pleas
ed to see her return to Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Decatur City's Celebration.

The Leon K. P. band went to Deca-
tur City on the Fourth and furnished
music for their celebration which
was held in their fine park. They
had a good program and the day was
pleasantly spent, large crowd be-
ing in attendance. Many Leon peo-
pie were at Decatur City and all en-
Joyed the day. The only disappoint-
ment was that their big Chautauqua
tent did not arrive until on the noon
train, and no program had been ar
ranged for the afternoon, in order to
allow everyone to attend the opening
of the ChautauQua, but the big
crowd was entertained by music and
did not grumble. The Chautauqua
opened in the evening and they have
been enjoying good program the
past week. Il.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Have Settled Many Losses.

The following is a list of losses
which have been settled within the
past ninety days by Pease & Pease,
the local agents of the Farmers In
surance Co., of Cedar Rapids, nearly
all of them having been adjusted by
Lou Pease, and his adjustment was
entirely satisfactory to the policy
holders and the insurance company.
Mr.. Pease endeavors to settle every
loss to any of their patrons with the
least possible trouble and expense to
the policy holder, and this long list
of parties who have received salts
factory settlements tells a good
story. Just ask any of these parties
what kind of treatment they receiv-
ed and they will tell you. 1t pays to
insure with a reliable agency like
that of Pease & Pease.
O. w. Foxworthy, Leon, Iowa.
Mrs. S. E. Painter, Leon, Iowa.
S. G. Jennings, Weldon, Iowa.
J. B. Redman, Leon, Iowa.
]. l.. Brown, Grand River, Iowa.
M. E. Cochran, Leon, Iowa.
Sam Overholtzer, Leon, Iowa.
Walter C. Smith, Leon, Iowa.
John F. Rumley, Leon, Iowa.
~ C. Ii. Hodges, Weldon, Iowa.
7. A. E. Rumley, Leon, Iowa.
Thos. IT. Hughes, Weldon, Iowa.
J. C. Overholtzer, Leon, Iowa.
Simon Goodman, Leon, Iowa.
o. Allpress, Leon, Iowa.
James Rauch, Grand River, Iowa.
w. D. Smith, Davis City, Iowa.
j. A. Still, Pleasanton, Iowa.
w. D. Lionberger, Garden Grove,
Iowa.
L. G. Overholtzer, Weldon, Iowa.
H. L. VanNostrand, Leon, Iowa.
B. T. Martin, Leon Iowa.
David T. Davis, Weldon, Iowa.
c.. w. Moore, Leon, Iowa.
T. ]. Griffin, Leon, Iowa.
w. J. Stout, Leon, Iowa.
w. w. Evans, Grand River, Iowa.
T., A. Scott, Leon, Iowa.
w. E. Ammons, Leon, Iowa.
w. D. Stephens, Grand River,
Iowa.
w. M. Green, Leon, Iowa.
Mary j. Craigo, Leon, Iowa.
Abe Goodman, Leon, Iowa.
C. S. Rumley, Leon, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
A Car Load of JacksOnS.

c. M. Axes, who recently secured
the agency for the Jackson cars will
receive this week a car load of these
famous cars, one of which he drove
down from Des Moines' last week. The
Jackson is fully equipped with self
starter, electric lights and all the
little conveniences of the highest
priced cars, but the price is very mod
crate. Mr.. Axes has bought a num-
Der of these cars outright, and he
proposes to sell them and sell them
quick. If you are thinking of in
vesting in a reliable car, one which
will not be giving you grief all the
time and which will take you any
where under any conditions, it will
pay you to see the new Jacksons. Mr..
Axes has secured for a few days the
services of an expert demonstrator
from Des Moines, and will take pleas
ure in demonstrating a Jackson to
any prospective buyer. AS to the
price, Charley says he bought these
cars to sell and he will make prices
which will make quick sales.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Laying Heavy Steel.

A big gang of extra section men
as we'll as all of the regular force
are now working in the vicinity Of
Leon, getting the track ready for the
new IS pound steel which will re-
place the present Sc pound steel on
the Chariton-St. Joe branch. They
have power saving machine which
moves over the track saving two
groves in the ties which will then
be cut out SO that the heavy steel
which is higher that the old rails
can be laid quickly and without in
terfering with the traffic. The Bur-
lington is getting ready to compete
with the Rock Islands new Kansas
City line, and it is said that through
trains will be running from Des
Moines to Kansas City over the Bur-
lington before the first of~the COM
ing year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
School Board Elects Additional
Teachers. ~

The Leon school board has elected
two additional teachers for the Leon
schools the past week, Mrs. Wee Akin,
of Pleasanton, being elected as a
grade teacher to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Miss
Berta Peck, and Prof. Walter D.
Cooking, of Manchester, Iowa, was
elected as one of the assistants in
the High School. Prof. Cooking is a
graduate of Des Moines College,, and
will specialize in teaching natural
science. He is also debator of abil-
ity and takes an active part in ath-
letics, so he will be valuable addi-
tion to the corps of teachers. There
is still one more vacancy in the
High School to be filled, as Miss
Mate Parrish has filed her resigna-
ton with the board, she having Sc
cured a position in the Des Moines
schools. 49,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Will Build Frame Freight Depot.

There was considerable mitigation
expressed Tuesday when it became
known that the new freight depot
which TIE Burlington will build at
Leon to replace the one destroyed by
fire year ago, was to be frame
building, as it had been supposed
from the correspondence with the Of
ficials of the railroad company that
the new freight depot would be fire
proof structure. The plans were pre-
pared last year for frame depot,
but the Leon Commercial Club took
the matter up with the officials and
they promised to build a brick
freight depot We know that plans
were drawn for a brick depot and
also for material additions to the
switch tracks at this station, but they
must have been pigeon holed some
where, for the material which was
unloaded the first of the week was
for a frame depot. President Geo.
E. Hurst of the Leon Commercial
Club on behalf of the Commercial
Club, business interests and others,
Immediately sent telegram to the
company protesting against the build
ing of a freight depot which is not
a fire proof structure, and it is to be
hoped that the company will yet
change their decision in regard to
erecting dinky little frame depot.
The freight business at this station
is large enough to warrant the expen-
diture necessary to build a substan-
tial freight depot, and the freight
business here is constantly increas-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Rexall Store Will Put in New Front.

Bell & Robinson, the Rexall Store,
are now getting located in their new
store room, Just one door north OF
their former location and when they
get through strengthening up will
have the nobbiest drug store in
southern Iowa. They are making
changes and improvements in their
shelving and show cases which will
display their goods to much better
advantage, while their wall paper de-
partment will occupy the second
story of the building. They have
purchased the building in which they
are now located as permanent home
for the Rexall Store, and the coming
week will commence putting in a new
front in the building, which will be
the finest store front in this part of
the state, being finished with blue
enamel brick, tile entrance and ev-
erything strictly modern.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Auto Ran Away.

John Powers, of Decatur City,
came near having an accident while
driving his auto in Leon last Thurs
day evening. In the car with him
was young man named Tenney and
two young ladies', and when near the
residence of Lewis Pullin in west
Leon something went wrong with the
car and the driver could not stop it.
1t ran down the hill at a pretty rapid
pace, the couple in the rear seat
jumping out at the top of the hill,
and John finally got the car stopped
within three feet of fence at the
foot of the hill. NO damage and no
one injured but they were all pretty
badly frightened.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
A Quiet Fourth.

There was nothing stirring in
Leon on the Fourth and it was very
quiet day. Nearly everybody in Leon
attended one of the celebrations held
in the county, many going to Davis
City, Decatur City and Van Vert, at
each of which places they had a very
creditable celebration. No serious ac-
cidents were reported from any place
in the county. 1t was sane Fourth
and we believe that much of the
noise and dangerous practice of
shooting fireworks and fire crackers
is getting to be a thing of the past.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Butler-Lasley.

Mr.. Harvey R. Butler and Miss
Evalyne Ellen Lasley were married
at Lamont on July 4th, the ceremony
being performed by Elder Heman c.
Smith. The groom is resident OF
Saline, Mo-, being rural mail car
rier at that place. He has won one
of Decatur county's most popular
young ladies and large number of
friends in the vicinity of Lamont
where she made her home extend
their congratulations. Mr.. and Mrs.
Butler will 60 to. housekeeping at
once at Saline
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Boosting for Good Roads.

Tuesday morning good sized dele
cations were in attendance from La
moni and Davis City and with repre-
sentatives from the Leon Commercial
Club met, with the board of supervis-
ors to talk over some of the proposed
road work to be done by the board
on the designated highways. Among
others the Leon and Davis City road
which has not been in the best OF
shape, was brought up, and the board
promised that work would be COM
menced on it shortly and it would
be put in good condition. Those who
were here from Lamont were W.. A.
Hopkins, Dan Anderson, c. E. Blair.
Joe Danielson, T. B. Nicholson and
M. J. Danielson. From Davis City
were DR.. G. P. Reed, J. N. Gates.
James Parker and Robert Pickens.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Board Met Monday.

The board of supervisors met in
regular monthly session Monday, and
in accordance with the new law each
of the members filed a bond in the
sum of 5000. This is the first
time that member of the board has
ever been required to give bond.
The board spent considerable time
in talking over the new road law and
making arrangements to carry on the
work. They are figuring on pur-
chasing power concrete mixer to be
used in building cement culverts and
bridges. Yesterday they were view
ing road west of Decatur City,
which is asked for, and concluded the
business of the session and adjourn
ed last evening. 3,,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Still Working on Paving Proposition.

The city council held another long
session Monday night, which was de-
voted entirely to going over the paw
ing proposition and threshing out
the details in regards to the specifi-
cations, engineer Hall of Centerville,
being here at the meeting to lend the
council his assistance and advice. The
council is getting along as rapidly
as possible without making any mis-
takes as they want to have every
thing connected with the paving
right. They will meet again next
Monday evening and by that time
say they will be ready to advertise
for the bids for the construction of
the paving.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Big New Garage Will be Built at
Once.

c. M. Axes has let the contract for
the material for his big new garage
on Main street just south of Crichton
& Sons hardware store, and work
will be commenced on the building at
once by F. c. Mullinnix, the con-
tractor The new building will be
the finest garage in southern Iowa,
the basement being of concrete and
the second story of brick, and will
be fire proof throughout, as we'll as
equipped with all the modern con-
veniences for first-class garage.
The floor space will be 6Ox9O feet
without post in it. 1t will be fine
improvement for the city and one
which auto owners will appreciate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
Marriage Licenses.

Harvey Robert Butler, Saline, Mo .26
Eveline Ellen Lasley, Lamont. 10
Mat A. Gray, Lamont ..... -, .27
Tressie Bernice Pullen, Lamont. II
Everett G. Hagan, Davis City. ;. .21
Vetia Gray, Blythedale, Mo. .18
er, Nebraska. .2S
Nettie Hamilton, Davis City. 20
Joseph Munyon, Grand River. .22
Leathy Mckee, Grand River. :. .16
Oliver E. Phipps, Leon. ..... .43
Mrs. Mary M. Chaplin, Leon. 49,. .37
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
"From The Manger to The Cross

! The management of the Idle Hour
theatre closed contract Tuesday ev-
ening for the appearance at their
house on the afternoon and evening
of July 30th, of the great moving
picture masterpiece, From the Man
ger to the Cross" This production
is the most marvellous ever conceiv-
ed and is the same great feature that
was presented for eight days at the
Y. M. c.. A. auditorium IN Des
Moines. Further announcements will
appear later.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1913-07-10
BIG AUTO CROP.
More Automobiles in Iowa Than Ever
Before.

The automobile crop in Iowa this
season has already exceeded the en-
tire number put into use last year.
According to the report submitted to
Secretary of State w. S. Allen by
Roy S. Hayward, chief clerk of the
motor vehicle department there have
been 55,601 registrations so far this
year. In the same period last year
there were 36,830 and in the whole
year only 44,18S. The motorcycle
registrations have increased from b.
215 during the first six months of
last year and 4,217 for the whole
year to 4,S7S during the six months
of this year.
During June the state collected
$50, 9,u6S.2O in registration fees. The
collection for 1913 so far totals
$537, ,946.95. The total for all last
year was $4S5,300. y