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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-26
OSInuS-BIake.

On Wednesday at high noon occur
red the marriage of Miss Aurilia NJ.
Osmus, of Wray and Mr.. Roy J. Blake
of Leon, Iowa. The wedding was a
quiet home affair, with only the i'm
mediate relatives and Rev. and Mrs.
A. N. Wolff, Mr.. and Mrs A. C.
Woody, and Mr.. Chester Hoppin as
guests. Just at high noon Rev.
Wolff performed the ceremony which
united these two young hearts and
lives-and after congratulations
were offered bounteous dinner was
served.
Miss Osmus is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Osmus and is too
we'll and favorably known through
out the community to need an intro
duction. The groom, Mr.. Blake, is
a prosperous young farmer of Leon,
Iowa, and has made many friends in
Wray and vicinity during the few
months he resided here, and these,
with the hest of friends of the bride,
join in hearty congratulations and
best wishes for this happy couple.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blake will spend this
week visiting relatives and friends
in the country, and will leave Mon
day for their new home at Leon,
Iowa.--Wray, Colorado, Rather.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-26
PleaSantOn.

Spence Moore purchased a lot of
Marion Huston in south PleasantOn
and Will erect a modern residence
on it.
Mr.. Armitage, a cripple, delivered
lecture at the opera hall one night
last week, the subject of his lecture
being Behind Prison Bars"
The meetings at the G.. U. church
closed last Friday night on account
of one of the minister's i'll health.
The removal sale at Waybill & Ov-
erton's Thursday, Friday and Satur-
dy was success and was we'll at
tended regardless of the bad wealth
er.
Glen Mitchell and wife visited the
formers brother Harry Mitchell near
Saline, Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs Will Horn is reported much
better at this writing.
Mrs. Davis is quite poorly with
rheumatism.
Mr.. Landphair purchased a prop
erty of Guy Davis in north Pleasan-
ton and will take possession in the
spring. We welcome these people to
our midst.
Marion Huston will be at home
1SAL OdLuEudy anu Will De Win nor
many friends during a short vaca-
ton.
Hilda Kerrins visited Goldie Toney
from Friday until Monday.
Willie Moore and wife and son re-
turned from Hot Springs, Arkansas,
last week and will be among their
many friends again.
A house and barn belonging to
Gold Gilmore about miles south of
Pleasanton was destroyed by fire
last Wednesday. There was a small
insurance on them.
Frank Walker has gone back to
Montana to prove up on his claim.
He claims to have valuable farm.
Mr.. Willis, the postmaster, was
taken very sick Tuesday.
A little son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Franklin last Friday.
Merle Cornett led Endeavor last
Sunday night, the attendance was
not as large as usual, due to the
severe stormy night.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-26
Garden Grove.

| John Jordan of Indianola, came
the latter part of last week to visit
! at the home of his son, O. C. Jordan
and family
Rev. and Mrs Lewis, who have
been at Leon, are here visiting at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. n. W. Lyon.
w. E. Miller went to Florida a
short time ago on business, he hav-
ing land there.
The big wolf hunt was held Satur-
getting any wolves. Three or four
appear in the round up. The lines
we're not kept up as they should have
! been.
Rev. Allan Judd. of Des Moines,
will hold services at the Episcopal
church Sunday morning and evening,
also will deliver lecture on Fri
day evening.
The X. of P. Golden Jubilee was
observed last Thursday evening and
very large crowd was present Rev.
Judd, of Des Moines, gave an excel
lent address and banquet was
served.
A. X. Aten, the dry goods man
from here had business at the county
seat last Monday.
M. w. Sutherlin took his wife to
Des Moines one day last week to
have her arm set at one of the hos
pitfalls there, she having broken it
short time ago, the fracture being
quite difficult to reduce.
Sam Spence, one of the postoffice
candidates, had business at Leon last
Thursday.
The basket ball boys went to Osce-
ola one day last week and played the
Osceola boys and were defeated quite
badly.
Glen Monroe went to Weldon Fri
Gay to be present OF the home talent
play there that evening.
A. e. Northrup has bought the
building now occupied by the Elk
press and will enlarge his store room
this spring.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-26
Hunt Ducks at Your Own Risk.

There is a great deal Of discussion
regarding whether hunters would be
allowed to shoot ducks this spring or
not, and in answer to inquiries the
game warden has sent out the fol-
lowing circular letter:
Your inquiry regarding spring
shooting of ducks has been received.
Owing to the enormous number of
inquiries on this subject we find it
impossible to answer each one per-
sonally and are setting forth the
facts regarding same as we under
stand them, in this circular.
The government passed low pro-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-26

hibiting spring duck shooting, and it
was understood that this law would
not be put into force until after the
close of the present year and the
hunting licenses that had been issu-
ed had expired. We issued a state
ment to this effect some time ago,
but since have been Informed that
the law is in force in Iowa and that
any persons shooting ducks this
spring will be liable to prosecution
under the national law.
So far as the state department is
concerned, We expect to fulfill our
part of the contract, and will take
no part in prohibiting the shooting
of ducks until the close of the sea-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-26
Observation-Disclosures,

On Wednesday afternoon, Feb. IS.
Miss Nina Kirchner of Derby waa
married to Mr. Jesse Houser of Cory
don. The wedding ceremony was
performed at the Methodist parscn-
age in Leon by Rev. G.. J. Fansher.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Everman of Hum
eston accompanied the couple 20
Leon and acted as witnesses. We ey-
tend to Mr.. and Mrs. House- our
best wishes for a happy future
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-26
Shungopavi Dead.

Many of our readers will recall
Shungopavi, the Indian who has lee
tured in this city and has appeared at
numerous Chautauqua engagements
all over southern Iowa, and will read
with surprise that he died recently
in the east, where he was filling ly-
ceum lecture engagements. Shungo-
paw was full blood Hopi Indiana,
but was highly educated and was a
very clever magician and entertainer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-26

All kinds vi cement and brick
work contracted by the Leon Cement
and Brick Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-26

son, according to the Iowa law. We
can not and do not offer any relief
to parties who hunt and are prose-
cuted under the government law, as
that is entirely out of our jurisdic-
ton and something over which we
have no control, so that the hunter
must understand that if he duck
hunts this spring he is liable to pros
ecution by the government.
T. c. Hinshaw,
State Fish and Game Warden.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-26

We guarantee our cement blocks
the best and cheapest on the market.
Leon Cement and Brick Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-02-26

State Fish and Game Wardel
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
Came Be cut on with a shllIina.

French parents tor. at all events.
those with more than shillings to
dispose of by will are precluded from
the qualification Of cutting a mutinous
child Off with shilling. A reserve is
established by law which no testatOr
can bequeath away from his offspring.
A Freuchman with one child can dis
pose Of half his property according to
his pleasure; the other half must in
evitably pass to the child. Those with
two children can dispose of only one
third Of their property. those with
three children of one-fOurth. and SO on
according to the size of the family.
Stern parents occasionally seek to
evade the law by subterfuge but the
disposal of property in France is hedg-
ed round with so many restrictions
that family black sheep are rarely
mulcted Of their legal inheritances.-
London Mail
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
GRANDEUR IN GLACIERS.
The AlPine-Iiko Scenery In Mount Raj.
nier National Park.

Mount Rainier National park is sit
mated in western Washington. about
ffty-six miles southeast of the city of
Tacoma. Ii has an area of 207, 800
acres and comprises Mount Rainier
and all its approaches, including one
OF the largest glacier systems in the
world radiating from any single peak.
Surrounding the mountain are beau,
tiful forests OF fir and cedar, and in the
natural parks below the snow line are
iuxuriant fields of wild flowers of all
coiors and descriptions The lower al
utudes of the park are densely tim
bered with fir. cedar, hemlock, maple.
alder, cottonwood and spruce The
fOrested areas, extending to an alti-
tude of about $500 feet. gradually de-
crease in density of growth after an
altitude Of 1000 feet is reached, and
the high. broad plateaus between the
glacial canyons present incompatible
scenes of diversified beauties seeming
ly arranged to suit every taste.
These parks" as they are called, are
studded here and there with lakes and
streams bordered with clumps of pic.
turesque Alpine frs and gorgeous beds
or wild flowers, and in numerous in.
stances apparently tender blossoms will
be found pushing their heads out from
under the snow.
{, The general elevation Of the glacial
valleys at the boundary lines of the
park is about 1000 feet above sea level.
These valleys afford a comparatively
easy grade to the lower ends, or
"snouts." Of the various glaciers, ap-
proximately an average additional ele-
walton Of 1000 feet. At these glacier
snouts the real Alpine nature of Mount
Rainier National park territory is
thrust upon the traveller. and from.
over. around and alongside the glaciers
trails have been constructed with a
view to making the wonders of nature
within the park easily accessible as
well as to provide patrol routes for the
protection of the forests and game.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
OVeTStTained Nurse
Suffered Hysteria

While in the Vining Theatre Friday
evening young lady became hysteri-
cal. Running from the theatre, she
proceeded down the street in quest of
her husband. Finally at Rose Bros.
she accused Mr.. Rose of knowing
where he was. Mr.. Rose asked her
where she had left him, to which she
replied, "At the Vining." Mr.. Rose
then told her that her husband must
still be there, which seemed to satisfy
her and she went back to get him.
She was taken to the hospital for
treatment.
The young lady is we'll known in
Ashland, having been formerly a
nurse in the Granite City Hospital.
She is now under the doctors care.
Immediate recovery is expected.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
Clearing Themselves.

Among the many means adopted for
expressing grief upon the death of a
relative perhaps as interesting one
as any Is that met with In the neigh.
borhood Of the Tully river. in Queens.
land. Here two. three or four of the
deceased friends or relatives will squat
close together. with hands on each 9th.
ers shoulders. bewailing for hours at
q time the loss Of the dear departed
IL Is not the virtues of the latter that
are In any way extolled. however.
What these mourners are really taking
care to do is to show that they and the
Decreased were always good friends.
Their object in all this is TO prove to
the outside public that they have had
nothing to do with the encompassing
Of the death.-Wide World Magazine.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
Funds Pour Into Banks of United
States.

Washington, Aug. 3.-Early today
Secretary McAdoo began conferences
with New York bankers on the inter-
national financial aspect of the Eu-
ropean crisis, particularly that of get
ting money to Americans in distress
abroad. Later President Wilson will
join the conference.
Several millions of dollars in cur
rency to be issued under the Aldrich-
Vreeland law have been sent to New
York to be ready for the call of the
banks there tomorrow.
The bankers in the conference rep
resented houses with principal for
eign connections and those with
which the state department usually
has dealt in foreign financial affairs.
The conference also discussed the
financial situation at home, including
the probability of issuing from the
$500, 100000 of reserve currency au-
thorized by the banking act. That
feature, however, will be continued
tomorrow, when Secretary McAdoo
confers with representatives of prin-
cipal clearing house associations.
President Wilson taday asked At
torney-General McReynolds for an
opinion whether the new banking sys-
tenn may not be started with the three
members of the federal reserve board
already confirmed
Preparation of a neutrality proc
lamation was begun at the state de-
partment. Officials said it would be
issued today.
Consuls in Europe were instructed
to have orders for transportation
home for stranded Americans hon
ored by. European agencies. Relatives
here may deposit funds with Ameri-
can agents Of the transportation COM
panies.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
Germans Violate Neutrality.

Luxembourg, Aug. "a train full
OF German soldiers arrived at the
station at Luxembourg during the
night. The troops seized the station
and the bridges on the Trevas and
Trois Vierges line in order to insure
the regular passage of military trains
across the grand duchy. After these
seizures the soldiers proceeded to the
barracks. The mayor of the Luxem-
burg volunteers protested against the
violation of the neutrality, but in re-
ply the Germans asserted that the
railway belongs to them and that they
have the right to do what they like in
Luxembourg.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
y THE FEMININE ENIGMA.
Queer Incident of the Turkish RevoIu-
tion of 1908.

In "The Orient Express" Arthur
Moore, II. r. G. S., relates a true Incl.
dent of the Young Turks revolution of
1908, In which woman plays thrill.
ing dramatic part Herself a revolu-
tionary and the sister of Major Enver
Bey. she was the wife of Nazim Bey,
the sultan's principal police spy at Sa-
loniki. whose assassination the COM
mittee Of union and progress had de-
cided upon. She did not hesitate to
help the murderer. She left the cur
tains undrawn where she and her hus-
band were dining together and placed
strong light behind him. Then she
sat waiting tensely. Soon the shot rang
out But the cOnspirator had bungled
NaZim was only wounded Six weeks
later the miracle Of the revolution was
accomplished, and the committee,
clement in their triumph. condemned
Nazim Bey not to death. but to exile,
and would have exalted his wife into
heroine. But she, to Enver Bey's as
constituent, proposed to go and share
her husbands lonely exile at Benghazi.
But, my sister," said Enver, 'it Is
unthinkable that you should suffer
such terrible fate. Moreover. the man
is an infamous spy. who deserves
death. Why should you share his pub
lie disgrace"
He is my husband" she answered.
"and | love him."
You love him! But were you not al
ready consenting and even abetting
party to the death which was intended
for him""
THAT is true. l was willing that he
should die for the sake of our cause,
put as he Is to live shall live with
MIN. Where he goes shall CO."
so together the husband and wife
went to Benghazi.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
LAGGARD GOLFERS.
There, Is Such Thing as Being Too
Deliberate In a Game. ,..

Oellperate In Game. ,,s
While carelessness Is a bad feature
for any golfer to allow to creep into
his game, it must not be confused
with unnecessarily prolonged delibera-
ton over shots. Too much time in
studying shots before playing them
Is, to my mind, worse than not enough.
In other words, neither procrastination
nor hurrying will bring satisfactory
results, but as between the two undue
deliberation is worse because it is in
the nature of an imposition upon other
players. Golf has become so popular
game that the number of players
has increased by leaps and bounds:
hence great many clubs have an ac-
tive playing membership so large that
1t is problem how to accommodate
all who wish to play, especially on
Saturdays and holidays. An unneces-
sarily slow player can hold back a
field and cause more fuming and hard
feelings than almost any other factor
in play. The same thing applies in
open tournaments or championships
Admittedly there are some golfers
who are so constituted that they have
to go at their play deliberately to do
well, but they ought to realize that
fact, and, when they see that they are
holding others back. courteously let
those following "go through"
A great many players who are alb
normally deliberate might find by ex-
pertinent that they could play just as
well. If not better, by speeding up
bit When golfer spends overmuch
time in studying the line of his putt
for example, first viewing it from one
side of the hole and then from the
other, only TO go back and have an
other look from the first side-he is
apt to see unduations or bumps which
really would have no influence over
the balls course If utterly disregarded.
The imagination gets too much play
and the mind has too much time for
working up hesitancy and breeding
lack Of confidence. The best putters,
as a rule, size up the situation quickly,
then step up and hit the ball-Francis
Oulmet In st. Nicholas.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
OUR FIRST P0LICEWOMAN.
~About az Terrible as a Kitten" Yet
Praised by English Observers.


Praised by English Observers.
1t was in. a school at Salt Lake City,
Utah. early In 1913, that | CHANGED
upon Mrs. Wells, the first American to
conceive the idea Of adding women to
the police force and the first woman to
be so appointed. When | was told OF
her profession my Imagination flew to
the typical figure of a policeman in
London, and ! pictured her a strapping
Amazon In uniform. baton at waist,
helmet on head and on her feet the
boots so familiar to us In the stage
farce.
When l encountered my first police
woman ! was disillusioned. | found
her not an amazon. but slightly
built active woman a little over five
feet In height. Her age was between
thirty-tive and forty. She had pleas.
ant. firm voice and bright blue eyes,
which seemed to me to be more than
usually observant AS one newspaper
described her, she was "about as for
midable as kitten"
She had come to Salt Lake City at
the request Of the civic authorities to
tell them Of her duties. as they were
considering the question of appointing
women to the police force there. Her
work at Los Angeles. Cal. had been so
widely appreciated and her superiors
IN office had received so many letters
OF inquiry regarding 1t from the au.
thorities OF other towns that they de-
cided TO allow her six months leave
Of absence in order that she might
travel and tell other municipal author.
ities about her work.-Lady Darwin in
Nineteenth Century.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
Victor Hudo.

Victor Hugo was born in Besancon,
France. in 1902. He was the son of a
colonel In the French army and receiv-
ed classical education. After the rev.
olution Of 1880 his plays Marion de
Lorme" and "The King Amuses Him.
self" were performed at the Theatre
Francois. He was created by Louis
Philippe a peer Of France. with the
title of viscount. but he arose above
this honor In being the author Of Les
Miserables." He opposed Napoleon Ill.
and was banished from France, but re-
turned on the fall Of the empire. He
died In Paris in 1886 and was buried in
the Pantheon.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
SLANG is HARDY.
Some Supposedly Modern Phrases Are
Really Centuries Old, 80.

Really Centuries Old, 80.
Much Of the current slang supposed
to be modern is not new. For in
stance, kid" Child goes back as far
at least as Massinger's '"Old Law"
Q599D.
81 am old. you say. Yes; parlous
old, kids, and you mark. me WELL"
Kidnap Ito nab a kid was certainly
not new word to De Foe or Bunyan.
ITO skip out" is accounted slang, but
in Wyciff's translation of the Bible
we read, "Whanne barnabaS and poul
herden this. thei skipten out"
In Ralph Roister Doister," the first
English comedy, about the middle of
the sixteenth century, an actor says,
NAY dame, | will fire thee out of, my
house." which certainly has modern
ring
Goldsmith in "The Good Natured
Man" QT6SI says. If the. man comes
from the Cornish borough yoa AUST
do him." and this will require 10 gloss
for the modern reader.
Not in it" Is found in Shakespeare's
winters Tale" They have a dance
which the wenches say is galimau-
fry of gambols because they are not
in it."
"Cut 1t out" goes back as far at least
as Sheridan's Critic" Q770l, "The per-
formers have cut it out"
The optimistic bra akeman who had
both legs cut off by train and who.
when bystander tried to console him
by saying he ought to be thankful he
wasn't killed outright, replied, I'm not
kicking" was only using Biblical ex-
preston. Wherefore kick ye at my
sacrifice e"-Edward A. Allen in Fo-
rum
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
SAVING GRANITE ROCKS.
Steel Wires and Sand and Water Are
the Apparatus Used.

|
Stone is still sawed by hand, even in
great cities. where the latest appliances
Of the mechanical art are to be found.
Yet the mechanical saving of rock is
recent years has reached a stage of
perfection.
The idea of using a metal cord and
mixture of sand and water for saw
ing stone was patented by Eugene
Chevallier in France in 1854. His ap-
paratus, with scarcely any change, was
used not long ago in cutting a trench
through the Pont Neuf, in Paris.
The principle upon which the me
chanical stone saw works is described
by Victor Raynouard in La Science ct
la Vie as follows:
An endless rope composed of three
steel wires twisted together is set in
movement and draws with it grind
ing granular substance, pressing this
hard upon the stone that is to be
sawed. The mordant substance is grit
mixed with water. The stream Of wa
ter renders the movement easy and
prevents the heating Of the cable. The
ends Of the cable are joined by splic-
ing
The hardest rocks, such as porphyry.
are now sawed more easily than the
softer, such as marble. but not so rap
idly. Marble is sawed at the rate Of
nearly nine inches an hour. granite at
from six to seven inches an hour.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
Comparative.

"Is there any truth to the assertion
made by scientists" asked a young
man recently. that when a man and
a woman have lived together for some
time their facial characteristics assume
simllarity?"
The man to whom the question was
put was supposed to be scientist. but
he chose to regard the question in a
humorous light.
There most certainly is," he replied.
II know man who married widow.
and she was constantly reminding him
OF her first husband. New York Trib-
une.
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
An Encallnnt Raaann-

One OF the stories about the late Sir
Douglas Straight. the veteran journal
ist. relates to one of the early papers
be was connected with.
He was crossing Waterloo bridge one
DAY with a friend when he suddenly
marched up TO couple OF newsboys
and soundly boxed their ears.
His friend. amazed at this proceed.
Ing. naturally asked him what he
meant by It. They were selling your
paper" he pointed out
"Yes. know they were" was the
reply. "but they weren't shouting II
loud enoughr'-London Globe
Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1914-08-03
Famous Doors.

One Of the most beautiful doorways
In the world is that of Magdalen col
lege chapel In Oxford university. II
is the west door leading into the chapel
and Is of Tudor architecture. with the
statues OF ave saints placed in inches
over the top expense. Visitors must
remember that Magdalen is pronounced
Maudlin college by the English.