The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-07-09
the BIG CELEBRATION
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was especially interesting to the
farmers, who delight in contests OF
this sort. The first prize of $40 was
finally awarded the fine gray team,
Tom and Jerry, used on the county
bridge work and owned by James
Konklin and Fred Barrett, and they
are sure real pullers. The second
money, 81 went to the Ford Paving
Co.. with their bay team which has
been worked all summer on the
heavy pulling on the paving contract.
and. the third prize was won by swift
& Co.'s big team. 1t was contest
for blood, and so interesting that
Few. left to see the other events
which were pulled off. After the
contest the dray and it's load were
weighed, the load weighing 1881
pounds, the dray 2295 and in the
final pull there were twelve men on
the dray who would average lS0
pounds, making the total weight OF
the dead pull 1905 pounds.
The foot races were pulled of at
the same time on east Idaho street,
and were witnessed by a big crowd,
there being many contestants in each
race. The results of these races are
given elsewhere.
Several hours were occupied dur
ing. the afternoon with the contest
for the most perfect boy and girl
baby under a year old, and there was
a whole platform full of fine babies,
about hundred being in the con-
test. The judges were Mrs. j. o.
Woodmansee, Mrs. Laura Asbury
and Mrs. Floyd Cozad, and they were
driven nearly to distraction in try
ing to agree as to which should be
declared the winners, but they final
" made their decision, and the only
regret was that every one of the fine
babies could not be given prize.
I. The best thing ever pulled off in
l.eon was the water fight in the af-
ternoon between two teams of the
Leon fire boys, who had hose attach
ed to the city hydrants and fought
with water to win the prize. the
north side team was composed OF
Lewis Elwell, Will Crawford, w. c.
Starr and Charles Horn and the
south side men were DR.. F. G. Hume,
Ancil Barry, H. A. Wright and VIM.
Pottorff. Both sides got good
drenching and the big crowd howled
with delight when the heavy streams
would strike the boys full in the
face. 1t was the only contest during
the. day where the police did not
have to keep ordering the crowd
back. In this contest everybody was
invited to crowd right in close so
they could see good, but nobody &C
cepted the invitation.
The baseball game between Lamo-
nj and Leroy did not attract very
large crowd, there being too many
other things going on. The game
was won by Lamont by score of :
to g.
One of the good features of the
day was the splendid music furnish
ed by the Leon X. P. band, under the
leadership of Earl Axes. Director
Tansey, who has charge of the band
being unable to play in Leon on the
Fourth owing to previous engage
mcnt, but Mr.. Axes did fine, and was
highly complimented Lou Pease
was in charge of the music for the
day and he had secured several out.
side players to assist the band
among them being Charles p. How
ell, a cornet player from st. Joe, who
sang two fine solos with band accom-
paniment during the evening concert
There were no fireworks in the ev'
ening, but there was fine athletic
exhibition. DR.. Ralph ]. Quells and
Jack Hartman, two we'll known
wrestlers of Burlington, gave a fine
exhibition of the various holds in the
wrestling game, after which they
wrestled two falls, each contestant
being awarded fall so that honori
were even. ]. H. Alldredge, the vel
known wrestler of this city refereed
the athletic contest. Floyd Brown
and Bob Scott, two local boxers went
in for three round boxing contest
which YVES decided to be draw
The program ended with wrestling
match between Arthur Campbell, Of
Eden township and Jesse Alley, Of
Center township. Campbell having
challenged any man in Decatur coun.
ty, barring Jim Alldredge, and ALLEY
accepted the challenge. Campbell
made quick work of the contest, win
ming the first fall in a minute and
forty seconds, and the second fall
and the match in minute and ten
seconds.