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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22
Central Missouri Almost Without
Feed for Stock.

, That Grundy county is more for
tunate than many Missouri cOmmun-
tiles is the conclusion of F. E. Long
mire, farm adviser of Grundy county
after a short visit to several central
Missouri counties. In a letter on his
observations of conditions Mr.. Long
mire says:
In just a few words | shall in
form you of some of the conditions
in the vicinity of Monroe City, in
Guiding parts of Monroe, Shelby,
Marion and Rails counties.
The past summer has been quite
severe in drought and everyone feels
the effect of it. Very little feed of
any crop was produced except corn
fodder and silage. All corn was cut
either for silage or fodder and a
great deal of the fodder has been
shredded, some working up till the
present snow which now is inches
deep on the ground Hay is very
scarce and considerable of only med
ium quality is being bought at SIS
per ton. Roughage in the form of
oats and wheat straw, fodder and
some hay constitutes the feed on
which most of the stock is being car
lieu I'LL Ou6H Clc "lulcI. Ill luIS VI
cinity where thousands of cattle and
hogs are fattened each year there
can now be found only a few stock
hogs and feeder cattle. Some farm
ers were shipping in corn at 75c in
order that they may properly carry
through their breeding stock and get
rid of few head that they hate to
sacrifice. a
"On the other hand people are
looking into the future for better
prospects. A large acreage of wheat
was sown which looks we'll. More fall
blowing has been done this fall than
was ever known due largely to the
fact that the dry weather killed the
timothy and clover meadows Some
will sow cowpeas and oats for hay
next year on this account.
Here's hoping that Mother Nature
spends the winter in unlocking plant
food that will be converted into
bountiful crops next year"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22
WEAK and DISEASED
HEARTS TREATED FREE
BY the Great Specialist, DIR. Franklin
Miles, Who Will Send His New
Book and q $3.50 Treat.
ment Free.
Many So-Called "Incurable" Cases
Cured After 3 to IS Ply
Sicians Failed.

To prove the remarkable curative
powers of his new Special Personal
Treatments for heart disease, short
breath, pain in side, shoulder or arm,
oppression, irregular pulse, palpita-
ton, smothering, putting of ankles,
or dropsy, DR.. Miles will send free
to afflicted persons a $3.50 treat.
ment.
These treatments are the result of
80 years extensive research and re-
markable success in treating various
ailments of the heart, liver, stom-
ach, kidneys and nerves, which Of
ten complicate each case. So aston
ishing are the results of his treat
ment that he offers all sick persons
two pound Trial Treatment Free.
His book contains many wonderful
cures.
Send for Remarkable Cures in Your
State.
Certainly nothing could be more
generous. Few physicians have such
confidence in their treatments. All
afflicted persons should avail them
selves of this liberal offer, as they
may never have such an opportunity
again. Delays are dangerous. No
deaths come more suddenly than that
from heart disease.
Send at once for his book, Exam
ination chart, opinion and Free Treat
ment. Describe your disease. Ad-
dress DR.. Franklin Miles, Dept. HA..
8S7 to S97 Main Street, Elkhart,
Ind. 22-24
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22
Parcel Post Bean Shipment.

Frank Welty, who conducts a gen
eral store at Dubois, Wyoming, re-
Gently ordered 1900 pounds of
beans by parcel post, says local ex-
change. Dubois is one hundred
miles from railroad, and after
much figuring, Welty concluded his
cheapest method of having the beans
sent was by parcel post, this being
cheaper than combined railroad and
overland charges of private carriers.
The beans were divided into sixty
packages of twenty pounds each, ard
sent from Powell. When tue mail
carriers protested, they were advised
to cheer up, as five tons more would
soon be on the road from Basin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22
THE FAST MAIL ON THE bur
LINGTON."
Started Almost Thirty Years Ago
And Has Grown to Large Pro.
portions Since that Time.

Some thirty years ago the Burling-
ton route instituted it's fast mali
service between Chicago and Omaha,
says the Burlington Gazette. Pre-
vious to that time all the mail was
carried on passenger trains. The
first fast mail equipment was paint
ed white and the dash of the train
through the country was real SEN
sation. When first installed the
train arrived here about 8 o'clock in
the morning. The time has steadily
been reduced until its arrival is at
6:1O o'clock in the morning, over
two hours earlier than when the
train was put on. Chicago is still
the same distance from Burlington.
but improvements have constantly
been added to locomotives. adding to
their speed-making proclivities. Cut
ting off two hours time in a dash of
EOS miles is quite feat and the
Burlington route points with pride
to the record of this mail train,
which invariably is on time. 1t has
kept the government mail contract
by sheer merit Of performance and
will continue to keep, 1T as long as
Uncle Sam desires his mail hustled
across the country with the greatest
expedition. 1t is Interesting to look
ahead twenty years or even ten years
and contemplate how much time will
be sliced from the fast mall sched-
ule between Chicago and Burlington.
Womans loves a clear, rosy COM
plexion. Burdock Blood Bitters is
splendid for purifying the blood,
clearing the skin, restoring sound di-
gestion. All druggists sell it. Price
$500.
REPORTER FOR SALE BILLS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22
EDUCATIONAL COLUMN.
BY Mabel Horncr, County supt.

Foul weather or fair, the rope ty-
ing, spelling and declamatory con-
tests will be held next Saturday af-
ternoon, Jan. Gath, and the awards
will be made of all the premiums in
the school exhibit. These contests
are held in the afternoon instead OF
in the evening as heretofore in order
to allow larger attendance of pu-
pills and patrons from the rural dis
tricts. However, there is 4 financial
consideration, which can not be over
looked. Expenses must be paid and
prizes awarded from the proceeds of
the contest. The evening programs
have always been abundantly patron
lied by the town people, many OF
whom will be unable to attend an af-
ternoon contest. 1t will require a
largely increased rural attendance to
justify the financial risk involved in
making the change from the evening
to the afternoon regime.
Tickets for the contest will be on
sale Friday and Saturday at Van
Werden & Kopps drug store. There
is no extra charge for reserved seats.
The Thirty-fifth General Assembly
adopted S. H. NJ. Byers little poem
Iowa as our state song. The words
are given below. The music used is
the old air maryland, My Mary
land This tune the Marylanders
borrowed from the old German stu
dent song, Der Tannenbaum' (The
Pine Tree). Copies of this song
have probably been sent to every
teacher in the state. 1t will be sung
at the contests next Saturday.
You ask what land love the best,
Iowa, it's Iowa,
The fairest state of all the west,
Iowa, @! Iowa.
From yonder Mississippis stream
To where Missouri's waters CLEAN
O! fair it is as poets dream,
Iowa, in Iowa.
See yonder fields of tasselled corn,
Iowa, in Iowa,
Where Plenty fills her golden horn,
Iowa, in Iowa.
See how her wondrOus prairies shine
To yonder sunsets purpling line,
o! happy land, o! land of mine,
Iowa, o! Iowa.
And she has maids whose laughing
eyes,
Iowa, O! Iowa,
To him who loves were paradise,
Iowa, o! Iowa.
o! happiest fate that e'er was known,
Such eyes to shine for one alone,
To call such beauty all his own,
Iowa, o! Iowa.
Go read the story of thy past,
Iowa, o! Iowa,
What glorious deeds, what fame thou
hast!
Iowa, o! Iowa.
So long as times great cycle runs,
Or nations weep their fallen ones,
Thou'lt not forget thy patriot sons,
Iowa, O! Iowa.
:: :: ::
Boys or girls who wish to enter
the rope tying contest, which is open
to pupils from both town and coun-
try school, should send their names
to the county superintendent before
Saturday. However no one will be
because of failure to send in names.
:: :: =:
The contest among the schools as
to which school has won the great
est number of prizes is very close,
and can not be decided until the
last judges decision has been render
ed.
The general public, especially the
pupils from the rural schools, are
invited to view the rural school work
that is now displayed in the office
of the county superintendent. The
office will be closed during the hour
of the contests.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22
Wonderful COught Remedy.

DR.. Kings New Discovery is known
everywhere as the remedy which will
surely stop cough or cold. D. P.
Lawson of Edison, Tenn, writes:
"Dr. Kings New Discovery is the
most wonderful cough, cold and
throat and lung medicine ! ever sold
in my store. 1t can't be beat. 1t
sells without any trouble at all. 1t
needs no guarantee" This is true,
because Lr. Kings New Discovery
will relieve the most obstinate of
coughs and colds. Lung troubles
quickly helped by it's use. You
should ke p bottle in the house at
all times for all the members of the
family. SOC and $1.0O. All drug
gists or by mail. H. E. Bucklen &
Co. Philadelphia or st. Louis.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22

The pe'en,ed
convex SeseT.
voir contact
plaie. heats
water in res
eroa and al
lows baking
in oven at
same time.
Only sue.
eessiul one
ever made
Insulation
extraordinary
Az asbestos
used in the
Chief is from
> 70 , u!IleS
The thickness
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moni: used
Every PIECE
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steel
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workn.drike
round Iosncrs.
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features
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22

Order cut flowers and floral de.
signs from o. E. Hull, local agent OF
Lozier, of Des Moines, at The. Re-
porter Office. Orders sent by phone
or mail, but order as early as posi-
BILE. .sE Es.r.f
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22

For Group or sore throat, use Dr.
Thomas Eclectic Oil. Two sizes, 25
and soc. At all drug stores.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22

Many a rich man has everything
his own way until his will is probat-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22

And many powerful piano mover
is unable to carry a tune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-01-22

Don't Worry-He had his stuff in
sured with Townsend.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08

she not been SO eager for his love az
to show him so soon that she cared
for him.
Every familiar gesture which was at
all part Of him she knew would call
him to mind when another man might
mako 1t. The way he held his cigar
when he smoked, the odd manner in
which he would lock his hands togeth-
er whenever knotty problem both
cred him, these little things and host
Of others would come back to plague
her.
All the dear, dead past crowded into
her mind. 1t was not of the man
whom that, afternoon she had spurned
that she thought, but Of the man
whom in her heart she cherished-her
IDEAL
With mighty sob she began again
to weep. There had come to her the
realization that love was done. Far
across the room the moonbeams crept
before Gloria fell into fitful slumber.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08
CHAPTER XVII.

I've forgotten what we'd planned
for this afternoon" Gloria remarked
to Mrs. Hayes the morning after the
stormy scene in Judge Gilbert's Of
fee. Yesterday was carefully ignored
by both as they talked.
This was the day Mrs. Wallace
asked US to help her at the mission,
Mrs. Hayes explained
She did not say further that she
had telephoned earlier In the morning
and had Mrs Wallace, the matron
make plans whereby the whole after
noon would be taken up. She be-
lieved Gloria's peace Of mind would
be all the greater were she engaged in
some work which would make her feel
that through her the pain of the suf
ferer was alleviated and the bruised
heart OF the unhappy bound up.
1t was just two o'clock when they
reached the mission They had not been
there long before Mrs. Wallace sug
gested that they call on a poor girl
who was i'll in a room over Mike Moo
mans saloon. The sick woman was
known to her, but she told nothing OF
| her story. 1t wasn't much different
from any one of half a hundred she
might have told.
The two women felt not the slight
est fear in walking through such a
tough quarter of the town. Mrs. Hayes
was an experienced settlement work
er, and knew many of the persons
whom they passed. They for their
part knew her and respected her fol
the kindly charity she dispensed Sc
unostentatiously AS for Gloria, she
could fear nothing since she was al
most in total ignorance of what dan
gers might beset their path. Then
too, she was busy with her own
thoughts.
Mrs. Hayes had been told in what
room the sick woman lay, and without
a word to anyone, in fact they saw nc
one, they went in the door on the side
street and climbed the dark, uncarpet
ed stairs to the third floor. At door
just at the foot of the flight of steps
which led to the fourth story, Mrs
Hayes knocked gently. There was nc
answer. She decided that IL there was
no response to the next knock she
would open the door to see if the girl
were asleep. A second and louder
knock, however, aroused her and she
called to them to enter.
Gloria and Mrs. Hayes walked into
the room, and as the latter went to
the bedside to explain how they hap
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08
Two Windows Looking Out Over the
Roofs of Neighboring Houses.

pened to call, the daughter of David
Kerr stood stock still and gazed about
her with undisguised curiosity.
The occupant of the room, frail
little creature with uncertain, golden
hair, was known to her companions as
Little Ella. Upon the blotter at the
police station she was always booked
as Luella Windermere She had found
the name in novel and, liking it, had
taken it for her own In the unkindly
daylight, without the paint that
Knocked the cheek that once had
Bloomed a healthier hue, the pallor of
her face was heightened by the dark
circles under her eyes. Yet the raw
ages of life too harsh for one so
weak had not been so great as to blot
entirely from her face the traces Of a
simpering sweetness.
If Little Elias room could be
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08
SYNOPSIS.

var, a motherles girl. who has
oIis,o Ct of her life IN school, arrives
ssn IL tio.Sor's home in Belmont. David
4 bel le ne political boss of the town.
SCI y onyious TO prevent his daughter
40 3 ~ his real character Kendall,
sifalDls, 70 the Chicago packers. Is ne
npss w, With Judge Gilbert, Kerr's chief
ppsuhs for valuable franchise. They
sgSsiL, iagnnosftfon of Joe Wright, editor
Sssf tbe . Sp paper. Kerr asks the as
W. a NJ Judge Gilbert In introducing
sylsnVIt l. Belmont society, and promises
G9fss, ~, MN nut through the packers
% nelP '" and let him have all the graft.
ssa s. meets Joe Wright at the Gilberts.
8slA ... mr they are on intimate terms,
{ sppsa saet previously in a touring party
aagl slso ne The Gilberts invite Gloria to
y Eg n9tb them pending the refurnishing
dA W" Kerr home. Wright begins his fight
q w. ~, the proposed franchise in the col
sssul's - hls paper, the Belmont News.
glls gtbvough his henChmen, exerts ev-
M snanee 10 hamper Wright in the
esa L,' Of his paper. Gloria realizes
l59II. Y. not being received by the best So
81 .nd Is unhappy. She takes up set
ss al ai'S work. Kerr and his lieutenants
ksst IN buy Kerr's paper and ask the
gs lus N meet them at Gilbert's office.
l sao at GiIbert's office to solicit a do
- w. Gloria meets Wright. He proposes
liz 3 y accented while waiting to be called
NY ,bs conference. Wright refuses to
a ghia naner and declares he will fight TO
sDsb The Belmont News appears with
gHsr attack on Kerr. Gloria calls
Tgg5t coward and refuses to listen TO
IN explanation from him,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08
lnqerious spioers.

The Royal society In London was re-
Gently entertained by a distinguished
traveller with an account of spider
living in Australia which makes Its
habitation along the seashore, in the
creyices of the rocks, between high
and low water mark.
But when the tide Is in their homes
are covered with water. Instead of de-
sorting them, however, the spiders
solve the difficulty by means of closely
woven sheets of silk. which they
stretch over the entrances, behind
which they manage to retain sufficient
air to keep them alive during the time
they remain submerged. The Sunday
Magazine,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08

with severe case of organic weakness.
I had bsckache, pains in my hips and
over my kidneys, headache, dizziness,
lassitude, had no energy, limbs ached
and l was always tired. Twas hardly
able to do my Homework. l had taken
Lydia E. PinkhaIn's Vegetable Com
pound on one other occasion, and it had
helped me 50 | took it again and it has
built me up, until now feel like a new.
woman. You have my hearty consent
to use my name and testimonial in any
way and I hope it will benefit suffering
women. Mrs. ORPHA TURNER, AL S.
Wayne St., Piqua, Ohio.
Women who are suffering from those
distressing ills peculiar to their sex
should not doubt the ability of Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to re-
store their health.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia e. Pinkham Med
icine Co., (confidential) Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by woman
and held In strict confidence
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08
GENERAL DANIEL SICNLES DEAD
is THE LAST OF THE FAMOUS
GETTYSBURG GENERALS.
Career of Dead Soldier Was Marked
Unconventional and Turbulent
Incidents to End.

New York.-General Daniel E.
Sickles died at his home Sunday night.
General Sickles' death was due to
cerebral hemorrhage and paralysis.
Besides Mrs. Sickles, their son, Stan
ton, and the generals negro servant,
who had attended him for years, were
at the bedside.
General Daniel Edgar Sickles was
the last of the great commanders who
fought the battle of Gettysburg. For a
decade he was a fighter by profession
all his life he was fighter by ma
ture.
Born in New York city in 1925, Gen.
eral Sickles, at the age of %, fought
the wings as a democrat in the New
York legislature. 1t was he who Sc
cured for his city its great Central
park. At this time his military Ca
reer began as major of the Twelfth
regiment, National Guard, New York
Before he was SO years old, Major
Sickles had served as secretary of le-
cation at London under Minister
James Buchanan; he had won a state
senatorship through bitter campaign,
and he was seated in the Thirty-fifth
congress at Washington.
1t was at this time that an event
occurred which became the sensation
Of the day. Sickles had begun his Sec
ond term as congressman in 1859
when the national capital was stirred
by the news that the young represen,
tative from New York had shot and
killed Philip Barton Key, the United
States district attorney for the Dis,
trict of Columbia Sickles declared
that Key misled Mrs. Sickles, who was
Therese Bagioli. The trial lasted
twenty days, ending in the acquittal
of Sickles on the ground of the "un,
written law" He then took his erring
wife back.
Il am not aware of any statute or
code of morals" said Sickles to his
critics, (which makes it infamous to
forgive woman. | can now see in
tho almost universal denunciation with
which she is followed to my TIRES.
hold, the misery and peril from which
| have rescued the mother of my
daughter. I shall strive to prove to
all that an erring wife and mother
may be forgiven and redeemed"
Sickles raised the famous Excelsior
brigade in New York, taking command
of one of it's regiments as colonel.
His fighting spirit early won him his
spurs. On the peninsula and at Ante,
tam he distinguished himself as sol.
der and leader At Chancellors-
vile he led a division At Gettysburg
he led the Third corps, lost leg, and
became a national hero At 81 years
of age he had risen from a colonel to a
major general of volunteers.
After the war his fighting spirit led
him into the regular army, and he
became first a brigadier and then a
major general. He continued active
service until 1869, when he was ap-
pointed minister to Spain by Presi,
dent Grant.
At the court of Spain Sickles' Vigor-
Gus personality made him dominat-
ing figure. Four years of brilliant
diplomacy brought him the epithet of
"The Yankee King of Spain" Here
he contracted his second marriage
with the beautiful and distinguished
Senorita Creagh.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08
Vinson Astor Takes Partner.

Staatsburg, N. William Vincent
Aston, head of the family established
in America a century and a quarter
ago by John Jacob Aston. the German
fur trader, and, perhaps, the wealth
lest young man in the world, was
married at noon Thursday to Miss
Helen Dinsmore Huntington at the
home of his brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert P. Huntington.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08
$1,000 In Prizes Offered.

Dallas, Tex.-In addition to the
$500 in prizes offered by the con-
gress, contestants may enter their
hogs and baby beeves for exhibition in
the open classes of the Fat Stock
Show in competition for other prizes.
Besides this, price of 80 cents per
pound has been guaranteed for the
champion baby beef exhibited at the
Stock Show this year at Fort Worth
Texas.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08
A 3,oOO.Acre Hoo Ranch,

Stockdale, TeX.-Frank Pierce of
Stockdale and G. W.. Platner of
Omaha, Neb., have just put their 5000
acre tract of sandy land, seven miles
north of Stockdale, under an up-to-
date hog-wire fence. They will stock
1t with Poland-China and Berkshire
hogs to its full capacity.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08

les. They have a knack of steadily
and surely eating up all that is sound
and wholesome in the character. And
as moral ills react physically, prema
ture age comes on with all its unde-
sirable signs Keep your temper un-
der control. A burst Of passion often
does one incalculable harm. 1t jars
the nerves and upsets the whole con-
stitution. Very hysterical people are
frequently quite PROSTATE for days
after an outburst Of temper
Wrinkles are often caused by facial
ccntortion-manerism like con-
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08
MiIitiamen Are implicated.

Trinidad. Colo.-The fire that de-
stroyed the Ludlow tent colony on the
night of April 20, causing the death
of thirteen women and children, was
started by militiamen or mine guards,
or both. according to the verdict rem
dered by the coroner's jury Saturday.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08

facturer, who prints advertisements
thereon. The other day customer
in a great hurry ran into the restau-
rant, sat az the table. was handed a
bill wrong side up by the waiter.
The customer on his pince-nez,
curled his moastache with a left
hand, and shouted in voice OF thun.
der:
Bring me filleted fly, landau on
toast. two victorias devilled, and a
fried dog-cart. Got any whecIbarrow
stew
The poo. waiter fed.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08
FEELS like
4 new WOMAN
AS Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound Dispelled
Rackache, Headaches
and Dizziness.
Piqua, Ohio. --"I would be very un-
grateful if I failed to give Lydia E.

Pinkham's Vegeta-
Bile Compound the
praise it deserves,
for / have taken it
at different times
and it always re-
lieved m g W h 9 n
other m edicines
failed, and when l
hear a woman COM
plain l always rec
ommend it. Lastwin-
ter [ was attacked
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-05-08
Strawberry Crop Damaged.

Alvin, Textile heaviest rain that
has fallen for several months fell
Monday. The greatest damage is to
the strawberry crop, coming just at
the heaviest picking time.