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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
THE PRIZE PLUTOCRAT.

According to government esti-
mates and yesterdays price qUoia-
tons, the American farmer still has
in his bins 81, 1872, 100000 worth Of
wheat, corn, oats and barley. How
much would be added to this total
by including small seeds and hay the
Journal does not know, but it is
clear from the figures that the col
lective American farmer is the
worlds prize plutocrat.
Corn alone accounts for $685., 000.-
600 of the total given above. This
is usual and expected; corn is king
in American agriculture. But the
most interesting grain just at pres
ent is wheat.
Wheat sold in Chicago yesterday
as high at S1.5S per bushel, and the
government experts, estimate that
4l52, 100000 bushels of wheat still
remain in the hands of farmers.
This is more than 100000 bushels
naming on farms at this time. Clear
their wheat for good prices, and their
foresight has been justified, but it is
doubtful if the holding process
SlOulQ De kept up mucn longer.
& Wheat will not be really cheap for
q year, but it is likely to be some
what cheaper than at present The
allies have met no lasting obstacle in
their drive through the Dardanelles,
and if they take Constantinople in
the next few weeks and release the
millions of bushels of Russian wheat
now waiting at Odessa, the price is
bound to drop.
The oft-given advice to 'plant
wheat" is still sound, but it looks as
though this is a good time to sell
wheat that does not need to be plant
ed If the farmers can cash in their
surplus wheat at present prices, it
will be one more big prop to Ameri-
can prosperity Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
NOT ALL OF ONE CREED.

D.
President Wilson seems to have
upset Judge Wade, Chairman Rey-
nolds, the eleventh district commit
teeman, the congressman-elect, the
county committeeman and all the
others who pretend to dope out post
Offices last week, when he named Mr..
Kerberg for postmaster at Sioux City
and turned down two other strong
applicants. incidentally those who try
to believe that the president rules in
favor of a certain creed in all his
Iowa appointments will have to re-
adjust their ideas when they look at
the Sioux City Appointment and the
selection of George Huffman as post
master at Des Moines. The powers
at Washington are evidently taking
time from their war anxieties to look
things over at interior points.-Deni-
son Bulletin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Notice of Probating Will.

To All 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 Deca tur county, an instru-
ment in writing, purporting to be
the last Will and Testament of Mary
A. Anstey, late of said county, de-
ceased, and that 10 o'clock a. M, of
the 23rd day of March, 1915, 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
probate.
In Witness Whereof, / have here
unto set my hand and affixed the seal
of said court at Leon, Iowa, this 18th
day Of February, 81 5.
s(seal) E. 3. BECK,
70 st Clerk Of District Court.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

When angry men argue believe
neither. When nations war mistrust
them philadelphia Public
Ledger.
In other words war gets to be a
form of madness, and humanity long
ago came to look upon the insane
with the pity which invokes special
consideration and all possible rene
dial measures Great European ma
tons have reached the point where
what is deemed reason in peace fails
to affect them and passion dominates.
There is an infection in such stu
alton which needs to be guarded
against. Certain preaching of the
hour in this country has it's dangers.
The patience of neutral nations is to
be sorely tried, but it is for them
to maintain the composure and bal
ance which war has OverthroWn
among those who are engaged in it.
1t need surprise no one to hear
that President Wilson is beginning to
wear upon his cOuntenance evidences
of the burden resting on his great Of
flee at so critical time in the world S
history. He needs exhaustless pa
thence and faith, but no less so do all
those in federal control, and beyond
them the people of the United States.
We must not add to the weight which
rests upon the chief magistrate. Hap
penings are sure to arise calculated
to test the .poise of this country. We
all know that the most disastrous
thing which could happen to us
would be to be drawn into this Eur
Opean conflict, no matter how that
should come about. 1t is none too
early for deepening of the popular
resolve that the United States shall
be kept out of it. Strikingly true is
1t OF this time that no one knows
what the day may bring forth, and
hence the duty of keeping cool under
untoWard circumstances is more OBJ
ligat0ry than ever before.
The warning nations may rage and
their people imagine vain things
about our neutrality, but the nation
al duty remains clear. We must be
steady under any shock that may
come, and hold up the hands of the
president in his purpose that the
United States shall deal justly and
be the friend of all nations. Men are
specializing as to whether the Unit
ed States may not be drawn into this
hideOus conflict There is only one
answer to that-she must not be!
The people can control the outcome,
and this they must do.-Springfield
Republican.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Notice of Appointment Of Executor.

In the Matter of the Estate of A.
K. Keller, Deceased.
In the District Court of the State
OF Iowa, in and for Decatur county.
In Probate.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
Notice is hereby given that the I'M
dersigned has been appointed and
has qualified as executor of the es-
state of A. X. Keller, late of Decatur
county, Iowa, deceased. All persons
III any manner indebted to said de-
ceased or his estate will make pay
ment to the undersigned; and those
having claims against said deceased
or his estate will present them in
manner and form as by law required,
for allowance and payment.
Dated this End day of March, A.
D., 1915.
ERIE l.. BEAVERS,
2a-3t Executor of said estate.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

According to q written opinion
last Saturday handed d,,wn by judge
Utterback, of the district court in
Des Moines, Iowa may become the
mecca for parties seeking divorces
superceding Reno. The judge declares
that owing to the peculiar wording
of the Iowa statute it is possible fol
a person seeking divorce to com.
mence his action within few days
after declaring his intention Of be.
coming resident CT Iowa. If this is
true, the preser' legislature should
at once take steps to remedy the law
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

u
Leon, Iowa, March IL, 1915.
/ To the Presidents and Secretaries
of the School Corporations of Leon,
Weldon, Leroy. Garden Grove Cor
poration, Van Vert, Grand River
Corporation, Decatur Corporation,
Davis City, Lamont, Pleasanton,
Morgan township, Woodland town
ship, High Point township, Garden
Grove township, Franklin town
ship, Center township, Eden town
ship, Hamilton township, New Buda
township, Burrell township, Decatur
township, Long Creek township,
Richland township, Grand River
township, Bloomington township,
Fayette township:
You are hereby notified that there
will be convention OF school presi-
dents of the various school districts
of Decatur county, State of Iowa,
held at the court house of said coun-
ty, on the 9Th day of April. A. d.
1915, at p. M, for the purpose of
electing a County Superintendent of
Schools.
1t is your duty to see that your
school district is represented at this
convention by your president or in
his inability to attend, then by some
member of your school board, select
ed by the board as an alternate in
the manner prescribed by Chap. 1O7,
35th G. A.
You will therefore govern yourself
accordingly.
Given this 18th day Of March, A. D.
1915.
WALTER OSBORN,
County Ambition
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
NO CONGRESS HAS ACHIEVED
MORE.

No congress since the civil war en-
acted legislation more important
than that placed upon the statutes by
the 63rd. Among the things done
are: Tariff, revision downward; in
come tax law; war tax law; new
banking law; creation of trade COM
laws; agricultural extension act;
law for settling railroad and indus
trial disputes; law for construction
of a railroad in Alaska; anti-narcotic
law; law for reformation of consul
lar service; law to prevent gambling
in cotton.-St. Joe News-Press.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
HOW ABOUT 1T, UNCLE JOE?

Two years ago Uncle Joe Cannon
made a speech making tour of the
Joplin mining district. He said if
Wilson was elected president the
mines would be shut down. With zinc
ore at SIS a ton it does not look like
a shut down.-Howell County Ga
zette.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Advertising Rates.

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We are glad to publish any and
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please don't confound news notices
with advertising locals. Correspon-
dents are cautioned not to include
such notices with their items unless
they are authorized and paid for, and
II possible remittance for same
should accompany the notice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

BY it's establishment of the feder-
al bank system the democratic party
if it never promulgates another mea-
ure has done more for the people of
the United States than the republic
can party did in forty-six years Of
power.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

It is almost time for the army of
the republican spellbinders to get into
the field and turn their guns on
President Wilson, not because they
want to, but party exigency demands
that it shall be done.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

The American people have no time
for q war with Mexico or any other
nation just now. What we want to
do t to raise beef and pork, and cot
tom and wheat and corn. .js
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

If some men would work half as
hard to pay their debts and make
themselves and their neighbors hap
py as they do to save the country
what a glorious commonwealth this
would be.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

The new road law is getting bet
ter roads, even if it does infringe
upon the theory that each commun-
ity should be absolutely free to do as
it pleases with it's roads," says the
Centerville IoWegian.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

The republican party Is almost
embarrassed by the supply Of excel
lent material for the governorship,'s
AZ the Sac City Sun sees Il.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
COUNTY AUDITORS OFFICIAL
CALL.

OF County Convention to Ele"t a
County Superintendent Of Schools,
and Notice to the President and Sec
rotary of School Corporation of the
Time of Holding Convention.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

A gay young man probably won,
Ee so gay when he gets old.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
THE COUNTRY MUST STAND
FIRM.

When angry men argue believe
neither. When nations war mistrust
them ll-Philadelphia Public
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-02
FARMS FOR SALE
WILL BE LINED UP
Secretary Critchfield Takes Steps
to Bring About Increase in
States Productivity

In an effort to increase agricultural
activity the State Department of Agri-
culture is gathering information re-
garding farms for sale in Pennsylvania
and will publish.a bulletin giving data.
year ago a bulletin was issued Civ
ing information on abandoned or idle
farms and this work is to be extended
by obtaining data on farms which can
be bought.
Secretary of Agriculture N b.
Critchfield has asked the newspapers
of the State to assist and in n cir
cular letter says: "As a means of re-
ducing the cost of living by increasing
production, this department is anxious
to get farm lands into possession of
actual farmers who will place lands
now lying idle under proper culti-
walton, and we are collecting, prepara-
tory to publishing in bulletin form, a
list of farms in Pennsylvania that are
for sale. Many such farms are in pos
session of men too old to cultivate
them, while younger men, frequently
of foreign nativity. are anxious to buy
such farms as they feel able to pav
for"
This activity is in line with the sta
tistical work and suggestions for in
creasing the raising of beef cattle that
has been undertaken in the last few
years by the department.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-02
EMPLOYMENT MEN
ARE GETTING WISE
Filing Applications For Registra-
tiOn Under the New Super
vision Law of State

Employment agencies in all sections
of Pennsylvania. anxious TO avoid vio-
lation of the act that requires them
to pay $50 license fee and post a
bond of $1,000 with the Common
wealth, are already applying to Com
missioner John Price Jackson. of the
Department of Labor and Industry,
for the necessary application forms.
The bureau of employment of the
Department of Labor and Industry
will be established in Harrisburg on
October 1 and the act that brings
every commercial employment agency
In the State under the supervision OF
that bureau requires that the license
foes be paid and the bond posted by
that date.
Commissioner Jackson is urging en-
ployment agencies which conduct
business for profit in the State to
register at once. The employment
bureau will issue the licenses as soon
as possible after its establishment.
The State employment agencies will
be established by the bureau of en-
ployment in the few weeks succeed
ing October 1.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-02
Fer Acid Stomachs
Use Magnesia

The almost universal use of magnesia
by physicians and specialists In the
treatment of stomach troubles, is due
to the fact that it stops food fermenta-
tion and neutralizes the acid-the direct
cause of nearly all stomach troubles OF
the many forms of magnesia such as
oxides, citrates, carbonates, sulphates,
etc, the most suitable and efficient, and
the one prescribed by leading special
lists is bisurated magnesia, a teaspoon
full of which in a little warm water i'm
mediately after eating will instantly
neutralize the acid. stop fermentation,
and thus ensure painless normal diges-
ton. Care should be taken to get
bisurated magnesia, as its action is In
finitely more effective. 1t is also, by
the way, usually stocked by druggists
in convenient compressed tablets as
well as in the ordinary powder form.
Stomach sufferers and dyspetics who
follow this plan and avoid the use of
pepsin, charcoal. soda mints, drugs and
medicines are invariably astonished to
find that the stomach, Srelieved of the
irritating acid and gas, soon regains
it's normal tone, and can do its work
alone without the doubtful aid of arti-
fetal Observation-Disclosures
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-02
"JIM, THE PENMAN," AT THE RE-
GENT TODAY

Jim, the Penman," Sir Charles L.
Young's greatest dramatic success,
starring John Mason and appearing on
the Paramount program, will be shown
for the last time to-day at the Regent.
Mr.. Mason portrays with great force
and dramatic discretion the title char
acter, the man whose clever pen works
so much harm even to his most dearly
loved, and which finally writes with his
hearts blood his own punishment
This notable play, created a verita BILE
sensation at the time of it's production
on the stage. o.: the screen It loses
none of its force, and gains tremend-
ously in pictorial and scenic value.
To-day and tomorrow will be shown
Paramount Travel Series
Tomorrow and Friday Another
Paramount film play will be shown, in
which Lois Meredith and owen Moore
are featured. Help Wanted" handles
in striking way the startling fact
that many employers. who would prob
ably be on their best behavior in a
girls home. for some reason regard her
as fair .Iorey when she enters an office
as an Ell lploye 1t is a drama of the
humiliatlons that lie in wait for any
body's sister-Advertisem
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-02
TRAVELETTE
BY NIKSAH
MDTO

Those trains that go to California
by the southern route pause for a
moment at station half way across
the great desert beyond the Colorado
river and the passengers read the
name, Indio. If 1t is winter the tenn
perature here is comparable with
that in New York on a summer day,
and If 1t is summer the heat is in
sufferable. The thermometer regis
ters 120 in the shade and the dust is
so terrific that 1t is hard to decide
whether the car windows shall be up
or down.
This is the hottest place in the
United States. Indio is below sea
level and in the midst of a shifting
sand waste that reaches for hundreds
of miles in every direction.
One rides for half a day on q fast
train across this waste. There is but
the continuous sea of sand stretch
ing as far as the eye can reach. Be-
hind the two rails reach away into in
Unity until they seem to merge and
are lost in that mirage of the desert
which presents to the traveller the ap-
parent vision of cooling waters.
The only break is the Salton Sea
where the glitter of sand gives way
to the more binding glitter of fields
of white crystal salt as far as the eye
can reach. The sands move hither
ana IntheT ana oDl1terate today the
track that man made yesterday. The
seasons pass and the track that man
made yesterday The seasons pass
and the region knows no rain, no veg
citation, no visitation of man except in
his fieeting by on the steel rails that
have slashed across the waste.
And Indio was planted in the midst
of this. There a deep we'll was sunk
and intersected some vagrant water
current that rock formations had
forced beneath this waste. A little
stream gushed forth and created an
oasis in the great American desert.
At this moment of pause in the
land Of desolation the traveller glimp-
ses the green of trees that have here
taken root. There is the reliable cot
tonwood, the date palm that has traV-
eled here from Egypt, the umbrella
trees of China, a bed of scarlet flow
ers, vegetables growing in a garden.
The railroad maintains an eating
house here, wooden and squat. There
is section house, a water tank A
handful of people, blond, Anglo
Saxon, railroad folk, make their home
in the oasis and seem not to know
that their surroundings are unusual.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-02
Its Easy to Peel OFF
Your Tan or Freckles

This is what you should do to shed a
spoiled complexion: Spread evenly over
the face. covering every inch of skin, a
thin layer of ordinary mercolized wax.
Let this stay on over night; wash ii off
next mornlhs. repeat daily until your
full as a young girls. This result is
inevita BILE, no matter how soiled or dis
colored the complexion. The wax liter
ally peels off the filmy surface skin, ex-
posing the lovely young skin beneath.
The process is entirely harmless, so lit
tie of the old skin coming off at time.
SMercolized wax is obtainable at any
drug store: one ounce usually suffices.
It's veritable wonderworker for
rough, tanned, redeemed, blotchy,
plmpled or freckled skin.
Pure powdered saxolite is excellent
for a wrinkled skin. An ounce of 1t
dissolved in a half pint witch hazel
makes a refreshing wash-lotion. This
renders the skin quite firm and
smooth indeed, the very first applica-
tlon erases the finer lines; the deeper
ones soon follow.-Advertisem
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-02
PAXTANG VAUDEVILLE

Probably no singing act that has
played the Paxtang Park theater has
made bigger hit with those who
enjoy high-class singing than the
NIilant Opera Troupe. The five young
men who make up the act are excel
lent vocal artists and their selections
from the operas always bring forth a
demand for several encores. The
other acts on the park bill are all of
such quality as to make the closing
showing of the park season one of
the best entertainments of the sum-
mer.
On Monday the Tyrone Band, with
forty-f1ve pieces, will give two free
concerts at the park theater. This
band has the reputation of being one
of the best concert organizations in
the state. A special holiday program
has been arranged and special vocal
soloists will be introduced in con-
junction with the concert.-Advertise
ment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-02

nected motor tractor for this city un-
til the company had arranged satisfac-
torily with City Solicitor D. s. Seitz
for fully indemnifying Harrisburg for
any possible losses through the patent
infringement proceedings recently in
stituted against the Hoboken firm by
the Cross Motor Drive Company.
Following the receipt of the notice
from the company a few days ago of
the patent action, Mr.. Taylor prompt
ly notified the company that the sec
ond tractor under construction for
this city will not be accepted or paid
for until indemnification is agreed
upon.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-02
HEARTS AND THE HIGHWAY
AT THE COLONIAL TO-nA


| beautiful movie actress with the
dimples." so delighted Harrisburg pic
ture lovers as in Hearts and the
Highway" the Colonial headliner for
to-day. There's lively action from the
very first moment when the Earl of
Clanranald, obliged to attend a meet
ing of conspirators against King
James ii of England, is arrested. His
death warrant is signed by the King
and dispatched to Edinburgh by Sir
Harry Richmond. Lady Katherine,
the Earls daughter, dresses up as a
highwayman, meets the later holds up
the Kings messenger. She receives a
sword wound In the shoulder, but Sc
cures the warrant and burns it. Sir
Harry discovers her identity and the
two fall in love.
Upon hearing her story. he promises
to help her all possible in freeing her
father. After plighting their troth,
the two separate on reaching Edin-
burgh. where Sir Harry, is imprison-
ed, but gets word to Lady Kate. She
goes to see the King and her plead
ing, together with a large ransom, in
duces the King to sign pardons-un-
der sentence of exile-for both the
Earl and Sir Harry. In the meantime,
the King secretly orders Lord Stem
void to abduct Lady Kate after she
has liberated her father and Sir Harry.
At the appointed hour, she receives
the documents and upon her arrival
at Edinburgh her father and lover are
released, but she Is sentenced to life
imprisonment-as Sir Harry's wife.
They are attacked by Lord Stem
wold's party, Lady Kate is seized and
taken to the King. who has become
infatuated with her. Sir Harry by
almost superhuman efforts, succeecs
in fighting his way into the royal castle
and rescuing his wife. They escape to
foreign parts.
The feature at the Colonial FriGay
and Saturday will be Eagles Nest
a tale of the West, featuring Romaine
Fielding and Edwin Arden. = Adver-
tisement..
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-09-02
Gz1gSEfaINENTSE
Orpheum Opens as
Legitimate" Theater
With "The Red Rose

Theatergoers of Harrisburg are
eagerly looking forward to Septem-
ber 8, when the Orpheum Theater,
the third one of the Big Three" in
Harrisburg, will open the legitimate
theatrical season for the year.
The Red Rose" John c. Fisher S
comedy. with sixty people, will be the
feature for the opening of the Or
pheum.
Stage electricians and carpenters
are busy getting the Orpheum in
shape for big shows, such as The
Whip" which have been booked for
the coming season. Daddy Long
legs" will be staged at the theater
next Friday and Saturday.