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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-13
Notice Of Final Report.

In the Estate of Charles F. Keller
\ Deceased.
In the District Court of Iowa. in and
for Decatur county. -
No. 1881 Probate.
To Sarah E. Strong. Martha Rak-
er, Emma Hart, Nettie Hart. @. NJ
Keller, Lydia NJ. Keller, Metaphany.
Keller, Haley Keller, Frank Keiier.
Helen Hamilton and Grace Keller. 81
You are hereby notified that the.
undersigned A. r. Keller. adminis-.
traitor of the estate Of Charies 4.
Keller, has filed his final reDort
therein In the Office of the Clerk of,
the District Court in and for the
aforesaid county, and has asked for
us approval and his Discharge from
further duty or responsibility there
in. and that said report and applica-
ton for discharge will come on for
hearing before the court aforesaid a.
Leon, Iowa, on the oath dav Of
August, A. D., 1915, at which time
and place you can appear and show
cause, it any you have, why said finar;
report should not be approved and
the undersigned discharged from any
further duty and responsibility.
S z "A. r. KELLER.
Administrators
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-13
ROOSEVELT AND THE BOSSES.

Who could imagine Grover Cleve-
lands sustaining such relations with
Croker as Theodore Roosevelt sus-
tanned with Platt?
Who could imagine Woodrow Will
sons sustaining such relations with
Murphy as Theodore Roosevelt sus-
tanned with Plat?
1t is unthinkable.
The documentary evidence pro-
duced at Syracuse shows that Mr.
Roosevelt was not only hand in
glove with the republican bosses of
this state, but that he was AN inte-
grail part of the machine-as much
part of it as Plat or Odell or
Barnes or Quigg or Aldridge or Par
sons or any of the Old Guard. 1t
was his machine as much as it was
their machine. He worked with
them, he cOunselled with them, he
intrigued with them, and they were
his friends, just as Quay was his
friend and publicly acknowledged to
be such.
Mr.. Roosevelt was himself one of
the overlords of the system of in
visible government by which the
state was ruled. If this machine was
corrupt, he shared the responsibility
for it's corruption. If it was imam
Gus, he shared the responsibility for
it's infamy. For years he used it for
his own political power and advan-
tage in accordance with the Bismarck
precept, do ut des"-"I give in or
der that you may give"
In his most conspicuous differ
ence with the republican bosses,
which arose over the denomination
pathies were emphatically on their
side. 1t was only political expcdi-
ency that led him to force the gov
errors denomination. IF we had
the right man to put in his place
(the right man from the standpoint
of getting the votes), I should say
it was certainly wise to nominate
such man" Even Tammany was
not outside the sphere of his political
benevolence, and he was glad to
make an appointment that would
please Grady
There was no quarrel between
him and the republican machine un-
til it rejected his third term can
didacy and stood by Mr. Taft. AS
late as the summer of 1910 he was
still writing to my Dear Barnes
and inviting "My Dear Barnes to
come to the Outlook office to confer
with him about the Osawatomie
speech and the new nationalism.
1t now seems that if Barnes and
the other republican bosses had
thrown the New York delegation to
Mr.. Roosevelt instead of Mr.. Taft in
1912, this libel suit would never
have taken place. The alleged libel
would never have been written. Ger
tainly 'sreformer" who helped with
his official power maintain the en-
tente that existed between Plat and
Croker could not have been shock
ed by any casual political partner
ship that might at some time have
existed between Barnes and Murphy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-13
THE DEMOCRATIC TARIFF AND
THE IOWA FARMER.

"A uttle more than a. year ago the
Times published a comparative state
ment of prices for farm products un-
der the democratic tariff and those
that had prevailed at the correspond
ing season in 1913 under the Payne
Aldrich tariff, showing that the
farmer without tariff protection was
getting more for nearly everything
he had to sell, than he had under the
pretense of protection with which
the republican tariff makers sought
to fool him. Shortly after the pub
LEGATION of that table a republican
farmer whose eyes were not opened,
jumped all over the Times editor
when they met on the street, for at
tacking the sacred schedules Of the
protection moguls Just you wait
another year," said our critic, then
you'll see what democratic free
trade does to the farmer"
A little more than year has
gone by since that remark was made
and the Times is ready to admit
what the democratic tariff has done
to the farmer. Let the figures tell
the story. The official report OF the
United States Department of Agri-
culture for April, 1915, gives the
following as the average prices paid
producers in Iowa on April ,>for the
following list of farm produce. For
the convenience of readers we give
in one column the figures for April
1, 1915, and in another column those
for April /, 1914. The figures in
both columns are from the official
report which may be seen in this
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-13
Advertising Rates.

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vice, per inch -. 49,. LOG
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per year, per inch ...... lOc
Reading notices, per line $3.50. DC
Cards of Thanks, cash with
Resolutions of Respect .$1.OO
Church, school and society no
tees, where admission or en-
tertainment fee is charged,
per line ......... "
We are glad to publish any and
all church or society notices, but
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, 1915-05-13

Better farming means better
methods for making money-and
more money means better homes,
better stock, more comfort, better
citizenship.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-13

We do not believe there has been
another governor of New York since
John T. Hoffman who would have
taken orders from a boss with such
meekness and docility as Mr.. Roose-
welt took orders from Plat. The
record demonstrates that Platt made
no mistake in his cynical estimate
of Theodore Roosevelt-New York
World
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-13

The Charlton Leader says they
wouldn't be afraid to wager that 0.
E. Hull of the Leon Reporter hasn't
lead the prayer meeting since the ap-
pOintment of Mrs. Caroline Young
Smith as postmistress. From what
wees can gather Of the situation at
Leon the same may be true of near
" every democratic voter in Decatur
Ayr Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-13

Here are a dozen leading articles
of farm produce and on nine Of
them there has been a decided adj
vance in price under the democrat
ic tariff. Only on one article out of
the twelve has there been a material
reduction in wrice, that being on po-
tatoes. Eggs sold at precisely the
same as they did in 1914, which was
a little higher than the price of 1913
under the Payne-Aldrich tariff, and
chickens bring just a half cent less
than they did a year ago. Z
The Iowa farmer can well afford
to experience many more years of
the same sort of ruin under the DEM
ocratic free trade, for never before
has he enjoyed as great reward for
his labor and investment as he has
since the Underwood tariff law went
into effect. Carroll Times.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-13


, Profits in Legitimate Banking Small
There is hocus pocus in the business of legiti-
mate bank 1t is simple buying sugar and coffee
Any film fla misleading statements intended to de-
ceive intelligent public of no value in this enght
ened age This bank pays annually much greater sum
to depostors in interest than it pays to it's stock
. holders in dividends.
We quote the following from report of the comptrol
Ter of the currency for the year 1914 page net
earnings of national banks reporting their earnings and
dividends for the year ended June 3d. 1914 aggregated
$149270,170 from which dividends were paid to the
amount of $120,947096, * Dividends based
upon capital and surplus averaged $50 per cent for the
year, while the net earnings to capital and surplus
8.39 per cent
It will be seen that the average dividend of over
1000 NATIONAL BANKS six and eight tenths per
total investment that the total average earnings
tre eight per cent The report shows in the
middle western states in which located that the
average was less than the average of the whole
, On page 81 of said report we find the following
Reports were received of June &c. 1914 from 634
mutual savings banks, with $685. 62619057 deposits
credited to 82359 depositors, the average deposit
count being $47305.''
Large banks are they not? They are mutual and the
depositors get the earnings for interest their deposits
On page SO of this report find the following: The
average of interest paid to dposors in mutual
ngs banks in 1914 1856 per cent against 1874 per
in 1913 The highest rate is paid by the West Virginia
banks As per cent the lowest average by the banks
in Pennsylvania 357 per cent An average rate of per
cent is paid deposors in mutual savings banks in Massa
RI 1ndian ca1i. .
f0rnia.' !;
Our business is conducted along legitimate and
servatve lines taking long chance in order to make
big profits We give depositors larger interest return
than the big mutual savings banks that pay their EN-
TIRE EARNINGS to depositors pro rata as interest.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-13
Does ii Need Cleaning?

II you have any dress, skirt, waist,
coat, vest, trousers, or other gar
ment that are stained or wrinkled, let
us send for it and change its ap-
pearance. We are experts in clean
sing and renovating garments of all
kinds. We press them back into their
original shape again, and we satisfy
every patron with our work and
with our charges.
Hats cleaned, blocked and retrimmed.
Also suits dyed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-13
RediSCOunts

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For years there has been an annual shortage Of
rency at Crop Moving Season. This annual shortage
with it's consequent farmers and business gener
ally became menace to financial system Through
act of congress committee of financial experts
appointed to make study of all the different financial
systems Of the world Upon the findings Of this commit
tee basis which to work. the present Federal Re-
serve law was developed.
It provides for the Capitalization of bank
and the issuing Of asset currency backed up large
gold and the guarantee Of the government The
Federal Reserve bank does business only with member
banks. It is bank of RE-DIsC0UNT, ESTABLISHED
FOR THAT PURPOSE It's aim is to enable member
banks to their into cash. This bank is
MEMBER BANK, and has enough cash and paper ell
gble to redscoun with the Federal Reserve Bank to pay
every depostor in full This quick conversion of eligible
paper into currency every dpostor in
times of Panic.
A Re-Discount creates liability against
bank than the taking Of time deposit for equal
amount and loanng it out In each the bank stands
between the borrower and the lender exactly the bust
ness for which banks are organized
"STAB|L ITY"
That's the Word, That's our Motto
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What Constitutes Success?
He has achieved success who has lived we'll laughed
often and gained the respect of intelligent and the
love Of little children; who has filed his niche and accom-
pished his task who has left the world better than he
found it, whether by improved poppy perfect poem
or rescued SOUL who has lacked appreciation Of
earths beauty failed to express it, who has looked for
the best in others and given the best he had whose life
was an inspiration whose memory is q benediction
Mrs A. J. Stanley. &
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-13
OF
HOLLIER EIGHT
PROVE A MECCA

Tho now salesroons of the Hol-
Her Eight, al WoodVarda and
Antouctte-st, nave bern mecca
for prospective automobile buyers
and those interested in motor cars
the last two weeks Just a fortnight
ago. the Edward r. Lyon Co, opened
the doors Of IT'S new home, the hand
some appearance and modern ap-
pointmeI IS OF which have been a
matter OF complimentary comment
on "automobilc row
HoliCr Fights nave been a sue
cessml proposition since they were
frs placed on the market, but tho
interest i'm them and The number OF
sales made since the new sales
rooms were opened. has been phe-
nomenll. proving that q wcll-locat-
ed. vr'lappojnted salesroom is a
business AL OF large proportions.
WIFI the increased facilities at its
DISPOSAL thc-I.vnu Co., is able to
make prompt delivery OF cars.
which. heretofore. has been "a Prob
lem
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-13
PIPER SELLS
TEN FARMS

Walter c. Piper reports the sale OF
10 farms through his farm depart
ment, which is IN charge OF L.
Johns The sales. representing a to-
tai OF $4,000 are as follows
SchwarCk Farm at Mt. Clemens. five
acres and modern house on Gratiot.
ave- Zclinsky Farm, 90 acres at
Wayne, Mich. Ross Farm. five
acres on Utica road sold to James
Pagan for home, Sweigles Farm,
CO acres on Merriam-rd., near
Wayne. sold 20 j. Schwager. well
known Detroit contractor; Henning
Farm. 90 acres on Town Hall-rd.,
near Gratiot-ave.: H. +. Grattan
Farm. 90 acres at Fort Huron, sold
10 party OF Russians; 50-acre farm
on Huron river. near Milford, sold
to MIR. Bloom: Strew Farm. 40
acres. near Milton church on Gratiot-
ave. sold 10 Mrs Laura Wilson. OF
st. Catherine, Ont; Kreiser Farm,
16 acres, near Chesterfield creamery,
sold to Mrs Fannie Forbes; seven
acre farm at Meade. Mich. sold TO
Mrs. Annie Kenyon, OF Detroit, for
a home
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-13
MANY DETROIT
BUILDERS WILL
GO TO MUSHROOM

The Detroit Builders and Traders
exchange will be we'll represented
at the annual convention of the As.
ISOLATED Builders Exchanges of
Michigan. which will be held in
Mnskegon. Mich. Nov. II and rs.
The Detroit party will leave here
at 7:30 Central Standard time on
"Wednesday morning over the Pere
Marquette arriving in Grand Rapids
AZ 10 90 where junction will bc
made With the delegation from Lans-
ing. Kalamazoo, Jackson. Flint and
other points. Luncheon will he serv.
cd in tho rooms Of the Grand Rapids
exchange. lnteturbsn cars will take
tho party to Muskeron arriving there
NJ 2 O'Clock for the opening of the
convention
Many important subjects will be
considered at the convention. among
Them being matters of leris lation. as
we'll rs construction
ClIas. A Bowen. -aecretArl- of the
Detroit exchange Is makine reserva
tlons for the local delegates.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-13

Delayed Shipments of
Material Interfere
With Construction

with weather conditions favor
able for the continuance OF outside
construction work, local contractors
complain that they are being held
back 10y delayed shipments of ma
terial, due to local freight cOndi-
tons.
Store and apartment buildings
seem 10 predominatc in the new
construction work coming from the
Offices Of the architects during the
past week. according 10 the report
Of the Builders & fradcrs' eX-
change There Is also a goodly por-
lion of industrial construction.
Among the new projects wore a
nine story, steel and concrete, store
building three-story, reinforced
concrete. factory structure, tn O.
story brick store and Hat building
three stores and three flatsl; an.
other store and HAT structure -four
stores and three FATS: a threc-st ory
brick and steel. i3-family apartment
and a variety OF smaller buildings
including residences and garages.
As to the contracts awarded, the
volume and character continues fav-
.prahIa
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-13
CONVICTS FOR
WORK ON ROADS

The question OF whether or not
convict road work pays says Frank
VI Eldredge. chairman OF publicity
Of the Wolverine Automobile club,
Detroit, Mich. has been solved by
figures carefully cmpiled in the
states OF Wisconsin. West Virginia
ana Maine. where the system is in
force. whore earnings in each state
average o. per cent over all con
tractors bids. In Maine an average
of 50 prisoners are worked from a
central camp. The road construc-
ton is under the direet supervision
OF the state highway department,
but the care. custody discipline and
feeding Of the prisoners Ia under
the direction OF the sheriff and
county commissioners OF each coun-
" in which the road work Is per
formed Practically the same rou
tine is adopted I'm West Virginia
and Wisconsin" says Eldredge The
Wolverine Automobile club stands
unalterahly for employment of con
vict labor on the state highways OF
Michigan. and ! am glad to state
that II has passed beyond the pc.
riod Of hysterical wrangle into a
period OF actually successful accom-.
plishment and almost universal nc
ceptation."
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-13
TIMKEN SHOWS
BUSINESS GAIN

This year has been, and con
ttnues 80 be, one Of the most re-
markable in the automobile indus
try" stated H. II Timken, president
of the Thinker Roller Bearing co"
recently. While that statement may
be somewhat % a bromide to those
men who are closely connected with
the industry and are in close touch
with present motor car conditions
il Is nevertheless a very interesting
fact.
'sNever before in all my Is years
experience supplying roller bearings
for use In motor cars have ] seen
such a bright outlook for the motor
car industry Business has lncreas-
cd by leaps and bounds each month
this year. There hasn't been a sin
gle letup Il has been steady no"
Of orders for cars and more cars
ever on the increase-and ] cannot
see any change for months to come.
"In fact. every one of the l4h
manufacturers OF Timken equipped
cars has greatly increased his origi-
nal order for bearings, his orders
covering shipments until far into
next year.
Our own business has increased
over 100 per cent In October over
las, year. and will go still higher
when our new additions are com
nlefed"
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-13
WILL DL>lA5E ON
LOCATION OF
CONVENTION CITY

The board Of managers and the
speciH committee on convention
city. of the National Association Of
Real Estate exchanges. viii meet in
Detroit next week TO finally decide
on the location Of tho proposed con
veniIou city. Walter - Piper. pres
ident If the national organ cation,
aiin0mces the appointment of the
following committees go carry on
the work OF the association
Ethics Chairman. Henry Nolte.
Duluth MINI Frank II Besseuger.
Detroit. Robert H. Toust Knox.
Vile: Louis \. Moses Cleveland:
Harvey Watson. Gary =. D. Wood
worth, Rochester: ! G Mccormick.
Spokane. r G. Hammond. Tampa,
W G Johnson. panyillc; \ y.
Never. Montgomery.
State legislation Chairman Eu-
rrre X itriiiv- fAittS-7rrr--tr- +r'ftf5
Vincent. Portland H. W. Kaufman,
Akron !. ". Fieldhouse Elkhart
Iohn Roland. Green Bay: J. y.
Whitehead. Rockford u II Miller.
st. Paul. +. NJ. Ashton, salt Lake
city. Bruce Walker Iayenel, Co
lumbia, J.. G.. Burton, Chattanooga
Good roads Chairman. j. 4 Wig
more, Cleveland, O Luke w hU
icy. indianapolis. barney Neil
Erie. Austin North Billings Lloyd
r. Crane. Paw Ciry, W w. Snid'r.
Davenport. r. b Brauou. Nash.
vile T r Reed. Oakland 3. o"
Cooke. superior Chas f. Fulton.
savannah
Additional appointments to com
mittees are as follows:
Publicity Charles W. Restarick.
Boston Leslie y. Burks. San Fran
cisco. r. T.. Gardiner Philadelphia.
Taxation: +. Woods Eeckman
Altoona. J h Collin1, Miles CITY.
Ed. f Walker. Covington; Cnas II.
Reynolds Dubuque
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-13
JACK, THE PEPPER
is FINED $50

Jack tho Pcepers" visits to
homes on Hcleu.aye. the last few
weeks caused much alarm among
the women OF that neighborhood,
and the frequent complaints result
ed in the arrest Thursday night, OF
Robert Jordan. young man who
lives az 10, 35l iIelen-aye.. on a
charge of disturbing the peace
Before Justice Gainey Friday.
tho young man admitted that he
had on numerous occasions peered
OS)ugh the windows OF homes in
that neighborhood In fact. he had
made practice Of It FOR two years,
he said
The court sentenced him TO pay a
fine of $50 or serve 60 days in the
house 81 correction lie took the
latter.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-13
TALE SAYS POPE
FOILED PLOT TO
GET HIM TO SPAIN

NEW YORK, Nov t3.-The sun
today prints from a correspondent
abroad Tho story OF an alleged plot
hy the Au;r0German diplomats sta
toned AT Rome before ltaly's en-
trance into the war to frighten the
pope into leaving Rome and taking
up his abode in Spain
The story says that his holiness
Vas 10 be- secretly taken TO the sea
coast and thcrc placed on board a
spanish liner escorted by a cruiser.
which was 90 take him to Spain
Although every effort vas made
10 impress upou the pope the dan.
ger of his position if he remained
in the capital OF q bclligerent coun
try. he refused 20 be frightened and
the scheme was ahand red
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-13
MAYNARD WIFE
WILL RETURN
TO HUSBAND

Several months in Inc life ~ De.
troiCs underworld groauy charged
Margaret Barker "a little wife OF n
years hut she assured Justice
Gaiucy Friday thar she would re
turn to her husband, Atlanta, Ga,
from whom She ran away to go to
Detroit
In The u,uc r,rl VINO does not
look to- be more thla a. years old,
the Judge disccrrcd a spark OF re
fnem,nt that bad nos been entirely
oblitcratod boy several months dis.
siratjon
with plenty Of money. well.
DIRE. sod and highly -ctiectcd she
arrived m Detroi. hire. months ago.
NcViound a,auiiltarces gradually
led her into "a Ifr OF disgrace, sh"
told the ruur-. bpt she has resolved
firmly to dc better and viii leave
for her former home.
The Barker girl was arrested,
ThUrsdPy nisht, in a taid by The
free lance quad of a house az No
3o9 Tnrl-s' Marie Nrlboeh, John
Tilluan and William 9clbcck. faith.
or OF Marie. were taken INTO Gus
tndy - tho sam tigfe When the
officers hurst in upou the place the
Ba'kcr Girl tried 10 escape. bat was
caught on the second floor.
Justice Gaiusy gave the uirl the
choice Of returning to her husband,
Who has promised 20 s"rd her
money. or sentence 20 the House
OF Correction Sha Nus identified
in court from photograph sent
here by her husband Miss Bel
beck vas ordered 10 leave TIE ci;,.
and the men, NO pleaded no.
guilty were returned To jail 10
await trial
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-11-13
POST MONEY
TO CHILD
Widow Can Claim No
Part of Huge
Fortune

BATTLE CREEK, Mich. Nov. l3.
startling complications involving
Ia" Post estutc of S33.91O.0JO leaked
aut here when IL became known
that The fortune of G. W Post would
go to his daughter. Marjorie Close,
regardless ot The carefully prepared
viii at The late food king
In q suit against th9 Post estate,
started by the state OF Michigan
10 establish the legal residence OF
O. " Pos, and collect Inheritance
tax, Their developed IN incident in
ne affairs ot Post that positively
make, his only child and heiress,
Marjorie. now Mrs. Edward Close.
OF Greenwich, Conn, owner OF the
Postum Cereal Co. AMI her fathers
cntir" fortune
Several years ago. Post went
through tnc blnkruptCy court and
in the testimony given at the time,
Post stated that he Postum Cereal
co was founded and built up out
OF "a small fund of $3.50, which had
been rayed mp hv the original Mrs
Post. and placed 20 the credit o;
their daughter, Marjorie As part
OF the same testimony II is n matter
OF record that Mr. Post swore that
the company was the property OF
Marjorie. and that he, G. w. Post,
was her Ggent This has never been
corrected according 10 the record,
and Mrs Close will become the sole
owner OF the Postum company