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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
FOUND A LOST SISTER
Grant Jones, of Lamont Locates His
Sister, of Whom he Had lost
Trace Of for 36 Years.

Grant Jones, we'll known farmer
and fine stock breeder of Lamont,
was in Leon last Sunday, enrOute
home from Weiser, Idaho, where he
went three weeks ago to visit a sis
; ter, Mrs. Lucy Ferguson, having fin
ally located her after having lost
all trace of her for thirty-six years,
and he was feeling mighty good over
the trip.
Thirty-six years ago, when Mr..
Jones was lad of fourteen, he was
living with his sister in Cherokee
county, Kansas. In company with
his brother, VIM. l.. Jones, the two
boys started for Arkansas, driving
across the country. They changed
their destination in Arkansas, and a
letter from their sister telling them
she was leaving for Colorado, failed
to reach them The boys wrote to
the sister, but their letters also went
astray, and from that time until a
few weeks ago the brothers and sis
ter never heard of each other, the
sister moving from Colorado to
Utah, then back to Colorado, then to
Oregon, Washington and finally to
Idaho. The older brother, VIM. L..
Jones, resides at Drewsy, Oregon,
only ia miles from where the sister
lives, and for twenty-three years he
has frequently been within fourteen
miles of her, but neither of the broth
ers could get any trace of the lost
sister.
A few weeks ago Mr.. Grant Jones
decided to advertise for word of his
lost sister, and placed small adver-
tisement in the Boise, Idaho, States
man, and was overjoyed a few days
later to receive a letter from Mrs.
Ferguson's SON who resides at YAM
pa, Colorado, telling him his sister
was alive and living at Weiser. Mr..
Jones Immediately wrote to her and
also to his brother at Drewsy, Ore
gcn, and the two brothers arranged
to meet and visit her, and it was in
deed a Joyful reunion of the broth
ers and sister after separation of
?thirty-six years.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20

Ray S. Parker, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
EdParker, of Davis City, who Is sery-
ing in the navy on board the U. S. $.
Utah, writes the following interest
ling letter to home folks
New York, May 16, 1915.
Dear Folks at Home:-We are to
land tomorrow with guns, belts, pay
onets, leggins and white uniforms,
and will parade up Fifth Avenue to
be reviewed by President Wilson. Very
little work is being done now on the
ship. Thousands of visitors are COM
ing out to visit the ship every day
from / to $3.50 p. m. have been
ashore on two 4S hour liberty leaves
since we have been here. The hrst
trip stayed in the Y. NJ. G. A. both
nights. The second time l went
ashore at l p. m. and came back the:
same evening at 10 o'clock, just IN
time to catch the steamer to the ship
I'VE we're just starting to the ship
when our propeller caught on g
chain, and after working a couple OF
hours the chain was cleared and an-
other steamer towed us back to our
ship. I went ashore again the fol-
lowing afternoon and returned to
the ship at II p. m. without any de-
lay or accident. The United States
seems to be getting serious with
Germany now on account of the sink
ing of the Lusitania with American
citizens aboard. Germany should
have officially notified the U. s. gov.
ernment that any one sailing aboard
the Lusitania would do 30 at their
own risk. They did warn American
citizens of their danger, but did they
warn those little children that they
were going to sink the Lusitania. The
United States are very Reasonable in
all Of their demands on Germany.
Do you think we could possibly gain
anything by declaring war on any
country! War is always O losing
game and the world is supposed to
be civilized too. Ray.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Il. Mitchell Enter
tanned Relatives and Friends.

At their home on south Main street
last Friday Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Mitch
ell entertained q number of relatives
and friends at dinner party which
was served at noon, and it was one
of those dinners which have made
Mrs. Mitchell famous, for she is one
sof, the best cooks In the county. Az
ter the big dinner q pleasant after
noon was spent in social intercourse,
and all thoroughly enjoyed the day.
The guests were Mrs. Mitchell's par
ents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. e. Cannon,
her sisters, Mrs. O. 3. Bassett OF
sFarnhamville, and Mrs. w. A. ALI
sbaugh, 5of Leon. Others present were
Mrs. h, e. Dye, Mrs. Sarah Chnstatn
and Mrs. Lucy Allbaugh.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
Editors Had Good Time at Creston.

The spring meeting of the South
ern Iowa Editorial Association was
held at Creston last Thursday and
Friday, and it was one of the best
meetings the association ever held,
about fifty of the live wire publish
ers of southern Iowa being in at
tendance. A good program covering
the two days session had been pre-
pared, and there was not a single
disappointment throughout the pro-
gram every speaker being on hand,
which is something unusual at such
gatherings. The newspaper men OF
Creston and the citizens in general
left nothing undone to make the
stay of the editors in CrestOn a
pleasant one. Autos were provided
for rides over the city, to the Coun-
try Club, and to various places OF
interest in the city. On Thursday
evening the editors were- guests OF
the Creston Club at a buffet lunch
con served at the white City,
which was a most enjoyable affair.
Short speeches were made by prOmi-
nent citizens of Creston and from
visiting editors. A splendid luncheon
was served, the walters being young
business men of Creston.
Creston is indeed fortunate to
have white City," which is most
popular resort, located right in the
heart of the city. 1t is under the
management of C. B. Benson, and q
large sum of money has been spent
in fitting up the resort They have
q fne dance hall, skating rink, Gar
and other amusement de-
vices, but the best of all is the big
swimming pool and bathing beacs.
There are nearly q hundred bath
rooms, two large dressing rooms,
one for the ladies', and big swim
ming pool and artificial sandy beach.
The white City" is we'll patronized
by the citizens of Creston and the
country, many auto par
ties driving long distances during
the hot weather to enjoy the swim
ming pool
The officers of the Editorial Asso-
citation for the coming year are:
President, David Brant, Iowa City
Vice President, w. P.
Workman, Malvern Leader; Secre-
tary- Treasurer, o. E. Hull, Leon Re-
porter. The fall meeting of the as
sociation will be held at Charlton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
Meeting of the Parent-Teachers
Association.

The Parent-Teachers' Association
will meet in the high school room at
$3.50 Friday afternoon, May 21. This
will be our last meeting for the pres
ent school year.
You are cordially invited to be
present.
The following program will be
given:
Music. 3. ;. High School Orchestra
Glass Exercise. ]. ). Miss Beavers
Songs. j. =. Miss Cooney's Room
Paper" Grading and the Care of
the School Grounds" go.
~. 1890. !. Mrs. Farquhar
Discussions. ..... Mr.. VanWerden
Miss Cash
-. -. 49,. Miss Horner
~ ... !. Miss Hurst
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
Dr.. Eiker Honored.

At the annual meeting Of the
Iowa State Medical Society held at
Waterloo last week, DR.. b. L.. Eiker,
of Leon, was honored by being Select-
ed as q member of the committee on
public policy and legislation, aud 1t
is an honor most N6rthily bestowed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
Take = Look 1t the School.

About now is a mighty good time
to visit the school that you have not
seen all winter. Roads are better,
the children are getting the spring
energy for their work and play, the
years instruction has had plenty OF
time to soak in, and the school year
will end this month. For some
years you've been paying taxes to be
spent on educational w0rk-get
around there now and show that you
are interested also in seeing what
your children get but OF these taxes.
You would 90 fast enough Il the
school house was your factory or Or
chard or p1@ture, and yet children
are the on really importAnt crop
that our etry raises.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
Federation Elect Officers and Select
Dates.

,At the meeting of the Federation
of Women's Clubs of Leon on May
.7th, the following officers were elect
ed for 1915-1916:
President-Mrs. D. #. Long.
Vice Pres. Mrs. Stephen Varga.
Secretary-Mrs. C. E. Stuber,
Treasurer-Mrs. "A. l.. Ackerley.
The dates for the Federation meet
ings for 1916-1916 are:
Oct. 8Amicitia and Magazine.
Dec. 3-Sororis and Unity.
March 3.-New Century and Thir-
teen.
May 5-Priscilla and Reading Cir
Gle; also election of officers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
WHAT THE CARRIERS DID.
The Five Rural Carriers From Leon
POstOfice Delivered 43,873 Pieces
of Mail i'm Thirty Days.

From April Is to May Is, the
rural mail carriers from the Leon
postoffice were required to keep q
record Of all the mail they handled
during this period, and their reports
show that on the five rural routes
they delivered 43,S73 pieces of mail
end collected 4,S87 pieces. The total
eight of the mail delivered was =
652 pounds and the weight Of the
mail collected was $50 pounds. The
reports show that route No. 2, G. r.
Turner, carrier, does the heaviest
business, and route No. 3, F. P. Al
len, carrier, the lightest.
The following shows the amount
of mail delivered and collected on
each OF the five routes: 81
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
A Big Special Coming.

The popular Idle Hour theatre has
booked another big special attrac-
ltion, having contracted for the nine
reel feature play, "The Spoilers,
which will be shown at the Idle Hour
on Monday, May 8 1st This u said
to he the greatest picture play ever
Speoduced, the producers. sending 4
4 SiHpanY Of players to AlaskA where
s.thS ltIms were made.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
Death Of Mrs. E. Walker little.

4 Mrs. E. Walker Title, one of the
Oldest residents of Leon, passed
away at her home in northeast Leon
Monday morning, her death follow
ing an illness Of several months.
Funeral services were held at the
home Tuesday afternoon, conducted
sby Elder III. A. Stebbins, interment
being In the Leon cemetery. A ut
ting obituary will be published next
week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Z Reporter Published . Quarter
Of a Century Ago.

J. H. Cozad, of Eden township,
was quite seriously injured by being
kicked by a horse, several of his
ribs being broken.
A movers wagon passed through
Leon Tuesday morning, to which
was attached team of little bron-
cho ponies, which had been driven
all the way from Trinidad, Colorado.
The party consisted of man and his
two little boys who were going to
Michigan and Ohio to visit friends.
They had been on the road just seven
weeks, but had been laid up for a
week near Wichita, Kansas, by heavy
rains. The ponies were in good con-
dition to have been driven so far.
Sells Bros. circus was advertised
to be in Leon on Monday, June 18th.
Elder j. L. Rowe, of Mt. Ayr, has
bought the Frank residence property
in northeast Leon and will move his
family here in short time.
A lodge of Ancient Order of Egyp-
tian Prophets has been organized in
Leon with very large charter men,
bership. !. Several special meetings
have been held in order, to meet the
demands for admission to this grand
order. The elevation of mankind Is
the leading feature of the order, but
it is also benevolent institution.
Fred Hamilton, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. S. A. Hamilton, was thrown
from a horse Saturday and received
injuries which came very near prov
ing fatal For over an hour it was
thought he would never regain con-
sciousness, but at last he came to
himself and is now able to be about
the house.
w. A. Boone accepted a position
as bookkeeper at the Exchange
Bank
Eggs were worth IL cents a dozen
and oats from 18 to 20 cents BUSH
Moxey Frank, of Ottumwa, was in
Leon Monday and Tuesday on bYsi-
Eess
Mrs. H. j. Close went to Mt.
Pleasant to visit her sister, Mrs. Jas.
Booker.
Frank Parsons was in town Tues
day, the first time since he was shot
two months ago.
Mrs. Clinkenbeard, of Harrison
county, Mo-, was visiting with her
sister, Mrs. j. r. McClelland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enn Bechtel, of Gar
den Grove, were in Leon last week
visiting with friends for few, days.
Miss Henrietta Vo&t closed = very
successful term sof school near Davis
t'ity. 4.
-. 4 - NJ
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
Marriage Licenses.

Leonard H. Hegeman, Kellerton. 40
5Beulah A. Guthrie, Leon $40. .1 8
Clarence w. Gable, Leon 3 ]
5Madge M. Pickering, Leon vs.. ...s. 1s,
.Omer: p. Bisplinghoff, Dss Moines. & IN
Ethel ". Hatch, Leon Z. .s-s... I : 4:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20

Clyde Creighton, Of OmahA, Neb.,
was here for aSsfew days visit with
his father and sister.
Oakley Clark left Tuesday for a va
cation trip to Denver, Colorado.
The question of war between Ger
many and France was occupying the
attention of the public, the indica-
tions being that nothing short of
war would settle the difference be-
tWeeI. these countries.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20

Daylight Aour and Champion t9ed.
Cannon Bros. MIN
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20

Meals q the Park Hotel IS cent
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-05-20
Total. -. 1892 rs
Jo. sc. M. Reynolds, Carrier
Decatur County Boy Writes of Navy
Experiences.

Total. ........ 577 -
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
The Chicago Boat
Disaster.

The sinking of the excursions
boat at Chicago was terrible
and the terrible loss
OF life due to criminal negligence
In the use OF such Il vessel for
transportation has sent a thrill
of horror all over the country.
ust AS the loss OF the General
Slocum' in New York Harbor
brought about better inspections,
It is to be hoped that Board al
Trade or some kind of inspection
ofall vessels chartered S common
carriers of passengers should be
brought about. that our country
will never again suffer such a
calamity.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Half of All Forest
Fires are Preventat-
i've.

With the opening of the season
Q! hre danger on most of the
National Forests. the forest ser
vice is sending broadcast a
warning that more that half of
the forest hres in the United
States are due to carlesness or
other preventable causes, start.
ing from campers. railroad loco
il smotlyss, bIpsh burning. incepd-
iaries and sa awmills.
This statement is based on en-
analysis of statistics compiled
from the forest fire records of the
last season, when more than
1000 hres were reported on nat
Ional forests alone and approx
imately 10000 on state and pri-
vate holdings in the eighteen
states which received federal CO.
operation in fire protection under
the Weeks Law, namely, Maine,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Vermont, Connecticut, New York.
New Jersey, Maryland, West
Virginia. Kentucky, Michigan.
Wisconsin, Minnesota, South
Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Wash.
ington and Oregon.
Forest fires destroy millions of
dollars worth of timber and
other property every year, and
IN some years cause considerable
loss of lite. 1t has been estimat-
ed from the best information OBJ
tainable that forest fires last year
burned over an area of approx
imately 100000 acres with
total loss of at least SO, 100000.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Orpheum Theatre.

Tonight Friday a Biograph
Special production Across the
Bridge; Edison "rhe Rough
Roads ofLite" and a Kalam com
edy Ham Visits the Sultan" a
scream.
Saturday night Exploits OF
Elaine, together with master
piece Balboa production, also
two other pictures. making two
hours Of high class entertainment
The winner OF the Auto Contest
will be decided the same night.
Monday and Tuesday, the last
of the Who Paws? series Toll
and Tyranny" Don't miss the
final of great series OF Vital
Questions of Lite. complete IN it.
self III 3 big reels. 2 other reels,
making an entertainment hard
to beat.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Friday Afternoon
Sports.

The following programs have
been arranged to take place a t
Light Air Park for the following
two Friday afternoons. admiss-
iss tree to everybody.
AUGUST 6.
Circle Relay Race, captioned by
s. E. Hale and l.. A. Critchheld
Relay Race, First ward Girls and
Fourth ward Boys, Juniors
Relay Race, Second ward Boys
and Third ward Girls. Juniors.
Ball Game
AUGUST 13.
Crab Race, captained by Henry
Voice and Edw. H. Hale.
Bottle Race between boys & girls
Rebeeca Wilson and Howard
Price, captains.
Business Mems Race, between the
North and the South Sides of
Main Street, captained by Geo.
II. Severe and Chas. l.. Haight
Ball Game
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
us. Ships on
the High Seas.

The United States has been
trying for quarter of a century
to introduce American ships into
our foreign commerce. When
former Senator Hanna of Ohio.
proposed ship subsidy, the
country responded with "A cry OF
alarm lest Wall Street or some
one connected with it. might
steal a few pints Of the salty
ocean. Perhaps it was a recol.
lection of these events that caus-
ed President Wilson to suggest
government-owned ships. Two
hundred and eighty-two boards
OF trade and commercial organic
ations of the country have been
polled. and eighty per cent of the
votes cast are opposed to gov
ernment owned ships. In one OF
the ballots 554 votes favored
Government ship subsidy, while
1S9 were against. In another
instance 713 votes were cast fav.
orable to establishing freight
and mail lines to foreign count
ries, and there were SO against.
JhIs proposition contemplates
commerce under the American
flag. AS Senator Hanna's pro.
position cannot be revived under
a Democratic Administration.
since the party is on record ag-
ainst it; and inasmuch as Pres.
Wilson'S scheme has been toma-
hawked by his own party in Con-
gress. the proposition for Amer.
ican shipping appears to be in a
bad way. The American people
evidently are willing to let pri
vate capitalists build and operate
ships. but refuse to allow Con
gress to give such aid and pro
lection as to insure sonnet thug
being done. Meanwhile there is
no probability of the United
States attaining glory, suprem
acy, or even substantial repres-
entation as maratime power,
since there are no ''jackies' in
American finance; and the gov
ernment up-to-date has failed to
make any progress.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Notice of Sale of
District School Bonds.

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of School Trustees of
School District No. 16 OF the
County of Cassia, State of Idaho
will sell at public sale the Bonds
of said District in the sum Of
Seven thousand ($7 900 .OO) dol
lars, to the highest and best bid
der for cash, said bonds to bear
interest at the rate of six (6%)
per cent per annum. pay ble semi
annually, the principal sum of
SAID bonds to be payable and
redeemable Ten (1O) years from
date, provided that it shall be
optional with said District be-
ginning Five (5) years after date
to pay and redeem the same in
Ave equal annual payments.
Said sale will take place on the
7th day of August, 1915, at the
Banking House OF the Oakley
State Bank, Oakley. County of
Cassia, State of Idaho.
The Board OF Trustees of said
School District No. 16, reserve
the right to reject any and all
bids and to sell said Bonds at
private sale if they may deem it
for the best interests of the said
School District.
Dated this 10th day of July,
1915.
JOHN w. CoLLIsTER,
Clerk of the Board of Trustees cf
School District No. 16 of Cassia
County. State of Idaho.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
Oakley Has
Good Crowd at
Celebration.

On Friday and Saturday last
a good crowd assembled on both
OF these days at Oakley to cele-
brate Pioneer day.
On Friday the little folks were
greatly disappointed in their free
rides on the Merry. 60 Round, the
party contracting for same sent
word at the last minute saving
they would not be here, and did
not give the committee time to
get in any thing else. therefore
they got some nickles and dimes
and peanuts and scrambled them
to the little folks.
In the afternoon there was
horse racing and balloon ascent
and parachute jump by Dare
Devil Kohl, which proved to be
novelty for this town. The
ball game between Kimberly and
Oakley was good game from
start to finish, the home bows
proving victorious in their first
game.
On Saturday morning pro-
gram was given in the Tabernacle
Free ice cream cones were served
out during the morning. At 4
O'Clock Twin Fails and Oakley
teams crossed bats and although
the home boys did not win. one
OF the best games ever witnessed
for some time past was PLAYED,
the score stood 8 to Z in favor of
the visistors.
Dare Devil Kohl made another
one of his balloon ascents, going
up much higher than the day pre-
vious before be took his para
chute jump. After the ball game
two horse races were run, which
brought the celebration TO a
close.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

The Postoffice Department has
beer authorized to employ auto
mobiles on rural free delivery
routes, and on the second Of Aug.
about a hundred such vehicles
will be put into commission.
Postmaster General Burleson has
just made the allotment of this
service-and the geographical dis
tribution OF this national bazz-
wagons is interesting, to say the
least, Forty-four of them will
whizZ over the practorian pave
ments of the imperial State of
Oklahoma; twenty eight of them
will toll through the sandy lanes
OF peerless Georgia; as reward
for electing a Democratic Senator
California will get nineteen; Mr..
Burleson's own state of Texas
eight; Louisiana one. The great
State of Pennsylvania gets two
loca ted, for a guess, in A. Michel
Palmer's district. New York
will have none. because Burleson
and the Administration in gener-
al does not like New York lust
now. But the significant thing
is that a Southern Postmaster
General proceeds to put about
eighty per cent OF these machines
into three Southern States. This
with automobiles in
rural free delivery was intended
by Congress to be national in it's
scope. The Postmaster General
intends to make it sectional.
However. this is sectional
Administration.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30

Success begets greater success =
and like wise enmity.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1915-07-30
c. r. Beecher Buys
Out Garage.

Mr.. c. X. Beecher of Lincoln,
Neb., has just bought out the
Hansen Auto Co. located in the
Poulton and McMurray building
and will take over the works on
August 1st.
Mr.. Beecher will carry a full
line OF supplies, oils. gasoline. etc.
and will put on a new livery car
and will aim to give the people
the best service at reasonable
prices. Also agent for the Max
well car and shortly will have the
1916 model on show.