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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-11
Van Vert.

Mrs. Fred Hall and Mrs. Harry
Traupel returned from Kansas City
Saturday
Mr.. Schmitt of Osceola visited
Thursday with his son and family
Mrs. Harry Fisher and children
went to Decatur Saturday for a visit
with relatives.
C, Johnson of Centerville, was
here Wednesday and Thursday for a
visit with friends.
Miss Hazel Marvin of Leon is here
visiting her sister, Mrs. Jake Green.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Manley spent
Sundey at the Pickett home.
Mrs. Charlie Fierce was in Osceola
Monday
Mrs. John Palmer and family mor-
ed Monday to farm near Delray.
J. D. Young visited his sister in
Corydon.
Miss Neva Kelley spent Sunday
with her grandparents in Van Vert.
Miss Fern Branscomb came home
Tuesday from Kellerton where she
visited over Sunday with relatives.
Miss Cecil Eggleston and Miss
Myrtle Edwards went to Des Moines
Friday, to visit.
Mrs. Corbsie and son Walker NOV
ed their household goods to Osceola
the latter part of the week where
they will make their future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Chapman Of
Oklahoma, Mrs. Lille Eddy of Cleve-
land, Ohio, and Mrs. Amy Horney of
Weldon visited Sunday with their
aunt, Mrs. NJ Fuller
Charlie and Will Finkbone were
called to Leon Sunday by the sudden
death of their father.
DR.. and Mrs. Wing moved Satur
day TO their new property in north
Van Vert.
Mrs. Marshall Trisler and children
returned Saturday from Derby where
Their have been for several weeks Wis
iting at the home of her parents.
Ed Brown of Grand River was
here Monday.
Miss Velma Spencer was an over
Sunday guest at the j. A. Smith
home.
4 Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Lamoree left
Tuesday for their new home in Cor
ham, Kansas.
80. B. Trisler of Derby, who has
been here the past week left Tues
day for his new home in Truro.
The annual High School dcclama-
tory contest will be held Friday, at
the Methodist church.
Mrs. Martha Adams went to Tabor
Tuesday to visit her sister.
~ Mrs. c. ]. Price was in Leon last
week having dental work done.
K Mrs. j. M. Halstead was in We'll
don Saturday where she was one of
the judges at the declamatory con-
test
Donald Price, Harold Traupel and
Burbank Halstead attended the con-
test at Leon Friday.
Mrs. l. N. Skidmore spent Sunday
at home, returning to Leon Monday
where she is taking medical treat
ment.
During the recent recess of the
state legislature Representative M.
f. Thompson went to Battle Creek,
Mich, from which place he accom-
panied his mother back home.
Floyd Boles moved to the G. w.
johnson farm last week Annise
Steen is now located where Mr.. Boles
formerly lived.
G. C. Trisler has moved to town
3gain, Fred Ramsey living on his
own farm. s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-11
large shipment of Chicken Coops just arrived.

In last weeks items it should have
read Vim. Martin instead Of VIM.
Waller would live on the Tade Crit
I'm farm this year.
Annabelle Flynn is on the sick list.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-02

the greater portion of his residence
in WATERFOWL he was engaged in the !
hardware business, having retired but
a short time ago. The funeral was
held yesterday from the Masonic
Temple, interment being in Mount
Hope cemetery.
The WatertoWn Printing and Bid
ing Co. recently shipped a desk to
Rev. Andrew G. Anderson, pastor Of
the Swedish Evangelical church at
Strandburg, and In rernitting for the
same Mr. Anderson says: THE desk
arrived today. 1t arrived in perfect
condition and is In every respect up
to my expectation. / am very much
pleased with it, Mr.. and Mrs. An
derson went to Strandburg but a few
months ago where they are devot-
ing their lives and talent to a cause
which they esteem dear. They are
young people of commanding talents,
Mr.. Anderson holding the degree Of
Bachelor Of Divinity.
Mr.. Don Osbon, who was in the
city yesterday, attending to business
matters, says that he has sold his in
terest in the Hayti paper to Messrs.
Clarke and Hill, who were managing
the Times job Office In this city for
some months last winter and spring.
The new proprietors will take pos
session of the plant next Monday
Mr. Osbon says, also, that Hayti is
forging to the front. "A new $4,000
bank building has been erected, quite
la large. number Of residences have
likewise been constructed, and sew
eral office buildings have been put up
THE new court house is expected to
ibe finished in time for occupancy the
looming winter.
Splendid modern cottage for sale
in desirable location. Just the home
you want. j. e. Bird. lott
The board of education, upon the
Recommendation of Superintendent
Parsons, has adopted a new rule with
reference to promotions. Hitherto
there have been but yearly shifting OF
relative positions, so to speak. If a
child, for instance, should happen to
become six years of age after the first
Of the January following the opening
Of the school year, he would not be
eligible to admission until the sue
ceeding year-that is, until well along
towards the beginning of his seventh
year. Hereafter there will be admis.
sions twice a year-not only at the
beginning Of the school year, but in
the middle thereof, or at the begin
ming of the second semester. 1t is
believed that this. will prove a decided
advantage, not only to the prospective
beginner, but also to the pupils in
general, enabling them to receive
promotions twice yearly, providing
their standing is such as to justify it.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-02
Mrs. ]. w. Dougherty
Passes Away Tuesday

One Of Watertown's most beloved
women-Mrs. James w. Dougherty--
has been called to her eternal home.
Her death comes as a shock to the
community, in which she had lived
from early girlhood.
AS this paper goes to press 1T is
expected that the funeral will be held
tomorrow (Friday) afternoon.
Mrs. Dougherty was operated upon
at the Luther Hospital a week ago
last Monday. 1t was thought that she
was recovering nicely until a very
short time prior to her demise, which
occurred on Tuesday, about 3 O'clock
in the afternoon.
Mr. Dougherty had visited the hos
|pitai about noon, when his wife .ap-
peared to be doing well. Soon after
Mr.. Dougherty left, she said she felt
a trifle drowsy and wished to have a
nap, suggesting that the nurse take a
walk.
Some time thereafter Miss Ruth
Dougherty called to g her mother
and became alarmed because of the
popularity of the patients breathing.
Summoning assistance for her moth
er, she drove the al at once to Mr..
Dougherty's place of business and
took him to the hospital. BY this
time Mrs. Dougherty had become IN
conscious, and she passed away soon
thereafter. 1t is thought that the
immediate cause of death was the
formation of a clot in the region of
the heart, which resulted in heart
failure.
Suffice it to say, for this issue Of
the paper. that Mrs. Dougherty stood
high in public estimation for her
qualities of mind and of heart. Her
sweetness Of disposition developed
from girlhood. AS a young woman
she won friends and kept them as
friends. Those who knew her best
loved her most.
The sympathy of the entire com
munity goes out to the bereft family
and relatives.
a more extended reference to the
deceased will be made in a subse-
quent edition.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-02

Mr.. Boeder, for the cheerful words.
They make the management feel
younger.
Wanted-Clean cotton rags at the
Saturday News office. If
The reformed spellers-that is to
say, the fellows who believe in re
form in spelling, keep on increasing
the list of words. aTho' for though,
I"tltho" for although, "thruout'' for
throughout, 'thoro' for thorough, ETC.,
ad ininitum, or any other kind of a
'tum, have been recommended, but the
oIdfashioned spelling dies hard.
Spelling, therefore, is a matter Of
memory, largely.
Quite a large delegation of young
people from this city went to Sinai
recently to attend the Young Peoples
League of the United Lutheran church
Rev. o. J.. Edwards delivered the
opening address and Rev. J.. B. Rein
ertsen also was on the program for.
an address. The musical feature of
the event was under the direction of
Mr.. Martinson of Volga, assisted by
Mr.. H. P. Hanson of this city.
Choice Lake Kampeska lots for sale
at East Yahota. Finest beach on the
lake.. Easy terms. Also, furnished
cottages for rent. Mrs. Frances p.
Hopkins, 525 E. Kemp Avenue. 49tf
The ministers OF the city decamped
yesterday for the west side of Lake
Kampeska. where they will take a va
cation from their parish duties.
There's an old saw" which says that
when the cats away the mice play.
or words to this effect. There Ire
those who contend that things ought
to be pretty lively in the old town
while the ministers are frolicking on
the shores of the classic lake. But
who's going to watch the brethren Of
the cloth?
H. F. w. Schaller has returned from
a brief trip to Wisconsin and points
in Minnesota. Mr.. Schaller visited,
among other places, his old home at
Sparta. Conditions in regard to the
crops, said Mr.. Schaller to a Satur-
day News man yesterday, seem to
be much the same both in Minnesota
and Wisconsin as in South Dakota,
taking into account the variation in
grain production in each state. Corn
is somewhat backward in Wisconsin
and also in Minnesota, continued MI.
Schaller.
Insure you auto against fire and
theft. / represent reliable companies.
j. E. Bird. loft
Mr.. Martin O. Poulson, who had
been a resident of the city and yicin-
ity for upwards of thirty-seven years,
died Monday morning at his home in
this city, having been a sufferer for
many months. The deceased was
seventy-one years of age. During
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-02
SCHOOL A NOTICE

The public schools will open Mon
day, Sept. 9Th, and any child, entering
the first grade for the first half year
of the school year, must be six years
of age prior to the first day of Nov
ember following the opening of school
or, entering for the second half year,
must be six years of age prior to the
first day of February following the
opening of the second half year of the
school year.
Again, any child entering school for
either the first half or second half
year must do SO within the first two
weeks Of either half year.
Provided, however, that pupils six
years Of age or to become of that
age prior to the first day of Noyem-
Der or February following the open
ing of either half year Of school, re-
s%pectiyely, applying for admission at
ter the first two weeks OF school in
either half year have passed, may be
admitted to the First Grade, IL they
have attended school prior to the
time of application for admission is
made. provided, however, that their
advancement is such as not to retard
the classes already organized and the
Superintendent OF the city schools
shall be the Judge OF such fitness to
enter.
Provided, that the above rule does
not apply to pupils in the Mellette
building owing to the fact that tive
grades are organized in each school
room, but that the old rule Is in force
for the admission OF pupils to the
First Grade IL they are six years Of
age prior to the frst day OF January
following the opening Of the school
year, and enter within the first two
weeks OF the school year.
Il b. Parsons,
Supt. OF City Schools
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-02
Blooded Live Stock
And Scrubs Compared

The relative profits or leases TO be
derived from well bred and poorly
bred animals are shown impressiyely
by living examples in the utility show
Of cattle, sheep and hogs in the live
stock department Of the Panama,Pa-
eific International Exposition at San
Francisco, says a circular issued up
on the authority Of the federal bu-
reau. There, in adjacent pens. high
ly bred animals are exhibited in
sharp contrast with poorly bred ones,
each kind having a large sign show
ing itg,merits and dement's, the whole
being IN admirable demonstration
of the fact that poorly bred animals
are Improbable to all concerned
seller, buyer and consumer, while, on
the other hand, money invested in
pure breeds, sven at higher initial
cost, will deliver dividends.
In one pen are shown two Aber-
deem Angus 2 year old steers, each
weighing 1,085 pounds. Their beef
is worth w cents a pound, and the
animals worth $78.75 a head. They
are we'll bred, yield good beef and
are in great demand on account of
their light weight and good condition.
They show that a small land owner,
with good stock, can develop good
beef and command top prices. In a
pen opposite these is a pair of Mexi-
can steers, s years old and weighing
only 750 pounds each. Their beef is
worth only 51a cents a pound and the
steers $41.25 a head. They are of
poor quality, yield poor beef. If pur-
chased cheaply and pastured or cheap
range they may prove q fair specula-
ton, but they are not suitable for a
feed lot or for a small farmer.
Adjoining the Aberdeen Angus
steers are two road Shorthorn
steers, two years old, weighing LIE
pounds, worth ~ cents a pound and
$685. a head. They are well bred
young steers, with good quality beef.
Across from these. and in strong con
itrast, are same mixed breeds, abso-
lutely without pedigree, 4 years old,
weighing LOGO pounds. They have
been ranged four years and fed five
months in corrals on barley and al
Ifalfa hay. but they are poor figuring
cattle, with poor quality meat, giving
poor net results for all who handle
them, from producer to consumer.
In another pen are shown 3,year-old
Hereford steers. weighing 1,325
pounds, worth z cents a pound and
S92.75 a head. They are profitable
cattle, giving good quality beet, and
will dress Z per cent more beef than
the Mexicans.
In other pens are shown highly
bred sheep and hogs side by side with
poorly bred ones, with statistics In
dicafing the relative values.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-02
WATERFOWL
BUSINESS COLLEGE
Fall Term Sept. 9th

Wanted-Clean cotton rags at the
Saturday News Office. tt
The Redfield Journal-O observer says
that the city administration of its
town is under fire because Of it's ac-
tivities in the past week in enforcing
the ordinance with reference to autos
"a half dozen Or more have been
fined for neglecting to turn their cars
in the proper direction when stopping
along the street, and the city officials
are now watching for any neglect on
the part of car owners in running
after dark without lights. These regu-
lations have been in force for the
past two years, and most drivers have
gotten away with warnings in pre-
vious violations of the ordinance, 1t
is perhaps for this reason that driv-
ers now consider themselves very
much aggrieved since they have been
called on the carpet for their neglect.
Surely ignorance is no excuse for dis
obedience in these instances, for the
regulations have been pretty thorough
" advertised, and most of them are
very easily obeyed, and not only as
sist in the safety first propaganda,
but also facilitate matters when it
comes to street traffic and AID ma
terially to the comfort and ease of
the drivers themselves. Rather, auto
owners should display a spirit of CO.
operation in fulfilling the law"
i am showing all the New Fall and
Winter Hats and Caps. Have a line
of children's Hats for school which |
will close out at 75c and VI each.
Rosa Frey.
Speaking of getting stuck in sand
with an auto, Mr.. G. H. Lester. than
whom there is probably no more ex-
pert autOist in this neck o. the woods,
said to a Saturday News man the
other day: Eyes, | have had some
experience In sand. You know, the
rule in the south and west is to de-
fate the tires, and your asking me
Wretber, after 4 2 ;:ing stuck, 1T viii
srrve any useful PURPOSE then 70 de-
Hate the tires, reminds me OF an *.
I~erience / once lsaa myself. After
coming to a standst'I in the sand. we
Debated our tires, without digginS the
sand away from them excepting so as
to enable us 10 LEI ont the air. We
let out around seventy per cent "
1T. We then started our engine with
out digging the said away from the
wheels, and our machine simply
walked right out. Those autoists
who have never tried the debated
tire in the sand will be surprised to
note with what ease a machine goes
through the sand roads when the tires
are debated, whereas, In many in
stances, it would be impossible to get
through without defiation with the
machines own power This is a
matter that all autoists would do
well to bear in mind.
Wanted-Ciean cotton rag at the
Saturday News once. II
Mr.. and Mrs. D. F. Jones, accom-
painted BY Master David and also by
their niece and nephew from Clark,
have returned home from an auto
mobile trip to wisconsin. They GOV
cred a distance Of over 1,200 miles
during their journey, going from Mon
roe county Tin which Sparta is sit
uated) into the northern portion OF
the state where they visited friends,
Mr.. Jones says that conditions as to
crops and business 8 to be about
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-02
Secretary OF the Minisferl

the same as Id South Dakota. Corn
in Wisconsin, he thinks, is not any
further advanced than In Minnesota.
possibly not quite so far, and the
crop is backward In both states, as
in this state. The trip was a very en-
joyable one although the auto got.
into the quicksand at one point an
Wisconsin, and it required consider
able effort to get It out. Nj. Jones
was misdirected as To the better
roadway, and, finding the mistake
started to. turn around In the road
backing his machine close to the edge
Of a ditch beside the turnpike. The.
ground seemed perfectly dry, but all
at once the rear wheels broke through
the dry crust on top and dropped
into the quicksand. The party, with
the help OF a neighbor, lacked the car
up, and, by using a lot OF posts and
poles and blocks, managed to get
themselves extricated from their dit.
| iculty-rather from the quicksand.
Mr.. Jones says that with good roads
a big touring car "a easily cover
three hundred miles a day.
Fortunately the frost which visited
the northwest recently was not gen
eral-that is to Say, 1t came Id
"streaks' and spots. lii some locali-
ties considerable damage was done,
especially to vegetables, even the
corn getting scorched, while in other
localities, perhaps not a mile away,
the damage was scarcely noticeable.
Minnesota, North Dakota, and even
some parts Of Iowa and Illionis, felt
the effect Of the cool wave, Is we'll
as a considerable portion Of South
4 Dakota
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-02
SERIOUSNESS AND CONSTIPATION

RILlousNEss AND CONSTIPATION.
1t is certainly surprising that any
woman will endure the miserable feel.
ings caused by biliousness and com
stitption, when relief is so easily had
and at SO little expense. Mrs. Chas.
Peck, Gates, N. ", writes About
a year ago I used two bottles Of
Chamberlain's Tablets and they cured
me of biliousness and constipation
ObtainabIe everywhere. adv. 1915
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-02
Auto Polo al Point
On September II
A Hair-raising Game
Most Expensive Sport, in the World
Coming forNGame Sunday,
September 18th.

Most Expensive Sport, in the World
Coming forSGame Sunday,
September 18th.
European wars, stress OF money,
and other vital questions OF high fl
nance seemingly count for naught in
the mad pursuit Of sensational diver
tisements for auto polo, termed the
most Expensive sport in the world, "
goes on in its rapid climb to popular
tiy. conveying skeptic and critic into
Its enticing fold wherever presented.
It is almost impossible to conceive
that a game now rapidly coming into
Its own as a real dyedinthefwool5
american sport-with its tremendous
cost Of production--shonld become 80
universally popular without emporium
Iity for public Indulgence by all
classes.
The actual players participating In.
a game OF auto polo number four, but
1.-The many spills and iips, often re-
sulting In injury, demand an equal
force of substitutes, SO that the game
may go on uninterrupted with not a
moment Of action lost. Accompany
ing each team, is its own coterie of
mechanics and helpers, and a profess
sional rubber to administer to the
ailments Of the players.
If you have ever tried to guide an
automobile at the rate OF forty miles
an hour through a dense forest of
pine trees, while a wild eyed indi5
yidual beside you accurately Topped
off the branches with a scythe, you
will then have a pretty fair idea of
the necessary qualifications Of these
sturdy young athletes in the success
full mastery Of their vocations.
Those who have seen auto polo will
welcome this opportunity OF again
satisfying their delight for sensation
al thrills, mingled with the most
scientific handling Of motor cars eve
witnessed in Watertown. Those who
have not, and who are unable to con-
ceiye of a fascinating sport growing
out of the two high powered autos
crashing head on towards each other,
to be turned aside In the twinkling Of
an eye-lash while the mallet man
swings his war club, will reserve
their Judgment until the elimination
)of the local game.
EtE E-EL IA
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1915-09-02
Local Happenings.

Local Happenings.
Baling press for sale. o. NJ. Kir-
lin. SIT
The weather has become quite fall
like.
Prof. A. W. Palm went to Clark
Tuesday.
Mrs. j. B. Kintsley has returned
from Iowa where she spent a few
wekes visiting with old-time friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. F. Nesbit have
become nicely ensconced in their new
home at 207 what street S. E.
Willie Pardau, of WATERFOWL, came
down last Friday for a visit with his
friends, Edward Casper, returning
home Tuesday.-Estelline Tribune.
Mrs. A. H. sStormo and children
departed the fore part of the week for
Montana where Mr.. Stormo is engag-
ed in business. Their home will be
at Cascade.
am showing all the New FAT: end
Winter Hats and Caps. Have a line
of ChiIdren's Hats for school which |
will close out at 75c and 81 each.
Rosa Frey.
The Estelline Tribune reports that
Mrs. Geo. Lewis went down to its
town last week for a visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Kimber-
ly.
Mr.. Don osbon, manager of the
Hayti Herald, was a business visitor
to WATERFOWL yesterday, driving up
in his car. The Saturday News &C
knowledges a fraternal call.
For sale-6-room house, close in;
partly modern; also barn. The lot
alone is worth almost the price asked
for this property. Must be sold soon,
J. E. Bird. I0tl
"Hog markets are badly squeezed
says a market letter. It's different
with some other markets, where the
squeezing isn't done badly at all. Ask
some Of the Watertown girls!
Mr.. Jas. Pickles and his sister,
Miss Hattie Pickles, superintendent
of schools of Clark county, spent
Sunday in the city, ag uest at the
home of their sister, Mrs. R. M. Cat
chell.
For Sale-S-room modern house.
Well located. Address John N.
Weber, Watertown, S. d. loft
Threshing will soon be the order of
the day throughout this section of
the state. Many machines have al
ready commenced their fall run. A
large proportion of the grain will be
threshed from the shock.
Workmen are now engaged in pre-
pairing the alleys Immediately west
of and parallel with Broadway for
paving. Commissioner Henry Wiers-
beck is experimenting the removing
of the surplus dirt.
For the first time in the history Of
this locality, auto polo will be seen
on the 18th of September, at Stony
Point. A large advertisement APP
pears on page 6 Of this edition, to
which the attention of readers of this
paper is specifically called Nv
For a good job Of Electrical Wir-
ing of all kinds, call on M. R. Allen,
112 South Maple Street. Telephone
.2145. adv. 2tf
Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Lyon.
accompanied by Mrs. Waddell,
Mr.. and Mrs. L.. N. Schulner and
friends, and Mr.. and Mrs. G. c. Gov
ers and friends constitute an auto
mobile party that left this morning
for the twin cities. They expect to.
take in the speedway c during
their sojourn in the Minnesota me-
-tropolis.
Enclosing his check for subscrip-
ton up to some time in 1915, Mr.. Ed
win Boeder of Pipestone, Mimi, says:
"I cannot get along without the Sat
urday News, for 1 get more real good
news out of this paper than any other
paper I could possibly read" Thanks.