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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
IHf WAUBONSIf TRAIL
lnsDcction Party We're Here tuesday
on Their Way to keokuk, and /.
Say Trail is In Good Shape.

The official inspection tour Of the
Waubonsie Trail started from Snen-
andoah Tuesday morning, eight cars
being in the party and as each town
along the trail was reached, cars
Joined them and accompanied them
over part of the trip. The tourists
reached Leon Tuesday evening at
4:3O O'clock, being almost an hour
late. They were met south OF Leon
by a number of cars, and upon
reaching Leon made stop of twenty
minutes, during which short address
es were made by Congressman II. M !.
Townor, President G. A. Wenstrand
of the Waubonsie Trail, who is also
mayor of Shenandoah, Henry Field,
the we'll known scotsman of Shenan-
doah, and H. G. Beard OF Mt Ayr,
member of the Iowa Highway Com
mission. In the party was y. n.
Macdonald, engineer Of the State
Highway Commission, who made the
trip over the trail at the time 1T was
located, and he said there had been
tremendous improvement all along
the trail. Practically every foot OF
the trail had been dragged in antici-
patton of the inspection The party
were met at Leon by number OF
cars from Allerton and Corydon, as
there is quite controversy over the
trail as to which town should be on
the official trail, and the inspectors
divided, part going oyer each OF the
routes.
The Decatur county part OF the
trail was in fine condition and the
inspecting party spoke in glowing
words of praise Of the Decatur coun-
ty roads.
One of the Shenandoah cars, a new
Ford in which four men were riding,
met with a serious accident while go
ing down tho big hill just east of
High Point A bolt came out of the
steering gear and the driver lost
control of the car which plunged off
the road into the ditch and all of the
occupants were severely bruised and
skinned up, but none of them SER
iously injured, and the car was not
badly damaged. 1t was necessary to
get block and tackle to drag the
car from the ditch.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Il. L. Trail officers Meet.

The officers of the L. L. Trail and
their wives met on last Friday even
ing at the farm home of M. s. Brace
we'll, the officers to transact business.
the ladies to serve strawberries and
ice cream and cake and in that way
combining both business and pleas
ure. A very pleasant evening was
spent. The officers made arrange
ments whereby an effort will be made
to connect the Blue Line, which is
through line from Des Moines to Os-
ceola. The officers of the l.. L. Trail
will make trip to Osceola soon to
meet the officers of the Blue Line in
regard to the same. The Blue Line
is marked with blue poles, as is the
L. l.. Trail and would only need the
marking of the poles from Leon to,
Osceola to complete through line
from Des Moines to Lineville, after
which it is expected to extend the L.
l.. Trail south to connect with some
other trail to Kansas City. Other
business was talked over as to the
best methods of keeping the trail in
shape and what work should be done.
The officers are Y. B. Wasson, presi-
dent; Frank Chastain, secretary; M.
S. Bracewell, treasurer; c. H. Trem-
bley and Jim Flynn, directors
Mr.. and Mrs Chastain were ac-
companied by Mrs. Chastain's father
and mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Bruner, of
Des Moines, who are visiting them,
and several other visitors were pres
ent-Linevillc Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
INSTALLING REFRIGERATING
MACHINERY.
Penniwell Bros. to Cool Their Meats
With Big Refrigerating Ma
chine at their Market.

Penniwell Bros, the enterprising
proprietors of one of the finest meat
markets in the state, are this week
adding complete refrigerating plant
to their market, the improvement
costing them close to $1,000. They
have been contemplating this i'm
prOvement for some time SO as to
bring their market right up to the
latest thing, and will have the new
machinery in operation in few
days, it being received the first Of
the week. The new plant Is a Peer
less Ice Machine, the very latest
thing in the way Of artificial refrig-
Grafton, and no ice will be used,
chemicals being the means of lower
ing the temperature, and the ma
chine will make a temperature in
the ice box as low as "a degrees,
which is within two degrees of freez-
ing. The machine is run by an elec-
trio motor, with an automatic at
tachment, by which the temperature
can be kept at any desired degree,
and whenever the temperature in the
cooling room rises to certain tenn
perature the machine automatically
starts and runs until the temperature
is lowered to the required degree.
This will insure their meats being
kept at just the proper temperature
at all times, and does away with the
work OF icing the cooling room with
natural ice. 1t is plant which is
found in very few towns the size of
Leon, but the Penniwell Bros, do not
stop at expense when it comes to
anything to improve their fine mar
lot :.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Grand River 1, Leon 0.

The Leon base ball team were de-
feated by the Grand River aggrega-
tion at Grand River Sunday after
noon in one of the best games ever
pulled off in Lecatur county, the
score being / to 0, and Grand River
secured their lone score on scratch
in the ninth inning with two men
out A short fly just over second
was just touched by a Leon fielder
and the ball rolled into some tall
grass and could not be found until
the Grand River batter had made the
circuit Of the bases. Smith, of Kel-
lerton, was in the box for Leon, and
Vic Ogilvie was behind the bat and
both played fine game. Noise was
in the box for Grand River and Bur-
chett behind the bat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
An Old Land Grant.

Miss Mantle Mitten in going over
some old papers belonging to her
father, the late Uriah Mitten, discov-
cred pretty old document, being a
land grant issued by President James
Buchanan in 1860, for 80 acres of
land in Decatur county, now owned
by the Mitten estate, the land being
located west of Leon. The grant was
issued to Medley T. Shelton, from
whom Mr.. Mitten purchased the
land, in accordance to an act of con-
gress approved March 8, 1855, being
an act granting bounty land to GER
tain officers and soldiers engaged in
the military service Of the United
States, this one being warrant is
sued in favor of Thomas Foster, a
private in Captains Edmondson and
Bledsoe's companies, Kentucky mil
itia, war of 1912, which was assign
ed by Thomas Foster to Lorenzo IL.
Sales, and by him to Medley T. Shell
ton. At that time this tract of land
was probably not worth very much,
but it is pretty valuable farm now.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Leon Needs a Sanitary Drinking
Fountain.

There is one thing which Leon is
sorely in need of, and that is sani-
tary public drinking fountain. We
notice during the band concerts on
Saturday evenings when the streets
are crowded with people that many
women and children want drink of
water, and the only place to secure
it is at the town pumps in the court
house park. And If you will notice
these pumps are surrounded with
children, the popular method of Sc
curing drink being to hold their
hand over the pump spout, and in
many cases these little hands are not
as clean as they should be. Why not
have some of our club ladies or some
other organization take hold of the
matter and raise the necessary funds
to install one of those bubbling sani-
tary drinking fountains. We know
that the public would greatly appre-
ciate it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Cars Burglarized at Depot.

There were a couple of burglaries
from cars at the Burlington depot
last week, a barrel of beer and lot
of notions being stolen. Part of the
beer was found buried in Pete
Brady's sand bins near the depot, but
Pete denies that he had anything to
do with placing It there, and did not
even get any OF it, as the men who
were hauling sand found 1t next day.
A part of the notions which Were
stolen, being consigned to merchant
at Derby, were found by boy in the
Wax pasture Friday, hidden under
some brush, and marshal Jennings
went down and brought the goods up
town. That evening Will Pottorff
and j. E. Sutherlin were deputized
to watch the place and about dark
they found Mexican named Jesse
Benavidez, who is employed by the
sewer contractors, apparently hunt
ing something in the pasture, and
they placed him under arrest and
brought him up town and placed him
in JAIL His preliminary was set be-
fore Justice Warford on Monday, and
he appeared with his attorney, Mar
ion, Woodard, but no one appeared
to prosecute him and he was dis
charged and returned to work. As
tile goods had been removed there
was no evidence on which he could
be convicted. His employers say he
sisaa good straight fellow, who has
worked for them in other places and
was never in any trouble. He said
he had been told by two other fell
lows who have left town, that if he
would go to the pasture he would
find something good, and he suppOs-
ed there was some liquor there. A
special Burlington detective was
here the first of the week investigat-
ing the burglaries, and it is reported
that some parties who were seen en-
tering the car have suddenly left
town for their health.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
''Tillie's Punctured Romance at the
Idle Hour Friday Night.

For several weeks the patrons of
the popular Idle Hour theatre have
been waiting for the announcement
of the date of the presentation of
"Tillie's Punctured Romance" with
Marie Dresslcr in the leading role,
supported by Miss Mabel Normand
and Charles Chaplin. 1t is one of
the biggest feature plays now enjoy
ing big runs in the larger cities, and
the patrons of the Idle Hour will
have an opportunity of seeing one
of the best pictures which has ever
been produced. 1t is full Of thrill
ing scenes with lot of good comedy,
and will please everybody. A special
matinee will be given at O'Clock in
addition to the regular evening
shows, the first show being at Z
o'clock. Admission 10 and 20 cents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Teachers Examination.

The following is the schedule Of
teachers examinations to be held at
Leon, June 23, "a, and 25, 1915:
WEDNESDAY MORNING
500 to S:3O--Preliminary.
$50 to 10: O:15-Dldac,jcs
1918 to IL: :1O-Orthcg cgraphy.
1870 to 12:0O--ReadEe.
AFTERNOON
100 to 3:00-Geog7aphy.
400 to 5:0O-History.
$500 to 900 or at convenience OF
onductor-Reading
THURSDAY MORNING
$500 to 8:1O-Preliminary.
$40 to 20:
1910 to 12:OO-Physiology.
AFTERNOON
LOO to 2:OO-Vocal Music.
300 to 4:OO-Grammar.
400 to 5:OO-Penmanship.
FRIDAY MORNING
500 to S:1O-Preliminary.
$40 to 10:
1915 to 12:0O-Economics.
AFTERNOON
100 to 2:45-Civics.
2:45 to 5:OO-Physics.
MABEL HORNER,
County Superintendent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Clint Cole.

Clint Cole was born in Hancock
county, Tennessee, August 21, 1858,
died at his home in Grand River,
Iowa, June 13, 1915, aged 61 years,
8 months and 20 days. Mr. Cole
was one of family of nine children.
He is survived by his aged mother,
his faithful wife, one son, Forest,
two brothers, Dock and James Cole
of Westeryille, Iowa, and one sister,
Mrs. Joseph Millstead, also of Wes-
terville. Mr.. and Mrs. Cole lost an
infant daughter in September, 1905.
Mr.. Coles parents removed from
Tennessee when their children were
all small and settled near Wester-.
Vile, Iowa, where Mr.. Cole grew to
manhood. Mr.. Cole was married to
Parmelia Carlton, August 2, 1885,
and brought his bride to Grand Riv-
er where they have ever since re-
sided except one year and half
which they spent in Dakota Mr.. Cole
was a druggist by trade at which he
spent nearly all his active years, hav-
Fred Bone in the business many
years. Mr.. Cole was for several
years a member of the Odd Fellows
.lOuSc, UuI ulSCOullHuSu AiS ulCH1OCA-
ship when the lodge was disbanded.
Mr.. Cole has not enjoyed very good
health for several years previous to
the time when he was obliged finally
to give up active work. 1t was in
May, 1914, he had to retire from
business. The past year he seemed
to grow weaker and weaker gradual
.ly till the end came.
The funeral services were conduct
ed from the new home by Rev. E. B.
Scoggan, assisted by choir repre-
senting all the churches of Grand Riv-
er and the body was laid to rest be-
side the body of the little daughter
in the 1oung cemetery. The estima-
ton in which Mr.. Cole was held was
shown by the large company of
friends who attended the final mem
orial services. Thus passes away an
other of Grand Rivers Oldest citi-
:zens. His life was almost coeval with
that Of Grand River. He was of a
gentle unassuming nature, doing
quietly and unobtrusively his work.
Quietly and uncomplainingly he spent
the last months of his life and pass
ed away so gently that though we.
knew the end must come soon we
were: all surprised at his passing
away so soon as he did.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
K. Of P. DECORATION
Was Observed last. Sunday. There
are twenty knights Buried ia
the Leon Cemetery.

Another record for fine weather on
the annual K. of P. Decoration Day
was established last Sunday, and it
is matter of note that there has
never been a rainy Sunday on the
day selected for the decoration OF the
graves of the departed knights, the
second, Sunday in June.
The Knights assembled at their
Castle Hall Sunday afternoon, and
at 2 o'clock, headed by the K. OF z.
band, marched to the cemetery.
Floral triangles filled with flowers
were provided for the grave of each
departed knight buried in the Leon
cemetery, and each Knight carried a
boquet of flowers. A large number
Of people, many of them from the
country were present at the cemetery
to witness the beautiful ceremony OF
the order, each grave being visited
and after the ritualistic services the
Knights marched past the grave OF
the departed brother and deposited
flowers on it.
There are twenty Knights buried
in the Leon cemetery, there having
been no addition to the list during
the past year. The departed knights
buried in the Leon cemetery are:
w. A. Brown,
J. 2. Brooks,
r. 1. Benetiel,
A. E. Chase,
E. w. Curry,
Odie Edmiston,
James Coin,
Frank Gardner,
Emmett Gardner,
Ed Gray,
Charles Harrell,
Geo. E. Hurst,
E.-B. McClelland,
Henry Often,
A. w. Sanger,
Ed H. Schenck,
J. H. StOver,
Orr Sang,
S. w. Wallace,
Len Zimmerman
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Prof. Aaron Frazier Is Still Living,

Since the announcement was made
a couple of weeks ago that the form
er pupils of Prof. Aaron Frazier, who
attended his school in Leon from
1868 to 1875, would hold picnic re-
union at Leon on Friday, June 18th,
we have heard many inquiries as to
whether Prof. Frazier was still liv-
ing, it having been reported that he
died some years ago. We are able
to state that he is still living, hale
ard hearty in his S1st year, his home
being at Dufur, Oregon, and let
ter from him to his old pupils will be
read at the reunion on Friday Of this
week,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Tent Meetings in Garden Grove.

Beginning Thursday night. June
II, Evangelists VIM. j. Campbell, OF
Davis City, and F. w. Fogg, OF Cor.
dell, Oklahoma, will hold short
series of meetings in a tent at Car!
den Grove. The addresses will pc
interesting lectures, sermons ana
charts on the Bible and Bible theme.
The meetings will be non-sectartan
and open for talks and questions. All
invited to attend and enjoy season
of refreshing from the Lord. Ser
vices at 8:15 p. m.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Leon Won't Celebrate.

Leon will not celebrate the Fouth
this year. giving the other towns in
the, county chance to draw the peo-
pie to their towns, and next year in
all probability Leon will have the big
celebration. Leon has no desire to
hog things, and as we celebrated last
year, the business men thought it
was no more than right to lay of this
year and give the other towns
chance, and then next year the big
celebration will be at Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Preaching at Christian Church
Sunday.

Rev. Lawrence Wright, of Des
Moines, will preach at the Leon
Christian. church Sunday morning
and evening. He comes on trial and
may be engaged as the regular pas
tor A full attendance of the mem-
bers is desired.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Grandpa Pryor.

A. N. Pryor is strutting around in
great shape this week. prouder than
a peacock, and all over the fact that
he Is now a grandpa, having received
word that bouncing boy was born
to his son, Guy Pryor, of Colorado
Springs, last Wednesday. Guys
many friends In this city extend con-
gratulations, and we'll expect him to
forward The Reporter man great
big ten cent cigar by parcel post
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
heath of Henry Mills.

Henry Mills, well known farmer,
and an old veteran who has resided
in Decatur county for many years,
passed away at his home in Eden
township, few miles south of Leon
on Monday evening at o'clock, his
death following an illness of several
months. Funeral services were held
yesterday morning at IL o'clock, in
terment being in the Leon cemetery.
A fitting obituary will be published
next week
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
win Zimmerman Dead.

Will Zimmerman, life long resi-
dent of Leon, dropped dead at the
home of his sister, Mrs. ALT .Bigley,
of Bloomington township, Tuesday
evening. Mr.. Zimmerman had been
In poor health for some time, suffer-
ing from tuberculosis.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Eaualized Assessments.

At the meeting held by the board
of supervisors last week they went
over the assessment returns as re-
ported by the township assessors and
equalized the assessments of both
real estate and personal property,
raising in some cases and lowering In
others. A complete table of the as
sessed values with the changes is
published on page nine of this ISSUE
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Mails will Not Close Until s p. M

Postmaster Smith informs us that
commencing Monday morning the ev-
ening mails will not close until 8 p.
m. The lobby will be closed as here
tofore at o'clock, but all mail de-
posted in the box in the postoffice
door up to s o'clock will be sent out
on the train that evening This is
change which will be appreciated by
everybody, especially the business
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Millinery at Half Price.

In order to move all our spring
and summer millinery we are offer
ing every hat and bonnet in our big
stock for limited time at just one
half regular prices. Get a new hat
for the Fourth of July at these bar
gain prices. Keller & Pryor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17

All Of the ladies in this vicinity
know our stock and know 1t is clean
and without an accumulation of old
goods. Our stock is ali clean, de-
sireable and proper in style. We
want to clean out all spring millin-
cry and here announce a half price
sale to be held June 18th to June
325th. Keller & Pryor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Monday Was Flag Day.

Last Monday was the one hundred
and thirty-eighth anniversary of the
Stars and Stripes, and while there
was no program in Leon in observ-
ance of the day, many flags were dis
played by patr iotic citizens and busi-
ness houses.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
..Bob-o'-Link?''

..Bob-o, Link. the true friendship
bracelet, Butler, the jeweler, has
4fhnrn - n Z 5ssssIt t3s /
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-06-17
Marriage Licenses.

Claude w. Robinson, Davis City. 40
Mary Frances Brown, Garden
Grove. 26
J. Frederick Sumption, Lamont %
Edith Warrington, Lamont ~. .23
G. L. Lauer, Queen City, Mo. 80
Helen NJ. Cox, Leon. .l.... ...25
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-19
The Train on the Siding.
Arthur Billiard in the Outlook

Arthur Billiard In the Outlook.
While waiting for connections in a lit
tie railway station in England 1 had the
chance to look over a long train on a
siding. Ordinarily "transportation'' is an
Internal part in the production OF wealth.
Things are worth more in the place thew
are needed than in the place where they
are found, and the cost OF carrying the
commodity from one locality to another
is normally less than the enhanced value.
The development of railways has great
~ Increased the wealth Of the world.
but on the labels of these freight cars
lit was a military train-I could find
nothing which indicated a real enhance
ment OF value. There was a battery Of
4ia,inch neld guns on fiat cars and a
MOULD No increase wealth by being
that. this material would destroy very
much more of value han it had cost. I
never saw anything which more nearly
fitted Ruskin's word 'illth'' than his
tratnload: II. represented such an intri-
cate mechanism, such q stupendous put
lay OF capital, Of ingenuity and Of sweat.
The miner Of Cornwall q toiled I'M
foreground to find fuel for that train; the
best brains of our civilization had worked
for this organization and mechanics Of
lOcomotion. generations of artillery ex-
perts. supported by taxation. had devel-
Gpsd those hsld runs; industrial chem
had invented and perfected the high ex-
plosives: 1T was hard to imagine any
one who had not somehow contributed
to that train and its load. It was ded-
icated to the purpose Of decreasing the
wealth OF the world.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-05-19
SHELLS OF ANCIENT
SEA LIFE FOUND I'M
DEEP ISLAND WE'LL

From a Bulletin of the U. S. &c
SURVEY.

From a Bulletin of the u. S. Geological
Survey.
"A wen was recently drilled at Charles
ton. S. c., to a depth Of nearly 1000 feet
below sea level and at that depth struck
wat bearing sand which Yielded a nat
day of extremely soft water, suitable for
boiler supply. !. N. Knapp. of Philadel-
phla, who was the. engineer in charge Of
portunity, afforded by a deep boring Of
this kind to add to the sum Of human
knowledge. carefully saved a complete
trated by the drill and sent them to the
office OF the United States geological sur
vey at Washington.
studies was the finding Of the shells Of
oysters and other marine organisms ever
down to the bottom OF the well, ali Of
W feet OF the surface. belong to species
which lived during past ages and are
now extinct. The shell of one species
belonging to the oyster family and known
70 scientists as ezogyra upatoiensis Ste
2henson was floated out from the bottom
Of the we'll by the natural flow of water.
The story which this shel tells is an In
teresting one to students OF earth's his
tory;
lantic ocean covered the present site OF
nearly 100 miles farther inland. but the
o ooos1% OF n eae m aea On tha whi 81 1T it l aSe f, Was
pms deep: The rivers from the land car
ried sand and mud into the sea and
gradually filled 1t, but as the filling pro-
PRESSED the sen bottom slowly sank.
sometimes there was a pause in the sink
ing. and at other times there were even
upward movements which temporarily
lifted. the sea floor entirely out Of water:
but in the main the movements were
downward until a relatively recent pre-
historic time. when an upward move
ment caused the strand line to retreat
to Its present position.
In the sands and clays which filed
this downward sinking ocean basin, salty
ocean waters were ~entrapped and bur-
led, and these waters. now more or less
mixed with land derived waters, were
encountered at various depths in the
Charleston we'll: they are, referred to as
for so long locked in the earth and pre-
vented from circulating.
Although practically m~Otionless, these
FOSSIL waters are under heavy hydraulic
pressure due to the weight ofNthe waters
which have ~percolated from the land
ward direction down through the sea-
ward dipping sand layers. When the
sands containing the fossil waters are
tapped by wells the hydraulic pressure
forces the water up through the drill
hole to the surface, thus producing faow
ing artesian wells. The water from the
2,000-fOot level at Charleston shows only
slight indication of having been mixed
with SEA water: but The waters from
some Of the higher levels contain enough
OF the ancient sea water to give them
. distinct salty taste.