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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Special Sale a Big Success.

The big special sale conducted last
week on white Beauty Hoosier
Kitchen Cabinets by F. S. Stewart at
the Big Furniture Store in this city,
was hummer. Although the roads
were almost impossible, SO that it
prevented country customers from
taking advantage of the special sale,
still he sold and delivered 35 OF these
fine kitchen cabinets last week
That is going some, and pretty soon
il he keeps on there will not be a
lady in this locality who does not
have a White Beauty in her kitchen,
and they are sure a labor saving de-
vice for the ladies. Mr.. Stewart car
ries complete line of these cabinets,
in various styles and finishes, and
will be pleased to explain them to
any lady who will call at his store.
You can secure one for your home on
the easy payment plan of paying only
a dollar a week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
We're Going to Attend College.

The Reporter editor has passed his
49th birthday, and at this late day
we have decided that we need col
lege education, something we did not
have the privilege of obtaining in our
youthful days. We leave this morn
ing for Ames where we will attend
college. Our course will of necessity
be short one, just three days, but
we expect to gain considerable know
ledge. The State College has ar
ranged for a three days short-course
for newspaper men at the college,
which will be strictly, business
course, devoid of banquets and 9th
er entertainments. Men who have
had years of experience will instruct
the newspaper men In regard to how
they can improve their publications,
as we'll as better business conditions
in handling the work Of their offices.
In the neighborhood of one hundred
editors have enrolled for. the short
course, the first of its kind ever held
in the United States. An ordinary
editor is a pretty busy man, and it is
hard to get away from the business
cares of the office, but we expect to
profit by the short college education
which we will get by attending this
short-course, and hope to be able to
give our readers the benefit OF our
education, for a newspaper man
never gets too old to learn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
j. II. Smith Will Erect New Electric
Light Plant at IOrimOr.

j. F. Smith, of this city, who re-
Gently disposed of his interest in the
Leon Electric Light, Heat and Power
Co., has decided to locate at Lorimor,
Iowa, where he will erect new cleo
trio light and power plant, leaving
Monday for that place to arrange for
commencing work at once, and he in
forms us he will have one of the most
modern plants in the state OF Iowa,
with everything new and OF the most
approved construction throughout.
The new plant will be equipped with
oil burners, using crude oil for fuel,
as this will do away with having a
fireman
Lorimor is most fortunate in Sc
curing Mr.. Smith to locate in their
thriving little town. He is one of
The best electricians in the country,
and ne built the Leon plant up from
an Old worn out plant which was not
making expenses to one of the best
plants in the state of Iowa, and 1T is
doing fine business, the receipts
now being more each month than
they were in a whole year when he
came here. We are mighty sorry to
see Mr.. Smith leave Leon, for he
has been one of our best boosters
and we commend him to the good
people Of Lorimor as most deslrz
able addition to their town. We
nope that he may reap fortune in
his new enterprise.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Port p. Bowsher Buys Hotel Leon.

A deal was closed Monday where
by Mr.. Port P. Bowsher, of this city,
became the owner of the Hotel Leon
property in this city, purchasing 1t
from the Humeston State Bank, who
had owned the property for num-
ter Of years, the consideration being
$4,000, and arrangements were
made with Mrs. Ira Markley, who
had the property leased to surrender
her lease and Mr.. Bowsher took
charge of the hotel on Tuesday. Ex-
tensiye improvements Of the proper
ty are contemplated and Mr.. Bowsher
will make the hotel one of the lead
ing hostelries of southern Iowa.
Mrs. Markley, who has managed
the hotel since the death of her hus-
band last fall, has made great sue
cess of the hotel, but her lease with
the owners had provision that pos
session was to be given in case the
property was sold. She has taken
rooms in Geo. w. Bakers building
on the north side of the square, and
has made no plans for the future as
yet. She has been ably assisted in
conducting the hotel by her brother,
Geo. w. Franklin, and they both have
many friends in Leon who are sorry
to see them retire from the hotel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
GRADES WILL CONTEST
At the Opera House Saturday Even
ing for DeClamat0ry nonors.
Nine Contestants Entered.

The Decatur County Graded
Schools Declamatory Contest will
be held at the opera house, Friday
evening, March 18th at 7:45. The
contestants have all been selected
/ through local contests. This is the
first graded schools contest to be held
in the county, and it promises to fur
nish program up to the standard of
those of the High School contests.
An admission of 25 cents will be
charged to defray expenses and to
pay for the premiums for the School
Fair to be held Friday and Saturday
at the High School building.
PROGRAM
Invocation. 80. ID. F. Lambert
Music. ~. "The Night"
Girls Quartet, Garden Grove
s'Johnnie's Evolutionary Effort.
Merle Danielson, Lamont
Telephone Romance" -. ....
~. -. Page Drury, Pleasanton
Who's Afraid" .... $500.
Pauline Woodmansee, Leon
5-""The Heart of Old Hickory" ....
-. =. Ralph Owens, Van Vert
Vocal Solo (selected) ........
~. -. Fred Stubbart, Lamont
Parental Discipline" -. -.
~. Villa Carlan, Weldon
Public Institutions and Love of
Country. -. 49,. ,......
Harvey Post, Davis City
MAS Memorandum" -. ......
~. Madeline Silvers, Leroy
.Mammy's Pickaninny' 49,.
Harriet Arnold, Garden Grove
Colonial Minuet. :. ). -. ......
Pupils of 3rd 4th grades, Leon
Decision of judges.
Awarding of premiums.
lst premium, $500
2nd premium, $500.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Brick Were Burned Half Century
Ago.


In making the changes in the Sig
Ter building at the sou thwest corner
of the square for the new Savings
Bank, the workmen tore out part
of the inside wall in erecting the
vault, and the brick used in this
wall are a part of the first court
house in Leon, which was located on
the corner now occupied by the Kraft
Grimes Clothing Co. The Sigler
building was erected by the late M.
H. Wood in 1874, and L. w. Fore
grave had the contract for the brick
work The old court house had been
torn down and the bricks were pur-
chased for use on the inside wall,
while new bricks we're used for the
outside, they being burned by VIM.
Simms, the pioneer brickmaker of
Decatur county, and they are as good
brick as were ever used in this
county.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Stock Breeders Meeting to he Held
Saturday.

Don't forget the postponed meet
ing of the Decatur County Improved
Stock Breeders Association to be
held in the court room Saturday,
March 20, for the purpose of electing
officers and such other business as
may come before the meeting.
The question of whether or not
Leon shall hold Farmers Short
Course, will be taken up at this time.
We trust that the farmers will take
hold of this and make it go. The
business men are willing to give all
the help that is needed, but if the
farmers fail to take hold and take
an interest in it, there will be little
use for the business men to push it..
Don't leave it all for members OF
the association. IT is to the inter-
est of every farmer to help get a
short course, therefore when a paper
is presented every farmer should
sign it. 1t will be necessary to get
one hundred farmers to sign if we
are to get the course. Will those
having papers report what success
they have had at this. meeting.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Will Erect Coal Elevator at Depot.


The Biddison Coal & Grain Co..
have purchased the ground near the
Burlington depot owned by Swift &
Co., together with the salvage of the
building and machinery and have a
force of men at work clearing off the
property preparatory to erecting a
big coal elevator at once. They will
continue their Office up town but in
stead of hauling all the coal uptown
to their yard, it will be transferred
from the cars direct to the elevator
by machinery. The new elevator
will have capacity of about fifteen
cars They will also install screen
ing device so that all slack is screen
cd from the coal before it is loaded
into wagons to be delivered to their
customers and the slack will be dis
posed of to plants which use boilers.
This will insure their customers get
ting screened coal absolutely free
from any slack.
The Biddison Coal e GrainsC Co, are
Also conte empla ting the erections Of a
big grain elevator on the property,
which is admirably located for this
purpose, already having sidetrack
facilities direct to the ground. A
grain elevator is something which
has been badly needed at Leon and
we are pleased to see such bright
prospect for a good grain elevator in
this city.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
TN SEA; BEACHY is
KILLED.
Aviator Who Has Been Attraction at
State Fair Meets Death at
Panama EXpOsitiOn.

Additional thrills to the perpendi-
cular drop in a new monoplane caus-
ed Lincoln Beachy to fall to his
death in the waters of San Francisco
Bay Saturday before a large crowd
of spectators at the Panama Pacific
Exposition Beachy was feature
attraction at the State Fair last
year
1t was during his second fight Of
the day the accident occurred. At a
height Of 5000 feet he shut off the
power of the new machine For a
thousand feet he dropped head on
and then the aviator endeavored to
adjust the levers for the graceful
descent that had characterized pre-
vious attempts. The wings crump-
led like the folds Of an umbrella,
turning over and over the machine
plunged into the water of the bay.
Two hours afterwards divers from
the battleship Oregon found the
crushed form of the airman entang-
led in the wrecked air craft. With
axes his body was freed and brought
to the surface. Hillary, brother
OF Beachy, who was on boat, wit
messed the accident.
Beachy was born at San Francisco
in September 1887. At the age of
thirteen he first took up the idea Of
being a birdman and was employed
by a balloonist. Encircling the dome
of the National Capitol, flying over
Niagara Falls, making record for
height are few of the performances
in addition to his numerous thrilling
stunts that have made him one of
the most prominent aviatOrS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
A Prosperous Bank Statement.

In this issue will be found the pub
-lished report of the Exchange Ma
tional Bank of Leon, as reported to
the comptroller of the currency at
Washington at the close of business
on March 4th, 1915, showing total
resources of $300,177.56. When the
Exchange National Bank was taken
over by the present owners Sept. l,
1908, the total resources were only
$13O,766.33, and since that time the
business has more than doubled, and
the bank is now in the most prosper
Gus condition in its history. The
capital stock is $4,000 and they
have a surplus of $4,000 and undi-
vided profits of $1,586.88, making a
total s$51 $780, ,88. The bank is not
attempting to do all the banking
business IN: the county, but Its steady
and substantial growth isa matter
of pride, and shows they have the
confidence of their customers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
X. II. District Convention to he Held
at Leon, May nth.

Again will the fifth district K. P.
convention be held in this city this
year, the date for the convention be-
ing fixed for Tuesday, May II tn. In
the district there are five counties,
Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas
and Wayne, and there will be several
hundred visiting Knights in Leon on
that date. The boys of this flourish
ing order are always glad to come
to Leon for they are assured OF a
good time. One of the features of
the convention will be the showing of
the play Damon and Pythias,' on
which the order is founded, in NOV
ing pictures, contract having been
made with the Idle Hour for this
special feature film on that date.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Monroe Family Circle Broken.

The remarkable-reunion Of the
Monroe family held at Leon on Sat
urday, Feb. 9th, in honor of the
fiftieth birthday of Mr.. E. G. Monroe,
of Leon, at which all of the ten
brothers and sisters were present.
he being the last of the ten children.
all living, to celebrate their fiftieth
birthday, attracted a great deal OF
attention. and many friends of Mr..
Monroe in this city will be sorry to
hear that this great family record
has been broken, his eldest sister,
Mrs. Mary Wright, who has been in
poor health for some years, passing
away at her home at Bloomington,
Illinois, last Thursday morning. Mrs.
Wright was 81 years old on Des. 27,
1914 Mr.. Monroe departed Thurs
day evening for Bloomington to at
tend her funeral, interment being at
her old home at Finley, Illinois, on
Saturday,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published Quarter
Of a Century Ago.

1t was reported that Will Coffin
an old Leon boy, now conductor or
the B. & NJ r. r. in Nebraska, had
drawn $4,000 in the Louisiana State
Lottery
The Spooner Dramatic Co. was
playing a weeks engagement at the
opera house, featuring Edna May
and Cecil Spooner.
Leon was boasting of her first
mandolin club, the members being
Edgar McClelland, DR.. j. w. Rowell,
Charles Edwards and Misses Grace
Curry, Mall Atlee, and Mary Ray.
Their instruments arrived Monday.
Hen Belvel, of Des Moines, an old
time Leon printer, was visiting
friends in Leon. He is now interest
ed in the Illustrated Graphic publish
ed at Des Moines.
Will Ledgerwood has bought Of G
w. Voorhees,, of Detroit, Mich. the
two year old stallion Pama, by Wood
ford Pilot, dam Red Wilkes, paying
$1,000 for the horse. The fine ami
NAL arrived Saturday, being accom-
panied here by Mr.. Ledgerwood.
w. A. Alexander made business
trip to Chicago Saturday.
Miss Clella Bashaw entertained a
party of young folks at the homo of
her parents Monday night.
Lon H. Boydston left Monday
night for Brentwood, Illinois, to buy
another fine horse
Mrs. Alice Anderson, who had
been visiting at the home of her
brother, Frank Avery, returned to
her home in Chicago Wednesday.
Miss Cora Lunbeck returned home
from her Kansas visit last week. She
brought with her little Florence
Lunbeck, her little neice, who will
visit here for several months.
Geo. T. Young returned from a
visit of several months with relatives
at Oskaloosa.
Mike Mayer went to Chicago last
Saturday to buy his spring stock of
clothing His wife accompanied him
and will visit with relatives and
friends in the Worlds Fair city.
Mrs. Emma Clark entertained a
party of young folks for dinner Fri
day,in honor of Miss Lilyan Rowell,
who left on the afternoon train for
her home at McCook, Neb.
There was asurprise party at La
NOM saturday evening IN nOnOr OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvah Warrington. Mr..
Warrington is going to Dunlap, Iowa,
where he has been engaged as a
bookkeeper. c.. J. Warrington takes
his place in the hardware store Of
Evans Bros. 4
There was civil suit tried before
Squire McCleary at High Point one
day last week, in which T. Walker
was plaintiff and A. Hart defendant.
E. w. Curry, of Leon, was attorney
for defendant and S. H. Amos, of
Garden Grove, for the plaintiff. A
couple of the witnesses tried to set
tie little dispute by knocking the
stuffin' out of each other, but before
they made much progress Elias King
stepped up and settled them and
peace reigned supreme.
Mrs. Albert Konklin, of High
Point, died at her home in High
Point township on March 18th, at
the age of 23 years.
The Normal College at Garden
Grove opened again Monday with a
good attendance.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Bought High Priced Sow.

Milt Manchester, of the firm of
Manchester Bros, the we'll known Po-
land-China hog breeders, of just
south of Leon, went to Clarinda last
week, and purchased the top gilt at
the j. w. Pfander sale, paying $178
for the gilt. For several years Man
chester Bros have been building up
their herd of big type Poland Chinas,
and they have been paying big prices
whenever they found an animal good
enough to suit them. They are
among our most successful breeders
and are excellent judges of good
hogs.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Bought New Cadillac Fights.

j. r. BoWsher, of this city, wants
to be leader in anything he under
takes Not satisfied with being the
owner of the first Ford auto Vever
owned in Decatur county, he has now
become the owner of the first eight
cylinder auto, having purchased a
big seven passenger eight cylinder
Cadillac, which will arrive in Leon
in the near future Mr.. Bowsher has
taken the Cadillac agency. and the
past week booked an order for a sew
en- passenger Cadillac eight for Fred
Teale. These gentlemen will have
two of the finest cars in the state,
and all of their friends are envying
them the new cars.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

1t is Just the other way around. 1t
was on the vigorous insistence of Mr..
Rinehart that the democratic party
must take up this great issue that
the commoner began to give express
sion to that view.
Mr.. Rinehart was in Des Moines
after speaking at Newton Thursday
evening. He formerly was in the
business there before COM
ing to this city where he ran the Ev-
ening Tribune prior to 1908. He was
on his way to Tucson, where his fam
lily is and where he goes on business,
to permanent settlement
in Chicago for the big wet-dry fight.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Will Award Contract for Sewers To-
night.

Leon is crowded with sewer con-
tractors today, who will file their
bids for the big sewer contract with
the city clerk this afternoon and the
city council will award the contract
at special meeting of the council
this evening. An unusual number
of bidders have been attracted by the
size of the contract, there being
about nine miles of sewers, and the
ciw expectslto get some pretty good
figu.es on the contract. ,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Thoroughbred Stallion For Sale.

French draft, dapple bay with
black name ind tail, legs black from
hoofs to above the knees and hooks,
coming I years old, weight 1900, has,
good style and action. Good foal
getter. Will trade for young stock
or take bankable note. Claus &
Son, Clio, Iowa. oO-2t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
"slillion Dollar Mystery" Tonight.

The regular weekly installment of
."The Million Dollar Mystery" will be
shown at the Idle Hour theatre this
evening, the first shown commencing
promptly at o'clock. 1t is unnec-
essary to say anything about this
great serial picture, for the big
crowds which flock to the theatre at
every installment testify that it is
proving most popular attraction.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Marriage Licenses.

VIM. M. Jones, Grand River =. ..2
Goldie M. Correl, Grand River q
Norman Starks, Coldridge, Neb 3
Pearl Gibson, Van Vert ..s.... .S
James Paris, GAINESVILLE 2
Vella Still, GAINESVILLE ~. 2
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Death Of Mrs. 6. Filical.

Mrs. C. Filical, mother of Will Fill
cal, died at her home in west Leon
yesterday morning, after an illness
of several weeks. Mrs. Filical was
SO years of age, and was one OF our
oldest and best beloved women. Fun
eral services will be held on Friday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
H. G. Beard Re-Appointed State
Highway Commissioner.

H. C. Beard, of Mt. Ayr, who has
been member of the State Highway
Commission since it was established,
has been re-appointed for four
year term beginning July i, 1915
The law provides that there must be
at least one democratic member OF
the commission and Mr.. Beard has
done good work on the; commissions.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Millinery Opening.

The largest and best millinery
opening we have ever held in Davis
lefty will be March "a, %, 26 and II
and lasts all through the season.
l3O-2t Marshall's Millinery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Brood sows Fol. Sale.

have 81 fine sows bred. ! want
to sell 21 of them. They are first
class and bred to frst-class~ boars.
Will sell any number desired up to
21. Cash or bankable note.
Ed Fl. Sharp.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

Farm Loans-We have been Offer
ed a limited amount of money to
place on farm security at 6 per cent,
with per cent annual commission
note Exchange National Bank.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
Over $4,000 Paid to People Of Leon
and Vicinity.

Over sS,0OO.OO has been paid to
the people of Leon and vicinity in
two months for fire losses. F. A.
Townsend, of the Townsend Insur-
ance Agency, has handed out SIS, 155
since Januarv LIST
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18
.$S,155.00

and you get both safety and service
with your policy.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

Pease & Pease, the "Old Reliable"
insurance agents, handle the best in
fire, lightning anu tornado insurance.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-03-18

4. Meet me At Chcrr.ngIon's.''
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-06-18

them now. All Of a sudden she threw
up, her arms. Craig, in a fury. turned
around and fired into the darkness.
Then suddenly, as though on the bid
ding of some unspoken word, there
was a queer silence. Everyone was
distinctly conscious of an alien sound
the soft thud of many horses feet
galloping from the right; then q sharp.
English voice of command.
Hold your fire, men. Close n "a
the left there. Steady!"
The cloud suddenly rolled away
from the moon. A long line Of horse
men yer Immediately visible. The
officer in front rode forward.
drop your arms and surrender" he
ordered, sternly.
The Mongars, who were outnum'
bered by twenty to one, obeyed with
out hesitation. Theft chief, seemed
unconscious, even, OF what had hap,
pened. He was on his knees, bending
over the body Of Feerda, half support.
ed in Craig's arms. The officer turned
to Quest. v.
"Are you the party who left Port
Said for the Mongar campo" he asked.
Quest nodded.
'They took us into the jungle Just
escaped. They'd caught us here.
though, and I'm. afraid we were about
finished If you hadn't come along. We
are not English-we're American
Same thing" the officer replied, q
10 held out his hand.
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