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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
ESTABLISHED 1885,
CITY WINS BOTH CASES
The Law Suits Over strip Adjoining
Harvey Park and W3tsr Pumping
Contract are W6n by City.

Judge T. L. Maxwell has decided
both of the cases in which the city
was a party which were tried before
him at the March term of the dis
trict court, rendering his decision
last Saturday and the opinions were
received and placed on file by clerk
e. E. Beck, Of the district court
Monday
In Ne case of Joseph Hamilton
VS.. City of Leon and the Park Com
missioners in which Mr.. Hamilton
sought to restrain the defendants
from interfering with his fencing a
sixteen foot strip along the north
side of Harvey Park to which he
claimed ownership, Judge Maxwell
holds that Mr.. Hamilton never had
any title to the sixteen feet in con-
troversy, and dismisses the action at
the cost of Mr.. Hamilton.
In the case of the Leon Electric
Co. vs.. City of Leon, in which the
plaintiffs sought to have contract
made with the city for pumping the
city water rescinded or changed, al
leging the pumps installed by the
city in the deep well did not pump
as much water per minute as the
contract called for, Judge Maxwell
decides that the contract between
the City and the Electric Co. shall
stand, refusing to change or rescind
it, but states that if the machinery
installed is not according to contract
the Electric Light Co. might have
any action against the City for dam
ages, but that it would not be an
equity case and therefore could not
be considered in the trial of this
case which was, brought as an equity
action. He upholds the written con-
tract and orders that the costs in the
case be assessed against the Elec-.
trio Light Co.
Both of these cases have been
watched with interest and we give
the opinion of Judge Maxwell in
both cases:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
LEON, IOWA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1915.

who came to Corydon upon receiv-
ling notice that Wertz had been muir
dered.
The confession which he signed
! was az follows:
''i hereby certify that killed Mr.
Wertz northwest of Humeston, Iowa
yesterday, little before noon, by
shooting him with revolver. We
had had a little quarrel. l took the
notes from him and marked, them
Paid" l make this statement vol
UNFAIRLY and no threats or promises
have been made to me. S. SnoWden. -
The body of Mr.. Wertz was taken
to Hutchinson e Sons undertaking
rooms at Humeston and prepared for
blrial, being shipped to Grand juno
| ten, Iowa, Sunday afternoon, where
brother resides. The deceased had
been divorced from his wife and is
survived by two children, two sisters
and a brother.
Tie iast chapter of the sad trag-
edy cane Sunday night or early Mon
day morning. i. SnoWden was corr
vinc.,d that his life was ruined and
that nothing remained for him but
torment and misery. He sat down
upon his cot aid wrote in fairly leg
ihle hand and in good English his
obituary, giving his birth, lis mar
riage, the date of the birth of his
children, the death of his wife and
his second marriage. He told Of his
coming to this country. Then it
end ID abruptly without mentioning
the end. He also wrote a note to
his son, saying he had borrowed $85
frrm his beloved wife and asked Ills
son to collec.. that amount and hand
to her as she needed it, There is be-
loved to be more than thai amount
en- his books.
In these notes there is no refer
ence to his murder of Wertz, his con-
fession or his contemplated suicide.
Ho laid the notes in his hat on the
couch and then hung himself with q
small piece oi sheep rope :led about
his neck and over gas pipe in the
Jail. His feet were less than two
inches from the floor, SO it is seen
that he must have exercised great
ncrve and will power to keep from
touching the floor with his toes and
relieving the pressure on his neck.
Mr., HOlbert, in whose employ
Wertz had been for ten years, said
llc W dS IAc UcSI CO1ICCCOl uC CVCA
had, being man who was able to
make collections without offending
anyone, jolly good fellow who new
er got out Of humor or had trouble
with any person.
Mr.. Snowden leave wife, three
daughters and son, and was a man
who enjoyed a. good reputation. He
was church member and active in
the church work. He had become
involved in financial difficulties at
several times, and the supposition Is
that becoming desperate over his in
ability to pay his notes he bad decid-
ed to shoot Wertz and thus secure
the evidence of debt which he held.
His wife and children are fine peo-
pie and have the sympathy of many
friends in this county in their ter
rible BORROW
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
Used Thumb Mark on: Deed.

Auditor Walter Osborn had quite
a curiosity at his Office the past week
in the shape of a quit-claim deed fill
ed for record IN which Cyrus and
elizabeth Jacobs, Of Oklahoma. were
uuit-clafming. their title to q lot IN
Davis City to Mrs. Nora I. Osborn.
Mrs. Jacobs was unable to write her
name, SO made her mark in the usual
manner and also attached her thumb
imprint in ink which was duly at
tested by a notary public.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
Won One and Lost One.

The Leon ball team won a game
and lost one the past week. Last
Friday they defeated the Grand Riv-
.er aggregation at the Grand River
reunion by a score of 4 to 2, and on
Sunday Leon was defeated by Hum
eston on the Humeston grounds, the
score being 8 to 4. The Leon team
has played fourteen games this sea-
son, winning ten and losing but four
games. They are scheduled to play
Davis City at the Davis City reunion
today. zss.5l
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
surprised w. w. Cannon.

Last Saturday was w. w. Gam
mons 5Oth birthday, and Mrs. Cam
mon worked up a surprise party on
him. Morris Gardner invited Mr.
Gammonl to take an auto ride with
him and when they returned home
he found SIS of his lodge and church
friends assembled to greet him, and
he was sure surprised. Refreshments
were served and evrybody spent a
pleasant evening, Mr.. Cannon being
presented with "a fine rocking chair
which will serve as a remembrance
LOT the happy occasion.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
It's q Big Boy at Floyd Cozad's.

Deputy auditor Floyd NJ. gCozad
has been working nights lately get
ting his work in shape in Santicipa-
ton of having week of pleasure
this week attending the Davis City
reunion, the circus and base ball
games, but there's nothing doing In
this line since a bouncing boy arriv-
ed at his home Tuesday night. snd
Floyd is practicing looking digntfied
as becomes a father instead Of being
one OF the boys having a good time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
Circus Comes to Leon Next Tuesday

Leon is going to nave circus at
ter ALL The advance crew of the
Barton & Bailey Shows were in Leon
yesterday billing Leon for next Tues
day, August oath. When they learn
ed that the Yankee Robinson show
had changed from Leon to Davis
City, they Immediately made a long
jump to get a date at Leon. It is a
good railroad show which showed at
Osceola and other towns in this vi
cinity early In the season and they
will attract a large crowd when they
show in Leon
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
"The Goddess Will be Shotn Fri.
day Night.

On account of the Davis City re-
union and the eircuses at Davis City
and Charlton today, the manage
ment of the Idle Hour theatre have
changed. the date for the showing OF
the fourth installment of the new
serial, "The Goddess" to Friday
night, so that those who attend the
other attractions today will not miss
any Of the story. The usual matinee
will be given Friday afternoon, and
the first show in the evening starts
at o'clock.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
EIGHTH GRADE COMMENCE
MENT.
Was Held at the Nj. Il. Church FRI
day Afternoon, 1O8 Pupils Re-
ceiving Diplomas.

The eighth grade commencement
exercises of the common schools OF
Decatur county were held at the M.
e. church in this city last Friday af-
ternoon, and nearly all of the pupils
entitled to their diplomas were in at
tendance, but not many parents were
able to come on account of work in
the harvest fields. The exercises
were in charge of the county super
intendent, Miss Mabel Horner, the
address to the graduates being by
Prof. Macy Campbell, director of
rural education at the Iowa State
College at Cedar Falls. Prof Camp
bell is an old Decatur county resi-
dent, having been raised at Pleasan-
ton, and is recognized as one of the
leading educators Of the state. He
made very fine address to the
graduates which was enjoyed by all.
Music for the occasion was furnished
by a Victrola kindly furnished by r..
S. Stewart the Leon dealer.
There were 108 pupils who were
granted diplomas as having complet-
ed the eighth grade course 60 OF
them from the rural schools Of the
county, and 4S from the town
schools.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
Mrs. Hale Doing Nicely.

Mrs. Anna Hale, who was terribly
burned when her hoase was destroy
ed by fire two weeks ago tomorroW,
is getting along in fine shape at the
Leon hospital. The burns on her
face and arms have healed and were
not deep enough to leave any scars.
The burns on her limbs were deeper,
and she has suffered much pain, but
is now greatly improved and is do
ing as we'll as could be expected.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
Decatur Chautauqua Is On.

The Decatur Chautauqua opened
yesterday for a six day session, tha
attractions being furnished by the
Jones Chautauqua System, and they
have good attractions for each Of tho
SIX days. S. s5sS5 3, ~ &
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
Leon Horse won at Shenandoah
Fair.

G, w. Spicer's brown mare. Bessie
Davis, who two races at the Shenan-
5doah fair last week, finishing sec
ond 3:in the four and q half furlongs
dash. and first In the three-fourths
mile. dash
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19

IS a llSC OIL CuOS
cir diplomas:
Eliza Jones
Maybelle Jubb
Hattie Johnson
Orah Johnston
Fern Kendall
Willie Kendall
Vivian Latta
Glen LaFollette
Hildred McClaran
Ida Mae McKern
Fay E. Marshall
Inez Marshall
Dena McCleary
Ethel Moore
Orrin Moon
Ora Miller
Ethel Merrifield
Ruth Mcdowell
Frank Matteson
Clifford Mitchell
Clara ,McHarness
Virgil Norman
Carmen Osborn
Wallace Officer
Maurine Penniwell
Inez Piercy
Willard Piercy
Lucille Post
Vern Palmer
Juanita Pease
Himen a Russell
Raw Robertson
lGoidie Roe
Mildred Simmons
Maggie Sturdeyant
Grace Sturdeyant
Grace Standifer
Opal Stuteyflle
Verna Sires
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19

Remember Barton & Bailey's big
circus shows at Leon on. next Tues
day. August 24th.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19


who received th
Abigail Alexande
Evalyn Allpress
Olin Ashby
Margaret Aten
Merle Boyd
Elicit Bracewell
Martin BiddisOn
Hattie Boatman
Temple Brown
Martha Brammer
Wayne BraceWell
Harl Barrett
Anna Bunch
Orville Boyce
Maggie Bolon
Della Brown
Roy Bryant
Roy Bremen
Mary Beavers
Edna L. Biggs
Ralph Biggs
David Cozad
Kate Cole !:
iGo1dean Chastain
-Lottie Doolittle
Ella DOolittle
Delana Davis
May E. Evans
Dillon Frost
Arthur Fierce
Willie B. Fox
Verna Fisher
EmmetGreenlant
Arthur Gardner
Forest Grimes
'ffeleni Gafnn1Hf'
Mabel j. CARRIER
Maude Gunter
Lawson tray
Harry Gillian
Walter Griffin
Mary Gibler
.Jav HOrney
Marie Horney
Ruby Hart
Freda Hill
Raymond Hazlet
,Clella Hhllinger
GLADYS Hoadley
Norborne Harris
lola Hicks I.
Melvin Irving
GleniIvins
Mary Jones
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-19
Marriage Licenses.

Herman Ticdje, Van Vert r.
Leila Cianton, Van Vert -. -. G
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02

uAlly transplAnted. stOcky plants.
They are the paying kind. AsparA-
gus seed may be sown in outdoor
drills. radish seed being sOwn along
in the row for showing the rows and
breaking the crust.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
The Garden

great valuable work in vegetable gardening Is done
during this month.
tons win long towards getting either
gardening the farm for market
Thorough preparation OF important item in
growing vegetable just thorough cung grading
Of the product when the time selling necessary
not only TO pillow deeply order
months but thorough narrowing pankng pay the
long though apparently quite long
time
looking over piece of black land the other day ON
which the spketooh
dozen times and II time and money we'll spent
Above all good discretion regarding
soil for blowing narrowing
OF soil handling which good farmer would confess
LetuceTh has excellent growing weather
The mild damp followed
such varieties wayshssd BIackseeded Tennis Ball
York to squirt.
quite number of plants set out 1t is
plenty room eight
too in the
plants they begun to mature should
be lettuce coming along from seed The
varieties be used again The trimmings carefully
transplanted to other parts OF the garden
The next sowing of lettuce
Hanson sAlamander, those
heat better than the varieties earlier in the
cauinower-BrOccOl is still selling
have about this later my way
to broccoliproduelns district
The young csuiifower cauifower
OF the should be in the possibly
variety should be
used We have several thousand this time OF
plants during the daytime and
chances cauflower gradually
hardened submitted sudden
soil conditions.
preparing to field these plants the soil should
well ferted previously chicken
soda win help 20 push them along -
TomstoesThese should also be well along
The reaches plants should be
in the frames andRs fully four inches
drawn-that Is. long spinding.
BY all protect at night by clothoyered
The majority Of good enough plant
On they small proper mo
plants should high and
thick lead pencil diameter possibly
these heights
Of the district II s plants
bloom when they set wishes
blooming well good. expense
O the Visor the plants
good variety viii produce blossoms
the field II 1t IL OF the proper
EaFInna variety throws blossoms Qucklythat
Her than the majority socaled early varieties.
II buying tomato plants price
IS 70 so cents apiece
Omaha daily bee., 1915-05-02
HOW TO GET GOOD LETTUCE CROPS
Earliest Heads Secured nom sasSiost
from Seeds Drills.

Lettuce is the most plants says
port Of the New Jersey State College Agriculture
inquiries being daily specialist
market gardening
tes and methods Of culture nqurers
said complain that their
resulted production this in
mind. the experiment station makes the following
requirements necessary to produce fine solid
heads of lettuce
and readily available should
be applied The soil should provision
should be made for develop
the plants stand closer than inches
been proved also that weormed get
weather, a. the hot draws the seed stocks
THE earliest head lettuce plants grown
and gradually being set in
their locations very early in the spring
However the main spring lettuce
sown In drills twelve inches April When
the lettuce begins the extra
with hoe. to stand ten inches apart N the row.
THE time for planting spring lettuce upon
the temperature and moisture cooler moisture
Of the soil the lettuce in tho
soils which the 30 pronounced Head
lettuce seldom planted after again
until about July Is at which time planting begun for the fall
Lettuce planted to the 10th mature
fore freezing Injuries the late ma
turing protected with burlap very
nights
Lettuce planted mature in July or August
lie usually the nheadg Romaine This ia an
upright growing variety and can stand
the heat Of the much better varieties
THE station rich ground for lettuce
planting The ground should deeply an appca
tion of lime weroed half potato feizer
should be dsked into IT, ton Of chicken and $50
pounds OF muate of potash place fertilizer
according the experiment specialist Wood ashes and
chicken generally will good II applied
properly ana generously"
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1915-11-05

the safeguard of the ballot, who
need that political security and
economic protection which nothing
less than the exercise Of the fran
chise can guarantee.
In truth, property-holding wo-
men ought to have the right of the
ballot, but, while property can in
some measure protect itself, ire
spective of the franchise, the wage
Garner in a democracy is denied
complete measure Of protection as
long as the franchise be withheld.
Democracy does not mean the
rule Of men and men alone, else
should we have the term homoc
racy. Democracy signifies the rule
Of the people, government by the
people, not half the people, nor the
male people, nor the propertied
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1915-11-05

people, but the people. And who will
say that people is to be deemed ex-
elusive of women? Men and wo
men, we have not yet achieved
democracy, nor shall we achieve it
until the women, even as the men,
are become completely self-govern-
ing and self-determining citizens of
our democracy.
| do not believe it to be true that
women do not wish to vote, for
there are multitudes Of women who
do wish to vote, who for months
and for years have rightfully insist
ed that the rights and the duties of
the franchise become their own. If
not one woman in this state desired
the franchise, still would | say that
suffrage is the duty and the obliga-
ton of woman as truly as of man.
1t is not a right to be waived, nor
a privilege to be foregone, but a
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1915-11-05
November 5, 1915.
By DR.. Stephen S. Wise

The burden of proof does not rest
upon those who believe in equal
suffrage, but upon those who would
fain continue to deny the franchise
to women. Woman has never been
disfranchised; she remains unen-
franchised Rightly or wrongly,
and l believe wrongly, woman was
not enfranchised at the founding
Of the republic, and the burden of
proof properly rests upon those
who undertake to maintain that wo-
men ought to remain unenfran-
chised. Half of the task Of enfran-
chising the citizens of the nation
was performed at the outset of our
history; the other half remains to
be done, and ought to be done with
the least possible delay. Whether
it be right or duty, privilege or
burden, we ask, Why should the
franchise be withheld any longer
from women?
We believe in equal suffrage be-
cause we believe in the fundamental
rightness of democracy, of the wis
dom and rightfulness of which,
however, multitudes of anti-suf-
fragists remain unconvinced. In
proof of the anti-democratic attitude
of the opponents of equal suffrage,
it need but be pointed out that it
is often alleged that women are not
fit to exercise the suffrage. The
surest way to keep women unfit is
to continue to deny them the right
and the duty of the suffrage. AS
Stunning for a moment that this in
tolerable utterance be true, who will
venture to deny that no people have
ever been fitted for the exercise of
the franchise and the responsible
tiles of citizenship until after they
have wrested the right to exercise
the franchise and to meet citizen
ships complete responsibilities.
A further proof, though none be
needed, of the anti-democratic view
point of those opposed to equal suf
frage is to be found in the sheer, not
unseldom insolent and derisive, of
those who purport to be dismayed
at the possibility of giving the vote
to millions of poor working women
in these United States. But, in
truth, if it were necessary to de-
termine that some one group rather
than another of the women of the
republic should become it's voting
citizens, we would declare that the
vote should go first and foremost to
the toiling, wage-earning women of
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1915-11-05
1OO7

uuly 10 De met, al ODllSdtlOH 10 De
accepted. Whether or not women
will to vote, the vote needs women,
and if women have been so dam
aged, morally and spiritually, by a
century of Observation-Disclosures as to
will not to vote, then must they be
drafted in the interest of citizen
ship.
The opposition of some women to
equal suffrage is the surest proof Of
Women's need of the suffrage. If
there are women, as alas there are,
who would gain their political free
dom with sigh, is it not obvious
that women have been gravely in
jured and enfeebled by that attitude
Of the Republic at it's worst, which
we are resolved to bring to an end?
Assuming that men are to vote
because potentially they are the
country's arms-bearers, what Of the
infinitely more significant service to
the state by women who do not bear
arms but armies, who bear the men
that bear the arms of the Republic?
AS long as woman goes down to the
deeps Of pain and suffering, and
even death itself, to bring forth a
child and to give it to the nation.
she renders service to the nation
which entities her to the complete
dignity of citizenship on the one
hand, and on the other rightly
burdens her with citizenship's obi
cations.
1t is not easy to be patient with
the argument that women to-day
exercise a considerable influence
and that such political influence
may be welded without the accep-
lance of commensurate political
responsibility. In the interest Of
democracy influence without re-
sponsibility, if it obtain at all, must
be ended. In a Republic nothing
could be more dangerous than in
t1uence without a corresponding
measure of responsibility. If wom-
en- have political influence, it is
their business to accept it's respon-
sibilities. Where political influence
and power lie, the nation must be
able to place it's finger and say, ere
sponsibility for this rests upon you"
The corrupt political boss is moth
ing more than an exaggerated en-
bodiment of the evil results of the
exercise of influence unsteadied and
unmoralized by responsibility.
AS for feminism, which it is
whispered is to be the ultimate out
come of the suffrage movement, it
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
Big Nine Faculty Committee
Votes Against Retaining 1t
Asan intercollegiate
Sport.

Chicago, Dec. 4. Members o. the
Big Nine faculty committee to-day
sounded the desthknell Of baseball as
an intercollegiate spor' in the confer
ence. In addition 20 refusing 70 sSnG-
ion summer baseball playing Dy men
athlete. the committee voted 20 reie ,
10 each institution Il resolution pfoNIu-
ing for the abolition OF the game ~"
tjrely. except for interclsss contests
A. most Of the delegates voted uhu o
Instructions, il is presumed tnat tne
colleges will support their resOIu ~, J
and that intercollegiate baseball WIN Dc
given up before the spring seASo"
starts. Unite,
An objection by only one uniyersit , ;
however, viii force reconsideth'lon VI
ne resolution, and unless a speeIihI
meeting Of the committee is called ior
The reconsideration before It's regular
June meeting the single obJectlon
vould have the effect Of allowing one
more baseball season. a..
According 20 conference custom. lhe
alignment Of the delegates on The quess,
zion vas not given out. Secretary !.
Moran, the Purdue representative s..u
that the vote on the abolition OF in'ef'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-12-05
COLLEGE MEN AGREE
ON ELIGIBILITY RULES
Conference Held Behind Closed
Doors at Yale Club.

Announcement was made last night
following the second days session OF
representatives Of Yale. Harvard and
pr;rcoton, in the Yale Club. that a
cornplete understanding had been
reacbed in regard 10 new set of rules
covering athletics at these three uni
versities drawn up in the hope OF pre-
venting a recurrence cf scandal sim
lsr N that ~ Yale during the last
season, --. $1,000 ------.---.-
Tho session. ji.:c that or the previous
dav. was held in close secrecy. and
those present declined 20 give any init
nation of what new rules were agreed
rnon until after they shall have been
submitted to the athletic association oil
each Of the three colleges and accepted
or rejected. III
II was stated, however, that the old
eligibility rules had been amended HnG
rev rules formulated In manner that
will prevent such miX-up as mat
which barred lie Gore and -four others
from sports at Yale this fall.
Among those AZ the meeting were
Professor Corwin, Henry Hobson. r..
= Allen. George Case, John Field,
George p. Day and John Fitzpatrick. OF
Yale; Dean Howard McLanahan, Dean
II. B. Pine. Knox Taylor, Howard Henri,
md W. f. Green, of Princeton. and
Dean Briggs. F. W Moore. Barrett
Wendell. ir. and George ?. Gardner
ir Of Harvard.