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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Charles Laban Norton.

Charles Laban Norton, son of
Samuel and Cordelia Norton, was
born in Lee county, Iowa, July %,
1857, died at his home in Leon, Iowa,
Jan. IS, 1915, aged 81 years, 6
months and 81 days. His parents
were pioneer settlers and moved to
Decatur county when he was a small
boy, where he has since resided. He
was married to Lavina Lillard at Gar
den Grove. Feb. 4, 1888, who died
Dec. 26, 1911. To this union four
children were born, John, Sheldon,
Alma and Mrs. Helen Watsabaugh.
On April so. 1912 he was again unit
ed in marriage to Mrs. Anna Gore, at
Bethany, Mo-, who together with his
children, five brothers and one sister
still survive him and who are left to
mourn his loss.
The deceased was raised on farm
and since coming to Leon, has engag-
ed in stock buying, principally horses,
of which he was a great admirer, and
has shipped many car loads to the
different markets. He was quite sue
cessful until about two years ago, his
health began failing when he was
compelled to cease his labors. The
best of medical aid was obtained but
no relief could be furnished and the
end came peacefully Monday morn
ing. He was man of strong convlc-
tons in what he considered right
and was always ready to defend his
convictions. He loved his family
and friends and was never better
pleased than when surrounded by his
faithful wife and family at his hos
pitable home. He was good citizen
and honorable and while his sickness
was of long suffering and intense, he
was never known to complain and
will be missed by all who knew him.
The funeral services were held from
the home at 10 o'clock Thursday
morning, conducted by Frank a. Car
Der, life long friend of the family,
and the body laid to rest in the Leon
cemetery He was also a member OF
the Yeoman lodge, No. 1854, at Leon.
Among the out of town relatives
who attended the funeral were: Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Guthrie, Mt. Ayr;
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Norton, Redfeld;
Tom Guthrie and daughter Cecil,
Rlockley; James Fisher, Garden
Grove; Raymond Watsabaugh, Oma-
ha, Neb.; Mrs. Winnie Keefer, Red
field; Ed Norton, Decatur, Ark; Sam
Norton and daughter Grace, Garden
Grove; Gerald Brown, Abba.
We desire to express our heartfelt
thanhs to the many friends and
neighbors who so kindly assisted us
in our most sad bereavement and the
death of our husband and father.
Mrs. Anna Norton and family.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Road Legislation.

Senator Chase and following will
endeavor to cut the width of four rod
roads down to fifty feet by act of the
legislature. The advocates of the
change argue that no attention is Civ
en- or use made of more than 80 to 30
feet of the roads and that the remain
ing space is mainly devoted to grow
ing weeds The eight foot strip on
each side would revert to the proper
ty owners
Senator. Robinson of Hampton will
introduce a bill to provide for the
paving of country roads by forming
paving districts after the manner of
drainage districts and assessing the
cost as in drainage to those benefit
ted. A provision is added, however,
assessing a part of the cost to the
county.
The two senators should get to-
gether with their bills and their pur-
poses. If the road is to be paved the
question of narrower highways set
ties itself. Under such conditions a
80 foot road would be wide enough
Also the rcversion of an Is foot strip
to the abutting land owner would
have some influence upon his willing
ness to sign up and bear his share OF
the road district improvement. 1t
would assist very materially in pay
ing the annual road tax. An acre of
Iowa farm land properly titled goes
a long way toward taxes.
Senator Robinson has the right
plan, the most feasible and the east
est way. The drainage system is the
one most applicable to permanent
roadmaking in this state. However,
the senator's bill might be improved
by provision of state aid. Perma-
nent road improvement is a PROPOSE
ton that the state can well afford to
favor and encourage with a fair per-
centage of the cost.-Marshallto
Timcs-Republican
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
FORAGE POISONING Avo1DABLE.
Proper Care in Feeding Horses Will

Forage poisoning, which is again
causing the death of many horses
and mules in Iowa, may be prevented
by due care in feeding. DR.. G. H.
STANCE of the veterinary section of
the Iowa Agricultural Experiment
station at Ames, says that if moldy
or decayed feeds are kept from horses
or mules, and if their drinking
troughs are kept clean, this form of
poisoning may be eliminated. AL
though cattle often eat spoiled plant
food without harm, horses and mules
cannot. Moldy ensilage is the most
common cause of this poisoning re-
ported to the Iowa station, due large
ly to the fact that spoiled ensilage is
carelessly thrown away where horses
can get at it.
/. When horse is attacked by forage
poisoning it first suffers loss of appe-
title and thirst and become depressed.
Following this come unsteadiness of
gait and loss of control of the hind
quarters, which grow worse until the
animal either lies or falls down and
is unable to rise. At the same time
there is generally paralysis of the
muscles of the throat and cheeks,
which brings on inability to swallow
and SOLDERING. After the animal is
down, sometimes it lies quietly for
hours and sometimes it will struggle
at frequent intervals. In acute cases
there is profuse sweating and many
time a peculiar staring appearance
of the eyes. The brea thing is usual
ly irregular and jerky. In less acute
cases the symptoms are similar, but.
they do not come so suddenly and are
less violent. In acute cases death
comes after a course of IL to IL
hours; in less acute cases, after sew
eral days to a couple of weeks.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Dollars Wanted Rather than Bushels.

A rather significant editorial ap-
peared in Wallaces' Farmer of De-
cember 25th. In special article
which was in the nature of conf
Dental word with their subscribers,
the editor speaks of the work of the
paper for the coming year, and he
says:
eve shall give more study to meth
DDS by which the farmer will get
more for the stuff he produces. 1t
does not profit us to increase our pro-
ductiOn if by so doing we raise the
money we get We want more dol
lars, rather than more bushels, tons,
or pounds. Wallaces' Farmer will
give more attention to this.
1--WE shall give more space to farm
organizations, clubs and cooperative
associations which will enable the
farmer to market his stuff to better
advantage. The need for such organ
izations is becoming more and more
imperative.
We shall try to bring about
amendments to our laws which will
give both landlord and tenant a
square deal, and at the same time
conserve the fertility of our wonder
full soil"
Coming from Wallaces' Farmer,
this is an important announcement.
Many farmers have had the feeling
that the widespread movement to in
crease production, which has been go
ing on for several years, should be
accompanied by an effort to market
the increased production to better adj
vantages. Wallaces' Farmer has a
most complete organization of spec
ialists, and if it goes into the ques-
tons mentioned in the editorial, 1t
can render q tremendous service to
the farmers and business interests of
the state generally.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
HARDNESS OF WATER.
Bold Streams at High Velocity Are -
Riaid az Iron.

Bold Streams at High Velocity Are -
Rigid az Iron.
In the American Magazine a-contrib-
dtor gives most interesting descrip-
lion Of the resisting power of water.
He says that solid stream of water
thot out of hose at tremendous We
locity is just as powerful and destruc-
I'VE as a rod of iron. An extract from
The article giving an idea Of the hard
hess and resisting power of water FOL-
lows:
Here is a fact which is probably
howell to the average man who has not
rpent much Of his life thinking about
motor speed boats. This Is what We
may call the hardness Of the water
when boat is running at speed.
Water at fifty miles an hour is not the
limpid liquid we are accustomed to
bathe in. If you put your arm over
board from hydroplane running 1t
fifty miles an hour and strike wave
crest the probability Is that you will
break your arm or wrist because at
that speed the water has not time to
give, not time even to change shape,
md striking it is like striking so much
metal.
"In the great hydraulic mining nos-
Eles, where a stream of water under
enormous head is used to wash down
hillsides, a swordsman, in attempting
to cut into one of these streams, will
Bhatter the sword without being able
to penetrate the water. The stream Is
like bar of iron. The fact that water
at relative speed Is so hard-or that It's
inertia is so great, to be little more
accurate-is the reason why skipping
stone travels over the surface and Is
the reason why a hydroplane boat
slides over the surface instead of plow-
ing it's way through.
The picture we must have in our
minds, then, of speed boat is that she
is travelling not in water, as we or
understand it., but over the
surface Of semisolid, very much as q
sled travels over snow"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Changed Inscription.

A young widow went to select a
monument for her recently deceased
husband. After due consideration
she picked out a stone and ordered
the following inscription placed upon
it: '.My grief is more than / can
bear" The man who was to erect
the monument was a little tardy in
doing it and the widow remarked be-
fore it was done. This fact worried
MIN, as he feared that he might have
to change the wording Of the inscrip-
ton. So he called upon the lady and
told her that he was now ready to do
his work and after some hesitation
asked her if she wished to change the
wording of the inscription in any
way. She politely replied: No
just as l gave it. only add at the end
the word Alone.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Death of Mrs. Eliza Snow.

Mrs. Eliza Snow, the aged mother
of Mr.. A. A. Snow and Mrs. l. S.
Bracewell, died at the home OF the
latter near Bracewell in Morgan
township, Tuesday afternoon from ill.
ness incident to advancing years, be-
ing about SO years of age at the time
of her death The remains were
brought to Lineville Wednesday at
ternoon and shipped on train No. 80
to Blakesburg, Iowa, her old home,
where funeral services will probably
be held today, interment to follow at
a cemetery near that place. The re-
mains were accompanied from
here by her daughter, Mrs. l. S,
Bracewell, and grandson, Homer
Snow, of Bracewell, and a son and
daughter from Blakesburg. who were
here visiting at the time of her death
Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
FREAKS IN BASEBALL.
Apparently Clever Plays May Some.
times Be Pure Luck.

Apparently Clever Plays May Some.
times Bs Pure Luck.
. Freak plays make baseball humor-
Gus, if not interesting. Some OF these
plays are said to be the result Of quick
thinking: but, as matter Of fact, most
of them are simply luck.
Curious things happen. A ball fell
into tin can, and it being impossible
to get it out in time, can and all were
thrown to the baseman. Another ball
hit the end of a nail driven through
the opposite side of a fence and could
not be got down until all the runners
scored.
A swift hit glances off the pitchers
hand, is snapped up by an infielder and
thrown to first putting the man out
Red hot. liners or grounders some
times hit the first or third base bag
and glance away for singles or even
two baggers.
The shortest two Dagger known was
when the ball grazed the bat, shot up
a few feet and fell in front Of the
plate. AS the catcher reached for the
twirling ball it glanced from his glove
and bounded back to the stand, and
the batter made second easily.
A center fielder saw a nit in the
way of the shortstop and walked about
sixty feet in to move it out Of the way
when he heard the crack Of the bat
and saw hot ball coming straight at
him. He could do nothing but try to
catch it and did to his surprise. But
he was given credit by the crowd for
being great student of batters.-Ar-
thur Macdonald in American Physical
Education Review.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Our First Cent.

The first American cent was struck
of and put in circulation in 1888. Pre-
yious to that date pattern pieces had
been made. but they were experiments
only and were never put In circulation.
The so called Washington cents, which
existed previous to the date above CIV
en-, were not issued by the government
and were, therefore. only medals. The
cent of 1893 was very similar to the
large copper cents Of later date, with
the exception that the face Of Liberty
was turned to the right and the legend
Zone Cent was Enclosed In chain Of
thirteen links.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
The News Of the State Legislature.

AS usual, the Register and Leader
will give you the most complete re-
ports of the new legislature-and
give it to you first. The Register
and Leader is printed this morning
and you get it the same morning.
s"Ding" will have some excellent car
toons on important state issues.
You get the Daily Register and
Leader one year for .O0-wlth
Sunday 5000. There are few
"Ding" Cartoon books left. Send
your subscription today and you'll
be sure to get one. Let the editor
of this paper send in for you or send
direct to the Register and Leader,
Des Moines, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Two Speed. In Same wheel.

The top of carriage wheel in pass
ing along the road moves more quickly
through the atmosphere than the bot
tom. This sounds absolutely foolish.
but it is absolutely sound. 1t Is due to
the movable axis, or axle. The top Of
the wheel has forward motion plus for
ward revolution. The bottom Of the
wheel has the same forward motion
minus backward revolution. - London
Saturday Review.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28

The king of Tonga island has de-
clared his neutrality, thus complicat-
ing our war map by the introduction
of a perfect stranger.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Laundry Agency.

j. A. Caster has secured the agen-
cy for the Iowa Steam Laundry.
Baskets sent Monday and Wednes-
day. Satisfaction guaranteed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28

Just received car Of bran and
shorts and . car of oil meal.
Cannon Bros. Mill. 4
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Mastery.

Mastery.
8 A man must challenge the world ct
its own games and win before he can.
show the world that there are finer
games to play. He cannot stand above
the mists and call the crowd to him,
but many will follow him up through
the mists-Will Lexington Comfort
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Special SATURDAY.

One pound Chocolate Honey
Nougat and nut, 29c the pound. Bell
& Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
x Whole Hour.

Mr.. Newlywed-Just think, dear.
we've been married nearly an hour and
We haven't had cross word! - Buffalo
Express .;sl3 .Es
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
"FiHy.ffty...

"Fifty fifty" y.
II think. William, III ask those new
people next door to take dinner with
us tonight"
what fort"
well. the butcher by mistake left
their meat order here, and It seems
only Life.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
vain. Hop,.

Hell wish l had as much nerve 20
The chimney. She-What on earth do
you meant He Then I'd smoke IN
spite Of you. Baltimore American.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27
WHEAT LACKS
BUYING SUPPORT
Prospects of Kansas Harvest
Cause Virtual Certainty of
Hedging Sales Pressure.

Chicago. June 26.-Prospects of en-
larged receipts from the new crop tend
ed to-day TO lower the price of wheat.
Although steady at the close, the mar
ket was sc to q under last nights
level. Corn finished &c to 1%sc down,
oats off &c to ia sc, and provisions
at a loss of 7l2 n 10c to 1712@20c.
Except for a brief upturn at the start
wheat sagged throughout the session.
The temporary advance early was due
to higher quotations from Liverpool
and to a forecast Of undesirable show
ers in the domestic harvest region. 1t
soon became apparent, however, that
the market lacked aggressive buying
support. No fresh European business
was in sight, and the outlook was that
the cutting of wheat in Kansas would
be in full swing next week, giving IN
creased impetus to the movement to
primary markets and causing virtual
certainty Of greater pressure OF hedg-
ing sales
Chances for a moderate falling off in
the United States visible supply total
on Monday seemed to have no effect in
hating the downward course of wheat.
Bear leaders were persistent sellers.
As holders, too, had been unloading to
a considerable extent, the final range
of prices lay at almost the bottom
point reached.
Improved field conditions weakened
the corn market. Besides, Argentine
rivalry seemed to exert a more or less
permanent depressing influence.
Oats sympathized with the down turn
of other grains. Crop news was gen.
orally good.
Lower prices for hogs carried pro-
visions down grade. Packers appeared
to be on the selling side.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27
RAILROAD EARNINGS.

Although gross earnings OF United
States railroads making weekly returns
10 "Dun's Review" continue in smaller
volume than year ago, the total Tor
the first two weeks in June amounting
TO Si4,362, 652, thus showing a loss OF
3.2 per cent, indications of improve
ment are not entirely absent. In the
West and Southwest there are nu-
merous important lines reporting more
or less improvement, and in the South
some roads show considerable expan-
sion and others a distinct trend toward
more satisfactory conditions. Follow
ing are given gross earnings OF United
States railroads reporting for the first
two weeks of June, and loss as com
pared with earnings of the same roads
for the corresponding period year
ago; also for roads reporting for the
same weeks in the two preceding
months, together with the percentages
of loss, compared with last year:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27
COTTON DECLINES
3 TO 9 POINTS
Prices Reach New Low Level
Under Scattered Liquidation
and Local Pressure.

There was a further decline in tne
cotton market yesterday, with prices
making new low ground for the move
meEt under a renewal of scattering
liquidation and local pressure. October
contracts sold as low as 9.6lc. or prac-
tically 81 per bale below the high level
reached on the rally early in the month,
and the market closed steady, at a net
loss Of to 9 points for the day Sell
ing seemed to be based on much the
same considerations as recently. Liv-
erpool was again relatively easy. while
the favorable view of new crop progress
serves to emphasize the extent of the
old crop surplus, and bearish sentiment
is also encouraged by the unhealthy
position of foreign exchange and ap-
prehensions of other obstacles TO free
export outlet for the early new crop
movement. At the same time, Southern
spot markets have continued relatively
steady, with very little indication of
old crop pressure, owing partly, no
doubt, 10 the continued new crop pre-
miums, and aggressive selling for short
account has been held in check by IN
certainty as to the extent of the reduc-
ton in acreage, the inability of trad
ers to forecast the probable effect of
the reduction in the use of fertilizer,
and a possibility that crop growing
conditions will be less favorable during
July and August than they have been
so far this season.
Private cables reported liquidation
in Liverpool and said that the decline
there had uncovered few stop orders
The local market opened at a decline CT
s to points, with October contracts
selling at 9.62c on the call. There ap-
peared to be considerable demand fo.'
trade interests at this figure, which
was attributed to calling cotton or fix
ing prices by spinners. The demand Of
this sort, combined with some scat
tered covering for over the week end,
caused slight rallies toward the middle
of the morning, but prices later eased
off again, with October touching 9.6lc
in the late trading. The close was a
shade up from the lowest on near
months under covering, but at the low
est point on the later deliveries. South
ern mill report the receipt of South
American orders, and Fall River mills
are still working more nearly up to
their full capacity than they were last
season. Most traders look forward to
another year of very heavy consump-
ton by domestic mills and to extreme
activity on the part of such mills
abroad as are able to secure supplies
of raw material, but many feel that the
outlet which has existed this season
will be curtailed next year by obstacles
as to the shipping of cotton to Germany
and Austria, even through neutral
ports. There was some talk of too
much rain in oklahoma, and the le-
tailed report showed general precipita-
ton in that section, which, however,
was not particularly heavy.
The local market for spot cotton was
quiet and unchanged, at 9.45c for mid
ding upland; sales nil. Range of
prices:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27

Z Fr-.a.i continues TO meet her
Obligations here IN the way she has
been doing mostly with gold-it must
Be & matter Of only a few weeks and
,Ihaps only a fortnight before the
god will have to come from somewhere
Use than Ottawa. Il has been sUg,
sg,ed. on the theory that England will
l1here 20 her present plan Of financing
Ter purchases in the United States,
hat arrangements will be made TO send
gore o. the metal from France, TO
divert some Of the South African pro-
tatiion 20 this country, or to send
gid from Russia across the Pacific.
lla,astic as the idea Of sending the
precious metal clean across Asia and
bsn across the Pacific, besides, might
seen in ordinary times, 1t is by no
seans an imp0ss bic notion now. There
would be & loss in the operation Of
Bne;hng Ike a month and half's
interest. or about three-quarters Of !
psr cent. Il would be a considerable
ten 10 take into account, but for
iItion that is spending nearly half a
Billion dollars a month on war, $780,
10 loss on, say, $i0,O00,O00, might be
Considered as only part of the days
YORK.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-27
Z ~ 80 - =
CHICAGO PRICES
GRAIN IN OTHER CITIES.

Dulu,h MINI. June .26.--W,HEATEz.No l hard.
81 80; 40 / Northern. 81 % 81 %. No 2 North
ern. 81 2Gd il.2S. july. SIS, September. tloi..
s, M INV sSS y Na Yorthi 35a 80, 80
hard winter sll7aSl ~: July. tl0Ss N:o3-;
80 white i5c; July. 1885, September. 7lhe.
rbiiadep6is june G-wHEAT-Unchanged
CORN-UnchAnged. OATs-steady: No white
Minneapolis. June 2e.-.wHEAT.,,No bard
81 Is: 80 / Northern. 81 2-i5 81 81; No
Noteern. 81 l9a Juy. silg,f SeP,I ,-s
10 White. 4j@ ijlac Fl0UR-uuchansel.
Toledo. June 26..wHEAr-Cash. SlAi July
81 o.. September tlO5-. December. N0b,.
CIOyERsEED-Prme. cash. $ % october. s. 81
August $3.50. TIMOTnY-.Plime. cash. $3.50.
81 Louis June g6-wHEAT-NO red. old
slI5. new. iIloasill,hs no hard nominal "a {:
July. 99Ae September. 9s7.c CORN-N3 J. -
10 2 white 5sEc: July. 7Si4c September. lie
OATs-No 2. Hl4@i7c. No white, AGO. July
VA sf,ss ''t city. June .s.-wHEAT-No hard
slssGSi 20. 10 2 red sll64Sl.l7 CoRN-No
; mixed ;3875isc. 30 white. 'i4e; 10 yel;
low. T5d5sc OATs--No white fgt'.e' No :
mixed. 43Giic.