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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-12
HAULING STOCK TO MARKET
Il VIII Pay Small Producer 10 Have
Loading Chute for Loading and
Unloading From Wagon

The farmer, especially the small pro-
Queer of stock, will often FIND it con-
venient TO load and unload stock from
the wagon. A few hogs are sold to be
delivered at the nearest shipping point,
and, Of course, the seller is expected
to deliver the stock to the shipping
yards or scale yards. This demands
the loading and unloading from the
farm wagon. II with pay TO have a
good, substantial loading chute for the
farm, with hurdle fence to hold stock
while being loaded and unloaded in the
barnyard or feed lot.
This is a simple continuance and not
expensive, but should be strong and
durable so as to last for many years..
1t will pay for itself every year. There
are cheap, insecure, ffail chutes made
and there are substantial ones, which
are the cheapest in the end
This is only one Of the conveniences
that every farm should be supplied
with, and not depend on borrowing
from neishbor. The wagon frame
for hauling hogs or. cattle is also a
great convenience and should be ON
every farm, and for each wagon on
the farm. These should be stored
away in the wagon shed when not in
use.
There are some very convenient
frames for hauling stock that can be
readily adjusted to any wagon. The
convenience Of having such device
that is secure, light and easily adjusted
is the admonition at this time. Farm
cOnveniences should be added as rap
idly as circumstances will permit, and
when secured carefully preserved Sc
as to demand no more expense.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-12
FRESHNESS DESIRED IN EGGS
Thost Reaching Consumer Within
~ Hours After Being Laid
Are In Demand.

Freshness is something that every
one desires in an egg. Eggs that
reach the consumer within "A hours.
or soon thereafter. after being laid
and are sterile and sanitary. represent
the acme OF achievement BY the hen.
The general public has to depend on
the honesty OF dealers to insure get
ting the best eggs unless one has per-
sOnal knowledge OF some farm or poul.
try plant where eggs are a specially.
and fortunately the majority Of dealers
are reliable.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-12
Chicks Intended for FattenInu.

After the chicks have developed suf.
fciently to weigh pound or more
they should be kept on a growing ra-
ton with, plenty Of exercise. Those In
tended for fattening should be sepa-
rated from the ones selected for breed
ing at an early age. Two weeks be-
fore marketing they should be confined
In small quarters and fattened.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-12
Free Range Best for Chickens

Chickens raised on free range with
hens or with brooders viii always be
healthy. strong and vigorous. and they
develop quicker than those raised on :
limited range.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1915-11-12
pev.Iopment d praft coItn.

Develop draft foals from birth 10
maturity with plenty OF good feed, lots
Of exercise and By proper care. Good
breeding gives possibilities which good
feeding and care develop.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
The White House Baby.

The first baby born in the White
House in twenty-five years, the first
boy born there since Tyler's time, is
deeply and legitimately interesting
to many millions of people.
Excepting the four children of
Major, Donelson, Jackson's secretary,
the White House babies have all be-
longed to the immediate families of
presidents. One, Esther Cleveland,
was the child of a president. James
Madison Randolph, Jefferson's grand
son; Mary Louise Adams, and Tyler's
grandchildren, Letitia Tyler and Rob-
ert Jones, are dead. Julia Grant,
daughter of Gen. Fred D. Grant, now
Princess Cantacuzene in Russia, was
the only presidential grandchild born
in the Executive Mansion in more
than seventy years until Master Sayre
made his appearance.
The children of the White House
have been q more numerous body.
Robert Lincoln is the dean of the
corps, ex-Secretary of War, ex-Minis-
ter and man of affairs.
AS long as both presidents and ba-
bies are of interest to normal human
ity, White House children will never
cease to attract attention and sym
pathy. Fortunately, Master Sayre is
too young to be spoiled by knowledge
of the commotion he has caused.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
lMAY HAVE A NEW ELEVATOR.
Plans on Foot to Build New Ele-
vatOr at Leon, and Stock Co.
Formed to Finance 1t.

Plans are on foot by which Leon
will probably secure within the next
few months, something which has
been badly needed in this city for
many years, an elevator, place
where our farmer can always find q
cash market for everything they
have to sell in the way of grain or
seed. Mr.. c.. r. Rauch, of Lamont.
was in Leon Monday, in consultation
with some of our leading business
men, and he expressed a desire to
take stock in an elevator in this city,
and when interviewed several citt-
zens of Leon agreed to take several
thousand dollars in stock. The mat
ter will be pushed along and it is
probable that within Il short time
the Leon Elevator Co., will be or,
ganized with sufficient capital to
erect a good elevator and carry on
the business 1t is proposed to lease
ground from the Burlington railroad
near, the depot in this city for the
new elevator. Mr.. Rauch is connect
ed with the elevators at Lamont and
Davis City. He is an experienced
man in this business and has express
ed his faith that an elevator at Leon
would be a paying proposition, both
to the stockholders and to the farm
ers Of this vicinity. We hope to b0
able to give more definite informa-.
ton in regard to this new enterprise
in the near future And while we
are about it, we want to impress on
everyone the Importance of boosting
for a Leon elevator. 1t will be
worth great deal to the business in,
terests of Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
The Wholesale Funeral.

They're burying the butchered
dead, whose blood has stained mil
lion acres; no dirge is sung, no pray
er is said, there is no kindly under
taker. They plant the soldier where
he died, forever lost to those who
love him; unwashed, unshaved, star
ing-eyed, he lies, the red sod heaped
above him. No clergyman beside him
stands, no coroner, with inquest
holden, no friend to fold the tortur-
ed hands, or smooth the tangled ring
lets golden. These soldiers dead pol
lutte the air, they fill with germs the
passing breezes, the sanitarium
sharps declare: They're apt to breed
some fell diseases. Not all the drugs
upon our shelves can cope with winds
so microbe laden: since dead men
cannot plant themselves, we'll have
to e. and do some spadin'." They
dig a grave Of many versts, trench
where men are thrown like cattle,
while bullets whine and shrapnel
bursts, and Misunderstanding cannon
rattle. They heap them in the shall
low pit, the fallen heroes, stark and
CORY; oh, jingo bold, consider it
this is the stuff that men call glory!
Mason
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
The Local Newspaper.

The local newspaper should be
found in every home. No child will
grow up ignorant who can be taught
to appreciate the home paper. 1t is
the stepping stone of intelligence in
all those matters not to be learned in
books. Give your children a foreign
paper which contains not one word
about any person, place or thing
which they ever saw or perhaps ever
heard of, and how can you you expect
them to be interested? But let them
have the home paper and read of per-
sons whom they meet, and places with
which they are familiar, and soon
an interest is awakened which in
creases with every daily arrival of
the local paper. Thus habit of
reading is formed, and those children
will read the papers all their lives
and become intelligent men and wom-
en-, credit to their ancestors,
strong in their knowledge of the
world as it is today.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
IOWA BANK DEPOSITS SHOW BIG
GAIN.
Increase of $182,658, 8,O55.61 in Ten
Years in Funds Held for Gus
toners of State Banks Alone.

Deposits in state and savings banks
have increased $182,658,055.6 81 in
the last 10 years, according to the hi
ennial report of the state banking de-
partment, which is now being printed.
The gain in deposits in the 10 year
period previous to 1914 was less than
half that amount, or about $90,0O0,-
900.
During the last year there were
eight private banks that failed. Four
teen private banks incorporated and
came under the Iowa laws. Four
other private banks have made ar
rangements to incorporate immedf-.
ately after January 1. 1t is said that
there will probably be a number Of
other private banks come under state
authority in January.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
A Good Resolution for 1918.

We are not in the habit of making
New Years resolutions, but we are
going to make one this year-and
keep it. That resolution will be that
when any business man of Manson
presents q bill to the editor of this
newspaper on a blank statement he
will pay it, but it will be the last one
he will ever pay that business man.
There are two good printshops in
Manson, both heavy employers OF la
Dor that spends its money in Manson,
and IL a business man is such a tight
wad that he is too stingy to get q
few statements printed to transact
his business on, he Is too little for
this scorpion to patronize. Our money
is going to the business man who is
decent enough to use printed station
cry, and II he does not keep what we
want we can mail-ordcr 1t or get
along without it.Manson Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
A Car Load of HoOsiers.

F. S. Stewart, the big furniture
dealer of this city, has been having
a big sale on Hoosier Kitchen Cabi-
nets for several months past, and has
been having hard time getting
them fast enough to supply the de-
mand for them. He has now COM
menced buying them in car load lots,
unloading full car of them yester-
day. Everybody. knows how big a
furniture car is, about twice as large
as an ordinary freight car, and it is
surprising how many cabinets can be
put in car, as they come knocked
down in order to save shipping space.
There is not another dealer in south
ern Iowa who is selling as many
Hoosier Cabinets as Mr.. Stewart.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
A THIRD LEON BANK.
Leon Savings Bank will Commence
Business About April lst In the
SlQler Building In This City.

Leon is soon to have third bank,
articles of incorporation of the Leon
Savings Bank having been filed the
past week with county recorder Gard
ner, and it is expected to open the
new bank for business about April /,
or as soon as the necessary condi-
tions required by law can be con-
formed with. The new bank will be
located in the Sigler. building at the
southwest corner Of the square, q
lease on the building for number Of
years having been taken. A COM
plete new outfit of furniture and fix
lures will be installed and the build
ing remodeled and placed in good
shape for the new bank.
The articles of Incorporation pro-
vide that the following shall be the
directors of the bank until the first
annual meeting: Thomas Teale, Fred
Teale, Jas. F. Harvey, Marion f..
Stookey, George Ogilvie, Geo. w.
Baker and F. N. Hansell.
The officers of the bank will be
as follows:
Marion r. Stookey.
Vice President-Geo.W W. Baker.
Vice President. N. Hansell.
Cashier-George Ogilvie.
Leon has never had three banks
before, and there has never been a
savings bank in business in this city,
although the two banks in this city
have always paid interest on time
deposits. Mr.. Ogilvie, who will be
the cashier of the new bank has been
for number of years employed as
bookkeeper at the Farmers & Trad
ers State Bank.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Naming the Baby.

SVe-congratulate Francis SayFe jr.,J
upon his, acquisition Of a name that
will not advertise his close relation
ship with a distinguished American.
The fashion of naming babies for
public men furnishes more amuse-j
ment to bystanders than satisfaction
to the named. Odds might be Offer
ed that any man of seventy with the
initials "W. S." like Admiral Schley,
was named for Winfield. Scott "a.
j." allows two guests-Andrew Jack
son and Adoniram Judson; while in
this state an elderly "E. NJ is likely
to be an Eliphalet Mott. asi
"F. Marion" is combination less
common than it was two generations
nearer the Swamp Fox's time; but
"B. F. still usually denotes Ben
Franklin and 1T. j." a Thomas Jeher-'
son. J. @. A. Ward, the sculptor.
never needed to spell out his initials
to those who knew that he was born
in Federalist colony in 1880. L. G.
C. Lamar was less likely to be identi-
fed as Lucius Quintus Curtis, q
great man more remote. AS for the
numerous brood of &c. VS." the
late George Williams Childs, once his
name was printed as George WASH
ington in biographical work, found
his remaining years all too few to
correct an error so natural.
Francis is name recognizable for
what it is in any country of America
Or western Europe. Through the
Magyar Ferenc it passes into Feren-
CHI, used in Moslem lands to destg-
nate any westerner. So there is no
danger that the White House baby
will be anywhere accused of being
named after some one in particular.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
He Reads The. Reporter.
Allerton, Iowa, Jan. 25, 10

Allerton, Iowa, Jan. 25, 1915.
Leon Reporter:-I wonder how
many who read The Reporter goes
SO lar as to read even all tine advs.
1 most always do and l find that its
editor is pretty much of booster
for his city. l find in the January
21st issue that he mentions his home
city two hundred and eighty-nine
times; Leon is mentioned one hun-
dred and fifty-one times; "in this
city" one hundred and thiry-eight
times; Davis City forty-seven; Deca-
tur City thirty-six; Kansas City ten;
Sioux City once; King City, Mo-,
twice; Cawker City, Kansas.
one time and other cities five times,
which makes "city" mentioned two
hundred and forty times.
L i have taken The Reporter for
about twenty years, and hope l
shall always be paid in advance stss
The Reporter. 3: 4 \,
Yours truly,
Geo. Sapp.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
YOUR LAST CHANCE.
Final Windup Most Drastic
Sacrifice Sale Positively Ends
Saturday Night.

This great sale will be long re-
membered by the people of Decatur
county. Never before and probably
never again will they see it equalled.
The unexcelled reputation of Kraft,
Grimes & Co. for honest dealing, and
the we'll known fact that not single
Misrepresentation of any nature
would Oe allowed together with the
tremendous cut in prices on their
high grade clothing, furnishings and
shoes brought the people for miles.
To make the last few days hum
mer, still larger cuts are being made
which will pack the store with eager
buyers UP till the closing hour, which
is Saturday night at 10 o'clock. Mr..
Farmer, Merchant, Business or Pro-
fessional Man, do you realize what
this means to you? Do you value
money? If you do then come down
here and solve the high cost of living
problem by buying everything you
need for a year out of the best stock
of merchandise in the state of Iowa.
Hundreds of this vicinity's best bar
gain seekers attending this sale
daily are delighted with the big
values.
Our spring goods are arriving daily
and we must empty our shelves and
tables of this winter stock before
Saturday night, even if we have to
give the goods away. Now's your
chance. Be sure and get your share.
Friday and Saturday we are go
ing to make every effort within the
power of man to close out every
mans, boys and child's overcoat,
suit and shoes in the store at next
to nothing prices.
KRAFT, GRIMES & co.
T. X. Kelly Sales System, the north
vests greatest merchandise brok-
ers now selling this stock.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Home Talent Minstrel show.

A big home talent minstrel show
will be given at the opera house on
Friday evening under the. direction
of C. Ancel Barry, for the benefit of
the Leon High School lecture course,
and the opera house should be pack
ed to see them Prof. o. M. Gass
will be interlocutor, Barry, Smith,
Roberts and Grimes are the end men,
and in the circle are such good fell
lows at Tatman, Horn, Youngs,
Hutchinson, Woodmansee, Long,
Slower and Kemp. Then there will
be a laughing farce, "a Perplexing
Situation" in which number of the
best home talent will participate.
There will be specialties between
acts. Admission is 25 and S5 cents,
and reserved seats are on sale at
Kopp's.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Installs . Fine New Machine.

Charles Penisten, the best shoe
cobbler in Iowa, has just installed at
his shop on Commercial street, the
very latest and improved power
stitching machine, a Simplex Stitcher,
which he will use for sewing on half
soles. The machine is the best thing
made, and its simplicity is the thing
that sells it, for it is the only sewing
machine for shoe shop which does
not use bobbin or shuttle. 1t is
operated by an electric motor, and
Mr.. Penisten will be able to turn out
all kinds of work with it, greatly i'm
creasing his working capacity, as we'll
as doing the best OF work.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Mary Pickford Coming Again.

Mary Pickford, the popular little
actress who scored such a hit few
weeks ago at the Idle Hour theatre,
will appear again at this popular
playhouse on Wednesday evening,
Feb. 3rd, in "a Good Little Devil, "
and all who saw her when she was
here before will want to see her in
this great picture. She is the high
est salaried moving picture actress
in the profession and the Idle Hour
management deserve praise for CIV
ing their patrons q chance to see her.
Remember the date. Wednesday,
Feb. 3rd, and the first show will
start promptly at o'clock.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Well Pleased.

We, the undersigned, desire to
state that we recently suffered from
loss by fire, but fortunately we car
ried fire insurance with Pease &
Pease's agency, of Leon, Iowa, and
our losses have been fully and salts
factorily settled, and we are well
pleased with our settlements and the
way in which the loss was handled
by Pease & Pease. We can cheerful
ly recommend them as good men to
place your Insurance with. men who
will see that you are treated right in
case you have, a loss.
John Myers,
E.. 8. Harris.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Jennie Lester Bells sixth birthday

Last Wednesday afternoon Jennie
Lester Bell entertained 1876 little
guests at the library assembly room.
it being her sixth birthday. The lit
tie ones played different games and
had grand time. After refresh
ments were served each boy wassgiv-
en- a horn and each girl box of
beads and to hear these horns COM
ing down Main street one would
think band of Indians were in town.
Now the same bunch OF youngsters
are looking forward to her brother,
Edgar's birthday, for he will enter
tain them In few weeks.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Shipped Monument to Pennsylvania

Harris Bros, of the Leon Marble
Works, recently sold to James Rut-
ter, of Pleasanton, a fine monument
which was erected on the grave of
his wife: So well pleased with the
work done by the Leon firm was Mr..
Rutter, that he Immediately placed
an order with them for a duplicate
of the monument to be erected on
the graves of his parents, Joseph and
Elizabeth Rutter, who are buried at
Pittsburgh, Penna. The Leon
Marble Works have also recently
shipped fine monument to May,
Oklahoma, where it will be erected
onl the grave of Mrs. j. j. Hall, who
for number of years was q resident
of Decatur county.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
YEARS Ago
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published Z Quarter
ofa Century Ago.

Mr.. A. M. Hickman and Miss Nettie
Spitznogle, of Tuskeego, were mar
ried at the residence of S. McCroskey
in Decatur City on Jan. 21st, the
ceremony being performed by Rev.
Douglass.
Jonathan Conrey has rented the
Hammer corner and will put in a
stock of goods Hiram Lindsey is
painting the inside of the building
for Mr.. Conrey.
Wesley Chandler, the twenty-one
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Chandler, of Center township, died
yesterday morning.
Wis City yesterday.
James Wharton and Fred Close
are now managers of the opera
house. The boys promise us some
first-class attractions in the near
future.
Mrs. James X. Williamson died at
her home southeast of Leon on Jan.
9th.
Mrs. Horace Brown died at her
home in Leon on Jan. 22nd, at the
age of Sc years, 9 months and %
days.
John Burns has moved back to
Leon.
VIM. Hebener returned from his
trip to California.
Major R. D. Kellogg, of Garden
Grove, was a visitor in Leon Tues
day.
Gould Wallace and Abel Chase at
tended a meeting of the Weldon
Packing Co., at Weldon last Saturday.
F. E. Thompson of the Farmers &
Traders bank, has been helping in
the bank at Davis City the past week.
Mrs. Alice Anderson, of st. Law
renee, Dakota, arrived last Thursday
for a visit with her brother, F. N.
Avery and family.
Aaron Engle, former resident OF
this county, now residing in Linn
county, Kansas, was here attending
to some business matters.
DR.. w. T. Kelley recently sold out
his drug store at Logan, Iowa, and
returned yesterday to Leon accom-
panied by his wife. They are stop
ping at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John Wilson.
Three sled loads Of young people
went to Van Vert last Friday even
ing to witness the play, "Millie, the
Octoroon," presented by the home
talent of that place in very pleasing
and creditable manner. The fol
lowing are the names of those present
from Leon: Misses Mall Atlee, Grace
Curry, Lillian Howard, Mary Ray,
Ida and Ettie Bright, and Msssrs. Ed
gar McClelland, DR.. j. w. Rowell,
Will and Charley Edwards, Freeland
Bobbitt, Arthur Wickersham, Oakie
Clark, George Hamilton, Charley
Hebener and Martin Ray.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued since our last re-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
school Report.

South Woodland school report of
those neither absent nor tardy dur
ing the month ending January 18th:
Loren, Dorothy and Hacy Evans, Nell
lie and Deane Mcdowell, Ben Rains,
Olive Marsengill, Leonard Kost.
Z Zclta Robson, Teacher.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
'sThe Million Dollar Mystery
Tonight. y.

The third installment of The Mil.
lion Dollar Mystery" the great serial
which is. being shown at the Idle
Hour theatre, will be presented at the
theatre this evening. Since this
great serial was started an absorbing
interest in it has been manifested
and the house has been playing to
capacity business. Don't miss any Of
the installments. 3 Ss8
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
,ommercial Club viii Take Ceasns.

The Leon Commercial Club will
take census of the city some time
within the next few weeks.
The plan will be to have the mem-5
bers Of the club take the census In
the blocks near their homes. In this
manner there will be no one missed
and no one will have to do more than
few hours work. Z
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Christian Church.
Sunday school at 10.
Preaching at IL.

\ SUNDAY SCHOOL at IL. - M
Preaching at IL.
Prayer service Thursday evening
at 1880. Mrs. Louis Elwell leader.
Sunday evening the Gospel team
of the Methodist church will have
charge of the service. Everyone In
terested in cleaner city, come and
join the. team and help push the
work in Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28

Free trip to Panama Exposition
this summer. ~.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28

Free trip to Panama Exposition
this summer. sss
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28
Marriage Licenses.

Raymond w. sRobb, Woodburn
Pearl Frances Epperlsy, Leon ]. !.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-01-28

Free tickets to Panama Exposition
by q. b. Price.