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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-26
Farmers Institutes.

Both the number of farmers insti-
tutes held each year and the attend
ance at these meetings is steadily in
creasing, according to report on
farmers institute work which has
Just been published by the depart
ment as Bulletin No. 269. During the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1914, the
report states, 1929 of these insti-
tues were held throughout the coun-
try, with a total attendance OF 81
656,381. This is an increase in at
tendance of rs per cent over that OF
any previous year. On the other
hand, the expense Of conducting the
work was nearly $4,000 less than
last year, the total cost for the fis-
cal year ending June 80, 1914, being
$447,897.51.
The farmers institute organiza-
ton conducts it's work under many
different forms, so that it is almost
impossible to summarize it's actlvit-
les briefly. For example, in addition
to the ordinary meetings there were
movable schools in thirteen states
which had registered attendance of
112,499 different people. Field dem
onstration meetings were also held
in fifteen states, although no record
of the attendance was kept. Special
railroad trains were organized in
seventeen states to aid in giving lee
lures and demonstrations. A detail
analysis of this work showing the
of different kinds of meet
ings in each state, the attendance,
and the duration of each, is contain
ed in the bulletin already mentioned.
This bulletin also contains number
of notes on agricultural extension
work of a similar nature in foreign
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-26

The guide said this was the hard
est trip he had taken this year and
this has been the worst year in a
great many, all due to there being SO
much snow, but he also said our
party was the second one he had ever
guided on the trip who all reached
the summit.
When we reached home we were
wet, cold, tired, but we had, I believ-
ed, seen some of the most beautiful
and awe-inspiring mountains ever
created--it is impossible to describe
their beauty, or the beauty of the
valleys and the plains Of Wyoming,
Colorado and Nebraska, which we
were able to see from the summit
or of the clouds which lay below US.
But if you ever come to Colorado,
don't fail to take this wonderful
climb and here's hoping you do come
and are able to reach the summit.
Yours truly,
Eunice G.. Mitchell.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-26
Queer Quirks of News.

Reading, Pa.-When Edwin Leis-
man, instantly killed by lightning,
was picked up, an almost perfect
! likeness of tree was found in min
ute detail to have been photographed
on his breast. The tree was outside
the window in which Liesman was
sitting when the bolt struck him.
New Brunswick, N. john
Whiteman was bequeathed his moth
er-in-law by his wife who died re-
Gently. She specified in her will
that he was to take care OF her
mother for the remainder of her life,
and that if he refused, the mother
was to bring suit against him for
wages for sixteen years of domestic
service.
Washington, D. C.-Ten thousand
dollars was received by Secretary Nc
Adoo, accompanied by letter stat
ing that the writer had paid double
to the United States the amount he
'stole" and this was another payment
to satisfy his conscience. The sum
was the second largest contribution
ever received for the conscience
fund.
Topeka, Kans.-Sherman E. John
son, year old son of Walter John
son, Kansas newspaper man, issues
a children's daily newspaper. 1t
consists of one column and several
ads of ice cream parlors. The ads
are paid for in trade. The paper
sells for one cent
Doylestoxn, Pa.-Fifteen years
ago Mrs. George Bailey of Bristol
stuck needle into her big toe.
When it was removed the other day
it crumbled to pieces in the physi-
clans fingers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-26
varied widely for the year 1874, but

varied widely for the year 1874, but
unanimous complaint OF grasshop-
per ravages came from the north
| western counties. One county COM
mittee reported that in that county
! (Emmet) with it's twelve cOngression-
al townships, containing the well till
ed farms of formerly we'll to do set
tiers, there remain not one hundred
acres Of poor wheat, one hundred
acres of poorer oats and corn and
vegetables in the same ratio.
f, Farms, the actual value OF which
was from ten to fifteen dollars an
acre, sold for less than the govern
ment price.
/ It was estimated in May 1875, that
Iowa had contributed over million
dollars to the relief of grasshopper
sufferers since the last harvest. The
i relief committee of the State Grange
alone paid out over S7,727 in 1874.
| Certain it is that the people respond
+; ed so generously to the needs OF the
settlers that great numbers were en-
abled to remain on their homesteads,
! while doubtless there were many
who were saved from the pangs OF
cold and hunger.
! A government commission found a
great number of schemes being en-
ployed for the destruction Of the To-
Gusts. Some of the states sought to
avail themselves of natural agencies
! by passing better laws for the protec-
, ton Of birds. To destroy the eggs,
narrowing in the autumn, blowing,
irrigation, tramping by stock turned
! into the fields, and collection proved
the most effective methods. In
prairie and wheat growing regions
the surest means of destroying the
unfledged locusts was by burning
either while they were in the grass
or when they collected for shell
ter during cold or damp weather.
Much could also be done by rolling
the fields if the ground was smooth
and hard. Trapping was successful
where the young grasshoppers were
travelling in armies. The use OF
chemicals was necessarily limited
and more or less unsatisfactory. A
great number of hopper dozers,
locust crushers, and other machines
for killing or capturing the insects
were invented, some Of them being
very ingenious devices. Against the
mighty hosts of winged grasshop-
pers, however, man was practically
powerless. Sometimes a swarm
could be warded off by making great
smudges. Constantly dragging long
ropes over grain fields worked to
good advantage in some cases. De-
struction of insects and their eggs by
conclusion was tried, but little good
came if it. About the only really et-
fectiye remedy for locust invasions
was for the settlers to turn more
generally to stock raising, instead OF
stalking their entire hope upon crops
of grain.
In an indirect way, it may be as
serted, the locust ravages did a
great service to the agricultural IN
terests of northwestern Iowa by
making stock raising necessity.
Many farmers went into the dairy
business. But for the coming OF the
grasshoppers the custom OF farming
exclusively for grain would probably
have continued for many years, to
the general impoverishment of the
soil
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-26

For Sale-On the Stone farm 6 Il
miles northwest of Leon, native lum-
Der, wood and posts. Lumber to
10 feet, $3.50 per 100 Lumber IL
to .16 feet, $500 per 100. Fencing
p6bts 8 to 20 cents a piece. Wood,
stove length, $1.25 and $3.50 load.
Long wood, 3 foet load IS cents.
Come and see w. w. Fulton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-26

From the bottom of the deepest
hole in the sea to the top of the
highest mountain on the land there
is a distance of 81 900 feet.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-26

BECAUSE tuCy WILL UO ~ wan go -
eplaciated that they can not stand
the rigors of winter, even in It's
weakest appearance.
Spring came at last, but with the
first warm days there came also mill
lions of young grasshoppers. From
the first the people saw in despair,
particularly those to whom seed had
been furnished by the state that the
crops were again doomed. In vain
they struggled against the pest. The
conflict was once more at hand-al-
most a test of whether the locusts or
the settlers should leave the country,
not being room enough for both.
Earlv in June the residents of Kos
auth county decided that the fourth
of July would not be celebrated
among them that year; they could
not AFFORD to be patriotic. Meetings
~ farmers were held at which crop
reports were heard and committees
appointed to ascertain the needs OF
the suffering population. Harvest
time came, but there was nothing to
harvest. In the counties OF kossuth,
Emmett, Dickinson, and parts OF
Palo Alto, Pocahontas and Humboldt
the crops were almost entire failures.
The gardens, In particular seem g
haya suffered. The estimates Of
loses Is the agricultural reports
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-08-26

was raging and we were almost frOZ-
en-, and rather glad to get to flat
place to stand on, for the Home
Stretch is straight up and down and
we knew that to slip there or to
lose our balance meant certain
death in the rocks far below.
Just about five minutes after we
reached the top, one of our guides
was struck by lightning, he was
standing near the eastern precipice,
which lis 1000 feet straight down.
The lightning threw him about five
feet in the air and he fell about sew
en- feet away from the brink of the
precipice, his hair was singed and he
received quite shock, but was al
right in about twenty minutes. On
account of there being so much cleo
tricity in the cloud which was still
right down on us, we stayed on the
summit only about twenty-five min
utes. 1t was about two o'clock when
We started down and when we reach
ed the NarroWs again thccleuds drop
ped down into the valley and the sun
shone on as, which was certainly a
blessing, for we were about frozen.
The return trip as far as Boulder
Fields, where he had left our horses,
was very pleasant, but after we had
/ een riding about ten minutes it be-
gan to snow again, and we rode
about nve hours through snow, sleet
and rain, reaching Estes Park again
about nine that evening. &
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22
CALLED
POLITICAL BRIBERY
The Rev. John j.. O'ROurke
Spares Not Even the Presi-
dent in His Sermon.
TELLS CHTRCH'S STAND

Tho Rev. John J. O'Rourke. s. j.,
who has been delivering a special course
Of sermons at The late masses on the
sundays during len In the Church Of
the Holy Innocents. West Thirty-seventh
street Just on Brcadway. yesterday in
Guided the Presidential habit Of using
Federal patronage as a club over the
head OF Congress among the forms of
political bribery - ne deplored.
Although the preacher mentioned
President Wilson by name ne made I
clear that hc was not denouncing the
present thief Executives personal
methods Of influencing legislation In par
%ticular. bu. was, rather. deploring the
nationwide practice among politicians
high and low of using their powers 4
patronage to force the passage of legis-
lation they wished to see enacted.
Turn Ia the city OF Washington
said Father O'ROurke after dwelling
on bribery In the abstract. When Mr..
Wilson holds up before CoigreSsmen his
vast %appuiuti,e powers. his p~atronag &c.
IN an effort to force legislation. that
also is bribery. The words Vote for his
measure or will not appoint your insn
postmaster are 1T course not used. But
the senator or the Representative knows
that unless he votes for the measure
his man will not be made postmaster.
we have had bribery-oh. everybody
knows tin the judiciary. The Hobbies
AT Harrisburg. AT Washington. a; Nj
,mny are maintained for forms ~ hrib-
erv. Although do not mean to single
on, this city, recent disclosures have
shown the effects If bribery on the
policeman who * supposed to enforce
,he laws tho legislative department of
me S,.,e enac,e
AND a. ve have hr,be-, in some form
II, our ,hre, forms of goyernment-ex
e,utiye. legislative and judicial. from
,be highest o,nce down And bribery *
,s,n,lc7i dishonesty
.,poII,ic.l dlshoncstv h,,nv,onhs ,be
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22
COULD NOT FORCE
BRUERE TO RETRACT
Former City Chamberlain Mar
tin Resents Statements
of Successor.


'""''N d ""it''' Wy 'nah'oeriaih
from 1907 to 1910. gave out a statement
Yesterday reciting his unsuccessful
.ro-.s To ,o-. u.,-, p,,.- M.
' -
"a'""c''h""' I" prove statements maze
by Bruerc and rehecting upon Mr.. Mar
Tin
w. uu, -
W. "'''" ''''''''N '"'' ]" mas
been twice attacked by tho present
Chamberlain, and that the latter. when
Ma Mitchell reou,s,.d
o." 'N'"""'
'''"' ""N wv 's'''s''"' 10 Ve'Ta't MS
statements, as any gentleman would do"
The former chamberlain cites a speech
made by Mr.. liruere on February 90,
In which Mr.. Brucre said that he WAS
earning his $1,000 salary by the work
he was doing for the city. which was
more than his predecessors had done"
This remark. coupled with an earlier
episode in which he deemed himself IT,
jured, provoked Mr.. Martin to call on
Mayor Mitchell ON February %. Mr..
Martins account OF his experience fol.
lows
MIR. Martin told the Mayor whal
Mr.. Bruere had said on these two &C.
cas!ons and gave him the facts to show
how unjust and unfair l.rurrv had been.
The Mayor sald he would take the sub
jert Ip with NJ. Bru"r, and lei Mr..
Martin know his answ"r. After h"sr-
ing nothing for ten days. Mr.. Martin
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22
WAR STOPS FUND RAISING.
FIFTY mtg Charity Campaigns Pit
on since August.

At least NIFTY big campaigns TO RAISE
money for various purposes, fifteen of
them projected 10y the international COM
mittee of the Y. NJ. &. A., two for the
salvation Army and others for hospitals.
homes, missions. sc. have been put off
since last August because of the war.
Four $500, 600 campaigns in middle
Western cities are held In allowance, one
OF the salvation Army campaigns WAS
postponed to accommodate the $1,000, 600
effort here, Charles :. Ward, the V NJ.
{. A. money campuign"r, who has helped
to raise Sea- o0 900 in ten years, dc
,Iared Yesterday that while people seem
to have plenty of money II Is useless
to try to further such campaigns until
peace liz assured.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22
PRIZES FOR SOLUTION
OF TRAFFIC PROBLEM
street Crossing Plans Invited
by Municipal Art society
Of New York.

The problem of solving the traffic
question where transverse streets cross
the main arteries of city travel-tho
avenucs-in the most artistic and util.-
tartan way has led the Municipal Art
Society Of New York to OFFER three
prizes. of $500. $500 and 800. for the
best three solutions.
"'rhe question of the crossing Of two
congested th~oroughfares becomes more
and more acute" says the society.
1.-THE problem that Is presented. there
fore, IL the crossing OF two very i'm
portant tfs'roughfares. To this end the
competitors have the privilege of con-
demning any part OF the four adjacent
blocks. for the putting through OF new
s~treets, the changing of the positions OF
the present streets. the changing OF
levels. or whatever they thiuk most
desirable"
The street and avenue are supposed
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22
TO LESSEN SCHOOL FIRES.
Prevention Crusade starts To-day
with Meeting Mayor VIII Address.

A fire prevention campaign as applied
To the public schools will open tAis after
noon when Mayor Mitchell and Fire
Commissioners Adainson viii talk 10
school principals and teachers OH the
best methods Of preventing fires in
schools.
The meeting viii be hold In the Stuy-
vcsant High school on Fifteenth street
near Second avenue, AT I o'clock.
COMMISSIONS Adamsuu will show that
many school fires are due to careless
ness. President Churchill Of the Board
of Education. city Superintendent Max
well and several other school officers
will also make addresses.
Fire Commissioner Adamson has
issued a book, to be distributed among
school children, show inc the enormous
lire waste In the country -s50n ,00o, 900
IN property. 1000 lives and 5000 per-
sons injured each year.
The %photoplay '"rhe locked Door
viii he thrown on the screen at to-day's
meeting to show the tragic results OF
Cirelessncss.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22
SPENDTHRIFT HEIR FINED.
>uuanderer Of Rl5O,OOO Drives
Auto without License.

Elmo Seymour Of 80 West Sixty-hfth
street, who inherited $50, 600 from his
father. William seymour, Sheriff OF
Richheld county. Connecticut. siv years
K and spent II along Broadway in the
following three years. was arrested last
night for driving An automobile without
"A Chauffeur's license,
Nothing probably would have marred
Seymour's evening had he not run down
James McAllister Of az Greenwich ter
race, The Bronx. who CHANGED to he
crossing Manhattan street at broadway
AZ seymour turned the corner. Meal
lister declined to make a complaint he
cause h. wasn't much hurt, but "a police
mar took seymour 10 the night court.
There he said that tho automobile be
longed to Or. William r.. Young. for
whom he works, at 80 West Sixty nth
street. He was hncd $40.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22
CORONERS USELESS,
PERKINS'S VERDICT
District Attorney FavOrs Pro-
posed Law to Abolish
Board Here.

District Attorney Charles Albert Per-
klns has "A low opinion OF Coroners.
founded, he explains, on his experiences
with them in deaths involving crime
jus, MIA Mr.. Pertains thinks cam" OUT
YESTERDAY when Commissioner U h'-
counts Leonard NJ. Wallste!n. AZ tn. re-
quest Of Assembly man Francis H. Stod-
dad. Jr., a out Two letters.
The inst. dated March ~, from wv.
Stoddard To- Nj Perkins, Informs the
district Attorney 81 the 'romWcll-Stod'
lard bill which would abolish 'oroners
IN Greater New York and replace them
with a medical examiner. MI. Stod-
dard asks Mr.. Pcrkins's views on the
measure and his opinion of coroners
worth. The District Attorney, replying
the next day, said:
II would say that ! am heartily IN
favor OF the abolition of that office ana
of IN. creation OF the office OF Medical
Examiner in its stead. My experience
Of a number of years In the prosecuting
office i'm New York county confirms me
in the opinion that the tDrOners system
wolves a large expenditure O! pubic
money without any substantial returns
in the matter Of enforcing the crllnlna!
law ,
The method obtaining heretofore. ana
which will prubuhly persist, OF selecting
Corouers hiS resulted IN TN" ELECTION
ia that Office Of men without trainins
for tina, work. Their. has hecu no "rort
made to select MOI of experience "1ll'h
would ht them 10 cAcrcls. the functions
of Judge or IT them TO conduct IN
yestigations INTO crinina matters.
The Office OF Coroner serves 10 use
rll purpose. The work which Il docs
in those cases whirh are prosecuted
must either he duplicated in whole or
nj 49,. 40
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22
COMMITTEE OF l07" ACTIVE.
viii Pat Candidates In Field NeIt
Fall.

Further Indication hat the Citizens
Municipal Committee. the Committee
OF l01." which organized the Mitchell
campaign In 1913, Is getting ready 10
jump into the city scTimmage this fall
and trot out candidates for District Al
torney. Sheriff and judges IL supplied
In a repor, which Treasurer Charles
l.. Btrnheimer sent 20 members OF the
committee YESTERDAY.
II is the t~r.asurer's report 81 the 1919
campaign, With q review OF tina tigh'
Mr.. Bernheimer says that the 'publict-
ton has been held back uutil the eve
~ a new battle for the perpetuat!on OF
the kind OF government New York city
has n right TO have" A Subcommittee
headed by Norman Hapgood II consider
ing "A plan 10 rekindle the Committee
OF 1878 fire and on April IL the Mayor
and the Board OF Estimate are TO give
an account OF their achievements ~
honor guests al a big dinner.
The list Of contributions to the fusion
campaigu Of 1913 given now by Treas
urer Bernhcim"r is larger than tho
one appearing ia reports made At the
clos. of that year The total was
sli3.s66 and the balance after expenses
were paid was slO7. The largest GIT
was $4,000. from Cleveland II. Dodge.
John n Rockefeller gave $4,000 john
u. Rockefeller. Jr, t1.O00 George W.
Perkins. 5000 r. Fulton cutting, 81
900 william H. Childs. s2,6Oo william
Loeb. Jr., $500 ogden Mills. $4,000
Ogden H. Mills, $1,000 Henry Phiprs,
$1,000 Jacob H. Sth,n, $1,000" Isaac
y SclIgnau. $4,000. Francis Lynde
Stetson. si.Oc1, and William q. WILCOX,
$500
The number of contributors was l,o35.
Thirty-seveu members OF the committee
gave nothing hut their time the seventy
others gave s2J.095. From tny-one
women IN the list came $500.
The committee spent si@6.tS OIL lcc,
towels and Ice water t366.6i for fire
works, and 1890 for detective SER
vice What the detectives did IS not
revealed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22
Y. M. C. A. BANS AVOIRDUPOIS.
Too. Too solid Flesh NcIts Rap
idly ~ Reducing Class.

The open season for reducing has
begun At the West Sid Y VI 9. A.
gymnasium and II day ore may see
there 100 men working with rlephautinc
grace to get dow To Il waist line that
will enabl. them to lace W their own
shoes Adventurcrs IN the lobster belt
and these uufortunates who can't help
1t work side by side 10 the slogan Of
"a pound a day"
Dr. Louis Il Welznill"r, the director,
ascrihes this superahuudtncc of aVuir-
dupois to the natural processes OF ma
ture IN endcal oriils to keep the blood
warm during winters chill, And In.
pciSpiriug inuocents Of Times square
and thereabout stood by whilc he
talked and marvrll.d at him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22
SHOOTS 375 POUND FISH.
Ds,onne Man Catches Bottle >o.ed
Dolphin In hay.

Fred ~Lumbreyer. steward Of the Bays
water Yacht club. saw a commotion in
New York Bay "A mile out from! the club
house, foot OF Forty-fourth street, Bay
onne, yesterday and W out with his
gun. When lie returned he had in tow
a fsh : feet i inches in length and
Weighing $50 pounds. Lumbreyer said
NJ Killed il with one shot.
The fish resemhl'd both "A %porpoise and
q shark and had fine, small teeth and a
v shaped tain It was strung TO the
yacht clubs iiagpole and 5000 people
looked it uver during the day.
An attendant AZ the New York
Aquarium said The fish was "A bottle
rosrd dolphin. found in large numbers
ST. southern California and in the Gulf
Stream He never heard of one being
found IN New York waters before.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22

" IL such considerations ga this that
make tnr detectives confident that the
criminal Knew the house we'll. knew
just to what door Leone. would GO
OF her trip home. That L. why they
speak Of Il a. an inside job'-the WORK
o. some one living in the house or visit
assuiliIt must have been som" one the
1t'ic gil kuc ~pilr uiur whose Sudden
appearance, did not ir.gH;eu her. some
o.. whos,' ul"r ~ candy would not Ne
refused and wIuse appearance and be-
IA NiuI held nothing 10 alarm htr ~
CaIsr her to cry ~. before his fingers
sank into her throat.
Tine suspicious Of the police have ac-
cordingly been directed 10 q very few
men In whose paSiS they AVE found alb.
normtlities or whose present behavior
seems unnatural. These men are uni r
s,rictest surveillance. N~eriiicaiiun OF on-
o" Two points regarding some of them
will l." followed by immediate arrests.
\ knife of tn" silver plated dinner
Ia bic sort was given to Capt. Patr!"k
Gildea Yesterday by Richard Ecker. Il
dental student and cousin of the deaf
found i ON the roof ut 34s Third ave-
nue.
The detective place strong reliance
IN the psychological effect that the place
will exercise upon the girls murderer,
They expect him not to De able 10 keep
completely away for amy length Of time.
And IT he cpm-- back they think they
viii know him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-03-22
PRIEST AGAIN LIFE SAVER.
Father MnIrnth Rescues Police
mnn From river After \-sprrs.

Father Puilip J. Masrath, "fishting
pastor" uf the Catholic Seaman's Mis-
sion un West street, added another rcs-
cue To his long list last night when he
saved the III, ~ Police Sergeant John
''uuueli, who had jumped into the North
River ia save a drowning man. Justus
lstuu, 30, a Russian. after whom Com
ucll jumped into tn" water, was removed
o. -. Ninrcuts Hospital in a serious
condition suffering from exp sure.
rather MisrHth had just finished
Vcsp,rs service and was talking with
Council When Gstuu fell from the Nor
gan l.lur pier Cornell stripped on his
coat and PLUNGED in He was fast be-
coming exhausted when the priest So
cured a rope and forming "A moose threw
IL to the policeman. Then he pulled
Connel 70 rnc per.