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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-09-09
WORST AUGUST ON RECORD.
Cold, Wet and Disagreeable Month
Makes History.

Des Moines, Sept. 1.-The summer
of 1915 was the coolest recorded by
the United States weather bureau Of
flee in Dcs Moines in the thirty-seven
years of its existence, according 10
statistics issued last night by DR..
Geo. NJ. Chapel, local forecaster.
The average daily temperature dur
ing the summer was 6S.4, or g de-
gree cooler than that of 1891, the
previously coolest summer on record.
The summer, according to weather
bureau records, ends with August.
The highest temperature of the
1915 summer was only 81, that being
recorded in July. The lowest was
IS on August 80.
August led the other summer
months in GOODNESS, with mean
temperature Of 67.2, which is 5.S
below the normal. August, 1891, is
against the runner up in this respect
but it showed mean temperature of
6S.6. The highest temperature of
August this year was only 81, which
IL three degrees below the lowest
recorded in other Augusts. But in
respect to having the coolest day,
August, 1891, the other prize cool
year, triumphs with 40.
There was less rain during August
this year than usual, the amount of
the precipitation being 1.9 inches be-
low normal. Still it was not as sun
ny as Augusts usually are, the per-
centage of sunshine being only a.,
while the normal is ~.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-09-09
Room For Beef Cattle.

In the twelve months ending June
80, 1915, the United States shipped
300, 482,712 pounds of beef. In the
previous year our beef exports were
less than one-ninth as much, or 3d.
972,1S6 pounds.
1t Is clear that this heavy export
is a severe drain on our herds, al
ready depleted by rather reckless
slaughter, by. season of drought
and by the foot and mouth disease.
1t is not so clear just what can be
done about the matter. We shall
not put an embargo on beef exports
though to do so would make a
certain group of kaiser-boostcrs
whoop for JOY and the breeding up
of herds is slow process.
Fortunately, there are several cir
cumstances which favor increased
beef production. The south is being
cleared of the fever tick, thus open
ing large and rich pastures for use.
Agricultural schools are teaching
better farming to larger classes each
year, and better farming means more
live stock. But the biggest boost for
beef is the cheap farm tractor.
II gasoline can be made to take
the place Of half the horses in Amer
icawhich is a moderate estimate
tens Of millions Of acres now used
to produce horse feed can be devot-
ed to grazing and fattening beef cat
tie. That is the big fact which
makes the economist look eagerly to
the work shops OF the inventors. 1t
Is there, even more than II the class
rooms Of agricultural colleges, that
the meat problem Of the future will
10 solved
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-09-09

An article that recently went the
rounds of the state press said that
the new soldiers exemption law went
into effect on July 4. This is true, but
veterans will not be entitled to the
additional exemption on the taxes
for this year which are payable next
January. A recent letter from the
state auditor explains the situation
The new law exempts a soldier from
payment of the so cents county poll
taxes, but it does not apply to the
new tax books. The supreme court
has decided that an exemption is not
intended to act retrosDectively and
relieve from prior taxes or prior liza
bility for taxes, but only to relieve
from future liability. The new law
went into effect July 4, 1915. The
assessment for the year 1915 had
been taken before that time, and the
law would not apply to that asses
ment. The conditions of the proper
ty on the first day of January deter
mines whether or not it is subject to
the tax that year. The supreme court
has also stated that an exemption
will be strictly construed, and that it
will not be extended to include any
thing not expressly stated in the
statute. The attorney general has
also decided that the exemption does
not apply to the taxes OF 1915.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-09-09

Ed Scott of Tuskeego was the vic
tim of a painful accident at Gales
burg, ILL.,, on Sunday of last week.
While watering his stock in the
yards at Galesburg, large steer got
him in a tight place and Mr.. Scott
received broken wrist and frac-
tured rib. He went on to Chicago
with his stock and returned home the
middle of the week.-Lamoni Chron-
ic1o
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-09-09

For Sale-On the Stone farm 6 n
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
posts 8 to 20 cents piece. Wood,
stove length, $1.25 and $3.50 q load.
Long wood, foot load IS cents.
Come and see w. w. Fulton.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-09-09

Order cut flowers and 1sral d.
signs from @. z. Hall, local agent Of
Lesier, Of Des Meines. ct The hs-
porter ONCE. Orders sent ~ phone
OF mali, but order . early - peest
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-09-09
A Strange Pair of Twins.

A mare on the Sneller farm in Vic
tory township, five miles west of Pa
nora, is the mother of twin colts.
One of the colts is a mule and the
other a horse. There is no question
as to their identity-each is splen-
did specimen of it's kind and both the
youngsters are strong and active.
Double heads, several legged freaks
are not uncommon, but here is one
out of the ordinary, and there is a
positive authority for this matter.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-09-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Clint Dye, former
residents of near Leon, Iowa, but
who now reside in Florida, and who
had been visiting with relatives and
friends in Ohio and Iowa, came last
week for visit at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. A. G. Nichols, of Martins
vile. They departed from this place
Monday for Leon. Mr.. Dye was for
merly representative of Decatur coun-
ty and one of the foremost of good
roads boosters. While Mr.. Dye still
owns his Florida home he admits
that the old home in the north is not
discounted by southern skies, when it
comes to real worth.-New Hamp-
ton, Mo-, Herald.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1915-09-09

Inquiry was made at the attorney
generals office as to whether or not
farmer was entitled to- rebate IN
his highway taxes II he used a wide
tired wagon in hauling heavy loads
The state legal department replied
that such was the law. 1t is believ-
ed, however, that although this has
been on the statute books for some
time, it has quite generally been ov-
erlooked by the farmers and by the
officials in charge of tax collection.
The law provides that all persons
who use wagons on the public high
way with tires more than three inch
es wide in hauling loads of more than
500 pounds are entitled to rebate
of one-fourth of their highway tax.
In order to take advantage of this
law an affidavit must be made by
the person entitled to the rebate to
the effect that ha has met the re-
quirements of the law in this respect.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-30

weeks visit with her parents in Ches-
hire, Mass Mr. Keyes went down
Friday returning Monday.
A Pellegrini visited his sister in
North Adams over Sunday.
Sarandrea Ignazio spent last week
with friends in New York city
John Harris of Greenfield spent
Christmas with friends in town.
MIS- Audrey Whitmore was the
guest of relatives in North Adams
Saturday
Mrs. Marie Stoecber and Miss Doro-
thy Stoecker are spending the week
with friends in North Adams.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pope left Fri
day fora visit with Mrs. Popes par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs Lauf of Danbury,
Conn.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mullaney and
son Francis and daughter Doris were
guests of Mrs, Mullaneys parents,
MT .duu MTS. FTdNh AloSlSI iOI lue
Christmas recess
Santo Ferrari returned home last
week from few days spent in Spring
field, Mass, where he went TO visit
his brother, who was about to sail
for the old country to enter the army
The Christmas exercises at the Bap-
list church Friday evening We're quite
well attended considering the numer-
Gus family trees among many OF the
people that evening. The exercises
passed off well and the children were
happf.
Perry Bishop entertained Miss
Mabel Brown at his home Tuesday
evening in honor OF their birthday
which occurs the same day. Miss
Evelyn Baker and Harry Douglass
were also present.
The Ramonah Camp Fire girls win
present the play Miss Fearless and
Company" in Masonic hall Saturday
evening, January s. The play is stag
ed by L. Il. Howard and the cast OF
characters comprises ten young lad
les, There will be specialties be-
tween, the acts.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-30
ABOUT 100000 Babies
DIE BEFORE One Year

The Census Bureau estimates that
500, 900 babies died i'll this country last
year before the age of one year, and it
is stated that one-haIf Of these deaths
were needless if all mothers were
strong and infants were breast-fed.
Expcctant mothers should strivetoin-
crease their strength with the strength
building fats in SCOTS Emulsion which
improves the blood, suppresses ner-
vousness, aids the quality of milk, and
feeds the very life cells.
Physicians prescribe SCOTS Emul-
sion; it is doubly important during
nursing. No alcohol. erydruggist
has it. Insist on Scott's--the white
food medicine. No advanced prices.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. n I. ls-1
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-30
COLONIES AID IN WAR
Germans in Distant Places Contribute
to the FatherIand.


Germans living in South America
continue to send both material aid
and verbal encouragement to their
Fatherland in the present struggle. ac
cording to items appearing in the
newspapers OF Germany. For intauce
The North German Gazette OF Dee. 4
notes the arrival of sa,625 from the
German colonies in Ecuador in addit-
ion to $4,000 sent shortly after the
beginning of the war The money
was placed at the unrestricted dis
position OF the Imperial Chancellor.
From Rio den Janeiro under date
of Oct. . a report to the Welt-Korres-
pondenz says: rs
up TO the time of the present
crisis the representative of German
ideals in Brazil unfortunately were di.
vided onto opposing factions But the
world war seems TO be brining about
happy change there. Common in
terest in the fate of the old home is
drawing the Germans closer together
and an illustration of the effect of
this solidarity may be seen in the re.
cent organization in Curytiba of a
standing committee for the protection
re ;,,t af Tho ~ a,r,,,,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1915-12-30
ing population Of the State OF Par
ana, This organization will defend

u. man iueaIs lli every way, and viii
fight hard against the hateful cal
umnies that have become far too com
mon again during this war. AS the
society represents the Germans of the
entire State of Parana, it will have a
not unimportant economic power be-
hind it that can make use OF at the
proper moment"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-27
GREATEST OF ENGLISHMEN
Looks as If Lloyd. George is to be Ma.
tional Hero.

Most Of the great nations involved
great heroes. Joffre Is the pre-emi-
nent hero Of France; the Grand Duke
Nicholas, in spite Of the defeats with
which his armies have met, Is said to
be the hero Of Russia. In Germany Won
Hindenburg and next to him Won Mack
enensen are the idols Of the %populace.
AS yet in Austria no one man stands
out, far overlapping all others; and
1. is a notable circumstance that so far
the same thing Is true Of Great Brit
ain, there seems to be a change in
process. She Is to all appearances dis
covering her idol; and, IL n may
Kitchener, he will not be Sir John
French, he will not be Asquith, or Imam
Hamilton, or Jellicoe or Beatty. 1t
looks as If he is going to be Lloyd
George.
1.-The little Welch lawyer that storm
centre Of British politics for many
years before the war, a many i'm
placable foes. These he earned
through his radicalism and they will
not soon cease to fear and to hate him.
But their distrust and enmity cannot
long make head against Lloyd-George's
services to his country in this time Of
her dire peril If his future services full
fill the promise Of those he has already
redeemed. 1t Is a difficult path that
stretches ahead Of him. At any time
he may come a cropper which will be
most promising candidate for the po-
sition Of British val idol; and this
moment Of his triumph, when apparent
ly his efforts and his influence have
ended the great strike Of the WEIGH
coal. miners, which threatened to
hamstring the British fleet by cutting
short it's supply Of coal, Is no time for
pessimistic prophecy concerning his
future. Much he owes to his brains,
and much also to good fortune; for fate
has so arranged the drama that his
role Is Of a spectacular sort that ap-
peals to the imagination. Perhaps in
the end it will be the verdict of his
tory that the services Of Kitchener,
who now Is considered to have failed
where Lloyd George has succeeded,
were no less great n of nj smaller
value h those of the latter; but at
present 1t Is Lloyd Georges star that
burns brightest in the sky Of popular
approval.-News and Courier.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-27

the Pripet, and, thus, with the Dnieper
river and Crimean land, and with the
Niemen river.
The Bug river offers n Of the best
lines in the west for the quick and un-
interrupted concentration Of Russian
armies and their supplies. 1t also re-
duces the amount Of frontier to be
held by a great number Of miles-an
advantage, however, shared in by
friend and foe. Still, a falling back
upon this line would necessitate the
surrender Of Warsaw, n Of the rich
est manufacturing cities Of Russia, Of
innumerable Industrial towns and viii
lagos, and Of tens Of thousands Of
acres Of richly productive farm lands.
Russian Poland, beyond the Bug, is an
industrial center Of the Muscovite en-
pire, a great granary, and an import
ant source Of leather and beef.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-27
Humorous department

A Fair Warnine.-"Many a man goes
to war without the slightest concep-
ton Of what it really is" said a veteran
of General Robert E. Lees army, &C
cording 10 the New Work Evening
Post. IN 1864 I had command OF a de-
tail made up Of a dozen or two recruits
that had just come from the Gull
states. The first night we were near
the enemy. l managed to find a desert
ed cabin, and, after placing my picket
out in front, we flung ourselves down
to sleep. In the middle Of the night
/ changed the picket, selecting Tor
duty q young fellow who had exhibit
ed the most intense longing to exter-
inmate the entire northern army.
about dawn 1 was awakened by the
we'll known ping. ping!' Of bullets
against the logs Of the cabin and the
expostulating voice of my picket. Go
ing to the door saw that a small
scouting party Of Federal soldiers had
discovered signs Of C~onfederates In
the cabin and were trying to drive us
out by firing from the opposite hill. l
turned to my picket and gave a gasp
of establishment. The young man
stood in the midst Of the clearing
while the bullets whistled around him.
There were no signs Of fear about him,
but he was tremendously excited. He
had dropped his musket and was wav-
ing his arms, trying to attract the at
tention Of the enemy, and shouting at
the top of his voice in tones Of re-
m~onstrance:
Say, you fellows over FOUNDER!
Don't you all all be a-shootin' in here;
there's folks in here!"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-27

Might Have Been Worse.-Former
Governor Robert B.. Glenn OF North
Carolina, when reference was made to
the fact that everything has it's bright
side, said he was reminded OF the
philosophy Of Murphy, relates the
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Murphy vas rambling over tne
boulevard one afternoon when he me'
a friend who was trudging along as
painfully as If he had been In collision
with a road-roller.
rheumatism" answered the friend
in reply to Murphy's question. Caught
cold and every bloomin' bone in my
body aches to beat the band"
Hard luck, old man." s~ympathized
Murphy, "but 1t might be a whole lot
worse"
Might be a whole lot worse?'
ENORMOUSLY rejoined the patient.
Yes" was the philosophic rejoinder
Of Murphy. Just suppose you were a
shad."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-27

Going To Headquarters.-Karl Fred
Bondy answered the telephone. An ex-
cited woman was on the line, says the
New York Railway Employers Maya
zine.
rs this the New York Railways?'
she asked.
Us the general manager there?'
"This is his Office, madam"
well you know how warm it was
this morning, and then how terribly
cold it turned shortly afterward?"
Yes, madam"
well my daughter Nora went down.
town early this morning and she wore
only a light waist and skirt. You know
how the people keep the car windows
open in the summer time, and I'm
afraid she'll catch her death Of cold
coming home. Can't you issue an or
der to have all the car windows closed
today?"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-27

Wife Looked After ~Him.-Senator j.
". Weeks Of Massachusetts,, smiled the
other evening when n Of a party In
a Boston club alluded to henpecked
husbands, relates the Philadelphia In
quirer. He said that he was reminded
of a man named Bates.
One afternoon Bates was having a
little gabfest with an old acquaintance,
when the latter spoke Of married life
and the beauty Of having a happy
home.
That's wher I have a whole lot to
be thankful for" said Bates. Il have
a wife who looks after M constantly.
AS a matter Of fact, there are times
when she even takes my shoes off for
me-"
Il see," thoughtfully unused the &C
quaintance. II suppose that is when
you come home tired late at night"
mo, no. smilingly corrected Battles,
at is when she thinks that I am about
to slide out early in the evening"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-27
THE BUG RIVER
Is a Stream Of Considerable Import
ance.

Is a Stream Of Considerable Import
ance.
The line Of the Bug pronounced
bogg), toward which the Russians
are %retreating and which they are de-
termined to hold against the invading
Teutonic forces, is a dividing line be-
tween what is now known as Russian
Poland and the provinces Of. Russia
proper, says the latest statement issued
by the National Geographic society
upon the wal geography Of Europe.
The country traversed by the river
Bug offers many advantages for obsti-
nate defense. Along much Of its course
the rivers banks are very difficult, and
the country beside for long stretches
Is heavily wooded. Extremely bad
roads, and lake, pond and marsh by
the way add to labors Of military ad-
vances here.
This river forms one of the strongest
lines of defense in the west Of the Rus
sian empire. A network Of feeding
railways u ldiu W pOui " oio ihu
nitions into any sector Of this line
from any interior point in the empire.
From Petrograd to Odessa, railways
converge upon the river Bug. Further
more, the river line is paralleled along
its entire Russian Poland course-just
as Germans eastern frontier Is paral-
leled-by a railroad, passing from the
fortress in the north, Osowiec, through
Bielostok, Bjelsk, the fortress Brest
Litovsk, Kovel, to Vladimir Volynsk,
in the south, just beyond the Galician
frontier. Another branch Of this rail-
way runs, from Brest Litovsk, close be-
side the river, finally crossing the Bug
and terminating at Kholm.
The Bug rises in Galicia, about 80
miles east Of Lemberg; flows west to
Kamionka Busk, about % miles east
northeast Of Lemberg. and then turns
north to the Russian Dor
der. In Russia, for a great part Of it's
course, it flows north along the eastern
borders Of Poland. Northeast Of War
saw, IL leaves the fOllSn DOTueT, luTHS
west, and joins the Vistula river, rs
miles northwest of Warsaw, at the
powerful fortress Of Novo Georgievsk.
To its junction with the Vistula, the
Bug traveles $50 miles, more than 300
miles of which are n%avigable. From
Brest Litovsk, it is navigable for large
river boats, while above the fortress 1t
is n~avigated by barges and RATS.
In peace times, a considerable traffic
Is carried on upon the Bug. 1t is a
very important factor in the Russian
lumber trade, great RATS of logs being
1oated down it's purse from the rich
forests that line its upper reaches.
Grain. GEOGRAPHICALLY geese, for
the quality of which the Polish peas
ant is widely noted-and cattle are al
so transported on the river. The Bug
Is connected by waterways with the in
terror Of Russia, and it's water-born
freight can be sent into southern or
northern Russia, as we'll as into Ger
many. Canals connect the Bug with
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-27

49,
Betwixt and Between.-"The hest
tating, Hamlet type Of man had best
keep out Of finance" said Mr.. Lawson
at a recent dinner, according to Every
body's Magazine. Il had a boyhood
friend Of the type l mean-a fellow
named Grimes. He "a a falterer. a
doubter Of the most exaggerated sort.
"One evening l stopped to call on
him and found him in a deep study,
bent over a white waistcoat lying on
a table.
Hello. Crimes l said. What's the
trouble?'
This waistcoat,' he replied, hold
ing the garment up to view. It's too
dirty to wear, and not dirty enough to
send to the laundry. l don't know
what to do about it,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1915-07-27

Thinks Honest, Sane Advice is Need
ed.-We believe that Mr.. Wilson is a
great and good man, but he Is only
human. If EVER he needed the advice
of his friends he needs it now The
unanimnity Of the Democratic press in
backing up Mr. Wilson's policies may
yet mean the party's undoing. In other
words to use a h~ackneyed metaphor,
"he is in danger of being slaughtered
in the house Of his friends" 1t Is a
dangerous sort Of party loyalty that
reduces one to the state Of a blind fol-
lower. Too many of us are letting
somebody else do our thinking and
trusting to Mr.. Wilson to save US from
our sins of omission.
Don't be timid, gentlemen; speak UP
in meetin'.-Dillon Herald.