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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-06-15
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Stewart, F, s., merchandise
| county home $3.50
, Smith, Louise, assisting coun-
| ty superintendent $3.50
Smith, G. W., hog killed,
claimed 27.00, allowed 1900
Smith, Howard, ground hog
bounty 49,. $3.50. 500
Smith, A. H., board of review 400
Smith, Jas, ground hos boun-
sutheriin, Nj. W., lumber and
supplies bridges e.. ... HOOP
Steen, Willie, ground hog
and gopher bounty ..... $40
WEIGH, VIM. NJ. Co., supplies
county superintendent 49,. 1855
Wion, j. W., care Smith,
fora LOO
Weable, G. f., assessing New
buud 80. 81. 8 4
Webster, F. s. Co., supplies
county Offices .. 400
Zimmerman, Myrtle, trans
portation Mercedes Zim-
norman to Iowa City 49,. 11.4O
Claim of C. H. Mitchell for medi-
cal aid VIM. Mitchell rejected.
Claim of Mayro Ross Co. for type
writer ribbons laid over until Sep
TENDER.
Asbach, Dow, clerk Burrell
The following folio fees in insane cases asses
We're allowed:
Layton, H. r., physician in
sanity Mcdaniel 800
Parrish j. s., attorney in
sanity, Mcdaniel 800
Griffin, Ed, witness, insanity
Mcdaniel -. -. 49, .. 2.25
Bowman, F. A., witness, in
sanity Mcdaniel =. 4.1O
Layton, H. R., physician in
sanity Severe. 300
Parrish, J. S, attorney in
sanity Severe 49,. 300
O. l.. Frazier, witness insan-
lty Severe -. -. -. 225
Grimes, Grssom, witness, in
sanity Severe -. 225
Reed, Dr.. G. P, witness, in
sanity Severe -. 80
Layton, H. R., physician in
sanity Clara Nader 800
Parrish, J. s., attorney in
sanity Clara Nader -. 800
The annual report of P. w. Mulch
ell, justice of the peace Hamilton
township, approved
The annual report of p. w. Mitch
as justice Of peace Of Hamilton town
ship, accepted and approved.
The resignation of O. G. Teller as
deputy sheriff of Decatur county &C
cepted and approved.
The road petition of J. G. Thorn
ton ct al coming up for final hear
ing the same was approved and audi
tor instructed to appoint commission
ar to examine the eXpediency of va
eating the same and report according
to law The auditor acting upon this
vested in him hereby APP
points Dennis Daughton to view the
road and report when he has qualifi-
ed according to law and view the
same
Petition. of c. c. Campbell ct al
up at this time it was moved
and carried that it be reconsidered
and acted on at next regular meet
Zig.
There being no further business
coming before the board for the day
hey adjourned at five O clock to meet |
1t eight O'Clock Friday, June 9Th.
j. II. HILL.
Attest: Chairman.
WALTER OSBORN. Auditor
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-06-15
Wednesday, June =. 1916.

Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment the previous day at eight o'clock
and the members were all present.
The board was called to order by
chairman Hill and the following reg
Mar claims were allowed.
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MILLS.
New Orleans Uses "Qusrtee' 10 De>ig.
nate Half Of q Nickel.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SvN-Sir. why
take the peculiar word ''quirer" or the
!neleGsnt lit" as the name 10Y the coin
which is to be the half OF a nickel
There Is a name for the sum in daily
usage in one American locality and that
usage hallowed by. the custom OF good
ness knows how many wears.
In New Orleans and | believe in other
parts OF Louisiana the half OF a nickel
IL a "0uartee.' Stand by the stalls in
the old French Market m day and you
may hear mellinuous voices politely de-
handing, "One quartee's worth red
beans, one quartee rice and lagnlsppe
garlic" For Ave cents. there's a meal.
or one may purchase a ouartee's worth
Of bananas. or could. and a auartee's
worth OF bread. the half OF "A loaf
Cabbages used to he sold by the quar-
tees worth, also soup punches" defect
able sssortments OF vegetables which.
added to stock. made perfectly blended
sou hut don't suppose New York
ever will give lagniappe. that unbusi-
nesslike hut charming extra touch TO a
hard driven bargain Of the market place.
TCIovPlTouIAs.
NEw YORK. December 3,
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Corn In the kitchen.

Speaker CLARK advises more Use Of
corn as u food. 'Mush il good" he
says. Indeed 1t ia. Corn meal mush
makes healihful and satisfying
breakfast the left over portion fried.
sweetened with molasses, makes a
good dish for lunch or for next days
breakfast.
The hOusekeeper who goes out to
market may moi realize 1t. but she de
ponds upon corn for the hest beef.
fresh pork. sausages, ham. bacon.
poultry. eggs, butter. cheese. Where
there is plenty OF corn there is plenty
Of other good food" they say in the
corn belt. II is Il luxury for cattle,
hogs and chickens.
1t was well thought Of in this coun.
try as human food fifty. forty. per
haps thirty years ago. But in an un.
fortunate day even poor folk began 10
neglect corn. Dressed up as hominy II
still hadta certain popularity. parents
were willing that their children should
cat II thus. Treated with baking pow
der. salt. plenty Of rich e and but.
ter. 1t was still made into a hot bread
some were not ashamed to eat.
But corn was gradually disappear.
ing from the American table. Folks
had not yet begun tn demand cor
fattened beef. pork. chicken, and the
yellow grain was so fallen into dis.
esteem and consequent disuse that one
hard winter II was burned In the corr
belt as domestic fuel: 1t was cheaper
than conl or cordwOOd.
Corn came into It's own forever
when feeders began to WIy range
steers AMI ntten them on corn for the
table Of beef eating America.
The price Of any food which sells
BAT more than II fair profit for producer
and msrketman can h. lowered by
taking your choice roasts. your strict,
fresh egg cream. butter. bacon and
ham IN the original form Of these de
lectable foods. corn. Cakes. buildings
breads in n hundred shapes. forms and
finvOrs can be made out Of corn. A
hundred million more bushels II veal
will be grown when the humble foot
becomes fashionable again, and n hun
dred million bushels more each yea
until we are all supplied.
Here Is 50 simple. ~o direct. 81 ~
i%icacious n cure of Our present Ills i
is quite certain not to be adopted.
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WAYS OF THE GYROScOPE
Its Tendency 10 Reverse Its Position
when Disturbed.

To rHE EDIroP OF THE S~US-.Sir: Since
1885 I have had more or less familiar
ity with the syroscope by reason OF
my fathers invention OF the z ,roscopic
governor for steam engines. marine and
others. first patented by him in this
country in 1858 and in England in
1865. and the frat practical application
OF the gyroscope. In considering the
eyroscope as an airship stabilizer there
* some question as 10 Its dependability.
A %gyroscopic disk revolving in q ver-
,ical position. with it's axis parallel with
the earth and advancing in a straight
line. will have q tendency to retain it,
vertical position but II the disk be
shortly turned to the right, or left the
tendency OF the disk will he to assume
= position parallel with the face Of the
earth. It's axis in n vertical position.
II may he a question whether such
stAbillzers have not been the cause Of
some accidents from this tendency .
and whether the balance wheels Of the
engines have not upon the same prin-
clple sometimes taken the control of the
machines from the operators. The
driving wheels OF locomotives and all
advancing otators especially those in
the air without rim support, are subject
more or less to the gyroscopic tenden-
cies. HOMER ANDERSON.
P~EEkskiLl, December
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The War Crisis In ENGLAND.

The transfer Of Admiral Sir .IonN
fleet to shore duty rs First Sen Lord
of the Admiralty the was Second Sea
Lord, lSI2.lil and the appointment
~ Sir DAVID BEATTY, hero Of the .Jul.
land fight, ms Admiral of the grand
fleet cannot be dissOciated from the
agitation Ia reconstruct the British
Cabinet with II view to II more enpr.
getic and daring conduct of the war
by England herself.
, II must he horne IN mind that Eng.
land assumed the responsibility Of
confirming the German navy to its base
or destroying 1t in the open sea. the
assistance Of the French fleet not be
Ing considered necessary further
more, England undertook TO grapple
with submarine warfare" and draw
its fangs. For some time nOw 1t has
been realized, even at Whitehall. that
the British fleet was not doing It's
bit on the sea as well ms the army
under HAIG in France. Submarine
warfare IA becoming more and more
OF n menace, and Il was no longer
possible to make light Of the attritIon
Of the merchant feet, There was n
grave probability that Great Britain's
food supply would be reduced to the
danger point, And the German fleet
was neither being dug out nor lured
to an engagement. Apparently Sir
HENRY BRADwARDINE JACKSON, emf
nent authority as he might be on wire
less telegraphy and the design and
equipment OF wnrships. was not an
unqualified success as First Sea Lord.
II was decided. II not too late, that
JELLICOE ms First Sea Lord and
BEATTY rs commander Of the grand
feet would he n winning cOmbina-
ton. Three days later there was a
Cabinet crisis. We now see that the
naval shnkeup was n portent and IA
preliminary.
II would he a mistake. however, Ia
suppose that dissatisfaction with the
conduct Of The war was limited to the
part played by the navy. The As
quith Cabinets, the second a coalition
were responsible for the ignOminiOus
and bloody Gnllip0li hasco and In a
considerable degree for the diplO
matte bungling in Greece and for tn,
futilily Of military operations in Mace
donna. In France the British arm,
and Its new commander have had Il
The sun., 1916-12-05

From The Y o.ih's Conn dniou.
A round OF snowy linen, edged with lace,
Close wrought In dainty crochet smooth
Oh, in each misty web Of thread ! trace
Some tender Thought for me, dear mother
mine.
How shell on shell these tiny scallops grew
Beneath your hands-your face leaned
close above,
The while YOU worked. ! wonder ~ you
knew
what vision wove YOU in ,hl. xift OF
love,
Long miles forgot | see YOU close beside
The sunny window where your glance
Upon the hills Of home-the meadows wide
The bit OF white road dipping to the west,
The daylight wsne'. as stitch on stitch you
The low sun Slant athwart your silver.d
hair.
Her. you have rinioncd hopes you cherish
Thss. sllken chain. were fashioned to q
prayer.
All, mother mine How dear | prize tn,
o'erwellms every bound of earth and sea
Love. change and sorrow only serve I,
Tims weld and strengthen, for eternity,
O patient, wistful mother heart that Mold
10 much Of unvoiced longing ciear snc
Your deathless message In this gift ur Mold,
To heart OF mel am . mother. ton.
Essis FnSLrs Duvvr.
The sun., 1916-12-05
No Postponement Of the International
Live stock SHOW.

To the EDlTQR OF THE SuN-Sir: A tels-
gram has been received by the National
Agricultural Society OF New York from
Arthur q Leonard. president of the
Union Stock Yard n Transit Com
pany Of Chicago, that there will be no
~postponemcnt OF the International Live
Stock Show at Chicago. December . to
., on account OF what II was at first
thought might he an outbreak OF the
foot and mouth discas Sc in Missouri,
The trouble in Kansas City Is, In the
opinion OF Dr, Bennett and DR.. Mather,
not "A foot and mouth epidemic. but a form
~ disease that has affected horses in
Nebraska, Colorado and more or less all
the markets. This disease shows symp-
toms similar to those OF foot and mouth
disease, the animals showing swollen
tongues and the formation of N~esioles.
1t lasts, however. only about fifteen
days and apparently leaves no bad
after effects.
As the International show AT Chicago
is the greatest exhibition OF cattle and
| draught horses of the year, live stock men
All over tho country have been inter
ested in the possibility NJ it's postpone
ment, II. e. LoNG.
Secretary National Agricultural Society.
New YoRx, December ..
The sun., 1916-12-05
StIelOW's Case.

: Governor WHITMAN's position In
the StielOw murder case has been en-
%bnrrassing from the beginning. The
author Of the crime merits the OK.
IRENE punishment NJ the law. STiE.
LOWS conviction has been upheld by
the Appellate Court and sustained In
an Independent judicial review after
the production Of the alleged new evi.
dence which WIS brought forward to
clear the man. The record l. cum
bered with confessions and rcpudia.
lions Of confessions. and from it the
Governor is convinced that SrIEIow
Is guilty. Yet he H. moved to com
ment on the ground that no jury in
this country would have convicted
STiEIow of murder In The first degree
with the King confession before it,"
Thus. although Governor WunTMAN
believes TINT STIEIOw committed the
murder and that the King confession
is Il lie. he IL forced 10 The cOnclu'
sion that there Is a possibility, per
haps more than Il possibility tina,
STIELow is not guilty. This posi-
bility induced Governor WHITMAN 10
grant three reprieves and now leads
him 10 prevent the execution. II
STIEIOw is innocent his friends viii
have an opportunity to prove 1t.
Innocent or guilty. Governor WHIT
MAN will not be assaulted for exercl>
Ing clemency In the ease. There Is
no hint Of politics. improper influence
or Interior motive in his act. If SITE
Low is no guilty the State has beer
saved from m irreparnble mistake
IL he is. Imprisonment for life will a
least eliminate him as q mace to tn,
public.
The sun., 1916-12-05
DON'T WORRY.
The Soldiers Philosophy ~ laugh, by
the Wise Defenders Of France.

Henri RaNeau. u Paris business man.
At present sergeant-at-arms Of en-
glneers at the front IN France. sent to a
friend In the United States this declara-
ton. which. he says. Is very popular in
the trenches
You have two alternatives either you
have nothing TO worry about.
~ you are you have two alternatives
either YOU are In camp ar at the front
II You are In camp YOU have nothing Ia
worry about
I: Won are At the front ynu have two
alternatives either YOU are In reserve or
vou are or he lighting line. n in reserve
YOU have nothing 10 worry about,
~ you are on the hshtiug line you have
Two alternatives either Nou scrap or you
don't II YOU don't you have nothing 10
voriy about
II you scrap YOU hay. two alternatives
either YOU get hurt or YOU don't. " YOU
don't you have nothing to worry about.
II you get hurt YOU have two alterna
lives either YOU get slightly hurt or YOU
get badly hurt, u slightly hurt YOU nave
nothing 20 worry about.
II YOU get badly hurt YOU have two al.
tentative, either YOU recover or you don't
II You recover YOU have nothing to worr,
about
~ you don't YOU hsN. don. With worry
forever.
The sun., 1916-12-05
UNSIGHTLY ROOF TANKS
Nlggardly Owners trr to Blame. Say,
an Engineer.

To THr EDITOR nr THE SrN-S~' m
the subject Of unsiehtly roof tank. "
Travers question IS c~xteedlnc'r .nr
10 answer.
The reason = 'ra "curiei' dee! -
the almighty Amci!cau-or bette. ~,
New York dollar. The architect c ~
so murh To blame for It ne the on,,i
who should alruos iuyaJiau,, he taken
to task FOR his |n,egardly koenrc.. 10
spending money,
I'nsightly root tanks 40 ahso,s'e'
unnecessary. for they can read u.
architecturally, psthetlcally and .a, Is
treated, AS IL evidenced nv mary h,'i
ings in this city.
The present general pa-~lupu #.
method OF exhibiting roof t,r,s .,n.,
under the same catsRoi3 a. some . .Ir
modern high class apartment r,u.es.
where money Is literally spent = meg.
nincen.. ornate and sometimes - 81
entrances to the utter seclusior al 49,.
riment OF the mechanical features 40
for example cheap and iuet'io eu. ltlrh
ing fixtures. poorly planned and nos
heating equipment with uusgt''' 80.
posed steam pipes. As long as sIt-. =
our buildings are huIlt for spc'Jlt' or
and not for investment Tor the ho0r-'
OF the presen, day Nat builder. the a.
iect's ideas, the proper engineering 'p--
vices and the matter Of building lorgcv'v
viii he relocated to present dav COM.
mercial profits. J. B1ERs Ilo' rro.s
Nrw YoRK. pecemb.i .
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take orders from General JorrnE-

take orders from General JOrrnE-
the time may come when JOrrRE him
self will have to retire In favor Of
CAsrELsAU or Of one Of the younger
s%trategists. France. too. Is restless
for change. being dubious Of the eff
cheney of the present instruments Of
destiny In the field and council cham.
her. The man power Of Germany.
which nov automatically from one
conquest to another. Is making n pow
erful and painful impression In Lon
don and Paris. Coordination Of the
high commands IL not working effec.
lively on the side Of the Entente Al.
lies. The chain has more than one
weak link.
The demand In France rs well as
In England Is for adoption of the Ger.
man methods. 81 far IA possible I'm.
der a democratic form of govern.
ment. There is n feeling that mill.
tary dictatorship Is the need ~ an
hour In which TeutOnic prospects are
vislbly Frightening. But one maj
power IL impracticable IN either Eng.
land or France. The hest substitute
Is a smal, and compact war council
composed of tested men who will us-
sumo responsibility aud do things.
The British War Council In the sec.
ond AsQuith Cabinet was II compromise
and an experiment. While an i'm
prOvement upon the earlier Orguniza-
ton. It has been too cumbersome and
was prcdestined 10 failure. IN the
, nature of things the reduced war
council. which is now assured. will
hold greater promise of success.
II will not I've definitely known I'M
I'll Thursday. when Mr.. AsorIrH ni.
dresses the House Of Commons. exactly
what the country has TO expect from
the reconstructed Government recon-.
mended to King GEORGE by the pres.
ent Premier. That Mr.. AsorIru IL to
remain NJ his post. having wcatherrd
another crisis. Is now the accepted
report. II has been said of !AsQrIrH
that he is ''by temperament the least
adventurous Of statesmen and that
his quality Is intellectual rather than
imaginative: while Of his rival.
DAVID LLOYD GEORGE. 1t has been said
that Mr.. GEoRGN Is the first real ex-
| preston Of the supremacy of the
democracy" II would he we'll tn keep
these estimates In mind as the drama
unfOlds.
The sun., 1916-12-05

One Of the most interesting of the
cultural phenomena peculiar TO this
country, as the human naturalist
would say, Is the institution Of days
and weeks devoted to the commence
ration of such terrestrial achievements
as fathers, mothers, cleaning up,
good roads, oranges lin California; },
raisins from California; buy-a-bale.
of-cotton and bundles. The relative
cultural Importance of these various
objects Is not to he gagged by the
period Of time devoted TO their es-
pecial consideration.
Just because we have n Clean Tn
Week and n Mothers Day It does not
follow that cleaning up " more i'm.
pOrtant than mothers are. There may
however. be some significance In the
fact that the scheme to establish II
Fathers Day never did make much
hendway, whereas Mothers Day has
come to be observed wherever the
Ladies' Home journal circulates,
Mothers Day calls for a white car,
nation In the left buttOnhole Fathers
Day has without doubt been handl,
capped by popular inability to agree
upon a flower symbOlixing the male
parental relation. Would not the
sweet william furnish n suitable
decoration for father
The value Of these special day,
and weeks IL immense. They draw
attention to persons and things th'
contemplation Of which Is necessar,
for the Uplift. If We are asked {,
define the Uplift we cnn safely ga,
that II Is a continuously helpful en-
The sun., 1916-12-05
OUR STORE OF WHEAT.
Figures That Indicate the Grain Sltua'
ton In the United states.

To THE EDITOR or THE SuN-Sir: To
the question OF an embargo against
further expectation Of wheat. which will
conn up for discussion In Congress, these
figures from official compilations Of the
Government Of the United States will
make for general understanding.
We entered Oh July I. 1916. this cur
rent crop year. with wheat In farmers
hands. 73,7GO,000 bushels: wheat in
second hands. mil.ers. dealers. pub
lie and private elevators. $4,000. 00O
bushels, so that the %carryover from
last years crop totslled 1872. $50. 600
bushels.
This years crcp. winter md spring
wheat. amounted to 6O7.55f. 900 bushels.
making the total supply to draw from
110.3l7.000 bushels.
Figuring consumption for $4,000, 00o
people at 5.5S bushels each results In
j7i.Ti0.0O0 bushels requirements for
seed of crop 1917. $1,000 900 bushels
already exported from July | 10 Decein-
Der I OF wheat grown In the United
States. about 5000. 900 bushels. making
u depletion in the supply OF I3i.74o.0Oo
bushels. and leaving from the total
supply. 110.3i7.OO0 bushels. a total OF
35.511.OOO bushels from which to draw
exports for the next thirty weeks. not
to speak of the indispensable carryover
surplus from one crop year to another
which IL needed for the safe conduct
% our national household and which.
~ above figures show. amounted this
year to more than l6e. 0o0, 900 bushels.
Ely BERNAYs.
The sun., 1916-12-05
WAITING.

Every Sunday morning Mr.. McGlobe
walked up to Central Park from his
boarding house In the West Twenties
and looked at monuments and things.
After the walk II was his habit. when
the opera eason was on. TO look at
the Metropolitan bill for the coming
week. He inclined slightly toward
culture.
81 must go to the opera this win
ter" he conided to Miss Reba Cor
don, who sat next to him at the table.
but I am waiting until something Of
Mazzlni's Is sung
What did he write?" asked Miss
Gordon, one Of those strange persons
who never try to mask their lack OF
information.
Ills hest. ! think" said Mr.. Nc
Globe, are 'Dio g u Popolo' and PEN
sierO ed AziOne.' At least those are
the ones which appear on his monu-
ment In the West Drive. But I never
see them advertised. I guess he IL not
appreciated by modern operagoers."
The sun., 1916-12-05

terprise engaged In by all forward
looking men. OF its ultimate objects
we are somewhat uncertain. But Of
it's platitudinous character we are
drearily aware. A sample Of what II
involves Is afforded by an anecdOte
from California. the mother ~ CALI
fornia Orange Day and California
Raisin Day. on which each inhabltant
OF the country IL expected to eat a
California seedless raisin-Or IL 1t the
oranges that are seedless? Recently
California undertook the institution Of
a day devoted to olives. The visitor,
emerging after breakfast. was stag.
gered ut the sight Of dozens Of men
md wOmen loading boxes Of olives on
snOrting motor trucks. On every
hand they paused. perspiring and JOY.
full. and greeted the new arrival:
Happy Olive Day" they shouted.
Recovering himself he answered
"And a Happy Olive Day to you."
When a dry or n week IL set aside
for another ~distinctively Californian
product do not he startled II you re-.
ceive n crate from your friend In San
Francisco with the friendly hail and
warning:
The sun., 1916-12-05

The announcement Of the new Rus.
sian Premier that the Allies by an
agreement made a year ago definitely
establish Russia's right to CONSTANT.
nople. and the straits OF the Bosporus
and Dardanelles. officially confirms the
statements previously made by liberal
leaders Of the Duma. While the
achievement Of this century old am.
billion rests upon the Entente Powers
success In war and diplomacy, Premier
TREPOFF's announcement means the
passing Of the old Eastern question
which had 30 long been Of paramount
consideration In European politics.
The mere desire Of acquisition and
strategic advantage are not the ren,
aons that have inspired Russia's lons
struggle for Constantinople and the
straits. These points would be out
posts of her empire that in time oi
war would he the most %vulnprabl,
portions OF her possessions and re,
quire n great military and naval prO
'ecting force. There were two Other
reasons, n sentimental and the other
strictly commercial. Constantinoplt
makes a strong sentimental appeal /,
people AZ religious "a the Russians
u . from there their Chrlstianit,
came and the restoration Of st. Sophl,