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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
DIR. REYNOLDS Was REFLECTED.

AS was expected, Dr. Reynolds was
reelected as member of the state
central committee and as chairman of
the committee at the democratic
state convention held at Des Moines
last week, the organization methods
having been used to good advantage
and nothing left unuone to secure
delegates favorable to Reynolds. Not
withstanding the Decatur county
delegates were instructed against
Reynolds by a unanimous vote of all
the delegates at the county conven-
ton, the Leon republican postmaster
made desperate effort to induce the
delegation to vote for Reynolds and
claimed that a majority of the dele
cation would vote for him. Four
members of the Decatur county dele
cation violated their instructions and
voted for Reynolds, V. R. McGinnis,
F. w. Newcomb, c. R. Piercy and j.
l.. Still. The delegates to the county
convention, who voted to instruct
against Reynolds will be pretty apt
to remember the delegates who vio-
lated their instructions.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Ralph Stewart Won $50 Prize in Ad
Yertising Contest.

Ralph Stewart, who has had
charge of the advertising of the F..
S. Stewart Big Furniture Store for
the past few months, last Thursday
received letter from the Whittall
Rug Co., who recently offered num-
Der of cash prizes to retail dealers
for the best Whittall rug adv. pub
lished in a newspaper, informing him
that out of several thousand contest
ants an advertisement submitted by
him, and which was put in type in the
Leon Reporter Office, had been award
ed second place, and they enclosed a
check for the second prize, $4,000.
The check was of course very accept
able to Ralph, but not so much as
the letter from the Whittall Co.,
which warmly congratulated him on
winning second place and compli-
mented him very highly on both the
wording and typographical effect of
the adv. This is the second prize
Ralph has won in the Whittall con-
tests, having previously won a $500
prize. He is writing some mighty
good advertisements for the Big Fur
niture Store, which are bringing re-
suits. He expects to continue adv.
writing and will attend college the
coming year and take special course
in advertising and journalism.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Killed by Lightning.

Monday afternoon Harry Tapscott,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Dave Tapscott,
of Lamont, was struck by lightning
and instantly killed while plowing
corn in a field near his fathers home
in the north part of Lamont.
His younger brother was working
with another team near him and re-
ceived severe shock from the same
bolt, and one of the horess driven
by Harry was killed. Passersby heard
cries for help and with the father
rushed to the field, but nothing
could be done to revive the stricken
boy. The bolt struck him on the
head, hole being burned in the
crown of his hat and his shirt and
pants showed the passage of the bolt
clear to his shoes which were also
burned.
The funeral was held at the M. E.
church of which he was member,
Tuesday afternoon, attended by a
large number of friends and rela-
tives.
He was unmarried, about 25 years
of age, and was a graduate of Lamo-
nj High School, Graceland College
and Columbia University.
was an honest, upright young man,
and a devout christian and his par
ents have the sincere sympathy of the
community.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20

The property owners along the
paving are planning to have front
yards sandpapered and homes deco
rated and the business houses are to
decorate their fronts and the streets.
Committees of live wires have
been appointed to see that the visi-
tors are given royal welcome and
the other counties along the line OF
travel will have to bow their necks
and spread for Old decatur County
does things when she tries.
Hon. E. T. Meredith, President OF
the Jefferson Highway Association,
will be in the official car when it
reaches Leon.
A Big Flag Free.
To the township bringing in the
largest number of cars the Exchange
National Bank will present a large
flag.
Free Lemonade Mt the band stand
for all visitors.
The following are the commit
tees appointed:
General-C. M. Axes, A. L. Ack-
erley, C. M. Keller.
Reception. NJ. Gardner, o. E.
Hull, w. F. Lindsey.
Decoration-P. E. Brady, G. B.
Price, Fred Townsend.
E. E. Bell.
Cars-Wm. Shields, VIM. Spring
er, Fred Barrett.
Everybody is invited to come and
bring their friends.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
WANT A HOME COMING
A Bio Home Coming Celebration Is
Planned to be Held at Leon the
Latter Part of August.

Plans are on foot to have big
Home Coming celebration in Leon
the latter part of August. Leon mas
not celebrated for several years, and
there is a demand that we have some
thing of the kind, so it was talked
over and decided that the proper
thing to have was a real Home Com
ing. A partial canvass of the busi-
ness men Of the city has been maed
for the purpose of raising the neces-
sary funds, and everybody has re-
sponded very literally, although not
enough money has yet been subscrib-
ed to guarantee the success OF the
Home Coming. Those at the head OF
the proposed Home Coming will not
attempt to carry it out unless there
are ample funds with which to secure
the best of attractions for the oc-
casion. 1t is planned to have three
days Home Coming, and one OF the
principal features would be the COM
ing of many former residents OF Leon
to this celebration.
A general meeting will be held at
the Commercial Club rooms on Fri
day evening at o'clock, at which
time it will be definitely decided
whe her the project will be carried
out, the dates fixed, committees ap-
pointed, ana other arrangements
made. Every citizen of Leon is in
vited to attend this meeting Friday
night. If you are in favor of having
a dome Coming celebration lend your
aid by attending the meeting Friday
night. To make it success will re-
quire a lot of work and everybody
should put their shoulder to the
wheel and do their part.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Miss Lillian Pullin Awarded Diploma
BY GOssard Corset Co.

The following letter from H. w.
Gossard, president of The H. w. Cos
sard Co., of Chicago, has been re-
ceived by j. w. Hurst & Co. 1t
speaks for itself:
Chicago, Ill.,, July 1S, 1916.
Mr.. J. w. Hurst,
j. w. Hurst & Co., Leon, Iowa.
My Dear Mr.. Hurst-It affords me
very great pleasure to advise you that
Miss Lillian Pullin of your corset de-
partment has been awarded di-
ploma by our Training School, with
degree of Graduate Corsetiere.
l feel quite certain that the gem
erous spirit which prompted you In
sending Miss Pullin will be more
than compensated by the prestige
which will attach to your department
because of the intelligent service she
will be able to render to your GUS
toners.
Please accept my heartiest felici-
tations, Mr.. Hurst, not only on Miss
Pullin's worthy achievement, but for
the larger future it offers for your
corset business.
Yours very truly,
H. w. GOSSARD.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Scissors and Knives Sharpened Free
This Week at FarQllhar's.

The Luther Grinder Co.. have a
grinding demonstration on all this
week at the hardware store of Farqu-
har 4 Sons, and their expert demon
strator is sharpening scissors, knives,
or anything that you have about the
house free of charge. Don't be back
ward about bringing them in, for he
is CAD to be able to demonstrate
how quickly the grinders will do the
sharpening. A full and complete
line of all kinds of hand and power
grinders are shown at the demon
stration, and they cover the needs Of
everybody, from the housewife to the
farmer and machinist. Drop into the
store and see the demonstration. Dur
ing this demonstration week they are
making special price of CSC for the
household grinder, and if you once
see it working you will want one for
VOur home
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Nick Reed Got What Was Coming tC
Him.

Last Tuesday evening United States
Marshal Nick Reed, the fellow who
boasted he would appoint non-resi-
dent republican as postmaster at
Leon, even if it wrecked the demo-
cratic party, got what was coming to
him, in the lobby of the Savery
hotel. Reed was in conversation
with C. w. Hoffman, of Leon, and Mr..
Hoffman was calling his attention to
the treatment which the democrats
hands of the state organization, for
which Reed was largely responsible,
and in the course of the conversation
Nick had the temerity to call Cal a
liar. In about quarter of second
Nick was sprawling on his back on
the floor, and he will be rather care
full how he addresses loyal Decatur
county democrats hereafter. Cal came
home from Des Moines with a pretty
sore arm, as hundreds of democrats
from all parts of the state insisted on
shaking hands with him and congrat-
ulating him, offering to pay his fine in
case one was imposed, but of course
there was nothing done, as no COM
plant was filed against Mr.. Hoffman
Here is a sample of the newspaper
comment over the affair:
Tuesday evening in the lobby of
the Savery at Des Moines Nick Reed
the would-be Tammany boss of the
democratic party in Iowa, made the
mistake of calling Attorney Hoffman
of Leon, liar. Nick has been boss
ing so much he somehow got the no.
tion that ne could get by with it at
any time. After he picked himself
up from the floor of the lobby he no
doubt wondered if he really was the
big moose he thought he was. Hoff-
man had busy hour receiving the
congratulations of the unterrified.-
COlfax CliDDer
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Will Have Chautauqua ut Leon Aug.
18th to 18th.

1t had been reported that Leon
would have no Chautauqua this year,
but it was all mistake. Last sum-
mer a canvass was made by the Mid
land Chautauqua System for individ-
ual pledges for season tickets, and on
Tuesday President S. NJ. Holiday
was in the city making arrangements
for the Chautauqua. A meeting was
held Tuesday evening and all ar
rangements made. Rev. Henry Esch
will be the local manager of the
Chautauqua, and rich array of tall
ent is promised for the eight days.
The first program will be given on
Tuesday evening, August 11th,, and
the last program on Tuesday, August
18th. The program comprises lee
turers of national reputation, two big
bands, Shakespearean Players, quar-
tets and other Chautauqua numbers.
Commence making your plans now
for eight days of intellectual enjoy
ment
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Auto Lights Should BE Dimmed.

In all of the cities they are requir-
ing owners of autos to dim their
glaring electric headlights, and driv-
ers everywhere should be careful and
dim their lights when meeting anotn-
er car. The Reporter man owes
some man an apology for nearly run
ming into him on the road in front
of Ed Smiths farm north of Leon
last Saturday night. A car was stand
ing in the road with electric lights
which made it impossible for us to
see the buggy between us and the
car and we came mighty near run
ming into it, although we were trying
our best to see to drive, and had the
car running very slowly. Only
vigorous yell from the driver of the
buggy prevented US from striking his
rig, and we were mighty glad he had
good pair of lungs to warn us.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Gun Club is After Parties Who Break
Into Their Trap House.

AS will be seen by notice publish
elsewhere in this issue the Leon Gun
Club, have offered reward of $1,000
for information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the parties who
have been breaking into their trap
house on their shooting grounds on
the C. w. Hoffman farm, just north
of Leon. The house contains nothing
which would be of any use to any,
one aside from the Gun Club mem
bers as the only thing kept in the
house are the traps and supply Of
the blue rock targets, but the house
has been entered several times in the
last few weeks. 1t may be that the
parties thought they could secure
beer in the house, as the targets come
packed in barrels very similar to
those used in shipping bottled beer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
How Fast Does Corn Grow?

We heard the question asked the
past week, Glow fast will corn grow
in favorable weather. There was
quite discussion indulged in, no two
persons coming anywhere near agree
ing. We would like to have some of
our farmer friends make test and
tell us about it.
Recently we heard gentleman
make the assertion that corn did not
make any growth at all during the
day, doing all of it's growing at night,
but couple of our good farmer
friends dispelled that idea, for they
went home and put stake by the
side of a stalk of corn, and both re-
ported that the corn did grow during
the day, but not SO much as it did
at night.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
NEWS PRINT PAPER COST MAY
RAISE PENNY SHEETS.
Secretary Redfield Points Our Large
Increase in Prices of all Materials
and Also Big Demand.

Washington, D. c., July 1.-THE
l cent newspapers will be a thing of
the pasr within a short time" pre-
dicted Secretary of Commerce Will
liam C. Redfield today. Prices have
increased all along the line on nearly
all commodities, ami within the last
few 1lh1ths there las been steady
increase in the price of the materials
entering into the making of news
print paper and an increased demand
for paper.
THE indications are that early this
fall when new contracts are made, or
before, there will be further increas-
es in news print paper prices, and
publishers will be unable to get out l
cent papers without loss, and an in
crease IN price will be imperative.
From information which has
reached me, l am Of the opinion that
advertising rates will have to be in
creased also, as it appears that tile
increased cost of paper cannot be
made up alone by the increase in the
price of the newspaper"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Il. w. Garrett Temporary Chairman
of Republican State Convention.

B. w. Garrett, of Leon, clerk of
the Iowa Supreme Court, was select
ed as temporary chairman of the re-
publican state convention which con-
vened at the Coliseum in Des Moines
yesterday at / l o'clock. The conven-
ton promised to be lively one, as
there was a hot contest on between
the three candidates for attorney
general and three candidates for rail
road commissioner, none of the can
didates receiving the required vote at
the primary, and they will have to
be nominated by the convention.
There are also number of bitter
contests on for the selection of COM
mitteemen from several of the dis
tricts.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Harry McKiddy, of Gainesville, Killed
by Cars at Hutchinson, Kansas.

Harry McKiddy, well known
young man of Gainesville, Mo-, "a
years of age, who was quite we'll
known in Leon, was killed by falling
under a train at Hutchinson, Kan
sas, on Tuesday of last week. Young
Mckiddy had gone to Kansas to work
sin the harvest, and was in the act of
boarding a passenger train which
was leaving the, station at Hutchin-
son when he missed his footing and
fell under the wheels, his body being
badly mangled.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
TWENTYFIVf YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published 4 Quarter
of a Century Ago.


Leon Sunday night in giving birth to
a child, which also uled.
Capt. A. A. jerks, steamboat in
spector of the state OF Iowa, went
to Davis City last Saturday and re-
mained until Monday, testing and in
specting the Davis City steamboat,
the Yolo. He granted the boat and
engineer and pilot license to run
on Grand River. Capt. says the boat
was built by an old Ohio river pilot,
and is good one in every respect.
A number of persons were poison
ed by eating ice cream at the social
given at the Christian church last
Friday evening. 1t was caused by
the flavoring used in the cream. Hap
PLY no death resulted, but there
were several very sick people Satur-
day night.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. F.
G. Davis at Ft. Dodge on July 17th.
Mrs. Davis will be remembered as
Miss Mollie Perdew, formerly of
Leon.
Mr.. R. G. Thompson end Miss Nora
E. Steen, both of Van Vert, were
married by Mayor Allbaugh in Leon
on Saturday afternoon, July 18th.
While A. R. Keller was putting a
sickle in mower last Monday, it
slipped and almost severed the index
finger on his left hand. 1t is likely
to lay him off from work for some
time.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued the past week:
Martin B. Mcdaniel 20 to Eta
Hollinger %.
J. w. Trembly 3S to Nancy Jane
Keller 3S.
G. R. Thompson 26 to Nora E.
Steen II.
c. E. Battle 20 to Emma Jane
Burch 1S.
Mrs. j. B. Lunbeck had been very
i'll the past week but is improving
slowly.
Elet Benefiel, the popular butcher
at Weldon, was visiting his brother,
U. G. Benufiel, in this city Saturday.
Edgar McClelland and Miss Mary
Ray are spending week with Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Prichard at Goshen, Mo.
Mrs. F. F. Thompson departed yes
terday for Trenton, Mo-, in response
to telegram announcing that her
only living brother was at the point
of death.
Mrs. Helen Ellinwood leaves the
first of the week for Manitou, Colo
RADIO, to join her husband. doc" has
secured position with the railroad
company at that place as operator
and ticket agent, and they will make
their home in that. city
E. A. Ford, general passenger
agent of the Pennsylvania R. R.,
came down on the 20" passenger
train from the north Tuesday after
noon in his special Pullman car "Cle-
opatra." He had small party with
him, four sisters, two neices and
nephew from Burton, Ohio, Hastings,
Mimi, and ST. Louis, Mo. They were
on visit to grandfather Hoadley
and wife and other relatives. Capt.
j. d. Brown met the party at the de-
pot with carriages and drove them to
his farm, where they took supper, re-
turning to their car to spend the
night. A dinner party was given to
the Leon folks in the car yesterday,
and they departed on the afternoon
train Mr.. Ford is cousin of Mrs.
Capt. Brown and Mrs. w. S. Johnson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Drove 48O Miles in Less than Two
Days.

Mr.. and Mrs. l. E. Cornelius and
children and friend, Mrs. Myrtle
Stephens, of Sapulpa, Okla, drove
into Leon last Friday evening little
before o'clock in their Cadillac
Eight, having left Sapulpa Thursday
morning, being out but one night on
the trip of 489 miles. They drove 277
miles on Thursday and 212 miles on
Friday. That's going some. They will
visit here for while with friends and
relatives at Pella for few weeks.
Mr.. Cornelius was q former resident
of Leon who went to Sapulpa few
years ago and has made lot of mon
ey in oil lands since going there.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Has Tons of Honey.

c. R. Riley, of Decatur City, pre-
sented us with couple of frames of
his fine honey Monday, and in con-
versation with him we learn that his
bees are doing fine this year, and
he has already secured over two tons
of honey, and it is fine honey, white
and clear, and Mr.. Riley is marketing
it in sanitary cartoons which contain
a single frame, just as taken from
the hive. Mr.. Riley has been engag-
ed in raising bees for a number Of
years and has the kind which know
how to make real honey.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Mrs. Cyrus Weaver Died at Cheyenne.
Wyoming, Monday Evening.

Mrs. Cyrus Weaver, one of the old
residents of Leon, died at Cheyenne,
Wyoming, on Monday evening. A
few weeks ago Mr.. and Mrs. Weaver
went to Cheyenne to visit their chill
dren and build a house on claim
which they had filed on near Chey-
enne. Mrs. Weaver had been sick for
some time prior to going to Chey-
enne, but was much better when they
left here, and the news of her death
comes as a great shock to her many
friends in this city where she has
lived for so long Her remains ar
rived yesterday and the funeral will
be held today.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Their Third Pair Of Twins.

Mr.. and Mrs. Jerry Moran, of near
Grand River, are the parents of twin
boys born to them on Monday of last
week, making the third pair of twins
in that family. Mother and baby
boys are doing we'll, and Jerry is as
happy as a lark. This is a record for
twins sure enough.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
$1,000 Reward.

The Leon Gun Club will pay re-
ward of $1,000 for information lead
ing to the arrest and conviction Of
any parties who break into the trap
house on our grounds on the G. w.
Hoffman farm. Leon Gun Club.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Hon. f. T. Meredith Will Be In Leon
Tomorrow.

Hon. E. T. Meredith, the democrat
ic candidate for governor, who is
also president of the Jefferson High
way Association, will join the socia-
bility run at the Iowa state line to-
morrow morning and will accom-
pany the party across the state of
Iowa. Mr.. Meredith will only be at
Leon and each of the towns in De-
catur county short time, but it will
give our citizens an opportunity of
meeting him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
win Tile Henry Miller Farm.

S. C. Bradford, the Des Moines
capitalist, who has bought a number
of fine Decatur county farms, has a
force of men at work tiling the farm
near Crown which he purchased from
Henry Miller, several car loads of
six inch tile having been shipped
here for that purpose. Mr.. Bradford
is going to tile all of his farms
where it is necessary.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Moon Eclipse Not visible Here.

There was partial eclipse, of the
moon last Friday night which was
scheduled to be visible here, but as
the night was cloudy, it could not be
seen here at Leon. FOur-fifths of the
moon was in the shadow, and the
eclipse could be observed in this To-
cality between the hours of 2 and 3
O'Clock Saturday morning.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
McGinnis Was Member of Resolution
Committee.

v. R. McGinnis, of Leon, was nam
ed as a member of the committee on
resolutions al the state convention at
Des Moines last week, having been
slated for this position by the state
organization, but when the roll call
of counties was made McGinnis only
received two of the ten votes of De-
catur county. His support of DR.. Rey-
nolds was doubtless the cause.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
Three Car Loads Of New Forls.

Estes & Co., the Leon Ford dealers
have received three car loads Of new
|tFord cars, eighteen cars, during the
past week. That is some cars, but
they won't last long.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-20
New Ford Owners.

Estes & Co., of Leon, have deliver
ed new Forlls to the following par
ties the past week: Mrs. Alpha Wood
ard, Decatur; Ed Campbell, Leon;
w. T. Waller, Leon; s. L. Jordan,
Leon.