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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
j. w. HURST 4 CO.'S FORCE HAVE
BIG TIME AT WOODARD'S
DAM JULY 4th.
Catfish Breakfast-Fried Chicken
Dinner, With All the Trim
mings-All Report Most
Enjoyable Time.

BY exceeding all previous June
sales records by at least 10 per cent
the Hurst store force earned full
days outing on Grand River at the
firms expense.
Monday evening, at o'clock Mr..
James Mansfield, Robert Grouse, j.
w. and White Hurst accompanied
one of the big auto trucks loaded to
the guards with good things to eat,
camping equipment and fishing tackle
10 the camping ground at the
Woodard dam.
Early the next morning the rest Of
the party autoed to the scene of the
big frolic and all sat down to a real
catfish breakfast prepared by chief
cook Mansfield.
At high noon fried chicken din
ner was INDUCED in by the jolly
crowd but according to all reports the
chief cook had resigned his job and
refused to let up on fishing until
dinner was announced.
At the last minute Mr.. John Hurst
Of Chicago telegraphed that he would
be unable to join the party in person
but would be with them in every
thought.
Each spent the day as best suited
their individual taste. The swim
ming and fishing were fine and a
tired but happy party rolled into
Leon late the evening of the Fourth.
, The store force say they can do it
again and John and Jim are ready
to give them the chance SO year
hence the same contest will be wag-
ed
The S. check for the largest indi-
vidual sales for the month of June
was won by Mr.. Mansfield but only
by narrow margin over Miss Pullin
and Miss Sell
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Had a Little Private Cyclone.

E. Housh had a little private cele-
bration at his farm just south Of
Leon on the Fourth, and enjoyed the
experience of a real twister. Just as
the rain came up, the twister struck
his place, the rain being carried
round and round by the cyclone, sew
eral haystacks were blown over and
small building standing in the or
chard was turned over. About the
same time lightning struck in the
pasture adjoining the barn and Mr..
Housh's favorite riding pony was
killed and another horse was knock
ed down. The cyclone only lasted a
very short time and was all over be-
fore the family could get in the eel
lar, to which they started when
things began to move.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Sixty Acres of Pop Corn.

Our enterprising and progressive
farmer friend, Alex Nickel, has
planted sixty acres of nice pop corn
on his large farm east of town. The
ground had been prepared in the
spring, and planted to ordinary field
corn, but failing to get good stand,
Alex conceived the idea of planting
the ground to pop corn as COM
merclal venture. He obtained the
seed through the Llneville Feed
Store, eight bushels of shelled pop
corn drilled being required to plant
the sixty acres. This variety natures
in little more than sixty days from
time of planting and yields from 25
to 40 bushels per acre. 1t is always
in demand and when grown in large
quantities and marketable by the
carload, is very profitable and re-
munerative crop.-Lineville Tribune.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Has Preached % Funerals in 2S
Months.

Rev. J. H. Burrows, the aged and
we'll known Gainesville, Mo-, pastor,
who is frequently called upon to con-
duct funeral services in Decatur coun-
ty, especially in the southern part,
preached the funeral of Mr.. France
M. Hamilton last week, which made
the 99th funeral he had preached
since March 1, 1914, twenty-eignt
months, often going 20 to SO miles in
order to officiate. He informs us
that fully Is or 80 per cent of these
funerals have been of aged persons, a
few. not over 10 per cent being chill
dren. Stretching back over the 40
years he has been in the ministry, it
was often largely children, but in re-
cent years it has been mostly aged
persons.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
of Century Ago.

G. B. Daugherty left yesterday
for Elgin, Illinois, with his horses.
Deacon is entered to start in the
race next Tuesday.
MIR. George Hart, of CorydOn, and
Miss Nettie Keller, of Leon, were
married at Humeston on July 2nd,
by Rev. Matheny.
The contract for the erection of
the new NJ E. parsonage was let
Monday to j. w. Sell for $1,40O.
Mr. F. L. Jenkins and Miss Fannie
E. McCutcheon were married at Os-
ceola last Friday evening by Rev. F.
Edwards. Both young folks are
residents of this county, where they
are we'll known. They returned to
new house being erected in east Leon
completed.
Mr.. j. VIM. Bright and Miss Laura
VanPelt were united in the bonds of
matrimony on Sunday afternoon at
the M. e. parsonage by Rev. W. IT,.
Hohansheldt.
Lodia Covington spent Sunday in
Leon. He is working on the Leader
at Des Moines, and returned there
Monday afternoon.
Miss Hattie kirkpatrick returned
Monday from a weeks visit with
friends at Weldon.
Seth Richards, of Keosauqua,
Iowa, arrived in Leon yesterday to
look after his business interests here
Sam Rogers, of Wymore, Neb.,
came in Tuesday to visit his many
Leon friends for few days.
A destructive. hail storm swept
through the central part of Morgan
township on July End. A strip two
miles wide from north to south was
stripped of vegetation of every kind
Some late corn may come out all
right, but wheat and oats are totally
destroyed. The apple crop is al
most totally annihilated as well as
all kinds of small fruit
Marshal Henry Bright was the vic
tim of another cruel joke Monday af-
ternoon. Just after dinner VIM.
Hebener came up town, hunted Hen
ry up and told him there was a
strange fellow hanging around their
residence and he wished he would go
down and make him go away or ar
rest him. Henry asked number of
qucotlOuS DIS W uOW IOuS lue lellOW
had been there, what he was doing,
etc. Will told him he first noticed
him about 10 o'clock Sunday night,
and he had been lying around there
ever since, making lots of noise and
was regular nuisance. Henry said
alright, he would go down and tend
to him. So arming himself to the
teeth he started out to arrest the
bold bad man. He kept his courage
up until he reached the house and
not seeing anyone outside, went up
and knocked at the door, and in
quired where that fellow was who
was hanging around there. He wilt
ed completely when they told him
the stranger was comfortably located
in the best bed in the house, and was
the new son of Mr.. and Mrs. Hebener,
who was born the night before. Hen
ry did not appear up town again that
day. but the boys were waiting for
HIM when he did come and gave him
a warm reception.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Two Good Idle hr Specials.

The Idle Hour theatre has two ex-
ira good feature plays for the coming
week. On Friday Charley Chaplin,
the highest priced movie actor in the
world will appear in the famous pro-
duction, "Shanghied," and you'll
laugh till your sides are sore at this
ludicrous play.
On Monday the feature play is
"The Gods of Fate" featuring Rich
ard Buhler and Rosella Brice, in
which there is a train wrecked and
the story involves a deep laid plot
where the villain steals the plans for
an air brake patent. A big factory
is destroyed by fire in this thrilling
production.
Special matinees both days at
O'Clock, and the first evening shows
will start at 7:15. Prices are 10 and
rs cents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
A Quiet Fourth in Leon.

1t was just like Sunday in Leon on
the Fourth, all of the business houses
being closed, and no one on the
streets, everybody going to some 9th
er place to celebrate. The celebration
at Grand River was a big success, as
they only had rain for few minutes
in the forenoon which made it all
the more pleasant, but south of Leon
there was a very heavy rain, the
celebration at Pleasanton having to
be abandoned, and the commence
ment exercises of the eighth grade
which was to be helo in the park at
Davis City had to be abandoned as it
rained hard at Davis City for two
hours and half, and all autos were
held up until late in the evening be-
fore the roads could be travelled.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06

party in the last three years has en-
acted more laws for the benefit OF the
common people of this country than
were enacted by the republican par
ty in the last thirty years OF it's exist
ence.
We especially commend the presi-
dent in his efforts to maintain peace
with honor.
We hereby ratify and affirm the
principles of the democratic party as
enunciated, in it's national platform
of 1912, and in the national platform
of 1916. We are especially proud OF
the fact that during the past three
years the people of the United States
have been more prosperous than ever
before and that the prosperity has in
a large measure grown out OF the
laws enacted by the democratic par
ty.
We hereby, unqualifiedly inddrse
the administration of President
Woodrow Wilson and especially for
the extraordinary wisdom shown by
him in every matter arising in our
foreign relations with nations now at
war, and being absolutely certain
that the welfare and prosperity and
honor of our country will be promot-
ed and maintained by continuance
in power of democratic president
and congress. We hereby pledge our
active and energetic support to the
election of Woodrow Wilson as
President of the United States, at the
general election to be held in No
vember, 1916.
And also to the election of our
congressional, state and county ticket.
The committee to select delegates
to the state convention reported the
following as delegates, and their Sc
lection was ratified by the unanimous
vote of the conventions:
M. C. Freestone, Decatur; ]. l..
Still, Garuen Grove; W. H. Young,
Richland; F. w. Newcomb, Fayette;
V. R. McGinnis, Leon; M. F. Thomp-
son, Long Greek; Cherries R. Piercy,
Bloomington: A. M. Pryor, Leon;
Frank Cox, Eden.
There was only one vacancy on the
county ticket to be filled, there being
no candidate before the voters at the
primary for the Office of coroner, and
on motion the secretary was instruct
ed to cast the unanimous vote of the
delegates for DR.. J. B. Horner, of La
moni, as the democratic candidate
for coroner to sit upon the remains of
the republican party in November.
On motion the convention then ad-
journed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Bradford Buys Another 400 Acre
Farm in Decatur County.

S. G. Bradford, the Des Moines cap
italist, who has invested several hun
dred thousand dollars in Decatur
county farm lands during the past
few months, this week bought another
400 acre farm in Garden Grove town
ship, owned by Thomas and Bert
Teale, for which he paid $4,000.
The deal was negotiated by A. M.
Pryor, the Leon real estate dealer,
who has sold so much land in this
county to Mr.. Bradford. Mr.. Teale
and son Bert have only owned this
farm a few years, End cleared several
thousand dollars from their invest
mpnt
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Democratic County Central Commit
tee Organized,

Immediately after the close of the
county convention the precinct COM
mitteemen met for the purpose of Or
ganizing the new committee. M. F..
Springer, of Center,township, was Sc
lected as chairman and J. l.. Still Of
Garden Grove, reelected as secretary,
DR.. F. A. Bowman, of Leon, who has
served as county chairman for the
past four years, was not candidate
for the position this year. The COM
Elittee extended a vote of thanks to
DR.. Bowman for the splendid work
he has done, expressing their appre-
citation of his untiring efforts for the
success of the democratic candidates.
Mr.. Springer, the new chairman, is
one of the most active democrats IN
Decatur county, and under his direc-
ton ther will be an aggressive cam
paign this year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Mayor Gardner Has Been Doing Some
Business.

Since our last report Mayor Card
ner has had several parties up before
him, the docket showing the follow
ing arrests and the disposition made
in the cases:
Sam Downey, intoxication, fined
$27.S5, and paid.
r. B. Parsons, intoxication, fined
$27.S5, sent to Jail and put to work
on the streets, but after working half
day made his escape and has not
been seen since.
Ralph Biggs was fined $40 for
breaking the globe on one of the
street lights and also paid for new
globe.
H. c. Eimers, fined s12.S5 for OPP
Grating an auto at excessive speed
with cut-out open.
w. M. Baker, intoxication, fined
$22.S5, and paid.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Autoed Here From Chicago.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Simmons,
accompanied by their children Miss
Genevieve and Cecil, and a friend
Mr.. Charles A. Stein, all of Chicago,
arrived Saturday evening in the Sim
mons Haynes touring car for few
days visit at the home of Mrs. Sim
mons parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Hotf-
hines. Mrs. Simmons did all the driv-
ing on the trip, and drove over 240
miles one day. She has been driving
the car but little over year, but
has driven total of more than
10000 miles in that time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
New Court Cases.

Frank Osborn VS.. A. c. Brown.
Plaintiff brings suit to establish a
mechanics lien against the property
of defendant, alleging in his peti-
ton that he contracted to work on a
dwelling house and additions on a
farm owned by the defendant by the
hour, and asks judgment in the sum
of $138.15, and that mechanic g
lien be established against the prop
erty. Amos P. Olsen, attorney for
plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Kicked by a Horse.

Lynn Gardner, son of county re-
corder Mrs. Ora Gardner, was pain
fully injured last Saturday at the
home of his aunt, Mrs. Eugene Curry,
at her farm near Garden Grove. He
stepped in the barn behind the horse,
and just as he spoke to it the animal
kicked at him, striking him in the
mouth, knocking out one tooth and
loosening several others, and cutting
quite cash in his chin, but no bones
were broken.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Only Sold Eight Fords This Week.

Estes & Co., the local Ford deal
ers, had to exceed the speed limit this
week, as they sold eight cars during
the weak instead of the average of
a car a day The purchasers this
week were p E. Brady, Dennis
Daughton, John Overholtzer, Ira Of
ficer, Roscoe Oney and Harl William
son, of Leon, ]. S. Ramsey, of Van
Vert, and Virgil Duff, of Weldon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Boy Scouts liked to DeI<alb for the
Fourth.

About twenty of the Leon Boy
Scouts hiked to the woods at Dekalb
Monday evening, in charge of Scout
Master, Rev. Henry Esch and his as
sistant, Charles Horn, and enjoyed a
fine outing over the Fourth, the day
being spent with games of various
kinds and out of door scout work. The
Boy Scout movement has recently
been revived in this city and the boys
work
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Death of Mrs. Robert Bowsher.

Mrs. Robert Bowsher, who has
been dangerously ill for several
weeks at the home of her son, j. r.
Bowsher, passed peacefully away
Monday morning about 10 o'clock, at
the age of 70 years. The funeral
was held from the home of her son
yesterday afternoon at o'clock. A
fitting obituary will be published
next week.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06

We are especially proud of the dem
ocratic party for things accomplish
ed. The revision of the tariff in
placing on the free list, many articles
that were sheltered by the trusts, re-
ducing the tariff on many other ar
ticles of necessity in the interest of
the common people of this country.
The Federal Reserve Act that made
it next to impossible for the tariff
barons to bring on a money panic at
any time they so desired. In the
passing, legalizing, vitalizing the in
come tax Jaw which we regard as the
most just form of taxation that could
possibly be devised, in compelling the
rich to pay just proportion of taxa
tion.
In the election of United States
senators by direct vote, in the estab-
lishment of Federal Trade Commits
sion, and a non-partisan tariff COM
mission, in building up merchant
marine, in preparing for national de-
fense, in the passing, and enlarging
of parcel post system that prevents
the enormous profits and extortion
heretofore made by express compan-
les and also in the efforts to establish
rural credit system whereby the
farmers can obtain long time loans
at low rate of interest, and in the
repeal Of the coast-wise shipping bill.
We firmly believe the democratic
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
A Request.

We, the undersigned citizens of
Decatur City, Iowa, living on 4th
street, running from the public
square north to S. w. Robbins cor
ner would ask the auto drivers to
slow down their autos to 10 or Is
miles per hour. We are asking this
favor on account of the dust that the
autos stir up in fast driving, which
blows in the porches and houses. Also
there is danger of running over the
children.
E. w. Townsend,
E. E. Blades,
J. G. Reuss,
G.. F. Havens,
Loren V. Tullis,
Mary Tullis,
j. G. Tullis,
John Woodard,
Mrs G. X. Cherrington,
Mrs. S. j. Clearwater,
Mrs. Scott Jones.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Leon 1-Lineyille 3.

The Lineville ball team again de-
feated the Leon team in a game on
the Leon grounds last Sunday after
noon by score of to 1. 1t was
a splendid game, and large crowd
was in attendance. This makes the
second time Lineville has defeated
Leon, having defeated Leon at Line
vile the previous Sunday, but they
are the only ones who have any Ii
cense to beat Leon this year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Leon 11-OSceOla 2.

For the second time this season
the fast Leon ball team defeated Os-
ceola in a game played at Woodburn
on the Fourth by the decisive score
of II to 2. Osceola was the first
team to beat Leon this year, but Leon
has had her revenge by twice defeat
ing Osceola since that time. The
Leon boys are playing mighty good
ball this season.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Kirk johnson.

Mr.. Wilburt Leroy Kirk and Miss
Lelah E. Johnson, two we'll known
young people of Davis City, were
married at the clerks office in this
city on Saturday evening by Justice
John Woodmansee. They returned to
Davis City the same evening, and
their many friends in that vicinity ex-
tend hearty congratulations and best
wishes for their happiness and pros
Derity
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Chet Dilsaver Died Monday.

Chet Dilsaver, a we'll know resi-
dent of Garden Grove, who has been
i'll for number of months, passed
away at his home in Garden Grove
Monday afternoon. His funeral was
held at Garden Grove Wednesday
afternoon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Purchased Millinery Store.

Mrs. Gertrude Bergman, of Platts-
burg, Mo-, has purchased the M. Caf-
fray millinery stock and has taken
possession. Mrs. Bergman comes
here with the intention of making
this city her permanent home and
will continue to carry q splendid
stock of millinery goods.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06

You get quality every time when
you smoke the Willis Graves cent
cigars, Havana Spikes" and ma
sonic Knights"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06
Marriage Licenses.

L. G.. Adair, Lineville 81
Pearl v. VanPelt, Norwalk 2
Wilburt Leroy Kirk, Davis City II
Lelah E. johnson, Davis City q
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-07-06

has the right and it is its duty to fill
the appointive offices with men who
are faithful to their party, and we
condemn the practice Of appointing
non-residents or republicans to offices
of public trust as an outrage, that
should relegate to political obscurity,
all parties responsible for such ap-
pointments. We hereby instruct our
delegates to the state convention to
oppose by all honorable means the
election to any position of trust any
man guilty of such practice as named
The Yale expositor., 1916-08-24
Mortaaue SaIa

Default having been made in the conditions OF
q REAL estate mortgage made 10y Sarah Manuel
aud stephen q. Manuel OF the city OF Port hur-
on to Helena ID schneider, dated March 3lst,
1911. and 10 orded IN the oiics OF the Register OF
Deeds for the County u 1t Clair aud state Of
Michigan on the 3lst day OF March, 1911, in
Liber III OF ortgages OH Page 452. and WHICH
said morIg & WIS on the 2nd day OF October
1872, Guy s,igned 10y Helena ID. Schneider to
William Schneider, SAID Segment OF mort
gag having been dtis re;Urded Ia the Office OF
the Repi ter OF DEEDS tUr the ounty Of NJ. Clair
on The tn day o. Jrl', - 4. in Llber ~ of As
signmrats o MOrtfa g, y Page IS, on which
MORTGAGE tnere l. c,-i lea & be due At the dale,
Ot this notice the >uln OF seven III 10 dred ard
Ninety and 4l-lOJ dollars S7gO4Ij. tx, tIer with
an attorney lee uf w emit -ilye dollars prov ded
for in said mortgage anu no suit or proceeding
"A law having been Instituted TO Recover the
moneys secured by said mortgage or any pars
thereof;
Now, therefore, by virtue of the power OF sail.
contained To- said mortgage and the statute 10
such case made and provided, notice Is hereby
given that on Monday. the 18th day y! August
lJl6, at ten O'Clock II the tOrenC on. | shall sell
az pubic auction to the highest bidder at the
front dOOr Of the court mousse In the city or ore
Huron, that BEN the place where the Circuit
Court for the Cou ny OfSSt. Ga r is holden the
premises des ribed IN SAID mortgage. oras n.uca
thereof as ma! ~ ne essay TO pay the auount
due on said mortgage with Interest at the rate
OF six per cent and all .egal costs aud eXpens.s
together with an attorney lee Oh twenty-five
dollars as covenanted therein.
The said premises are described I'm said mort
gage as all OF the following described pie 20 or
parcel OF ldnd situate IN tle CITY OF Port Huron
county OF ~. lar ana Stale OF Michigan, to-
witt Commencing AT a point on the quarter
line OF section tNenty-one en-, town six l6J
north, range seventeen 40 east two rods south
OF the northwest corner OF the southwest quar-
ter OF the northeast quarter of said section
twenty-One t2l), being the Intersection of tho
south line of Nern rect with said quarler line
thence south on said quarter line thirty rods,
thence east al r. INT angles u said qu trter line
forty rods, thence irth parallel with said quar-
ter line thirty rOus 10 the south line OF Nern
a
street. forty rods to the place OF be- Inning con.
tanning seven .and ons-hait acres OIL land more
or less
Dated May 10Th. 1910.
WILLIAM SCHNEIDER.
MOORE WILSON, Assignee OF Nor "a go
Attorneys Tor Mortgagee, els
BnSineSS Address, Port Unrnn Nilch
The Yale expositor., 1916-08-24
WITHDRAW FROM MEXICO
General Funston's Report on Keeping
Regulars over Border.

Washington-State department off,
Gals admit that General Funston has
recommended that the American
troops under General Pershing be
Withdrawn from Mexico. General
Funston's recommendation was con-
tanned in recent report on the mill
tary situation made at the request OF
the war department and designed for
use by the joint commission which
will discuss border problems.
The recommendation is regarded as
the first step by President Wilson to-
ward Withdrawing the Pershing expe-
dition. High army officials predict
that all American troops would be out
of Mexico by September 10.
Secretary of War Baker refused eth
or TO deny or confirm the report that
the troops were Ia be withdrawn.
One reason for withdrawing the
troops now is stated to be the APP
proach of the rainy season which will
make it difficult to keep the troops
in good health. 1t is pointed out that
most of the sickness in the army is
in General Pershing's command
where the regulars show a much
higher percentage of incapacitated
men than the unhardened guardsmen
who are on American roll.