The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-10-19
YEARS AGO
items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published . Quarter
of a Century AGO.

The new wagon bridge over Grand
River at Davis City, was completed
the first of the week. 1t was dedicat-
I, ed on Wednesday. 1t was built by
Joe Leeper, the boss bridge builder,
and is a credit to the builder. Davis
/ City feels very proud over it.
r. G.. Benton informs us that. he
has killed "a rattle snakes on his
farm southwest Of Decatur City this
year. His little boy was bitten by
one and in less than an hour they
had killed eight snakes within a
short distance Of where he was stand
! ing when he was bitten. Mr.. Benton
! says the only way he can account for
Sc many is that parties owning raw
land near his farm have fenced it to
pasture this year, and thinks the
cattle drove the snakes from this
wild land.
DR.. Layton made quite drive last
| Sunday. He left Leon at S:15 in the
morning and drove his team to
Grand River, where he was joined by
DR.. Bone with his team. They drove
to Writ over in Ringgold county
where they met DR.. Maxwell with an
other team and were driven out four
miles in the country to visit Mrs.
Hulllnger, arriving there at 1915.
| They started to return at $3.50
(. o'clock, got to Grand River at $50,
and DR.. Layton was home again be-
! fore church was out in the evening,
having ridden close to Is miles since
breakfast
John and Virge Penniwell, Jake
Warner, Horny Long and Geo. w.
| Wadsworth packed their camping
outfit and accompanied by their dogs
; and guns, started Monday for Lake
| Waubonsie, out on the Missouri riv-
er bottoms for couple of weeks
duck shooting. The boys promised to
send us some ducks, and we will
never believe they killed any if we
: do not feast on wild ducks. eve are
/ 1stin waiting for the ducks.-Editor)
Last Saturday afternoon about 2
! o'clock the boiler of saw mill own
ed by j. c. Lewis at Garden Grove,
exploded with terrible report. The
mill was located at the rear of the
opera house. Two little boys, Har-
old Wilson and Ethan Caster, were
playing near by when the explosion
occurred and were blown quite dis
tance, both being covered with mud
and badly bruised 1t was thought
at the time there were three boys
and the water was drained from the
pond, expecting to find the third boy
dead, but luckily he had left the vi
cinity short time before the explos-
ion. The proprietor. Mr.. Lewis, was
quite badly scalded, and the boiler
was blown clear across the street, a
(, distance of 200 feet, while the smoke
Fr<0 II III 800,
! The explosion was caused by lack
of water in the boiler, which had
been considered dangerous for some
time, and the people of Garden Grove
were not surprised when it did blow
up. -
Marriage licenses were issued the
past week as follows:
Geo. w. Culp "a to Ruth Bennett
l1S.
| Henry J. Bryant % to Mettie J..
Boyd "a.
Albert, the youngest son of Mr..
and Mrs. Nathan Perdew, died at the
home of his parents in Leon We'd
nesday. He was % years of age, and
had been sufferer from lung trouble
! for some, time.
Frank Craigo, WHO has been a
faithful cOmpOsitOr in The Reporter
! office for some time, left Monday for
Elk Point, S. D., where he has secur-
, ed good position in the Elk Point
! Leader Office.
Mrs. DR.. H. r. Layton and Miss
Abbie Fraser attended the national
convention of the P. E. o. society at
Fairfield last week, as delegates
from the Leon Chapter.