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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-03
AUTHOR OF WHISPERING
SMITH," "THE MOUNTAIN
DIVIDE" STRATEGY OF
GREAT RAILROADS" ETC.
COPYRIGHT. 1918. BY FRANK H. SPARTAN.

out for himself a second chance for es-
cape when Storm bore him to the earth.
Helen ran us. where's what you have
stolen?" she cried. fdriously. as Spike
stood prisoner storm. without loss of
time. searched him. You've stolen our
survey" exclaimed Helen, wrathfuly.
"Where is it?"
Spike shrugged his shoulder. Il don't
known what you're talking about" he
muttered What do you fellows want
with me, anyway he demanded, look
ing from one to the other of the two
men, npudently.
Monday Mag
They dragged him to the freight engine
and with Storm directing. both engines
started back to the passenger train. The
freight engine sounded greeting TO the
crew of the stranded flyer. and storm
and Helen clattered past to their own
deserted train. with Storm speed ng up
at his throttle Helen soon saw the sem
aphore of Signal station and with the
two prisoners. Storm and his fireman
returned with Helen to the house.
Police officers were already in charge
and the safe blowers were turned over
to them. Helen, agitated ana anxious,
was met at the door of the library by
Amos Rhinelander His face was grave.
With a keen, questioning look her fathers
friend laid his hand tenderly on her arm
as she attempted to enter the room.
stop, Helen" he said in constrained
tone. Don't go in there just now"
II must; we've lost the survey
II know. I will look after everything.
Go upstairs, dear, for the present, to
your room"
II must go in and search the safe,
Uncle Amos; II the survey isn't there,
it's gone
Storm stood near. She would have
pushed past Rhinelander, but again he
opposed her entrance
my child" Rhinelander took her
within his arm. I'VE are under the orders
of the police. Nothing i'm the library must
be disturbed"
An awful suspicion gripped her heart.
Father" she exclaimed intensely. "He
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-03

was hurt. Where is he?"
Rhhelander. avoiding her glance di
rected into the half-darkened room.
motioned significantly to Storm. The en-
gineer understood but 1t was too late.
Slipping with the strength and speed OF
fawn from between the two men. Helen
darted into the library. Those of the
fated household heard i'm the night an
agonizing cry; it rang far. She had found
her father all too soon and had thrown
herself beside his dead body, where 1t
had been placed on the couch beside the
fireplace.
Thus persisted by the hand of q
wretched criminal-a mere fleck of the
scum of our cvilization-this man who
had himself, and alone, discovered the
first railroad pass over the continental
divide.
Seagrue's ears echoed long with a
memory of that cry Standing beside his
captured confederates he asked himself
whether the price had not, after all, been
too high.
But Spike. insensible to all but his
criminal instincts, drew close beside him
and asked him. unobserved, for a pencil
But for the fear that his own neck might
be jeopardized by an exposure, Seagrue
would have had done with his two muir
derous tools then and there. but he had
put himself in their power and dare not
refuse. Spike, despite his handcuffed
Wrists, managed to scribble a note on
Seagrues cuff, telling him where the
survey had been hidden. The officers
coming out of the library, marched their
prisoners away.
Alone in his room, the half-sickened
conspirator read Spikes message. He
paused and for a long moment pondered
his situation. 1t was not hard for him TO
shake from his conscience his own re-
sponsibility for the tragic outcome of his
villainy and Capelle's. 1t was. he ar
gued, not what he had contemplated or
desired. It was Capelle's fault. Accidents
will happen-sometimes fatal ones. The
game might still be his.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-03

picked up the discarded glove and put
IL in his pocket.
Nor did he. In his turn, escape IN
SEEN AS one OF the cars whirled around
a nearby corner, Helen, looking back at
the scene OF her annoyance, saw Storm
picking up something white. she knew u
was her glove.
On reaching home-where the ladies
were taken to their various rooms and
the men went to their business-Helen
from her own room overlooking the pass
ing track. watched the freight, bearing
ton for orders.
Turning to her glass more than once TO
see whether her cheeks we're still as
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-03
he Conservative.

Dear Miss Fairfax: l have been &C
uuainted with young man for the last
six months Recently he has told me
that he is married, and that his wife lett
Tor the fer west. He asked me since
can call on the family as friend just
the same, as ne likes the family very
much. Is II proper for a family with
young girls to have as a visitor a married
man, knowing that he does not live with
his wife? ANXIOUS.
1t is not advisable for YOU to have this
man as a caller II you are just a family
Of young girls with no elders TO chaperone
you. II your parents are with you and
the man comes very occasionally as a Wis
itor to the whole family. that alters mat
tiers. But 1t is not safe or sane thing
four young girls to have such a friend.
The world judges harshly.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-03

Dear Miss Fairfax: few weeks ago
/ went to dance with a few boy friends
and drank a little too much. One of my
friends who took me home knew my girl
frie-d and told her. / love the girl and
I know she loves me. / am sorry | made
that mistake. Can you tell me how 70
regain her confidence? REILLY.
The girl who avoids a man who gets
intoxicated is very wise II you are
convinced of your own regret for what
you have done and feel sure that you
have self-control enough not to drink
again, go to the girl and ask her to put
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-03
Don,t GiVRIe.

Dear Miss Fairfax; Recently. while at
a friends house. l was introduced to her
cousin OF whom l am very fond My
friend has told me that he likes me. but
thinks l am too frollicsome.
My parents tell me | might as well be
happy while l am young, as / am still
in my teens. / always see the comical
side Of everything and find IL difficult 10
refrain from laughing. on the other
hand, / am downhearted to learn that
this young man feels that wav.
CONSTANT READER.
There is nothing more charming tiFn
natural girlish happiness and mirth. But
nothing is more firing than silly giggling.
Cannot you find a happy medium te-
tween what you think is being frolicsome
and what the young man thinks is too
frivolous an attitude toward life? 1t GER
tainly ought not make you unhappy to
think and converse seriously on occa.
sions
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-03
SYNOPSIS.

Little Helen Holmes, daughter Of Gen
eral Holmes, railroad man, is rescued
from imminent danger on n scenic rail-
road by George Storm, a newsboy. Grown
20 young womanhood Helen makes a
spectacular double rescue of Storm, now
a freight fireman, and OF her father and
his friends. Amos Rhinelander, financier
and Robert Seagrue. promoter. from
threatened collision between a passenger
train and a runaway freight
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-03
Advice to the Lovelorn
BY BEATRICE FARrAx

you on probation for six months or a
year and to give you a chance to prove
that you have learned your lesson. Con-
vince her that for her you will master
this fault. That is the only way you
deserve her confidence and also the only
way you can win it.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-03
The clerk Can Ten You.

The Clerk Can Tell You.
Dear Miss Fairfax: have been invited
to a silver wedding, and ask you what
would be an appropriate gift? As 1 am
a person of moderate means. l would
hardly be able to exceed s.. X. Y. a.
Five dollars will purchase a very pretty
gift in silver In sterling it will buy a
pretty serving spoon or fork or a little
loaf sugar tray or one of many novelties
a clerk will be glad to show you If you
state your price. In Sheffield it will pur-
chase sandwich plate or some slightly
more pretentious looking gift than you
can get In sterling.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-03

(To Be Continued Next Monday)
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
The High Cost Of Print PAPER.

The print paper situation at the
present time seems to be that the
daily. newspapers are taking almost
the entire output of the paper mills
at a slight advance over former
prices, and that the weekly papers all
over the country are being compelled
to pay exorbitant prices for an inad-
equate supply. The daily papers are
buying news print paper at the pres
ent time on new yearly contracts for
$2.35 to $2.55 per hundred pounds,
while the weeklies are being forced
high as s cents for the same quality
paper. The mills and wholesale
houses are exhibiting the greatest in
difference to the necessities of the
weekly press, and should the present
conditions continue indefinitely, then
thousands of weekly newspapers in
the country will be forced into bank
ruptcy, which means extinction. The
better class of weeklies will have to
20 to book paper, or get under the
sheltering wing of a patent-lnside
concern Burlington Post.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Many Are Saving.

Leon's pioneer Christmas Savings
Club started by the Exchange Nation
al Bank is receiving liberal support.
1t seems nearly every one wants
to start saving money. This is the
proper thing to do. AS Americans
we have been too free spen ders. We
have lived too much from one day to
the next, SO to speak, without
thou ght Of the future.
The high cost, of living may go
some lower, but it will be eventual
ly much higher. In the last forty
years land in Decatur county has
gone from $40 to $3.50 per acre.
What will the next forty years bring
about? Better look to the future!
When the war is over there is
bound to be an over supply of labor
ESQ much capital has been destroy
ed wages will SO down. Unemploy-
ed labor reduces consumption which
tends to throw other labor out of
employment. We ere bound to have
some lean years. You must expect
this. Get ready by starting to save
Start with our Christmas Savings
EXCHANGE NATIONAL BANK,
by A.. L. Ackerley, Pres.
ty4;P. Saving only means sacrific-
ing present enjoyment for future
thappineSS. s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Or. N. CAMP KILLED
When Auto Ran Off q Bridge Near
KeIlerton Sunday Evening, His
Skull Being Crushed in.

DR.. Matt Camp. the we'll known
kellertOn physician, was instantly
killed in an auto accident Sunday ev-
ening about 5 O'Clock, which occur
creek, about 2A miles northeast Of
Kellerton, and just over the line in,
Ringgold county, when an auto driv-
en- by Lew kominger. of Kellerton,
struck the bridge and went over it to
the bottom of the creek below.
miles northeast Of Kelierton and had
driven there with Mr.. Rominger to
show him some, pasture he had for
sale. Mr.. Rominger was driving q
new Ford touring car, which he had
owned but a short time: Dr.; Camp
and it was just getting dark: Just
as they approached the bridge Dr.
Camp cried out to Rominger to look
out there was horse, and a loose
horse appeared in front of the car;
avoid striking the horse Mr.. Romin-
ger struck the side of the small
bridge and the car went over the side
OF the bridge, turning over twice
and falling right side up, and when
still sitting in the car with his hands
on the steering wheel, but the en-
gine had been killed. He Immediate
1y called to DR.. Camp and getting no
reply went to him and found he was
dead He walked about three-quar-
ters of mile and phoned to Keller
ton for assistance.
It. was found that DR.. Camp must
have been struck by the car as it fell,
'his nose being broken, his neck dis
located, and the whole top of his
head crushed, SO that his brain was
exposed. Mr.. Rominger had his nose
broken and was bruised on the chest.
bllt not ReriOllSlV
DR.. Camp was almost 81 years of
age, and had been/a practicing physi-
clan at Kellerton for 40 years. He
had never married, and was Of q fam
lily of eleven children, of which six
sisters and one brother, with the
aged mother survive. His brother,
pr. Marsh Camp, Of Decatur, City,
died about two years ago, and sis.
ter, the mother of Guy Connor. of
Leon, passed away about year ago,
making three deaths In the family
within two years.
Funeral services were held at Kel-
lerton Tuesday afternoon in charge
of the Masonic lodge, of which DR..
Camp had been prominent member
for many years.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Farmers institute at Weldon.

Eat your cake and keep it too-A
bond bearing SO per cent interest
A little town and community
chips in one to ten dollars each and
buys bond of two hundred ana fifty
dollars to three hundred and fifty
dollars and hangs it up as premiums
on different classes of live stock,
poultry. grains and domestic science,
this in connection with the lectures
and judges from Ames in their spec
ial classes, then all boost and work in
harmony and you have clean ele-
waiting entertainment and the money
left in the community, and the cake
is eaten and yet you have it, and the
bond has paid more than SO per cent.
It is an inspiration to the boys
and girls now in school who In 20
years hence, or in 1871, will look
back to the show at Weldon and ssv
It was there got my first inspira-
ton to do better and bigger things
on the. farm.
The Mothers Club Loyalty aided by
other ladies simply set new mark
in their part of the show and insti-
3 The lecturers and judges in their
respective classes deserve com mmenda-
tion for their good work at this
show.
A. H.Metier.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
A Word With Our Subscribers.

1t Is hardly necessary to say any
thing in regard to the enormous in
crease in the cost of publishing a
newspaper which has come upon the
publishers during the present year.
This week we paid $14O a ton for
bought for $44.OO. Just think of
what this increase means to The Re-
porter. The blank paper in each
paper costs us almost as much as the
price we receive from our subscribers
for the printed paper. Just how
long we can stand this added expense
we do not know We have not as
to The Reporter, but unless some re-
lief is obtained soon. we will be COM
PEELED to do one of two things. We
will either have to increase the sub
scription price of The Reporter, or
we will have to reduce the size of
the paper to not more than eight
and have been holding off in the
hope that print paper would 60 down
price, but at present the paper
houses give very little hope for any
reduction in price during the COM
we don't want to take advantage
of any subscriber, and we will con-
tinue to accept subscriptions at the
regular rate of $3.50 per year If
your subscription expires with the
new year we ask you to renew at
once. This will insure your receiv-
ing the paper at the old rate, but we
length of time. You had better take
advantage of the offer right now and
renew. We are not attempting to
frighten our readers into making re-
newals but are simply stating the
cold facts to you. You can pay for
one or more years at the $50 rate
if you do so now. It's up to our
subscribers.
O. e. HULL. Publisher.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Have Selected Deputies.

Clerk of the courts-elect Ralph
Rumley has selected Ira B. officer
as his deputy when he takes charge
of the clerks Office on January .1st,
and sheriff-elect John A. Fulton has
selected John w. Osborn as deputy
sheriff. Both will make good officials
as they have both had court house ex--
four years as county recorder and
Mr.. Osborn served for some time, as
deputy sheriff under sheriff T. p.
Wa11aca .sa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Looks Like They We're Buncoed.

} Along last spring smooth tongu-
Fowler Advertising CO., Of Des
Mones came to }n aeGa and dh;rehes
securing big free sign, on which
the words Go to Church" were t0
be painted. He was very smooth
Individual, working for the cause,
and all he hoped to get out OF do
mating the sign. was that his firm
advertiser after the expiration OF the
three year contract to advertise the
religious movement for the benefit
of the churches. 1t looked good for
Z the churches on the face OF his rep
ed him in getting twelve business
firms to agree. to pay the cost of fur
nishing the electricity to illuminate
the sign, and twelve firms signed an
agreement which now turns up in the
shape Of q promissory note each firm r;n
making a total of $54.90 each, or a
grand total of $658.80. Not satisfied
with this the smooth promoter in
duced the Leon Electric Co.,. to do
nate one years III lighting, go,r' wi,cn in an19c iect
iting the Leon firms and putting up
the sign, and as he closed up the
deal in couple of days he made
pretty fair profit, as one OF the firms
which was caught by the graft wrote
to the Thomas Cusack Sign Co., OF
Chicago, and asked them what they
would erect such sign and maintain
Dit for three years, and they replied
7 they would erect it, repaint 1t once
each year, and maintain 1t for $72.OO
a year, q total of $4,000 for three
years.
The sign was erected this week on
the top Of Harris Bros. marble block
ON the north side of the square, and
the names of the firms who pay for it
appears in small letters on one cor
ner, which q person would have to
get q field glass to read at any dis
fance. The Leon ministers who were
induced to lend their aid to the
scheme naturally feel tnat they were
imposed upon and are mighty sorry
they had anything to do with 1t, but
the fellow came to Leon with creden-
tials from ministers at other places
endorsing the scheme and they sup
posed Il was alright.
4 The smooth promoter made a.
whirlwind campaign in Iowa and sue
ceedod in placing one Of these church
signs in nearly every county In the
state, and when you figure there are.
80 counties in Iowa 1t looks as il he
cleaned up q pretty rood sum for
4 his work In the Interest Of the
churches. assg ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
HIGHWAY CONTRO-
VERSY.
Rights of Corytlon and Charlton to
Use Name for Side Trail May
Get Into Court.

There promises to be some litiga-
ton over the use of the name "Jeffer-
son Highway by boosters of Chari-
ton and Corydon who claim to have
located the Jefferson Highway from
Kansas {; City to pes Moines through
son Highway was located over the
Interstate Trail, which passes
through Leon, according to the fol-
lowing which appeared last week in
the Des Moines Register:
Citizens of Charlton and Corydon
in Lucas and Wayne counties are in
bad with the officers of the Jeffer-
face court action. The trouble. is
over the. route of the highway be-
tween Kansas City and Des Moines.
Last February at q meeting of the
Highway officers in Kansas City, an
official route was selected It was
deciael to accept bodily the old In
ter-State Trail as the official highway.
ton goes from Kansas City to st. Joe
and then by way of Bethany, Lamo-
nj, Leon, Osceola and Indianola to
Des MOines. -
vored the trail through Chillicothe,
MO-, and Charlton and Corydon,
Iowa:
w Hell Iuc OlllCldlS IcJcCLcu LulS
route, it apparently did not please
the Chillicothe, Charlton and Cory
don citizens as they have insisted on
advertising that they are on the JET
ferson Highway
The laws of Iowa provide that the
name Of road or trail can be regis
tered which prevents it's wrongful
use. Harry H. Polk of Des Moines,
a director in the Highway, registered
the Highway in the state year ago,
and the claims of the Charlton and
Corydon people are considered in
fringements by officials.
James F. Harvey, Of Leon, who is
also a director OF the highway, is
taking exception to the claims of the
two Iowa towns and he has written
Mr.. Polk about it. In his letter he
states that the citizens in the two
towns are asserting that when the
new blue bOok-the official road reg
fster--is issued, it will contain the
information that Charlton and Cory
don are on the train.
What action may be taken by the
directors Of the highway has not
been definitely decided, but the
courts may be resOrted to.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
IDLE HOUR SPECIALS.
Three Big Attractions Booked For
the Coming Week.

The Idle Hour theatre has booked
three extra big attractions for the
coming week, Of more than ordinary
merit. On Friday Mary. Pickford ap-
pears in her new ,nlay, Less Than the
and and presented by g the Artcraft Pic.
lures Corporation.
In her new nlay, LESS Than the
Dust Mary Pickford has the role
of a. little castaway of English birth
who has been reared among natives
Of the ewHsf Sa5te st dan Of nd1a ana
land and are remarkably faithful
pictures of both lands in scenic sets
of great beauty and wOndrOus effect.
One of the scenes shows a street with
it's shops and bazaars and all of the
color and ever changing views OF an
t6e'fi the British garrison. Then there is q
great stone temple and the pool of
the sacred waters while another ef-
fective picture is made of a storm in
the desert and there is a battle be-
tween the natives and British troops.
and Miss Pickford's part is a blend
someness and Innocence that gives
her portrayals such an appealing,
girlish charm. Through all Of the
changing scenes there is a human
love SIOFy OI WulCu Cue llLClS CaS1d-
way and a dashing young officer are
the central figures. y
Fifteen cent matinee at O'CLOCK:
first night show at 1915, night prtee
25 cents.
Saturday the great fun maker;
Charlie Chaplin in "The Fireman"
and it's a scream. Matinee at 3
o'clock, first night show at 7:15, adj
mission and 10 cents. It's one
long laugh from start to finish.
The feature for Christmas day is
Marguerite Clark as -"Helene of the
North" a Paramount feature play.
Marguerite Clark's latest screen
Characterization, Helen of the
North" presents this dainty star IN
the most unique impersonation she
has yet assumed since her first trium-.
phant association with the motion
picture art The subject combines in
a decidedly novel manner the cuitur-F
ed atmosphere of aristocratic society
circles with the rugged environments
ern Canada. Between these far ex-
tremes, the drama sways with unin-
terrupted fascination. Whether In the
limitless wilds. or the warm, luxur-
iOus drawing room, Marguerite Clark
is equally effective and appealing,
and as the central character OF this
unique dramatic romance, she attains
a greater success than any of her
previous screen triumphs.
Matinee at 8 o'clock, admission ! O
cents. First night show at z: Is, ad-
mission 10 and Is cents. 1s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Community Christmas Tree.

A community Christmas tree will
be held at the Decatur opera house,
Instead of the children's exercises
as commonly given Edwin Thanhous-
er presents the distinguished Ameri-
can tragedian, Frederick Warde,
with an all star cast, including Val
Kyrien, in the magnificent screen
production of George Elliott's fam
GUS novel, Silas Mariner, in seven
reels
A committee Will be present to
take charge of the presents you wish
to have hung on the tree, and treat
will be given to every child in the
house.
Remember the date and come to
Decatur to the best Christmas enter
tainment ever held in Decatur coun-
ty. Admission free.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
No Postmaster Appointed Yet.

No new postmaster has as yet been
appointed to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Mrs. Caronne
weeks ago. at Which a time She asked ID
to be relieved on Dec. 18th, so she
could go to New York City where
she will be associated with her
brother: J. O. Young in the advertis-
ing business. An Inspector was In
Leon Monday and as Mrs. Smith de-
sired to go to Des Moines for a visit,
at her request E. e. Beck was sworn
IN as q clerk and placed in charge of
the money order business until Mrs.
Smiths successor is appointed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-12-21
Hotel Leon Closes Dining Room.

The dining room at Hotel Leon
was closed after breakfast Friday
morning by landlord Bowsher and 1t
will not open again on the American
plan, the high cost Of living making
the operation Of the dining room un-
Composition floor which was put in
a few months ago, did not stand up,
and the company will have to relay
1t. When repairs are completed the
dining room may be opened on the
cafe plan, but this Is as yet uncertain.