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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
ESTABLISHED 1854.
SHOT FATHER In Law
I'D CLARK Shot His Father-in Law, n.
A. Haskell, Near Weldon Thurs
day. with a Small Pistol.

Another shooting scrape was aad-
ed to the long list of crimes Whlch
have been committed in Decatur
county, last Thursday, when Ed
Clark, a young farmer shot his faith
er-in-law, N. A. Haskell, who lives
on the old Kingston ranch south, OF
Weldon, using single shot ~ call
bre pistol, the first shot striking a
buckle on Mr.. Hackells overalls ana
glancing off and the second shot
striking him in the left shoulder, put
he is getting along nicely and no bad
effects are expected to result from the
wound.
Clark married daughter OF MT.
Haskell and they have one chlld' a
little boy. They separated on sept.
4th, and Mrs. Clark and the boy went
to the home of her father, Mr.. Has
kell. On last Tuesday Clark appear
ed at the Haskell home, and attempt
ed to carry away the child, but MI:
Haskell interferred, and clark trleu
to assault him with an iron bar, put
son of Mr.. HASKELL took the par
away from him, and he left. he re-
turned to the Haskell home again on
Thursday and started trouble again.
Mr.. Haskell warned him off the place
and started to go away, and When ne
turned around Clark was pointing
pistol at him and fired twice, the
first shot glancing off from buckle
on his oyeralls, the second one MT
ting him in the left shoulder. Haskeii
then knocked Clark down and TOOK
the pistol away from him.
After the shooting Clark LETT with
his team and started north. SherlH
Lorey was notified and sent deputy
sheriff Bob Craig after Clark. Clark
drove to Osceola, avoiding the nam
road, and was arrested at livery
barn in Osceola on his arrival by
sheriff Tillotson, who had been notl-
fled to watch for him. Deputy Craig
followed him to Osceola and took
charge of him, bringing him to Leon,
and he was indicted by the grand
Jury on Saturday. Clark claims that
before he shot Haskell that Haskell
had hit him on the head with ham
mer. That he had gone to the Has
kell farm to take his little boy PAIR
of shoes, and if he had not been as
saulted by Haskell he would not have
shot him. 1t was brought out before
the grand jury that Clark had
threatened to shoot his wife II she
left him.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
New Wheat Is Extra Good.

Our old friend, d. P. Leahy, who
lives just south of Leon, brought us
in sample of his wheat crop this
year, which all who have seen it pro-
@nounce it to be extra good. Mr.. Leahy
sent for new kind of wheat called
New Marvellous Wheat, and put in
nine acres which he has just thresh-
ed, securing II bushels to the acre,
which is pretty good considering that
wheat is very light this year. The
,asheat is a large grain and very
plump, and the beauty of it is that it
requires but one-half bushel to the
acre for seed, while of the ordinary
variety of wheat bushel and peck
Is the usual amount sown. He wants
his neighbors to raise this kind of
wheat and will sell all he can spare
for seed to them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Cow Wrecked Engine.

Last Thursday evening at the ev-
ening train for Charlton was just
north of Crown, they struck a COW
owned by Abe McVey which had got
ten out of his pasture and there came
very near being a bad wreck to re-
cord. When the engine struck the
cow she rolled under the engine,
throwing the tender trucks from the
track, breaking the air connections
and tearing up things generally. The
trainmen say they do not see how the
whole, train escaped being ditched,
for the train was running at a good
rate of speeu.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Won Prizes ut State Fair on Fancy
Work.

Mrs. w. H. Wait, of east of Leon,
won four prizes out of seven entries
of fancy work at the recent Iowa
State Fair at Des Moines. She was
awarded first premium on sofa pill
low. first on Duchess lace, first on
drawn work table cloth, and second
on tatting. Mrs. Wait has quite a
local reputation for her excellent
fancy work, and this year. was per-
suaded to enter some of it at the
state fair, but did so with but little
hope of being winner, as there is
always a very large number of en-
tries of the best fancy work in the
state. Her winnings show that she
ranks right up at the top with the
best in all Iowa, and she naturally
feels little proud of her success.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Dirty Work.

Sunday night some miscreant did
some dirty work at the Smith Bros.
farm three miles north of Leon. On
the west side of their farm there is
a small tenement house, and Sunday
night every window and sash in the
house was broken out. Only a few
days before barn on this farm was
destroyed by fire, and it looks as if
some one had it in for the owners,
but they are at loss to know who
could have such enmity against them.
The matter is being investigated and
if the crime can be fastened on any
one they will be- made to suffer to
the full extent of the law.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Raised Good Corn on Cookie Burr
Farm.

Two big ears of white corn hang
ing in the Reporter window have at
tracted> considerable attention the
past week. They were raised by j.
G. Hurst on farm near Leon which
has the reputation of being the worst
cookie burr farm in Decatur county.
In fact the cookie burra had about
taken it and three years ago the
owner gave Mr.. Hurst permission to
use the land without rent if he would
put in a crop on it.. ]. G. has been
going after those pests with a ven
geance, and this year has a splendid
corn crop. That shows what work will
do, and he is the kind of fellow
who knows how to work and raise
good corn on poor land.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Wayne County Had Splendid Fair.

We took half day off last Thurs
day and visited the Wayne county
fair held at Corydon last week, and
we were SURPRISED at both the big
ness of the fair and the bigness of
the crowds. Corydon used to have a
fair association, but the last fair
was held nineteen years ago. The
past year they organized new fair
association, sold about $4,000
worth of stock, bought new fair
grounds, erected fine grand stand,
and other buildings, and their efforts
were crowned with success. During
the three days of the fair more than
$4,000 people passed through the
gates, and more than 1000 autos
were on the ground each day. They
expended about $4,000 on the new
grounds and buildings, and offered
$65,000 in premiums. The receipts
for the fair were over $4,000, SO
I they are in fine shape financially.
/, they had fine track races each day,
with a big string of trotters, PAGERS
and runners, and the races were the
best ever seen in southern Iowa.
; Aeroplane flights and auto polo were
among the attractions, and the ex-
hibits of live stock and farm products
were very fine. All who attended
the fair were more than pleased with
it, and the success of the fair next
year is assured.
/ Many Decatur county people at
! tended the fair, and we have heard
many of our farmers and business
men express the wish that Decatur
county could again have fair. The
county fair seems to be coming back
again.
! One we'll known farmer told us
that he would either take stock in q
fair association or make clean do
nation of 500 if a fair association
was organized. We believe that If
the matter was taken up that 4 IL
would be an easy matter to dispose
of enough stock among the farmers
and citizens of Leon to have fair
at Leon next year. All the project
needs is for few good boosters to
take it up like they did at Corydon,
and it can be pushed through.
Let's have a Decatur county fair
next year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Leon Davis City 6.

The tie ten inning game of base
ball between Leon and Davis! City a
week ago last sunday, was played off
on the Leon grounds last Sunday af-
ternoon before a big crowd and again
Leon defeated Davis City by a score
of z to s. This makes seven games
played with Davis City this season,
Leon winning five, losing one and one
was tie, SO there is no question that
Leon has q better team than Davis
City. Moies and Smith were the
battery for Leon and Ives and Yaryan
for Davis City.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
of a Century AGO.

The machinery for the new mill
will be shipped this week and they
will be ready to grind in about four
or five weeks. While working on the
new mill Monday Rufus Clark drop
ped hammer while at work on the
roof and it struck his father, w. H.
Clark, who was on the first floor on
the head, but fortunately it was a
glancing lick, and did not injure him
badly.
Ed H. Sharp shipped car load of
peaches to Bethany, Mo-, last week
and as they could not all be sold
there a portion of them were brought
to Leor-Monday. They had been on
the road for so long they were rot
ting badly and he was compelled to
sell them out quick, and when the
price 25c a bushel became known,
they did not last long.
Mr.. Ed Beck and Miss Sallie Wal
lace were quietly married at the
home of Mayor Albaugh last Thurs
day evening.
Moreau Sahkey and Miss Kate
Moore came over from Dectur last
Thursday and were married at the
resident of Rev. HohansheI. The
newly married couple drove back to
Decatur and Mrs. Sankey went to the
home of her father, w. D. Moore and
Nor went to the hotel where he
boards. They kept the matter very
quiet and the parents of neither OF
them knew anything about their
marriage until the next evening.
The Decatur County Fair will be
held at Leon, Oct. IA, Is and 16.
The township board of trustees
have appointed w. R. Kline as con-
stable to fill the vacancy caused by
the removal of Tom Barnes from the
township.
DIR. A. Brown reports a bouncing
boy baby at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Parsons, of Eden township. A
curious circumstance is the fact that
each week for six consecutive weeks
DR.. Brown has had boy baby to re-
port and everyone of them has been
a democrat.
County superintendent A. A. Roy
left word in his Office door last Mon
day that he was out of town and
would not be back until Thursday
!, He did not state that he would also
bring a wife with him, but he did
fTOl. nUy dAu NAoo I/Ou "a AASA' ~
Aurora, Neb., were married at the
Methodist parsonage in Holdredge
iNeb., Tuesday, Sept. Sth. They re:
turned to Leon Friday afternoon, and
when it became known that they
were married the numerous friends
of both parties hastened to congratu
late them. Mrs. Roy was former
resident of Leon, and her many
friends will give her a hearty wei.
come as citizen of Leon once more
Col. Peck, civil engineer OF the D
IN. & X. c. R. r., was visitor II
Leon Tuesday.
F. E. Thompson leaves today for
few days visit with his friend, San
Rogers, at Wymore, Neb.
1 J. H. and J. M. Pickering lef
Tuesday for visit with relatives a
Cawker City, Kansas.
| Joe Detrick leaves next Tuesday
/ for a jaunt through Ohio and indiana
where he will tell the people abou
the wonderful bargains he has II
Blue Grass lands in Decatur county
A. N. Fraser and family left Tues
day for Pekin, ELL, where they viii
reside in the future. Miss Abbie vii
| pursue her musical studies at Peoris
for a few months and then goes tt
Boston to attend the Boston Conser
/ of Mucic
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Smiths Photo Gallery still Open.

The impression has prevailed that
Lloyd M. Smith has closed his photo
gallery in this city and removed it to
,Des Moines. While it is true Mr..
Smith is going to move to Des Moines
his gallery will be in operation for
the next eight weeks, during which
time very attractive special prices
will be made on all staple lines, the
quality of the work being of the
same high standard which this studio
has always maintained. Watch for
Smiths big special advertisement in
next week s Reporter.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14

Van Vert will have big Home
Coming celebration on Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 9th and 7th, and they
are making plans to make it a great
event. They have secured several
prominent lecturers from the State
College at Ames who will lecture an
animal husbandry, domestic science,
and other subjects. $125 will be CIV
en- in premiums for live stock, vege-
tables and farm products. A baby
health contest will be feature, and
there will be auto polo games each
day. Watch for further announce
ments.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Quick Settlement.
Weldon. Iowa. Au

Weldon, Iowa, Aug. 81, 1916.
Mr.. Webb NJ. Elliott, manager Phoe-
nix Insurance Co., Des Moines.
Dear Sir:-I want to thank you,
your company and it's representatives,
Mr.. G. B. Woodard, aojuster, and Mr..
r. w. Hall, your. agent at Weldon,
Iowa, for the manner and promptness
in which you handled my loss which
occurred on August 26th and was
settled in full by draft on August 81.
/ can recommend your company to
anyone wishing promptness in case OF
loss. You certainly treat your policy
holders on the square.
Yours truly,
j. c.. West,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Ease Ball Tournament at Leon on
Thursday and Friday, Sept. 21-22.

A big two day base ball tourna-
ment will be held on the Leon
grounds on Thursday and Friday, of
next week, Sept. 81 and ~. Manager
Walter Osborn has the arrangements
completed, the clubs entered being
Leon, Davis City, Humeston and Mt.
Ayr. All four towns have good base
ball teams and they will be spiked up
to win, so the fans will see two days
Of real base ball Watch for big
posters and announcements of these
games.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Will Build New Masonic Hall.

At the meeting of the Masonic
lodge last week, it was definitely de-
cided to erect new Masonic hall,
negotiations being practically closed
so that the new hall will be erected
on the second story of the Mullinnix
block at the corner of Main and Com
mercial streets. The lodge has been
contemplating building for several
years, as their present room is entire
ly too small. The new hall will be
modern in every respect.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Broke His Arm Cranking Ford.

Teddy, the fourteen year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. M. Rus
sell, Of Garden Grove, met with
a painful accident at his home
last Saturday morning. Although he
has been driving car for several
years and knows all about them,
when he went to crank up Ford
Saturday morning the critter kicked
and broke his right arm at the
wrist, the break being a very bad
one
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Purchase Site for Presbyterian
Manse.

A deal was closed the past week
with w. ]. Sullivan for one of his
residence lots just east of the Pres
byterian church as site for the new
Presbyterian manse, and plans are
now being prepared for the new
building, which will be erected at
once. Work is progressing nicely to-
ward raising funds for the new Pres
byterian church, and they expect to
erect the new church within the
coming year. i
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Death of Charles r. shaffner.

Ex-auditor Charles p. Shaffner,
who has been sick for a number of
weeks, died at his home at Terre
Haute Sunday and was buried on
Tuesday at Terre Haute. He was one
of the pioneers of that part of the
county, man honored and respected,
and his death is deplored.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Marriage Licenses.

Homer v. Bayless, Kellerton ....19
Winnie Mccartney, Grand River.
Clarence E. Woodard, Lamont --.---19
Myrtle Olive Spillman, Rich Hill,
Mo. Il 8
Frederick L. Condit. Lamont 1910
Blossom q. White, Lamont --...20
Reuben E. Connors, Davis City ....23
Bessie McCleary, Knowlton .........20
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Third Iowa Cavalry Reunion at Gem
terville.

The Third Iowa Cavalry will hold
their annual reunion this year at
Centerville on Sept. 21 and %. 1t
will be held in connection with the
Appanoose county soldiers reunion
which is an annual event. There are
IA number of the old Third Iowa boys
residing in Decatur county, and
many of them will attend the reunion
this year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Surprised on Silver Wedding Anni-
verSary.

Last Sunday was the twenty-fifth
Wedding anniversary of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. E. Beck, and number of rela-
tives and friends gave them sur
prise in honor of the event, bringing
their dinner with them and q most
enjoyable day was spent by all.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Parent-Teacher,s Meeting Postponed.

The first meeting OF the school
year OF the .Parent-Teacher's Associa-
tion has been postponed until Friday,
October 18th.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-09-14
Van Vert Home Coming Oct. 6 and :

Mabel Horner, County Chairman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-19
NEW YORK AIDS D. A. R. HALL.
Lady Aberdeen Asks Merger with
WOInen's Council.

WASHINGTON, April Is-This was do
nation day for Memorial Continental
Hall OF tho Daughters Of tho American
Revolution. New York contributed
1926. The sun of 100000 was rams
ferred from tho current fund To the
Continental Hail fund on recommends
,ion of the Encouragement, Mrs
Joseph +. Ransdell, thus reducing the
debt On the hall To s25.0Oo. There Is
every probability hat the debt viii he
further curtailed before the close of
this congress.
The feature of the afternoon session
was the appearance OF Lady Aberdeen.
who Was invited TO the platform and
made an address. Her theme was that
the Daughters OF the American
Revolution should affiliate with
the Iuternational Council of Women.
of which she is president. This
question. Lady Aberdeen told tn,
congress, was to come UP before II
this week through It's prcsident-gen-
eral.
The report OF Mrs. Charles II. Davis
on legislation In the United States Con.
gress was outlined By her husband. a
Representative of Minnesota. as shs was
suddenly called home by the death Of
her brother, Mr.. Davis Informed the
Daughters that "A hill has passed both
houses for the printing OF the records
and names ~ Revolutionary soldiers by
the Government, the voluines 10 he sold
at a nominal figure. He also told the
Daughters that n bill probably would
20 through both houses This session
making The star ~Spangled Banner the
national anthem,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-19
BABY KILLED AS AUTO
HITS FOUR AT CORNER
Mother Wheeling Pcrambula-
tor and Man Carrying
Child Struck.

A Family GROIN. consisting Of Mrs.
Margaret Burke Of $40 weN i:5th
street and her eight-wecks-old daurh-
ter Marie. whom she wheeled In "a per
ambulator. and her brother-n-law. John
Mclean. and his elghteen-inonths-o id
son Thomas. whom he carried IN arms,
we're run down at g 40 4. NJ. yesterday
by an automobile al te5th street and
was wrecked and Mrs. Burke's baby was
thrown to the curb. where 'he rhilds
head struck. The infant died ta,
minutes later In the Knickerhocker Hos
pital. MIN. Burke was badly bruised,
Mclean and his Hon were not severely
hurt.
Gerald J. Brady of 2 Neptune terrace,
New Rochelle. who drove u car of the
Hudson Motor Company of New Ro.
chellc into the group. was arrested for
nanslauyhter. lie eNplaSned that the
automobile vas going at the rate OF
only ten miles an honr. and that he be.
lieved that the woman and the man
and babies would get out of his way In
time to give him "A dear path.
Tho automobile was going north IN
Amsterdam avenue as MN. Burke
wheeled her baby of the sidewalk On
the north side Of t25th street. Mclean
walked alongside. with his son held IN
his arms
The car FRS, struck tho wicker car.
rtare and the baby girl was tossed "a
the curb. Mrs. Burke was kHockei
down. Then the front ~ the automobile
sent Mclean fprawling with his baby
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-19
FISH PRAISES mitchell
Can't Attend IO7 Dinner, h,
Writes Hts Sentiments

The committee which is arranging for
the dinner OF the Committee OF One
Hundred and Seven at the Hotel Astor
on May .. al which Mayor Mitchell Is to
make a repor, upon the work Of his
administration to date, announced Yes
terday the receipt Of many more accept
ances of the invitations which have been
sent out. Stuyvesant Fish. who will he
unable to b. present, said In IA letter to
the committee
The Mayor and I differ in politics,
ANA ] zeal ia some ot,,sI subjects, but
he and bis administration have GER
tninly given the citizens Of New York
reason not only for gratitude for good
work well done, hut for taking just
pride In the administration Of our
local AFFAIRS. This we could not do
under certal NOT his predec. ssors. ]
speak OF them entirely i~mpersonn'ly.
regardless Of whether they were Re-
publicans or Democrr'. or reformers.
The committee In charge Of the ar
ransements for the dinner liz composed
OF Charles c. Birmingham. Charles L,
Bernheimer, Edward NJ, Bassett, Henry
do Forest Baldwin, William Hamiir
Cmlds John Henry Hammond. Job Z
Hedges. Norman Iiapgood. Jacob A.
Klinck. Walter Lindner. William Loeb
Jr.. Richard W. Lawrence. George w
Perkins. Joseph ". Prtcs, Henry L
4 Stimson and Nathan T. 6myth.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-19
SLAIN GIRLS CLOTHES FOUND,
IIr-sses In franks of suspects said
20 D. New Clne,

ATLANTA. April ls.-Clothing found In
trunks belonging TO Victor lines and his
wife furnishes y new clue TO tho dis.
appearance nearly two years ago Of Elois
T. helms Dennis n Beatrice helms.
whose murder was charged In Texas to
lnnos and his wife, They were acquitted
of the charge and brought here TO an
sw"r an indictment OF swind.inx the
Nelms sisters out Of large sum- OF
money. Detectives located the couples
trunks In Texas n shipped them here.
The trunks were opened In the presence
" Sheriff Mangum. Mrs. Mary Ellis,
dressmakcr for tho helms girls the
mother Of the Nelms girls and sales
women from stores where the missing
sisters traded.
1t Ia said that dresses. wrists and
other articles OF apparel In the trunks
were identified AS belonging to the sis.
,crs. Mrs. helms tainted when she a
IN" articles.
Victor lines Is a !awyer. Elo!s r.
helms Dennis became infatuated with
him when he procured a divorce for he,
at Reno. lnnes's first wife, who divorced
him, resides IN New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-19
SPEAKERS BUREAU FORMED.
National security League IL Pre-.
pared TO suppIy Orator..

A speakers bureau with n volunteer
enrolment ef -~iGhty.nve lawyers and
business men ready on call to speak on
preparedness has been organised by the
National Security League. The bureau
is under the direction OF pr. Robert
Grimshsw. engineer and lecturer, OF New
York University.
Arrangements have been mudc for
moro han nifty noontime and evening
mectings at manufacturing, commercial,
public service n other institutions hav.
ing large numbers Of employees
Speakers win be supplied also for meet
ing AZ the various Assembly district Re
publican n Democratic clubs through
out tho city. Thu speakers AT the noon
hour meetings will give practical talks
Of fifteen minutes, showing tho exac,
state OF the nations unpreparedness and
pointing out tho danger to avery vital
interest Of the country and to tho indus.
trial welfare OF it's citisenA
Among the enrolled speakers an
Henry 4. Wis. Wood. Henry woodhous&
OF the Aero Club Of America. Major Johr
". Loveland. Major VI. 4. Rowland, "
=. A.. retired Newbold Morris. Frederic
X Coudcrt. Col, Charles Z. Lydecker
Herbert Barry and $. Stanwocd Menkcn.