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closed-'"Temporarily," the placard no
tice said. But there were plenty to be-
| lieve that it would never open again.
| By noon the trading panic had ex-
hausted itself little, though the lobby
and cafe of the Metropole were crowd
ed, and anxious groups quickly formed
around any nucleus OF rumor or gossip
in the streets.
| Between one and two o'clock, while
Brouillard, Leshington and Arson were
| hastily eating luncheon sent over to
| the mapping room from Bongras', Har-
| Ian drifted in.
Spill your news" commanded Lesh-
ington gruf1y. What's doing, and
who's doing it?"
Nobody, and nothing much" said
Harlan, answering the two queries as
one. THE town is falling apart like
bunch of sand and the getaway has
set in. Two full trains went east this
forenoon, and two more are scheduled
for this afternoon If the railroad peo-
pie can get the cars here
"'Good-by, little girl, good-by,
hummed Grislow, entering in time to
hear the report Of the flight.
But Leshington was shaking his big
head moodily. Laugh about II If you
can, but it's no joke" be growled.
when the froth is blown away and
the bubbles quit rising, there are going
to be some mighty bitter settings left
in the bottom of the STEIN
You're right, Lexington" said
Harlan, gravely. What we're seeing
now is only the shocked surprise of 1t
as when a man says 'Ouch!' before
he realizes that the dog which has bit
ten him has a well-developed case of
rabies. Well come to the hydrophobic
stage later on"
By nightfall of this first day the edi-
tors ominous prophecy seemed about |
to reach its fulfillment. The avenue |
was crowded again and the din and |
clamor was the roar of mob infuri- |
ated. Brouillard and Leshington had |
just returned from posting company
of the workmen guard at the mixers
and crushers, when Grislow, who had
been scouting on the avenue, came in.
Harmless enough yet" he reported.
Its only some more of the getaway
that Harlan was describing. Just the
same, it's something awful. People
are fairly climbing over one another
on the road up the hill to the station
with no possible hope Of getting
train before some time tomorrow.
Transfers are charging twenty-five
dollars load for moving stuff that
won't find cars for a week, and they're
scarce at the price,"
Leshington, who was not normally a
profane man. opened his mouth and !
,aid things. !
III the Cartwright crowd had one I
nan in 1t with single idea beyond I
'aving his own miserable stake!" he |
Itormed. What are the spell-binders
loing, Grizzy?"
The photographer grinned. "Cort- I
wright and q chosen few left this ATT
rnoon. hotfoot, for Washington, to get
he government to interfere. That's
be story they'd like to have the people
'elieve. But the fact is, they ran I
way from Judge Lynch"
Yes; think l sec 'em coming back .
-not!s ouorted the first assistant
- - DTout1lard: That puts = -
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sH What You Have Said Hero Ever
Gets Into Cold Type, It's Good-byl"
ZION In the way of progress that COrt-
wright and his crowd planned, and
that you and and lot of other fools
and knaves helped to build, will be
cooling itself under two hundred feet
of water"
Good Lord!" said the editor. still
unable to compass the barbaric sud
denness OF it. Then he ran his eye
over the scratch sheets again. Does
this formal notice that the waste-gates
will be closed three weeks from tomor-
row 20 as 1t stands?" he inquired.
1T does. have the departments au-
thority. You know as well as DO that
unless a fixed day is set there Will be
NO move made. We are all trespassers
here, and we've been warned on.
That's all there Is to it. And II we
can't get our little belongings up into
the hills in three weeks it's our loss;
We had no business bringing them
here"
The editor looked up with light OF
q new discovery In his eyes. You say
we and our That reminds me;
Garner told me no longer ago than this
afternoon that you are on record for
something like = hundred thousand
lollars' worth OF choice Mirap0lis
'front.' feet. How about that7"
Brouillard's smile was quite heart
whole
I've kept ny salary in . separate
nooksG, Hagaan- Besides that-weR
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five and one-half quarters of milk at
the morning milking was slaughtered
at the usual time for the morning
milking, and her udder was found TO
contain only 2.7 quarts of milk. In
this case of a COW giving moderate
amount of milk. it was proven that
little less than one-half of the r.
was present in the udder before
ing commenced. 1t is probable
in heavy-milking cows the propv,
of the milk secreted during tn
ing period is still greater.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
Will Put Davis City on The Map.

F.. M. Freeman, of Davis City, re-
ceived a patent on a combined fire
and fireless sanitary chicken brood
er in March Of this year, and he is
going to put the name of Davis City
on the map among chicken breeders
all over the county. We this week
were privileged to see one Of the
new brooders and it is entirely diff
ferent from anything in this line
which has heretofore been on the
market. 1t is the product OF the in
genuity of Mr.. Freeman, and he
worked on model long time be-
fore perfecting it, Now that he has
secured a patent he is manufacturing
them as fast as limited working cap
acity will allow and has sold num-
ber and all who have used them say
they are the best thing in the way of
a brooder they ever saw. The heat
ing apparatus is entirely safe and is
automatically controlled by thermo-
stat. Mr.. Freeman has bought
ground for a factory which will be
erected for the manufacture of these
brooders, and will install labor saw
ing machinery which will do away
with much hand work which is now
required in making them. Shin
nick" is a prince of good fellow
and everybody who knows him will
want to see him make a barrel OF
money out of the enterprise.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
The PRIMARY ELECTION
But. little Interest was Taken in the
Primary Election. A Small
Vote all Over the State.

The presidential preferential pri-
mary election held in Iowa on last
Monday was decided farce, it be-
ing estimated that only about 10000
votes were cast in the entire state. In
Decatur county but very little inter-
est was taken, about 900 votes being
cast in the whole county, less than
the total number in Leon and Lamo-
nj alone. There was really not much
to interest anyone in voting. The
contest for selection of national COM
mitteeman on the republican ticket
was between John T. Adams and
John Olson and Adams won out by
about five to two and the democratic
contest for national committeeman
between Wilbur w. Marsh and Ed
Dunn was won by Marsh with vote
of about three to two.
On the republican district delegate
ticket there was a shree cOrnered
contest, the conference nominees be-
ing J. r. BoWsher of Leon, and H. d..
Tomlinson, of New Market, while M.
L. Temple, of Osceola, appeared as
"a standpat candidate at the last
minute. The unofficial returns for the
district shows that Bowsher and
and Tomlinson were elected by the
following vote in the entire district,
Bowsher 3,O44, Tomlinson 1922,
Temple 2,435.
The vote ty counties was as fol-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
Appointed a New City Marshal.

At the regular meeting of the city
council last Thursday evening Mayor
Gardner presented the name OF Mar
ion Osborn for the position OF city
marshal, and the council approved OF
his appointment Marshal Osborn
assumed the duties of his office Fri
day morning, and he has the quallfl-
cations for making a mighty good OF
ficial. He relieves George Jennings
who has been marshal for the past
two years. Nightwatch Frank Smith
was reappointed to this position.
Mayor Gardner announced the ap-
pointment Of the following commit
tees:
Finance-Stout, Farquhar.
Electric Lights-Cash, Stout.
Streets and Alleys-Gardner, Bene-
fiel.
Sewer-Farquhar, Stout.
Fire Observation-Disclosures, Gard
ner.
Cemetery-Farquhar, Benefiel.
Water Works-Cash, Gardner.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
Democratic Conference at Des MOines
Saturday.


To the Democrats of Iowa:
A general conference of all the
democrats of the state is hereby call
ed, to be held in Des Moines, on Sat
urday, April 18th, at l p. m. at the
Savery hotel.
This conference is for the purpose
of considering and discussing candi-
dates for governor and for other state
Offices Also other matters of gen.
eral interest to the, party will be dis
cussed and considered at this time.
This conference is deemed neces-
sary on account of the short time be-
tween this date and the date on
which nomination papers of candi-
dates for state offices must be filed
with the secretary of state.
1t is imperative that we have can
didates in the first place for every
such Office, and that their nomination
papers be circulated and filed in or
Ger that there may be no vacancies on
our ticket. ~
Every democrat in Iowa who is in
terested in the welfare of the party
is invited and urged to be present to
take part in this conference.
J. w. Reynolds, Chairman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
General George Cosson Will
Speak at the Big Tabernacle ON
Monday Evening.

Leon is to be specially favored
with an address by Hon. George Cos
son, attorney general of Iowa, on
Monday evening at the tabernacle.
Mr.. Cossons subject is, "Our Coun-
try" and he will also emphasize law
enforcement, state prohibition ana
woman suffrage.
This is an exceptional opportunity
for Leon and Decatur county to near
the man who has distinguished him.
self not only in lowe, but is known
in other states as the Iowa man OF
state reformation and law en-
forcement. Mr.. Cosson comes to
Leon under the auspices of the local
Temperance association. He is much
in demand as speaker on patriotic
themes ana must be dated long in ad-
vance. The committee has been try
ing to secure Mr.. Cosson for an ad-
ress ever since last November. 1t is
needless to say that ne will have a
large audience Monday evening ana
we are fortunate to have the big tab
ernacle for the occasion. Remember
the time, Monday evening at eight
o clock. The Temperance Committee.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
Residence Burned.

The residence occupied by Bert
Stephens in the B.ker addition was
burned last Sunday night or early
Monday morning.
Bert was the only occupant of the
house at the time, his wife being
away from homo visiting relatives at
Leon. He says he was awakened by
fire dropping from the ceiling on the
bed in which he was sleeping and that
the room was so full of smoke that
he made his escape with difficulty.
The property was owned by Mrs.
Dora Baker.
Both the building and the house
hold goods were insured.-Caines-
vile News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
Received State Auto Tax Money.

County treasurer Elba Shewmaker
on Tuesday received Decatur county's
semi-annual apportionment of the
state automobile registration tax, the
amount being sl1,24S. This is a
big increase over last year, when the
spring apportionment amounted to
$6,752, the fall apportionment being
$4,320, making total for the year
of $11 ,072, SO it will be seen that the
first apportionment for this year ex-
ceeds the total for last year. The
total amount distributed to the cOun-
ties this week, was $1,157,13S, being
on the basis of $703 for each town
ship. Kossuth and Pottawattamie
counties, each of which has 2S town
ships, receive the greatest sums,
$19,6S4, and Plymouth and Wood
bury counties which have "a town
ships receive $16,S72 each.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
Charged With Burglarizing Cars.

Arthur Campbell and Burley Rus
sell were arrested Tuesday on an in
formation filed before Justice A. R.
Warford, charging them with enter
ing three or four freight cars at the
Burlington depot in this city on the
night of April 1st. The only thing
which was missed from the cars when
they were checked up was a box of
candy, but the charge of breaking the
car seals is serious one. Their pre-
liminary hearing is set for Friday of
this week, both being held under
bonds of $3.50. Campbell gave
bonds and was released, and Russell
is in Jail in default of bonds.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published Quarter
of a Century Ago.

Mr.. William C. Mckee and Hiss
Laura May Snooks were married at
|Westerville on April 9th, the cere-
mony being performed by Rev. Geo.
IL. Mitchell.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued the past week: =
Pleasant Mooney 20 to Florence
Shira 1S.
Ted r. Holt 20 to Ethel Heaverlo
16.
j. H. Gilbert 23 to Nettie Rey-
nolds 20.
made an extensive land deal and
cleared neat sum in cash the past
week. Last Saturday they purchased
1851 acres of land in Grand River
township, being all of section Is, or
the "Blue Grass Section" as it is best
known, of Thomas T. Fletcher, pay
ing $500. On Wednesday they sold
the same tract to Hiram sheldon, a
commission man from Chicago, for
$500, clearing just an even $1,000
in four days. The new purchaser
owns several hundred head of cattle
which he will bring here 10 pasture
on the land.
Daniel K. Glttlnger dled at MS
home near Leon on April 18th at the
age of 69 years and II days.
Miss MEDIA Noble left Monday for
Fall River, Kansas, the home OF her
parents.
Mrs. Will Gardner went to Mt.
Ayr Wednesday to be with her sister,
Mrs. Dell Hilllker, who is quite sick.
Thos. Teale, Geo. w. LaFollette,
Capt. J. D. Brown and Capt. J. M.
Layton are attending the G. A. X. En-
campment at Dubuque c',is week.
From the school reports OF the ru-
raj schools of Decatur county, the
following list of those who were
teaching school are taken:
Center No. 3, ]. w. SWartz.
Woodland No. 4, Jennie Grogan.
Decatur No. 2, Della Campbell.
Center No. 5, Susie Sears. -
Long Creek No. 4, Jennie Black
burn.
Decatur No. 1, Mamie Euritt.
Bloomington No. 4, Vina Burnett.
Decatur No. 4, Eta Blakeley.
Grand River No. 8, Emma Cash.
Bloomington No. l, Anna Cash.
Center No. /, Jennie Frost.
Woodland No. Z, Clyde Rayn.
Center, No. 6, Fannie McCutcheon.
Decatur No. 3, VIM. Yost.
Burrell, No. S, Ed Swope.
Burrell No. s, Addie F. Springer.
Woodland No. 6, Ella Swope.
8 High Point No. i, Bina Swope. ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
To the Farmers Who Have Mares
That Will FOal.

Within a short time your mares
will be foaling and you should have
a policy of foaling insurance.
l can sell you contract that Will
cover the mare and also the foal.
You simply notify me when the mare
foals and the policy is in force. This
means natural, premature or abor-
tive, and it also covers disease, acci-
dent, fire or lightning as well as foal-
ing. If the mare proves barren we
return you 40 per cent of the pre-.
MUM. Better put this insurance on
your mares. 1t guarantees your In
vestment on both mare and foal. Bet
ter be safe than sorry, and call me
up. I will drive out and explain 1t,
or if it is insurance of any kind, ASK
me-" F. A. Townsend,
Leon, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
Senior Glass Playa New Plan.

The class of 1916 of the Leon High
School will present All-of-a-Sudden
Peggy" next Friday evening, April
21st. ...
Heretofore several plays have been
given and each member of the class
has had a part. This year there will
be but one play and the cast will in
clude only about third of the class.
The royalty on "All-of-a-Sudden Peg
gy'' is more than We have ever paid
before. Miss Ivan Bloom of Des
Moines, who prepared our students
for the declamatory contests will do
the training work.
1t is the aim of the class to furnish
quality. Financial gain is second
ary consideration.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
OSCEOLA EDITOR A SUICIDE.
Gerald Douthett, Editor of the Dem.
ocrat, Shot Himself Last Friday.

Gerald Douthett, who purchased
the Osceola Democrat and became the
editor of the paper last October, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself In
the temple with small calibre rifle
last Friday afternoon. Douthett had
been troubled with insomnia, and
when a member of the family went
into a small shed at the home of his
father, DR.. d. X. Douthetl, they
found the young man lying in one
corner Of the shed with the blood
streaming from the wound. He was
22 years of age and unmarried. Mr..
Douthett was a bright young man,
enjoying prosperous business, but
was considered somewhat erratic.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
HanSen-Carrel.

Last Wednesday afternoon at 2:oO
at the home of Lloyd Smith occur
red the marriage OF Miss Elnora Car
rel of Grand River, Iowa, to Axel
Hansen of Garden Grove. The young
people were accompanied to Leon by
the brides sister and brother-ln-laW,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones of near Murray,
Iowa. The bride wore beautiful
gown of cream messaline. The cere-
riage ceremony was performed by
Henry Esch, pastor of the Christian
church. The young people will be at
home on the H. L. Northrup farm
near Gard m Grove. The community
unites in congratulating these two
splendid young people and wishing
them we'll as they travel lifes high
WAY together.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
THE CHILDREN's TEETH.
Ottumwa Establishes Free Dental
Dispensary for Children.

The city of Ottumwa will establish
a free dental dispensary for all chill
dren Of school age, as the result OF
the effort Of DR.. w. G. Boone, an old
Leon boy, now prominent dentist
of Ottumwa in this worthy move
ment At a meeting at which COM
mittees were present representing
the Associated Charities, the Com
mercial Club and the dentists of Ot-
tumwa, the plans for the establish
ment of the free dispensary were ex-
planned by Ur. Boone, representing
the dentists of Ottumwa. Statistics,
he said, based on exhaustive investi-
cations, indicated that many ills grow
out of neglect in the care of the teeth.
Rheumatism, heart LESSONS, the var
ious forms Of neuritis, various vocal
infections, kidney troubles, impair
ment of digestion, and even appendl-
citis are all traceable to a greater or
lesser degree to faults of the teeth.
The i'll effects of bad teeth are not
confined to the physical side alone,
he said. 1t has been accepted as a
fact that children with bad teeth re-
quire six months more time to COM
plete the eighth grade school course
than do the children with sound
teeth. And moreover, those who are
entirely free from dental troubles
are very much in the minority, for
surveys at Boston and minneapolis
have shown that ninety-eight per
cent of the children had dental faults
that should be corrected. TWO broth
ers in Boston were the first to see
that something should be done to
remedy conditions and being wealthy
they established million dollar dis
pensary in that city and are giving
free service to all children who will
make use of it. Various cities all
over the country are now MAINTAIN
ing free dispensaries.
Having shown the need of a dis
pensary DR.. Boone then explained
the proposition which had been
made by the local dentists, ten Of
them having promised to devote half
a day a week in turn to the dispen-
sary when established. All that they
asked for was that suitable quarters
be furnished for the dispensary, the
necessary equipment and supplies.
The school board has provided
room at one of the school buildings,
and the local committees appointed
have provided the necessary funds,
about $500 for equipment and $lO0
year for supplies. ...
Leon has tnree dentists and the
cost of a free dispensary in a city
the size of Leon would not amount
to very much. There are no doubt
many children in this city who are
suffering from bad teeth.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
New Electric Light Manager Here.

Mr.. E. jacobson, of Davenport,
vice president of the firm of David G..
Fisher & Co., and general manager of
the Leon Electric Co., came Monday
to assume his duties, relieving Mr.. F.
H. Hinrichs, who has been in charge
of the Leon Office since the plant was
taken over. Mr.. Jacobson is young
married man and his wife will come
to Leon as soon as he can secure a
desirable residence. He is an excep-
tionally pleasant young man, and
comes here with the intention OF
making this city his permanent home.
On behalf of the citizens of Leon we
extend Mr.. and Mrs. Jacobson a cor
dial welcome to our city.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
Result of State Declamatory Contest

Miss Nancie Kemp, Icons contest
ant in the dramatic class at the
state declamatory contest held at Car
roll on last Friday evening, failed to
gain a place, first place going 10
Louise Swanson of Webster City, ana
second place to Leona Hortung, OF
East Waterloo. In the oratorlcal
class Percy Edwards, of Oelwein, was
first and Harold Morris, OF Valley
Junction, second. In the humorous
class Mildred Beckett, of NorthWood,
won first place and Margie Bunting,
of Shelby, second. An audience or
/ 900 persons attended the contest
which was held in the tabernacle
building at Carroll.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
Child Dies With Diphtheria.

Wilbur, the little five year old son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Hagan, OF Pleas
anton, was taken sick with diphtheria
last Wednesday evening, and al
though heroic measures were resort
ed to by the physicians in charge the
little fellow passed away Sunday.
The bereaved parents have the SYM
pathy of many friends in their sore
bereavement. Every precaution has
been taken to prevent the spread OF
the disease, and no other cases have
developed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
Auto Turned Over, Boys Escape In
jury.

Monday evening three young boys,
Walter Griffin, Ray Robertson and
Roe Reed were driving in Tade Grif-
fms auto on the road north of Leon,
and when in front of the Ogilvie
farm struck some soft dirt in the
road and the car turned, and in try
ing to get it back in the road wheel
was smashed and the car turned over,
throwing the three boys out, but they
fell clear of the car and all escaped
with a few bruises. The car was
not damaged much aside from brok-
en- wheel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
New Base Ball Suits Are Here.

Leslie Grimes, Jack Johnson, Hugo
Benefiel and Fred Muse autoed to Des
Moines last Friday to see the White
Sox and Des Moines base ball teams
play ball that afternoon. While in
Des Moines they purchased the new
uniforms for the Leon ball team,
which arrived yesterday and are dis
played in the Kraft Grimes Clothing
Co.'s window. They are nobby suits
and the boys will be mighty proud OF
them
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
Purchased Puritana Cafe.

Fay Longacre g. Co. have purchas-
ed the Puritana Cafe from J. w. Cors-
bic and have taken possession of it..
Mr.. Longacre is experienced in the
business, having been employed for
some time at the Roberts Cafe in
this city, and he will be in charge
as manager. The cafe will be con-
tinued as a firssclass place and Fay
wants to see Ill his old friends at his
new place of business.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
A Move Toward a New Light Plant.

Frank Smith of Leon, who recently
installed light plant at Lorimor,
was in Osceola yesterday in the in
terest of proposed franchise to es-
tablish new light plant here. 1t is
understood that if the city council
and Mr.. Smith reach an agreement
on rates, both for city lights and res
idence service, that the desired fran
chise will be submitted to the people
within short time.-Osceola Sen
tira1
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1916-04-13
Pickering-Richard..

Mr.. Ralph NJ. Pickering of this
city, and Miss Lois o. Richard, OF
Corydon, were married in their own
home in north Leon yesterday even
ing, the ceremony being performed
by Rev. Y. W.. .Reeder.
The groom IS we'll known young
man of this city and the bride IS
popular young lady of Corydon. They
had their home all furnished ready
for occupancy, and many friends ex-
tend congratulations and best wishes
for their happiness and prosperity.