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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Brush College.

Misses Annie and Beulah Hubbard
spent Sunday at the Ode Vanderpool
home.
Miss Catherine Robson spent
Saturday afternoon at Steve Latta s..
NJ. l.. Dale was a Leon visitor one
day last week.
John, Willie and Clarence Hub
bard were Sunday visitors at Nell
Stills.
Miss Catherine Latta spent Fri
Gay night and Saturday at Andy
Smiths.
e. j. Evans was a Pleasanton CAL
Ter one day last week.
Mrs. Steve Latta and Catherine
Robson spent Thursday at Andy
Smiths.
Mrs. David Hubbard spent Friday
night. and Saturday at Ode Wander
poole's
David Robson and wife and
daughter Catherine. and Mrs Steve
Latta were Davis City visitors We'd
ne~dav
Miss Annie Hubbard assisted Mrs.
NJ, -. Da,e win her house work
Wc1rosdr- nd Thursdav
Clyde Waller spent Sunday at
Roy waller 5.
". A. Moore left one day last
week for few weeks visit with
relatives near Omega, Oklahoma.
r. ]. Evans and wife and daugh-
toy Hottie called at Mrs. Z. a. Lit
ties, Monday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Gospel Ridge,

= Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Stiles OF the
Grove. are visiting at the home of
their daughter Mrs. Will Rosen-
grant.
Miss Eunice Evans returned home
Wednesday from three months
visit with relatives at Belfield, North
Dakota.
Mrs. Arthur Worden and children
We're visiting the last of the week
at the Jim McBroom home
Mr.. and Mrs Victor Hull and chill
dren were Sunday guests at the
home of the latter's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. c. S. Evans.
Jim Mart and family spent Fri
Gay at the J.. K Marshall home
northeast of Leroy.
Miss lone Woolman, teacher
Of the Gospel Ridge school, visited
over Sunday with home folks near
Allerton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cox, of Lee
Roy, came Saturday for few DAYS
visit at the home of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. C1ure Curry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Anderson,
Orris Davis and family and c. An
derson and family were Sunday Wis
itors at the Bart Davis home.
c.. S. Evans delivered load or
fine turkeys at Huineston FridaS or
Mrs. Anna Garry returned to her
home in LeoH 80 tilr:lay from We
weeks We Il M as 9i,ir i &
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Garden Grove.

e. Ray Sullivan went to Des
Moines Tuesday where he enlisted
in the aviation department as a
mechanic.
Charles Waters went to Wood
burn Saturday to attend the funeral
OF an uncle Mr.. Williams.
TO Helena, Montana, Tuesday to at
tend the wedding Of their daughter,
Miss Anna, which Will take place
Christmas day at the home OF her
sister, Mrs. c. e. Wood.
Leo Sullivan came the first OF the
week for short visit with his par
ents, Mt and Mrs l.. w. Sullivan.
Arnold Gaunt and Joseph Gaunt
enlisted in the ordinance depart
ment of the army. Fay Aten also
went to Omaha last week and en-
listed in the aviation department
Ed Bartlett was a passenger for
Davis City Monday to visit with
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stamford went to
Leon Monday to visit with relatly,,e,s..
Mr.. and Mrs Anterior. from ILL
nois. came the last of the week to
visit at the Joe Wolverton home and
with other relatives.
Mrs. A. w. Stearns went to Leon
Friday to attend a Red Cross meet
ing
Mary Konklin returned recently
from a trip of several weeks visiting
relatives in Oklahoma.
Charles Fisher, of Colorado, a
former we'll known resident of this
city. was here last week looking aft
er business interests and visiting
friends.
Owing to the fact that the in
structors from Ames could not get
here last Saturday the teachers
study center which was to have been
held here, was postponed.
Walter Barbour was business
visitor at Atlantic one day last
weok
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Van Vert.

Charles Holt spent Tuesday night
at the home of friends in Groveland.
Ora Irving was transacting bust
ness in Osceola, Wednesday.
Mrs. Bertha Gould left Friday
morning to spend a few days in Des
Mrs. Ralph Hoadlev and family.
Ike Edwards was visiting with
old friends and relatives in Osceola
Miss csrma Johnson spent Tues
day night at the home of her friend.
Miss Ilene Hastings.
day night at the homesof Mr.. and
Mrs. Allen Ramsey, with their
daughter Miss Ada Ritter.
Miss Coda Frey spent Saturday
afternoon at the home of Miss Callie
c. J. Price, of Des Moines, was
transacting business in our town
town and will help in conducting the
services at the Pentecostal taber-
nacle.
Miss Mildred Pierce snent Thurs
day night at the home of her friend,
Miss Twyla Johnson.
in Leon and attended the Christian
Endeayor rally.
M. F. Thompson returned home
Thursday afternoon from Des
MOines where he has been attending
to business matters.
Mrs. Fay Eaton was attending to
business matters in Osceola Friday
Mrs. Harry Fisher was business
visitor in Leon Saturday morning.
Ralph Davis was visiting with
-"ienas in our town a few days last
Elk
Percy Black returned home Fri.
day afternoon from Des Moines
Mrs. Hal Overton left Thursday
morning for short stay. in Des
uoines attending to business mat
tiers.
day from Marshalltown where he
has been spending the past few
weeks.
Mes. l.. II. Warrenner was guest
at dinner Wednesday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Georee Johnson. ;,
Mr.. and Mrs. E.. O. Stearns and
son Orval returned home Friday aft
ernoon from short visit with
Frank Mote and baby left We'd
nesday morning on business trip
John Woods was transacting bust
ness in Osceola Wednesday morning.
Misses Iowa Hannah and Willah
Fisher were Osceola visitors Satur-
dav
Fred Schmitt, of Reed Point,
Montana, spent last week at the
home of his brother, Henry Schm1tt
and family.
Misses Lena Edge and Atha brlner
spent Sunday at the home of their
friend Miss Christa Lantz ~
Mr.. and Mrs. Rex Adams and Mr..
and Mrs. CLYDE Gould spent Sunday
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Traupel. ~
Tie led Cross OF gahixatfoa will
Isold lssSr weekly meeting thurs
saay r;ssshnn. A special mvltatl w.
~ s5a5f ssss. 81 "a everyone to be pres
,sSC$ "a az the laaiHs be y"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Battle Hill.

James ODell was calling at Edw.
McGauhey's Mon0ay.
Mrs. Leona Evans, who has been
visiting her brother Ed McGahuev.
left Monday to spend 2 few WEEKS
visiting with her nephew James
O'Dell.
Ed McGahuev had business at
Kellerton Tuesday
C. A. Mannasmith. Lew Pavto.,
Ed Mahlev spent Sunday at M. r.
Mannasmitb's
Dave Drummond and Roscoe Led
>ford were Kellerton callers Satur-
dav
.nasmith butcher, Tuesday
Mr.. and Mrs. VVfi Venderf'''te
had business at Kelie7ton Satire -
Raw McGahuev from ST.. q ~
Montana, visited FRIDAY ssSd Satui
day wit6lshs aarcle Ed srdcGaAuey- .
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20
Union No. 1.

0. H. Stanley and family spent
SUNDAY at Ern Jones.
G. L. Jones and family were De-
catur callers Sunday.
Several from this vicinity attend
ed church at Leon Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Vandcrflute.
Claude Miller and Charles Hyatt
spent Sunday at Arthur Devries.
There will be Christmas tree and
Drogra~, at Baker school, house sat
urday night, December % Don
forget the date~"aI everybody come
If1m Piercy wal Lamont caller
n thursday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20

'of the Red. Cross for they need ev-
cry one to help them.
Misses Gladys and Fiona Davis re-
turned home Thursday from a few
weeks visit with friends and relatives
in Dakota.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20

Sanol Eczema Prescription is
famous old remedy for all forms of
eczema and skin diseases. Sanol is
guaranteed remedy. Get 35c large
trial bottle at the drug store. 1878
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-20

G.. B. Prices.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
FLEE VERSE

MT. Jordan. of New York aspires to land in this column with as;entle jibe at domestic insect. But first, Mir Jordan-who entities his flee verse The Wicked Flee-Where Man Pur- sueth:"
 Curses on thee. wicked flee, Perched upon my shoulder high You grab a big bite out of me. And then you mutilate my thigh. l clutch and squeeze with might and
 main 1 have him-no-he's gone again. There. he's gnawing at my knee, Now he's chewing up my spine Ah, I clutch and pinch-in vain. He's never where he seems to be Alas. l know the wicked flea
 Envoy l am a simple pilgrim from the East, A peaceful stranger. seeking ease, surely love both man and beast, But, ---S%S your---ee@ fleas
 JORDAN. We do not mind your joke the least But would remind you that the fleas Are just as many in the East, And come as often to the feast. But folks can't feel them when they
 freeze
 The flea that bites in winter time PrOclaims land of sunny cline. From San Francisco Chronicle.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
THE OPPORTUNITY
 OF THE CHURCH

What accredited type of piety did the United States inherit from the last century, SuaVe- hammered, pleas ant-voiced endangering nothing ill particular; an ornament 10 the Sunday peWs; devoted to good causes in pro- portion to thelr remoteness;- intent or promoting safe philantEropies and for eign missions but, so far as home affairs are concerned, ignorant alike of the ardors Of the mystic and the heroisms of the reformer A queer type of Christianity if one thinks of it. with its cheerful assumption that what is agreeable is religious. Agonies Of the social conscience reprecated iE the name of spirituality agonies Of the inward life deprecated in the name of sanity. No agonies at all, If yod please: careless dependence rather on an affectionate God, confusedly mixed with a sentimental love of scenery. Parents more concerned with hygiene than with salvation for their offspring, sacrifice relegated to the foreign field, or to underpaid social workers. A domestic religion, mid-Nictorian in et- feet. calculated to make life pleasant in the family circle. but curiously at ease in Zion. That was about what Chr. .stianity meant in many home three years ago.
 .Ther came the war, with it's appeal for devotion to the uttermost. and the peoples of Europe responded with a sort of sacred joy. Still they obey the call to destroy fellow men. at any personal cost, in the name of patriot ism, and their readiness puts to shame the failrre of the church to enlist them for the protection of manhood, in the holier name of Christ The excuse. for the contrast is. of course, that men will always he ready to de- f"nd ancient sanctities; it requires imagination as well as courage to break new ways for love to enter. Yet a new crusade rises before the imagination, which should win for Christ tke whole sphere of social and industrial relations. Here is the great adventure of the waiting world: and the cnurch should call men to it with a trumpet.
 In the great strange years to come. will she call them, will she guide? On the answer lies the salvation of civil ized life. Battle smoke overhangs those years: it drifts across the mar ow seas, so binding that we in Amer ica cannot discern our future. But this is clear, that after the war good and evil impulses alike will be fired
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
REFUSES ID SUPPORT
 UNF FA|THFUL SPOUSE

Positively refusing to support his wife, Severino Othon declared ill court yesterday that he would not provide for a woman who was not true to him. Othon who was brought back from California last. week on the charge of deserting his wife, attempted to justify his actions by hurling charges against her. He was bound over to the super for court by Justice De SouZa and is out on bail
 Othon mentioned Pedro Lares and his testimony was corroborated by a witness who declared that she had been a visitor at the Othon home at an early hour one morning and had found Mrs Othon entertaining Lares in a somewhat unconventional manner. She said there had been a party at their home and after leaving. she had returned and had discovered Mrs. Othon sitting on the lap of Lares and both were eating ice cream.
 Othon says he will never live with his wife again.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
MANY ARRESTS IN
 MONTH IF JANUARY

drunkenness, vagrancy and violations or traffic ordinances, were the principal oI1enseS charged against the 154 per sons arrested during January accord ing to the monthly report of Chief of Police George o. Brisbois, for the past month, made public yesterday
 The report, which follows, embraces much of more than ordinary interest
 Violating ordinance No. l05, l: vio- lating traffic ordinance, 16; violating speed ordinance 12: violating light ordinance T. violating dinner ordi- nance, 5; violating muffler ordinance l0; Violating milk ordinance l driving over street hose, |; ringing in false fire alarm, g. reckless driving, 1: trans porting liquor in county and attempt ing to dispose of same. 1: appropriat- ing property of another with intent for own use. l; conducting a disorderly house, l. being an inmate of a disor- derly house, ,; disorderly conduct, l drunk and disorderly 31: disturbing the peace, l; carrying concealed weapons, l; assault, |, vagrancy, 2l; begging 3; investigation. 32; prostitutions, l pet ty larceny, }; rape l.
 Applied for nights lodging. SS; in Jured taken care of. 1; insane. l dropped dead on street, 1; transferred to county, ': held and returned to county. ?: transferred to juvenile court :; transferred to U. $. Marshal l; transferred to Associated Charities, 1: held and returned to U. $. Army. 3, paid fines S9; forfeited bail g: cases dismissed 26; sentences deferred, II; cases withdrawn, 1; served time, +: cases appealed. l.
 Meals furnished city prisoners. S47; bicycles returned to owners, IA; stray | n cats killed by police. 35; complaints re- ceived and investigated. 420: prisoners in city jail Jan. 3lst, 1917, 6. Miles covered by police motorcycles. l2S3 miles covered by police patrol s70
 Value of lost and stolen property re ported. S3139.75: value of lost and stol- en property recovered. s1152.00: amount received from impounded stock, s9.00 number of police on duty Jan. 3lst, 1917, 16.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
NO NEWSBOYS REQUIRED

A Rochester newspaper has accom- plished the task of selling newspapers without the aid of newsboys in the outlying districts of the city. This has been done with the aid of a motor truck number of sacks and coin receptacles. The sacks are placed on poles or tree branches. and contain twenty to forty papers each. They carry signs reading: Take paper and deposit coin in coin receptacle" The motor truck delivers the sacks to their various positions in the morning. and collects the empties and receipts in the evening. The returns show that very few people neglect to pay for the papers they take. The sales average thirty-five papers to the sack. and represent additional business. Inves- tigation among the news dealers of the city also shows that they have not lost by reason of the new scheme. It is evident that the sacks serve class of people who went without papers be- fore, because they could not be served by the newsboy system.
 F'EBY & is the day.-NeXt Thursday we give away the sS6500 Chevrolet car Baswitz Cigar Co-Adv m
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
WHY GEORGE M. COHAN QUIT
There Are a Lot of Reasons and One Is That He Is Busy Raising Potatoes

You asked me the other night to state my reasons for not playacting any more. Since then I've been trying to think of some real reason for de- serting the platform, but ] can't seem to figure it out. Unless, perhaps, it's because l prefer being a manager.
 And being q shrewd manager, 1 sim ply. cant afford to pay myself the salary know I'm worth as, an actoi
 Another reason is. that don't like to dance. It interfcres with my drink ing. And as for my singing. 10 be fair to myself, l wish to state that 1 never could sing good enough to do justice to my own songs.
 Another thing I don't like to travel. The hotels on the road are rotten; the dressing rooms in the 1-night stands are too small and badly ventilated, the present cay orchestras (violin. cornet and piano) all but drove me mad. Not only that, the grease paint used to get into my eyes and some times it soiled my collars.
 Another reason is, that l thought it best to hang around New York. where could keep one eye on Iirlanger and the other on Shubert.
 Yes. I'm in the picture business now.
 Why did 1 go into the picture busi- ness! To get enough money to stay in the show business. What do l think of the picture business? It's in it's infancy. What do I think of the show business? It's in it's second childhood.
 Why didn't I do a Revue this sea- son? Because the plays presented on Broadway since last August are fun- nier that any burlesque l could write.
 However. all kidding aside, my big reason for not play acting any more is ,ecause I'm too Dusy, raising potatoes 'n Long Island.--Georsse Al. Conan in he New York Giohe
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
RealitNs be

with new intensity. Realities be- come masked as life grows sophisti- cated in epochs of peace. Masks have fallen now. The social order is seen stark naked: it is not lovely sight One is able to percieve that the con- vulsion which has stripped humanity was not caused by the radical forces formerly so dreaded. but. one is al- most tempted to say, by the devil himself disguised as gentleman pa. triot and dplematist In the hideous glare of the firing it is possible to see the devils minions Mars ana Mammon, twin supporters of the old capitalistic order. rushing on their own destruction.
 This is the hour of opportunity, this is the hour of the church.-Vida D. Scudder in the January Yale Review.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
HOW HE WANTED TO
 REPAY HIS WIFE

There is a story in the February American Magazine in which a man who has stolen money from a bank to give his wife comforts hears what one of the directors thinks of his deed The director says to him:
 Let me tell you, Mayhew, a womal. who has stood by a man through thick and thin deserves something bet ter at his hands than to be deprived of what she values more than life You are blind, crazy, if you don't see that you are stealing from your family just as surel.' as you are stealing from the bank. The only difference is that here the disaster will be heartbreak- ing. It cannot break the bank, but il will break your family. You are ac- tually robbing them of something that is worth lot more to them, to them. mind you. than the comforts you could give them with this money Here you are forcing your wife to accept some thing you admit she would rather die than take. If it is your idea of fair return for years of devoted sacrifice. it is not mine, and certainly it would not be hers" N
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
ATHA BRANCHES
 IN MINING GAME


 H, E. Atha has just returned from New York, where he succeeded in fo m ing a syndicate Of capitalists for the development of mining property in Ari- zona. The syndicate emb, aces sev- eral men well known in the financial world. one of them being the presi- dent of one of the leading banks of New York. The syndicate has not been formed for the promotion of stock company, but for the, development of mines, actual mines.
 Though MT. Otha is better known as the pioneer in the long staple cotton business in this valley, heading the first enterprise for the raising of cot ton for commercial purposes, and is still so engaged, he has taken deep interest in mining, and has invited correspondence with prospectors re- garding promising claims. The prop erty on which operations will be be gun is a claim or group of claims ad jacent to the Monte Cristo mine. which has already proved its worth.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
CALENDAR OF EVENTS


Mrs. Elizabeth Van Brunt Arn. of Chicago. passed away Tuesday night at the home of her daughter. Mrs. Robt Mckay of Al F.. Culver street. The body will be sent to Chattanooga, Tenn, for burial.
 Mrs. Arm has spent number of win ters of late years in Arizona and eX- pected to he here the remainder of this one. but was stricken with pneumonia and succumbed to it after only four days illness. She had made a number of friends during her visits here who will be grieved to, learn of her death.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
VOTE YES TODAY

The sale of the old school block on Central avenue today will mean the business development of Phoenix. It means that if my client gets this property he will bring an investment of' nearly one million dollars of out side money to Phoenix.
 If the school block is sold we will have funds now needed for school purposes without issuing bonds. This means less taxes. Then the land will get on the assessment rolls and this means less taxes.
 This means more prosperity and less taxes for us.
 FRANKLIN D. LANE. Advertisement
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
 COME ID PHOENIX

The beautiful islands of Hawaii will be brought over to the states For two successive nights they will be open for public review. That is. the Elks will stage Hawaiian minstrel. on Feb rUary 7S at the Elks' theatrr
 The stage settings are now complete and the stage itself has the appearance of the islands Huge imitation palm trees are scattered all around. In fact the decorations and properties used in the show give the stage the appear a ance of the distant islands.
 The tickets are selling rapidl". All wishing boxes are requested to see Julian Ganz He said yesterday that there were a few left, and it would be advisable to purchase all tickets early as there will be wild rush for them Monday
 The reserve seat tickets can be pro- cured Monday morning at the Central Pharmacy at o'clock.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
WHY LIONS ROAR
 AND CATS PURR

The eminent English naturist, Sir Richard Owen, made the interesting discovery that the lion roars simply because the hyoid bone in his throat is loose. In the cat. this bone Is stationary. and therefore the cat purrs and cannot roar; but in the lion and tiger the hvoid is loose. and. even when calling to their mates, the larger members of the cat family, including the leopard and the jaguar, roar.
 The roars of the jaguar and leopard are Hike hoarse, barking coughs; an interval of about one second separates the cxpiratory efforts Sir Richard says. The chcctah and the puma are like the domestic cat: their hyoiG bones are firmly set in place, and they can purr.--From the Youths Companion.
 FEBY. s is the day.-Next Thursday we give away the sS65.00 Chevrolet car Raswitz Cigar Co.-Adv m
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
LOCAL WHOLESALE PRODUCE
GUEST OF HER MoTHER-Mrs

GUEST OF HER mOTHER-Mrs. James Waldon of San Francisco is the guest of her mother Mrs. Jeanette White of MonteZuma Place.
 RECOUNT RECESS-Observing Ar bor Day. the superior court was not in session yesterday. As a consequence. there was no further progress in the contest being waged by former gover- nor Hunt against his successful rival Governor Campbell. Everyone con- nected with the trial from the court down, heartily welcomed a breathing spell. The constant strain of counting the ballots some of which are marked in a fashion to bewilder even the court himself has told on all. The counting will be resumed this morning.
 UNDEllVERED TElEGRAMS - There are undelivered telegrams at the Western Union Telegraph office for the following, William Thissen, L. c. Payne, J. c. Gungle, Glidden L. Carter. Mrs. Harry Cox, Ellen Butter field. Mir and Mrs. F. NJ. Monson. Flor ence J. Boyd. A. Gomez, F. E. Miller. Edward R. Zalinski. H s. Traylor, H. C. Kuhlewindt. Theo. Marsh. w. H. Dowdell w. C. Parker, Miss May Man ley, C. R. Bernetyke, Anna Hamilton and L. Verda Wright.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
(Adv.

Free public lectures at the School
 of Music February and at D. m, by Max Wardall. national thecsophical lecturer. Subject: "Esoteric Christian ity' and Real Superman." Admission free.-Adv. 2g
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
Christian Church Meeting

All members of the Christian church are urged to be present at the church Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock There is business of special importance to cUme before the congregation.
Arizona republican., 1917-02-03
LOCAL WEATHER YESTERDAY
U. S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau. Water Users
 Building

? degrees.
 Deficiency in temperature since the first of the month. degrees. Accumulated deficiency in tempera ture since January ], 43 degrees Normal precipitation January 1st to date, 1.24 inches. Actual precipitation January 1st to date. 220 inches. Accumulated excess in rainfall since January 1, 096 inches.
 ROBERT @. GRANT
 MeteOrologist