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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Condemned the Opera House.

At the meeting of the city coun
Gil last Friday night the opera house
block was condemned bv the council
who ordered that extensive repairs
be made to the foundation and front
of the block, which it is claimed is in
a dangerous condition. and no gath
erings will be permitted at the opera
house until repairs are made. The
building is owned by a Kansas man,
and has been sold at sheriff's sale.
being bought in by Porter Reeves. Of
Gainesville. but he cannot get deed
to it until next January. so he can
not run the risk Of making the re-
pairs, and if the present owner does
not commence work within ten days,
the city council will have the work
done. If Mr.. Reeves can get title to
the property he will put in modern
front, and convert the opera house
into rooming house
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
TWILL HELP GET LABOR!
Leon Chamber of Commerce Will
Assist Farmers aAd Others by
Operating laber Bureau.

Realizing that there will be great
demand for farm labor this year, the
Burlington railroad has taken steps
to look after the wants of the farm
ers all along their line, and have em-
ployed number of men connected
with the agricultural extension de-
partment at the State College, to de-
vote thirty days in organizing a la
Dor bureau in every county along
their line.
Clarence Pickard, of the Ames ex-
tension department, who has charge
OF the territory from Indianola to
st. Joe, Mo-, spent couple OF days
in Leon the latter part of the week,
and took the matter uD with the Leon
Chamber of Commerce and a num-
Der of others and a meeting was held
at the mayors office Friday after
noon, at which arrangements were
made to conduct a labor bureau at
Leon. 1t is purely a movement to
increase crop and food production eV-
erywhere and supply the labor seed
OF any other things necessary to
handle the crops. Arrangements were
made to have MIR. William Crichton
county There will be no charge for
membership fee of any kind, it being
a public spirited enterprise. 1t is for
the farmer or other person who de-
sires labor, and the laborer who is
willing to work.
Every farmer in Decatur county
who wants any kind Of farm help is
requested to phone or. write to Mr.;
Crichton. who will list his wants. and
endeavor to see that the help is fur
nished. Every man or boy in Deca-
tur county who wants work on a
farm. or in town, is requested to get
in communication with Mr.. Crichton
and ne will act as a. clearing house.
The railroad company VIII keep in
constant touch with the project
through Mr. Pickard, and if there is
endeavOr to- secure men elsewhere
and have them come here.
1t is expected later to enlarge the
work, so that maHkets can be secured
for any surplus products. so that they
will be sent where they are needed.
If the farmers here need seed for
any kind Of crops, which they are
unable to secure. the railroad COM
pany will locate this seed SO their
wants can be filled.
If this project had Deen installed
some months ago it would have re-
suited in larger acreage OF spring
wheat being sown here. as many
farmers wanted to plant spring
wheat here, but could not get any
seed. If they had all registered their
wants in this line. several car loads
of seed wheat could have been ship
| ped here.
The bureau. while primarily for
the farmers will also be available for
town people. Ifsyou want manss.ar
a boy to do day or weeks 8 WORK
report this fact to Mr.. Crichton. and
Iif there is any such labor available
in Leon or elsewhere in the county,
he will try and put you in touch
with it,
If is splendid project. and one
which the farmers especially should
not hesitate to use. The Leon Cham
ber of Commerce. Mr.. Pickard and
the Burlington railroad company are
behind the project, and if it fails it
will be because the people who want
work. and those who want to employ
labor fail to take advantage Of the
opportunity provided for them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
AT THE NEW THEATRE.
Free Matinee Saturday at 3 o'clock,
and Il Big Program for
the Coming Week.

Today (Thursday) at the New
Theatre the attraction is Dare Devil
Kate" featuring Virginia Pearson,
in thrilling five part production, at
popular prices, 5 and 10 cents.
Friday, May 18th, Richard Ben
nett is featured in philip Holden,
Waster,' a very fascinating and
clever plot, which gives this talent
ed star rare opportunities for the
comedy for which he is famous Five
parts, prices and 10 cents.
The program for Saturday, May
18th, is the usual big one. Shorty
Hamilton in Shorty Hooks the Loan
Shark,' two parts, jealous Jolts."
d two part Vogue comedy, the big
Mutual Weekly in one part, and this
\arieG program is proving very pop
ular. Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock
a free matinee is provided by Bow
sher & Bo"sher. Everybody well
Monday. May 21st, Ethel tlavtsn
and Carlyle BLACKWELL in "A Wom-
ans Way" a Brady-Made feature
play "A Woman's Way" is not a
StOyr that breaches, not is it without
plenty of thrills. A woman's way
is usually the better way, especially
where the honor Of the home is con-
cerned, 'For the hand that rocks
the cradle is The hand that rules the
world
Tuesday. May 22nd,- kolb E. Dill.
part comedy, and they always amuse
all who see them. Prices 5 and 10
cents.
A special big feature, "2U, 900
Leagues under the Sea- is booked
for May 25th and 26th.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Detective Fined.

w. II. Brown, representing an
Omaha collection agency, while col
lecting in the city last week run up
against a snag, when he claimed to
be a detective and threatened credi-
tors with Jail sentence if the money
was not produced at once: Officials
were notified and the gentleman was
given a nights lodging with sherin
ed $4,000 and costs which were
paid and the wouldbe detective NOV
ed on.-Albia Republican,.
This same detective was in Leon
the first of last week, but ran up
against a snag here. The merchants
referred him to the Chamber OF
Commerce committee, who refused to
give him a card Of endorsement.
without which he could do no busi-
ness here, and he departed using
some strong language against the re-
port made on him. The business
men of Leon did wise thing when
they agreed not to take up with any
such schemes unless approved by the
Chamber of Commerce vigilance COM
m iftpo
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
ROLAND HOnnOld Killed at Atlantic
by an Auto Last Thursday.

ROLAND, the little three year old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lou HOnnold, of
Atlantic. former residents of Leon,
was instantly killed at Atlantic last
Thursday evening when he was run
over by an Apperson auto driven by
Rasmus Nissen. of Elk Horn. The
little fellow was on his way to a
store with his eleven year old uncle,
and they were playing around a car
which was parked on the street. and
just as Mr. Nissen came along, driv-
ing less than ten miles an hour, ROl-
land darted out in the street, direct
-ly in front of the big car, and in an
instant his little life was crushed
out. The coroner's jury absolved
Mr.. Nissen from any blame, but he
was heartbroken over the affair, and
insisted on paying the funeral ex-
penses, bought Lot in the cemetery,
and presented the mother with a
sum of money. The funeral was held
at Atlantic Sunday afternoon
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Christian Church.
Sunday school 45 a. m
Communion and preaching

Sunday school :.....; .9:45 a. m.
Communion and preaching
service -. 800 a. m.
Christian Endeavor. 1900 p. m.
Evening Service, =. $500 p III.
Church Night, Thursday 500. p M.
At the service Sunday morning we
are to have Brother Abner Johnson,
IaStor of the church at Decatur wlth
us again. Brother Johnson cJ!les lG
for the Lords service. 1t may be in
teresting to the congregation TO
know that we now have a band @:
four recruits meeting regularly anc
we feel that this number should be
materially increased. The pastor
will spend the morning hour with
the church at Decatur. He will be
back for the evening hour and will
discuss another of the patriotic sub
jects that are claiming our attention
today. We wish especially to stress
the meeting at the court house, Sun
day afternoon at 2:3O in the inter-
est OF the Army and Navv Y. NJ. c. A.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Leon Wins Mt I,ase HalI.

Leon High, School tackled a real
base ball team last Friday when the
New Virginia aggregation breeZed
into town. Boyd of the visiting
team pitched a fine game. He had
speed, all kinds of curves and almost
perfect control. For a time our hard
hitters We're tanned. New Virginia
took the lead all through the game.
W hen Leon came to bat IN the ninth
inning the score stood to D against
them. After Wright grounded out,
Barber reached first on an error.
Fred Rush sent sizzler to right and
Scott then hit one too lot for high
school boy to handle. Mike Grogan,
who has saved several games for
Leon with his Dat, very gracefully
struck out with the Dases loaded.
VanWerden then came up and i'm
mediately hit to center sending in
two runs. This ended the game with
the score to in favor of Leon.
Gray for the home team also pitched
fine game although his work was
not quite up to his usual high stand
ard. Each twirler was niched for
seven hits.
Leon is receiving many challenges
from high school teams throughout
the state
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
THE CHURCHES.
Brethren Church.

The ladies of the church gave
their annual Mothers Day program
last Sunday night. The program was
splendidly rendered. Miss Mollie
Sears was in charge of the services.
Mrs. &c. Melvin and Miss Wilma
CARRIER spoke on Woman's Contribu
tiOns in the present crisis. The de-
votional services were in charge OF
Mrs. F. A. CARRIER, benediction by
Mrs. George Sanger.
Regular services next Sunday. You
are invited to come and worship with
u.s.
CROWN CHAPEL
Eighty-two attended Sunday
school at Crown Sunday morning
morning sermon, "A Tribute to Our
Mothers Sunday school will be in
the afternoon next Sunday at 2:3O,
preaching at $3.50. You are invited
to come, in fact you ought to come
and support this Sunday school,
which is strictly union in character.
Are your children attending Sunday
school? If not, you owe it to them
to bring their little lives under the
tender influence Of Jesus Christ
They will thank you in after years
for it.
MON CHAPEL
Union Chapel is having a splendid
Sunday school of upward OF 80 in
attendance every Sunday. Next Sun
day preaching service at l. Bring
your children to Sunday school, don t
send them; but, send them If you
can't bring them.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
rep)rter Published a Quarter
of Century Ago.

The home talent Pinafore COM
pany went to Bethany, Tuesday al
ternoon and played two nights in
that town, to capacity houses.
The passenger train going south
last Saturday afternoon, collided
with a north bound freight at King
City, Mo-, both engines being badly
in on a side track and the engine
did not clear the main line in time.
None OF the passengers or trainmen
were injured aside from pretty
lively shaking up. 1t was the first
accident to passenger train on this
branch since it was built.
NJ. B. Fry was fined $3.50 by the u.
S. court at Des Moines last week for
sending obscene letters to his divorc-
ed wife, but the sentence was sus-
pended during his good behavior
Grandma kiZZire celebrated her
1O2nd birthday on May l1th at the
home OF her grandson, John Burr ell.
at Davis City. The old lady has ,e
sided in Decatur county for many
years, and has outlived all her chill
dren. She is hale and hearty, :Cr
one OF her years and seems to enjt y
life as well as many of her grand
children.
Monday morning, Alex Labross, an
old man 90 years old, living at Pleas
anton, cut his throat with Al old
pocket knife, and almost severed bis
windpipe. Dr.. Macy sewed the
wounu up and he will probably re-
cover. Both he and his wife ha;;
been regarded as queer for number
Of years.
Mrs. 4. j. DERRICK started for Kan
sas City last Saturday in response
to a letter informing her of the i'll
ness OF her daughter, Mrs, Bessie
Shannon, and was on the train which
collided with freight train at King
City. She was thrown against a
window, cutting severe cash over
her eye. The railroad officials gave
her every attention. and she was
able to proceed to Kansas City SUI
day.
DR.. J. E. Horner. of Davis Gity,
passed through Leon Tuesday en-
route to Des Moines to attend the
annual meeting of the State Eclecti:
Medical Society, of which he is presi-
dent.
Mrs. Ed H. Alexander, of Denver.
Colorado, visited over Sunday in
Leon on her way home from a .is!t
with relatives at her former home in
Wayne county.
The home talent company pre-
sented Pinafore to two big houses at
the opera house on Friday and Sat
urday evenings Among those who
took leading roles in the opera Were
Mrs c. f. Gardner. Miss Mayme
Penniwell, Mrs. Will Gardner. lar
les Edwards, Will Edwards and Cal
win Smit h
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Army Y. Meeting.
To the Men and Women of Decatu
County Iowa

To the Men and Women of Decatur
County, Iowa:
A public meeting in the interest
of the Army Y. NJ. c. A. Will be held
at the court house in Leon, Iowa, on
Sunday, May goth at 2:50 p. m.
v AS county organizer Of the Army
have called this public meeting of
the men and women of Decatur coun-
ty for the reason that all of them
are interested in the business and
work Of the Army Y. NJ. G. A. which
in general is as follows:
70 alleviate the discomforts Of
camp and army life and to look after
the moral and spiritual welfare of
the boys; it furnishes them place
in which they can read, write and
rest; it looks after their mail; it
provides wholesome amusements !;
cheers the homesick; helps the boys
to fight the temptations that beset
them on every hand. 1t is the One
organization through which the peo-
pie at home cant work effectively for
their boys in camp. The Army y.
will find and help your boy wherever
he may be in the army or navy SER
vice
The intention of this meeting is to
institute the organization OF Decatur
county to carry on its part OF the
work of the Army Y. NJ. G. A-State
and National and InternaliOnal-and
to adopt plans for the completion
thereof. which should be on or be-
fore the lst day of June, 1917.
There will be an interesting pro-
gram Of speeches. appropriate music
and other things incident thereto.
Let everybody come
V. K. McGINNIS,
Organizer Army Y NJ c.
Decatur County, Iowa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Recovered a Stolen FOrtl.

Sheriff John A. Fulton was up at
Leroy last week to recover a Ford
auto which was stolen from Earl
Kepford. of Arion. Iowa, at Spirit
Lake, on August q. 1916. The car
was found at the farm of Ira Copley,
near Leroy, who purchased it from
Ben Schaffer, on August "a. 1916,
two days after it was stolen. Mr..
Kepford came and accompanied
sheriff Fulton to Leroy. and Mr.. Cop
to the owner without protest, as he
is not man who would try to keep
stolen property On account of be-
ing so far from home, and the fact
that Mr.. Copley had paid for the
car once before, Mr.. Kepford offered
to sell the car to Mr.. Copley at a
very fair price, and he purchased it
for the second time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Arrested for Villisca Axe Murder.

Another arrest has been made in
connection with the celebrated Viii
iisca axe murder in 1912. Rev. Lynn
George J. Kelley, having been indict-
ed by the recent grand jury at Red
Oak, charging him with the murder
Villisca the day of the murder, leav-
ing early the next morning, and it
is claimed he has at times admitted
he committed the murders. The ac-
cused man came from England ten
years ago, and has been in consid-
cradle trouble with the federal auth
critics, being charged with sending
obscene letters through the mail,
and has been confined in insane
asylums several times. He was TAX
EN- to Red Oak and arraigned Tues
day. entering plea Of mot guilty
and was taken to Des Moines for
safe keeping.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
boss Mcdowell Injured at Center-
vile Tuesday.

Doss Mcdowell, former resident
Of this city, now employed with the
telephone company at Centerville,
met with quite bad accident in that
city Tuesday morning. He was as
sisting in unloading a car of forty
foot telephone poles, and was on top
of the load when the staging broke
and the poles started to roll off. TAX
ing Doss with them. He fell dis
tance of 35 or 40 feet, and was pref
ty badly bruised up, being struck on
the head by one of the poles and rem
dered unconscious for several hours,
but word received yesterday was he
was getting along nicely. and no SER
ious results are anticipated, but he
had a narrow escape from being
killed 90
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Stole Presto Tank and Tires.

Sunday evening a young son of
Pat Kelley, of Morgan township. was
driving their Ford and ran into a
small ditch. He left the car and
went home to get his father to as
sist him in getting it out, and while
he was gone an auto which had been
to Lineville, came along, and some of
the occupants stole a couple of cas-
ings and the Presto tank from the
car: Sheriff Fulton was notified,
and recovered the Presto tank Tues
day, but it is reported that the cas-
ings were taken by couple of the
boys who started. Tuesday for Colo
RADIO. The parties who took the
property reside in the northwest part
'of the county, and no arrests have
yet been made, and they will prob
ably try to settle the matter by pay
ing for the property.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Kicked by q Horse.

Joe Brady, who is employed at the
Brady Lumber Co., was severely in
kicked bv horse. Joe was loading
shingles in a wagon for l.. l.. Gam
mon, of Eden township, and as he
passed the team one of the horses
kicked him it's hoof striking him in
the stomach. and knocking him ten
or fifteen feet. He suffered great
pain, and the physician who was call
ed had to administer opiates to re-
lieve him. Joe is game however, and
he was up and around Saturday
morning, although mighty core from
the effects Of the kick.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Tried to Work Short Change Game.

A couple of tourists travelling in a.
Studebaker auto, tried hard to- work
the short change racket on Mrs. Orel
Estes at the Estes garage last Thurs
day, but were unsuccessful. They first
got change for a $40 bill, then pur-
chased a spark plug, and then asked
for change for $40 bill, and when
and asked Mrs. Estes to give them
back their $40 bill, but she was too
careful and told them they were try
ing to beat her out of $40. They also
tried to get bill changed at Hotel
Leon evidently with the same intent.
They left hurriedly when Mrs. Estes
called their game.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Notice to Ford Purchasers.

Prices on Ford cars are expected
to advance shortly. 1t is our opinion
that those who book their orders ut
once will have a chance to get cars
delivered at old prices. We have
been instructed to stamp all orders
as follows:
IF the retail price mentioned ON
this order is increased before deliv-,
cry of car or chassis, the purchaser
may at his or her own option pay
such increase or have deposit return-;
ed and order cancelled.
We advise all who, expect to buy
cars to file their order at once.
Estes 4 Company.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Garden Grove hoy is Chief Engineer
of Battleship Illinois.

Lieutenant Bryson Bruse, son of
Mrs. Mary Bruce, of Garden Grove,
who has been in the United States
navy for number of years, was re-
Gently detached from the dread
naught Nevada, and assigned to the
battleship Illinois as chief engineer,
the third officer in command of the
battleship, the only ones his superiors
being the Captain and the Executive
officer
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Four Decatur County iiOvs Called to
TT. Smelling Training Camp.

The names of the volunteers from
Iowa selected to go to the officers
training camp at FIT. Smelling, Mimi,
were made public last week, and in
the list appears the names of four
Decatur county boys, Fred Hoffman,
of Leon, h. N. and David Dancer and
G. J. Judson, of Lamont, and they all
reported at Ft Smelling on Monday
of this week. The boys consider
themselves, very fortunate in being
selected, as only small proportion
of those applying were included.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Piano Truck Burned.

One of w. A. Alexander's piano
trucks was destroyed by fire near
the home of Martin Burrell, north
noon. J. w. Jacobs was driving the
truck. being accompanied by J. II.
Newman, one of Alexanders sale
men. They had a piano and organ
on the truck and while driving along
the road discovered the truck Was
on fire. They succeeded in remov-
ing the piano and organ, but the
truck was practically total loss.
with no insurance.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Palestine baptist Church.

On Saturday, May 18th, is the
regular business meeting. after
which there will be roll call. Ev-
cry member is requested to be pres
ent.
Preaching services Sunday. May
goth, at ! a. m.
Sunday school every Sunday at TO-.
Come, all are welcome.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
May Day Frolic to lie Given by Grades
Of North and South school.

The grade children of the north
and south schools under the direc.
by the grade teachers, will give a
May Day Frolic on the lawn of the
north school, Thursday afternoon,
May 31st. from to $3.50 p. m.
The frolic will consist of choruses
and folk games. Tags will be sold
at 10 cents and proceeds will go for
Victrola records for the schools.
EVERYBODY invited
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
New Court Cases.

R. l.. Bott VS.. G. H. and Alice
Rosenberger. Suit is brought to
foreclose mortgage on a farm given
to secure payment of two notes
amounting to, S172O.5O. varga &,
Son, attorneys for plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Flags Not Allowed on Handkr,vlIieis
or Articles of Clothing.

A ruling was made last week by
the federal authorities that it is un-
lawful to offer for sale handker-
chiefs, hats or other articles of cloth
ing or merchandise with an Ameri-
can flag printed or woven in the
goods or on the article, the ruling be-
ing that is cOmmercializing the flag.
using it for the purpose of selling TIE
article and is contrary to law
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
High School Play.

On Tuesday evening May %, the
Juniors will put on another of their
popular entertainments at popular
prices. They present the one act
comedy, The Man from Brandon" "
There will be costumed patriotic
drill by the grade children and many
other good specialties. This will
be the last appearance Of the Jun
iors this year. Admission 15c and
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Rev. llsley Retires From Ministry.

Rev. w. H. Ilsley, a former pastor
of the Leon Presbyterian church,
who has been pastor of the Presbyter-
ian church at Milo, Iowa, for several
years, has resigned his pastorate to
take effect on June 1st, on account
of falling health He will retire from
the ministry and make his home near
Belle Plaine, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Death of Mrs. Catherine Mahoney.

Mrs. Catharine Mahoney, we'll
known resident of Woodland town
ship, who has been sick for some
time, passed away Wednesday morn
ing at $50. Arrangements for the
funeral had not been made at the
time this paper went to press She
was 66 years of age.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Marriage Licenses.

W.. H. Wilson, Woodland $500.
Mrs. Emma Beavers, Columbus,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-17
Methodist Church.
HC ] II 7 VVS HN
Women

Women.
The services were all largely at
tended Sunday. If our interest were
regularly such it would be quite
easy to achieve larger results.
The sacred cantatta, rendered by
the choir in the evening, was we'll
rendered and many compliments
and words Of appreciation were ex-
tended.
Sunday, the last two of the series
of sermons now being preached, VIII
be delivered. In the near future a
new series will be announced.