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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-09-13
Who Is The Home Merchant?

The Home Merchant-who is he?
He is the man who gives you credit
when you are financially embarrass-
ed and carries your account when
you are made unable to pay.
He is the man who gives you back
your money or makes exchanges
when you are not satisfied with what
you have bought.
He is the man who takes neigh
borly interest in you, your family
and your affairs.
He is man whose clerks live in
your town and spend their money
with you and other people of the city.
He is the man who pays heavy
taxes to help support the schools,
build and maintain the streets, police
and fire departments and other pub
Lie institutions. He helps to support
the churches, hospitals and charity
organizations.
Don't you-or won't you-raalize
that every dollar you send out of
town. goes to strangers who never
spend a cent here?
BE fair to the home mere hant-
your friend and neighbor buy in
Leon at all times.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-09-13
Weather and Crop Bulletin.
For the week ending Sept: II, 10.

For the week ending Sept. IL, 1917.
Des Moines, Iowa.
Another cold, wet week has fur
Their delayed the maturity of the be-
lated corn crop. The average tenn
perature was about 5 degrees below
the normal, and in many localities
showers were frequent and the
on the mornings of the 10th and
18th over the northern and eastern
parts Of the state Over the south
ern and eastern districts the showers
were accompanied by severe wind
squalls which blew down and tangled
corn badly, and by hail. which also
did considerable damage. corn made
fairly good progress toward matur-
ity in the western counties, where
siderable sunshine. but over the
greater part of the state there has
been but little advancement Some
of the earliest planted corn is begin
ming to dent, but the bulk of the
crop is only in the roasting ear stage
and much of it is still in the milk or
dough stage. An early killing frost
would seriously damage seed corn
The rains, however, were beneficial
and late potatoes and softened the
ground for fall blowing, which is
now being rushed. Some winter
wheat has been sown, and if the CON
ditions are favorable there will be
large increase in the acreage of the
crop.
Preliminary estimates made Sep
TENDER 1st show the average yield
of winter wheat is 10 bushels; spring
wheat 81; oats so; barley 81; rye
20; timothy seed bushels per acre.
If these estimates are maintained by
final reports the state will produce
about 100000 bushels of winter
wheat; 100000 of spring wheat;
260, 100000 of oats; 100000 of
barley and 100000 bushels of rye.
The area of timothy cut for seed was
only so per cent of last years acre
age. Eighty per cent of the thresh-
ing was finished on Sept. list.
Tuesday, Sept. II, 10 a. m.-Tele-
grams just received from correspon-
dents indicate that the frost has SER
iously damaged corn and garden
truck on low ground in the north
east portion of the state, and that
slight damage has occurred in the
northwest and southeast portions.
Geo. NJ. Chapel, Section Director
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-09-13
Letter From A soldier Boy.

n MrSt fC.4P .sBrOWnlnSp OF east ol
Leon, has received the following IN
Robert Elston, who is a member OF
| the 9Th Missouri Infantry, stationed
at Camp Clark, Nevada, Mo-:
| Nevada, Mo-, Aug. Fl, 1917.
Dear Sis:-I will answer your let
ter received yesterday and also a
card / received at the same time.
How is everybody at home by TINS
time. Tell Gale he had better come
down before we leave here. He will
guess there are between 5000 and
10 900 here now. We had quite u
storm here Sunday afternoon. One
boy in Co. NJ Of this regiment was
struck by lightning The rows OF
tents run east and west and there is
a company to each row. The young
fellow who was struck was about five
rows south Of our comIany row. II
was sure bad, he was End Sergeant.
1t was raining and he was sitting in
his tent writing letter to his moth
er when it happened. Is mother still
at Emmett's. l will write to her in
a day or two. 1t keeps me busy
writing ! have written about 20
letters in the last two or three days.
1t sure was bad about jeff Vaughn
dying. How did Nanny and the chill
ed Nanny. We were vaccinated
again this morning We have been
vaccinated three times. We will
have to take two more yet anyway.
How are the dances going on up
there now? Tell Gale he ought to be
here He could sure waltz and do
the bunny hug. We have fine band.
They sure stir up some excitement
when they play Are you from Dixie
TIr1a q
ME. Oh, yes, l nearly forgot to tell
you we were Quarantined for small
turned loose this Friday. Hope so.
We have pretty good range, about
200 acres. Well 1 will give you
some idea of what we do here now.
We get up at a. m. at the bugle
call and line up; this is what they
call reveille. that is when they raise
i Eat at rae there enel' is anyone y sick sick
they the: r. report 20; at GAO. we rest until
1880, line up for drill and quit at
$50, rest until noon then we eat
dinner, line up for drill at $3.50,
leave the street at 3, come in at 5,
eat supper at 6, then we rest until
Z, then we line up for retreat; that
is when they lower the flag, the
Banner, America, ana NeaIoi
My God to Thee" both for retreat
and reveille. Well, guess it is
enough to be said on that subject
l expect you will be tired by the
time you read this old stuff. Well
anyway, come down and l will tell
you the rest got letter from Ed
this morning. Well l will drawn in
for this time. Come down quick as
we get out from under quarantine,
and you can come to Nevada and
stay all night. Well l had better
quit, | have written five pages, a big
letter for me. l will close for this
time and answer sool
Your brother,
Bob.
Care Camp Clark, Nevada, Mo.
9th Mo. Inf. Co. G.
P. S.-Write and tell me ali the
news.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-09-13
Coal Control.
news.

| When President Wilson wrote
The New Freedom he little
thought he would live to appoint a
number of trade dictators. The die
tators whom he appoints must be
equally. surprised to find themselves
deem necessary for the salvation of
the situation, and for which many of
them had been put on trial before
juries of their peers. Yet it is easy
to reconcile the contradictions. The
combinations and pools and lawful
|monopolies which are created daily
now are for the public good and not
for selfish profit. Their claim to the
public confidence is that they are
managed by men of experience rath-
er than by radicals and theorists;
railway managers that Chairman
Lovett of the Union Pacific, whom
the president has put in charge of
the coal situation by virtue Of his ap-
pointment as director of priority of
shipments. Naturally his first official
act was the order giving precedence
to shipments of bituminous coal
through lake ports by either rail or
ship. Nothing more practical could
not theories, and it is done in the
teeth of writer's of reports not charg-
ed with the responsibility of acting.
For example the federal trade COM
had reported that this trade
was ''paralyzed," and it's paralysis
was causing industrial paralysis.
That report was challenged at the
time, and yesterday the fact was
published that in July the railways
last year, which was a record in it.
self. In that one month six and
half million more tons of coal We're
supplies to customers, and yet the de-
mand was for more. The "eXtor-
ton" of which we hear SO much is
not due to scarcity, whether produc-
ed by paralysis or by restriction Of
production in order to create scarcity
prices. The problem before the gov
oily in soft coal, but to increase the
supply of cars.
The deficiency is of cars, not of
coal There has been coal for every
car furnished, but there is such a
check to distribution that it is neces-
sary to take peremptOry measures to
move an unprecedented quantity OF
coal before winter closes the water
routes. The water carriers have had
more profitable trade in the carriage
of iron ore. Ore is supplied in such
quantities and is loaded and unload
ed with such speed, facility, and GER
tainty that it is preferred cargo. The
carriers can do better by going empty
one way for ore rather than by wait
ing the uncertainty attending the
of a return cargo of
coal. After a few score carloads of
coal are put into the water carriers it
develops that the other cars
are tied up on sidings somewhere due
to railway congestion. The carrier
has to wait or abandon it's load. On
Lake Erie not quarter of the coal
shipping facilities were used, and
there are other ports on other lakes.
These facts show the coal question is
a question of volume of distribution, |
not the volume of production, ner Of
price, nor profit, nor wages. All
these factors are operative, but they
are more heard of than their public
Importance justifies, because they
touch special interests which cry
aloud, rather than public Interest,"
New York Times.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-09-13
U)ekalb.

We are having some rather cool
weather at present.
Mrs. Mary Wilson assisted Mrs.
Nina Miller cook for threshers Sat-
urday.
Miss Mae Anderson and brother
Earl were Van Vert callers Mon
day.
Mrs. Rose Wilson and Delbert
Wilson spent Thursday at the Geo.
South home.
Mrs. Grace Woodland spent Thurs
day with Mrs. Mary Wilson.
Mrs. Lenna Beers and Miss Ella
Beers were Leon callers Saturday.
Miss Ruth Wilson spent Saturday
night and Sunday with her uncle,
Aaron Frey and family.
Biggest me of van papee 81 town
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-09-13

Care Camp Clark, Nevada, Mo.
9th Mo. Inf. Co. G.
P. s.--Write and tell me ali the
news
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-09-13

We believe a good many people &C
fishing just so they can talk about II
afterwards.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-09-13

A great many people must drink
awfu1ly poor coffee, when we think
how much we get of it when we are
away from home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-09-13

Doa't forget the Saturday after
no0o matinee at the Idle Hour
11at5O ct o'clock. Admission 5
~ 10 eente
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-09-13

s lsoshfng, not even q graveyard is
o61 Quloter than . country town, the
~ sttor circus :
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-09-13

Nothing feels 50 bad IS sleepless-
neeD.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-09-13

Biggest line Of van paper n town
Ct the Roxal store. 37-t3
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-10-25

Notice is hereby given that the Boaru
~ County Commissioners will, at their
clerks Office In Grangeviiie, iuhno
county. Idaho, on the 9Th day OF NOV
ember. 1917, at 10 a. m of said day.
omen and consider bids for the con-
sfruction of a combination, 10 1901
snan bridge. with concrete piers 70 De
erected across the South Fork OF tne
Clearwater river at Harpster. Idaho.
Said bridge to be constructed n &C
cordance with plans and specifications
now on file in the Office Of the clerk
Of the Board Of County Commissioners,
which plans and specifications are %
become a part of the contract entered
into by the successful bidder.
bids to be sealed and filed with tne
clerk on or before Saturday Nov. sra
1917. Bids sent by mail should DC
marked sealed bid"
The board reserves the right 10 re
ject any and all bids.
Done by order Of the Board
Dated this 18th day of October, 1917
JOHN p. EIMERS,
Clerk of the Board OF County
Commissioners.
By II. TELCHER, Deputy. 47-2
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-10-25
FOR SALE OR TRADE.

Residence property In GrangeviIle,
four blocks from new school building
House has living room, two bedrooms,
dining room, kitchen, bathroom and
pantry, two closets. Attached wood
shed. Modern openrfront henhouse,
capacity 80 TO 100 layers, with ample
yards. Land consisting of two lots
COOKIE IT. Is well improved with
shade trees. lawn. and shrubbery, sew
eral bearing fruit trees, large patch Of
raspberries, several currant and goose
berry bushes and Loganberry vines,
rhubarb and herbs. 700 to 800 Ever
bearing strawberry plants set out last
year. Splendid soil for all kinds Of
garden truck. Plenty Of vacant lots
adjoining available for additional
garden or to pasture COW or two can
be had at cheap rental Fine view and
a. healthful loca ity Splendid neigh
borhood. A fine place for a retired
farmer or for family with children
desiring school privileges Good rea-
SON for selling, and place can be had
at bargain for cash, or will trade as
first payment on small well-improved
farm. Address Box 975, Grangeville,
or call at Globe office.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-10-25

-Four years ago last spring Farmer
smith, agricuiturist with the O-W.
RS n company, was peddling about
Yakima county little 5-pound sacks OF
seed corn and asking farmers to ex-
pertinent with it. Many laughed 81
him. and said "this wasn't corn belt"
This year half a million bushels OF
corn matured In the Yakima valley,
and what is more, the average yield Is
conseryatiyely estimated at 50 bushels
TO the acre. while many farmers report
that their crops will run 100 bushels
or more to the acre. The average crop
yield In the United States is but %
bushels per acre.
1t is hardly probable that single
ton Of this great crop win be shipped
out OF the valley; IL won't appear in
the grand total Of $20.0O0,000 or per-
hap $25, 900, 900 which will be received
for crops grown this season, though II
1t did the amount would be increased
by about a million dollars.
That million dollars, however, will
be added to the income Of Yakima
farmers In profits ON hogs, sheep and
cattle; in the increased returns ON hay
sold which otherwise would be fed at
home, and In various other ways, for
practically all of the corn grown here
VIII be fed to livestock in the form OF
ensilage or otherwise.
Successful corn growing Is but one
contribution to Yakima prosperity, but
an important one; it is an example OF
the transformation Of the district dur
ing the past five or six years from {
one-crop country to one OF diversified
crops and interests.
Farming as business in the Yak
ina valley Is on firm foundation.
Farmer Smith is one OF the mel
who put it there
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-10-25

patients, especially those who are con-
valescent, appreciate such things as
jellies, jams, marmalades and various
kinds of canned fruit.
"A generous lady contributed q bub-
bling fountain to the hospital few
days ago. and Mr.. Arnold viii soon
have it installed The gift Is very
much appreciated, as the fountain was
really needed. Now IL some gentleman
viii be equally as generous the hospital
will be well supplied, as two fountains
were needed. The cost at present is
only SIS, but the price will undoubted-
ly advance soon as all plumbing ma
terials are increasing in cost daily.
wish l could publish the name Of the
lady who furnished the fountain, but
she prefers for the gift to be anony-
nous.
MANY people have talked with me
concerning the hospital, and without
exception all have wished 1t every
prosperity and have said 1t seemed bad
" needed. shall do my best to keep
the institution up to a high standard,
want sick people to have just as good
accommodations at home as they could
get by going to some larger city"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-10-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Probate Court, County OF Idaho,
State Of Idaho.
In the matter of the estate of jacob
Cassatt, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that letters OF
administration on the estate OF jacob
Cassatt, deceased, were granted to the
undersigned ON the End day Of October,
1917, by the Probate Court Of Idaho
county.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
to me for allowance at the First Nat
ional Bank, Grangeville, Idaho County,
Idaho, within 10 months after the date
Of the first publication Of this notice,
or they shall be forever barred.
Dated this 18th day Of October, 1917
A. N. DYER,
Administrator
A. s. Hardy, attorney for administra.
tor. 48-t
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-10-25
HOSPITAL OPENING.
Date Will be Announced In Near Fin.
ture, Says DIR. Rains.

The only reason why the hospitaI
1s not ready for business is that the
equipment has not yet arrived said
DR. Rains today. I'm a conversation with
the editor. Everything necessary has
been ordered and Is ON the road here
out freight L. exasperatingly slow inst
now, due possibly to the fact that Uncle
sans needs come first In the handling
OF cars A few things came this morn.
ing, however, and | am confident It Is
matter OF not more than a week IN
al the institution can be opened.
As soon as the equipment is In place
there VIII be a public opening. Of which
due notice VIII be given. All win be
cordially invited TO visit the hospital
&C that time and see for themselves
tnat Grangeville has an institution Of
which 1t may well be proud. 1t is
quite fashion nowadays to have a
shower at the time of an opening.
and Il would be most welcome heip
20 our hospital If its friends would
Drlng with them such small, inexpen-
siye articles as would appear 10 be use
ful In hospital. elaborate things are
not practical In hospital, as the wear
and tear soon destroy anything, no
matter how carefully made. Among the
articles which occur to me just now as
being especially practical are small
hand towels: small wash cloths: dish
towels mop rags; old, clean. linen
rags: tray cloths: stand covers: center
pieces: bed sheets, 56xD0. for narrow.
fhree-quarfer beds; bed spreads Of
white cotton for narrow beds; pillow
cases: small rugs: small pieces Of sill
yer tableware, such as teaspoons. bouiI
lon spoons, Individual butter spreaders (:
small pieces OF plain white porcelain
ware. such as cups. saucers. mush
bowls. sauce dishes. naples. serving
trays, vases. And IN the line OF eatables
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-10-25
WILL GO EAST In INTEREST OF
AUTOMATIC CAR COUPLER.

w. b. Hussman and j. II. Jones win
leave Monday for Pittsburg, Pa, and
other eastern Industrial centers In the
interests Of local parties here who have
become interested In Mr.. Jones's recent
invemtion--an automatic Airline Coup
ler--on railroad cars.
Recently this coupler was tried out
at Lewiston and proved an absolute
success in every particular, making
automatic connection without hitch
and showing no leaks Mt the valves
under heavy pressure. Railroad men
who witnessed the demonstration were
unanimous In pr0nouncing 1t perfect
success, and since that time numerous
railroad men have inquired about this
invention, so that the boys here who
are interested with Mr. Jones feel
that they have real bonanza.
The trip back east at this time Is
for the purpose of either selling the
patent rights or leasing the manufac-
ttiTe Of this coupler on q royalty basis.
Just where this mission will take
Messrs Hussman and Jones Is hard
to say at this time, but 1t is likely
that they will visit Washington,
u. G., and New York.
Those interested with Mr.. Jones are
Geo. IT. Mckinney, w. b. Hussman
elem Hussman, Pete Gaul. Barney
Luchtefeld and Hans Petersen OF
Keuterville.
We hope the boys viii strike It rich
and believe that they have something
that is really q success, and Ii so they
will soon join the ranks OF the Rookie
fellers, Gugenheims, etcetera. -Chr0n
! icle.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-10-25
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Probate Court, County Of Idaho,
State Of Idaho.
In the matter OF the estate Of Peter
Meland, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given, that letters
of administration on the estate Of Peter
Meland, deceased were granted to the
undersigned ON the 4th day Of October,
1917, by the Probate Court Of Idaho
county.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
to me for allowance at my residence
at Fem, Idaho County, Idaho, within
10 months after the date Of the first
publication Of this notice, or they shall
be forever barred.
Dated this nth day of October, 1917
OLE JUvET,
Administrator
A. s. Hardy, attorney for administra
tor. 46-s
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-10-25
LETTER FROM CAMP GREENE.
(,rangeviIle Soldier Boy Writes Home
F0IlSs--Is Well Pleased.

Camp Greene, Oct. Q, 1917.
Dear Folks;
AS we are at last settled comfort
ably In our new home / will write TO
let you know that ! am still alive and
doing well, and hope this finds you
getting along nicely.
We were very much surprised upon
our arrival hero to discover that we
were to be reorganized, and sent 20
help reorganize new regiments.
90. II was sent to help complete
new regiment OF engineers for the al
yision--and at the present time we are
full fIedged engineers; 1t is one OF the
beet branches of the service and al
though we all felt rather badly because
Of the good old regiment being broken
up, we were all exceedingly well pleas
ed to have the fortune OF being assign
ed to the engineering department.
We still have our ofiicers-Leuts.
Bowling, Porter and Hodge. We could
not possibly have better men over our
company than the above 0fiicers-they
are good soldiers and every inch men.
We had q pleasant trip through !;
va made 1t In six days, coming by way
Of Kansas City, Louisville and Knox
VILE. :
we saw some fine country, and I
believe the south to be fine place TO
live
little cities In the country. 1t Is tine
cIeanest, most sociable place ever
saw. 1t has population or about
10000 people ard has eighty
churches TO attend to Its spirituai
needs. Everybody goes to church mere,
and IL fellow doesn't his name Is
Mutt A person cannot even Duy
cigar or sodawater In town ON sun
day. ,.,,a
az any have ever met. They take the
soldiers into their homes and entertain
them In any way tnat will make lie
more pleasant for them. They think
fhat the wearers OF Uncle Sans o. ID,
are entitled to the best they have.
We stand revelry at o'clock a. m,
and retreat at p. m. We have abs-s
six hours actual drill, and then there u
about an hour and a half OF theoret-
Teal work each day. We are kept very
busy all day long. Eleven o'clock Is
the latest that we can possibly be out
Of camp at night.
/ was very sorry that could not gel
home before left Boise, but as i've
days was the longest furlough that we
could possibly get, and that was moi
sufficient to come home on. ! may gel
furlough and come home about New
Years. certainly want to get home
for few days.
haven't any idea how long we will
be here, but as we have an excellent
camp and comfortable quarters,
would just as soon be here as any
where else. hope that You are get
ting along well. and that If there II
going to be peaceful settlement Of
International affairs, that 1t will com,
before long for know that I woult
be a great help to you at home. Blu
Il we are ordered across the pond
we win go as willingly and hopeful,
as 4 we We're coming home
We have a great score to settle witt
Germany, and | believe that some o
US Will help settle the burden and suf
fering they have caused.
Well 1 must close for the presen
time. Hoping to receive an answe
YOUR SON.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-10-25
CANnfACK SENT TO OROFINO.

Chas. Cammack, the higgins h0me-
steader who last week made announce
ment Of his approaching marriage, was
taken up by officers from the sheriff's
Office last Saturday and given hear
ing as to his sanity In the probate
court before Judge Wilbur Il. Camp
bell. and was ordered sent to 0rofino
where IL is to be hoped that proper
treatment win restore his mentality.
He was taken down by Deputy Sheriff
VIM. Eller.