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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published Quarter
of q Century Ago.

The graduating class Of the Leon
High School this year consists Of
only three members, Misses Kate
Sankey and Carrie Huffman and Mr..
Bert AIiker. Quite a numDer of
scholars started in to finish this
year, but only these three will COM
plete lhe course.
The Presbyterian church was
struck by lightning during the storm
on Wednesday of last week and con-
siderable damage was done, but it
was not discovered until the follow
ing day, when the janitOr went into
the church. He found several boards
badly scorched, but the fire had u1ed
OutHOf it's own accord
Mr.. Charles A. Whyte and Miss
Marian |. Atlee were married at the
last Thursday evening. The bride,
better known as Miss Mall Atlee,
grew from childhood to womanhood
in Leon, and was always prime ia
vorite with all our people. They
will make their home at TT. Madison.
The following marriage licenses
were issued the past week:
j. Fl. McVeigh 80 to Fannie Hop
kins %.
John w. soaper 27 to Eta Cook
Edward Clark "a to Elexine Cas-
ter "a.
Miss Grace Allen left today for a
visit with friends at Abba.
John Waterman, OF Van Vert,
was visiting with friends in this city
the first of the week.
Capt. and Mrs. A. A. jerks and
Comrade Justus George went to Ot-
tumwa Monday to attend the G. A.
X. Encampment.
A letter from Steve Grouse and
Henry Lands who are looking at
Oklahoma and the beautiful Chero-
kee strip, informed their friends
that they are pleased with the coun-
try, but so far have not fastened on
to anything in the way of claim.
Hon. Francis Varga left today for
an extended tour westward. He goes
as a delegate to the General Assem-
bly, Of the Presbyterian church to be
held at Portland, Oregon. He Wl!l
be absent for more than a month,
and will observe many grand and
beautiful scenes.
For the benefit Of some of our
farmer friends who are beginning to
feel discouraged over the continued
wet weather, we will state that on
the 18th day Of May 1877. there had
tur county, and still good crop was
put in and gathered in time.
The heavy rains last week were
very disastrous to the railroads all
over the country. The "Q' sent no
trains south on this branch from
Wednesday until Friday noon, the
track this side OF Charlton being
covered with water from one to three
feet deep for a distance of three
miles. South of here the track was
passable. but it kept the section men
watching for slides in the cuts. The
Narrow Gauge freight went north on
Thursday morning. The track this
side OF Osceola was washed out but
was repaired in time for the train to
get to Osceola and return that day.
North of Osceola their track along
South river was badly washed, and
no passenger train arrived here from
Des Moines until Saturday after
noon. All the creeks in the country
were out of their banks. Little river
was three feet higher than it was
after the big rain the week before.
Grand river was all over the bot
toms, and for time it was feared
the new bridge at Davis Lity would
go, as the abutment on the north
end was washed away, but prompt
action saved the bridge
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Electric Go. will Erect Electric Fla"
i'm Leon.

Recently the Iowa southern Ctil-
tiles Co., which owns the electric
light plant at Centerville, erected a
fine electric flag over their building
at Centerville. President o. E. Hull
of the Leon Chamber Of Commerce
wrote to the general offices OF the
company, intimating that the patrons
Of the Leon Electric Co., which is
owned by the Iowa Southern Utilities
Co., and the citizens in general would
greatly appreciate the erection of a
similar flag at the electric light office
in Leon. The request brought d
prompt response from general man
ager Frank S. Payne, who wrote they
had the matter under consideration.
and were securing prices and deliv-
cry, and, if possible, expect to erect
the flag in Leon IN the near future,
1t will probably be located on the
top of the new Masonic temple. in
which the electric light office is To-
Gated, and it could be seen for a long
distance. Everybody homes it will
soon be placed in position.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Leon Wins the Banner.

On the night of the Quadrangu!ar
contest Corning was announced as
winner by three, points. On iEt lay
following it was discovered that one
of the judges in adding Leon s
points, 80, SO and SS, made the sum
PSI instead of 26l. The papers were
turned back to the judges and the
matter left in the hands of the organ
izatiOn. Last week through Supt.
Adam Pickett of Creston. president
of the Quadranglar association. Leon
was announced as winner of the ban
ner. The trophy was ordered re-
turned to Leon. The corrected ad-
ditions gave points as follows: Leon.
SO7; Corning, 800; Osceola. rs;
Creston. TO.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Enforcing Blue Laws.

Attorney General Havner and his
assistants have started state wide
vance laws of Iowa, better known as
the Blue Laws, and announces that
they will be strictly enforced, and
will notify county attorneys to en-
force every law on the statute book.
We believe he will have pretty hard
shedding if he attempts to stop the
sale of Sunday newspapers, the sale
of ice cream and soft drinks, and
closing all places of amusement.
These are things which the public
consider a personal privilege, and To-
cal sentiment should govern.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Edgar lsOWell EnliStS in Navy.

Edgar Rowell, son Of DR.. and Mrs.
J. W. Rowell of this city, who has
been student at Lake Forest Uni
versity near Chicago the past two
years, has enlisted in the navy as a
second-class yeoman, and left Chica-
60 Monday for Duluth, Minn., to re-
port to the commander of THE
Gopher" Edgar had tried several
times to enlist but had been rejected
on account of his injured eye, but by
persistent trying and some influence
this defect was waived and he was
accepted. Dr. and Mrs. Rowcil went
to Chicago Saturday evening aad
visited with him until he left Monday
evening"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Land for Sale.

Wild land and improved farms for
those who want homes in the state
which holds the crop record. This
land is hard to compete with as it is
backed with the decayed vegetation
of forests for hundreds of years. Our
prices are right, and will quote you
a few to convince you:
so acres, house, barn. we'll, s acres
cleared, $4,000.
200 acres. house, barn. well. 20
acres cleared, $1,000.
so acres, modern Improvements,
so acres cleared. $4,000.
DALE BROS, call on r. F.. Dale,
Leon, Iowa, or write II. L. Dale,
Stone Lake, Wis. "& It
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Next Sunday is Mothers Day.

Sunday, May 18th, is Mothers Day,
and it's observance is growing each
year, and millions of carnations are
worn on this day, white carnation
for mothers memory, and d red or
pink carnation if mother is living.
Owing to the great demand on this
day, carnations are scarce and COM
mand a high price. Parties wanting
carnations for next Sunday should
place their orders at once, so as to
insure receiving them. Q. Il. Hull, at
The Reporter Office, will take your
disappointed.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
CLOSE OF Tie SERIES
last of the Twenty Rural Manual
Training instruction Classes
was Held Last Saturday.

On Saturday, May 5, we closed our
.wenty-week series OF meetings in
Decatur county under direction OF
The State College at Ames. These
have been held each Saturday at
various places in the county which
teacher This has been an unusual
opportunity for our teachers as more
than half of the state appropriation
used by Ames in this work has been
sxpenued in Decatur county.
The work of the series will formal
ly close on May 26th when man.
moth exhibit Of all the projects made
Teachers are urged to see that the
work of their pupils is we'll repre-
sented. A special request is made of
all teachers who have been in the
saturday classes, that they plan to
bring all Of the articles made to be
placed on exhibit.
The total enrolment has been 81, i,
with total attendance of 256, 3S
teachers attending a majority OF the
sessions in their vicinity, many driv-
ing in over rough roads or taking
trains at unreasonable hours in Or
der to be present.
The work given has been calcu-
lated to prepare the teachers to give
instruction in elementary manual
schools A variety of projects has
been made by the teachers who paid
the expense of the material and kept
the articles made. In most cases
these projects have later been made
by rural pupils under the direction Of
the trained teacher The county sup
erintendent reports splendid work
being done in many schools.
We look forward to regular manu-
a
connection with sewing, cooking and
agriculture But we have also had
in mind the manual training club
work, bulletins for which are sent
out free from Ames. The club work
can be done in the boys homes, ii
necessary, under the helpful sugges-
ton and direction Of teacher who
work.
1T is with pleasure that we COM
mend the following list of teachers
who have attended four or more OF
the seven sessions at each center.
Some have attended all the sessions,
others may have been legitimately
kept away. Those who attended
professional spirit and loyalty to the
school interests of the county, but
they are prepared to make an intelli-
gent beginning in teaching manual
training in any rural or graded
school where they may be employed.
Their effort commends them to the
consideration of school boards look
ing for progressive teachers.
The following is the list:
Ethel Bruner, Mrs. Inc l.. Spring
er Ruth Allen, Lille Barrett, Elsie
Feldhahn, Blanche Marshall, Winnie
Shira, Katherine Sullivan, Mrs. Belle
M. Turner, Myrtle Boyce, Geo: O.
Johnston, Lola May Shelton, Esther
Jones, Edith Sears, Flossie Akers.. B.
G.. Porter, Beulah McWhinney, La
may Allen, Christine Roberts, Viola
Nelson. Nina Still, Grace Durell,
ransy Shira, George Chastain. Letha
Bunch, Ethel Bunch, Nora Johnston.
Agnes Shell. Helen Roger, Ressie
Creal, Eliza Millsap, Mrs. p A. Sui
1ivan, Ella Doolittle, Florence Mcneil
ly, Rose r. Lamoree, Helen Jones,
Ena Mitchell, Myra Montgomery.
(Signed) CHAS. 3. WOODSTOCK.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Contract Let for New Catholic
Church.

The contract for the erection of
the new Catholic church at the cor
ner of First and Church streets in
this city, was awarded in competitive
bidding last week to the firm of
Gerdes, Hintz & Mckee, of Creston,
Iowa, for the sum Of $12,29O, exclu
sive of the heating. plumbing and
lighting contracts, which will be let
separately, and which will make the
total cost of the new church about
$4,000. The contractors will COM
mence work on the new church at
once, and expect to have it completed
by September list.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Protested in Vain.

There was rather interesting
hearing before the board of super
visors Monday evening, when a PRO
test was presented asking that the
board of supervisors rescind their
action l.l regard to making the new
cutoff on the Leon-P!easaEto road
just south of Leon, which embraces
the old Narrow Gauge right Of way,
which had already been graded for
the new road. The board refused 10
take any further action in the mat
ter, and the cutoff will be construct
ed, and it will be great help to ev-
erybody coming to Leon over this
road from the south.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
We Attended Newspaper Short
Course at !AmeS.

The Reporter man spent Thursday
and Friday of last week at Ames, 1t-
tending the Newspaper Mems Short
Course at the State College, and It
was by far the best course yet held.
were talks bv Dean Curtiss and r. X.
Bliss, director of the agricultural ex-
tension work, who gave facts and
figures showing the food shortage.
and urged every editor to impress
upon his readers the importance Of
raising every pound of food products
possible this year. The danger OF
food shortage is very great and every
man, woman and child should exert
ton
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Conscription. Means ii Men Here.

If the selective conscription be-
comes a law, which seems to be as
sured, and the first call is for 5OO,-
900 men, this means one man for
every 200 people in the United States
This would mean II men from Leon.
and total of about 80 from Decatur
county. If the army is increased up
to 100000 men in two years, it
would mean 33 men from Leon, and
246 from Decatur county in two
years time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Tells OF Life in the Trenches.

Private F. G.. Peterson, Of Co. b..
18th Infantry, FIRST American Legion
Battalion, in the Canadian eXpedi-
tionary forces, which were quartered
at Verdun. will be in Leon tbday,
Thursday, May 10th. He will tell Of
his experiences at the Idle Hour the
atre as a portion OF the days enter
tainment of motion pictures.
Private Peterson enlisted in the
Canadian regiment on November ! ,
1914, and served until August 10,
1916, when wounds inflicted in bat
tie crippled him for life. He par
ticipated in the battle at Verdun and
the Dardanelles. While in the trench
es at Verdun he was shot four times
through the left leg with steel nosed
bullets and his left hand was torn
to pieces by dum-dum bullet. A
portion of the wrist was also torn
away. Although wounded four times
in the leg he fails to show any sign
of lameness. This is due to the fact
that steel nosed bullets make clean
hole and will not kill or MAIN unless
they touch vital spot Medical at
tentiOn is good in the European hos
one of the best doctors in Europe
treated his wounds that he escaped
without lameneSs. He was in the
American Red Cross hospital in
Paris for four months and was total
ly blind deaf and dumb through out
this period. He has recovered his
sight and speech but his hearing has
been affected by the noise of batAa
and the poisonous gasses.
Private Peterson's address upon
his personal experience and that of
his comrades in the greatest of all
wars will be most interesting. He
has delivered addresses upon this
subject in every large cit" of the
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
\ Had Street.

The big truck of the Standard Oil
Co.. driven by Lester Thompson.
dropped through a cave-in of the
sewer on First street last Saturday.
and the truck went almost out of
sight, clear up to the tank First
street has never been in good shape
since the sewer was put in. and peO-
pie who use this street are demand
ing that the city authorities compel
the sewer contractors, to restore the
street as per their contract. They
have certainly been given ample time
to do so
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Engineer. Richter Able to Return
Home.

William Richter, the Burlington
engineer who was seriously injured
while working with his engine at
Davis City on Monday of last week,
and who was brought to the Leon
hospital for treatment, was able to
go to his home at Albany, Mo-, Tues
day being accompanied by Miss Vir-
ginia West, the trained nurse who
had been waiting on him, and al
though he will not be able to return
to work Ior some time, he is getting
along extra we'll.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
X. of +. Lodge Will Have Il big Time
Next Monday Night.

The Leon X. of P. lodge expect to
have big time at their regular meet
ing next Monday night, as they have
from twelve to fifteen candidates to
confer degrees upon, a dispenSation
having been requested so that all
three degrees can be conferred, in Or
der that the new members can attend
the district convention which will be
held at Charlton on Wednesday OF
next week. A big attendance next
Monday night is expected, as num-
Der of Knights from other towns Will
be present
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Flower Thieves Have Started.

Every year in Leon we have COM
plant that flower beds are torn up
and plants stolen, both at residences
and at the cemetery. Tuesday night
the fine tulip bed at the home Cf
E. E. Bell was visited and a large
number of the tulips were torn up by
the roots and carried away. There is
no penalty too severe for person
who will steal and destroy flowers.
1t is a hard thing to catch them, but
some of these days they will be
caught and then look out.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
New Court Cases.

Louis Craig vs. Martha Anna.
Craig. These parties were married
at Omaha, Neb., Oct -, 1907 and
Plaintiff asks for a decree of divorce
on the grounds of desertion. .Rapp &
Hess, attorneys for plaintiff.
Grace Wise VS.. Jake Wiley. Plain,
tiff sues for $4,000 damages for
breach of promise and seduction
Baker & Parrish, attorneys for plain.
tiff y
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Mrs. Henry Sparkling Dead.

Mrs Henry Sparkling who has been
quite i'll for the past few weeks pass
ed away at her home in Garden
Grove last Tuesday. The funeral
was neld Thursday afternoon at the
home. lnterment was in the ceme-
terry north of the Charles Roe farm.
near what was formerly known as
the Pettis place. Mrs. Sparkling was
one of the pioneer residents of that
section of the county Mr.. Sparkling
is quite low at present
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Ronald Monroe EnlistS for Training
Camp.

Ronald r. Monroe, of Leon, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Monroe, who
has held very responsible position
the past year with the Central State
Bank at Des Moines, has answered
the call of his country, and last week
enlisted to 60 to the officers training
camp at Ft. Smelling, Minn. He has
passed the physical examination, and
will have no trouble in passing the
other examinations
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
heath of Mrs. John Gustin.

Mrs. John Gustin, an old time resi-
dent of Leon, and the last member
of the Gustin family, died at Beth
any, Mo-, last Thursday evening, and
her remains passed through Leon
Saturday, being taken to Des Moines
for interment by the side of her hus-
band, who died several years ago.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Charles Chaplin at Idle Hour Satur-
(lay

Charlie Chaplin will be special
attraction at the Idle Hour theatre
next Saturday both afternoon and
night. He will appear in another of
his roaring comedies which are so
popular with the theatre goers all
over the world, where moving pic
lures are shown. Matinee at 3
o'clock. First night show at the
usual hour. Admission and 10
cents, both matinee and night.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10

James L. Johnson, who has been
lying sick at the home of his sister.
Mrs. Sarah Craig, in south Leon for
several weeks, passed away Tues
day evening. His body was taken
to his former home at Saline, Mo-,
yesterday for interment.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Come and Help Organize Red Cross
Auxiliary.

A special called meeting will be
held at the Christian church on Sun
day afternoon, May 18th, at o'clock
for the purpose of organizing a Leon
Red Cross Auxiliary Society. All per-
sons interested in this great work
are urged to be present. Red Cross
Auxiliaries are being organized all
over the land. and Leon Should be in
the front rank.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Notice.

we, the undersigned druggists of
Leon, owing to the unsettled condi-
ton of the drug market and in or
der to give our customers the best
possible service and prices, will, be-
ginning June 1st, do business on a
strictly cash basis. We request that
all bills due us be paid before that
date. asst
P. F. Kopp,
E. E. Bell,
Chas. Cherrington.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Junior Class Plays.

The Junior class of the Leon High
School will put on two plays at the
opera house next Tuesday evening,
THE Man from Brandon, and Jack
90 Hearts," Both are comedies
There win be special numbers BY
grade pupils. Seats on sale at Cher
rington's Saturday morning, AtA 25e
and Soc.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Notice.

To Whom 1t May Concern:
l have left the book accounts of
Chas Mccain with the Citizens State
Savings Bank of Decatur, Iowa, and
would request that all parties in
debted to him would call there and
make immediate settlement as l wish
to close up the estate as soon as pos
sible.
Robert Hutchcroft, Administrator.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Ease Ball Game.

On Friday of this week the New
Virginia High School team will visit
Leon. This aggregation has cleaned
up every team in their vicinity and is
hasn't been beaten yet this year and
they do not intend to lose on Friday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Leon High Defeated Graceland Col
lege Monday.

For the second time this season
Graceland College was defeated by
Leon High. The game was one of the
best school contests ever pulled off
on Warner field. Leon has a team of
sluggers. The close score, 4 to 3,
really is not true index of the bat
ting strength of the two teams.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
Marriage Licenses.

Harrison H. Thomas, Lamont So
Ella r. Percell, Lamont. ..... 4
John Mcknight, New Virginia =. .26
Ethel Depperman, New Virginia y
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-10
JAS. l., johnson Dead.

bert Hutchcroft, Administrator
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-28
VIRGINIA NEGRO
 WILL STAND TRIAL
 IN BOSTON DEC. ,
Negro Attorney Lewis Says That His Client Has Backing of Negroes
 of Massachusetts

Boston, November 27.-John Johnson, the West Virginia negro whom Cover nor Mccall last week declined to sur render to the authorities of that state on extradition papers, gave himself up to the federal authorities here today, and was held for hearing December 5 on a complaint charging him with being a fugitive from justice. His counsel, William H. Lewis, formerly United States assistant attorney general, ne- gro, announced that the defense had the backing of the negroes of Massachusetts and that the case would be fought to a finish. Bail of $2000 was furnished by the pastor and treasurer of Cambridge church.
 The indictment against Johnson, re- turned by a federal grand jury in West Virginia. charges violation of the Mann white slave act through the transportation of Edith Godbey, d white girl, from Charleston, W. Va, to Cat lettsburg. Ky, in November, 1916, for al leged immoral purposes. In the extra dition proceedings, on which the gover- nor acted last week, Johnson was charged with assault on a child.
 Governor Mccall tonight gave out a letter written to him by Governor Corn wall of West Virginia, in which he de- tended Nelson P. Brown, the assistant attorney general of this state, who con- ducted the investigation that led to the refusal to surrender the prisoner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-28
LAWYERS WILL AID
 MEN OF DRAFT AGE Thousands of Question Blanks to Be Sent Out to
 the Selectmen

The legal profession of the city will have chance to show it's patriotism to the government, beginning about December 15, when the "questionnaires' will be sent out to those of the recent draft who have not been actually called into the service. Service on the part of the lawyers will be in the form of assisting the selectmen in filling the blanks in the ''questionnaire.
 This "questionnaire'' is a 16-page blank that every man of the draft will be asked to sign, whether he has been called and failed in the examination or not, and as it is of rather complicated nature, the help of one familiar with le- gal terms and usages will be necessary and the legal profession of the city has signified it's willingness to render this assistance. About 25,000 of the "ques tionnaires" have been received by the To- cal exemption board, and will be mailed as fast as it is thought the attorneys can handle them.
 The number of lawyers that will as- sfst in this work is about 100. These will be stationed at the county court house and at the Ensley city hall, and