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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

held each Sunday at IL O'Clock, in
the assembly room of the public Ii,
brary.~ Any who desire to attend
these meetings will be cordially wei
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

E. j. Sankey buys and sells land
ON comp,issiOn, makes farm loans, an
approved SECURITY ut the best rates,
anil does general real estate blisi.
ness. Has had 20 years experience
in the business. Office upstairs nj
northwest corner of Main and Com.
mercial streets. Icon. Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Attention Comrades! You are re
quested to meet at Grand Army Hall
on Dec. Z, 1917, for election OF offic-
ers. By order of committee.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Found-1owa auto license plate
No. 1855, which the owner can OBJ
tain at The Reporter office.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Wood for xthe CUTTING have a
lot of good wood on my farms near
Blockley which will give away for
the cutting. If you want any see
me at once. G.. NJ. Axes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

For Rent-5 room cottage, oppo-
site the Leon hospital on south Main
street. Mrs. C. M. Axes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Wanted-To rent a farm of $50
to 200 acres. N. P. Stutsman, 1851
Scott street, Des Moines, Iowa 14-2t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Notice. will not be responsible
for any debts contracted by Hazel
Reynolds. r. NJ Reynolds.
Leon. Iowa, Nov u, 1917. 14-3t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Underwear for men who appreci
ate good quality, at G. B. Prices.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

New stock of Ball Band overshoes
at G. B. Prices. The only shipment
received this year in Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

The Leon Savings Bank is prepar-
ed to make some good farm loans at
reas~ 1able rates.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Wanted-A quantity OF spring
wheat for seed. Biddison Coal &
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Howard Reynolds, of east of Leon,
last SATURDAY..
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

For Sale-Big Type Poland China
6oars, highly bred, good individuals.
Lewis M. Andrew, Grand River, la.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

We have the only new Ball Band
overshOes in Leon. G. B, Price.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

If we can fit you we can sell you
an extra good fur coat at big bar
gain. Six of them. Call and see us
at once. First come first served.
Bowsher & Bowshel.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
PO'' Bowshsr's

Sweaters for the whole family at
G. B. Prices.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Get your Ball Band. overshoes of
G. B. Price.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Enjoy life better, work more eff
ficiently, be more healthful, save
your eyes G. Butler and See better.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Sweaters for the whole family at
:. B. Prices.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Underwear for men. who appreci-
ate good Quality, ct G.. B. Prices.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Potatoes-A car load of North Da-
kota Early Ohio potatoes for sale at
my residence in Leon. Glen Rum
ley. 15-3t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

- Get that .Mackinaw now Of G. B
Price.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Get your wall paper AT the Rexall
store 37-tf
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Extra fine Mammoth Bronze Tom
Turkeys, pure bred, $500 each.
15-2t Ernie Poland, Grand River, Ia.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

The ladies of the Unity Club en-
tertained a number Of lady guests at
an afternoon party at the library
building yesterday afternoon
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

For Sale-About so full blood,
deep brilliant r. c. r. |. cockerels.
Mrs. Fl. C. Warrington, Garden
Grove, IsWa. l5-2t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Get that Mackinaw now of G. b.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

For Sale or Gent--The Walker ice
cream factory and restaurant, in
Leon, Iowa. Apply at restaurant.
cast of depot. l4tf
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

For Sale-Ragistered Aberdeen
Angus bull. s. L.. Jordan, Leon, R:
f d. J. 5tf
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

For Sale---Pure bred Poland China
male hogs and Rhode Island Red
ROSTERS. Chas. McCroskey, Decatur,
Iowa 1927
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

Get that Mackinaw now of G. B.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

We want your business and will
give you every reasonable banking
courtesy and accommodation. Leon
Savings Bank
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

We can use some choice first mort
gage farm loans. Farmers Trad
! ers State Bank. Leon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

For Sale-On account of moving
away, my Leon residence property on
north Main street. w: {. Stempel'
1921 Santa Fe Ave. Ft. Madlsons
Iowa u
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1917-07-13

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copy of this interesting folder will be mailed any address
receipt Of six in stamps
A. w. Wamoc General Passenger Agent Twin City Lines
apois.
Chicago eagle., 1917-11-10
Article Ix-vehicles.

Section /. No one shall drive ve'
hicle that is so closed in or construct
ed as to prevent the driver from hav.
ing sufficient view of the traffic at
the sides of such vehicle.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-21
Party of Discomfort

IF there must be an opposition party during
the course of the war with Germany, II there
must be Tories and Copporheads and dissent
ers, 1t suits us Just we'll to have such an
organization promoted under the auspices OF
Industrial Workers of the World, anarchists
and radical Socialists Already we know the
character Of their patriotism. We know the
measure of their loyalty. Already we have
taken the Bertillon fingerprints of large
group Of their leaders. They have been given
their brand, and we know exactly how to
deal with them.
In order to give Responsibility" to their
party, the disconnected propose to rally
around Senator La Toilette as their standard
bearer. He is being applauded by the whole
outfit the champion of their cause, as
the great exemplar of their spirit and the
courageous spokesman Of millions of dis
heartened American people," But why should
La Toilette be singled out for favoritism?
Why should Immortality be awarded him
when in the Senate of the United States there
are others just as deserving of acclaim?
There are Reed and Stone and Yardaman.
There are Gronna and Norris. Is there to be
no recognition Of their walls of discomfort?
1t is inevitable that the opposition to the
war should unite in some form. The only
surprising thing is that it has not already
crystallized into some definite organization.
With German money and German blood as its
come together earlier. Its leaders might
have begun shaking down" the pro-German
war chest long ago. Many of their followers
might have achieved a sentence in the
Leavenworth or Atlanta Penitentiary months
ago, and thereby guaranteed their political
martyrdom.
But it is obvious that the founders of the
Party of Discomfort were waiting for real
leadership. They wanted political giant or
giants to lead them. They wanted men
ahead OF them who are immune from arrest
rs traitors and free to proclaim their plat
form without fear OF prison walls. They
wanted, in short, Senator of tie United
States, or a body Of Senators, as their spokes-
men. And they have found their man. They
are prepared to exalt Robert NJ La Toilette
whether he repudiates them or cot He may
turn his back upon them and his hand against
them, but they will love him no less He
is their defender and their mouthpiece. and
they know he cannot disown them
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-21
News Of Fiftv Years AGO
(From the Richmond Dispatch, Aug. 21. 1897 ,
Yesterday, Thomas F. Goode and G. p. Haw

Yesterday. Thomas F.. Goode and G. p. Haw
took the terrible oath and thus qualifed to
practice law In Underwood's court ~
General \. p. Blunt yesterday relieved
from the place OF quartermas ter general Of this
district and ordered to report in Washington
Elk -Governor F. w. Pickens Of South Caro-
lima. was in the city Sunday. on his way to
the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs He
spent the day at the Ballard.
The report that General Robert f. Lee had
accepted the presidency of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway is entirely without foundation
General Lee has no idea OF quitting Washing
ton College, where the prospects for the COM
ing session, far exceed even the unprecedented
success of the last.
c. w. S. Rickey. the originator Of the Knights
OF the Golden Crtcle died in Baltimore last
Sunday. He was native of Virginia. and was
ffty-two years old
Brevet Major-General A. b. Howard has been
ordered to report to General Schofeld in this
city for duty
The President has assigned General Thomas
to the command of the Fifth Military District
to the Department Of the Cumberland. and
General Sheridan to the Department of Missouri
The necessary orders will be issued from the
War Department to-day by General Grant.
1t is now believed in European capitals that
II Russia and Prussia form the proposed al
LANCE offensive and defensive. Austria and
France will form one In opposition.
Acting Attorney-General Binckley's wife is
the niece OF General Joseph f. Johnston and is
we'll known in Richmond social circles.
James River is higher than 1t has been at any
time since last June, but all danger Of freshet
has passed. 49, .E,sgI ~ ,ts 5sy5tlsi
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-21
MYSTERIOUS STRANGER
STILL ELUDEs CAPTURE
Passes as Son Of Secretary Daniels
and Gathers In Rich
Harvest.
SENDS BAD PAPER BROADCAST
Principal OF MontcIair Academy
Loses $3.50 in Cash BY Accepting
His Check, and Others Are Re-
Heved Of Smaller Sums.
TBy Associated Pre.s.I


WASHINGTON. August Gothic mys-
ferrous stranger. passing himself on
on naval officers and others as a son
OF Secretary Daniels, has obtained nu-
merous sums OF, money. and to date has
eluded capture.
The Navy Department to-day issued
warning against the imposter. Ac-
cording to the departments announce
inent. the first occasion was July O..
when the imposter introduced himself
to the officers OF the receiving ship
at the New York Navy-Yard. and was
invited to luncheon. He said he had
lost about SAT and succeeded in borrow
Ing from the ships paymastcr $50. fur
nishing a regular navy receipt which
he signed Herbert j. Daniels"
On July Is the same man called on
the principal OF the Montciair. y. j..
Academy. introducing himself as Frank
Daniels. son OF the secretary. and
aid he had been commissioned by Rear
Admiral Usher. Of the New York Navy
Yard. to arrange for an encampment
en- the academy campus for 200 sailors.
He also expressed desire to visit
Thomas a. Edison at his laboratory at
Orange. y. j.. and this was arranged
through DR.. NJ. Reese Hutchison.
LOSES $3.50 IN CASH
BY TAXING HIS CHECK
The Navy Department statement says
that DR.. Hutchinson lost $3.50 in cash by
taking the strangers check.
When Or. Hutchison came to Wash
:ncton he handed Secretary Daniels a
letter from his son" and the fraud
was disclosed.
In the meantime. the irnposter had
again called at DR.. Hutchison's home
in Orange, N j.. saying he was going
to stay there week. He borrowed a
camera from the butler. then pro-
ceeded to the Edison storage battery
plant where he got $50 from the SUI
perintendent on bad check.
"As soon as Secretary Daniels
learned of the fraud" the statement
continues. tho authorities were noti-
fed to be on the lookout for the i'm
poster. On Sunday. July 30. secret
service man. in company with a police
man. saw the young man on Park Ave-
nue.. in Orange and approached him
with the intention OF placing him un-
der arrest. However. the young man
wore different suit OF clothes from
that he had worn when he was at DR..
Hutchison's and had no glasses, and the
secret service man not being sure OF
his ground. did not arrest him. Since
that day the imposter has not been
SEEN"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-21
Health Talks, by Dr.. VIM. Brady
Copyright 1916. National Newspaper service.I
Heat Prostration.

Sunstroke or heat prostration is by no nean.
as common as news Items would lead us 10
Imagine, this hot weather. Whenever a Victim
succumbs TO apopicxy. urcmia. heart failure
faintinE or alcoholism. during tho warm spell.
81 Il another victim 800
With dry heat evaporation of perspiratlon Ia
more rapid, and the body is kept cooled And
In dTy eomm ~ mites ALCOHOL is notoriousiy
alcohol for purposes of cooling OF or WARMING
up is much more liable to heat prostration. sun.
who depends upon good old hydrogen monoxide
,udicient sleep and foolish clothing arc com ,n
.rihSStins cause. Of heat prostration. BY foolish
.nssted by fashionable ladies during the warm
spsi; but rather 70 the supernuous layers .
hot. wave m ans trouasIB. esp eciailr IL he IL
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-21
MEAT SUPPLY FOR ALLIES
IS INCREASING PROBLEM
Daily tho Burden Which Has Been
Placed on This Country Grows
More Onerous.
ALARMING INRoADs ON HERDS
Europe's Cattle Are Decreasing Rap.
idly to Vanishing Point, While Its
Needs Are Greater-Consumpt
Must Be Cut.
tBy Associated Preas.]


WASHINGTON August 20-The prob
lem Of supplying the allies with meat
has devolvcd mainly on the United
States. and daily the burden is growing
more onerous. according to a state
ment issued by the food administration
to-day. Wartime demands have been
SO great that Europe has been making
alarming inroads on it's herds, with n
consequent reduction in It's domestic
supply.
Since tho war started there has been
a total decrease Of 115.oo5,ooo in tho
worlds supply OF meatproducing AMI
mails. Cattle increased 100000 in tho
United States. while the total world
decrease was 2s.oso.ooo. Sheep dc.
creased 100000 in this country, while
the world supply was diminished by
54.50o.00o. Hogs increased 6,o75,o0o in
America. but the general supply de-
creased 32.I25.ooo.
During the year ending juno 30,
1916. America exported 1.339.Issooo
pounds Of meat as compared with a
threc-ycar ante bcllum average of
4s3.Sis.ooo pounds. These exports went
chiefly to the allies. whose capital
stock of animals has decreased $4,000
600 head.
SAVING IS OVERCOME
ny INCREASED DEMANDS
Although the European countries
have drastically reduced meat con-
sumption among war workers." says
the statement. this saving has been
overcome by the greatly Increased de.
mands to supply men in the armies
and shops. and women who have taken
up physical labors. Millions OF individ-
uals TO whom fresh meat twice a week
was luxury. are now. by necessity
OF their extreme physical labor. eat.
ing 1t twice daily.
The war has injected into an al
ready difficult situation number OF
vicious conditions which are jco ard.
izzing the ultimate animal products,
supply OF the world. The production of
fodder in Europe has been diminisheI
by the diversion OF productive labor
to war. and its import has been cur
tailed by shortage in shipping and By
the isolation OF markets by belligerent
lines.
The problem facing America IL NOT
only one OF supplying the immediate
demand OF the allies. but one which IL
more far-reachins in it's significance.
as the war goes on there will be
constant lessening OF the capital stock
OF the worlds food animals. Among
our western allies. the demand outruns
further every day the decreasing pro-
dlction. and as shipping becomes fur
thcr shortened by submarine destruc-
tion, further destruction OF the herds
must ensue.
The food administration points out
that the only immediate solution OF tho
problem lies in reduction OF consump-
tion and elimination OF waste.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-21
Voice of the People
Letters must give the name and I'D.
dres. OF the writer. Name Will not be
published IL writer SO requests.


To the Editor of Tho Times Dispatch:
Sir.-When the Triggs built their
shipyards here they We're allowed to
build dam south of the docks, which
caused the tide to change it's course.
and the sand to run in on the Old Do
minion Dock and the mouth of the
locks have practically ruined trans
portation. Before that was done the
Old Dominion ran here such ships as
the Roanoke and the Guyendotte. of
over 1000 tons. which came here load
ed and discharged. and also turned
around. drafting fifteen feet To-day
the steamer Pocahontas. drawing seven
feet. is ashore lying at the wharf.
The government some time back
dredged what was called a turning
basin. which has filed up at a dis
lance of about 200 yards. The city
has tugboat and a dredge machine
employed on the work, and has been
since last spring making two cuts
On last Sunday barge loaded with
coal was ashore about the Old Do
minion Wharf. and had to wait for
high tide to get to S. II. Hawes's land
ing. You will find this to be a true
and accurate statement of this harbor.
j. w. BAILEY,
Steamer Pocahontas,
Old Dominion Steamship Line.
Richmond. Va, August 20, 1917.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-21
Question. and Answers.
Books and Authors

Kne one or ;S. sGGh
Of Of Prefeserses:" and WIN deal with the works
ta 5dsn as literary force today Nj Meneken
been feature Of that magazine for many years
d to Sr Years as
been the chief Interpreter Of Dresser. The
pleseT s 95fiTm e be printed
written about: for he is by. general consent re-
last viii be espeeay ntcrestna to-
day in view Of the recent renewed activities of
and disturbing facts. ''''c'
Just issued appesins book 'a en,'led @rSs
sste9r Ts' p T
esd this 1t 's I nj
sssss page -, reHasld butier; VIC un,hnk"Eg
Sch ,oxs :; makes thereby
s"a OF h nag deas
by this absorbing story Of duty and saerdcs.
the viii nsw ap Ssa in
has e Sss reesn last sse months
tenancy erIa commission in the United states Cav
Ss ''ssd s?eS
se d
and theater soe' and sn eon
Guiding one on his place in the modern drama
The author was president OF the Drama League
or America. and is very widely and favorably
known both as lecturer and writer.
The original little heroine of Alice Hogan
Century Company will publish in September
VII delight her readers with many swift flashes
or humorous insight. recalling Mrs. Wigs
Quite naturally Nance is most humorous when
utterly unconscious. When. little pitifuI hE-
ure Of eleven. she stands In the Juvenile Court
t xn 5uqse e1nc1uaes his renuke with II believe
It," Names irregular features broke into n
smile. 1t was quick. wide smiles and very
intimate. Tight she reneated. with a ouizzi-
cal look at the Judge II thought that was what
We was pinched for"
Isabel Maudc Pcacocke whose INV Friend
Phii' won her a considerable amount of popu-
larity n few years ago. has written another story
OF boy life which Robert NJ. Mcbride &: Co will
publish IN August "Dicky. Knight Errant"
count Of the well-meaninE exploits OF a little
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-21
The Submarine and Peace

1T is, OF course, impossible to determine
the exact relationship between the repeated
peace proposals and the apparent failure of
the submarine campaign, but 1t is easily be-
lievabie that the association between them
is intimate. The latest reports of British
losses from undersea boats strengthen this
suspicion, il they do not actually carry con-
vction
1t must be remembered that the Ger
man government informed the world that
it would disregard all restraints, and
on February l would sink all craft with
out warning that entered the war zone At
the same time this was conhded to the Ger
man people, who were told that by this cam
pagn OF ruthlessness Great Britain would be
starved in three months and peace would
ensue-peace upon Germany's terms This
assurance was necessary in order to reconcile
the people OF Germany to the possibility of
another powerful enemy. They knew, as
did the Berlin government, that the submarine
campaign which they had concluded to
inaugurate would bring us into the war on
the side Of the allies. but the militarists
OF the empire were quick to promise termi-
nation of the war before American men and
resources could be thrown into the equation
But again the German statesmen have mis-
calculated. The submarine has continued to
sink ships, but not enough of them to affect
the economic situation in Great Britain or
handicap American participation in the war
Not only are We shipping vast quantities of
food and munitions TO our allies but we are
transporting troops to Europe just as fast
as we can equip and mobilize them. Berlin
knows this and the people of Germany are
finding it out
Realizing this. the German government, it
seems certain, is fortifying. itself against the
wrath OF their own people. 1t is proposing
peace. first through its own Chancellor, then
through Austria. then through the Socialist
| conferences and. finally, through the Vatican.
IL cannot keep on returning to the men and
women OF Germany empty handed 1t can
not forever hand those suffering people
stones instead OF bread. If 1t cannot force
peace through the power OF its armies or tn e
brutality of it's submarines it must at least
convince them that il is making every DOS
sible effort to get it through mediation and
negotiation.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-21
The Ancient sacrince.

Ye dead and gone great armies Of the
Sweet CLEAN the fields where ye
were used to pass.
With Death for leader, 1egioned like
the grass.
Day after day by dews Of morning
pearled.
Ye dead and gone great armies. We were
hurled
'Gainst other armies. great and dead
and gone,
In awful dark; We died before tho
dawn,
Ne'er knowing how your flags in peace
are furled!
Ye are the tall fair forests that were
felled
To build pyrc for strife that It
might cease;
Ye are the white lambs slaughtered
{. to make peace;
Ye are the sweet ships sunk that storm
be quelled: ~
And we are lilies plucked and set like
stars -.. IL.
About the blood-stained shrine of by.
gone wars!
Leonard Fishers .soaasts."