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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
LXIII, NO. 80.
THE NEXT FEW DAYS AT THE
IDLE HOUR.
Many Great Stars to Appear at That
Popular Theatre in Great
Productions

Pauline Frederick, one Of the
greatest of screen stars, appears at
the Idle Hour tomorrow, Friday,
May 4th. in Lydia Gilmore" This
is a truly great Paramount produc-
uon in which this charming star has
a wonderful part in which she does
some wonderful work. Lydia Gil
Five and ten cent matinee at three
O'Clock. First night show at 7:3O.
A specially strong program is now
being arranged for Saturday after
noon and night The matinee per-
formances at the Idle Hour theatre
are very popular.
Fannie Ward, one of the most
comes to the Idle Hour Monday, May
7th, in d return showing of The
Cheat. This was without doubt the
greatest five reel picture ever shown
in Leon and our people will be glad
to have an opportunity to see it
again. Five and ten cent matinee at
3 clock First night show at 1880.
Douglass Fairbanks will return to
the Idle Hour Wednesday, May 9Th,
in Habit and Happiness, a Triangle
production of high quality. Douglass
Fairbanks is a wonder and the an
nOuncement Of his coming will be
most delightful news to Leon theatre
goers. Five and ten cent matinee at
3 O'Clock. First night show at 1880.
Today, Thursday, May 3rd, both
the eleventh and twelfth episodes of
"A Lass of the LumDerlands" will
be shown and also a splendid pro-
gram of other pictures. Admission
. and 10 cents, both matinee and
night
Damaged Goods" is coming for a.
showing both matinee and night on
Wednesday, May 10th.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
Of Century Ago.

A travelling man named Cushing
startea to drive from High Point to
Leon Monday afternoon at O'Clock.
About 10 O'Clock that night he ar
rived in Leon on horseback. having
left wagon and trunks two miles east
travelling man is very much in favor
of something being done to improve
our roads
r. r. Early, J. P. Wharton and
Misses Mayme Penniwell and Mary
Ray drove to Lineville Saturday ev-
ening to spend Sunday with friends.
The big rain Saturday night made
the roads almost impossible, washing
out bridges and culVertS, and they
had a hard time getting home, start
ing from LineNille at O'Clock Mon
day morning, and arriving in Leon
after 9 O'Clock that night. They
changed horses on the way home, and
the boys frequently had to ge, out
and lift the buggy out Of ditch
where the culvert had been washed
away, and from the amount Of mud
the boys had on their clothes we
think they carried a good portion of
the roau home with them.
Sherman Dale ana Miss Lizzie
Ogden. of the Spring Valley negih-
borhoOd, were married at Mt. Ayr
last week.
Prof. V. Il. McGinnis is certainly
in luck. Besides being elected as
principal Of our school Monday night,
he is rejoicing over the arrival of a
bouncing boy at their home on Tues
day. lie says it is very nice to set
up the cigars and celebrate two great
events at once.
Mrs. Fletcher Layton went to Col
fax Monday TO visit a few days with
her mother.
Miss Lillian Howard, of Osceola,
visited over Sunday at the home OF
DR.. A. Brown.
her duties as bOokkeeper for a large
had been enjoying months vaca-
ton at the home Of her parents, MIR.
and Mrs. w. f. Cannon, of south
Mr.. Jas. w. Allen and family. and
Clay Harris, Of Brown, Virginia,
brother-n-law and brother of our
townsman, }. A. Harris, arrived in
Leon last Thursday, and will make
this city their future home.
Grandma Matheny, Of Weldon, died
last Wednesday evening and was bur
led Thurdsay.
Axes 4 Smith closed their steam
riding gallery Saturday night, and
have shipped it to Mt. Ayr, where
they will commence business Friday.
AS there has never been steam rid
ing gallery in that town it will no
doubt take the people by storm, and
the boys will do good business.
They will work their way west dur
ing the summer and expect to spend
the winter in California.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
Chester Jenkins Married.

Chester Jenkins, son of Mr.. and
Mrs F. l.. Jenkins, of near Weldon,
former Leon residents, was married
on Aprll 18th. at Saginaw. Michi gan,
to Miss Lillian Gall, OF Brecken-
ridge, Michigan. Miss Gall is the
violinist and vocalist with the Re
public Truck Company big band.
She is most charming and accom-
plished young woman. Everybody
knows and respects Chet. He is a
tine lad and fine MUSICIAN. He has
been with the Republic Truck Com
pany band now for some time. The
bands headquarters are at Alma.
Michigan, where the big truck fac
tory is located. The band will start
upon an extensive advertising tour
for the factory this month, and Mr.
and Mrs. Jenkins will accompany the
organization in their professional
capacities
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
McthOdist> S-l'reshyterians =.

A good natured rivalry between
the boys of the Methodist Sunday
school class Of Walter Osborn, and
those of the Presbyterian Sunday
scnool class of G. 3. Price, terminal
ed in base ball game on the Leon
grounds Tuesday evening, which re-
suited in a victory for the Methodists
by score of 8 to 2. G. B. says
his boys are all right. but he forgot
that Walter Osborn was a profession
al base ball player and manager and
he was outclassed, but still insists he
can Outclass Osborn in quoting scrip
ture, and there may be another con-
test between the managers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
The Bone Dry Law.

A good many questions are asked
about the Iowa bone dry law that be-
came effective last week, and we give
than bone dry section below in order
that those Interested may see just
how the radical prohibition statute
reads:
IF any express, or railway COM
PERSON. or anyone as the agent
or employc thereof shall trans
port or convey to any person
within this state any intoxicat-
ing liquors, without first having
been furnished with certificate
from the clerk of the court issue
ing the permit, showing that the
consignee is a permit holder and
authorized to sell liquors in the
county to which the shipment is
made, such company, common
thereof shall, upon conviction, be
fined in the sum of 500 for each
offense and pay the costs of prose
cution, including reasonable
attorneys fee to be taxed by the
court. section 24Tg ss4tSa -ElDdea
OF 1917.
There you have it. Under this
statute it is said that no person may
take or carry in any manner any
booze for another in this state, and
il he does so the place where he de-
livers such booze is the place of sale.
The sale being illegal in this state,
therefore the party SO carrying booze
or delivering it is guilty of illegally
selling liquor. The driver of an auto
mobile might get into trouble if he
carries passengers who have booze
with them in the car. for where the
passengers and booze are delivered
would be the Dlace of sale
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
Manual Training at Davis City.

The last of the series of 2S meet
ings, for the instruction of rural
direction of the State College at
-Ames, will be held in Davis City at
the school building on Saturday, May
5, as most of the teachers in this
vicinity have not attended many of
the series, special work on the bench
will be offered suited to their needs.
A full attendance is desired of teach
ers and those who are planning to
teach. There is no charge other than
for material used.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
New Signs For jefferson Highway.

The officers OF the Decatur County
Jefferson Highway Association have
received notice to the effect that the
allotment of enamel signs have
been shipped to them from Cincin-
natl, Ohio. Full instructions are
given for putting up the signs which
are to be erected on poles ten feet
high in designated positions at each
cross-road. The big metal signs will
be a great advertisement for the JEFF
ferson as well as being convenient
for tourists over the international
route
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03

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:
80 acres, house, barn, we'll. s acres
cleared, $1,000.
200 acres, house, barn, we'll. 20
acres cleared, $4,000.
80 acres, modern Improvements,
so acres cleared $4,000.
DALE BROS, call on r. F. Dale
Leon, Iowa, or write H. l.. Dale
Stone Lake, Wis. IS y
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
Child Swallowed Il Nail,

Opal Moore, the little four year
old daughter Of Mrs. Will Owens Of
Leon, while playing at their home,
had nail about two inches in length
in her mouth last Saturday, and
choked and swallowed the nail. Be
,lieving in old fashioned remedies.
Mrs. Owens fed the little girl quite
a quantity of boiled potatoes, and
the child was relieved of the nail
Monday evening, without suffering
any inconvenience or painful conse-
QuenceS.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
Notice OF Annual Meeting.

To All Members of the Leon Gene
terry Associations:
You and each of you are hereby
notified tn.'t May !tG al the '!b'ary
assembly ;Ccm at $50 o'clock p. III.
will be held at the annual meeting Of
the Leon Cemetery Association for
the purpose of electing four direc-
tors and .reorSaniZing the board. At
that as many OF the 100 members
as is possible will come and show
an interest in this organization and
take an active part. Let us know
what you can DO or want done at
the cemetery this spring.
Eva Rhea. Secretary.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
New Court Cases.

John w. Butcher VS.. Leo Bird ct
al. The parties are the heirs of Will
liam and Julia Butcher, deceased,
and plaintiff asks that the shares of
the heirs be confirmed, that a ref
cree be appointed to sell the real
estate and divide the proceeds among
the legal heirs. G.. w. Hoffman, at
torney for plaintiff.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
Notice.

we, the undersigned druggists of
Leon, owing to the unsettled condi-
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. 38-5t
P. F. kopp,
K. E. Bell
ChaS. CherringtOn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
Shipped Car of Alfalfa From This
County.

A. H. Meter, of the Weldon Mea-
dows farm near Weldon, shipped this
week "a fifteen ton car of baled alfal-
ia hay to st. Louis, Mo-, which we
think is the first car of alfalfa ever
shipped from Decatur county. Mr..
Meter was one of the first farmers
in Decatur county to plant alfalfa,
and it has proven a very profitable
crop.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
Leon 190OSCeOla I.

The Leon High School base ball
team defeated the visiting team from
the Osceola High School on the Leon
grounds last Friday afternoon by
score of 10 to I. Leon has one OF
the fastest base ball teams of any
High School in southern Iowa, and
are prepared to defend their claim
as champions of southern Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
Two More Leon Boys to the Navy.

Two more Leon boys left Tuesday
afternoon for Des Moines to enlist in
the navy, Roy Phillips and Tom
Horn, and both will probably have
no trouble in being accepted as re-
cruits and sent to the training sta
weeks, and we doubt if there is a
town in the state of this size which
has furnished more navy recruits.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
School Report.

The following is the term report
Of the Brick, school, district No. l,
Richland township:
Total number enrolled, As.
Total days taught, 16O.
Average daily attendance, 36.
Salary per month, $50
Average cost of tuition for each
pupil per month, $40.
Fay A. Thompson, teacher
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-05-03
Dogs.

Dog tax now due get your tag !
from marshal or city clerk. 37-2t
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-13
PATRIOTS BREAK UP BIG
SOCIALIST MEET AT DALE
Anti-War Band is Routed and Their
Fiasco Is Turned Into Huge
Loyalty Rally.

| Dale, Mimi, Sept. 10.-A crowd of
approximately three thousand loyal
Americans, including 500 armed Home
Guards, charged band of Minnesota
Socialists who were holding a meeting
here, and turned the Socialistic fiasco
into monster patriotic rally.
This drastic action was prompted by
the suspicion that the Socialists in
tended to spread seditious propaganda,
as posters advertising the meeting in
Dictated that vigorous protest would
be made against sending American
soldiers to European battlefelds and
that branch of the sO-called Peoples
Council, recently barred from holding
a convention in Minnesota, would be
organized.
Headed by representatives of the
State Public Safety commission the
invaders took possession of the hall
and elected three scheduled speakers,
including w. r. Reynolds, editor Of
the Labor Leader, Duluth.
The general sentiment of the crowd
was that if the Socialists or any mem
Der of the Peoples Council attempted
to stage any more meetings here that
there would be no hesitancy in dealing
harshly with them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-13
THREE DIE IN ARSENAL BLAST
SCORE OF OTHERS HURT AT U. S..
PLANT NEAR PHILADELPHIA.
Six-Inch She'll ExpEodes in Powder
Room-Fire Spreads and De-
stroys Five Buildings.

Philadelphia, Sept. 10-Three per-
sons are reported dead, one is dying,
and % others are in hospitals, more
or less seriously injured as the result
Of an explosion at the frankfort gov
eminent arsenal.
There were five explosions. Five
buildings were destroyed.
Two hundred persons were at work
in the various arsenal buildings and
in the yards at the time of the eX-
plosion.
The first explosion is understood to
have occurred in powder house No. z,
where six-inch shells were being filed
Six-Inch She'll ExpIodes.
One of the shells exploded, accord.
ing to early reports, igniting other ex-
plosives in the building, and the en-.
tire structure was soon in flames.
The fire then spread to other build
ings in which powder fuses and gun
cotton are dried
All the buildings were close together
and the explosions as the flames
spread to them came in rapid success.
sion.
Work in the arsenal was ordered
suspended at once by Colonel Mont.
gomery, cOmmandant, but later he re-
scinded this order and ordered the
workers admitted as usual.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-13
PEOPLES COUNCIL HAS
SELECTED SIOUX FALLS
Plans to Hold Convention in That City
But Governor States He Will Not
Allow Ii.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. II. = The
Peoples Council Of America, which
was not permitted to meet in Mime
apolis, Minnesota or Wisconsin, has
selected Sioux Falls as the place for
holding it's national convention in Sep
tember, according to printed announce
ments of the meeting received here.
It is doubtful whether the conven'
ton will be held. Governor Peter Nor
beck has announced that he would pro
hibit the organization from meeting in
the state.
Miss Anna Maley, a stenographer in
the office of Mayor Van Lear OF
Minneapolis, will address the Sioux
Falls meeting, the announcement
states. Seymor Stedman of Chicago
is another speaker.
Mayor Burnside said he would not
allow the meeting to sbe held in any
building that is owned or maintained
by the city.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-13
GERMAN PEOPLE WANT
PEACE BY CANCELLATION
Chancellor Urged to Discredit Present
Pan-German ManeuVers for "A
Hindenburg Peace"

Amsterdam, Sept. 10. The over
whelming majority of the German peo-
pie are for a peace by Cancellation,
according to an article by Phillip
Scheidemann published in the Vor-
waerts. The article urges the imper-
ial chancellor to discredit the pres
ent pan-German maneuvers for "a
Hindenburg peace"
The Socialist leader says no one in
Germany wants peace at any price,
but that those who live with the peo-
pie know the real feelings of the army
and navy. They know Germany will
defend herself to the last drop Of
blood and at the same time, they know
also that Germany is ready today to
sign conciliatory peace. Therefore,
Herr Scheidemann considers that the
propaganda for conquest now being
preached reaches the limit of con-
sciencelessness.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-13
SAW HIS ERROR TOO LATE
Misfortune Convinced Tommy He Had
Used Salt Water on Wrong Por-
ton of His Anatomy.

Tommy TOn1inS was keen on baseball
and particularly ambitious to make his
mark as a catcher. ANY hint, however,
swall, was welcomed if it helped on
his advance in this department Of the
game. When he began TO have trouble
with his hands, and somebody suggest
ed soaking them in salt water to hard
en- the skin, he quickly followed the
advice. Alas! a few days later Tommy
had a misfortune. A hit at the bot
tom of the garden sent the bah crash
ing through n neighbours sitting-rOom
window. 1t was the third Tommy had
broken since the season began.
Mrs. Torkins nearly wept In anger
when Tommy broke the news.
eyer father ii skin yer when he
comes home tonight she said.
Poor Tommp went outside trembling
to reflect. His thoughts Travelled to the
punitive strap hanging in the kitchen
and he eyed his hands ruefully.
"Ah!" he murmured, with a sigh. Il
made a big mistake. / ought to have
sat in that salt and water"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-13
PLACES EMBARGO ON COIN
BULLION ALSO INCLUDED IN
PRESIDENTS LATEST EDICT.
Secretary of Treasury Authorized to
License Such Expectations as Are
Not Harmful to Public Interest.

Washington Sept. 10-President Will
son has placed an embargo, effective
September 10, on the expectation Of
coin, bullion and currency.
At the same time he authorized the
Secretary Of the Treasury to license
such expectations where, in the opin-
ion of the Federal Reserve board they
are not harmful to the public inter
est.
The effect of the embargo, which ap-
plies to all nations, will be to place
absolute control over gold exports in
the hands, of Secretary McAdoo and
the Federal Reserve board. Officials
believe that the measure will go far
toward conserving the huge store Of
gold accumulated in this country
since the beginning of the war, store
which recently has been drawn upon
rather heavily by Japan, Mexico and
Spain.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-13
:oRN TO SURPAss ALL PREVIOUS
YEARS WITH FEW WEEKS
FREEDOM FROM FROST TO
ALLOW MATURING.
WHEAT WILL EXCEED
LAST YEARS HARVEST
Spring Wheat Yields Turning Out Bet
ter Than Expected-Year's Yield
to Be 100000 Bushels Greater
Than Last Year, But Below
Record-Oats Make Record.

Washington, Sept. 10. = Corn, the
few weeks freedom from frost to
mature into the largest production ev-
er known in the history of the nation.
The governments September crop
report forecasts a production of g.
248,000,000 bushels, which is 124,000,-
600 bushels more than produced in
the record year 1912.
Corn prospects improved to the ex-
tent of 100000 bushels as result
of good weather during August, the
Kansas crop showing improvement
to the extent of almost 100000
bushels, and Missouri 100000 bush
els. Declines were recorded in other
states.
Wheat Better Than Expected.
Spring wheat yields are turning out
better than expected and the Sep
TENDER forecast showed an increase
of 100000 bushels over the produc-
ton forecast in August with total
of 250,000,000 bushels. Adding the
winter wheat production, total yield
of 668,000,000 bushels of wheat this
year was announced. That is 28,000,-
900 bushels more than last years har-
vest, but 138,000000 bushels less than
the average of the crops for the five
years, 1911-1915.
Record Oats Crop Assured.
Besides the record crop of corn,
larger production than ever before will
be harvested in oats with 1888, 100000
bushels; rye with 56,OOO,OOO bushels,
potatoes with 462,0OO,0O0 bushels,
sweet potatoes with 88,20O,OOO bushels,
tobacco with 1921, 100000 pounds, and
hay with 91,700,000 tons.
Oats prospects increased 100000
bushels during August, but tobacco
lost 100000 pounds.
In a summary of crop conditions,
the crop reporting board said:
THE great corn crop of 3,250,000,-
600 bushels promised on September 1,
which is 123,000,000 bushels above any
previous year, will be realized fully
in the form of sound corn only pro-
vided frost holds off unusually late
A good big crop of sound corn is pro-
missed if killing frost in the main belt
does not come earlier than usual. The
indicated outcome results from a big
acreage.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-13
KAISER INTRIGUING FOR
ROUMANIA AS AN ALLY
Russian Tells Countrymen Every
Means Must Be Used to Foil leu
ton Diplomatic Plan.

Petrograd, Sept. 10.-Germany is in
'triguing to turn Roumania into an al
ly and member of the bloc of nations
that are to constitute "Mittel Europa"
Her diplomatic feelers at the court of
King Ferdinand are accompanied by
preparations for a big drive to con-
quer what is still left to the Rouman-
ians of their country if the offer of
separate peace is turned down Field
Marshal Won Mackensen's huge army
which threatens to overrun Moldavia
at any moment is held as a club over
the head of the Roumanian ruler.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-13
Italy Takes 10000 Prisoners.

Udine, Italy, Sept. 10.-About 10000
prisoners have been taken to date by
the Italians in their present offensive,
while the total losses of the Austrians
are estimated at 10000. The Aus
trian plan now seems to be to remain
on the defensive along the eastern
ridge of the Bainsizza plateau, where
their positions, about 1000 feet high,
dominate those occupied by the Ital-
ians by several hundred feet, at the
same time centering the efforts of
their best troops on the Carso in the
hope of checking the march on Trieste
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-13
ENEMY is NOT TO DRIVE
ON PETROGRAD THIS YEAR
Important Personality" Quoted-KaI-
ser Celebrates at Riga-Gives Dec
orationS - Names Governor.

Amsterdam, Sept. 1O.-The Germans
ARE unlikely to continue their often
sive toward Petrograd this year." &C
cording to IAN important personality
quoted by the Berlin correspondent
of the Poliken.
Emperor William has arrived at
Riga, Berlin dispatch reports. He re-
viewed the troops and distributed dec
orations on the battlefield.
He also announced appointment Of
General Won Alien as governor of the
city.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-13
contortionist Fools Draft Doctors.

Mansfield, Ohio, Sept. 10.-Draft
board examining physicians were puz-
zled when Stephen T. Dalton of Shell
by came up for examination. His
hip is dislocated," said one doctor.
mo his hips are all right, but his
left shoulders out of joint" insisted
the second examiner. The third found
an elbow in bad condition, but the
hip and shoulder all right. Dalton is
a contortionist who at will can throw
bones out of joint and appear badly
crippled. After first puzziing the phys
icians he then passed the examination.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1917-09-13
CHICAGO Mayor in secIusion.

Chicago, Sept. 8.-Following day
of vigorous demonstrations against
the anti-war sentiments expressed by
Mayor William Hale Thompson, that
official secluded himself and his aloof-
ness from all public affairs is the
cause of much speculation both as to
his probable course Of action and the
activities of those who are known
to favor his immediate investigation
by federal agents. The National Sc
curity league continued it efforts to
have the mayor ousted and will per-
sist in it's purpose