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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
YEARS AGO.
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Mr. j. W. Walton and Miss Emma
haziet, IA o. OF Eden township, were,
of a number Of friends. Tonight a
reception will be given for them at
the home Of the grOOm's mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Rush, of Kan
sas City, received the finest Christ
mas present bestowed on any couple
in the world, in the shape of a
Christmas morning.
Peter Venn, the young man who
was injured last week by the explos-
ion of q musket while hunting near
Tuskecgo, died Sunday night. -
Honnold & Caster are putting up
their crop of ice this week. The ice
is fifteen inches thick and clear as
crystal.
Some Of our brave hunters who
have been Dragging about the wild
turkeys they killed southeast of Leon
recently, have taken in their horns
since it became known that the afore-
said wild turkeys were tame ores.
Cozad. Better settle for them boys
and apologize.
The following marriage, licenses
were issued the past week:
VIM. Billings 23 to Nettie Bc.rnett
g; W. y Mitchell 80 to Hannah. B.,
Barlean 20.
VIM. 7. Roger % to Rosa E. Drap-.
j. w. Still 80 to Jane Holland 80.
j. w. Walton % to Emma Hazlet
Mrs. Emma Sanford and children
Stella and Chard, of Des Moines,
came down Monday lay night on the ?tS l2ts
tboir manv friends in this citV
back to Leon from Des Moines and
have moved In with his father.
Z. B. McClelland and Miss. Grace
Curry went to Charlton Monday for
a visit with Miss Mary Ray, who is
spending the holidays with friends in,
that city.
Miss Lena Green left Monday for
position as stenograper In, the law
office Of her uncle, c w. Steele.
Yant WATSON, who is student at
Avon College, at Trenton, Mo-, is
spending the holidays at at the ewn home ,ds
W. H. Albaugh left Tuesday for
Phillipsburg, Kansas, to visit his
parents.
Brick Clark pulled i4 yesterday
from Des Moines for few days visit
with his parents and friends IN TINS
city.
Madison Shields, an uncle of Henry
Bright, who lives in Mercer COUNT:
MO, spent Christmas at the Bright
home in this city.
Jesse Mott, an old time keon boy,
came in Saturday to visit G few days
with old friends here.
King & Mckibben, the High Point
merchants. are invoicing their stock
thic week which they have sold to
Ed Kendall and his sisters Misses
Angie and Martha. King & McKib-
ben will go to Humeston where they
have just completed fine new busl.
ness block and open a store AZ
that place.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
Don't Forget to Renew.

Don't forget to renew for your
Reporter before January Is lst II you nf
$i.5O per year. as on January LIST
the price goes to $500 year.
Everything else has raised, and we
are forced to increase our price for
The Reporter in order to make finan-
cial ends of the office meet. We
are. given our subscribers the priv
ilege of renewing for not more than
two years at the old rate, but are
means that you will save SO cents
a year, and we will not make a
profit on your subscription. 1t is up
to YOU whether you want to take ad-
vantage of. this offer. But remem-
Der that on and after January 1st,
it will cost you $500 year for The
RenOrter
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
Decatur County Will Re Among First
to Receive Government Road Aid.

County engineer w. r. Greenlun
has received notice that. Decatur
county has been designated as dis,
trict No. in the government road
able the sum Of $41,67O Of the gov
ernment appropriation for improving
the designated roads in Decatur
county, the final papers to be sign
ed by the board Of supervisors being
received Monday. 1t is expected tnat
this money will be available shortly
after January 1st, and as Decatur
will Be amoung the very first in
Iowa to receive government aid.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
"Reminiscences.

Mr.. Harry L. G. Norman. OF near
Decatur, and Miss Crystal Conner
we're married on Christmas day at
the home of the brides parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Edward c. Conner, seven
miles south of Leon, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. W. N.
Brooks, pastor Of the Leon M; =: !.
sumptuous wedding dinner was serv--
ed. Mr.. and Mrs. Norman will be at
home after January 1st, on his farm
southeast of Decatur, and the many
friends of these young neople ex-
tend hearty congratulations.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
REVENUE TAX COLLECTOR COM
ING.
Federal Income Tax Officer Comes
Jan. End for Twenty Day Stay.

In a communication received by
this paper, Collector of Internal Rev.
enue Louis Murphy announces that
a federal income tax officer will be
sent into this, county on Jan. End
He will be lat the Court House in
Leon from Jan. End to z2nd, both
dates, inclusive. He will be on the
job every day ready and willing to
help persons subject to the income
tax make out their returns without
any cost to them for his services.
there be in Decatur county? If you
can guess how many married persons
living with wife or husband will
have net income of $1,000 or over
and how many unmarried persons
will have net incomes of $1,000 or
over this year, then you know. The
Collector of Internal Revenue esti-
ers in this county.
Returns of income for the year,
1917, must be made on forms pro-
vided for the purpose before March
l, 1913. Because a good many peO-
pie don't understand the law and
won't know how to make out their
returns, the government is sending
But the duty is on the taxpayers to
make himself known to- the govern
ment. II he doesn't make return as
required before March 1st, he may
have to pay penalty ranging from
$40 to $1,000, pay a fine or go to
Jail. So if you don't want to take
chances on going to Jail, you better
call on the income tax man. If you
are not sure about being subject to
the tax, better ask him and make
sure. Whether you see the income
tax man or not you must make re-
turn If subject to tax.
OF course, persons residing in
other counties may, if they want to.
come and see the income tax man
who will be at Leon.
The Collector suggests that every
body start figuring up now his in
come and expenses so as to be ready
with the figures when the expert ar
rives Expenses, however, don't
mean family expenses, money used
to pay off the principal of debt,
new machinery, buildings, or any
thing like that. They mean what
you spend in making your money
interest, taxes paid, hired help,
amount paid for goods sold, seed,
stock bought for feedinp rent lex
cept for your dwellings), etc. In
come includes about every dollar you
get
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
Raised Lots of Grain in wyoming.

We have received a letter from
Charles Hacker, formerly of this
Pine Bluff, Wyoming, enclosing =
remittance for his Reporter. ne al
SO sends us a clipping from the Pine
Bluff Post which gives "a report of
the amount of grain received at the
Pine Bluffs elevators on Monday Of
last week. There were 1852 loads of
bushels and the total amount paid
for it was 6,4O210. The grain
was nearly all wheat and tested from
SO to 63 pounds There is still q
world Of wheat in that country To-
be brought in, but cars cannot be-
and therefore it will require
some time yet to deliver it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
4 4 = \ i y
$2.OOaAFTER JANUARY 4, 1913

- Owing to the excessive in.s
crease in every item connected
witlp the publication of q news
paper, the subscription price of
THE LEON REPORTER will be
advanced to $500 per year, on
and after January 1, 1915. We
have tried in every conceivable
way to avoid increasing the sud-
scriptiOn price of The Reporter,
but we cannot make ends meet
1t the old price Of S1.5O per
year. Practically all of the d4lly
papers have doubled their sub.
scFiptiOn price, and while 70
are making an increase OF %
cents per year, this increase viii
not cOAe anywhere near meoee
ing tho added expenses OF IT,
business, and We do mot believe
that our readers want or expect
N to lose money In publlshtn1Gs
Tho Reporter. We arc going 20
give all subscribers tho Oppof.
funity Ol renewing st tho old roe
Of $50 Per year, Ut any 0s0os
before tho first Of tho neyg yonRs.
and zoo can renew for any poEe
iod not exceedlnAttWO years 1Su0
JQh. 4, 1918, af the Size so1A
hut p1eAG0 sFeme1nber tt -:
600 rate g0es in10 eIsc1 -:
1ah. 1ge, aM o. aAo ael4R
daee, the price win - ~;
Sbe(osO 1an. 1st a1A eooo - i
ask - - scceQe t. 81 - e..
q. "a ssr e. sassr - ..s ss:s 80. l.
.He4Ste1e e wesen -els9y G. i:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
Placed Order for New Pipe Organ.

An order has been placed with
the Henner's Organ Co.. of Pekin,
Illinois, for a fine new pipe organ
for the. new Presbyterian ch9rch g u IN
A donation of $1,000 was received
from Andrew Carnegie towards ppr-
chasing the organ and the balance
of the money necessary will be taken
care of locally. It will take about
three months to build the organ,
and it will be. a fine addition to the
magnificent new Presbyterian
church
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
THE WAR is WON,
Benny Bean Has Volunteered to go
to the Front.

The Leader does not know who
Benny Bean is but the Leon papers
announce that he has recently en-
listed from there to go to war.
There is no deprecating 1.-The Bean
family in war. They always win.
Civil war sing stirring odes to the
army Beans and, we suppose Benny
is branch of the same vine
Charlton Leader \
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
Knights Templar Elect Officers.

At the regular meeting Of >Tripo-
lis Commandery No, SO. Knights
Tempear last Thursday evening. the
the coming year:
e. C.-Win Cash.
CT. A., Gardner
C.. Cdr. J. W.. Rowell.
s. W.-Dr. H. r. Layton.
J. W-Dr F. A. Bowman.
P.-H. FarQuhar.
Recorder-W. A. P0ush.
Treas.-S. Varga.
The appointive officers have not
vet been named by the new Eminent
Commander
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
2O-4t

: On Saturday, January 5, 1918, at
2 2~o'clock p. M, in front of the
Court House>~door in Leon, Iowa. |
will sell to the highest bidder for
cash, or half cash, and half on one
years time at 6 per cent interest,
Stone residence, in Leon, Iowa, be-
ing lots three and six in block two,
in Finley's addition to Leon. Iowa.
This is very desirable property,
and sold to settle the estate:
2O-2t S. A. Gates, Referee.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
"Notice Of Dissolution.

Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the stockholders of Leon
Electric Company, corporation or
ganized under the laws of tho State
OF Iowa, with it's principal place of
business at. Leon. Iowa, by the unan-
shares of. the Capital Stocs of said
corporation, the same was dis
solved and all of the assets
distributed pro-rata among tho stock
holders, all liabilities having been
discharged. Said action
YVES taken on September l., 1917.
Leon Electric Company,
BY D. G. Fisher,
President.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
Burglary at Decatur.

On Christmas eve the home of l:
X. Fisher at Decatur, was entered
and $32.0O in money was stolen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher were away from
home from 6 to 9:15 that evening,
and the burglary is supposed to have
No trace of the guilty party has been
discovered
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
Look-A Bargain.

On account Of having to spend nine
months Of my time in the northwest,
I offar my residence and adjoining
acreage for sale. New nine room
house. good barn and garage. and
other good improvements. This prop
erty is located one block south Qf the
beautiful Harvey park on Main street.
viii give time to right parties. II
-i5ll want a good home with an acre
age, don Z fail to see this bargain.
12-iS-ete.tf will McKern.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
To the Public.

l am very sorry that / could not
attend the Red Cross auction on the
22nd, as 1 had a farm sale billed
for that day. Thanking the people
of Decatur county for the patron
age of the closing year, hoping to
hold the same for the coming year,
/ remain,
Yours for business,
Chas. Woods, Saline, Mo.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27

NlayRew.

Mr.. Noel E. May and Miss Minimize
Rev, two popular young people from
Lamont, were quietly married in this
city ON Monday, Dec. z4th, the cere-
mony being performed 6y Justice A.
r. Warford. They Win make their
home at Lamont ard many frienug
extend congfatulatiOns --~rr
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
Vegper Service.

The Methodist church will hold 1
yesrer service next Sunday after
noon, Dec. .3Oth, at four o'clock.
One of the features of this service
will be "Big Sing" II, you want
to know what the xOther features
will be, come and see. You are cor
daily invited.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
F1oul. STOLEN.

Some fellow decided he was going
to reduce the high cost Of living. %
he entered q freight car at the Leon
depot one night last week and stole
eieht Sacks Of flour. A special
rent Of the Burlin0fo1 vas; here
Friday investigating the naAtter, bsst
no sfrests have yet Been pnde.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27

Fon Sale or Rent-The Walker ica.
cream factory and restaurant, II.
Leon, Iowa. Apply at restaurantt
east of depot. 14tf
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
Farm for Sale ky Referee.

l will sell by the courts order the
az acres, 21s miles & southwest of Of Wei
don, Iowa, two story dwelling, bank
barn, double corn crib, windmill
plenty of water. Land lays good and
among the very best stock and grain
farms in Decatur county.
This farm must be sold at once.
12-tf w, Il SNYDER, referee. Leon. Il.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27

: Get. that Mackinaw, now of @. b.
Price. - M
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-12-27
Referees Sale.

George White, Secretary"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12

"These means proved remarkably
efficacious. Before the six months
were up my husband had shown II
keen interest in our securing home
of our own, and our aunt had con-
ceived a perfectly new respect for
me because the people she admired
admired me-"
THE triumph of diplomacy" said
I.
"Yes. OF course every case of the
sort requires a different method, but
this worked in mine never
dreamed, though" she spoke in an
awed tone, that l had so many hid
den devils lurking within me as my
husbands aunt managed to stir up"
I'VE all have" l consoled her.
IT'S the greatest folly" she went
on, still intent. on her theme, for
two youngl married people to start
their lives together in the home of
either his or her relatives. OF
course, there are exceptions, but /
am talking of the majority of cases.
The beasts of the field and the fowls
of the air are wiser than that. You
never see young bird-couples taking
up their abode in the family nest
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fearful that every feeble breath
would he his last.
She locked up at the doctor. Fyfe
was beside her, his calked boots Bit
ing into the oak floor.
See what you can do, doc" he
said huskily; then to Stella. How
did it happen"
He toddled away from Martha" Z"
she whispered Sam Foo had set
a pan of boiling water on the
kitchen floor. He fell into it. Oh,
my pooc little darling!"
They watched the doctor bare the
terribly scalded body, examine, listen
to the boys breathing, count his
pulse. In the end he redressed the
tiny body with stuff from the case
with which a country physician
goes armed against all emergencies
He was very deliberate and thought
full. Stella looked her appeal when
he finished.
Hes d sturdy little chap" he said,
land we'll do our best. A child fire.
quently survives terrific shock. 1t
would be mistaken kindness for me
TO make light of his condition simply
20 spare your feelings. He has an
even chance. 1 shall stay until
morning. Now, I think it would be
best to lay him on a bed. You must
relax, Mrs. F'yfe. I can see that the
strain is telling on you. You
mustn't allow yourself to get in that
abnormal condition. The baby is
not conscious of pain. lie is not
suffering half so much in his body as
you are in Your mind, and you
mustn't do that. Be hopeful. Well
need your help. We should have a
nurse but thero was no time to get
one"
They laid Jack junior amid down
pillows on Stella's bed. The doctor
stood looking at him, then drew a
chair beside the bod.
GO and walk about a little, Mrs.
Fyfe," he advised, ''and have your
dinner. I'll want to watch the boy
,, awhile"
But Stella did not want to walk.
She did not want to eat. She was
scarcely aware that her limbs were
cramped and aching from her long
vigil in the chair. She was not con-
scious of herself and her problems
any more. Every shift of her mind
turned on her baby, the little mite
she had nursed at her breast, the
one joy untinctured with bitterness
that was left her. The bare chance
lllelI lllOoC lillLC ISSl All6ll uSNCI pat
ter across the floor again, that little
voice never wake her in the morn
| ing, crying Nom -mom," drove her
distracted
She went out into the living room,
walked to a window, stood there
drumming on the pane with nerv-
GUS fingers. Dusk was falling out
side; dusk was creeping over her
She Shuddered
Fyfe came up behind her, put his
hands on her shoulders and turned
her so that she faced him.
! II wish 1 could help, Stella" he
whispered. 81 wish 1 could make
you feel less forlorn. Poor little
kiddies-both of you"
She shook off his hands, not be.
cause she rebelled against his touch
against his sympathy, merely be.
cause she had come to that nervous
state where she scarce realized
what she did.
(To be continued)
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12

ally because my lot was cast with
some one whose presence was q con-
tinual irritant. Since Philips aunt
never missed an opportunity to let
fly the poisoned arrow, she should
not have the qualification of dent
ing up my shining mail. 1 should
be imperviously, inscrutably, indif-
ferently sweet.
Also / should subject myself to
annoying conditions just as little as
possible. l began to go out more
and more. 1 made friends fast.
Joined several clubs and was by way
CT being a social favorite. [ was, in
fact, so very rarely at home that my
husband began to criticize me.
Why should l have any interest
in home which is not mine? Iwould
reply. I have nothing to do with
the creating of it, or the physical,
mental and spiritual upbuilding of
1t: Why should | wish to spend any
of my time in it?'
The atht, too, began to talk n
great deal about the modern bridge
playing, golfing, dancing, skating
women. But 1 simply smiled and
went on amusing myself.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12

and imagine a young fox leading
his mate to the den in which he was
reared.
IF they attempted it, fancy that
Mother Bird and Mother Fox, as well
as Wife Bird and Wife Fox, would
have some very positive and con-
elusive remarks to make, and both
fur and feathers would fly. It's an
impossible situation for every one
concerned, even harder, if anything,
upon the mothers-in-law, poor dears,
than upon the younger generation.
It's easy enough to see why the
condition is so difficult. Nature, as
have lust said. presents the
analogy. Look from your window in
the springtime if you happen to be
fortunate enough to have a tree in
sight. Mating birds don't spend all
their time on upward wing cleaving
the sky. Immediately they build Il
nest. It's an instinct in all our
beasts, this nest-building. We must
have some place which we can call
peculiarly and intimately our own.
"A mans real home is very often
his office, the spot where he can
have things exactly as he likes and
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to influence national policies at home and abroad
voters who ntellgenty support or condemn the
stand OF their officials according merits
here is a newsmagazine helping to develop citizen
body educated in all our vital foreign and domestic
affairs. THE LITERARY DIGEST affords zeal edu
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12

cation. It reports events and conditions Just as they
are, and just as they viewed by all different parties
1t leaves no room for uncertainty, prejudice msin-
formation THE DIGEST gives all sides of every ques-
ton so that the citizen who reads it may be fully in
formed and able to pass sane, unprejudced judgment
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BIG
TIMBER
S By
BERTRAND w.
SINCLAIR
CspyriSht. 1916. BY Littlss BeOwa
+ Co,
(Continued.)
CHAPTER NV
Free as the Wind

Stella had barely crossed the
TIN eshold when back in the rear
Jack Juniors baby voice rose in Il
shrill scream of pain.
She scarcely heard her husband
and the doctor come in. For a
weary age she had been sitting in a
low rocker. n pillow across her lap,
and on that the little tortured body
swaddled with cotton soaked in olive
oil, the only dressing she and Mrs.
Howe could devise to cease the pain.
All those other things which had so
racked her-the fight on the Tyee,
the shooting of Billy Dale-they had
vanished somehow into thin air be-
fore her anguished eyes. She sat
numbed with that deadly assurance,
praying without hope for help to
come, hopeless that any medical
skill would avail when it did come.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12

So meny hours had been wasted
while a man rowed to Bentons camp,
while the Chickamin steamed to
Roaring Springs while the Water
bug came driving back-five hours!
And the skin-yes, even shreds of
come away in patches
with Jack Juniors clothing when
she took it off She bent over him,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
To Remove Dandruff

Get 25-cent bottle of Danderine
at any drug store, pour little into
your hand and rub we'll into the
scalp with the finger tips. BY morn
ing most, IL not all, of this awful
scurf will have disappeared. Two or
three applications will destroy every
bit or dandruff; stop scalp Itching
and failing hair,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-10-12
By McManuS

wants them. But for woman not
to be able to exercise her instinct for
homemaking is a hardship which
goes deep. She has been defrauded.
She doesn't feel that she is really
living. and her life hangs patchy
and scrappY.'"
The record., 1917-10-18
County Nurse Not Available.

For the information of the
public. / desire to state that
the Office of Public Health
Nurse for Muhlenberg county
has been discontinued for the
time being. This discontinue
ton was not brought about by
lack Of funds, or by lack of in
terest and cooperation through
out the county, but be-
cause of the urgent need of
nurses in the war work, which
has caused such a scarcity of
nurses that it has been impossi-
BILE to secure a nurse fer this
county TO iii the va,Hncy IGsetli
By the resignation Of Miss Mar
garet Colvin.
I desire further to thank the
Fiscal Court, as we'll as the indi
viduals through the county fol
their hearty support in raising
sufficient funds, and, hope thi
Office may be filled again in tn
near future.
Marian Williamson, R. N.
Supervising Nurse Kentucky
Tuberculos Commission
The record., 1917-10-18
A Statement.

There is an old saying "A hint to
the wise is sufficient" If any truth
in that, how about plain statement
of facts? For the past three months
we have been placing liberal orders
with various distributors for VIctro-
las OF the various models, but the de-
mand IS SO great that shipments are
from two weeks to two months be-
hind. We have an adequate supply
for normal times, but the holiday
demand is going to be liberal, and
we advise our customers to make re-
servatlons at once, to be delive rec
when wanted, for there is every in
dlcation of more acute shortage
this ycarsthan ever before, and there
have never been enough Vlctrolas
in any market, to supply the demand
for Christmas trade.
The l.. Roark Estate.