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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
Business College foGive Course Here.

v. II. Bishop, of the United Bnsi-
ness Institutes, head office Des
Moines, Iowa, is in Leon today inter
viewing young men and women who
are interested in obtaining steno-
graphic or commercial positions.
of young men are enilSt-
ing, leaving their positions in banks,
Offices, ETC., which leaves nearly eS- =,
cry firm short OF help: The U. S.
has been advertising for
stenographers and clerks for months.
Mr. Bishop is looking fol, competen,a.
and bright young women ana nieT,
under 21~and over 81, to, fill these
places. Beginners as we'll as those
OF experience can. apply. Ii beginners
are ambitious and are willing to
work hard, the association will SEND
typewriters and lessons to their
homes and supervise work until eacn
one is ready for a position. sma1i
charpe will be made for this instr!uc-
Ton. The employment and placing
positions is FREE to all The .asso-
ciatfon has a list of many positions
paying beginners as high as $75.oV
to $4,000 month with fine oppor-
tunities for promotion. Civil ser
vice positions pay $4,000 to
S1500.00 per annum to start.
Young women, this is a patriotic
service as we'll as an opportunity OF a
life time, recommended by bankers,
colleges and business men
If you cannot go to the front, enlist
be no slackers now. Circulars and
full information about the Leon In
stitute will be mailed to all who Will
send name to United Business Insti-
tute, Des Moines, Iowa or address
v. H. Bishop, Leon, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
Records of Soldiers Wanted.

The county recorders of the state
of Iowa have inaugurated move.
ment to compile a complete record or
all the soldiers from each county. IN
the state, and county recorder Mrs:
Ora Gardner has received a special
book in which the names Of the De-
catur county soldiers will be listed.
1t is hoped to be able to secure a
complete record of the Decatur coun-
ty soldiers, whether in the draft or
Volunteer enlistments. 1t will be
necessary to have the cooperation OF
relatives of the boys in order to make
the record complete, and the nearest
relatives of all the boys who are IN
service in any branch are requested
to send in the names of the enlisted
men, together with where they are
located, name of nearest relatives;
and any other information, which Will
be useful in completing the records.
Please do this at the earliest pos
sible date.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
Union Patriotic Meeting Sunday
Night.

Arrangements have been made for
a big union patriotic Red Cross meet
ing at the M. E. church in this cit:
on next Sunday evening, at which
time state director A. p. Kepford,
vii. make the principal address, and
the church should be packed to capac-
ity. This is not a meeting to/raise
funds, and Mr.. KepfOrd will speak on
what the Red Cross is doing, the
head of the Red Cross in Iowa it will
be first hand information. Everybody
should come out and hear his address
for it, will be we'll worth hearing. He
is a splendid talker and you will
learn all about the Red Cross. Come
out Sunday night and bring your
friends.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
Decatur County Druggists Organize.

The retail druggists of Decatur
county met at Leon Tuesday and per-
fected a county organization to be
known as the Decatur County Retail
Druggists Association, the object be-
ing to adopt uniformity in regard to
prices on drugs. The out of town
members were entertained at a six
O'Clock dinner at the library, the four
Leon druggists, e. e. Bell, Charles
Cherrington, P. F. Kopp and w. A.
Alexander, being hosts.
Officers OF the association were
elected as follows:
President-Charles Cherrlngton,
Leon.
Vice Pres.-R. r. Little, Decatur.
ei9h, Garden Grove.
Committee on By-Laws-E r.;
Bell, Leon: j., F. Jones, Lamont; and
DR.. II. G.. Bone, Grand River.
The druggists plan to hold month,
ly meet mig sth,en ,VRQ,- taoin hrd
ly meetings, the next meeting to be
held at Garden Grove in January, at
which time they will be entertained
After the dinner all the members
enioyed the evening at the Idle Hour
theatre.
The druggists present from out. Of
town We're w. H. Raleigh OF Garden
Grove, J. F. Jones of Lamont, Dr.. 81.
C. Bone of Grand River, r.. R. Little
OF Decatur, anI c. W. Robinson OF
Davis City
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
New Exemption Ruling.

viii Ref 81 Monies o;cs ny ova5no1 aSN0 W. more
Harding be cluttered with hundreds
|of letters from drafted men asking
Ito have their cases reopened, with a
view of discharge.
The provost marshal general has
ruled that time enough has elapsed
to handle such cases and as result
John Fletcher, former assistant at
torney general, who has been repre-
|senting the governor in this matter,
has ceased his labors.
Drafted men who have not already
asked to have their cases reopened
will waste their time if they make
marshal marsha general has held that no
such case can be considered unless
the man makes application within
seven days after receiving notice
that he has been held for service.
Nearly all the drafted men in Iowa
have received such notice weeks ago,
which win cut down the eligible list
to a score or more.
Under the new ruling, what few
cases there are, will in the future,
be sent to Adiutant General Logan,
instead OF to the governor, as lin
the past, and these cases will receive
board certifies that the application
for reheaTing is within the seven
day limit from the time the man
was notified that he was held for
service. -,
Men already in, the service will
not be given any chance to have
their cases passed upon by local and
district boards. They will have their
cases considered under the traly
Regulations. by the Division Com
|mander. Should General Plummer
want any information on any par
ticular case, he will ask for it from
the local and district boards through
the adjutant general \
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
Exempted and Called by, Local Board.

The local exemption board has
passed upon-the claims for exemption
of a part of those recently examined
who filed exemption claims. eXe"nt-
ing eight and denying exemption to
two
fled for service were Ernest Gilmore
Manchester of Davis Citv and Clyde
Burr Richardson of Leon.
The following eight were granted
exemption on the grounds Of depend
ents:
Forest Cole, Grand River.
Leslie Grimes, Leon. 80,
Neal Hamilton, Decatur. until
Fred Leonard Hensley, Leroy.
DR.. r. G. Hume, Leon.
Charles L. Irwin, Lamont.
Walter E. Richey, Lamont
Charles A. South, DeKalb.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
Two Decatuf County Boys Were VIM
ners in State Baby Beef Contest.

Two Decatur scounty. boys were
and second prizes in the 1917 boys
baby beef feeding contest in the un-
organized counties of Iowa. In order
to = do this they competed against the
whole state outside of the thirty
counties tlat had county cub organ
iZatiOns. :,
Harry Johnson won first prize and
James Daughton second and both
win get trips to the international
Live Stock Exposition at chicago
December 1st to 9Th: Harry John,
son will have all Of his expenses paid
and James Daughton good snare
OF his expenses. The two Doys VIII
start from Ames on November 3Oth
in company with over one hundred
prize winners iii tie baby beef, corn
and pig contests. and will be gone
about a week. While in Chicago
the boys will see the International
Live Stock Show, the stock yards.
the big packing plants and other
places Sof interest. In addition TO
winning this free trip James Daugn-
ton, who is son of Mr.. and Mrs:
Dennis Daughton, OF Just east. OF
Leon, sold his calf at the state fair
for the third highest price paid for
any of the fine calves shown there.
The championship for the entire
state in both unorganized and or
ganiZed counties lathe baby beef con-
test was won by Earl r.. Bucklqnd.
of Monona county, who in addition
to his free trip to Chicago was
awarded handsome silver trophy
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
of a Century AGO.

Dr.. j. w. Crofford, Of Pleasanton,
was tried last week in the United
States Court at Kansas City and
found guilty of conterfeiting, being
tentiary. R. E. Baxter, who was
indicted With Crofford, entered "a
plea of guilty and was sentenced to
two years in the penitentiary. 1t is
reported that the United States Of
fcers have arrested eighteen per-
sons living south of Pleasanton VINO
were members OF the gang OF coun-
captured. Some of the accused
were sons Of most respected citizens
in that part of the country
Mr. J. B. Keshlear, of Davis City,
and Miss Lucy Barr. daughter of C.
w. Barr, OF Spring Valley, were
united in marriage last Thursday
morning at the home of the brides
afternoor train for kansas City,
where they will spend their honey
moon, and will then return and take
up their residence at Davis City,
where the groom is a, prominent
: County bridge superintendent, Joe
Leeper, and his men were sum
week as witnesses in the case of
The suit grows out of the killing Of
a horse on a bridge between Leon
and Decatur City one Fourth Of July
several years ago. The parties
were racing on the public road and
one team was crowded off the bridge.
OMAHA Aa' yesteTday aae ev to visit e couple pt Of Of
weeks with the family of her son
George Aunt jane is a staunch
democrat, while George is a republi-
can, and Aunt Jane told him she
would come and visit him as soon as
Cleveland was elected, and she kept
her word, and goes to console
The following marriage licenses
were issued the past week:
w. l.. Stephens, 27, to Idaho Rex,
j. B. Keshlear. "a, to Lucy A.
A. S. Tharp, "a, to Sue Roger,
Samuel McCrumb, S5, to Julia F.
n3 YIN. i j.; Kelley, Y, to Helen A.
B. r. Howard, %, to Alzzie ely
An agent for the Howe chemical
fire engine was in Leon several days
the past week trying to sell a ma
chine. We certainly need some
thing to protect our town from fire.
Judge w. F. Kelley and Mrs. Helen
A. Durell were married at the
brides home in Eden township on
Sunday, Rev. Love!ace of the Baptist
chrach Officiating.
On Wednesday eveniin, Novem-
Der 10th, Mr. A. S. Tharp and Miss
Sue Roger were united iit marriage
at the home Of the brides parents
in this city.
Martin Ray, after five years con-
tinuous work at the printing trade,
has abandoned it and taken a posi-
ton in Ruby's store.
B. Il. Howard and Miss Edna Nor
man were married yesterday morn
ing byNustice w. H. Albaugh at his
office in this city.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
No Small Pos in Leon.

A report was printed in Chicago
daiiies last week that there were
many cases of small pox In Leon. This
is ON error. There is not single case
Of small pox In Leon. There are.
however, many cases in some of the
other towns In Decatur county, and
in the rural districts, and the Leon
caution requiring all pupils to show
certificates that they had been vac
cinated, ON account of the preya-
lence Of the diseaseesat other places,
and wishing to prevent an epidemic
in Leon. O.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
Then Ananias Turned Over.

A couple of Leon dentists attended
a convention of dentists at Council
Bluffs last week, and as they travel
ed on the same train they naturally
got to talking about their profession
and here is a part of their conversa-
ton:
First Dentist-The fact is, I've
got gentleness down to such fine
point that all my patients 60 to sleep
while I'm pulling their teeth.
Second Dentist-That's nothing!
Mine are beginning to have their
because they always have such a
pleasant expression on their faces.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
One Hog Brought &14O.sO.

G. M. Axes, the Leon live stock
shipper, last week bought a fat hog
from Geo. p. Britt, OF Davis City,
the highest price ever paid for one
hog to be shipped to market in De.
catur county, and we believe will
break all records in the state of Iowa.
The hog was q Poland China and tip
ped the scales at $50 pounds. Mr..
Axes has not shipped the hog yet, as
he says he expects to go to market
with it to see that it. goes through
safely
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
House on Ira b. Officer Farm Was
Burned Friday Morning.

The house on the Ira B. Officer
farm, Az miles northwest of Leon.
was totally destroyed by fire about
/ O'Clock last Friday morning. The
house was occupied by T. J. Guthrie,
and when discovered the fire was
burning SO fercely that but very
saved, and they lost practically all of
their furniture and clothing. Mr..
Guthrie carried some insurance, but
We did not learn the amount. The
house was valued at about $500,
and Mr.. Officer had INSURGENCY OF
$1,000.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
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$500 AFTER JANUARY 1, 1913. !

Owing to the excessive In.
crease in every item. connected
with the publication OF news
paper, the subscription price of
THE LEON REPORTER will be
advanced to $500 per year, On
and after January I, 1918. We
have tried in every conceivable
way to avoid increasing the sub!
scriptiOn price of The Reporter,
but we cannot make ends meet
at the old price Of $3.50 per
year. Practically all of the daily
papers have doubled their sub.
scriptfOn price, and while We
are making an increase of %
cents per year, this increase will
not come anywhere near meet
ing the added expenses Of the
business, and we do not believe
that our readers want or expect
ns to lose money In publishing
give all subscribers the oppor.
OF $f.5O per year, at any time
before tho first of the new year,
and you can renew for any per.
iOd not exceedipg two years from
Jan. 1, 1918, at the 81. 80 rate.
but please remember that the
$500 rate goes into effect on Z
Jan. 1St, and ON and after that
date, the price will be $500 to
everyone. Renew your paper
before Jan. list, and please d0At
ask us to accept the old rate Of
$50 q year after that date, Tor
we will have to refuse II. The
Reporter IL worth everyfcent Of
2IlDD n wear. COmD0Fe0 with tho
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
Cafe Changes.

Two of the Leon cafes changed
hands the latter part Of last week,
Vernie Hull selling . half interest in
his cafe to Alvin Arney, and the firm
of Hull & Arney bought R00k &
Tongacre's cafe. and they will 0ger-
ate beth places of business. They
have secured two flourishing busf-
nesses and they will continue both as
fret class cafes
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
me ARMY y. nj. q. A.

Decatur county again demonstrat-
ed its generosity last week by raising
their quota of 5000 for the Army
Y. NJ C. A. This was q worthy
cause and will help cheer the boys
in the camps. A full statement of
the amount subscribed by each town.
ship will be published next week
when, complete returns are received.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

The Woodland Red Cross Auxili-
ary will hold an oyster supper and
auction sale at the restaurant build
ing in Woodland on Friday evening,
November 3Oth, for the benefit Of
the Red Cross. Everybody Is request
ed to donate any article which will
sell, and all come to the oyster sup
per.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
Notice.

We, the undersigned grocery stores
of Leon, will close from II a. m. to
8 p. m. on Thanksgiving day, Thurs
day, November 29, 1917.
Hutchinson e Son.
Gillham & Fulton,
Harry Bradfield.
Pearl Craig,
]. A. Caster.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
Thanksgiving Specials for Friday and
Saturday.

Boys knicker suits, two pairs of
trousers, $500. Child's mackinaw
outfits, coat, hat and leggings, $500.
Mems mufflers worth up to $1.50,
choice 95 cents. Mems overcoats in
all wool oyercoating worth up to $40
for SIS, Kraft, Grimes 4 Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

4 Thanksgiving dance will be Civ
en- at the K, of T. hall on THURSDAY
Svsns1s' i.siea Good S orchestra music and .
Snoi time for all. Proceeds for the
SSxehf AZ the Red Cross, Chapter
and everybody should attend. \
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

On Thanksgiving day the Lamont
football team and ro0ters will visit
Leon for their annual game.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
Marriage Licenses.

8. b. Rank, sTonkawa, Okla. -.
Dora Morris, Garden Grove =. /.
Oliver L. Allpress, Leon
Manda e. Johnson, Leon. !.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22
Soldier Boys Have Plenty to Eat.

Mr.. and Mrs. F. s. Stewart and
Des Moines Sunday in the Stewart
car and visited Camp Dodge, but we
failed to- find many of the Decatur
came home Saturday to spend Sun
day, and others were away from
Camp. We saw Robert Pullen and
Lawrence Attebury, of Battery r,
339th F. A., whose entire battery
were in quarantine on. account of one
soldier having light attack Of scar
let fever, but they expected to Ne re-
leased from quarantine Tuesday
morning. We found Arthur Law
horn of the Supply Co., at Battery b,
.339th F. A., and also Reese Citing
er, who was bewailing the, fate which
consigned him to kitchen police work
on a holiday when the other boys
were at home. We Visited the kitch-
en- of Battery E., and say, they sure
have good things to eat, everything
the very best, and everything neat
and clean. The head cook, II. A..
Hobbs, of Ellston. Iowa, has the rep
utation Of providing his boys with
mighty good meals, and they are
served in dishes instead of in mess
pans, and the soldiers have no dish
es to wash except once in about three
weeks, when it is their turn to wash
dishes for whole day Just, to show
you what the boys have to eat, and
that they fare better than most of
us here at home, we secured a copy
of their menu for Sunday, Nov. Sth.
Don't it sound pretty good to you!
A TyY
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1917-11-22

G. B. Price has the exclusive sale
of Ball Band overshOes this year..
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-21
HOW TO COOK eoosERERRIEs.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: The gooseberry season prompts me to send rules for preserving them:
 Gooseberry Preserves Stem and wash the berries, put them into a pre- serving kettle half cover them with water and boil them until they are tender but not until the skins burst; add as much sugar as there is fruit; i; stew the mixture until it is rich ann Der color; seal the preserves in pint jars or jelly glasses and cover them with melted paraff1ne.
 Gooseberry Conserve-Wash three quarts of gooseberries and boil them until they burst; add two quarts of sugar one quart Oess if preferred) of ground pineapple and one pound of raisins chopped fine; boil the mixture slowly until it Is thick, then add two cups of the meats of English walnuts; put the conserve into jelly glasses and cover with melted paraffine.
 Gooseberry Conserve, Old English Five pounds of gooseberries, four pounds of sugar, one and one-half pounds of seed1ess raisins, juice and chopped rind of four oranges; boil about 45 minutes or until 1t is of the consistency of jam; seal in jars to prevent mold.
 Gooseberry Catsup-Stem, wash and mash five quarts of gooSeberries; put them into a preserving kettle with six cups of granulatedA sugar. one quart
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-21
A LIST OF FLAVoRINos.

Dear Social Corner Sisters: The following are 8 list of favorings of which 1t is convenient to keep always on hand: Onions, carrots, green pep pers, parsnips, turnips, tomatoes, fresh, canned or dried; celery tops and parsley, either fresh or dried; sage, savory, thyme, sweet marjora m, bay leaf. garlic, lemon rind, vinegar, capers, pickles, olives, currant jelly curry powder, cloves, peppercorns celery seed, meat extract, chilli sauce pepper sauce, some similar hot or sharp sauce, and some kind of good commercial meat. Some hints regard ing the use of such f1avorings follow:
 Flavor or fried vegetables: Most of the soups, stews, praised meats, and pot roasts are very much improved if the favoring vegetables which they contain, such as carrots, turnipS on- ions, celery, or green peppers, are fried in a little fat before being cook ed with the meat. This need not com plicate the preparation of the meat or increase the number of utensils used, for the meat itself is usually scared over in fat, and the vegetak kles can be cooked in the same fat before the browning of the meat
 A kitchen, bouquet; A "bouquet" such as is often referred to in recipes may be made as follows: A sprig of parsley, savory and thyme, one small leaf of sage, and B bay leaf This will flavor one gallon of soup when cooked in it for an hour and should not remain in 1t longer.
 MOUNTAIN LAUREL.
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-21
MUSIC LESSONS

'I called at Mrs. Hapgood's on the way home this afternoon" said Mrs. Pinwood, -and had a nice talk with her in regard to our sons music les sons which we are about to give him. I feel that Mrs. Hapgood knows a lot more about things musical, as her husband Is wonderful performer on the ukulele. I guess the family is musical on both sides, as her brother Fred is a genius on the fife and she says her grandfather on her mothers side could bring tears to your eyes mith the mouth harp he used to play during the war"
 Well" replied Ptnwood, 'I'd like to hear Hapgood tear off a few tunes on his ukulele and her brother Fred ex- hale a ditty or so on the fife before I'd put much stock in their advice. As to her grandpa on her mothers side being a virtuoso on a mouth or gan. she failed to state whether the tears he started were shed by friends or the enemy in grief over a wasted life.
 The question of giving our son music lessons is no easy matter to decide. I have spoken to forty five music teachers to datca and each of them favors a different instrument.
 'T was over to Prof. Buglemeister's last night. The professor teaches the young idea how to play the trombone. He tod me that our son should be- come a trombonist or it would be better for me to put my money in the bank He says the trombone Is the coming instrument. After the player
Norwich bulletin., 1917-07-21

fee c" sugar to one quart good cider vinegar. The spices commonly useG for this variety of pickle are cloves and cinnamon, and the proportion two teaspoonfuls of the former and four tablespoons of the latter to each gal lon.
 Small Cucumber Piekles-Wash thoroughly salt and for every hun dred cucumbers allow one cup of salt Cover with boiling water. Let stand uwenty-four hours, then drain. Fill quart jars with cucumbers, then add two tablespoons of mixed whole spices, a piece of alum the size of pea and boiling vinegar to fill the jar. Seal and let stand week before using. The boiling water should be measured as an equal amount of vinegar will be needed
 Now. here is one more pickle re- cipe, which, I think will appeal to you; indeed, I am sure you will like it:
 Mixed PickIes-One cau1if1ower, one quart of cucumbers, one pint of on ions, one-half pint of lima beans, one quart of green tomatoes, six green pepers.
 Cut all in small pieces and put in brine strong enough to bear up an egg. Leave it there twenty-four and drain we'll Put two quarts of one cup of sugar, one ounce of flour, a quarter pound of mustard and mix these with one pint of vinegar; then ad to the scalding vinegar. When thickened mix through the pickle.
 HANNAH WHO.