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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Bashaw 4 Shular Store Sold.

R, A. Shular has disposed of the
Bashaw & Shular jeWelry and book
of Sigourney, Iowa, who has taken
possession, arriving in Leon Tues
day evening, and he will continue
business at the old stand. The sale
of this stock marks the removal OF
the Bashaw name from the business
interests of Leon, the late j.. r..
Bashaw having commenced business
in Leon in ase5, and nd continued con I'll od IN
age. In the deal Mr.. Shular secures
32O acres of wheat land in Saskat-
chewan, Canada. Although Mr..
Shular has disposed of the store he
will continue to be resident of
Leon, having just closed a years
lease on the Bert Scott residence on
north Main street,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Called for August 9TH.

The next Decatur county call is
for sixteen men to go in the five day
period commencing August 5th, to
Jefferson Barracks, Mo-, and the
following have been selected by the
local board and will go unless vol
unteers from the 1918 registrants
volunteer. Men who registered in
1917 and who are in class one, can
not volunteer under this call. The
men selected for this call are:
William James Smith.
Floyd Everett McLain.
Frank Castor.
Horace H. Miilsap.
Rastus William Bruner.
John Benson O'Boyle.
James Barry.
James T. Toney.
Jesse Royce Fuller.
Mont Levitt Clampitt.
Ralph William Gamble.
Isaac Norman.
Pearl M. Wells.
Earl Smith.
Paul Milton Bassett.
William Arthur Cherry.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
VOLUME LX1v, NO. so.
FIRST AUGUST CALL FOR 10000
DRAE"TERS
All States Called Upon to Send Men
to Camps During Five-Day PERI
od beginning August 8
Iowa Must Furnish
500 Men,

Washington, July .-Forty-six
thousand men from all states and
the District of Columbia were CALI
ed to the colors last night by Pro-
vost Marshal General Crowder.
They are to be all white registrants.
Movement into camp will be between
August and August 8.
This is one of the first general
calls for August, during which month
the military program provides for
the entrainment of 100000 men.
Special calls already made account
the camps to which the men go, in
clude Iowa, 500, to Jefferson Bar
racks.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Leon Bakery Will Bake No More
Cookies or Cakes.

Guy l.. Stark, proprietor of the
Leon Home Bakery, has discontinu.-
ed making all cookies and cakes at
his bakery, not because he could not
the country's interest, and ne. can
keep his bakery running to full ca
pacity baking nothing but war
bread The bakers are only allowed
to use certain percentage of the
sugar which they formerly used in
their business and if they use sugar
in baking cookies and cakes they
must use that much less in baking
bread, and Mr.. Stark believes that
bread is more essential than pastry.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
In Regard to Coal.

We have received the following
letter from Congressman H. M.
ToWner in regard to the fuel situa-
ton in this section, which says that
secure any Illinois coal. Mr.. Town
er urges that everyone get their
coal for the coming winter at once:
Washington, d. c., July 10, 1918.
Mr.. o. E. Hull,
President, Chamber of Commerce,
Leon, Iowa.
Dear Mr.. Hull:
all sorts of trouble with the fuel ad-
ministration here with regard to the
coal situation in Iowa. In the first
place, they shut out all shipments of
anthracite into Iowa. This order we
succeeded, in modifying SO far as to
allow such coal. to go into territory
hen and hey a9th drectad Of tae ba pos o Ganta
coal be shipped in. This we succeed
ed in modifying to allow such coal
to go into the northern, eastern and
southeastern parts of the state; ex-
Guiding only the southwestern. 9th
er discriminating orders and rulings
as to prices, etc. have been made
whsh Tbs we eohaom hays modfd nTss somsWha
and we are not likely to be able to
Iowa must depend upon the local
mines for their supply. For storage
coal we must depend for a source of
supply on our local mines in so far
as they can be used for that pur-
pose, II our local supply for winter
use is likely to be insufficient, or is
not dependable, or will not store,
then we must depend on southwest
ern mines-from Missouri, Kansas
and Arkansas-for storage coal.
We will not be able to secure any
anthracite, or Illinois, or any other
coal, even in case of emergency,
Judging from present appearances.
I have just received word from the
fuel administration here that, "the
mines of the southwest are shipping
on their orders very promptly none
of them being ten days behind on
their orders. At the present time
portions Of Iowa are light because
there is little demand from that ter
ritory from the Kansas and south
western mines."
This situation is so very import
ant to our people that / suggest
your association take up the matter
with your state and county fuel ad-
ministrators, and see if action can
not be taken to prevent a fuel fam
inc, and consequent suffering and
discomfort next winter. l also sug-
gest that your local press urge upon
the people to act promptly upon
recommend. General recommends
tions will not, fear, be sufficient.
Particular direction will be. neces-
sary in view of the present situation.
Very truly yours,
H. NJ. Towner.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
BOUGHT $4,000 FOR $3.50.
Lamont Man Bought Box of Old
Junk and Found Small Fortune
in it,

honest men left has been disproyen
to the satisfaction of county auditor
Walter Osborn at least. About
three months ago Miss Sarah Ford,
a woman about SO years OF age re-
siding alone at Lamont, was adjudg-
state insane hospital at Clarinda.
She had some furniture and house
hold goods stored at Lamont, and as
rent was piling up against them au-
ditor Walter Osborn was appointed
guardian of her estate, and the
woman having no known relatives,
the goods were sold at public auc-
tion by guardian Osborn at Lamont
sold was box containing a table
cloth and lot of old rags and cloth
ing, which was knocked down to H.
w. Loper, of Lamont for $3.50. He
bought several other articles at the
sale and all We're taken to his home,
the box Gsx not s beag Mas Rhe akar 1a
the the rags aaS out out to throw "a away Mr.
Loper found an old canvas wallet
tucked away among them, and on
opening it found it contained $3.50
in bills, an amount of money which
no one ever dreamed Miss Ford
possessed. While he might easily
have kept the money and no one
would have been the wiser, and he
could have eased his conscience with
the thought that he had bought the
box and contents at a public auction,
Mr.. Loper was not that kind of
man, and on Friday he brought the
wallet and currency to Leon and
turned it over to auditor Osborn,
who has placed it in the bank. The
law provides that where an insane
person has any means the expense OF
keeping them at the state hospital
shall be paid from their estate. and
this money will be turned into the
treasury Of Decatur county for this
DurDOSa
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Mrs. Hiram Hatfield Died Tuesday
Morning.

Mrs. Hiram Hatfield died at her
home in west Leon about | O'Clock
Tuesday morning, her death being
quite sudden. She had been a suf-
time, and about l O'Clock Mr.. Hat
field was awakened by her violent
breathing. He ran across the
street and had Mrs. j. r. Conrey
come over while he went for DR.. j.
w. Robinson, but Mrs. Hatfield was
dead when DR.. Robinson reached the
home. She was Ga years, months
and 5 days old. The funeral was
Yesterday afternoon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
No More "Walnutting."

The kiddies of the future are go
ing to miss one of the greatest pleas
ures their parents enjoyed in this
part of the country, and that was
when they went "walnutting." There
will be no walnuts for the future
kids to gather, for the government
is demanding the walnut lumber for
extent that it is going to denude the
timber of all this class of logs in a
short time. One mill at Des Moines
has a contract to provide the gov
ernment with 5000 walnut gun
stocks per day. Aside from this
there are many other uses made OF
this sturdy timber.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Burned Infant Doing Nicely.

Melvin, the little eight months
old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Howard
Reynolds, of Woodland township,
who was badly burned when its
clothes caught fire from spark
from stove few weeks ago, is
now in Leon, being cared for by his
grandmother Mrs. Jasper Scadden,
and his mother, SO as to be convent
ent to the physician y}:sI; a Who dresses Eth the 8,
nicely, but will have to be treated
for several weeks, the burns on it's
little body being quite deep. At
the time Of the accident and for sew
eral days it was not thought he
could recover
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
New Court Cases.

JAS. F. Harvey VS.. Frank NJ. Rob-
erts ct al. Suit is brought to fore
close a mortgage on lots l, 2 and 8,
block 10, town of Leon, given to Sc
20, 1917. Varga &. Son attorneys
for plaintiff.
James Miller VS.. Anna B. Miller.
Plaintiff asks for a decree of divorce.
The parties were married June 2Os
1917, and lived together until
August 20, 1917. Plaintin alleges
him names, nagged him, and sought
the company Of men of bad repute.
B, M Russell attorney for PLAINTIFF
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Art Noftsger Gassed.

]. ]. Gray received a letter Satur-
day that was written on June 25th,
serving with the Rainbow Division
in France had been gassed This let
ter was written by friend of Arts
who stated that his eyes were burn
ed so that he could not see to write
and that he also had some flesh
wounds caused by gas burns, but
that in few days he would have re-
covered enough so that he could
have the use of his eyes.-Lamoni
Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Happily Surprised.

F. NJ. Cummins was happily sur
prised at his home west of town last
Sunday, the occasion being the Saith
anniversary of his birthday. Mr..
Cummins and his son j. E., of Cedar
Rapids, attended church in the
morning. When they returned home
about twenty-four guests had as
semb1ed The table was spread with
all of the delicacies of the season.
Uncle John Ryan, who had just pass
ed his S7th birthday, was the guest
of honor. The children were all
present except one son Arthur, of
Glencoe, Okla. The day was pleas
antly spent with music and remin-
iScenceS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
New Electric Fire Siren on the Way.

The city council has purchased a
mammoth electric siren fire alarm.
which has been shipped from the
factory at Denver, Colorado, and will
be installed within few days after
it's arrival. The electric siren costs
$500, and if will be placed here on
of the local electric plant, since Juice
is received from the Centerville
plant, Leon has been without fire
alarm, as no steam is kept up at the
plant to blow the big fire whistle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Now Take Smaller Men.

Men only sixty inches in height
and weighing a minimum of ITO
pounds are again eligible to military
service, according to a ruling just
issued by the war department.
The former regulations called for
at least sixty-three inches in height.
The reason for the new regulation is
failed to come up to the require
ments, it was barring too many men
who, in the opinion of the authori-
ties, would make good soldiers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Singing Scouts Visited Fairfield.

Scout Master Rev. T. F. Campbell
took five Leon Boy Scouts in his
flivver last Wednesday for q trip to
Fairfield, returning home Saturday.
The boys gave muscial program
while there at the Cross Lanes Com
munity church, to q crowded house,
they pleased the audience nightly
and they we're dubbed "The Singing
Scouts" The scouts who enjoyed
this outing with Rev. Campbell were
Ronald Fisher, William and Jack
Ferren, Donald McGinnis and Harold
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Six New Registrants Were Rejected
Tuesday.

Nearly all of the new registrants,
those who registered on June 9th,
have now been examined for ply
sical defects, the local board being
1O2 registrants only six have been
rejected on account of physical dis
ability, these being Clyde Imhoff,
Isaac Slaughter, Frank Fullerton,
Leo Joseph Cummings, John Howard
Spencer and Robert Moreau Teale.
One man Charles Logan Bolan, was
accepted for limited military duty
Onlv
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Notice to Hotels and Restaurants in
Decatur County.

The U. S. Food Administrator al
lows only two ounces of Victory
bread or buns served to a person at
any one meal This amount makes
but one sandwich. Anyone, hotel
or restaurant serving more than
this amount must serve some kind
of quick bread which contains no
wheat.
Edgar Caster,
Decatur County Hotel and Restau-
rant Representative.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Idle Hour and New Theatres Will
Run Show Day.

The Idle Hour and New Theatres
Gus day. Charlie Chaplin in "The
Vagabond'' one of the funniest of
his Mutual-Chaplin series, will be
the special attraction at the Idle
Hour and Nell Shipman in "Cavan-
augh the Forest Ranger" Vita
graph western picture, will be the
attraction at the New Theatres.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Bargains! Bargains!

That's what you get and many of
them if you attend the big price
wrecking sale at Grimes Clothing
Co.'s store. All prices are unmerci-
fully slaughtered and sold at nearly
giving away prices. Come early
while picking is good.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Two Volunteers to go to Ames Auto
School,

Under the call for 500 volunteers
tn 20 to college at Ames for train
ing in auto engineering, Decatur
county was allotted two men, and sew
eral volunteered for this training,
but the local board could send but
two, those selected being Bryan Rob-
bins, of Decatur, and Ilo Menden-
port port at Ames on August 18th.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Five More Soldier Boys Go IOmOr-
row.

Five more Decatur county boys
the early morning train for Camp
pike. Arkansas. The boys who go
under this call are:
Gilbert Rome Vaughn, Lineville
Thomas Edward Davis, Davis City.
Chas. w. Burlingmair, Weldon.
Willis Mote, Van Vert.
Leonard L. Alexander, Decatur.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Send in ThresIling Reports.

The small grain has all been cut in
Decatur county, and it was saved in
excellent shape. The threshing ma
chimes have started work, and ev-
eryone is interested in knowing
what the wheat and oats are making
per acre. We would be. pleased to
have threshers or farmers send in re-
ports as to what the. yield is this
wear
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Two Soldier Boys Went to Austin,
Texas,

The two volunteers from Decatur
for training at Camp Mabry, Austin,
Texas, Harold Rush, of Leon, and
Dwight l.. Akers, of Decatur, depart
ed yesterday on the 11:57 train for
Austin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25

You may laugh at the mother-in-
law joke, but you may be in posi-
ton to admit that she comes in
handy when the children are sick.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25

In crossing the Marne 1t did not
take the Germans as long going as
it did coming. The Americans help
cd them In the return move.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25

The kaiser merely made another
of his well known mistakes when he
let his troops tackle the Americans
on the Marne.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-07-25
Marriage Licenses.

Maurice Snyder, Leon .--..-- .--.-21
Merle Phipps, Garden Grove ---.1 Z
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-18
$50, goo IN SMALL CHANGE.

- IN 1883 Thomas Cain and his three
children, Mary, Anna and Hugh
living in Brooklyn, N. Y, agreed tc
put into a common fund, every week
al The: dimes and quarters that they
diasnot need for any Immediate pur-
pose. Their idea was to establish a
family cash reserve to. take care OF
any unexpected needs that might
arise.
Needs did arise, occasionally, and
weres1net with ease and comfort to
an concerned, from this little store Of
ready money. But they did not come
SO often as. the family had expected.
nor did they make a very hs-vy drain
when they came. The fund grew
saeadily.
Anna died in 1895. The others
continued to add surplus dimes and
es5aasfters. The other day the father
died Those dimes. and quarters
paid @kis funeral expenses, as they
s 5aa pasd Annals. Then Hugh and
asarysdecided to quit saving. and di-
s:vsda up the fund. They had $4,000
anIece.N
Asss lesson in practical thrift this
little story speaks for itself.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-18
Good Reads Movement Growing.

Secretary Cofield Of the South Car
olina State Automobile Association
was in Sumter Friday. Mr.. Cofleld
says that the association is right down
to hard work planning and carrying
out move for good roads legislation
by the general assembly at its next
session. Although the Association IS
for the purpose of looking out for all
matters of benefit to its members
GOOD road work is its greatest charge
and now it is laborinG on It's, Dig
work
The convention in Columbia Weo-
nesday authorized Secretary Cohela
&c appoint q legislative committee con-
sisting of one from each county. Mr..
Cofie'd last night appointed Mr. S. "A
E[arv!n as the member from this couE-
- and MIR. Harvin consented to act.
The secretary of the local club mas
blank applications to be used IN ap-
rlv;ng for license plates for next
wear. They can be had from him ana
this will save writing to the State
Highway Commission foc them. lie
says that although he has them for
the benefit of the members OF the
Sumter Association that he will be
yery. glad to accommodate other own
e.rs by letting them have them. The
state Highway Commission is urging
people to send in their application
now and not to wait until the last
minute when everything Will be in
great rush.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-18
The Influenza Situation in the City
Schools.

In order that the public may have
the facts. q census was taken today
relative to the influenza situation IN
the white schools of the city. In the
Girls High School of tho 1S9 pupils
reported there are 81 cases. Of these
21 are convalescent. Many of these
cases are confined to one room. Two
weeks ago the sano condition existed
in another room in the building. In
this room all but two have returned
In the Hampton school of the 29i
pupils reported there are twelve cases.
These are reported convalescent.
1n tee Washington school OF the $50
pupils reported there are II cases.
In the Boys High School CT the ls9
pupils reported there ere cases.
VERY careful inquiry has been made
and there seems to be no serious c@se<.
O..cr $50 OF the pupils have already
had tho disease ard are back III
school.
We were tod by the physicians at
the beginning Of the epidemic that
there would be cases Of influenza dur
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-18
SOMETHING TO READ.

Our wounded, SICK and convales-
cent soldiers are arriving in this
country in great numbers and are
placed in the various army hospitals
until they shall have progressed f@'
enough toward recovery to be sent +
their homes. 6
There. IS a tedious period in any is::-:
ress, when long hours are to be Till
ed in, and the patient has little
strength for any activity to while the.i:
away.
Read me sonething!" begs the
crm,ess lad who cannot hold a book.
Give rae something to rcad!" de-
nlands the leg!ess soldier as the drea1y
process Of healing goes on, before ne
can be fitted with artificial limbs ana
get once. more about the business of
life.
Cant you read aloud for whiie?''
Pleads the blind boy, trying to Forge
for attic that to him reading and
alIthe. joyous pleasures Of the eye are
forever darkened.
More books than ever!" calls the
American Library Association. "Ev-
cry returning transport increases the
need of books We could use mil
lion:"
What is wanted most is good, live
modern fiction, that will hold the at
tention, amuse and cheer.
Why should not everybody buy one
nov. good book and send it to thf
nearest library or booh-receiving sta
ton, to be sent to the army hospital
Why not every one make this a par
Of his Christmas shopping?
The American public, anticipating
the gayest Christmas it has eval
known, should not forget how entire;l
it is indebted for that gayety to Ties
boys who r:rst spend their Christrl&'
in hospital beds. and who from thoz;
beds are cskiHg wistfulIy for "some
thing to read
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-12-18
EQUAL PAY.

Uncle Sam wants his nieces paid the
same wages as his nephews for the
same work. This doctrine is part OF
the Recommendation Of the depart
ment of labor. The department has
worked out a standard of war to
peace reconstruction affecting wo-
men in industry. The report, now be-
ing forwarded to employers and state
officials, has this to say upon the sub
ject Of women's wages:
s.The most important question aris-
ing now is the comparative wage
paid to women and men. The princi-
pie Of equal pay for equal work was
affirmed repeatedly by agencies of the
federal government during the war as
a means of preventing the lowering OF
industrial standards. The principle
should be carried further. Wages
should be based upon occupation anG
not upon sex.
Some of the other provisions Of the
standard are: Eight-hour day; one
day of rest in seven; prohibition Of
night work; allowance of three-quar-
ters Of an hour for meals; establish
meut of methods Of negotiation be-
tween employers and groups OF e-c-
ployees in determining wages and
working conditions; clean and sani-
tary working conditions seats proper
ly adjusted to the work; safety de-
vices; fire-drills; protection against
dust, fumes, excessive cold and heat;
rest periods, rest and lunch rooms;
and protection of women against
lifting heavy weights.
These are all matters Of such e!e-
menary and obvious con1roon sense
that the wonder is that they need, a.
ffais late date, to be made matters Ct
moment in restoring the country to q
peace basis The fact that the Depart
ment OF labor takes official cognizanrs
Of them is, however, proof that thAy
would not be attended to otherwise
Since private employers have been so
lax in the past, it is quite time that
Uncle Sam took a, hand in the prs
lection of his workers. >!
These other provisions are neces-
sary, but, the very foundation of the
Safeguarding of women in industry IS
he provision for equal pay for equal
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