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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09
Let Him Live.

AS long as the flowers their perfume
So long I'd let the Kaiser live
Live and live for a million years,
With nothing to drink but Belgian
tears,
With nothing to quench his awful
thirst
But the sailed brine of scotch
mans curse.
| would let him live on a dinner each
day,
Served from silver on a golden tray,
Served with things both dainty and
sweet,
Served with everything but some
thing to eat.
And I'd make him bed OF silken
sheen,
With costly linens to be between,
With covers of down and filets Of
And downy pillows piled in place;
Yet when to its comfort he would
yield,
1t should stink with rot Of the bat
tlefield,
And blood and bones and brains Of
men
Should cover him, smoother him
and then
His pillows should cling with rotten
clay,
Clay from the grave of soldier boy.
keep,
And while the waves the white
sands sweep,
He should never, never, never, sleep.
And through all the days, through
all the years,
There should be anthem in his ears,
Ringing and singing and never done
From the edge of the light to the
set of sun,
Moaning and moaning and moaning
a rava s s;| French girls bastard
And l would build him castle by
the sea,
AS lovely a castle as ever could be;
Then I'd show him ship from over
the sea,
AS fine a ship as ever, could be,
Laden with water cold and sweet,
Yet scarce does she touch the silver
ed sands,
Scarce may he reach his eager
hands,
Then as hot and hellish molten shell
Should change his heaven into hell,
And though ned Watch on the "ane
swept shore,
Our Lusitania would rise no more.
In mo Mans Land where the Irish
fell,
I'd start the kaiser a private hell;
I'd lab him, stab him, give him gas;
In every wound I'd pour ground
glass;
I'd march him out where the brave
boys died
Out past the lads they crucified.
In the fearful gloom of his living
tomb,
There is one thing I'd do before /
was thru;
I'd make him sing, in a stirring
manner.
The wonderful words of "The Star
Spangled Banner"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09

the average cost being $24.04 per
mile. The average cost of the grav-
cling was 1852 per mile.
One of the finest things about our
present system is that we know
where the money goes and what we
get for it. The report of the COM
mission sets forth in detail the num-
Der of each particular kind of bridg-
es or culvert built, and the actual
cost. 1t also sets forth in detail all
of the expenditures for both perm
anent and temporary work. Until
we had the present law, in many
counties it was entirely impossible
to trace the money. Much of it was
fooled away, and no adequate rec
ords were kept.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09
Where the Road Money Goes.

Those people who have been so
Unexpectedly critical of the exist
ing Iowa road law and of the State
Highway Commission. should read
the annual report of the commission
as set forth in the March-April is.
course, Quite true that some Of these
critics have been influenced by moth
ing more than blind prejudice.
They have not taken pains to inform
themselves as to the workings OF
either the law or the commission.
Thousands of others, however, have
been deceived by men who hoped &c
handling our road money; and it is
these people who should study this
report and thus get at the real facts
During the year 1917. Iowa spent
for roads and bridges the large sum
of S15,166,476. This is consider
ably more money than we have spent
ing thing about it is that 40 per
cent of the money spent for roads
went into work of permanent ma
ture. Until the present highway
law was adopted, and until we had a
state highway commission, most OF
the money spent each year for roads
and bridges went for temporary
WOEk. MOSL OI luO UIlUScS duu Cui-
verts were built of wood, and has to
be replaced within a comparatively
short time Most of the road work
consisted in simply grading in patch
es, and it was not of permanent
character. Our road expenditures
have increased year by year, due to
the increase in taxation; and but for
the adoption of some such law as
we now have, and having it admin
istered by competent commission,
the amount of money wasted under
present revenues would have been
enormous.
As we have said, ~ per cent OF
the road money in 1917 went for
work of permanent nature, such as
cutting down hills, making fills,
building up grades, and establishing
open and tile ditch drainage. OF the
bridge money 53.6 per cent went for
work of permanent nature.
In 1917, 4245S miles of road
were surfaced, about 400 miles be-
ing surfaced with gravel and the re-
mainder with concrete or brick.
The total sum Of S377 ,s32 was spent
for dragging 1914 miles Of road
= =
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09

With each succeeding years oper-
alton, the present law commends
itself to the sober business thought
of the intelligent men of the state.
At the rate we are going in the way
of permanent bridges and culverts,
it will not be many years until we
practically cover the state; and
when that time comes more than
half of our total road money will be
released for strictly road work.
When that time comes, we will make
progress very rapidly.-Wallaces
Farmer.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09

the ea huitPa prn A4pehdufe
and his wife in Sarajebo, Bosnia.
June %, 1914, gave a signal for the
lighting of war-torches long prepar-
ed. He has now died in the fortress
prison of Theresienstadt. me mill
Mitteleuropa has so busily circu-
lated the fable that Prinzip was a
Serbian that half the world probab-
" believes it. The fact remains that
the Archduke was killed by an
Austro-H Hungarian subject on Austro-
Hungarian soil during visit against
which, because of the danger OF
some such untoward happening. the
Serbian ministry in Vienna had al
most imploringiy protested.
That Serbians were implicated in
the plot, even that bombs were sur
reptitiously obtained for it from the
Serbian arsenal of Kraguyebatz. is
very likely true, though the Fried
jung trial showed that the Austrian
government was not above manu-
feet. But there was never the slight
est evidence to show that the Ser
Ibian government had anything. to
do with what the whole nation
knew would be made the excuse for
its attempted determination.
We know that war was planned
in Berlin at the time of the Morocco
trouble eliminating in 1912. We
know that Italy was approached with
a proposal for immediate war in
1918. We know that war would
have been declared upon one pre-
text or another had Prinzip stuck 10
his school books. But a picturesque
fable outlives a complicated fact.
AS "the boy who started the war, y
Gavrilo Prinzip will. long be famous.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09
How Any Girl Can
Have Pretty Eyes

No girl is pretty if her eyes are
red, strained or have dark rings.
One wash with pure Lavoptik eye
wash will brighten the eyes and .
weeks use will surprise you with its
Lavoptik is guaranteed to make eyes
healthy, sparkling and vivacious.
The quick change will please you.
Aluminium eye cup free. r. E. Bell,
druggist No. s
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09

Ninety-nine times out of a hun
dred, the fellow who says he is not
using his religion for business pur-
poses, IL doing it for that very thing.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09

You only need Sanol Eczema Cure
to get rid of those black heads, PIN
pies, rough bunny skin. Leaves
skin smooth. Cures any case OF Ec-
xema Is pleasant to use. A trial
will convince you. soc. and $1.00 at
the drug store. 80 10
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09

i When men have q common all
nent, they always want to talk
about Il Together.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09

age.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-09
The Boy Who "started the War

Mr.. and Mrs. Francis P. Ward, Dc
catur township.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

Every woman who is good listener
Is truly unseltish.
1t takes two banana skins TO make II
pair of slippers.
An old bachelor says that certih-
cate of birth is milk ticket.
A man who boasts Of having small
feet has the same kind of brain.
Girls are Illogical because they are
too fond of begging the question.
Some girls go abroad to complete
their education, and others get mar
Iied at home.
Many man who couldn't train a
dog decently imagines that he is sn
ideal child trainer.
II is usually case Of misplaced
confidence when a woman marries a
man for the purpose of reforming him.
When a woman doses her invalid
husband with herb tea and he doesn't
get well he is either contrary or un-
grateful.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW

Of the old-time vegetable dyes Bra-
I'll possesses an almost endless variety.
In some parts of northern Arabia
the hills are so well stocked with bees
that no sooner are hives placed than
they are occupied.
Tungsten, which only in recent
years has come into general use, was
discussed exhaustively by a Spanish
treatise written in 1871.
With the lions, tigers and other
members of the cat tribe, the night
finds them at their liveliest, and they
sleep most between the midday meal
and supper time.
Because of the war Scotland has
been cutting down great many trees
TO supply its own needs. Much OF the
land thus cleared will eventually be
used for agriculture.
Currants from Greece are now
packed by machinery in manner
which is far more cleanly and eco
nomical than the old "hond methods"
Tne latter have always been question:
able.
A cablegram from the American
consul at Padang, Sumatra,. received
April 30, states that the government
has prohibited the expectation of elm
chona bark, quinine, quinine salts, tin,
tin ore and kanok.
Uruguay has appointed comrais-
sion TO Investigate the Feasibility or
a scheme to turn the locust pest Into
a blessing hy using these insects in the
manufacture of fertilizer, SOAP and lu-
bricants and stock feed.
The hell OF Mahomet is as full OF
terror as his heaven is of delight The
wicked VIII suffer alternately from
cold and heat; when thirsty, boiling
wafer will be given them, and they
will be shod with shoes of fire.
a brass band and football aud
cricket teams are found among stu-
dents Of tae missionary college at
Bopedale. South Africa the only insil-
tuition in the DARK Continent that o..
fors Africans standard college edu-
Gallon.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
FACTS WORTH KNOWING

Great Britain and Ireland consume
8O000O00 rabbits as food annually.
TO blow two soap bubbles at once,
ons within the other is the purpose OF
a recently patented pipe.
The Pennsylvania railroad states
that shippers could save $2,O00,O00 "a
year by more carefully packing
freight.
japanese copper mines yielded ILL.,
562 tons of ore last year, an increase
Of nearly 10000 tons from the preced-
Ing year.
Apparatus has been invented for ac-
'curately testing the hardness of metals
by showing their resistance to the
teeth OF files.
English chemists have made a syn
thetic turpentine at what is said TO be
One-third the cost of the genuine
American article.
Eighty thousand women are serving
with the Red Cross aInbuIances and
hospitals ia France, Algeria, Morocco
and in ihe Orient
A Japanese Is the inventor Of
street sprinkler that distributes water
so as to form advertisements on
smooth pavements.
Clad only in nightgown and over
shoes and chasing coyote carrying n
pair of fat hens In its mouth for
distance of half mile in zero weather
was the stunt of Ernest Barnes.
farmer near Smith Center, Kan.
Henry B. Pierce, an English ship
owner, who started life in humble cir
cumstances as labdfer in the harbor
works at Messina and afterwards be-
came one of the leading shipowners in
Italy, has just died al his home near
Naples, leaving a fortune of $20,OC0-
900. At the great Messina earthquake
nine years ago all the other members
Of his family were killed.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
W. A. DURANT
Candidate For
Governor.
DEMOCRAT
DEMOCRAT

In addition to his work in the leg.
islature for good laws for farmers
business and laborine men, he has
voted for and strongly supported ev.
cry measure in behalf of the okla.
homa College for Women. The O. c.
w. has never had better friend.
He voted for an appropriation tc
build a dormitory for the college
when the normal school in his own
home town, Durant, had none lie
will appreciate the support of Chick
lsha Democrats.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
woodson Likes Army.

Postmaster G w. Barefoot receir
ed letter this morning from hi,
grandson, Guy Woodson who landed
at a foreign port several days agc
with national army unit He mem
tions having made the trip in corn
pany with several other Chickasha
boys. The weather is cool, he states
and he is liking the army life. He
does not know when his outfit will
be sent to the front The voyage
over, he says was without incident,
except that they were caught in 4
severe storm that lasted two days,
causing many OF the men to be seq.
sick.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
Copeland to Fly.

Word was received here this morn
ing from Fayette Copeland, formerly
of Chickasha, stating that he was tak-
ing final Instructions in flying at Kei
ley Field, San Antonio, Tex. prepar.
atory to leaving for France Cope
land enlisted in the aviation section
last fall while senior in the Okla.
homa University. His home is at
Sulphur.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

On June 28 you made a solemn
obligation to invest your savings in
War Savings stamps Are you full
filling that obligation?
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Short Stories
of the To1On
Observation-Disclosures

Kyle8 Off for n ayy.
RaEmou@ DSAIs;.allen dns morning
for Gulfport, Miss, where he will en-
ter training for service in the United
States navy. He accompanied X. p
Estes wh95is alsV' entering the saly,
ice. Both boys have liFed in Chick
asha since they were youngsters and
have been employed at the Rock Is
land shops for number OF years.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
Child Cuts Arm.

The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
b. B. Burnett, 1902 Colorado avenue,
is reported suffering from severe
cut inflicted on the arm this morn
ing while playing with piece of
glass.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
Announcements
eoR sHERlFF

II ,bua, ',tnn~ ,nnoun ., liza
he is a candidate tor Sheriff sun
ject to the action OF the Democratic
voters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
THE CHICKASHA NATIONAL BANK
Sue CCESSFUL MEN
JOSEPH PULITZER.

Pulitzer was born in Hungary and al
the age Of fourteen was forced to make
living for his mother. He came ia
America at the age OF eighteen. He could
not speak word of English, but not dis
mayed he Jeined the army, and at the
end Of the war began the study OF law.
Not being successful he entered the em-
ploy Of German Newspaper in st. Louis
as reporter. His search for news be-
came so diligent that he would stop peo-
pie on the street on their way to busi-
ness, church or theatre, and beg them
for news. This energy soon began to as
sert itself and he climbed to the position
Of editor. then to half owner.
In 1878. he bought the bankrupt st.
Louis Post Dispatch and made such a
remarkable success that in 1883 he was
able TO buy the New York World, one of
the most powerful papers IN the country.
At his death. this boy, who couldn't
speak a word OF English. overcame the
and left fortune OF 100000
600
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

Matt sankey announces that he Is
a candidate TO rsheritf. eubjsct to the
action of the DemosFatic voters !
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
Overcoming Difficulties

Many man has difficulties of
2er Every worker regardless
est application should make your
Hustle"
MONEY is A GO Cd PARDNER
u you haven't any surplus,
IT'S to do
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

r. L. (Bob) Castetnan Announces
that he is candidate for Sheriff,
subject to tlls actiop Of Democratic
voters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
COUNTY JUDGE

s. l.. Newman announces that lie
is Il candidate for court clerk, sub.
ject to the action of Democratic vot-
ers in the primary August G.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

Ben F. Phillips announces trnt ne
is a candidate for Sheriff, subject to
the Democratic primary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

L. w. (Walter) Jones, OF Rush
Springs, announces that he is can
didate for sheriff, subject to- tho
Democratic primary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

---------------------,
Announcements
FOR SHERIFF
Il Butt ',tm~ sunoun ., ,ha
he is a candidate tor Sheriff sur
ject to the action OF the Democratic
voters.
| Matt Sankey announces that he Is
a candidate 10 rSheriffs subject to the
action of the Demoafatic voters
- ---....--.---.-----ssa ss-.-----. .-..l-.-..
r. l.. (Bob) Castletnan Announces
that he is eandidatetfo for Sheriff,
subject 10 tns actiop OF Democratic
voters.
! Ben F. Phillips announces trnt he
is candidate for Sheriff. subject to
the Democratic primary.
L. W. (Walter) Jones, OF Rush
Springs, announces that he is can
didate for sheriff, subject to- the
Democratic primary.
COUNTY TREASURER
l.. A. (Ad) Sanders announces that
he Is candidate for County Treas
rer subject 20 the action OF the Dem.
ocrs.ic voters.
O. Corfman announces that he ~
y candidate for county treasure,,
subject 10 the Democratic primary.
c0Unrv COMMISSIONER
81, rui stet is aaanar lu
County Commissioners southern dis
lrrt " Grady county. subject to the
acti0u or the l1eHderattc 9oters
------.---------
A. Temple anwunces that he
is candidate for County Commits
slonar or the Central diatrlee. s0hiecl
to the Democratic primary
.-------------..- ----.- -
AIilas Eedingfield announces that
he is u candidate for County Com
missioner of the Northern district,
subject to the Democratic primary.
K. A. Thompson announces that he Z
is candidate for County Commits. ,
sioner, southern district, second term,
subject to the Democratic primary.
j. ]. Lancaster announces that is a
candidate for County Commissioner.
Southern District OF Grady county,
subject TO the Democratic primary.
John Milwee announces that he is
i candidate for County Commission
er, southern district OF Grady county,
subject to the Democratic primary.
J. D. &riffin announces that he Is
d candidate for County Commission
er. subject to the Democratic prim9
rles
John C. Lewis announces that he
candidate for County Commits
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
COUNTY TREASURER

4. A. (Ad) Sanders announces that
he is a candidate for County Treas.
rer, subject 20 the action OF the Dem.
0cra.ic voters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

Mrs Anna b. Croneh announces
;hat she Is Il candidate for county sn.
2eflntendeni subject TO tie Demo
cratic primary
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

Q. Corfnan announces that he ~
y candidate for county treasure,,
subject 70 the Democratic prnlary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25
coUNrY SUPERINTENDENT

@oman II Shepard aGnounces that
= is candidate ;or colnly supei
trtendent, subject to the Democratic
primary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

A. Temple announces that he
is a candidate for County Commits
sloaar or the GenttsI diatrlee. sohiect
to the Democratic primary
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

Great Britain and Ireland consume
8O,000O00 rabbits as food annually.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

K. A. Thompson announces that he
i2 candidate for County Commits.
sioner. southern district, second term,
subject to the Democratic primary.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

A Japanese is the inventor of a
street sprinkler that distributes water
so as to form advertisements ON
smooth pavements.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-07-25

TO blow two soap bubbles at once,
ons within the other, is the purpose OF
a recently patented pipe.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-06
JOHN LOUIS QUINN

4 q M n f s. III
From a simple messenger boy to
the roll Of fame in the greatest nation
on earth. This is the simple history
of another brave boy,--another true
hero who went to upholdtthe honor and
the arms of the United States. He
might have lived thousand years and
yet never have come to another such
opportunity as he accepted when he
went as a private in the marines and
fought and died
The name Of John Louis Gum will
charm the chislers of marble in tn
pen of the historian 1t will ring in
public squares. IT will linger on the
the ears of our children and their
children. for his was sacrifice in a
cause that shall never die as long as
there is human lip to whisper ado.
ration for It,
Wounded and bleeding, he came
from the fray just long enogh to get
into the fighting again. His letters
home always intimated that he was
at his post with unflinching nerve and
daring. With every nerve and heart
throb he drove forward to vanquish
the foe and in the very thr0es of
death he must have had the sweet
Of knowing that the doom
of Germany was in the very atmos.
prere of the battlefield.
This soldier boys sacrifice for his
country was the greatest he could
ever make. 1t was the greatest that
ever a man can make. His death as
brought us sorrow, but how our souls
brighten when we think of his unfaiI-
ing, unfaltering step when the world
moved to the maelstrom of war!
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1918-11-06

fort to her parents. Some girls, nova
days, are of no more comfort to their
parents than IL they did not exist"
Mrs Sage was a "woman's woman
and her charities we're largely direct
ed to the aid OF women ana children.
size became widely known as LADY
bount:ful" ana was so besieged with
REQUESTS for money that she had to
retire finally to seclusion. Begging
letters have heer received at her
Fifth Avenue home at a rate of 500
a day aO:cc o: he writers threaten
ing suicide and others to do her bod
lily harm if their petitions were not
needed SO insis,ent were the hordes
that they sometimes gathered in num-
bcrs about her doors.
Mrs Sage was a little woman and
extremely self-controlled She gave,
and gave literally but was so deter.
mined that her giving should be done
wisely that shortly after her husbands
death she established the Russell
Sage Foundation with $10,000,000
for the Improvement Of social and
living conditions in the United States
Outside of this she made large gifts
including $1,OOOOOO to the Emma Will
lard Seminary, $1,0O0,000 to Renssen-
laerj Polytechnic Institute, $3.50, 900
to the Y. NJ. and Y. w. G. A., $3.50 900
to the American Seaman's Institute
100000 to the Mortified Mass
Seminary, 100000 to the Sage In
stitute of Pathology of the New York
City Hospital, $25O,00O for home
for INDECENT women and $1OO,444 to
Syracuse University.
She was born September 8, 1928,
eight in descent through her father
from Miles Standish and on her mat
ernal side a descendant of Col. Henry
Pierson of Sag fIarbor, n Y. founder
of the public school system in Ameri-
ca in 1887