The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-05-23


give YOU every reasonable banking
courtesy and accommodation. Leon
Savings Bank.
For sale-On accoun, Of moving
away. my Leon RESIDENCE properly ea19 20 on
1921 Santa Fe Ave, Fit. Madison,
Iowa. u
Be on the safe side and have the
you nothing and may save you much;
)C. E. Butler is a safe and careful
man to consult
For sale-4O bushels of clean,
hand picked navy beans. Also a
quantity of navy beans ms d Ter SEED oeer
the Leon Savings Bank. 37tf.
Donate your old auto tires to the
Red Cross. Just leave them with
Jay Colby at the Willard Service
Station and the entire proceeds OF
their sale will be turned over to the
Red Cross.
DO you want ice? If you do, buy
it of Geo. Gray. He is selling the
finest ice in town. He sells it at
a very reasonable price of zoe; and
csc. per hundred. Prompt truck de-
livery at any lllAc
Miss Edna Gallup who has taught
in the Decatur schools the past year.
will teach domestic science next
year in the Hartley, Iowa, schools,
having received an offer OF $50 per
month by telegraph last Saturday.
Lone Scout benefit show at New
.The Fox Riddles in Treasure Is
land" The proceeds to &c, for Lone
Scout war work and to Duy scout
equipment. 10 and 10 cents war
TAX included.
Word was received Friday morn
ing from Ralph McGinnis that he
had successfully passed all eXamlna-
lions for admission to the officer S
training school at Camp Custer, Bat
tie Creek, Michigan, and had been
mustered into the service.
Saturday, May ,25th dinner will be
for the "a boys leaving for war. A
general invitation is extended to the
public. Plates coo. each. Proceeds
to go TO Benefit Red Cross. Notify
Mrs, l.. P. VanWerden for reserva-
ton.
It's a pleasure to see man with
we'll pressed clothes. 1t means
much to him and more to us to be
able to press them better than they
were ever pressed before. You can
prove his statement to your own
Satisfaction by letting us show you.
c.. W. Connor
We have a car load of Deering and
Mccormick binders for sale. Come
in and place your order as we nave
one of the biggest oats crop ever
put out in Decatur county SO believe
short and the oats crop long and you
will be left short, so take time by
the neck and buy now Bowsher q
BOWsher.
Mrs. H. 1. McClaran and da nl n
ter, Miss Margaret, Mrs. Margaret
4sinira'E ar Fulton, Of Stewards
town, Penn, who is visiting at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
McClaran, autoed to Leon Friday
aud were caught by the rain, re-
turning home Saturday noon, leaV-
ing their car here.
Even the gypsies are up-to-date
now Last Friday a gang of the
same old dirty group who formerly
visited here travelling in wagons
we're in Leon, this time travelling in
a Buick auto which was filled With
men, women and raft of dirty
youngsters; The only I'm, lmpf rove ean
get farther away in day
Miss Elsie Lindsey returned Nom
day from Leslie, where she had
been visiting at the home of her
uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. F.;
siefkas who own n large herd wei Of
Herefords. Miss Elsie will be here
for about week and will then ac-
company her father to Or''h' to
make her home. She has many
young friends here who will be sor-
ry to have her leave.
Fred woo1le sy ~ who 3nd has na been fe in
ns5H poq Went hea to pes e Moines e ON
Monday. accompanied by his son
Ben and DR.. Lyon, where they con
suited specialist, DR.. Ely, and Mr..
Woolley was advised to enter a san
atarium Immediately. He went to
the Retreat, one of the best places
of the kind in the city where it is
sincerely hoped by his many friends
health. Grove Express.
The time to buy that twenty-five
pound package of certificate sugar
for canning is as soon as you can
get it. Pay for it when you get it
so the retailer can pay the jobber
and the jobber the wholesaler and
the wholesaler the refiner for anoth-
er shipment. Remember the story
of the man who paid debt with a
dollar and followed it up to watch
the same dollar pay 100 debts as
fast as it could travel from hand to
hand. Help the turnover. We must
save all our fruit this season.
The anxiety of Mrs. J. H. Pitman
over the delay in arrival of her sis
ter, Miss Minnie Johnson, from
India, was relieved Saturday when
she received message stating she
had landed at San Francisco on
May 18th Miss Johnson was sent
as missionary to India by the
Christian church at Newton. Iowa.
seven wears ago, and has served the