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Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-15

Reviewing military Britain the close of
1917 the correspondent World that the
year example the growth Of industry he points
possible produce in four days many
during the entire first of the
Great Britain years months
the months 1t will take long to
of production for the reason that as neutral
engaged largely the of certain materials
practically all lines of activity shall be able to surpass
the British record will be owing to superior resources and re-
sourcefuness
Nations devoted almost exclusively industry
cannot in day or year adapt energies The
changes necessary revolution machinery and
already accomplished in this has been marvel
lou yet merely the beginning of task Fault
finders carefully the tosome by which
peaceaby like ourselves has under fire. armed and
equipped its millions much favorable
should and will do better
has been discovered against flying
eny flags country adequate penalty provided how
ever.
The Kaise boastng of how thoroughly whipped
sa is not any than the practical expressions
oprde coming from the Boshe Government at
Petrograd.
presumably has its usual exceptional applications Whatever
happen reasonably be able to say with ms great
exemplar Great time A lost save
the royal family"
In the latest peace proposal Of the de-
the Canal be neutrazeI whe something OF
the kind may be time the owners OF that Vau
property will have neutraze autoeracy and ITS Bone'Ni
puppets first
The Kisers present Forwardwith-Cod Germany
Butte reported yoet growing the last day OF the
.r and planting three by an industrious 1afn-
fad c matter is the prospective bloom OF the
III gives encouragement
II is the account given by Belgian legation Of the
ton witon Of the Beieian people it is but part OF vaef
, arever the arms of Kultm have placed "iefi19r
VIII c-nan rulein Poland Belgium Serbia, Ftlmana A.
Itaiy-the selling the able bodied into slavery ana
n the rest to for Germans go on w1th
brutality This is the growing tragedy OF the war
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-15
DOINGS OF CLUBS
PERSONALS

two piano selections. A social hour
was very much enjoyed by both moth
ers and children.
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-15
harter No. $3.50
NGStIN
REPORT OR CONDITION OF THE
FIRST NATIONAL BANK

Ell Cenro the State California
Resources
t. s. q" bonds o 1other aeGun ha Liberty bonds Of 1911 S999
(a) U. s. bonds deposited to secure eircuIa
20 S's' % as sas Ss:s Ssti;s's :s p s
TGss ss5s. sss s:9;s,so
"a" Liberty Loan bonds unplsdged a and
asnds Boz F,.s s s -''''
' as HHRd pSs5ai si' ng R1n g. po s sn pledged Sc 100000
(c) Bonds securities pledged as collateral for
state state orc or other deposits (pOstal exluded) -
an S5 oTned nsd M G1o: n0' m
Stocks other than sfs Feds'sl Reserve Bank stock eSe
rsssv With Federal Reserve Bank ssSss ssS
Cash in vault and due 454962
other ID, and is. a695s25
oher Item l7}.............f... 1O,23335
Redemption fund with g. Treasurer and due from u 4O0
Treasurer 225o0O
1O6e3O94
Sap5al S stock paid 19000009 %
g nIIRi5 5una % 4G9SSo S9S 90
Circulating outstanding
Individual subject 1O096448
6or1owd) 154s5o2
State county municipal deposits secured by pledge
Dividend: 5 is's5s uapsia % this bank '2s55SS s55SS
asD9t: a 3 subject sa} ct to Reserve Items 1884 81
Time deposits subject to Reserve payable after 80
days or subject to 80 days notice and
deposit money s2s
Total & Of i time deposits subject Reserves ,o,,,o,
s. % h.! ss1s s r. q g. %
& 5LE35SS HA5SHoS Socclxs President
Hz and cSssSf S H4vHSs f m e'g s ?ss s'
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-15

has been discovered that there is no law against Tying en-
envy flags country An adequate penalty is provided how
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-15

The Kaer boastng thoroughly he has whipped Rus
sa is not any more than the practical expressions
oprde coming from the Bosheh Government at
Petrograd
Imperial Valley press., 1918-01-15

presumably has usual exceptional applications Whatever
happen he can reasonably expect be able with his great
exempar Frederick Great time "A is lost save
the royal family"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
Captured Another Booze Car.

City marshal Marion Osborn and
Hugo Benefiel captured another
booze car last Friday afternoon.
which was found to contain about
It's pints of whiskey. The car was
enroute from st. Joe to Des Moines,
and when they reached Leon they
turned east at the poultry plant and
skirted the east part of Leon. and
came back on the Jefferson Highway
at the end of the paving on north
Church street. Hugo Benefle! saw
them passing the south school build
ing, and came up town and notified
marshal Osborn, and they. went to
the end of the paving and stopped
them when they came in on the road
from the east. The car contained
three men, and one of them. Vasil
Stancroft, when searched before be-
ing placed in Jail, was found to be
carrying a big revolver. loaded with
James Simon and the other man nan
gave his name as Sam platlas. An
information was filed against them
in Justice Warford's court on TWO
charges, bootlegging and Illegally
transporting liquor, and they waived
preliminary and were bound over TO
the grand jury under bonds OF $5OO
on each count An additional
charge of carrying concealed Wea,,
pons was filed against Stancroft, ana
he was placed under $500 bonds on
this charge. In default of bonds
the men are confined in the county
iai1
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
Hear DR.. Kepford and Rev. Sandford

The program of the Decatur
County Normal Institute to be held d d
will be of interest to the general
public, especially the addresses by
pr. 4: p: Kepford @ ron; at rr!dsv the ,fteIl High
noon and by Rev. William Burton
Sanford, at the Methodist church
Friday evening.
DR.. Kepford is SO well known to
the people of Decatur county that
comment upon the excellence of the
message he will bring is unneces-
sary. Rev. Sanford makes q pat
riotic appeal that is peculiarly
strong. Those who have heard him
declare that his message is equalled
by few and surpassed by none of the
many stirring appeals the Worlds
war has called forth.
Mrs Clarence Hedges of Garden
Grove, an excellent vocalist; will
furnish several numbers Friday
evening. All are cordially invited
to be present.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
COMM. Attractions at the Idle Hour
Theatre.

trac9on ramGr1oM y Kathyy Fad1y APF Wams i2ah tha m
Big Timber This is one of the
most notable of Miss Williams pie
lures since she became a Para
mount actress. 1t is we'll worth
and 10 cents plus war tax.
comes in ''The Black Wolf,' one Of
his latest and best Paramount pro-
ductions. Mr.. Tellegan is popular
with Leon audiences and his coming
will be good news to a large num-
ber Of theatre naga s goers caa4 Admission
Saturday Will be a big day at the
Idle Hour: Mary Pickford, Ameri-
cas- sweetheart, comes on that day
both matinee and night in The
Poor Little Rich Girl one of the.
greatest of her many great screen
Aircraft picture and is one of the
greatest of .photodramas in the his
tory of motion pictures. Matinee at
8 O'Clock and the first night show at
the usual hour Matinee admission
& and IL cents. Night prices 6 and
Is cents,
Duncan, Star of The Fighting Trair"
comes to the Idle Hour in Vita
graph Blue Ribbon feature produc-
ton in six reels entitled Through
the Wall" This is picture of the
type in which Mr. Duncan does his
greatest work and it is sure to at
tract large audiences A Big v.
Comedy will also be shown on this
day.
Wednesday, April 18th, Everett
Overton in the Vitagraph Blue Rib
bon picture, "The Bottom of the
Well" Blue Ribbons are always
good and Mr.. Overton is a handsome
and capable star. 1t is fine fea-
ture production. A Big V. Comedy
and the Ford travel picture will al
so be shown on this day.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
Republican Announcements.

The Republican County Central
Committee hereby announces the
following list of candidates for nom
inaton for the various county offic-
es at the June primaries, 1918:
Representative, II. B. Murray,
Bloomington township.
Auditor, Harl Williamson, Eden
township.
Treasurer, j. Wesley Chew, Eden
township.
Clerk of the Courts, Ira B. Officer.
Leon.
Recorder, Matte Burchett Greel-
ey. Grand River; Mrs. Jeanette
Aten Bruce, Garden Grove.
County Attorney, VIM. J. Spring
er, Leon.
Sheriff, s. A. Edwards, Pleasanton.
Board of Supervisors, term be-
ginning Jan. /, 1919, e. J. Blair,
Long Creek township.
Board of Supervisors, term be-
ginning Jan. l, 1920, no candidate
announced yet.
Coroner, no candidate announced
yet.
This is the list of candidates up
to the time of going to press this
week
J. A. Mcintosh,
County Chairman.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
Normal Institute.

In order to comply with the law
of the state in regard to Normal
Institutes, it is necessary, to hold a
spring institute in Decatur county
this year. This institute will be
held at the Leon High School build
ing Friday afternoon and evening,
April 18th, t, and nd s. Saturday t.s morning; morning;
by law to be present. All others
are most cordially invited.
The session will not be long, but
it will be crammed with good things
from start to finish Among the
speakers are DR.. A. e. Kepford,
president of the Iowa Red Cross;
Charles F. Pye, secretary of the
Iowa State Teachers Association,
and Rev. William Burton Sanford.
pastor of the Cottage Grove Presby-
terian church, Des Moines. These
men are excellent speakers, and will
bring us splendid messages.
Mabel Horner,
County Superintendent.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
AWAY COVER .ThfOP. !"
Decatur County Redeems Herself by
Subscribing for Half Million of
Third Liberty Loan Bonds.

Decatur county has redeemed her,
self nobly, and no one can say that
Decatur county was Stacker in the
Third Liberty loan bond sale, fol
the sales will run over a half mil
lion dollars, while the quota asslgn- as des
Up to Tuesday evening total OF
s491,7O0 had been reported to
chairman A. L. Ackerley, and in
several of the townships the canvass
was not completed, and it is safe to
say that the balance of $500 nee
eSsary to make 1t $ooo,oo0 Will DE
more than raised.
Everybody Jumped into the bond
sale business Saturday morning,
county @ was over the top, and chair
man Ackerley wired Headquarters
that Decatur county had more than
raised their quota the first day,
which is some record.
In leon the sale amounted to
over $4,000, while the quota was
1nss 1as raised is s47o6o t''ng against St" I their
quota of $22,644. Fayette raised
over $4,000 and their quota was
S2S,254. Garden Grove township
reports s45,o5o as against their QUO
cinct selling s27,o5o and Leroy
$4,000. Franklin township re-
ports $4,000 as against their
quota of s25,364, and in Franklin
township the women worked side by
side with the men, and purchased
$4,000 worth of bonds themselves.
In Leon the committee in the first
ward sold $4,000, in the second
ward $4,000, and in the third
The following is the amount Of
bonds sold in each township and the
quota assigned them. Every one OF
the eighteen precincts in Decatur
county subscribed more than their
quota, and this is another record:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
AUTO hit STREET CAR
Mrs. 6. W. Rawleioh of Garden Grove
Drove Into Street Car at Des
Moines. Three People Hurt.

Three Garden Grove people were
injured, one of them quite seriously.
last Sunday afternoon when a Ford
car driven by Mrs. w. G. Rawleigh,
wife of the Garden Grove druggist,
collidedi with a street car at South
East Sixth and Scott streets in Des
Moines Sunday afternoon. Corporal
is. G.. Frink, of Garden Grove, who
is stationed at Camp Dodge, had
been visiting at Garden Grove, and
Mrs. Rawleigh drove him to Des
Mrs; Frink and Mrs. +. 8. Bennett,
was driving north on South East
Sixth, and failed to see the street
car until it was too late for her to
stop her car, and they crashed into
it, the auto being hurled about tif-
teen feet against the northwest corr
ner of the intersection with Scott
street. All of the occupants OF the
car were injured except Mrs. Raw
leigh, the driver. Corporal Frink
was injured the most seriously be-
ing bruised about the body, and
may have internal injuries, and was
taken to Mercy hospital; but latest t.:
reports from him are that he Will
recover. Mrs. Frink and Mrs. Ben
nett were both bruised about the
bodies and received cuts on their
heads, Mrs. Frink being attended at
Mercy hospital, and Mrs. Bennett S
wounds were dressed by the street
car -cOmpany'S physician.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
Camp Dodge Band Visited Leon.

The 35Oth Infantry Band from
Camp Dodge, gave a fine concert at
Leon Tuesday afternoon. The band
is out on a tour in the interest of
the sale of the Third Liberty Loan
bonds, being in charge of Frank
Armstrong, and Jas. F. Bryan, of
Creston, is with them making pat
riotic speeches, but they were not
needed in Deta county, as this
county has gone 150% over the top
on the sale of the bonds in the first
three days of the campaign. The
boys arrived from Humeston on the
noon train and were entertained at
dinner at the Presbyterian church.
At | O'Clock thev gave fine con-
cert in the band stand, and splen-
did talk was made by Mr.. Bryan.
Then although not on their sched-
ule, the band was loaded in autos
and accompanied by a number of
Leon people, went to Decatur where
they gave a concert and then the
autos took them to Davis City where
another concert was given whic'- was
greatly appreciated by the people at
both towns. The band is travelling
in special sleeping car and from
Davis City they went to Lamont on
the train, where the evening passen-
ger train was held for an hour so
they could give a concert at La
moni. and then they went to Mt
Ayr for an evening concert.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
Leon RexaIl Store Still Climbing,

For years the Leon Rexall drug
store of E. E. Bell has stood we'll
toward the top of the list in the
amount of sales of Rexal goods.
The new list showing the standing
of the LAT Iowa Rexall stores for
the year ending Jan. 1, 1918. has
just been issued, and Mr.. Bells store
stands ninth in the list having ad-
vanced two places since the last re-
port July 1, 1917, when it was in
eleventh place. And when the pop
ulation of the cities ranking above
standing is all the more remarkable.
Here are the first ten stores in the
list. Just look at the population OF
the cities and compare them with
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
I,es sioines Presbytery Met in Leon

The Des Moines Presbytery, en-
bracing As churches in southern
Iowa. convened at the Presbyterian
church in this city Tuesday after
noon for a two day session. which
adjourned yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock, and practically every church
xss f5elE 81
kaloosa, presided as moderator, and
Rev. Fisher, of Abba, was chosen
clerk. The visitors mostly arrived
on the noon trains Tuesday, being
met at the depot by the reception
committee with autos, and were
taken to the Presbyterian church
where lunch was served by the ladies
of the church. Tuesday afternoon
President A. E. Montgomery, of
Parsons College at Fairfield spoke
on Christian Education" and Tues
day evening the outgoing moder-
ator, Rev. Duncan Black, of Grimes,
preached a powerful sermon, the
church being crowded to capacity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
Judge Evans Dissatisfied.


1t seems that the violators of law
in Ringgold county have not been
looked after as they should De by
the county attorney, at least Judge
ii X. Evans was somewhat d1ssatls-
county attorneys office had been
conducted in regard to the enforce
ment of the law and bringing violat,,
ors to justice. The Judge expressed
himself very forcibly in court last
week in regard to the matter and
as there were several cases before
informed the county attorney. Mr..
Frank Lewis that his services in the
cases were not needed. The Judge
appointed Hon. V. r. McGinnis. OF
Leon, at $25 per day to take charge
of the cases for and on behalf OF
the count. Five indictments were
found against the parties.-Mt Ayr
journal
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
BOoze Cars and Men Taken to Ckes-
ton.

Deputy U. S. marshal Leo Healy.
of Creston,. came down last Friday
and took the three men and two
women held in the county Jail. who
were captured with the three cars
loaded with booze, to Creston, and
also took all the booze to that city
in the Biddison Coal & Grain Co.'S
big truck, something like 1900 pints.
That morning two professional
bondsmen came down from Des
Moines and gave bonds for VIM.
Cross and wife and Henry Wilson
and wife, and the other man, Wa
lace Parr, put up a cash bond of
$500 SO they were released from
the custody of sheriff Fulton. When
arraigned before commissioner John
Hunt at Creston, the three men
waived examination and were bound
over to the federal grand jury under
bonds of $500 each, the cases
against the women in the party be-
ing dismissed. Parr, the fellow who
put up the cash bond, was permitted
to take his. car with him, agreeing
that his $500 in cash deposited hero
as bond, should apply on any fiua
against him imposed in Decatur
county.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
.5 MORE SOLDIERS CALLED.
Decatur County Must Furnish 2;
More Soldiers latter Part OF
This Month.

Another draft call has been re-
ceived by the local registration
board, the quota for the state being
SAP men, and OF this number De
catur county must furnish 20 men.
The men are called to go to Camp
Dodge within the five days commenc,,
ing April 26th, ;tnd the local board
will commence selecting the twenty
five men from class one within a
few days. In issuing the order for
TINS quota Provost General CroWder
has instructed the local boards to
select the men from class one in Sc
auence numbers, except that men in
This class who are actively, com
pletely and assiduously engaged in
the pianting and cultivation OF crops
should not be included in this quota.
This means that none OF the farmer
bows who are engaged in putting in
crops this spring will be called Tor
this quota.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
Bought New Home for His Parents

Harry D. (Dickl Harvey, has pur-
chased the new bungalow on west
Commercial street erected last year
by Roy Stout, paying $4,000 for the
property, and presented it to his
aged and poverty stricken (?) mar
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Harvey,
who owned the adjoining property,
and they will move into il, at once.
Roy Stout moves into the house oc-
cupied by Kav Bennett and Mr..
Bennett moves into the property
now occupied by Mr. and Mrs. ]. L..
Harvey. In the move Jerome re-
serves the right to use the seat in
his favorite big tree in the front
yard.
Freckled Dick Harvey earned his
first wages in The Reporter office
twenty-seven years ago, drawing
down salary of $1.5O per week,
but now draws a salary out in Den
yer as manager of The Seeing Den
yer Co., which compels him to pay
a good sized income tax. and no
Leon boy ever loved his parents
more, and the presenting of the new
bungalow to them was just little
token of his affection for his par
ents.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published d Quarter
Oh Century Ago.

VIII Lindsey and Guy McNutt
have rented a photograph and viii
travel with it this summers giving
concerts
Leon, was destroyed BY fire sunday
hight about / O'Clock. The origin
Of the fire is a mystery. Mr.. Pryor
had quantity Of hay and all his
farm implements in the barn, his
loss being about 5000 with $500 in
Surance.
the APGst gh wind bleW bSeysethas the tail ahGon 2on
smoke stack on the school house
down. 1t fell on the roof, crack
ing off some plastering, but did not
do much damage, although it Great
ed quite scare among the pupils
and school was dismissed.
The following marriage licenses
have been issued since our last re-
port:
S. G. Akers 81 to Susie spitznogle
Waiter Eriner % to Ollie Van
derpool 20
- Leo Leg W; Barrett % to, Dora E.
Frank NJ. Lillard 25 to Attic Jor-
dan "a.
j. e. Redman 20 to Laura Joseph
II. L. McClaran 2s to Lillian G.
James Phipps % to Stella Stan
J. 7. Tharp 50 to Arminta Nc
sGahuey 3D.
Samuel McCroskey 50 to Mrs.
Sarah Doan 40.
Lincoln Norman 81, to Sarah Or
field 19.
NJ, Artis the e twelve " s year o; old :; son Of
den Grove, was drowned in the rail-
road reservoir Sunday afternoon
He had gone with some other boys
to the reservoir to fish, and remain
ed after they left. Not returning
home search was made for him and
his hat and fishing pole were found,
place with rakes and graphing hooks
and found his body about II o'clock.
Fred James went to Kansas CITY
Tuesday where he will work in
printing office.
Misses Kate sankey,. Della Mer-
win and Grace Albaugh were visit
ing with friends at Lamont the first
of the week.
for Hastings, Neb., where she will
trim this spring in a millinery store.
John Waterman, principal of the
Pleasanton schools, passed through
Leon Friday going to Lamont for
visit.
Ignace Hainer, of Davis City, who
spent the winter at Geneva, N Y,
returned home last Thursday
Mrs. w. r. Smith, of Aurora,
old Leon friends. Her daughter
Edna, now Mrs. +. W. Matthews, ac-
companied her here They are
guests of Mrs. John Allbaugh.
c. A. Wood, Okie Clark and Cliff
Clark left Tuesday as representa-
tives of the three Leon paeprs, on
the state editorial excursion to visit
a number Of the southern states
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
Grade DeclanatOry Contest and
! Spelling Match.

The fourth annual graded schools
declamatory contest and spelling
match will be held at Davis City,
Friday evening, April 26. .
First and second premiums of five
dollars and three dollars in thrift
stamps will be given in each contest.
All contestants will be admitted
free. Grade pupils will be charged
an admission of fifteen cents, all 9th
ers twenty-five cents. =
On Saturday morning following
the contests the teachers of the
graded schools, together with the
superintendents of the town systems
will hold conference to discuss
problems pertaining to the grades.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
Married Last December.

On December Is, 1917, Mr.. Archie
Pickering, of Decatur, formerly of
Leon, and Miss LaNelle Mccartney,
of Des Moines, were united in mar
riage at the Christian parsonage in
Des Moines. The young folks kept
very quiet about their wedding but
the secret leaked out this week, and
their friends extend congratulations.
The groom is SON of Mr.. and Mrs.
l. H. Pickering, of Decatur, and
his whole life has been spent in this
city. While not acquainted with
the bride, we understand she is a
charming young lady.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-04-11
Decatur County Bulls Win Prizes
ut ST. Joe Sale,

Turitt Bros, of Decatur, had two
of their Aberdeen Angus bulls en-
tered in the sale of the American
Aberdeen Angus Breeders Associa-
and both animals sold for good
prices, right up with the top of the
sale. In connection with the sale
the cattle offered were judged in a
contest for cash premiums offered
by the association for the best ami
mails, and Euritt Bros. were awarded
second and ninth prizes in the con-
test for bulls eighteen months of age
and over. They have been breeding
Aberdeen Angus for several years,
and have some fine blooded animals
in their herd.