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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-06-13
MONEY TOLOAN

MONEY TO LOAN-I am prepared to
lend on mortgages, in sums to suit
borrowers. amounts ranging from $500
to $4,000. If You wish to borrow mo-
ney, or have some you wish to lend.
apply to 7. Sangston Insley. Cam bridge,
Md. 2-21-If.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-06-13
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Having bought truck,
for our business. we will sell at bar
gain l bay horse, Z years old, weighs
1900. l top delivery wagon, nearly
new, front wheels turn under. l no
top delivery wagon, low front wheels.
Apply to e. NJ. Skinner & Bro. 6-10-tf.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-06-13

WANTED-Attendant at the East
ern Shore State Hospital. Phone 44o,
Dr. Charles J. Carey. Supt. 2-26-tf.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
Former Resident of Humeston Loses
Life in Lake.

Mrs; Peter B. Palmer, AZ years
old. 1146 Sixth avenue, formerly of
Humeston, Iowa, was drowned short
ly after noon yesterday when she
stepped into a deep hole in the
gravel pit lake near Avon. Mrs.
Palmer was unable to swim and her
companions, consisting of four 9TH
er women. and one man were unable
to assist her.
Mrs. Palmer went out yesterday
morning as one of party which in
cluded her daughter Helen Palmer,
her neice, Mrs. Stiles, of Humeston;
Mrs. Marie Lynch, Mrs. Elmer Gray
and H; G. Briggs, travelling man.
With the exception of Mrs. Stiles all
are roomers at 1146 Sixth avenue.
Miss Palmer is employed by the
Western Union Telegraph company
here and her father works at Camp
The Palmers have lived here about
six months. The body will be ship
ped to Humeston for burial.
The party were taken to the lake
by Biggs in his car for the purpose
Of bathing.-Register and Leader,
Aug. 26th
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
Squirrel Put Electric Light Plant
Out of Commission.

Inst an ordinary timber squirrel
nut the electric light and power
out of commission for three hours
last Friday. The. lights. went on on
Friday morning about en tho line eome, e11oe
where between Centerville and
Leon. and this put everything out OF
commission from Corydon west, in
Guiding Mt. Ayr. Later in the day
trouble men located the break at a
point four or five miles east OF
Leon, where they found that SOUR.
pole. When the squirrel stood o. on
the iron cross arm and then stretch
ed across to the wire 1T caused a
short circuit, and although the squlr!..
rel was promptly electrOcuted, IT
burned the wire in two.
When the lights went out mere at al
Leon, it was necessary 10 pnoae ~ ~
Centerville to get orders to start start tie ie
emergency plant at Leon, and II
took an hour to get this order.
Then the man in charge of the pow
er house in Leon was found to be IN
,Humeston, and it was necessary 70
20 out and hunt up man who could
fire up the boilers, and in the mean
time, no one had any hghts or
power. When the change was mace
BY which the electric light company
commenced furnishing current from
Centerville instead of from the Leon
plant, representatives of the com
pany said that one of the boilers at
the Leon plant would be kept fired
up all the time. so that in case OF a
break the Leon plant could be turn-
M have been put to great inconvenience
waiting until the boilers at Leon
could be fired up. The service here
has been far from satisfactory, and
everybody is apprehensive OF what
it will be during the winter months
of stormy weather. 1t LOOKS as II
waste time phoning to Centerville
to get an order to fire up the plant
at Leon when there is a break.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
Watch for Aeroplanes Today.

Decatur county people may have
an opportunity to see the squadron
of American-British flying machines
today. Their schedule provides for
a flight, from Kansas City to Des
Moines today. with short stop at
Pattonsburg, Mo-, at their fair, and
from Pattonsburg to Des Moines. it
is a straight line through Decatur I r
machines and three British machines
in the squadron, and they will give
an exhibition at the state fair at
Des Moines Friday. 1t is estimated
it will take them four hours to fly
from Kansas City to Des Moines,
but no schedule of their time is, an
nounced, so better keep watch along
towards noon and during the after
noon. The squadron started from
indianapolis August 14th, and have
given exhibitions in all the principal
cities of the middle west. They will
complete ther tour at Dayton, Ohio,
Sept. 9Th, thus completing the great
est long distance consecutive tour
ever male in 'Arlerica.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
:,s NEW REGIsTRANTs.
Young Men Who Have Become 81
Years Old Since June ), 1913,
Registered Last Saturday.

The Decatur county registration
board registered 33 young men last
Saturday who had reached the age
of 21 years since the last registra-
Der registering being about double
what the estimate was, based on the
June 5th registration. A peculiar
thing is that only two of the new
registrants were born in the month
of June, and only four in August,
twenty-seven out of the thirty-three
being born in July.
the local board to the new regis
trants Monday morning. the instruc-
tions being to get them out at once,
as it is expected they can all be class
flied and passed upon in time to be
ready to be used if necessary in the
September call.
The following is the list of those
Merle George Hill, Lamont.
Ralph Baldwin Scott, Lamont.
Joseph Judson Moffet, Lamont.
Henry Adolphus Canaday, Lamont.
Frank e. Sanger, Leon:
Emmett Dalton McCutchan, Grand
River.
Homer r. Machlan. Weldon.
William Bryan Brammer, Grand
River. -,
George Harlan Judd, Linevllle.
Garland Grant Craig, Leon.
Harold Hansen, Leon.
Gerald Eauclare Hamilton, Deca-
tur.
Willie E. Sans, Decatur.
Jennings H. Coffman, Lamont.
Wallace A. Brackenbury, Lamont.
Louie Schenck Pickering, Leon.
Richard Rex Brenizer. Lamont.
Floyd Lafayette Luce, Weldon.
Paul Carlton Putnam, Pleasanton.
William Robert Leeper, Pleasan-
ton.
Vern Smith, Garden Grove.
Clarence Everett WOOdard, La
moni.
Paul John Gamble, Garden Grove.
John Earl Still, Leon.
'Wycliffe Burbank Halstead, Van
Vert.
Arba Ray Boles. Grand River.
Ernest Bruce Townsend, Decatur.
Clifton Adolph West, Leon.
Ernest PieEson Hamilton, Garden
Grove.
Donald Francis Sullivan, Leroy.
Glen Riley, Decatur.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
Grades North Building
Grades South Building
Miss Ella Grogan.
Miss LYDIA Epperley.
Miss Freda Ferren.
Miss Winifred Hamilton,
Former Decatur County Lady Killed
i'm Auto Accident in Oklahoma.

Mrs Lena Hunter, a widow. SO
years of age, was instantly killed in
an auto accident at Oklahoma City,
Okla, last week, her back being
broken, and L. j. Brown, the driver
of the car was badly bruised up.
The accident was caused by the
driver being blinded by glaring auto
lights so he could not see an ap-
preaching street car, and when too
late he killed his engine while try
ing to get off the track. Mrs. Hun
ter was a former we'll known resi-
dent OF Decatur county, being the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. j. H.
Shirley, of Woodward. Okla, who
were for many years residents Of De-
catur county, living south of Leon
Mrs Hunter is survived by a daugh-
ter, Miss Margaret Doss, and two
sons, Hollis Doss, a radio operator
with the American Expeditionary
Forces in France, and George Doss,
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Shir-
ley, of Woodward. Okla, and a sis
ter, Mrs. l.. V. Moore, of May, Okla.
She was born and raised in Decatur
county, and moved to Oklahoma
with her parents number of years
ago. Many old time friends in De-
catur county will be panied to learn
of her death.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
New Insignia for Drafted Men.

Every man who is hereafter draft
ed into the national army is to be
provided with brassard or arm
band bearing the letters "U S. N
A. and it is to be stitched on to
the sleeve of the prospective soldier
Immediately after his induction In
to the service by his local board, as.
cording to the changes in the induc-
ton rules of selected men which are
contained in bulletin received by
members of the local draft boards.
The brassard is to be placed on
the left sleeve of the selected man
two inches above his elbow, and it is
to constitute the uniform of the ma
tional army from the time the man
Is inducted into the service at his
home town or county until his ar
rival at the mobilization camp says
the order. The brassard is not to
be removed from the selects arm
prior to his arrival at. the camp to
which he has been assigned. The
Decatur county boys have hereto
fore worn ribbon badge in place Of
the brassard.
In addition to the brassard to be
placed on the left sleeve of each
drafted man the local boards are to
furnish each man appointed as lead
er of a squad or contingent with IN
arm band with the letters IS. p"
This band is to be placed two inches
and is to signify the uniform Of 4
the leader absolute authority over
the other members of the contingent
while on the way to camp, the order
CT a foc
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
MUST CUT SUBSCRIPTION LIST.
All Weekly Newspapers Must Reduce
the Amount of Print Paper Is
Per Cent Over that Used
last Year.

The war industries board has or
dered that, all weekly newspapers
must reduce the amount of print pa
per they use for the coming year is
per cent of that they consumed dur
hardship pn' on MANY 1a Of Ifle the eena countr1
weeklies, but the ruling is arbitrary
and any publisher who refuses to
follow. the order will be punished
for disobedience. The new ruling
becomes effective September Is.
Two paragraphs from the new or
are reproduced and are as follows:
,mPublishers of weekly newspapers
will be supplied by the war indus
tries board with blanks for the pur-
pose of reporting the amount of pa
per used by, them each month from
September p l, 1917, to September 1,
publishers will be in the form Of
sworn affidavits and each month for
the, next IL they will be required to
make sworn statement showing
the amount OF paper consumed dur
ing that month, and it is expected
that that this amount will be Is per cent
month of the previous year.
Fallure to make accurate reports
or failure to make reductions viii re
suit in either mills or jobbers being
required to shut off the supply Of pa
per to the offending paper
preme in this matter, SO it is IN to
the publishers to follow to the let
ter the orders laid down by the rui-
ing. The Reporter comes under the
boards orders, and we expect to
abide, by the new law, and not Law
ourselves liable for infringement.
me question arises as to whose
names will be dropped. We viii
discontinue all free copies to minis
ters, cut off exchanges and then
commence on the names of those
Who fail to renew their subscriptions.
We will have to do this not because
we want to, but because it is the
governments orders and must be
complied with the same as flour and
sugar regulations. Remember the
order goes into effect September
loth,, SO govern yourself accordingly
and don't blame us if you fail to re-
ceive your old home paper after that
date S
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
County Agents Notes.

Plow. as early as possible for your
fall seeding of wheat as 1T will be
financial gains in way OF lncreaSe1
yield.
Sow wheat that has been rec'ean-
ed if possible, as. it will partially
eradicate disease. by having been
run through tanning mill. Wish to
saw again there is no danger
from grasshoppers if you will apply
the poison bran mash to your wheat
fields just after wheat is beginning
~ It is being advised by field men
from department that all wheat
should be sown by not later than the
twentieth of September it possible
as they report not much danger
from hessian fly for this county this
year. Can help you locate seed II
you need any and be glad to do 1t
when called upon.
Wish to say to the farmers that
with the passage of new manpower
bill requiring registration or all
males from 18 to As and the regis
tration or listing of all male citizens
in non-essential war industries
would urge that you procure help
for next year at once as there Is
great danger of all labor not engag-
ed in war work being sent out OF the
Secure your help for coming year
and do it now. You may not be
able to get it later. Our first call
is for SO men for unskilled labor
and may be greater next month.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
New County Superintendent Next
Monday.

Miss Kate Hull will assume her
duties as county superintendent of
schools next Monday. having been
elected to this office a few weeks ago
Dy the presidents of the school dis
three years. She has selected N Miss s
Edna Brann, of Leon, as assistant
superintendent. Miss Hull. the new
was born and reared
IN High Point township, and is
emlnently qualified to fill this office
ootn by EDUCATION and practical ex-
Leon High School, continuing her her
studies and graduating from the
State Teachers College at Cedar
Falls, Wesleyan College at Mt.
Pleasant, and has done graduate
work at the University of Chicago.
AS teacher her experience has
Deen extensive, -four, years in rural
Leon. Garden Grove and Grand Riv-
er, and the past four years has been
member of the faculty of Wesley,
an College at Mt. Pleasant, and has
taught during the summer vacations
at the Iowa State Teachers College
and also did extension work for that
will make a success in her ne new % vo.
cation, for she is very energetic and
her wide experience win be of great
benefit to the schools of Decatur
county.
Mrs. Mabel Horner Jacobs, who
has served as county superintendent
for the past six years, has brought
the schools of Decatur county up to
been a tireless worker and since she
took charge of the office many
changes for the betterment of the
schools of Decatur county have been
inaugurated. She has a wide circle
Of friends all over the county. Az
ter a short visit here Mrs. Jacobs
will leave for Millersburg. Ohio, to
join her husband, Rev. B. Frank
Jacobs, to whom she was married a
few weeks ago
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
Special Notice to Correspondents.

The governments rule that after
Sept 18th. no free copies of any
newspaper may be mailed, will ap-
ply to several of our correspondents
who have become lax in sending in
mitted to send a copy of The Report
er to correspondents who regularly
send in items, as these copies are in
payment for services rendered.
There are several correspondents on
cur list from whom we receive only
now and Sept. 18th, we will revise
our list. and remove all names 3f
corrcspor dents from whom we Go
not receiving items. We ask that for
the next two weeks each correspond
ent sign their name and post office
address to their items so we can
check up the list, and send The Re,
porter only to those entitled to 'rss-
caiVe if H
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
Important Change in Flour Regula.
tiOns,

Announcement was made yester-
day that commencing September 1st
there will be an important change in
the regulations as to the use OF
wheat flour in America, the new
crop being sufficient to reduce the
amount of substitutes which must be
bought with wheat flour. At the
present time the ratio is $3.50;
That is that you must buy a pound
of substitutes with every pound of
flour, but after September LIST the
ratio will be 1920, and you will be
required to buy but one pound OF
substitutes with every four pounds
of wheat flour. Bakers will only be
required to use 20 per cent of sub
stitutes in bread.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS,AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
OF Century Ago.

Squire Stearns had on exhibition
at Garden Grove Old Settlers day.
Two mammoth Short-Horn steers
weighing, 5000. pounds each which
ne ne raised on his, farm near Garden
calf from Peter Jensen and the 9TH
himself. They are immense AMI
mails, taller than man, and YOU
would not believe how large they
really We're until you saw them.
OTIS Green was seriously injured
he was selling tickets for Wallace's
steam swing. lie was walking
around the swing and either fell or r
was pushed against the revolving
swing, one of the wooden horses
striking him on the ear, making a
pa bad cut, and throwing him upon the
Gcaole' cnoe ,, f!tttlng deep cash in his
on crutches for some time.
me large barn on the farm of B.
y. & G. T. Pryor, five miles north
west of Garden Grove, burned with
a.! the contents between one and
two o'clock last Thursday morning.
aWo hne stations valued at $4,000,
~ tons OF hay, harness and other
eullding and contents being about
$4,000. The barn was insured for
81 S225 3 and ID they had $1,250 Insurance
on Tuesday Judge Tedford made
an order releasing the assignee of
tae ra Farmers and Traders Bank and
assignment to. D. & A. B. stearns
ana al L.. P. Sigler, and the bank will
De ready to resume business the ST
of the week.
Governor Boies last Friday grant
ed a pardon or rather committed the
sentence OF John Saal who was serv-
ing Il a . ne re- sentence at Ft. Madison,
nan aavlng been convicted of second de-
gree murder and sentenced for life,
10 tWenty-One years and three
months, and he was released Sunday,
oaal was convicted of the murder of
d negro named Burton, of Abba,
VINO came to the Saal farm ten miles
southeast s e,I OF Leon in 1877, to collect
10 remain over night, and was sleep
ing In in the barn when saal killed him
with an axe. Saal was tried before
Judge Samuel Forrey at Leon in
august, 1877, being prosecuted by
smith Mcpherson and defended by
J9dge ). w. Harvey. Saal had serv-
having uniform good record and
had earned five years and three
months as good time
Miss Lou Oney, the popular and
successful candidate in the Report
er,s voting contest. goes to Stanbery-
ry, Mo-, this week, to attend the
northwestern Normal College for
term OF five months.
Greco, Bobbitt and Everett Moad
returned from Mt. Moriah Monday.
where they did a profitable business
reunion. '"o
Mrs. DR.. Sanford went to Humes-
ton tuesday to visit few days with
her children.
Frank James and wife and Fred
lanes came in Sunday from Kansas
City; The boys report work in the
printing line as very scarce.
r. ID. close went to Des Moines
Yesterday and will act as superin-
tendent te of the swine department at
Rev. D. G. Daily, formerly pastor
OF the Baptist church in Leon, has
Deen visiting friends in this locality
the past week. He is now pastor Of
the VIM. Jewell Baptist church at
Kansas City, Mo.
Miss Harrie Young departed for
Chicago Saturday where she will
trim a few weeks before returning
to her position in millinery store
at Hastings, Neb.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
A Great Waste of Paper.

There probably isn't a business
house, or a manufacturing establish
ment, or public official of conse-
quence, or a newspaper office, in the
entire country, whose daily mail
isn't loaded with circulars, pamph-
let's, advertising matter and various
other kinds of printed stuff which ne
summariiy cast into the wastebasket.
The production of such matter is
perhaps 80 per cent waste Of time
and material. The present shortage
of paper should induce the board OF
war industries to put crimp into
this sort of publicity. The board
has limited the use of white paper
by the newspapers because of a
shortage of material and the pub
fishers have accepted the order
gracefully. Fairness to the public
should cause the board to spread its
order over other agencies that are
drawing heavily and unnecessarily
lpon the limited supply of paper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
Royal Highlander Band at Osceola
Sunday.

A number of Decatur county peo-
pie heard the concert given at Osce..
ola a few weeks ago by the Royal
Highlander Band. This band is re-
contracted for another concert at
Osceola on Sunday evening, Sept. 1st,
at $3.50 o'clock. The band consists
of twenty Scotch musicians in native
costume The Reporter had the
privilege of hearing this band at Os-
ceola a few weeks. ago. and we do
not hesitate in saying it was one OF
you enjoy real band music, 60 to Os-
ceola next Sunday evening.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
Corytlon Fair Next Week.

The Wayne county fair will be
held at Corydon. next week, Sept:
even better this year than last.
They have hung up $500 in purses
for the speed ring, and fast racing
will be seen every day of the fair.
1t is Just 25 miles from Leon to
Corydon, and an hours ride will take
you to it in an auto. Last year a
great many Decatur county people
attended the Wayne county fair,
ed with it. Good free attractions
are provided for every day. If you
want to enjoy a dav or two next
week, just take your family. over to
Corydon and attend the big. fair.
The race program is shown in the
big advertisement found elsewhere
in this issue,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
Leon Won Three Games at Davis
City.

The Leon base ball team continu-
last week, by defeating the hawk
eye Tire Co.'S fast team from Des
Moines in all three games played at
the Davis City reunion. On Wednes-
day Leon won by score of ) to Q,
on Thursday the score was to 8,
and on Friday it was Z to 2. The
batteries for Leon for the three days
van and Yaryan, and Yaryan and
Butcher For the Hawkeye team
the batteries were Baker and Doss,
Scott and Doss, and Baker and Doss:
The Leon team has been defeated
but once this season, losing a game
to Charlton at Charlton by the close
score of 5 to 4.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
U. S. Marine Band at Harrison
County Fair.

That crack musical organization
the Sth Regiment United States Ma.
rine Band, stationed at Camp Crock
EFT, Galveston, Texas, has been Sc
cured for the Harrison county fair
Bethany. Mo-. September 10, II, 12
is explanatory of the situation:
Washington, D. c., Aug. "a, 1918
Senator E. H. Frisby,
Bethany, Mo.
General Bernett, commandant ma.
rine corps, authorizes me to say
members of the marine band will be
furloughed to attend the Bethany
Fair.
I w Alexander
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
Trouble on Mexican Border.

Two Americans were killed and
twenty-nine wounded at the Mexican
border at Nogales, Arizona, Tuesday
when 500 American troops engaged
in a skirmish lasting an hour and a
half with Mexican troops. 1t is es-
timated that 100 Mexicans were
killed and twice that number wound
ed The fighting started over the
attempt of Mexican customs officials
to smuggle a Mexican across the
border. A sentry attempted to stop
them and was fired upon by Mexi-
cans, and then trouble started.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29

Another Gold Star has been ad-
ded to. Decatur county'su roster,
that Ralph A. Judson, Of Lamont,
was killed in action in France on
July 31st Ralph A. Judson was 26
years old, the son of Arthur Judson,
and was born in Lamont, where
practically all of his life had been
spent. He was at Phoenix, Arizona,
when the first registration was made
transferred to Cody, Wyoming, from
which place he went in the first draft
contingent. He was a member of
Company M. 125th infantry. No
particulars of his death except the
telegram announcing he was killed in
action have been received.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-08-29
Maurice Grogan- Wins Commission.

Maurice Grogan, one of our good
Decatur county boys who went to
Camp Dodge. passed through Leon
Tuesday morning on his way to
Kellerton for few days visit with
relatives after which he will come
to Leon. Maurice was one of the
rank and file selected to attend the
Officers training camp at Camp
Dodge, and completed his course the
past week, and is now second
lieutenant. The many friends of
Maurice will be mighty glad to see
him wearing soldier straps and hope
he may continue to climb up the
ladder, for better young man new
er went into Uncle Sans army.