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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10

ness within recent years. Among
them notably are the Gollmar Bros,
Coup & Lent, and Walter l.. Main
no longer needed for the amusement
of the public.
The day may be coming when cir
cuses will be among the memories
of the past, although the circus bust
ness goes on the theory Of the Uncle
'"Tom show" never grows old be-
cause children continually are being
born into the world. Time alone
will tell, but one thing is sure, there
will not be so many circuses.
The automobile is credited with
playing a part in the passing of the
smaller circus, for it has made it
possible for the people of smaller
towns, where the little circuses. play
cd. to visit the larger circuses in the
larger towns thirty, or forty miles
distant. Granting this assertion TO
be correct, then the patronage of the
larger circuses should be greater
each year, and this is hardly believ-
ed to be the observation-disclosures
Times Republican.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10
NEW REQUIREMENT FOR RURAL
SCHOOLS.
To Continue They Must Have at
Least Seven Pupils.

Every rural school in Iowa must
have at least seven pupils if it is to
be maintained hereafter under the
Klaus bill which passed the senate
recently with only two dissenting
votes after having previously passed
the house. Where. there are less
than seven pupils the school boards
must not only close the school but
provide for the transporting of the
pupils to another school and for the
payment of tuition.
In speaking for the adoption of
this bill Senator Newberry of Clay
ton county, chairman of the senate
committee on school affairs, said
there was a school in Adair county
which had only one pupil and that
there were many small schools all
over the state.
He said there were LOO provis-
ional teachers certificates issued in
Iowa, and that the state was short
500 teachers because of the large
number Of schools to be provided for.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10
Secretary of State Quits When Inves.
tigatinS Committee Makes
Report.

Secretary of State, w. S. Allen
now on his third term, resigned last
Wednesday afternoon, following the
report of the senate Investigating
committee, which made the follow
ing charges:
That there has been mismanage-
ment and incompetency in the con-
duct of the office.
That Secretary Allen has permit
ted the time of his office employees
to be devoted to the promotion of his
political ambitions to the detriment
of state business.
That Mr.. Allen has no good excuse
to offer for failing to have published
the purposed suffrage amendments
as adopted by the thirty-seyenth
general assembly.
That delay in registration of mo-
tor vehicles has lost the state money
in interest which might have been
obtained.
That the secretary failed to give
careful personal attention to the de-
tails of his office.
1t is specifically stated in the re-
port that the committee found moth
ing to indicate that Mr. Allen has
been guilty of any corruption in the
management of his office or Of any
intentional misrepresentation of state
funds.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10
Is the Day Of the Circus Passing?

Announcement in the news col
umns of the combining by Ringing
Bros. of their two mammoth circus
properties-the Ringing Bros. and
Barnum & Bailey shows-leads the
casual observer to surmse that even
the circus business is not what 1T was
"before the war"
Higher cost of transportation on
railroads under government control,
higher cost of foodstuffs for both
human and animal consumption, and
increased cost of labor have Y com
bined to eat into the profits OF the
business, just as higher costs of pro-
duction have affected other lines,
even less hazardous than the circus
business.
The immense cost of keeping two
gigantic amusement enterprises on
the road, season after season, and
wintering them over, year after year,
can be computed only by knowl..
edge of the circus business. We all
Consequently, after weathering poor
business during two seasons when
this country was at war, the owners
have decided to make one circus
take the place of two. Hereafter
but half the territory covered orig
inally by the two, probably will be
traversed by the combined aggrega-
tlOu, anu ClLlcS WulCA nave Adu onO
of the. large circuses every year will
be visited once in two years.
It is interesting 10 look back on
the circus bushes a few years, and
when done ,the impression is gained
that perhaps the day Of the circus is
passing. Not many years ago, and
within the recollection Of many peo-
pie not yet old, there were about a
dozen good-siZed circuses. The
Ringlings had their show on the
road, P. T. Barnum had his, James
A. Bailey looked after his enter
prise personally the Sells Bros. show
occupied a prominent, place, the
Forepaugh managed his circus, Carl
Hagenbeck had his wild animals be-
fore the public, Buffalo Bill and
Pawnee Bill headed personally their
wild west shows, and, besides these,
there were others, like the Norris &
Rowe and Lennon Bros. circuses---
not so we'll known, but still not
small circuses by any means.
Then came the process of amalga-
nation, when Bailey bought the Bar
mum show and combined the two, the
Sells and Forepaugh shows became
one and the Wallace and Hagenbeck
interests were. merged, These two
shows, under their combined strength
sold at receivers sale not long ago
for $4,000, mere pittance. 9th
ers have bone, to be absorbed by the
larger circuses, until Ringing Bros.
owned practically all of the bigger
circuses of the country, and finally
operated two. Now the two are
made into one.
OF the smaller circuses, yet known
widely, many have gone out of bust
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10
PleaSantOn.

Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Gaynor and
children, of Lamont, spent Sunday
at the q. T. Landphair home.
w. r. Carrico and family motored
to Eagleville Sunday to" spend the
day with relatives there.
Mrs. O. E. Macy and son Ebert
had business in Leon Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. Perkins and
son Claude were Leon callers Satur-
The ladies of the Eastern Star
Chapter entertained a number or in
vited guests at their lodge room Fri
day evening with music and games.
A very pleasant evening. was spent.
Mrs. Lou Parsons and daughter
Edith of Leon, spent a few days the
past week at the J. II. Parsons
Mrs. Mally Dunn and Mrs. Chas.
Cornett had business in Leon Thurs
Miss Mabel Slower visited over
Sunday with her mother east OF
Lawrence Linden spent Saturday
night with Claude Perkins,
Lloyd Davis and Miss Dorothy
Hagan visited over Sunday with the
latter's brother at Promise City, re-
turning home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Clampitt and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. Putnam and
baby spent Sunday with Mrs. Mollie
Clampitt east of town.
Mrs. Effie Davis is having her
residence treated to a fresh coat of
paint.
Miss Geraldine Davis left Thurs
day for Waterloo where she will
visit her sister, Mrs. Albert Overton
and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Parsons and
son Donald spent Sunday at the
Robert Overton home.
Mrs. Omer Craig and son Charles
spent a few days this week with her
sister Mrs. c. o. Putnam of this
place.
F. T. Smith had business at Leon
Monday.
A. l.. Lesan, the produce dealer,
visited over Sunday with his wife at
kellerton.
Mrs. Joe Swift was Leon caller
Tuesday last
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10
Garden Grove.

Mrs. Buffum celebrated her 90th
birthday last Saturday. A number
Of relatives gathered at the home of
her son w. K. Macy and spent the
day with her. Mrs Gene Alexander,
of Leon, was here on this occasion.
and Kelley were here the past week
visiting at the Grenawalt home.
Mrs. Higbee, of Colorado, who was
visiting her mother here, Mrs. Bri-
ley, was called to Monument, Colo,
by the illness of her son. She was
accompanied by her brotherin-law
John Brazelton. :.
George Roberts has sold his cafe
here to Mr.. Hoag, of ,Centerville,
Mrs G. ". Cox, who has been
staying with her daughter Mrs. Stew
art in Indianola !. since Mr.. Cox's
death, returned last Monday and
will make her home here. Her
daughter Mrs. Clure Curry returned
Miss Ruth Smith has been engag-
ed to teach in the Grand River
school the coming year.
Moines, were here over Sunday Wis
iting at the home. of the latter's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. George Jennings.
Mrs. Galloway, of Charlton, was
here last week visiting with her sis
ter Mrs. Nichols. She was accom-
panied by Master Clifford Flat
Leland Young, who recently re-
turned from France, came in the
last of the week and his friends are
mighty glad to see him again.
Miss Laura Aten, who has been
working in bank in Knoxville
since last fall as supply, returned
the last of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. w. Sullivan. who
has been spending the winter in
Colorado with their daughter, re-
turned the first of last week.
A. w. Stearns is going to move
his racket store to the Knapp room
under the X. of P. hall the first of
next week.
Mrs. Ticknor went to Des Mcines
Tuesday morning to visit her daugh-
ter, Miss Ruby.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10
Davis City.

The New Century club met with
Mrs. w. 4. Bailey last Friday.
Mrs. Nan Flora and Mrs Eliza
beth Goble visited with friends IN
the country last Monday.
Dick Newton has bought out
Grant Graham's interest IN the "a
, The High School graduating class
gave a class play at the opera house
last Monday evening.
Ed Thompson, one of the break
men on the layover trains here, mas
moved his family here from Albany,
Mo-, and will occupy the property
known as the Grandma Musser home
Dr.. G. P. Reed was taken sick last
week and has been very. sick man
ever since and as Dr.. WALES is also
away for his health, Davis City has
been practically without a physician
for the past week. -
After a six weeks visit with rela-
tives in Davis City and other places
near here, Arthur Cummings ana
wife left for their home at Graybull
Wyoming, last Monday.
week with relatives in Kellerton.
Moines last Saturday to hold Sunday
services and perhaps longer.
Mrs. E. S. Grimes, of Leon, spent
several days the past week with hee11
son G. G. Grimes and other old
friends in Davis City.
Charley Lyle and wife, of Lamont
were callers in Davis City last Sun
day
G. w. Poush and wife, of Akron
Mo-, visited relatives in Davis City
last Sunday. They report they are
we'll pleased with their new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee and Mrs. .. L.
Frazier left last Wednesday for a
weeks stay at the Bethany sanitar-
ium.
G. F. Henderson and c. E. Hen;
derson, of Leon, had business al
Ridgeway last Monday.
Two trucks are here from Osceola
delivering the corn that was raised
on the McCully farm north Of town
Oscar Teller has moved into
town.
Miss Ruth Lee was Leon visitor
last Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10
Maple Grove.

Church and Sunday school at
Maple Grove was we'll attended. =.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Parson called
at the j. G. Fesler home Sunday at
ternoon.
Mrs. P. F. Davenport, of Keller
ton, has been visiting her daughter,
Mrs. Truman Green of Grand River.
Miss Eva Loving called ON her
parents Of Garden Grove.
. Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Fesler and son
Dwight and. daughter Gretchen were
callers at Leon Saturday.
/, The party at the home of Tom
Parson Saturday evening was well
attended.
MT. and Mrs. Lennie Green, OF
Kellerton,. called on hn parents,
Truman Greens.
Nfa0 Mary Fesler called on her
sister Mr1. Ton Parson Friday sv-
enine. (.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10
Lonesome Ridge.

J. o. Garner and family spent Sun
day at Ray Gamers.
Will Hall, wife and daughter
Charlotte, of Shawnee, Okla, are
visiting at George Evans.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Cannon spent
Saturday with their daughter Mrs.
Levi Virden.
Roy Waller aad family were Sum
day visitors at E. ]. Evans.
Mrs. D. HI. Hubbard spent Satur-
day night and Sunday with her
daughter Mrs. Walter Rum1ey
Misses Hattie and May Evans
spent Saturday night and Sunday
Roy a0uAy and fhni1y spent one
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10
FoNTANELLE GOES BACK
Will Not Accept the New Schedule of
Time.

Fontanelle, Ia, April Especial:
After observing the daylight saving
law for one week the town council
and businessmen met and decided to
60 back to the old time So far as
the town Of Fontanelle is concerned:
The farmers around here were all
going by the old time. With the
exception Of the railroad and the
Dostoffice all business will be trans
acted here according to the standard
Of time in force previous to March
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10

day last week at Ed Flora's.
Miss Frances Martin spent Friday
night with Lua Record.
Mrs. Jesse Maynard and children
spent Sunday at J. B. McDanleis.
Wilbur and Walter Robson spent
Sunday with Roy and Raymond Ev-
ans.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Ryan, of Leon,
called at George Evans Sunday al
ternOOn.
Ora, Edith and Johnnie Mcdaniel
spent Saturday with their sister Mrs.
Jesse Maynard.
Clarence Little called at the
George and e. J. Evans homes Mon
day evening.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10
SAFE, GENTLE REMEDY
BRINGS SURE RELIEF

Oil has enabled suffering humanity to
withstand attacks Of kidney, liver,
bladder and stomach troubles and all
diseases connected with the urinary
health organs weakened by disease.
These most important organs must be
watched, because they filter and purify
the blood; unless they do their work
you are doomed.
dependency, backache, stomach trou-
BILE, pains in the Joins and lower alb
domen, gravel, difficulty when urinat-
ing, rheumatism, sciatica and lumbago
all warn you Of trouble with your kid
neyA GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Cap
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-04-10

sules are the remedy you need. Take
three or four every day. The healing
oil soaks into the cells and lining -
the kidneys and drives out the poiaoAA
New life and health viii surely follow.
When your normal vigor has been re-
stored continue treatment for q while
to keep yourself in condition and DRo-
vent q return Of the disease.
Don't wait until you are Incapable -
fgh ting. Start taking GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules today. Your drug
gist will cheerfully refund your mo1eN
II you are not satisfied with results
But be sure to get the original import
ed GOLD MEDAL and accept no o1D-
stitutea In three sizes. Sealed pa0k.
ages. At Ill drug stores.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-02

and does more than any laxative on the
market today. The thousands OF letters
from users have convinced me was right,
and that the user OF Natures Remedy as
family medicine, even though he may have
used il for twenty-five years, never has
10 increase the dose.
Ny knowledge Of medicine and the re-
suits Of its use il my own family and
among my friends, before / ever onered IL
for r@ie, caused rae 10 havo great falLh II
n,sgrs': nsnsdy from the very first.
And now as fnd myself nearing the age
when must bow 10 the inevitable and 60
10 another life, my greatest pleasure is 70
sit each day and road tho letters that each
nail brings from people as old or older
tlan /, who tell Of having used Natures
R.-ssy for ten, fifteen and twenty years,
AID how they and their children and
grandchildren have been benefited by It
It is 9 consoling thought, my friends, for
q man at ny age 10 feel that aside from
his own success, one has done something
for his fellow man. Ny greatest sat STAG
ton, my greatest happiness today, Is the
Ercwiedge that tonight more than one
million people viii take a haturs's Remedy
lNR Tablet and viii be better, healthier.
happier people for it. hope you viii
be one Of them.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-02
NE " YORK LABOR
CEASES STRIKING
State Federation Recommends
"StatuS Quo" Basis For
Six Months.

NEW YORK. Sept ,. - Suspen-
sion Of all strikes throughout the
United States and the declaration Of
a labor truce is the basis Of the
status quo for six months or more TO
enable Pres't Wilson to bring about
a reduction in the cost Of living is
recommended in a report Of COM
mittee of the New York state fed
Grafton of labor made public here
today.
The recommendations urge Amer
lean organized labor to cease wage
and hour controversies in order TO
increase production and restore nor
NAL conditions. They express the
dered except TO relieve workers from
"intolerable oppression"
Makes Report.
The committee was appointed by
James p. Holland. president of the
federation, on July 90 and made it's
report after comforting with repre-
sentatives Of industrial, manufactur-
ing, commercial, financial transpOr-
tation and other interests with a
view 70 devising plans TO lower the
cost of living
Your committee is convinced"
says the report, that this condition
is wrong and cannot be permitted to
continue unless we, and by we your
committee means not labor alone
but the people of the whole United
States.-wish to invite a disaster
unparalleled in history The people
must be given a breathing spell.
There must be a suspension of
struggling for class and party ad-
vantage All Americans must bend
their backs to the oars and pull
steadily against the storm tossed
waters until our boat again rides
safely on the placid sea OF prosper
ity." -
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-02

IT is characteristic of
folks after they pass the allotted
three score years and ten" TO look
back over the days that are gone
and thoughtfully live them over.
I find myself, at seventy-one, frequently
drifting back quarter q a century, when
see myself in the little drug store owned
at Bolivar, No, making and ceiling
vegetable compound 70 nv friends and
customers-what vas then known only as
DIR. Lewis Medicine for Stomach, Liver
and Bowel Complaints.
For many years while was porfecting my
formula I st1dicd All investigated tie
laxatires and cathartics On the market and
became convinced th-t Their main fault
was not that they did rot act on tho bowels,
but that their action was too violent and
drastic, aid upset the system Of the u5c-;
which was due 10 the fast that they werc
not thorough enough IN their action, sor1c
simply acting on the upper or small i2tcs-
tines, while others would act only On t5o
lower or largo intestincs, and tAat they
almost invariably Produced habit re-
curing augmented dc5cs.
I believed that q preparation 10 produce
the best effect must hr-t tone tae liver,
then act on the stomach and entire ali men
tary system. II this was accomplished, the
medicine would produce o mild, but
thorough elimination CT the waste without
the user feel better az once.
After experimenting with hundreds o.
different cosn pounds, I at last perfected the
formula that Is now known as Natures
Remedy. which ! truly believe goes further
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-02
KENTUCKY BROTHERS
MEET AFTER 60 YEARS

BARBOURSVILLE, Ky, Sept. ..
Daniel Burton. Providence. r. l.,
and =. w. Burton, of Fos.nt, Knox
county. Ky. brothers, arc having
their first reunion in sixty years.
Daniel fought with the North in the
Civil war His brother was then "A
youngster. who came to Kentucky
with his father to seek his fortune,
settling at Fount. The soldier bro
Their lost sight of the family and
finally settled in Providence. Dur
ing the intervening sixty years Meth
or brother had trace of the other,
only a chance correspondence with a
Louisville relative bringing about
the reunion.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-02
BURGLAR
ON JOB IN NEW YORK

SCHENECTADY. y Y, Sept. =
Schenectady police are baffled by
what they term a "vacationist" bur
glar
From time 20 time in the last two
weeks owners Of "fiivvers' have
missed various parts OF their ma
chimes Hammocks. thermos bot
ties and other vacation needs have
also disappeared. The police at
tribute the disappearance to some
one anxious 10 take vacation
cheaply So far the going away
idea has not been disturbed
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-02
LIVING COSTS
GET ECHO FROM
NIPPONESE LAND
Comparative Wealth Increases
But People Are Really
Much Poorer.

TOXIC. Sept Soaring prices for
food and clothing as well as house
rent show no diminution in Japan.
The cost Of living. according TO the
Yorodzu. has increased I0-fold since
1857 while wages have edvanced
only four-fold. AS against 50 ven
koku. for instance during the rice
riots Of August, last year, the price
OF rice has now risen TO 56 yen a
kOku GIVE bushels) and a grave food
crisis has resulted.
People i'm Hard Straits.
Japan is a country of large fam
lies and with rice costing about S28
for every five bushels the head of
family has TO do some hard think
ing. other food necessities. eSpec-
tally sugar. which japanese use CON
siderably. have risen in proportion
to rice. II is the great middle class
Of japan, the people working on
small salaries, which is raising the
greatest cry.
Although wealth has increased as
a result Of the war the real wealth
OF the masses has decreased and the
people of Japan are relatively poor.
It the same time national tastes
have changed and the Spar
tan simplicity of olden times is no
longer endured
Low salaries in public services
have so depleted the personnel that
government institutions like the
post office. te!eeraphs, police force
and schools are all undermined.
Industrial companies. however, are
paying dividends of from so 10 100
percent ard distributing bic bonuses.
lands and rents are rising in value
and the farmer is boarding his rice
until he has pushed the market 10
IFS highest notch.
No More Riots.
The distress Of today is chiefly
felt 10y the law-abiding class OF the
nation. NC riots have occurred like
last year. The press generally blames
the government for not finding a
suitable remedy. THE situation calls
for urgent action" writes the editor
% the Kokumin. Some people are
about 10 famish The continued ad-
vance in prices has developed a kind
OF reign of terror"
If it is impossible" says the
Yorodzu. ito bring down the price
of rice and other necessities. the
government must devise means Of
increasing incomes. Otherwise peace
and order ia society cannot be main
tanned and the very foundation of
the nation will DO endangered"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-02
TIRED OF JAIL. MAKE
KEY AND WALK OUT

COLUSA. Calf. Sept. 2.-Growing
wearisome of jail Thomas Martin
and otto Cole having fashioned a
key from a prison spoon. unlocked
the Jail door and walked forth. To-
day they are free men.
The men were charged with steal
ing an automobile The spoon was
made Of pliable material.