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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-01-30
Morgan.

Harry Cox visited his parents ant
other relatives at Humeston las
week.
Mrs. John Flynn and son Martin
returned home Saturday from LeO1
where she spent the past week will
Miss Mary Flynn.
Ed Griffin and wife had bushes!
at Leon Saturday.
Albert Baker and family were
Lineville visitors Saturday.
Miss Ada Phelps our SchOolmarm
spent Friday night with the Griffin
girls.
Bill Lemon, of Lineville, spenr
one night last week at Ed Griffin's
Miss Beulah Hubbard spent Sat
H Hrd :, yoa night n ,+ and Sunday with Miss
II. B. cox called on M. L. Dale
Sunday.
Miss Blanch Baker and brother
Loris visited at Ray Gorseline's Sun
day.
Clyde Durham and wife, Ray
Gorseline and family visited Satur.
day evening at Albert Bakers.
George and Roscoe Mcdaniel and
Hubbard Sunday.
Mrs. Zimmerman came Monday
to visit her daughter Mrs. John
Flynn.
Mrs. Alma Poole spent Saturday
and Sunday with her brother Sherm
Hullinger and family, helping care
for the sick baby.
Willie Grogan, wife and baby are
here visiting his mother Mrs. Mary
Grogan and other relatives.
Miss Nadine Baker went to Line
Vile Saturday to visit her brothers
Hugh and Guy Baker and families
The Griffin brothers delivered cat
tie and sheep to Lineville Monday.
M. L. Dale called at H. B. Coxs
Monday.
Mrs Dewey Martin spent Monday
afternoon with Mrs. M. L. Dale.
w. z. Mcdaniel and wife spent
Monday at Elijah Evans.
Charlie Griffin and son from Mis-
souri,, called at NJ. L. Dale's Mon
day.
Fred Potter and family spent
Sunday at Gene Gammon's.
Mrs Jim Flynn and daughter
Annabelle spent Saturday night and
Sunday with Miss Mary Flynn in
Leon
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-01-30
Garden Grove.

Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde spidle Of
Derby, came the last of the week tC
visit at the home of the formers
father who has been seriously il
with influenza.
Miss Jennie Barbour returned
Monday from Van Vert where she
had been visiting at the home of hel
sister Mrs. Hastings.
Tom Judd, who is stationed with
the regular army at Camp Grant
ILL.,, was here last week visiting with
his mother and went to Pleasanton
Monday to visit with his brother
Ralph and family.
Dan Stearns, who returned to this
country from France recently, was
discharged in Des Moines last week
and came home last Saturday.
Mrs. Tom Crago accompanied by
her mother of Cedar Rapids, went
to Des Moines last Friday A broth
er of Mrs. Crago returned from
France last week and made her a
visit.
The Roberts & Herweh garage has
been sold to Fred Garvin, the deal
being made last week.
ing with relatives in Des Moines,
returned last Friday. She has been
spending the winter here with her
mother Mrs. Briley.
Mrs. Martin Smith, of Humeston,
was here the last of the week Wis
iting with her sister, Mrs. Bernie
Bates.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Coin, who
have been visiting with relatives
here, returned to Princeton, Mo-,
Saturday.
Roy Rosengrant of the navy, who
has been here on furlough visiting
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Rosengrant, left for Norfolk. N. j.,
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ehrhardt, of Leon,
were here the last of the week Wis
iting with their friend, Mrs. Frank
Mallette, returning Monday.
Will Herweh was a business Wis
itor at Corydon last Thursday
Mr.. and Mrs. Gaunt have received
a message that their son Arnold,
who has been in France for some
time, has landed in this country.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-01-30
w. A. Edwards, Of Grand River,

w. A. Edwards, of Grand River,
| who recently returned from Indian
ola, where he was member OF the
S. A. T. c. at Simpson College, was
visiting in Leon Saturday.
Mrs Harold Rush, who had been
staying at Davis City, came Friday
to visit with Mrs. Jennie Rush and
evening from Camp Dodge.
VIM. Crichton went to Des Moines
and to attend the big celebration
of the birthday of Robert Burns held
in that city Friday night.
Mr.. and Mrs: George Penniwell Of
this city, and Mrs. F. 3. French of
Moines Saturday evening where
they had BEEN visiting a few days
with friends.
George Smallwood, of near Pleas
anton, was a business visitor in Leon
Friday His daughter, Miss Grace,
who attends the Leon High School,
accompanied him home for an over
Mrs. John Tapscott and son
in this city last Thursday. They had
been visiting at the home Of her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. James Daughton,
at Grand River.
Mrs. c. H. Keim, of northeast Of
Leon, and her sister, Mrs; Myrtle
Cunningham, of Bull, Idaho. who
was visiting, here, departed Monday
for a few days visit with their
mother at DreXel, Mo.
Miss Nora Gardner, Of southwest
of Leon, was called to Wichita, Kan
sas, Saturday to see his sister, Mrs.
John Stewart, who is quite sick in
hospital at Wichita.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-01-30
Lonesome Ridge.

Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Grogan and
sor Joseph came Friday for a few
days visit with Mrs. Mary Grogan
and family.
Walter Evans and wife, Mrs. E.
A. Little, Misses Cecilia and Ger
trude Mahoney and Hattie Evans
visited at E. J. Evans Sunday.
Marjorie and Arlene Hampton
spent Sunday at Ode Vanderpool's.
Mrs. w. N. Martin and daughter
Lucy returned home Monday after
visiting a few weeks with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. John Newlin at
Joplin, Mo.
Fred Potter and family, Willie
Grogan, wife and son Joseph and
Mrs. Mary Grogan were Sunday Wis
itors at E.. Gammon's.
J. o. Garner, wife and daughter
Glata spent Sunday at Ray Gamers
Mrs. Jesse Maynard and children
and Ernest Robson and cousin Rosa
Armstrong spent Sunday at ]. B:
McDaniels.
Miss Eunice Evans, of near Gar
den Grove, 10 visiting relatives in
this vicinity.
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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-01-30
Decatur IL. +. ID. No. 2.

Miss Myrl Wiley, of near Lamont,
spent the week end with her sister,
Mrs. ALT Brown.
Misses Nellie Norman, Florence
Carroll, Flora Mckee and Nellie 81
lars visited the Valley school Fri.
day afternoon. Myrta Marble, OF
Davis City, is the teacher.
Mrs. Donahoe visited Sunday with
Mrs. John Norman.
Charles Carroll, of Decatur, spent
S Mr ana M h,gnS Wm m'e Carroll i parents
Miss Pearl Ellars visited Friday
with her sister, Mrs. Wiley Akers
near Grand River.
Clarence Cargill and lady friend
attended the dance at Lawrence
Toney's Thursday night.
Walter Thompson and wife at
tended church at Terre Haute Sun
day evening.
Orville Butcher and family spent
Sunday at the Ernest Bennett home
Everett Moon was I; Leon caller
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-01-30
Ireland.

Clyde Waller sawed wood for sew
eral in this neighborhood the first OF
this week.
Mrs. Ida Pritchard spent Sunday
with Mrs. r. M. Bennett.
Mrs. Jim Flynn and daughter
Annabelle spent Saturday night in
Leon with Miss Mary Flynn.
Willie Grogan and family OF Ne
braska, came last week to visit his
mother Mrs. Mary Grogan a few
days.
Leon callers Saturday.
Mrs. Mary Zimmerman returned
to her daughters Mrs. John Flynn,
after a weeks visit at the Frank
Johnson home north of Woodland.
Oliver Wills has been on the sick
list the past week.
Mrs. Alma Poole visited Saturday
and Sunday with her brother Sherm
Hullinger and family near New
Salem.
Mrs. Dewey Martin spent Monday
with Mrs. Ed Griffin.
Pat Hampton and Mike Griffin
delivered cattle to Lineville Monday
Mrs. lack Mcdaniel spent Monday
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. Ellie
Evans.
Those who spent Sunday at e
Gammons' we're Willie GrOgan, wife
and baby, of Nebraska; Fred Potter
and family, Mrs. Mary Gr0gan and
sons Paul, Maurice and Harriet.
NJ. Hullinger is visiting with his
daughter Mrs. Alma Poole. tx.
Della and Beatrice Leahy spent
Sunday with Miss Edith Wills.
Miss Ada Phillips spent Friday
night at the Ed Griffin home.
.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-28
r D
STATUS OF FIGHT ON
COAL SHORTAGE AND
HIGH COST OF FOOD

Nation will be without coal by
December 20, unless production is
materially Increased, officials de-
clare.
Boil. sides in mine-waee contro-
versy submit proposals, each Of
y which are rejected in conference.
Secretary Wilson steps to front
= with new proposal said to embody
wage increase Of 81 per cent.
Pinch Of fuel shortage beginning
to be felt all over the country,
especially in the Middle West.
Attorney General Palmer made
food administrator by President
Wilson.
Move begun to avert sugar fam
+ inc by raising price sufficiently to
secure Cuban crop.
New food controller to use
powers in general campaign to
halt rising living costs.
Lifting of wheat and flour EN-.
barge ordered for December is,
. with view to restoring normal
trade conditions.
Influx of Canadian wheat fore
seen as result Of removing grain
restrictions.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-28
OWNERS SPURN Peace
Mine Operators Refuse Proposals
Of Secretary Wilson.
Deadlock In Goa! Strike Likely to
Last Until Government Takes
Hold.

Washington, Nov. 23.-Refusing to
accept proposals made by Secretary
of Labor Wilson as a basis for fur
Their negotiations, soft coal operators
of the Central competitive field rested
their case with Fuel Administration
Garfield, whose official approval is
necessary to validate any new wage
agreement.
The public would not stand for a
wage advance above their offer Of Is
cents per ton to coal diggers and 20
per cent to day laborers, the opera
tors asserted. They refused to make
further overtures or even to reinstate
their proposition, which was with
drawn following the deadlock, unless
the government, through the Fuel ad-
ministration, assumed responsibility
for the added burden to the nation
fuel bill
To Confer with Officials.
DR.. Garfield notified the mine own
ers that he would not meet their COM
mittee, of which Thomas T. Brewster
is chairman, until after he consulted
with Attorney General Palmer, Direc-
tor General Hines ard Judge c. B.
Ames, assistant attorney general. 1t
was considered likely that the negotia-
lions might have to go over until az
ter the cabinet meeting, when, it was
expected, a policy to get the mines
back into operation before the threat
ening coal famine brings disaster will
be worked out.
Operators representatives author
lied the statement that in their opin-
ion figures on which Secretary Wilson
based his proposals, showing living
costs in the coal regions were parti.
san. The secretary told the sub-com-
mittee Friday that he did not speak
for the government, it was said.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-28
ALIENS EMPLOYED IN AMERICAN
- INDUSTRIES

In the iron and steel manufacturing
industry of the United States So per
cent OF the men employed are of foreign
birth. OF those 81 per cent have been
farmers or farm laborers in their native
countries.
In the slaughtering and meat pack
ing industry, 81 per cent of the men are
foreign born.
In the bituminous coal mining, 81 pei
cent are foreign-bor (only p per cent
Of them had former experience in min,
ing)
In the glass manufacturing industry,
80 per cent Of the men employed are
forei gn- born.
In the wooden and worsted manufac-
turing, 81 per cent are fqreign-born.
In the silk goods manufacturing and
dyeing, "a per cent are foreign-born.
In the cotton goods manufacturing,
SO per cent are foreign-born.
In the clothing manufacturing, II
per cent are foreign-born.
In the manufacture Of boots and
shoes, 81, per cent are foreign born.
In furniture manufacturing, 50 pei
cent are foreign-born.
In leather tanning 81 per cent are
UOAAs
In glove manufacturing, 80 per cent
are foreign-born.
In oil refining, 81 per cent are for
eign-born.
One-quarter Of the foreign-born wage
earners are unable to read and write
their own language.
OF the foreign-born wage earners in
this country five years or over and who
are 81 years old at the time of coming
(male) 81 per cent are fully naturalizec
and ii per cent have first papers. South
ern and eastern Europeans have much
less interest in civic and political af
fairs. Among the Russians only eight
per cent have been naturalized; Greeks
four per cent; Portuguese, five per cent
With the exception Of the north Italian
no race Of recent immigration with a
residence in this country of five to nine
years exhibited a proportion as high as
ten per cent Of their number who had
been fully naturalized.
Slightly more than one-half Of the
foreign wage earncrs from non-Eng
lish speaking countries were able tc
speak the English language. Among
the women only 50 per cent could
speak English.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-28
Avoid the Pessimist.

''You can't do I" keeps more people
with splendid ability in mediocrity than
almost any other thing. "You can't do
it," meets you everywhere in life. At
every turn you propose to take, you
will find some one to warn you away,
to tell youssaot to take that road, that
it will lead to disaster. Unless you
have unusual pluck, an iron will, 4 de-
termination which never looks back,
you are likely soon to become discour-
aged, and when you are once discour-
aged your initiative is deadened and
your power paralyzed.-The New Sue.
ceQs.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-28
A VICIOUS RAILROAD BILL,

Red Wing Eagle: The passing by
the no Sc of the Esch railroad bill
marks one Of the most iniquitous steps
taken by the lower house in the session
just closed
One of the several vicious features of
the bill provides that when the rail
roads are turned over to private owner
ship--which is expected to take place
next January-the government shall
pay the railroads in cash, dollar for dol
lar, whatever it owes them, while the
railroads are given ten years in which
to pay whatever they may owe the gov
eminent. Thus, if the government owes
the railroads fifty millions and the rail
roads owe the government twenty mil
lions, the government must pay the
fifty millions in cash, while the rail-
roads are given ten years to pay the
twenty millions they stay solvent
that long Common sense and fairness
would have dictated the striking Of a
balance, and the payment of either par
ty, on terms equal for both, Of whatever
difference remained, if any:
Another decidedly unfair feature is
provision for standard returns for all
railroads during the period Of six
IAOACAos L liz AdA eaAtCOu SCd1lAoAN Cf1A
ing is alike for all railroads. But
since the earnings Of different railroads
vary greatly, some will naturally earn
in excess Of the fixed standard, while
the earnings Of other roads will fall be-
low it. Under the Esch bill the roads
earning more than the fixed standard
may pocket the excess earnings, while
the roads earning less than the fixed
standard will have the difference made
up by the government. e. by the
taxpayers. Justice would require that
where a certain standard of earnings is
guaranteed the excess earnings by one
road should 60 towards making up the
deficit Of the roads whose earnings fall
below the guarantee.
Thus it is seen that neither justice,
fairness nor common sense enter the
makeup Of this bill. It is measure
framed solely and exclusively in the in
terest Of the railroads, without the
slightest regard for those who must foot
the bills.
Fortunately the passage by the house
Of this iniquitous measure does not
constitute it law. 1t will first have
to pass the gauntlet Of the senate,
where it will probably be supplanted by
another bill, framed by the senate, in
which some slight consideration for the
| public may be shown.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-28
MARTIAL LAW Is LIFTED
North Dakota Supreme Court
Decides Against Governor.
Ignite Mines Returned to Owners
and Miners Return to Work
Under Old Contract.

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 24.-Martial
law is at an end in North Dakota, the
Ignite coal mines have been returned
to their owners, and miners are re-
turning to work on the basis of their
old contract, as result of a decision
of the North Dakota supreme court.
BY a vote of three to two, the su-
preme court refused to grant an in
junction asked for by William Lemke,
acting as attorney for the militia Of
ficers named by Governor Frazier.
The lower court had ordered the mill
tia officers to turn the mines back to
their owners. Lemke, arguing that
the courts had no right to interfere
with the governors exercise of mill
tary power, asked that the supreme
court restrain the district court from
putting into effect it's order.
Old Scale Stands.
Justice Robinson and Birdzell,
Joined with Chief Justice Christensen
in denying the Lemke motion.
Just before the court decision was
made public, the mines at Wilton were
being turned over to their owners, the
Washburn Ignite Coal company. It
was stated that the miners had agreed
to return to work for their employers
on the basis of their old contract. It
is assumed that some idea of the at
titude of the court had been made
known.
The original contract calls for a
revision Of the wage scale automatical-
ly at any time that the scale in the
central connective field is revised.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-28
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER %, 1919
SAYINGS OF LARRY H0.

No man can be lonely who has song
in his heart.
There is no doctrine that sits well on
an empty stomach.
How hard it is to convince little
boy that ice is ever really thin.
Culture is microbe in the blood, not
q fibre in the underwear.
Why shouldn't dogs be allowed on
the street cars-they permit hogs to
ride.
Better be getting your heart in fine
shape to give away on next Christmas.
A scientist claims it take five years
to tan an elephant hide. Little boys
have something to be thankful for, af,
ter all.
How wonderfully comforting it is at
night time to shut your eyes and recall
the faces of few good friends here
and there about the world, and know
that they carry you in a glad remem-
brance.
The wonderful things we dreamed Of
as rising out Of the tides of war will
not come by themselves. We must
plant them, nurture them, and give them
an atmosphere and climate to grow in.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-28
1924 Sacks Of Sugar Seized.

St. Louis, Nov. PA libel was
issued here by Assistant United States
Attorney Wheeler for 2,284 sacks of
sugar, containing 100 pounds, which
is alleged to be held by cold storage
company for a local manufacturer and
wholesaler of fruit preserves, sirups
and soda water. Wheeler holds, in his
libel proceeding, the amount is in ex-
cess of that which could be legitimate
ly needed for manufacturing purposes
and charges that it is being held for Q
higher market.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-28

Airplanes are safer than automobiles
for racing, according to Glenn L. Mar
tin, pioneer aircraft builder, in an an
uncement made public through the
war department. Answering critics Of
the recent coast-to-coast airplane race,
Mr.. Martin compares that contest, in
which seven fiers lost their lives, with
the last race at the Indianapolis speed
way, in which three were killed. Con-
testants travelled 2,710 miles in the
transcontinental race, Mr.. Martin
shows, with seven deaths among 81
starters, while three out Of 33 starters
were killed at Indianapolis in 500
mile race. On this basis the airplane
is approximately five times as safe as
the automobile.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-28
State Capitol Notes

St Rau1 MIMI lin Mey rs Is. as1sMThe
ar the eaa a the ssaa aRa a h6y
Down with the Reds" You will re-
member how. successfully they worked
snd tSey great hepes for
a eSe P sar toya sn Of 4s1s
sfafed o. the hee bali rong at
meeting Of that organization in Fair
mont last week. He was certain that
t the A aFaa On Chat the R Srn f
necessary for the loyal people of the
country to get together to overthrow
the angfG Of and the the the The
next. step naturally will be for the re-
publicans to insist that >:?is must be
done 1nder t 5egrbsan o4 They
apparently Inevitable catast, n
1913, and and they believe that !; ~, a
this end thy viii enlist t., ices
of all their auxiliary or :uns,
f abs p 5fom ri 1snlrer over M Rai
ly to our STANDARD to dc reds"
o In Mith neds ms
| interviewed in Chicago last week He
made the declaration that in 1920 Vim
neseta will anG 90 add either hols or
right now the state will go bo:. ~, TX. ="
| To prove this contention he cited the
activities of the Nonpartisan League in
| nesota. It is evident that J. Adam is
! adding his mite to the republican prop
uganda.
| unions Of Minnesota have declared
against the runnng of 5 1o5o
| understood that their representatives
to the Labor Farmer conference. which
! meets in Chicago today. has been in
SUCH independent ca Candidacy Before
this article is in print the result of
| the. Chicago conference will have been
announced and the country will know
alignment Of organized labor in the
course that the ultra radicals in labor.
declare for a third ticket. but it is
practically assured that conservative
labor will repudiate any such arrange
Elent and vote conserVa lively in 1920,
as it has done in the past. AS matter
of fact the labor leaders may well1be-
ware Of the advice given by such men
as J. Adam Bede in any matter politi-
All kinds of trouble face the repub-
| coming primary looms before. it like a
| ni@htmare. The main trouble is its
| multiplicity of candidates. Taking it
| would not be a candidate to succeed
himself, Julius Schmahl announced his
| candidacy for that position. Assuming
| that the convention to select delegates
! to the republican national convention
would also declare it's preference for
state candidates.. he believed he had a
hundred-to-one shot in favor of secur-
\ ing the nomination. It develops, how
| ever, that Governor Burnquist is not
! ready to let go. He has the state or
| ganiZation and the solid backing of the
with the issue of saving the people
| from red ruin he can be again elect
| ed. If he decides to enter the race,
| there will be no elimination of candi-
dates at the Forthcoming convention.
Every candidate will have to go before
| the people. and this inevitably means
| ganization by the Nonpartisan Leagu-
ers. Just think what condition con-
| fronts theml DEMOS.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-28
Soldier $4,000 Richer.

Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 25.-Elmer
Flickenger OF Columbia, Ohio, is
$4,000 richer because he saved the
life of a Montgomery, Ala, woman two
years ago. Flickenger, while pri-
vate in the Thirty-seventh (Ohio Ma
tional guard) division in training at
Camp Sheridan, rescued the woman
in a runaway accident. He was mott
fed by an agent Of the Cohasset Iron
and Mining company that by the wo-
mans will, leases of mining rights on
lands near Montgomery had been Civ
en- to him.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1919-11-28
Big Girl for That.

That tooth was certainly annoying
Miss c., the primary room teacher
Of the A. school, put her finger
into her mouth to discover the cause
OF this annoyance. Ollie, a bright.
faced little pupil, noting the act sud
denly asked: Teacher. how old are
your" Choosing to ignore his impert.
inence she made no answer. He was
not to be daunted, however. With an
expression of scorn he said: Il know
you're over twenty, and just think still
sucking your finger"