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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Memorial Service for Homer Dale.
A very beautiful memorial service
Lold loSt Suuday afternoon at

A very beautiful memorial service
was held last Sunday afternoon at 4
o'clock at the M. e. church in honor
of Homer Dale, the 22 year old SO son
gave his life in defense Of his coun-
try, on the 18th day of October,
l9iS, and was buried in cemetery
in the Outskirt of the city OF Bel
fort, France. Here his body. viii
lie in the native country OF his
grandfather, H. P. Brothers, to
await the final AL sounding of =, oIn the
His brother, Rollie Dale, who was
also in the service, visited his grave
Just before returning home a few
Jardinieres and vases of flowers
and the Stars and Stripes were taste
fully arranged upon the platform,
while a large wreath of white roses
of Homer, presented by the family,
occupied place in from. CT The pvl-
pit. The service opened with the
singing of America. Rev. G. L.
Ronk, of the Brethren church, read
the scripture lesson, after which
Wallace Officer read an obituary and
short sketch. of the life Of Homer.
choir, several very pretty special
selections were rendered. Rev. e.
II. Hitler, pastor of the NJ. E. church,
of which Homer was a member. de-
livered an impressive sermon from
Heb. 1898, dwelling upon the, wars
from the, earliest history, emphasiz-
ing strongly the sacrifices of life IN
the World War. Young Dale was a
member of CO. F, 351st Infantry,
whose comrades are returning home
this week from overseas. The
Young Mems Glass of the Brethren
Sunday school, of which Homer at
tended, were present in body, and
the large number of friends almost
filled the church.
who attended were Mrs. John Bitt-
ner, of Amboy, ILL.,, Mr.. and Mrs:
Hubert Johnston and two sons, of
Mt. AYR,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Will PAVE As BLOCKS
City Council Passed Resolution Of
Necessity Providing for Con-
siderable Additional Paving.

At the regular meeting of the city
council held last Thursday. evening.
the council passed a resolution or
necessity which provides for forty
five blocks more OF paving, which
Will be quite an addition n, ! to 9th, the
paved streets of Leon. The. resolu-
ton provides for paving to the Gem
etery, which is badly needed, the
main alleys in the business section
are to be paved, the paving is ex-
tended southeast to the old Roe Cas-
ter place, and several streets are
pretty complete. The council had
worked many hours preparing the
schedule of the streets and alleys to
be paved, and they have done their
work well, and it is not thought
there will be any changes made.
The paving meets a general demand,
and there is practically no opposl-
ton to the proposed paving, as the
paving which has already been put
in has demonstrated that it is a
good improvement and we'll worth
what it costs the property owners:
The contract will probably be let
some time this fall, SO that work
can be commenced early next spring,
when material and labor will be
cheaper than at present.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Prof. F. Il. Reed to be at Head Of
Garden Grove Schools.

1t will be good news to the pat
rons Of the Garden Grove schools
and citizens of the community to
learn that the school board have
succeeded. in securing F. P. Reed,
for superintendent of the Garden
Grove school next year. The board
had contracted with man from
the west part of the state by the
name Of Meyers, who bore an excel
lent reputation and we felt quite
elated over getting this man, but
soon after he had signed the coz
tract he asked to be released; II
was learned that it was possible to-
get lIr Reed back here and the
board went promptly at work to ac-
cOmplish his return and his signed
contract was received Saturday. Co
ing from here Mr. Reed took the
superintendency of the Osceola
schools and from there he went to
Ames, being connected at present
with that institutions extension
work. We all know Prof. Reed to
be an able school man and an excel
let citizen and are certainly pleased
in being able to get him back here.
Garden Grove Express ~
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
DR.. Mitchell will Soon Return.

We are in receipt of letter from
DR.. g. H. Mitchell, telling us to dis:
he expects to sail for home not later
than the middle of July He writes
they have orders to close the medi-
cal school at Paris which he has
been attending, on June 2Sth, and
they will then go direct to St
Nazairre, to embark for home. He
says he is having some nice work in
surgery and diseases of children
course of obstetrical clinics. He al.
so writes that in all probability he
will devote a month or six weeks in
medical work in Chicago before re
turning to Leon to resume his prac-
tice, which he gave up when he vol
unteered in the medical corps when
war was declared
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Six Foot Blue Grass.

Our little item about Ed Parker
wanting some one to bring in blue
grass tall enough to beat Missouri's s
record of 81 " inches did the trick,
and we have received tall blue grass
from all over Decatur county the
past week, and have hanging in our
window blue grass which measures
y inches, just six feet long, and old
Missouri will have to go some to
beat it. The six foot blue grass was
sent to us by A. E. and A.. ]. Smith,
of High Point township, but T: M.
Akers, of Decatur is right after them
with stalk which measured Z 1e
inches. Ben Sears, of Center,
brought in a stalk which was 81
inches long. Thomas Ryan, of near
Lamont, sent us some sc inches
long, and Lewis NJ. Andrew of Grand
River, another 67 inch sample. G.. S.
Doolittle sent us some the same
length pulled on the ]. P. Smith
farm just north of Davis City. w.
H. Axes, of Rurrell, and Ralph
Goodman. of Center, sent samples
each ga inches tall. Arthur Hew-
lett, of Grand River, a stalk 63
inches, j. H. Main, of near Leon,
one 81 u inches, and Sammie Crees,
of Grand River, stalk 59R inches.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
WOGdarl-kemD.

Mr.. B. E. Woodard, of Leon, and
Miss Ella Kemp, of Des Moines, were
married at the Christian church
parsonage in Osceola Monday morn
ing. the ceremony being performed
by Rev. James A. Burns, the pastor.
The bride is well and favorably
known in Leon. being the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Kemp, of Des
Moines. and for many years was a
resident of Leon. She is graduate
of the Conservatory of Music at
Drake University and has also stud
les in Chicago. For the past two
years she has been going to Osce0la
each week end to play the pine or
gan in the Christian church and di-
rect the choir.
The groom has been resident of
Decatur county all his life and owns
one of the finest farms in this county
just north of Leon.
After a short honeymoon trip
Mr.. and Mrs. Kemp will return to
Leon and commence housekeeping
in the Mrs. Geo. w. Sears property
at the corner of Main and First
street. They have many friends in
Leon who extend congratulations,
and welcome them to this city Mrs.
Woodard will be a valued addition
to the musical circles of this city.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
AleXander-Bruce.

Mr.. Rolla A. Alexander and
county recorder Mrs. Jeanette Aten
Bruce sprung surprise on their
friends by being married last Thurs
day evening after attending COM
mencement exercises, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. C. H. Hill
Ter pastor of the NJ e. church at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Macy
in this city.
Immediately after the ceremony
the happy couple left in an auto for
ten day honeymoon trip to the
north part of the state, but we arc
informed they were caught by a rain
at Osceola and had to leave their
car and go on the train.
The bride was formerly of Garden
Grove, coming to Leon the first Of
the year to take the office, of county
recorder. She is most estimable
lady who enjoys the friendship of
a large circle of friends. The groom
is one of our well known business
men, proprietor of the Alexander
garage, and needs no words of co1n-
mendation.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Alexander extend their hearty con-
gratulations and wish them every
happineSS
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO
Items Taken from the Files of The
Reporter Published a Quarter
OF q Century AGO.

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
John Snayely Monday.
Miss Charlotte Vogt is listed
among the lady bicyclists,. receiving
a fine new wheel last week.
Mrs; Jennie NJ Haskell and
daughter Miss Hattie left THURSDAY
afternoon for Salem, Iowa, where
they will visit this summer. Miss
Lille Lester, who has been visiting
at the home of her sister, Mrs. Has
kett, returned with them
V. F. Penniwell left last Thurs
day for. Des Moines, where he will
dianola to attend the commence
ment exercises at Simpson college.
Lew, Jackson returned Tuesday
from the western part of the state
where he has been working.
Mrs. Sarah M Duvall died at the
home, of her sister, Mrs. Pat Mullin,
IN Eden township, on June 9th.
ago from her home in Piatt county,
Illinois, to, visit her brother. j.
Hoffhines, and sister. Mrs. Mullin,
and was taken sick five weeks be-
fore her death. Her remains were
taken to her home in Illinois for in
terment.
home in north Leon last Thursday
and was buried in the Leon ceme-
terry Friday afternoon.
James Hurst returned from Iowa
City Monday.
w. J. Sullivan returned yesterday
from a visit at his old home at
Flora, Illinois.
Mrs w. j. Darr departed Monday
for Plattsburg, Mo-, where she is
visitir~ her daughter, Mrs. ! B.
Bruce.
Horace Farquhar and J. E. Leep-
er returned from Cedar Rapids Fri
day where they attended the A. F.
& A. M. Grand Lodge.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Must Not. Kill Birds.

Several parties have complained
to us about boys in Leon who are
shooting birds with rifles and ali
guns. This is violation of law, and
any one who kills song bird or
of not to exceed 500 or imprison-
ment in Jail for not to exceed thirty
days. Section 2563-K of the Code
of Iowa makes it crime to kill
birds and unless the boys of Leon
stop doing SO they are going to be
prosecuted b ysome of the irrate
property owners who do not want
the birds around their home destroy
o1
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
At THE THEATRES.
Programs at the Idle Hour and New.
Theatres for the Coming Week.

At the Idle Hour today, Thurs
day, June 18th, Vivian Martin in
"Jane Goes Wooing," Sennett
Comedy and Current Events.
At the Idle Hour Friday and Sat
urday, June 18th and 14th, Pauline
Frederick in 1.-The Woman on the
Index Ford Weekly and Bray Pic.
tOgraph.
. At the New Theatre Friday and
Squaw Man, Cecil De Miles spec
ial
At the Idle Hour Sunday, June
18th, Bryant Washbirn in 'The Way
Of Man with a Man, and Screen
Telegram.
At the Idle Hour Monday, June
18th, Mae Marsh in, "All Womai"
and Christy Comedy.
At the Idle Hour Tuesday, June
18th, Mitchell Lewis in "Life's
Funny Proposition" and Interna-
tiOnal News.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Phipps-Andrew.

Phipps of Leon and Miss Alice An
drew, of near Kellerton, were quiet
ly married in their cozy home which
they had prepared in east Leon, the
ceremony being performed by Rev.
e. II. Hitler, pastor of the Leon M.
E. church.
The bride was member of the
graduating class of the Leon High
the Leon schools during the past
year, and is a charming young lady.
The groom is a well known young
man of Leon, employed by C. M.
Keller. Their many friends extend
congratulations and the wish that
their future may be all happiness
and prosperity. ts@
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
w. ID. PIeuss Breaks Ribs.

w. D. Pleuss the jovial proprietor
of the Metropolitan meat market is
pretty sore man and he has right
to be, although he is congratulating
ternoon he was assisting in removing
the heavy ice rack used in icing his
meat box, and had forgotten to close
a trap door leading to the basement
and stepped into it, sustaining sew
eral fractured ribs, and badly bruis-
ing his left arm. He telephOned to
Des Moines for a meat cutter and
business is going on as usual while
a few days.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Farm Bureau Notes,

There are very many pessimistic
reports coming to the county agents S
office now as to the condition of the
wheat crop. Very much damage has
been caused by the wet weather and
high water along, the streams and a
caused by rust estimated to be any
where between 10 and 20 per cent
with an estimate of anywhere to 25
to 80 per cent by harvest time if
present conditions prevail and the
rust shows the corresponding ad-
Vancement that it promises to do.
We wish to call attention to the
grain grading demonstration by the
U. S. bureau of markets to be held
on:
Fort Dodge, June IS.
Sioux City, June 19.
Council Bluffs, June 20.
Des Moines, June u.
Ottumwa, June 23
Cedar Rapids June "a.
Waterloo, June 70.
The purpose will be to demon
strate how samples of grains are TAX
en- from cars mixed and graded, test
ed for moisture, and how dockage
and weight per bushel are determin-
ed. The meetings are open to every
one and all elevator men and farm
ers who are interested in buying or
selling grain in car lots are especial
ly urged to attend at least one of
these meetings
Much concern has been shown the
past week in regard to the small
brown worms that are doing damage
to the orchards and forest trees
ty agent has been called to the farm
of Joe Leeper just recently and the
worms have been identified as the
spring cancer worms. They do a
great deal of damage to orchards and
forest trees, eating practically all the
foliage off the trees and leaving
been damaged by fire. They do a
greater damage in the orchards as
they damage the fruit very badly. 1t
does not take long for them to de-
nude trees of foliage and then they
spread to the surrounding trees by
means of long webs that very much
are often one hundred feet long and
are covered by hundreds of the
worms that are blown in this man
ner for long distances. For this rea-
son you will often get the impress
sion that they have stopped their
ravages when the winds are blowing
them back over the ground that has
soon as the winds shift they are on
new territory and at work harder
than ever If you wish to control
these worms spray. Use on orchard
trees eight quarts of lime sulphur
and three pounds of lead arsenate
paste to fifty gallons of water. On
forest trees you may omit the lime
sulphur. The reason that we recon-
mend the lime SULPHUR for your fruit
trees is that you can save labor by
using the lime sulphur in your spray
ing solution as there is many things
the lead arsenate will not get that
the lime sulphur will The pests
that would be killed by the lime sui
phur would more than pay for the
extra cost for use In your orchard.
We are making some last appeals
for membership to the farm bureau
as we must have our membership up
to the 200 mark by July 1st or it will
go under as an organization.
Be ready to sign up your pledge to
this when the county agent comes
along or. better still send in your
membership. If you will write to
the county agent he will be glad to
mail you blank for your signature.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
X. OF p. DECORATION.
Fine Weather Record of More Than
Thirty Years Still UnbrOken.

Knights Il gh 'ofe Of pythias s = Of Leon have
made a record of always having fine
weather on their Decoration day,
and the record was continued this
year, last Sunday being the day Sc
ed, none fell. The knights headed
by the band marched to the ceme-
terry at 2 o'clock, where the graves
of the departed knights were dec
Grated with floral triangles and
each knight deposited a flower. The
beautiful ritualistic services were
carried out, and Rev. T. F. Camp
bell made short address when an
overseas triangle WAS WAS placed for the
Leon lodge having sent eighteen
members to the service of their
f6em''{i f6em has snb been en- lost. There are ire
twenty-one knights buried in the
Leon cemetery, none having passed
away the past year. The following
is list Of the graves decorated in
the Leon cemetery, and committee
also decorated the grave of Charles
Lindstrom at Davis City.
W. A. Brown Charles Harrell.
]. e. Brooks. Geo. E. Hurst.
r. l. Benefiel. E. E. McClelland.
Robert Bowsfer. Henry Often.
A. E. Chase. A. w. Sanger.
E. w, Curry. Ed H. Schenck.
Odie Edmiston. J. H. Stover
James Coin. Orr Sang.
Frank Gardner. S. w. Wallace.
Emmett Gardner. Len Zimmerman.
Ed Gray.
The knights will go to Van Vert
next Sunday morning to decorate
the graves of the knights buried in
the Van Vert cemetery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Broke her Leg.

Little Mayme Holland Rush met
ening, resulting in breaking her leg
between the ankle and knee. Her
cousin Josephine Penniwell was rid
ing a tricycle. and Mayme Holland
was riding standing up on the rear
axle when she lost her balance and
caught hold of Josephine, the tri-
cycle upsetting with them and in
some manner Mayme Hollands leg
was broken, but she is doing nicely.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
New Court Cases.

Grant Stephenson vs.. Jake Tap
scott. Suit is for $160 damages to
corn crop by hogs owned by de-
fendant B. NJ Russell attorney for
plaintiff.
Neal Hamilton VS.. w. H.. Axes ct
plaintiff purchased from the Deca-
tur State Savings Bank, on which
Axes claims a counter-claim and re-
fuses to pay the note except less the
amount of his counter-claim. W. j.
Springer attorney for plaintiff
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Grand Master Visits Odd Fellows
Lodge.

The Leon Odd Fellows had a fine
meeting at their hall last Friday
visit from Grand Master j. NJ. Haz-
let, of Mason City, and there was a
big attendance of the members.
Work in the first degree was exem-
plified, and following the work re-
freshments were served and a gen.
eral good time enjoyed. The Odd
Fellows lodge is in a flourishing
condition.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
A Four Legged Chicken.

Manager George Manning of the
Aaron & Co. Poultry and Egg Co.,
Of this city, showed US a freak * in in
which Shell Norton found while
dressing poulty at the plant. The
extra legs were about ten inches
long, and grew out of the back Of
the chicken, turning downward, but
not reaching the ground. The chick
en- was not noticed as being abnor-
NAL until after it had been killed,
never saw anything like it before.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Gaddis-Lane.

Mr.. Ellis w. Gaddis, of Des
Moines, and Miss Jean Lane, daugh-ss
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. c. E. Lane, OF
Abba, formerly of this city, were
married at Des Moines on Wednes
day of last week. They will make
their home in Des Moines, where
been q teacher in the Lovilia schools
for several years, and her many
friends in this city extend congf1f1-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Takes Yankee Name.

Prof. Paul Skorupinski, who has
been superintendent of the public
schools at Corning for several years
and who has been engaged to take
charge of the Charlton schools, has
recently had his name changed to
Shelley, the American translation of
the Russian name.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
X. of p. Decoration at Van Vert
Next Sunday.

The Knights of Pythias of Leon
will 20 to Van Vert Sunday morning
to hold memorial services and dec
crate the graves of the Knights bur
led in the Van Vert cemetery The
Knights are requested to meet at the
hall promptly at $3.50 o'clock Sun
day morning. Bring flowers.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
bought Motor Fire Truck.

The city council has placed an
order for a complete American La
France motor chemical engine and
truck for the Leon fire department.
1t is mounted on Ford chassis, and
is one of the most cOmDlete fire
trucks on the market, and the fire
boys and citizens generally are feel
ing good over the purchase.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Fern Pease Died Monday.

Fern, the fifteen year old daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Ransom Pease,
of Osceola, formerly of Leon, died
at Osceola Monday evening, her
death being due to malaria fever,
with which she has been sick for
several weeks. The funeral was
held at Osceola yesterday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Did Not Miss School During the Year.

BY an oversight the names of the
pupils at the south school who were
neither absent nor tardy during the
entire school year were omitted
from the honor roll published on
page three of this issue. There
were six honor pupils at the south
building, Margarita Clymer, Opal
Clymer, Pauline Barrett, Alvia Bow
man, Harold Maynard and Mildred
Maynard.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
County superintendent's Notes.

The rural eighth grade gradua-
ton exercises will be given in Leon,
Saturday, June 21. There will be
fifty-twO rural pupils to receive GER
Program will appear next week.
Regular uniform county teachers
examination will be held June 25,
26 and 27.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Wants Wrestling Match.

Earl Conard, of Thayer, Iowa,
has sent us challenge to wrestle
am weight championship of south
ern Iowa. If there are any wrestlers
in his class who want to meet him
they can address him at Thayer,
Inwo
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Band Boys Notice.

Those desiring to join the boys
band, will find me located in the
band room over T. w. Colby's serv-
Ice station. We want forty to fifty
boys for this band. For further in
formation call at my studio at the
above mentioned place. l will also
accept few pupils on violin just
as soon as l have the band fully or
ganized.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Ola Thompson
Grourd Broken for Service station.

Ground was broken Monday for
the fine new service filling station
which will be erected by the Collins
/, Oil Co., on the Hurst lots on north
Main street which they recently pur-
chased. The station will cost sew
to the appearance of the city. Geo.
w. Penniwell has the contract for
the building, and work will be push
ed on it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
win Grade Jefferson Highway.

The contract for doing the grad
Ing, draining and guard rail con-
ttruction on the Jefferson Highway
let ON June 25th, the official notice
for bids for this work being pub
lished in this paper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Some Rye.

r. S.Goodman, of Center township
has left stalk of rye at The Re
porter Office which measures 76 in
ches in length. Here's q chance for
some Of you fellows to bring in
your tall rye.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Marriage Licenses.

r. A. Alexander, Leon Al
MRS. Jeanette Bruce, Leon. IS
Elmer Phippa, Leon o.
Alice G. Andrew, Kellerton II
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-06-12
Farms Wanted.

will buy several farms in Deca-
tur county. See me Il you want to
sell worth the money