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New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

sistent, unceasing publicity of the right
kind"
"[Ihe future can be read, it seems
to me-" Representative John II. Miller,
Of Washington, has stated, ''in the
signs of the times, and these signs are
q deeper solcitude, closer friendship,
q more tender affection for the man who
tolls with his hands and fights the ma
TONS battles with his hands and his
heart"
Concluding his page in "Lcslie's
Weekly" Norman Hapgood says:
"Greatness to-day and tomorrow must
lie in creating world where constantly
constantly increasing harmony. AS basis
for this harmonious energy there must be
in every unit in every factory It's share
of responsibility and Of hope. No country
in the world equals the United States in
natural advantages for taking the lead in
such recrcntion. What percentage of our
business men have The heart and the
Imagination to meet the need OF our day?
How much Is there in them Of creative
faculty. of true originality? Strong nat
uras respond to big ncedg. The need Of
the world cries aloud We arc ut the en-
trance TO one of the worst periods Of
modern history or one OF tho best. A few
thousand business men in America can de-
termInc which path our country is to
take"
Another conclusion is reached by
man in Il club car, as quoted by an edi-
toral writer in "The Wisconsin State
Journal:
"There is but one force in America to-
day TO stop the growth of Boshevsm and
that is organized labor. The American
Federation of Labor is the only construc-
tive force to-day that can meet this prob
lem. Stop breeding Bolshevsm; it's a
product, a result, not n cause. Stop it at
it's source"
"The Milwaukee Journal" sees much
of the so-caled Boshevism as the nat
ural outgrowth Of reconstruction such
as might be expected after any big war
Thus it states cditorially:
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
To-Day OF B0Zshe-
Is Org ani&xa Labor"

"'Golis Truzenka,' Russian weekly, Chi
"Li Nuovo Proletario, Italian, weekly,
Chicago.
"Nya varlden,' Swedish, weekly, Chi
cago.
"Der 1ndustrialer Arbeiter,' Jewish,
weekly, Chicago.
"Probuda,' Bulgarian, weekly, Chicago.
"'A Fclsbadulas,' Hungarian, weekly,
Chicago.
Loukkatastclu,' Finnish, monthly, So
East 123d Street, New York.
at is the announced intention Of this or
ganzation to publish its literature in prac
tically every foreign language spoken in
the United States, to change its monthly
magazines into weckles, their wceklies
into daics.
ain a recent issue Of one Of these publ
cations there appears a notice to tho ef
feet that beginning in March, publication
in The Chinese language will be issued
in New York in the interests of the Chinese
/. w. W., recently organized"
Thus the question arises: How is
America to be cured, If America needs
the curing?
Or. William l.. Leserson, of the
United States Department of Labor,
gives the following idea for the cure and
also defines the genus Bolshevist
"1hc Bolshcvist if man who has given
up hope Of ever making any Roadway under
the present system of industry. lie does
not see any chance to acquire home, main
tain family on II rising standard of liv-
ing. to educate his children, and to feel
sure that they will be bottor Oft than he
was. In short, he is n philosophy of de-
spair Not seeing any chance to get these
good things Of life for himself, naturally
he wants to tear down the whole Industrial
Arrangement He has naive faith that
somehow any new arrangement that VIII
come after revolution will be sort Of
heaven. or at least an Improvement on the
conditions that have existed in the past.
I The reason that Bolshcvism in one form or
another has spread among working people
so generally is not because OF the nrgu-
mcnts OF the extremist leaders, but rather
| bccauge there arc so many working people
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23
-IHc Wasconsm State journal.

"The sensible attitude to take toward
these protesting movements, in so far as
they DO not advocate violence, is to re-
gard them as indicative of conditions that
need remedial and constructive treatment.
Every protest, every plan for reform,
should be looked upon as contribution
to the sum of knowledge which we need to
make our country better place in which
to work and live
"Bolshevism, in short, is not the thing
to be disturbed about, but the conditions
that make SO fertile field for the seeds
of revolutionary discontent."
In general, reliance is placed on the
sanity of the American people. "The
Nebraska State Journal remarks that
Bolshevism has not gone far, thus:
"Bolshevism has been making headway
in America only in the spots where Rus
sian conditions have developed The min.
ing and lumber industries Of the West
have been operated in such way os to create
mass Of homeless, nomadic, hopeless la
borerS, without adequate opportunity to
enforce their views through political chan
ncls."
But America as WHOLE" "The
Nebraska Statesman" adds
with half its farmers still owning their
farms and its laborers still well represented
in savings bank deposits, will no more
grow Russian Boisheyism than Minnesota
will grow Georgia cotton. And never will
il we have sense enough to keep the con-
ditions unfavorable to it, not permitting
ourselves to drift, as sometimes we seem
to be doing, toward the topheaviness which
brought Russia down with such a crash"
Says 1.-THE Brooklyn Daily Eagle" in
the same vein
"0f course, the authorities at Washington
and in the state capitals must watch the
activities of revolutionary agitators.
whether aliens or American citizens. But
in our Judgment the agitation will be
checked not so much by government sur
veillance by the saving common sense
Of the American people, who are not given
to tearing their institutions down at the
demand of any class of noisy dcmagogues." !"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

who have given up hopo of improving their
conditions under the present industrial ar
rangement. Mere arguments will not check
these movements 1t will be necessary to
actually improve conditions so that the
worker will feel that he is acquiring q
stake in the country. that he can have u
real home, maintain a family according to
the best modern standards, and see that his
children getting ahead in the world
IF conditions are improved SO as to make
this possible for larger proportion of the
wage carners of the country, and the
facts of this improvement arc spread by
publicity, then you will have real anti
dote for Bolshevsm'
Pomeroy Burton, speaking recently
before the New York Republican Club,
suggests national publicity bureau,
calling it "pressing necessity to-day"
Such Il bureau would be-
"dcsigrcd to act as conciliator between
these two great forces and at the same
time to put forth clearly and concisey all
the facts md arguments SO that everybody
concerned might quickly gain u complete un-
dcrstnnding Of the whole situation. At this
stage employers would turn eagerly 10 such
II government agency for leadership aud in
formation to the best method OF improv-
ing their relations with their workcrs: par
tcularly ny TO what practical steps can and
should be taken in the direction OF effcctinp
an actual Improvement OF working con-
ditons on the other side, the workers them
selves would have provided for them a supply
Of healthy mental food, such as they have
not had up to date; calculated to dispel false
ideas which have largely prevailed until now
and to clear their minds for full under
standing of the basic facts which must be
understood before any safe and lasting set
Element of the problems affecting their well
fare can be achieved.
| "This proposed national industrial pub
Lefty bureau, rightly organized and supple
mcnted by the harmonious cooperation of
non-politcal, public spirited bodies through
out the land, would seem to be pressing
necessity to-day; it would provide the lead
which the situation SO urgently requires; for
after all the most effective antdote to Boil
| shevism is intelligent, widely applied, per-
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

~ PEAKING Of Bolshevism before
~ the Senate committee, Colonel
~ Raymond Robins, who was with
the Fed Cross in Russia until last
June, quotes Lenine as saying: "You in
America think you are safe. You are
not immune"
II believe in political democracy" the
colonel said before the same committee,
"and / believe in Christianity, and l
want to say that I believe these things
are threatened to-day as never before
in history"
The germ Of Bolshevtis is too preva-
lent over the United States to be disrc-
garded, though Lenines prophecy has
yet to come true The Seattle strike,
the deportation of enemy aliens, various
demonstrations in industria. centres
throughout the country and finally a
disclosure Of incpient plots and "tons'
Of red literature have all had their ef-
feet in bringing Boshevism to the centre
Of the stage, until Bolshcvism has admit
tedly become disease. The follow
ing DSt Oh newspapers III lHc OHltcu
States, published by the Industrial Work
ers Of the World and given in Il memo
randum transmitted by Postmaster Cen
eral Burlcson, shows the extent OF the
red propaganda.
Says the memorandum:
"rhis list comprlges only the Official
papers Of the organization and does not
take into account the large number Of free
LANCE papers published in the interests Of
the above organizations
"Newspapers published by the !. w. W.:
""The New Solidarity English, weekly,
Chicago.
"one Big Union English, monthly, Chi
cago.
"Thc Industrial Unionist,' English,
weekly, Seattle.
"Calfornia Defence Bulletin, English,
weekly, San Francisco
"'1'he Rebel Worker English, bi-monthly,
New York.
"'IA Nueva solidaridad,, spanish, weekly,
J Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

illustrations, of
c t courH recald by the Seattle
Pottul
CURES executed for ard other OF
caster
New-York tribune., 1919-03-23

~ PEAKING Of Bolshevism before
the Senate committee, Colonel
~ Raymond Robins, who was with
L. a C,.ocs, IL, R11ccin until La ct
Iron County register., 1919-04-17
SUPPORT OF PAUPERS
Feb 4

Feb w Keathley, keeping and work
county
5 1ronton Telephone Co. 6
to January 31st
Z DR. / Marshall, medical to
January 81
9 Add Reese supplies for
~ Sutton 4 Sutton, expense burial Stew
q Same, supplies for
% M Whtworth,
"a R Crow & Bro, lumber for county farm
Feb5 70 Arthur Huff, amount advanced to
Simpson
March IL 40 Fred Cureon, supplies for
62 K Stevenson 80 90
May 81 Same supplies for Mrs JONES O Apr3
6S Sutton & Sutton, supplies for G
Rumpbel to April 80 %s-I
Y DR. l Marshall medical attendance ~
79 John Albert coffin for
80 Lopez Store Co, fence wire for Co
May "a W Keathey, keeping poor to April
and work 2u 80
100 Tonton Telephone ito Apr3 375
Aug IA W 7 Keathley, board of poor July 10
1A R H Stevenson, support Of Mrs JONES
34 Sutton Sutton, supplies for Rump
bell (poor 1900
Iron County register., 1919-04-17
FINANCIAL STATEMENT

85 w Blue, jantor and laundry 100
80 Arthur Huff, electric
May7 100 Ironon Telephone
Aug 12O R Crow & Bro, supplies
121 Madgan Whitworth,
135 Ironon Telephone Co, service to July 81 1926
1856 VIII Bue moving lawn,
laundry BILL janitor work, '
141 Arthur Huff, electric
Aug 10 345 M Whitworth supplesc house and Jail
Nov9 5S9 Arthur Huff, electric
6O2 w HI Blue, andia
6O3 Ironton Telephone Co,
Jail three months
6O6 Madigan & Whworth, supplies
Dec ii 619 Arthur HUFF, electric
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
Ronald Monroe to be Married
August 9th.

The following announcement OF
the coming marriage of Mr.. Ronald
r. Monroe appeared in Sundays
Des MOines Register:
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Schmidt of
1920 Forty-second street announce
the coming marriage of their daugh-
ter Mildred, to Ronald Monroe, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. e. G. Monroe, of
August 9Th is the date chosen by
Miss Schmidt for the day of her
marriage to Mr.. Monroe, which viii
take place at the Schmidt summer
home on Put-In-Bay Island, Ohio,
for which place the family left yes
terday to spend the remainder of
the summer.
Miss Schmidt has resided in Des
Moines for the last five years, COM
ing here with her parents from
Chicago. The major part of this
time was spent in college work and
in studying in music in the New
England Conservatory of Music at
Boston, Mass.
Mr.. Monroe is a graduate of the
University of Michigan and since
his release from United Service with
Battery F has been employed as the
assistant cashier of the First Trust
and Savings bank.
Following the family wedding
Mr.. Monroe and his bride will take
trip and will return to the island
for short sojourn before coming
to Des Moines, where they will be
at home in the Berwyn apartments,
Fifty-first street and Ingersoll ave-
nue. after Sept
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
WaHle-Gierhart.

A pretty wedding was solemnized
June 25, 1919, at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Waffle, when their
eldest daughter Miss Jessie, and Mr.:
Grant E. Gierhart, of Wagon Wheel
Gap, Colorado, were united in the
holy bonds of matrimony in the
presence of a few intimate friends,
Rev. Elba Dale officiating.
The bride is we'll and favorably
known. being one of Decatur
county's best school teachers. The
groom is one of our overseas. boys
and seem to possess the sterling
qualities that Uncle Sam Is proud to
own. He has a fine ranch to which
they started Immediately after the
ceremony, enjoying motor honey
followed by the best wishes of their
many friends for bright and happy
future
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
mickey" With Us Soon.

A real treat is coming to your
city, a treat that Kansas City has
been enjoying for the last four
weeks y ist and nd you are going to enjoy
throwing kind, but one that makes
you have a little sad feeling one
minute and causes you to disgrace
yourself laughing the next. Yes
sir, Mabel Normand as the tomboy
mickey" and what's SO nice about
Mabel Normand she looks as pretty
in overalls as she does in party
what a hit it was in Kansas City
and every other city it has visited,
this is what headed the page in bold
type of one of their leading papers
"As. good page Of features as
Mickey is film" So begin now to
save your pennies, it's worth it.
mean a real honest to goodness race
the seat? Well that's Just the Kind
Of one you are going to see when
Mickey" comes to town and you
will say it's the "realest'" one ever
pictured on the screen and what
makes it so much more interesting
is-well you Just wait and see. cause
Mabel Normand, Mack sennett's
girl comedian, plays the lead and
her capers are just series of
thrills. This is one comedy in which
the artistic side of the picture was
worked out cleverly as the comical.
Seeing Mickey" is just like riding
on coaster at park, you hate to
quit and when the picture closes
you are tempted to buy another
ey" comes to the New Theatre for
a limited engagement of two days,
commencing Thursday Matinee,
July 3rd, performances from matt
nees daily continues.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
Remembered His Old Home Town.

Up at Newton, Iowa, there is
great rejoicing over gift to- New
ton and Jasper county by A. V.
Skiff, of Chicago, who spent his boy
hood days in newton. Mr.. Skiff has
offered to donate the funds suffici-
ent to erect hospital, which will
be suitable for the needs of that
city and county. Mr.. Skiff for many
years has been prominent business
man of Chicago, where he has made
a fortune, but he still kept the old
home town in his mind, and he is
doing something which will leave a
real monument for himself. We
wish that some of the old residents:
of Leon who have gone out and
made million or two would do
something like this for Leon, for
there is nothing as badly needed
by the people of Leon and all Deca-
tur county as a hospital. But we
don't know very many former resi-
dents of Leon who have become
milliOnaires, except Lewis B. jack
son, of Sapulpa, Oklahoma, who we
understand is now rated in this
class. Lew has been mighty fortu-
nate in oil anu other investments,
and is regarded as one of the big
men of that state We understand
he, has been building churches, and
contributing goodly sums to charit-
able purposes, and some of these
mornings we might be agreeably
surprised by receiving notice from
him that he proposed to build Leon
a hospital just to keep the memory
of the old home town green.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
Quite an Honor.

Mrs. A. Badham holds very uni
que honor this year that seldom
comes to anyone. She had three
grandchildren that were honor stu
dents in the various institutions
which they were attending, being
graduate of Graceland College, For
rest Roberts, Lamont, who gradu-
ated from the Lamont High School,
and Miss Lora Camel, who gradu-
ated from the Woodbine, Iowa High
School. Chronicle.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
Hill-HarVey.

Mr.. Lewis J. Hill and Mrs. Deb
orah Eugene Harvey, both of Leon,
were united in marriage at the
home of the bride in east Leon, on
Saturday, June 2Sth, the ceremony
being performed by Rev. Jas. A.
Armstrong. Following the cere-
mony a wedding dinner was served
to the immediate relatives of the
their t home p in the new cottage
which was recently built by the
bride, and the many friends of both
parties extend hearty congratula-
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03

Mrs. NJ. C. Mullin, of Leon, and
her son G. T. Mullin and wife, OF
Worthington, Mimi, who are here
on a visit, went to Togo saturd 1ay
home Of Mrs. Mullins daughter,
Elmer Farver, Of Chambers, Neb.,
who recently returned from over.
seas service and was mustered out
at Camp Dodge, came Thursday eva
ening for a few days visit at the
Dr.. j. o. Woodmansee departed
Monday for Des Moines to assume
his duties as a member of the state
board of parole on Tuesday His
family will remain in Leon for few
weeks until he secures suitable
residence in Des Moines. \,
urday from Atlantic, for a visit at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Pearson in this city;
Miss Pearson has been employed
for the past seven months as a
telephone operator at Atlantic.
Mrs. J. J. spicer and little son
Thursday for Iowa City, where
at the state hospital. He has been
taking treatment for the past year
and is showing a fine improvement.
Mrs. Morris Elder returned to her
home. at Albany, Mo-, Thursday,
having come for a few days visit at
the home Of her father, M. F.
Grimes, and to see her brother
furlough from the U. S. S. Pennsyl-
Mrs. Fl. G. Lutz and son Charles
of Billings, Montana, who are here
visiting her mother, Mrs. Mary
Grandstaff, returned Monday, from
Pleasanton. where they had been
visiting at the home of n, her sister, ter,
days.
Stanton, Iowa, who had been visit
ing at Keokuk. - arrived 1 in in, Leon de1a
visit at the home of Mr.. and MRS.
Morris Gardner. Mrs. Powers has
been visiting here while they were
at keokuk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Virden and
daughter Lola returned to their
home at Kellerton Saturday even
ing, Mrs. Virden having been a
patient in the Leon hospital for
Several weeks, where she under
went a serious operation, but made
a fine recovery.
a. IL. DdQy, OIL WluuOI, NO., WI
and Mrs. Hiram Elsey and children,
Parsons, of Kansas City, arrived
Monday, being called to Grand Riv-
err by the serious illness of Ed Gale.
Mrs. Parsons is Mr.. Gales sister,
and Mr.. Dady his brother-in-law,
Mrs. Elsey being daughter of Mr..
Dady.
B. G. Tye, who has been stationed
at Seattle, Washington, as chief
quartermaster in the navy, passed
through Leon Friday evening on his
way to Pleasanton for a visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.: B.
Tye. Brent has been mustered out
of the service and will resume his
occupation as school superintend-
ent this fall.
Felix (Pete) Edwards, of Osceola,
was visiting his many friends in
Leon Saturday evening, having mo-
to1ed down in company with county
engineer Pieffer, of Clarke county,
and couple of government engin-
GERS who have been at work in
Clarke county for several weeks,
making the surveys to establish the
grades on the federal aid road pro-
ject in that county.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
DIR. O. p. Jamison Married.

DR.. o. P. Jamison, of Weldon.
and Miss Clara C Schmitz, daughter
of Mrs. C. Schmitz, of Mt. Pleasant,
were married in Des Moines last
Thursday. They will make their
home at Weldon, where DIR: Jamison
operates the Weldon hospital and
enjoys a lucrative medical practice.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
Observation-Disclosures.

Mr.. Homer Burchett and Miss
Edna Glazebrook, two well known
young people of Richland township,
were married by Rev. Chas. w.
Reeder at his home in Leon on
go to housekeeping on farm near
Grand River and their many friends
extend congratulations.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
telegraph Strike Called OF.

President Manion of the Order OF
Railroad Photographers issued an or
der Tuesday resembling the strike
order in effect since May l4th
against the Western Union Telegraph
Co, and commercial kilograms can
now be sent as usual. For the past
three weeks no kilograms have
been sent out or received at the To-
cal telegraph office, which has been
q great Inconvenience
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
Observation-Disclosures.

Mr.. Ivan Evans, of Mercer, Mo-,
and Miss Lottie Lightwine, of Line
vile, were married by justice John
Woodmansee at his home in Leon
last Wednesday afternoon. They
will make their home on farm
near Mercer, and their friends wish
them every happiness and much
prosperity.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
Voting For Paved Roads.

So far in Iowa fifteen counties
have already voted on the question
of paving county roads, and all but
two voted in favor of the paving.
The two counties which defeated the
proposition were Story and Tama,
and in both of these counties local
fights over the location of the roads
to be paved were responsible for the
defeat of the proposition. The
counties which have voted for paved
roads are Black Hawk, Palo Alto,
Sioux, Scott, Linn, Cerro Gordo,
Johnson, Buchanan, Dickinson, Os-
eeeola, O'Brien, Polk and Benton
Polk county by majority Of more
than four to one. One-eighth of all
the counties in Iowa have already
voted for hard roads, and elections
counties, Woodbury., Franklin,
Marshall. Clay, Kossuth, Floyd,
Buena Vista and Boone.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
No Accident Week a Success.

/. The no accident week on the
Burlington railway system from
June 22nd to June 18th was great
success, just six accidents being re-
,fington system. One engineer, one
brakeman, one truckman in a
freight house and three section men
were injured during the week and
not a single passenger. The same
week a year ago there were Is acci-
dents renOrted
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03
Notice.

On July 4th we will close our
store at 10 a. m. for the rest OF the
day. We will not deliver during the
day. Farquhar Il Sons.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03

Cousin Bill says: The crow may
be q troublesome bird but he never
gets noisy without caws.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-07-03

There is nothing more idiotic than
the smile of pretty girl-when di-;