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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-02-27
Had a Fair Sale.

The weather was against c. N.
Axes and r. E. Anderson with their
hereford cattle sale held at Sunny
summit Hereford farm just south OF
-eon last Thursday, the snow storm
md bad roads keeping many away,
erable all things, Al head selling
or total of So, l25. 90 an average OF
5222.53. Eleven bulls sold for $2,-
)15.0O, an average of $183.17, and
hirty cows and heifers sold for 81
1000, an average of $237.0O. The
op of the bulls brought $475.OO, and
he top COW sold for $4,000.
The following is the list of the
buyers and prices paid:
No: Bull, H. F. Grimes
& Son, Melrose ..---..;,$16o.00
No. 2-Bull, E. E. Elder &
Sons, HumestOn -..--- -..-.-.. 1880
No. Bull, G. F. Scott ,
No: - 9GBull: W. ii: Bron: e ~
No: 5eBull, Grover hamii- ,ao ~
No! SDBu1i, Eiva Baker,
No. Bull, Grimes & Son. 5000
No. S-Bull, Grimes & Son. 1850
No. 9-Bull, Roy Hines,
No. 1f0n fo1Buli, Grimes & Son io9.9S 1886
No. 11-Bull, Chas. A. Bid
No: 1S-Cow, Spence Moore, 49, -
No. i$@coW, w. T. Waller,
No: 14ICow. r. ii: Axes,
No. 'i 15ICow. w. T: Waller: 5000
No: 17-Gow, Manchester m
a
No: DiSs is@cow, 5SSD B. f. Redman, o'oo w
Van Vert -..... .... ...-- 49, 10000
No. 19-Cow, Roy Hines. 10000
No. 2O-Cow, Roy Hines ...-.- 1880
No. Glow, Grimes & Son. $4,000
No. 22-Cow, T. A. Suther-
No: 2$-Cow, Geo. Merrill,
No. >sI s4@cow, Coz j: R: Richard w
vi Ridgeway ~ . 265.oo
No. 27-Cow, r.. A. Sutherlin 240.vO
No. 26-Cow, T. A. Sutherlin 235.OO
No. 2S-C o W, Anderson &
Son, Beaconsfield ...::- -. 10000
Van Vert ...... ...... ...-.. 49,. 2O5.O0
No. 3O-Cow, Roy Hines w 10000
No. 3l-Cow, George Mer-
oi Leon WV" ~ ..l...., 2o5.Oo
No. 34-Cow, Leon Leeper...- $4,000
No. 35-Cow, Roy Hines ... 25O.00
No. 36-Cow, F. B. Emery. $1,000
No. No $5-GGow, g Cow W; C:a T: Waller. Hta: 2s5.oo
W riil ..... ....... 1s5.O0
No. 39-Cow, T. A. Sutherlin 235.00
vt ton @ @ 245.o0
No. 41-Cow, sROy Hines -. $4,000
No. 42-Cow, Grimes & Son. 1850
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-02-27

Luther T. Baker, Leon ..........-.....1
sGeoseia II. Beasiey. Davis City,
Ralph N.s Palmer, Grand Rtver-zSS.
! Est6of E'olana, Grand River. 80. I!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-02-27
Navy Plans to Return its Dead.

Plans for bringing home the bod
les OF all officers, sailors and ma
rines now buried on foreign soil are
being worked out by the navy de-
partment, and the actual work will
be undertaken within the next few
months.
The wishes of relatives, however,
will govern not only as to the re-!
turn of the bodies, but also as to
their final disposition. Those brought
home either will be sent forward
for private interment or buried in
the Arlington or some other national
cemetery, as the relatives may de-
eide.
The departments announcement
has expressed a preference for
bringing home all bodies, but il the
nearest of kin desire the dead will
be left to rest in France, probably
in special purchased American GEM
etery sites where perpetual care and
recognition will be assured.
Of the bodies brought home where
private interment is desired the
navy will prepay all expenses up to
delivery of the casket to relatives
and the war risk insurance bureau
of the treasury will refund burial
expenses not exceeding $1O0 in each
case.
Relatives were requested to write
bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-02-27

& 1ve15 Thursday Mack Sonnetk
comedies ct New Theatre.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-02-27
Farm Bureau Notes.

About $50 county agents, home
demonstration workers and bOyssI
and girls club leaders met at Amesl
on Thursday and Friday, Feb. ri
sion workers from all over the staaE q
The meeting was essentially EoI
line up work for the coming sea fbnl
and to discuss problems which a1fs9
daily in the work of an extensiON
worker
Although no special entertai
ment, was planned on account
the short duration of the conferen}
the feature of the program was
pecally worthy of mention, mani
the speech by President R. A. Pei
son of Iowa State College. who .Nl)y
a member of the committee whAVh
recently, returned from EuroA
ture in the countries of our allie
groups we're separated, the count
agents, home demonstration agent
and the extension club workers ear
holding separate conferences,
which their individual problem
"elE Mr.. 'JAe5 j. 3. kirkpatrick will be IL
proud possessor of the banner acs
corn trophy for next year. MI
Kirkpatrick won this cup by grow
ing SS6 bushels of corn on one acre
would IKE 10 see some Uec0Ius
county farmer carry away this cup
next year.
We are almost ready to complete
the details of the sheep and wOOlS
growers association of the county,
whose object will be:
1st To improve methods
marketing wool and mutton.
End. To promote the BREEDING
and Improvement Of sheep. zsss
3rd. To aid members In buying
breeding and selling frst-class a13ss
mails. sss'
4th.. To. disseminate ifnorma4l0Gs
that is of vital interest to the sheoD
industry.
Now is the time to Gull your p0ul-
try flocks and prune your fruit
trees; if you wish advice or bulletins
on these subjects call the county
agents office and we will gladly re-
spond.
Don't forget the good roads meet
ing Saturday, March 1st.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-30

in this line, is rapidly developing in
to one of the best general farming
sections. From my own observations
I have come to this conclusion, and
there have been more businessmen
farmers during the past few years
than ever before. To the wise one
this could Indicate but one thing, and
that is firm belief in the profits to
be derived from the soil by men who
are permanent residents.
Men of business are achieving in
agriculture and stock raising results
equalling their success in other lines
of endeavor Consequently you can
see that Lakeland and Polk county's
call to you is to share in profits and
not just spend your money for winter
enjoyments. AS a Come to Florida"
argument don't believe a greater
could be offered. A demonstrated
sound business policy usuaiiy will ap-
peal to man whether he be farmer.
homeseeker or specula1or. Here
are some of the successful crops in
the district, compiled from reliable
CONTINUED on Page 81
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-30
SCHOOL TEACHER
NEEDED BRAINS

Il never have had such a God
send come to me as when I took
the first dose of Mayr's Wonderful
Remedy. I was afraid would have
to give up my school because of Sc
we're stomach, liver and bowel trou-
BILE which caused such a pressure
of gas that I could not use my brain
at times. and my heart would palpi-
tate awfully. Since taking a treat
ment of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy
a year ago, all this has disappeared"
1t Is a simple, harmless preparation
that removes the catarrhal mucus
from the intestinal tract and allays
the inflammation which causes prac-
tically all stomach, liver and intes-
final ailments, including appendici-
tbs. One dose will convince or money
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-30
LAKELAND'S BEAUTY AND PROGRESS|VENESS
AS SEEN BY THE FLORIDA GROWER

Of. B. Whitman in Florida Grower)
Once more it is my pleasure 10
write of one of our foremost counties
and cities thereof, and there are many
things to be noted even by those who
ness that were not there a month
ago. That's progress for you. and 1t
is the spirit that has made the coun-
ty paramount in citrus fruit growing
as we'll as other things. 1t Is hard
to write of Lakeland and not mention
that which has made 1t possible-it's
surrounding country, teeming with
spicy groves of citrus and other fruits
so typically Floridian. Somehow
Lakeland appears to be just what you
would expect to see as central Flor
ida city, and it's tall buildings and
spires peer at you through curtain
of .ree tops and the fairest of grow
ing things line the streets and the
coolest of brick paving gives a glad
feeling to the feet and the much.
abused tire.
Right in the center of town is a
park, with benches and fountains and
shade and flowers and a bandstand,
which Lakeland uses as a reception
place for itsS friends and strangers,
and you may sit in the coolest Of
shade and view the various activities
of busy city in the best of comfort.
This, in my mind, expresses hospital
ity to an infinite degree. This sec.
ton Of Polk county has many hills
and at the foot Of each one you will
usually find lake, and superb paw
ing lead around and over them all.
AS sure sign Of land fertility the
trees are of immense size-if you
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-30

The constitutionality of the Texas
woman's primary suffrage law is to
be tested in injunction proceedings
which are scheduled for a court hear
ing today at Waco.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-09-30
PiedmOntS
would
cost more,
too,
If

Virginia tobacco paid import duty
and ocean-frei9ht which foreign-grown
tObaCCOS must pay.
But Virginia tobacco escapes these
tariff charges because it is grown right
here i'm the South.
Virginia tobacco is not only the best
liked cigarette tobacco smoked five
times more than all foreiIn drown
tobaccos combined-but it is the one
tobacco of real character that makes
cigarette mean something.
just try it i'm Piedmont-the all
Virginia cigarette.
%a~~~1,...;>:<-...ss
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
Member of the Associated Press
THIS SHOULD END 1T

TT is becoming evident that when Gov
ernor Sproul said that he was per
suaded that this city should have
greater degree of home rule he was not
uttering empty words.
The Governors announcement to the
members of the citizens charter-revision
committee in Harrisburg yesterday aft
ernoon that he was opposed to the metro
politan police commission bill in its pres
ent shape ought to convince the men
who are urging its passage that they are
attempting the impossible. If the Gov
ernor's announcement means anything it
means that he will veto the bill if it
should be passed. No one familiar with
the state of sentiment in the Legislature
believes that it would be possible to pass
the bill over a veto.
The plan for police commissioner ap-
pointed by the Governor might as well
be abandoned at once.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
STRAYER ON OUR SCHOOLS

CRITICISM such as Dr.. George u.
- Strayer, of Columbia University, di-
rected at the Philadelphia school system
may be said to represent the best that is
available in conventional opinion at the
moment. 1t leaves much to be desired.
Everywhere in the world sharper
scrutiny is being directed at the processes
of education. The war made it plain that
something is fundamentally wrong some
where
What is education for? Where does it
lead? What should be its final ends and
purposes? Is man educated when he
learns how to outplay some one else in
the struggle for living or for money?
Or should education be a means Of train
ing mems spirits while their hands are
left to take care of themselves?
These are questions that are being
asked everywhere by those who have not
yet forgotten the subtler and more tragic
Implications of the war.
Doctor Strayer makes no attempt to
answer the general inquiry. He would
have a survey, he told the Public Educa-
tion Association, and higher salaries for
teachers and revision in administrative
methods. With these technical sugges-
tions he was content.
Doctor Strayer seems to be practical
man with leaning toward practical edu-
cation. 1t is worth remembering, in the
face of such criticism as his. that on both
sides in the recent war, with the Allies
and with Germany, and in the old diplo-
macy that made the war inevitable, there
were men educated to the ultimate de-
gree according to standards such as Doc
tor Strayer's. And yet they were un-
learned or they would have spared the
world the horror of the last four years.
Wherein were they deficient? What
should they have known that they didn't
know and what should they have felt
that they didn't feel? When we know we
shall be on the way to pcace--and on the
way to a decent educational ideal
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
FIUME AND THE LOAN

MO ONE who knew anything of the
Italians in Philadelphia supposed for
a moment that they would refuse to sup
port the Victory Loan. Again we have
had the spectacle of handful of self
advertising egotists presuming to speak
for people whom they do not justly rep
resent.
The average citizen among the Ital-
ians trusts America. And America has
right to trust him. 1t was men of his
sort, his brothers perhaps, who had to do
sthe fighting, not the few who remain
safely at home in every crisis and make
paying profession of their nationality.
He doesn't want to be drafted again. He
doesn't want the helpless millions in his
native country to be compelled at some
future time to go out once more and
hold contested lines in an inferno of cold
and desolation before they die for the
sake of somebody's vanity. What con-
Germs him concerns America.
Z If we judge the Italians Alright, they
are far too intelligent to be misguided
by the shameless and detestable servility
Of those American newspapers that have
been trying to make money out Of their
anger. and their disappointment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30

us. Even on those occasions in the past
when their judgment was warped by the
heat of passion they were not essentially
different from other men.
Therefore it is not likely that the
police department will find il difficult 10
enforce its decision tomorrow that there
shall be no Socialist BolShevistI. W, W.
parade. However much we may toy with
intellectual anarchy when we have moth
ing else to do, we are in no mood TO
tolerate it when we are engaged in the
constructive work of orderly government
in such free democracy as we have built
up on this continent. Czarism is alien 70
us and the inverted czarism known as
Bolshevism must starve to death here FOR
lack of sustenance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30

drolleryl The rider is not told that five
cent rides are in vogue in Washington,
in New York, in Brooklyn and in numer-
Gus other American communities. Nine
cases out of ten, he knows that, anyway
The Jest is therefore neatly compounded
of his own information and what the
p. r. 7. obigngly dispenses.
AS an additional savory FLIP to all this
mirth, the pacard spells seven-cent
Pittsburgh, without the sacrosanct final
"h," and siX-ccnt St. Louis out in full, a
fashion confusingly suggestive of the
crusading king of France.
1t is hardly necessary to point out how
much more amusing this all is than if the
bulletin had been wholly false or COM
prehensively and frankly correct. Not
since the gay days of skip-stop homiIies
has the transit company been so playful
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
THE KEY TO A CRISIS

TNHE compleXity of the Fiume problem
is such that arguments concerning
it, save by experts, are largely futile.
The Jugo-Slavs can marshal one broad
side of statistics and historical data, the
Italians another The average Ameri-
can has convictions concerning the al
legged principle involved but his actual
knowledge of Adriatic conditions is
necessarily slight.
But the machinery for thorough and
impartial investigation is not unattan-
able. Article nineteen of the revised
league of-nations covenant reads as fol-
lows.
The assembly may from time TO time
advise the reconsideration by members of
tho League of treaties which have be-
come inappIicabc and tho consideration
of International conditions whose CON
tinuancc might cndangcr the peace of
the world.
Better than a. a.dickering compromise;
better than a sweeping decision, which
would beget resentment and ranking
emotions, would be settlement con-
Quoted as provided for in this article of
the covenant. Italy will subscribe to
that document, Of course. But if her
signature is to mean anything how can
it be rcconciled with her present atti-
tude?
If the pact is to triumph in fact as it
does in pretensions, there can be no more
significant test of its efficacy than action
based on this nineteenth article in the
crisis kipkip~ bo
by either contestant would be a proof
that subscription to the terms of the
covenant was merely nominal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
WHO CALLED BURLESON?

DLAINLY Mr.. Burlcson is changed.
His announcement of a desire to re-
turn the cable and telegraph lines
to their owners is made with the air of
a frightened and chastcned man. The
President seems to have been sending
some straight talk over the cables-and
it hasn't been suppressed, as the Lord
High Hoodoo of Communications saw fit
to suppress legitimate messages from
o5her sources which happened to be eX-
pressive of disagreement with his pol
icies.
A sudden general desire to hand the
railroads back to private control is also
apparent in Washington.
Government ownership as a theory of
American politics is dead.
Mr.. Burleson was its cXccutioner.
The accounting that Congress must
arrange at the next session with the
owners of railway and wire lines will be
stupendous task Certainly war con-
ditions confused the problems of opera
tion and maintenance for the govern
ment.
The acute wage question was met by
Mr.. Burleson, Mr.. McAdoo and by Con-
gress itself with slapdash method char
acteristic of reckless amateurs. Owners
of the various systems will be justified
in expecting the government to give them
fresh start, free of the impossible
handicaps created by bad management.
Wage increases in most instances were
justified, but unless Congress is willing
to permit the railroads to provide for
these reforms by continued high tariffs,
the various corporations may be re-
warded for their previous enterprise by
q prospect of bankruptcy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30

QUIZ

/. Who has been appointed secretary gen.
eral of the league of nations?
.. Who called architecture "frozen
music?
3. What was the name of the three headed
dog which, according to Greek mythol-
ogy, guarded the entrance to Hades!
4. What is ashlar?
5. Who was the possessor of the magical
sword ':Excalibur"?
6. Where are the Straits Settlements?
I. What book of the Bible tells the story
of Joseph?
S. Where is the famous church of st.
Sophia which the Greeks want re-
claimed from Mahommedanism?
8. Who was commander of the French
army after Marshal Foch became gen.
eralssimo of the Allied forces?
10. OF what state is Postmaster General
Bureson a citizen?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
RUBBER HEELS
Second Interview With Guy Wheeler

An lRATE face surmountcd by tawny
"A hair punctuated the tobacco smoke OF
our sanctum just now. 1t was Guy Wheeler.
"You blinking IDIOT" he said, what do
YOU mean by playing me up in tho paper
as n damn hero? What's all this hand
painted stuff about valorous doings III the
air? Bcaucoup trouble for me. Is this the
kind of welcome you give chap?'
We stammered something incoherent.
"What," we cried piteously, lis the use of
having friends in the air service unless
they're willing to pretend to be heroes!'
II know he quoth bitterly, 'you don't
care what you say as long as you get your
space filled up, but for the love of Mike.
man, to make me out bleeding Galahad
I demand reparation. You know ] was in
England most of the time. and the only
danger We ran into over there was from
the cooking. I can face boiled mutton and
brussels sprouts without Il whimpcr, but not
this bird man trpc.'
This column is at your disposal for any
amend possible VIC blcatcd mlscrably.
''Surey you know that to the newspapers
every returned soldier is hero. We thought
they liked it.
"Not anybody who was with the Eng
lsh " he said savagey. The English have
different ideas about this blooming hero
stuff. Kindly state that flying in England
was nowhere near as dangerous as crossing
Broad and Chestnut streets. and that the
only peril we had to encounter was from
the English cooks. If you don't do me JUS
tice on this I'll turn the Emergency Aid
booksellers loose on you
And therefore we wish to remark, and our
Language is plain. that we retract, with
draw. annur and dsavow any implied testi-
mony that Guy is hero. He isn't, and if
YOU love life don't suggest it to him.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30

We don't know who Mr.. Arundel Cove
is-the name sounds familiar somehow
but he has an article in the May Book
man. in which he describes a visit to &.
X. Chesterton. at Beacons6cld, England.
In the course of his sprightly remarks this
agreeable writer-we cant help thinking we
have met him somewhere-says that a man
he met near the Bcaconsfeld railway station
was very urgent that I should visit the
ancient Penn church, not far away, in
the churchyard of which William Penn Is
buried"
The fact is that William Penn is not
buried at Penn church. As every good
Philadelphian knows, many of us by dint
of personal pilgrimage, he lies beneath n
very modest stone in the little Friends
burying ground at old Jordan's Meeting
House. few miles from Beaconsfeld
through country lanes. The village of Penn
from which we believe Penn's family came
originally is also near Beaconsfield, but is
quite a different place from Jordans. The
old Penn church is lovely place, but we
were more interested in Penn Woods
nearby heavenly tract of old beeches
which Bill must have known we'll. Perhaps
when he called this part of the world Penn
sylyania, or Penn's Woodland, he had in
mind that little English boscage. We were
wandering there one afternoon just at sun :
set when the slanting shafts of light fell
quivering like flaming golden arrows
through the chinks of foliage. In one such
spear of brilliance stood a pheasant, daz-
cling scarlet and blue. II was almost as
lovely sight as a magazine cover.
The next time Mr.. Arundel Cove wanders
| round Beaconsfield we hope he viii correct
| that inaccurate EnglishmaE who prowIs nea,
the railway station. d 4.' " 451 n
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

I. The word nationals" as used in the
league of nations covenant means
either citizens or subjects or both.
.. Gustav Ador is president of the Swiss
Confederation.
3, 'Inspiring bold John Barleycorn" is
line from Burns's poem, Tam
O'Shapter.'
4. The president of the German national
assembly is Herr Fehrenbach.
!. The Aqutania is accredited with the
fastest transatlantic run made by any
troopship, having recently made the
crossing to New York in five days
twelve hours and some minutes.
g. Osaka is the second largest city in
Japan.
I. Napoleon Bonaparte gave himself up to
Captain Maitland of the British man
Of war Bellerophon on July 10, 1915.
8. Lake Geneva 10 also called Lake Leman.
o. The Democratic national convention
which renominated Woodrow Wilson
for President in 1915 was held y
Baltimore,
a rt>.-.. ~ ~ h..,. n -. :. L :. . -, l
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-30
To My Daughter-3 Days Old

YOUR eyes look out unqucstioning. un-
l. afraid,
On an alien world.
Your ears are crinked, half -unfolded leaf
buds:
Your hands are 1uttering moths at twilight;
You have supped on the white milk of my
You have never tasted the salt of tears
Little unawakened heart.
When your eyes have grown dark with pain,
When your ears have heard the rhythm
OF your own sobbing in the night,
When your weary hands have lifted the bur.
den of sorrow,
And your lips have forgotten my breast,
This other drink bring you--
The strong red wine of courage,
Distilled from the slow drops of my suffering
heart.
Then shall your eyes look out
Unquestioning, unafraid,
On an alien world.
Nancy Barr Mavity, in The Bookman,