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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-26
Orphan Ridge.

G. NJ. Axes was down Tuesday
looking after his Tine farms.
W. vi. Barlean and Fred Jones
were dragging the roads Tuesday,
being the rirst OF the season. Let
Others follow.
Lee DAVIS and wife spent Monday
evening at Dan Barleans.
Mrs Pearl Barlean spent Thurs
day. with her aunt, Mrs. Ann Ellis.
several from here attended the
J. w. Butler sale Monday.
G. E. Poush is hauling up his
summer wood this week and will
have it sawed the coming week.
Mrs. r. a. Merritt and son heu=
pen and his wife spent Sunday even
ing at the j. w. Fitch home.
w. NJ. Barlean spent Sunday ey-
ening at C. E. Pousn S.
Mrs. Pearl Barlean spent Sunday
afternoon with her aunt, Mrs. Ann
Ellis.
d. J. Barlean and daughter, Liz
Zle spent Wednesday in Leon at w.
A. Rocks.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Sim Fitch,
Feb: 18th, a nine pound girl. Both
John Fitch and son Harve spent
Sunday at the home Of his son, Wal
ter Fitch.
MIS-. c. E. Poush is numbered
among the sick this week, but is
some better.
narlean brothers had business OF
the county seat Friday.
Mrs. Ira Bennett spent Thursday
afternoon in Leon with relatives.
Fred Jones had business at Davis
City Wednesday.
Milt Truitt spent Wednesday at
ternoon with the Barlean boys.
Mrs. Henry Moore went to Davis
City Monday and will visit few
days with friends before returning
TO her home at Trenton, Missouri.
Bill Earlean spent Thursday ev-
enirg at the Jones home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-26
Dekalb.

Mr.. and Mrs. Atherton have a
very sick baby, but it is some better
at this writing.
Mike Frey and Miss Rosa Smith
spent Sunday afternoon at the Char
ley Wilson home.
Andy Wilson is some better at
this writing.
Harry Wilson sawed wood for Ike
Poland and Jim Binning the last of
the week, also for Charlie Wilson.
Misses Grace and Helen South
spent Sunday with their 'grandpar-
ents, Mr.. and Mrs: Dave Fry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilson and
Miss Ruth Wilson vert Grand Riv-
er callers Saturday.
Mrs. Lucy Wells has been on the
sick list this week. =
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Wilson and
Miss Ruth Wilson and brother Del
bert and Andrew Miller were Sun
day guests at the Charlie Wilson
home.
Mrs. Rose Wilson called on her
sister, Mrs. Tilda Wilkie and son
frankie Saturday morning.
Mrs. Clyde Blades is staying at
the Roy Blades home caring for the
children this week
Mr. and Ms. Walter Cox called at
the Harlan Atherton home Sunday.
Mrs. Belle Kanode and daughter
called a the Roy Blades home Sun
day
Mrs. Alice Norris is very sick.
Osmer Sissell and Andrew Miller
were. bUsisess callers in Grand Riv-
err Saturday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-26
Garden Grove.

Mrs. Bernie Bates went to Leon
Friday to meet her little daughter
who had been taking treatment at
the childrens hospital at Iowa City
for the past few weeks, She is very
much improved in health.
y Mrs. Will Hines Went to Leon Sat
urday to visit with her neice, Mrs.
Gray, who has been sick.
Tom Riddle went to Davis City
Friday to visit with relatives for a
few days.
tended the funeral Of the fourteen
months. old daughter cf Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. schoffield, former resi-
dents of this community. The Chas.
Schoffield family are located at
Manhattan, Kan, where Mr.. Schof-
field is instructor in the university
there in the tractor, auto and shop
departments, taking the course there
i himself some time ago and follow
ing that line ever since.
Mrs. Morris Arnold was a recent
visitor with relatives in Charlton,
returning the last Of the week.
Mr.. Hayer of Lamont was one of
the judges at the declamatory con-
test last Wednesday and has many
! friends here who were pleased to
meet him again.
E. P. Hamilton and son Rex went
| to Mt. Pleasant one day last week
to attend big horse sale.
Dwight Snyder and family moved
last week to near Oskaloosa, where
he has rented farm for the com
ms season. However he nas not
sold his farm in this county.
Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Frazier If Da-
Wis City came last Thursday to visit
e., the home of their sister, MIS-.
Reick.
Mrs. A. j. Roberts was visitor a.
the county seat last Thursday
J. r. Grenawalt was an Oskaloosa
visitor part of last week attending
the reunion of his old company OF
Spanish American. war veterans. He
saws they had a mighty fine time.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-26
Leroy.

houn attended Masonic lodge at
Humeston Wednesday night.
Leo Davidson spent the past week
at Des Moines.
John Westfall and daughter Hazel
and Elizabeth Culver We're Humes-
ton visitors Wednesday.
were Charlton visitors Wednesday.
A: 3. SilVers was business visi-
tor in Leon Thursday
Ray Scott attended the A.asonic
school OF instruction at Grand Riv-
er Thursday.
II. E. Swearingen, the c. &. & O.
ASCENT, spent Sunday with relatives
e. o. MCGEE moved last week to
the D. c. Thurlow farm near Wei
Mrs. Gladys Heath and Mary Sui
Ivan were Qsceola visitors tuesday.
MIR. and Mrs. II. D. Buffum and
children and Mrs. e. B. Rushing Of
Humeston drove to Osceola Friday.
Mrs. Roy Trullinger of HumestCn
was business visitor in town Fri
day.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Mcclure re-
Gently moved from Sheridan, Wyom-
ing, and are living with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Mcclure.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid se,y-
ed lunch at the A. Heath and Sulli-
van Bros. sales Monday.
Nj. Rex and family are moving
from farm near Garden Grove to
the property which they bought OF
w. S. ThrOckmorton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Brown moved
IN to the G. B. Lang property Satur-
day.
The w. F. NJ. S. met at the home
of Mrs. Jack Sullivan Thursday af-
ternoon.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-26

Mems light work shoes, built fo-
service, $3.50 Out they go at only 1898
$50 pairs mems heavy work shoes. Out
they 90 at only 50 90 to. rs
Mems work shoes, black and brown,
heavy soles. Built for good service,
$3.50. Out they go at only $5.75
Mems work shoes, brown, black and
green. Heavy nail soles, $3.50. Out they
go at only $3.50
Mems black English and round toe
styles, English and semi-English styles.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1920-02-26

Out they go at only -.-,-- S4.9S
700 pairs mems black English and round
toe styes, English and semi English styles.
Heavy soles. Built for. service, S. SO
Out they go at only 1896 to-. 1886
Boys work shoes, black and brown
calf, heavy and medium soles, $500. Out
they go at ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1895
Youth s shoes, black and brown, me-
dunn and heavy weight soles and tops,
$500. Out they go at$295 and $2.19
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-30
Strange Things

Some two months ago the editors
of the Republican papers of the state
or rather about thirty-five of the
ninety in the state, met at Boise for
the purpose Of perfecting a state or
ganization and discussing matters of
interest to the craft, the same as
bankers, grocers, lawyers, doctors
and farmers have state organizations
for the mutual exchange of ideas and
for social time.
Ever since the meeting the Nom
partisan Leader has scarcely let one
issue go by without referring to the
meeting and charging that OF was a
bunch of grafters gathered together
to determine how they could fleece
the people and incidentally take
orders from the "big interests"
Strange, isn't it, that some ninety
papers in the state are all run by
men without character and that the
Idaho Leader, the Ashton Enterprise
and one or two more are. the only.
pure and holy papers in the state.
Nampa Leader Herald.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-30
Chapter XIV.
I. How People Waste Time

A good many people write tele-
grams twice as long as they need to,
and most of them waste time and
gold on the long distance telephone
trying to find polite way to quit
after they have delivered the mes
sage and heard 1t repeated back over
the wire. A few weeks ago a Chicago
house wishing to delve into the great
mystery of the paper famine, con-
ceived an idea of taking census of
the visible supply by getting tele-
graphic reports from 100 of the
principal wholesale houses at the
same hour by wire. They could have
done it for the price OF 100 night
letters and 100 ten-word kilograms
II the wholesale houses had been
managed by men of sense and eff
ficiency. but it cost them many times
the amount they had expected it to.
" The Stupid Wholesalers
Here is the plan, and here is how
it worked out the wrong way. The
inquiry was made about the quantity
Of print paper, described as sheets.
size 30h inches wide and "A inches
long, SO pounds to ream, I. O. b.
at the point of inquiry 2 p. m. Sat-
urday following receipt of the night
letter sent out on Tuesday night. The
night letter used fifty words to de-
scribe in detail Just exactly what was
wanted at O'Clock certain day,
and there was no occasion to wire
back anything else but words abso-
lutely necessary to convey the an
swer to the questions. The Chicago
house instructed the wholesalers to
send the kilograms collect" mean
ing that Chicago would pay for them
and Of course relied upon the whole
salers to protect them against un-
necessary cost.
Foolish Waste in kilograms
For example, il the Spokane house
had four cars that day and were sell
ing at 8 cents pound, they could
wire: "168 tons at 8 cents" and a
ten-word telegram would carry it
and have three words to spare.
Some of the houses sent that kind of
replies, and some of them wrote
enough to fill a letter and sent it at
regular day rates for the quick SER
vice. Here is sample of many fool
ish replies sent, apparently in good
faith, and who is there that would
not like to fire the manager that
dictated the telegram.
Seattle, Wash, Dec, 4, 1919
Western Newspaper Union,
Chicago, Ill.
We have your wire of the thirtieth
asking about our supply and prices
for print paper +. OBJ. here size
30Rx44-50, and have to advise that
our stock is very low on this class of
paper. We handle considerable in
rolls and in the colored stock for Job
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-30

tnlnk tnat everybody that mas ever
lad any experience buying books
knows enough to scan the list
sheet" or the letter or whatever
there is to show how much the dis
counts are. And anyone who is in
the habit TO buying goods for a store
always looks over an invoice before
paying it, to see when it is due and
low much if any discount is allowed
Back to the Telephone
This woman on the telephone
,hould have known that when she
'as thru with that bill for books,
when she had checked it up and
'ound the goods were actually de-
ivered, the thing to do was to o. X
t and sent it to the department that
les the paying. so it could be kept
rs a part of the records to show what
he money was spent for. Instead of
loing that, she got him on the tele-
hone and gave him an oral report
hat some certain bill for goods was
correct. He dealt with invoices of
vi kinds in great numbers and filed
tpacked them away them accord
ing to system, where he could re-
to them at any time according to
is indexing system.
After she had told him that the
avoice was correct land had told
i'm which invoice she was talking
.bout, she added, "The books are
II here, but there is one thing on
Il | don't understand. It says,
0 and 10 and off,"
He said, "Oh well, you know what
hat means don't your !.
She: "No, DON'T"
He laughed a little, softly, and
hen said, Well, just send the in
dice over to me. will take care
of It,"
What DO You Think?
Do you suppose well-informed
woman who has been attending the
conventions of politicians and wo-
mems clubs and helping to shape
the destinies of the state" since the
year 1907 and holding political jobs
most of the time, doesn't yet know
any better than to select books for
the state without knowing about the
discounts? Some of them used to
be discounted SO or 60 per cent, even
to retail customers. Do you suppose
The has been approving and paying
bills for books all these years and
letting the wholesalers beat her out
If the discounts?
l wouldn't be so dog gonned sensi-
tive about it and SO persistent about
publishing the record of her failures
IL she we're a Democrat. But the
dickens of it is she is a Republican.
am expecting to vote the Repub-
lican ticket this year, couldn't
'ote the other ticket after all the
wholesale rottenness of the past few
years, SO naturally feel a good deal
embarrassed when l find among all
the good works of the present state
such items as these.
7 don't think it is directly charge
able to having women in politics, for
men have done worse.
When we Republicans hold our
next state convention to nominate
candidates, the chief of the library
will be there. She will be closer to
the high council than will be, and
she will have more to say about
who's who. She will probably be
telling people that the women of the
state will "Be Responsible" in this
campaign, and they probably will
But any candidate that she would
endorse, don't think would be &C
'eptable to me. would keep think
ing of all these things l have been
telling you about, and | would not
'~ant them nor her to have the job
of spending my tax money.
To be continued
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-30
Managing the State Business

IN institutions Information for
the people and for high brows WELL
~ Meeting Bolshevism with Information and reason
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-30
Where Everybody Lost
Running for Office


Growing weary of operating their
presses to acquire stock In companies
that were no good, some of the news
paper men turned to politics or auc-
ioneering or some line of trade. Al
editorial conventions they persuaded
one another that newspaper men
ought to be represented in the legis-
alive halls of the state, and in state
ffices, SO they began to. cultivate
The political bee for themselves. A
number of them ran for office ami
were elected or received a1ipoint
nents to places on boards of regents
tmong those who also ran," were
]. w. Tanner of Filler, Charli
Wright of Montpelier, James H. Wal
is of Rexburg, J. w. Jones of Rigby
". Lloyd Adams of Rexburg, J. w
Brinton, t0f Arco and North Dakota
now missingJ George R. Barker of
Standpoint, Ell. Purcell of Weieer
Z. E. Dillingham; of Mackay, e r
CARRIER of American Falls, w. H.
9arkhurst of Richfield and M. B
Yeaman of Idaho Falls.
WIFI possibly Oue exception uHev
all lost money and saw their business
shrink by entering the political
arena. Some of them went back
home and by heroic efforts rebuilt
their declining business, and some
Of them never regained it.
Editors Who Lost
There were some editors who were
Always looking for chance to have
their paper made the official organ
for some new party or powerful cor
poration, and some of them got all
the experience they wanted. Some
Of them sought favor or notoriety
by fighting city or county admin
istration and in such efforts sought
70 build up their papers. Truxton
Talbot at Pocatello and Joe Dewitt
IT Soda Springs went into the lime
light in such efforts. Talbot failed
utterly and Dewitt scored a tempo
rary victory in a political campaign
but could not stay4and preserve his
business in the same county after
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-30
Chapter VIII

here was a period when publish
srs of newspapers in this valley were
telling each other that there was no
money in the newspaper business,
and that it would be necessary to
ave a side line, preferably one
which they could boost with the
newspaper. Lawyers, doctors and
politicians were saying similar things
to each other as to side line, and a
favorite way of trying to make some
money on the side was to invest in
mining stock or some stock scheme.
The way the newspaper usually did
it was to do some printing and ad-
yertising for the stock company and
take pay in capital stock. If pub
Usher was not getting much advertis-
ing it was tempting offer to make
to him, to take page or half page
for month ana pay him in capital
stock in a company that looked like
dividend-payer at some future day.
In such cases, the publisher was gen.
orally optimistic and believed that
the company had good thing and
was going to be profitable. The ad-
vertising generally made good i'm
preston with somebody who had
money to invest, and in the exper-
fence of many years, the publishers
and the. public learned that most of
these things were not sound and
never paid anything but the pro-
mOters.
Where Everybody Lost
Lawyers taking stock in such
schemes generally paid for their
stock in professional services, and
the doctors usually paid in cash,
think, and thereby lost the profits of
the best years Of their lives. Some
of the farmers who responded and
bought stock in such companies Dor
rowed the money by mortgaging
their farms, and some of them lost
their farms. If all of these home
people had had the forethought and
courage to go and consult with local
bankers before doing anything to &C
luire shares in these stock schemes,
hey might have profited by the con-
3ultation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-30

the fight was won, so he sold out and
moved away.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-20
LITTLE BENNY'S NOTEBOOK
BY Lee Pape.

Me and Puds Simkins was taking g
wawk this aftirnoon, and we stopped anC
started to look In the window of deli
catessen store at all the diffrent things
In il, Puds saving, | wish we was inside
don't you love the smell of the inside of a
delicatessen store?
like it all rite, don't love it, sed, and
Puds sed, Hay, / tell you lets watts do,
lets 90 in and ask for sumthing they aint
got, like picked bananas or sumthing
Jest for ixcuse TO go in and smell awhile
Wich we started to do, going in and
Jest standing there smelling till the man
came up to US. saying, Well, boys? Meen-
ing wat did we wunt to buy Being a fat
man with big mushtash to attrack atten-
tion away frum his bald he'd, and Puds sed
Have YOU got eny picked bananas?
Picked wat? sed the man.
Bananas, sed Puds, and the man sed
You must be krazy. And he wawke
back TO the other end of the store looking
as if it wouldent of took mutch more to
insult him, and Puds whispered, Lets per-
tend we're looking Ground to see wat elts
we wunt TO buy.
Wieh we started to do, Puds saying
o boy, don't that smell CRATE? Meening
the hole store, and sed. I've sInelt better
smells than this Wich / have, sutch a.
stake and onions and flowers, and we kepu
on pretending to look GROUND, and af-
ter vile the man came over agen, saying
Do you kids wunt enything, yes or no.
No, sed Puds, and the man sed, Then
take wawk. Meening for us 10 get out oi
the store.
Wich we did
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-20
DAILY ECONOMY CALENDAR
Copvright, 1918. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate, New YORK city.
WITH TEA.

Did it ever strike you as just little
odd that. although we use the flavor OF
coffee for so many different purposes De-
sides for the usual beverage, we seldom
find the flavor of tea used save In the
beverage or in combination with some
fruit Juices to form punch.
You often have coffee ice cream anu
cafe parfait. Why not tea ice cream ana
tea parfait2 As matter OF fact IT is quite
a delicious possibility Here IS rule Tor
making the ice cream. 1t calls Tor cupiul
of strong, freshly-made tea and pint OF
cream, and the juice of half a lemon
sweetened to taste, and frozen In the usuai
way. With tea and little lemon juice and
sugar to taste YOU can make q sherbet
that is extremely refreshing on warm
day.
If YOU are planning to have house guests
at your summer place this summer, don
forget that iced tea is a usually fayonte
beverage, and make plan TO have freshly
made iced tea oni ice at all times for your
guests There are many persons who nave
a positive antipathy for charged sweet
drinks Likewise remember that some
persons do not like sugar In iced tea.
Either have none of it sugared or have some
that is and some that is not. TIT Is served
unsweetened it is a good plan TO have the
sugar bowl served with it containing pow
dered sugar as this dissolves more quickly
in an iced drink than does the granuated
sort, and lump sugar is extremely reticent
about dissolving in the drink that Is iced
And speaking of tea, did YOU ever try
making it with milk instead OF water?
Some persons like it this way, and IT is
said that some invalids who cannot take
the usual sort of tea find this extremely
satisfactory. To make it, put the tea
leaves as usual in the tea pot and then pour
over them a little hot milk-that IS not
too creamv-that has been brought to the
boiling point, but no more: Let II stand
a minute or so and then add as much more
hot milk as you will need to make the
right strength.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-20

girl, and when the King and Queen told
her one day it was time she took a husband
she shook her golden curls and said she
did not intend to marry.
mot intend TO marry?" said the King.
'TWho ever heard of Princess not marry
ing? Do YOU know that some day you
will be Queen, and need King to help
you reign?"
But Princess Ina declared she would
not marry, and when her father bid all the
Princes from far and near come to feast
that his daughter might choose husband,
the willful Princess ran away.
When it became known that she was
gone all the servants and all the Princes
who had come TO the feast began to hunt
for her. but though they hunted weeks
she could not be found.
At last the search was given up and the
Princes returned to their homes. But one
Prince Ravante. said that he would look
in the Enchanted Forest before he gave
up the search.
Everybody told him it was useless to
look, for even if the Princess had gone
there he would not be able TO rescue her
and that neither of them would ever be
seen again.
But Prince Ravante said he would try
at any rate, loi Ht was topi AiAieN t'HN
had no throne to lose, as he did not have
a kingdom.
One dark night the Prince set out on
his strange journey. He rode on back
horse, and was dressed in suit of back
velvet, with a close-fitting hood OF the
same material.
He wore black boots, and the horse
had black bride so that he was not easily
seen IN the dark and dressed in this way
he rode to the edge of the Enchanted Forest
as the midnight hour was striking and
drew up his horse behind a clump of tall
trees and waited.
Continued Tomorrow.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-04-20
baking dish, and bake in oven until meat
is tender

baking dish, and bake in oven until meat
is tender.
A Reader-"Will you kindly give me
the recipe for making timbales?"
Answer-Swedish Timbales-Mix in the
order given, without separating egg yolks
from whites, eggs, ] cup -four, tea
spoon sugar, 19 cup milk, "a teaspoons
salt, tablespoon olive oil. Heat the tim
bale iron in kettle Of deep fat, drain with
tissue paper, and dip into the batter. Let
the iron become coated with the batter
and then dip into the fat again, and cook
until coating is light brown and crisp.
Drain in brown paper.
Reader-''Please give me recipe for q
cake made of potato -four and also
recipe for farna puddins?"
Answer-Potato Flour Sponge Cake
Separate eggs: beat the yolks very thick,
add / cup sugar and "a teaspoon salt.
Beat the whites stiff and add them to the
first mixture. Add ] teaspoon baking
powder to y cup of potato -four. Flavor
| with y teaspoon vanilla, and IA teaspoon
lemon.
Farina Pudding tablespoons farina,
3 tablespoons sugar, eggs, 2 cups milk,
| and the grated rind of y lemon. Put milk
| and grated rind into a double boiler and
| when it reaches the boiling point stir in the
| farina and cook FIVE minutes. Then turn
onto the egg yolks, which have been
| beaten until light. stirring constantly. Let
| the mixture cool, but not set; then fold IN
| the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs, to
which pinch of salt has been added.
Place in baking dish and place dish in a
pan half filled with hot water. Bake Tor
| 25 minutes in moderate oven and serve
/ at once.
Tomorrow Fireless Cooker Dinner