The Leon reporter., March 28, 1907, Image 5

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For Oklahoma real estate write or
call on C. B. Jordan, Enid, O. T.
FOR SALE—Two new buggies and two
sets of buggy harness. ZED GORE.
We have plenty of same kinds and
styles of harness at the same old price.
BOWSHER & BOWSHER.
We are now ready to do view
work either In the city or country.
Gate's Studio. North Side Square.
FARM 'FOR SALE—120 acres at $05. per
acre. Possession any time before plow
ing for corn. This oiler to all agents,
myself included. Commission for sell
ing, $1.00 per acre.
30-2t. W. H. MCCALLA.
John F. Sullivan used to be the best
prize fighter but he got knocked out
so have all other corn planters because
they can't stand the test with the whirl
wind. The Sure Drop for sale at Bowsher
•& Bowsher's.
The two big 40 horse power boilers
which will be installed at the enlarged
plant of the Clarinda Poultry, Butter &
Egg Co., in this city, arrived last Thurs
day. Workmen are now engaged in
tearing out the inside of the present
building preparatory to remodeling its
The John W. Gardner farm of 320
acres, two miles northeast of Leon, oc
cupied by Will Gardner was sold the
past week to J. H. Maine, of Bayard,
Iowa, at &55 per acre. Tho deal was
negotiated by W. F, Gliormley, of this
city, and was a cash transaction.
The last number of the Leon Library
lecture course which was to have been
given at the opera house Friday eve
ning of this week has been indefinitely
postponed, on account of the illness of
one of the members of the concert com
pany, and a date later in tho season
will be arranged for the attraction.
SPRING
Another of the regulation wrecks on
the "Calamity" branch oohe Burlington
occurred last Wednesday afternoon be
tween Kellerton and Mt. Ayr, when a
couple of box cars jumped the track
and traffic was blocked for several
hours. The evening passenger train due
at Leon at 0:02 went through the next
morning at 2:30 o'clock.
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WALL PAPERS
The inside door of tho big safe at Bell
& Robinson's drugstore refused to open
last week and after working for several
days without getting it open they sent
to Des Moines for an expert, "Smith, the
locksmith,"and hehad it open after work
ing on it a couple of hours. The trouble
was caused by a couple of small screws
becoming loose on the inside of the com
bination.
Rev. W. A. Montgomery, who for sev
eral years has been pastor of the Pres
byterian church in this city, has stored
his goods here, having tendered his
resignation as pastor several months
ago. He left Friday for West Branch,
Iowa, where he preached on Sunday and
then went to Rockford, 111., where Mrs.
Montgomery and the children are visit
ing at the home of her parents. He has
not as yet decided where he will locate,
having several places in view..
Just now at our store the most
beautiful and attractive designs
in wall papers are being shown.
If you are thinking of papering,
makes no difference what room
in the house, come to our store
and examine our new wall pa
pers. It costs you nothing to
examine them and you will get"
a great deal of satisfaction out
.of it. If you bring the dimen
sions of the room we will tell
you exactly the cost of paper
ing your rooms. Many new
styles, many new designs. We
handle the
The many friends of Dr. A. Brown, of
Letts, Iowa, for many years a resident
of Leon, will be greatly pleased to hear
that he has received a government ap
pointment in the inspection service of
the bureau of chemistry of the depart
ment of agriculture. The appointment
is under civil service role so that it is
a permanent one and carries with it a
splendid salary. His territory will prob
ably .jto western Illinois, northern
Missoari and southern Iowa.
All Need Them
We have safe-deposit boxes for
the use of administrators, guar
dians, trustees of societies,' etc.$S|
The expense is nominal.
Exchange National Bank
Robert T. Graves
Line, of New York.
BELL ROBINSON
True Druggists
The
West Side Square Leon, Iowa
High Scoring Barred Rock Eggs, $1.00
for 15. Frank Chastain, Leon, lowa.29t4
If you need a good pump or windmill
see W. H. Filical, one door west of
Hansell's. 24-tf
The C. W. B. M. will meet with Mrs.
Julian Harris, Wednesday, April 3rd at
2:30 o'clock.
Millinery has advanced like Texas
land. It will take a pretty prosperous
man to buy his wife an Easter Bonnet
this year.
The plow cut Disc Harrows will throw
the dirt over better and will work in
wetter ground. Come and see them.
BOWSHER & BOWSHER.
WANTED:—Person to travel and col
lect in home territory weekly salary of
$1072 per year and expenses. Address,
JOSEPH ALEXANDER, Leon, Iowa.
It is real nice to answer the 'phone
every day and hear someone call, "have
you the Sure Drop planter" and hear
them say "yes, I will take one." We
have had an eye opener and pick out
individuality in oar implements so if
you want the best tool see us.
BOWSHER & BOWSHIJR.
Vin Coffin and "Duby" Albee, two
well known young men of this city, are
in trouble at St. Joe, being under ar
rest charged with burglary and larceny.
It is claimed they were caught burglar
izing a merchandise car in the Burling
ton yards in that city and are now con
fined in jail awaiting trial.
Owen Depew, a former well known
resident of this city, now residing at
Clarinda, has signed with the Webb
City, Kansas, base ball team, and will
catch for them. The Webb City team
is in the Western Association and Owen
is in pretty fast company. He has been
making good on the diamond now for
several years.
We are in receipt of a letter from
Lindsay Osborn, another of the old time
Leon boys, enclosing the money for The
Reporter. He writes that he greatly
enjoys reading the numerous letters we
have published from the old boys and
girls as he was one of them away back
in 1860, but for many years has resided
at Latham, Gas.
We have only 27 Sure Drop corn
planters on hand out of a car load. Had
you not better come in and get the best
corn planter made today? It has no
equal. It does not grind the corn.
Never buy a planter that you can't look
at the bottom plates and change them
by turning over the boxes only, at
Bowsher & Bowsher's.
I will be home the first week of
April, and all parties who have any out
standing obligations with me will do
me a favor to settle and I also have a
40 A farm one mile east of Leon to rent
or sell, as well as a residence property
in North Leon, 5 blocks from public
school, either to rent or sell, will sell
cheap. J. S. WARNER.
The actual work on the new court
house commenced Monday morning
when a force of men and teams began
excavating for the new court house.
Superintendent Peterson is well pleased
at getting started on the work so early
and it will be pushed along as rapidly
as possible. A big derrick has been
erected at the depot to be used in uiv
loading heavy material.
Bowsher & Bowsher will receive this
week a full car load of the celebrated
Ford automobiles, the first autos ever
handled by a dealer in this county, and
we doubt if there is another town the
size of Leon in the whole state whore a
dealer received a full car load in one
shipment. It begins to look as if auto
mobiles were coming to stay and it will
only be a short time untihthey will be as
common as bicycles. Mr. J. R. Bowsher
carefully examined all the machines on
the market and finally decided that the
Ford was the cheapest and best ma
chine for general use, and they are
guaranteed to be able to climb the hills
and rough roads of this part of .the state
with ease.
FOR SALE —My entire collection of
house plants. MKS. H. J. LANDIS.
Wasson .& Boone have an adv. in this
issue which it will pay you to read.
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Will Campbell, of south* ast of Leon,
Monday.
LOST—A pair of gold bow spectacles.
The finder is requested to return them
to THE REPORTED office.
Will Easter Sunday be a nice day?
Ought to be, for there will be some
nice new hats to show oft.
Don't fail to read the big said adv. of
Walton and Hazlet in this issue. The
sale is Wednesday, April 3rd.
FOR SALE—Complete saw mill outfit
with 10 h. p. engine and corn burrs for
sale cheap on account of my health.
27tf D. A. BRIGHT.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presby
terian church will serve their, regular
monthly tea on Tuesday evening, April 2,
from 5:30 to 7 o'clock.
There will be a special meeting of
the K. P. lodge on Friday evening of
this week for the purpose of conferring
degree work. There are eight candi
dates on the road and special meetings
are necessary to confer the work. All
members should be present.
Last Thursday was a regular
scorcher of a day and broke all rec
ords for warm weather in March in
this state. The government thermome
ter registered 86 degrees iu the shade
and the hot day started everybody to
making garden with a vengeance.
The Leon school board will hold a
special sension on Monday, April 15th
for the purpose of electing a principal,
assistant principal and grade teachers
for next year. All applicants should
file their applications with the secre
tary, Dr. J. W. Rowell, and not the indi
vidual members of the board and they
will receive due consideration by the
board.
Rev. W. A. Ivunz, of Ida Grove, oc
cupied the pulpit at the Presbyterian
church in this city last Sunday morn
ing and evening preaching two excellent
sermons. The Presbyterian church
being nowwithout a pastor they have
extended invitations to several min
isters to preach trial sermons in this
city before they extend a permanent
call for anew pastor.
Clarence L. Akes has received notice
of his appointment as a regular carrier
on rural route No. 3, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of J. W. Delk.
Clarence has been the substitute carrier
for the past six months, during which
time he has been on duty a good share of
the time on account of Mr. Delk being
disabled, and his appointment will
please the patrons of this route.
At a meeting of the stockholders of
the Decatur County Creamery Associa
tion held in this city last week it was
decided to wind up the affairs of the
company and discontinue the business.
The creamery building and apparatus
was sold tfo C. M. Akes who will use the
engine for grinding feed for the stock
he feeds. He has no intention of en
gaging in the creamery business
though just because he has purchased
the Leon creamery.
Postmaster Millard F. Stookey has a
supply of the new one cent stamp books
and they are fisding a ready sale with
the public. The books contain twenty
four one cent stamps and sell for 25
cents. The 2 cent stamp books have
been on sale for a number of years, and
it has always been a wonder to the pub
lic why the government did not make
on3 cent stamp books for they are a
very convenient shape in which to se
cure and carry stamps.
Mrs. Addie L. Curry met with a pain
ful and unusual accident last Sunday.
While dining at Hotel Leon a very
small chicken bone became lodged in
her throat and she has suffered greatly.
A physician was called at once and
every effort made to remove the bone,
but it was so small and had apparently
buried itself in the membrane of the
throat so that it could not be located.
The bone finally became dislodged
Monday, and Mrs. Curry experienced
great relief although her throat is
still quite sore from the laceration.
The heavy hoisting engine which will
be used by the contractors of the new
court house was placed in position last
Friday. Lem Yanostrand took the con
tract for moving it from the depot and
when he hitched his four teams of heavy
horses to the engine it had to move, but
it was slow work, for the engine weighed
6900 pounds and as there was no wagon
in the city heavy enough to hold it they
had to drag it up town on skids and this
made a hard job as the dead weight on
the ground pulled more than four times
as hard as if it had been on wheels.
Vanostrand's horses attracted consider
able attention with the load but they
all pulled together and it is safe to say
there are not four other teams in tho
county which could have pulled this
load.
If one may be guided by the old say
ing that "imitation is the best form of
flattery," Mr. Clarence Bennett, author
of the Biblical drama, "The Holy City"
should feel not only flattered but high
ly honored. Previous to the initial pro
duction of "The Holy City" by Messrs.
Gordon and Bennett four years ago,
there was no play before the public
which dealt with the story of John the
Baptist since that time, other drama
tists have realized in this same story,
the most inexhaustible resources for
dramatic intensity and have not been
slow to utilize the same as a basis for
dramatic and operatic construction.
As a proof of this we hope only to re
vert to the recent production in New
York City of the opera "Salome" and to
the addition of "John the Baptist"—the
work of a German dramatist—to the
Southern-Marlowe repertoire. These
are the most notable instances,
although
there are a number of lesser ones.
While we do not mean to infer that
these later authors have openly plagar
ized or infringed upon Mr. Bennett's
play, "The Holy City," it is evident to
al! that he has at least opened up new
field in the realm of dramatic literature,
in fact he has almost created a new
form drama. ••The Holy City" has en
joyed unqualified success from its in
cipiency, and so far none of the later
plays dealing with the same subject
have proved very formidable rivals.
Yan Werden's opera house, April 5th.
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THE LEON REPORTER. THURSDAY. MARCH 28, 1907.
Canton plows at Bowsher's. tf
Dr. Morris, the dentist, has offices in
the Biggs' block opposite Dr. Fox
worthy's office. Give him a call.
Fon SALE Pure Buff Plymouth Rock
Eggs for hatching. Setting of 15 eggs
50 cents. 30-4t Mrs. F. L. JENKINS,
Leon, Iowa.
The section foremen along this branch
of the Burlington have had their wages
increased from §45 to 850 per month.
The men employed under them now re
ceive SI.40 per day.
We have a few Deere No. 7 corn
planters that the price we have might
be attractive as they will not sell along
the side of a Sure Drop planter.
BOWSHER & BOWSHER.
Mr. John F. Hacker loft on the after
noon train Wednesday for Osceola,
where he was united in the holy bonds
of matrimony to Mrs.Lewis,of near Leon.
The newly married couple will spend a
few days traveling in Nebraska and
Iowa before they return to Mr. Hacker's
home south of town.--Van Wert Record.
Mrs. Anna Fierce, of Van Wert, re
turned Thursday from Creston, where
op Tuesday of last week she had the
ring finger on her right hand amputated
by Dr. Sampson, the operation being
necessary on account of necrosis of the
bone. Some three months ago while
enroute to California Mrs. Fierce had
the .end of her linger crushed while
traveling on a Santa Fe train and this
injury was the cause of the finger being
amputated. In passing from the day
coach to the sleeper soon after leaving
Kansas City rs. Fierce put her hand
against the side of the vestibule just as
the car lurched and the vestibule bump
ers caught her finger and crushed the
end of it badly.
Mrs. G. A. Wood who arrived from
Washington City, D. C., last Saturday
for a mouth's visit at the home of her
parents, Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Waight,
was a passenger of ihe Pennsylvania
limited train which was wrecked while
running nearly fifty miles an hour near
Stewart, Penn., about 2 o'clock last
Thursday morning, train wreckers hav
ing removed the spikes from the rails
in an effort to rob the train. Mrs.
Wood was asleep in a Pullman sleeping
car and her name was reported in the
daily papers as among the list of forty
passengers injured, but fortunately
she was but slightly injured, receiving
a sharp bump on her head when the
train was derailed. She was in the
fourth sleeper from the front of the
train and this car while leaving the
track was not overturned. The engine
mail car and eight coaches were
burned, but not a single person was
killed, although the engineer and fire
man were badly injured. The injured
passengers were at once taken to Pitts
burg and cared for, and it is thought
none of them were seriously injured.
It is little short of a miracle that a
large number were not killed.
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FOR CREAM
testing 25, and 26c for all
testing below 25.
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Easter Sunday..
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Highest market
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trade.
J. A. CASTER.
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We make a Specialty of Children's Photos
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Special to the farmer and the
Man who Works:
We are going to make a reduction of io per
cent on all our work shoes and plow shoes of all
kinds for the next two weeks. We have the best
line of shoes in Leon and we are going to sell
them. You need the shoes, we need the money.
They wear because they are made to wear. Marry
your feet to our shoes and you will never have
another separation.
J. E. ALBAIGH
Exclusive Cash Shoe Store.
Leon, Iowa. Opposite Post Office.
Reasons Why
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