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ESTABLISHED 1854.
A BIG DAIRY SPECIAL
Burlington Route's Dairy Special
will Visit Leon to Give Dairy
Lectures, Thursday, Nov. 4.
Arrangements have been com
pleted for the Burlington route spec
ial dairy meeting which will be held
Thursday afternoon, Nov. 4th. This
meeting is of more than passing im
portance. The dairy interests of
Iowa are getting to be a big thing
and our farmers are finding out that
it pays them well to look after the
dairy herd on the farm, for it brings
in a cash revenue each week.
The Leon Commercial Club has re
ceived advices from Mr. L. E.
Galley, the special dairy agent of
the Burlington road, in which he
SAygvthat the train will be here on
Thursday of next week, and bring
experts who are the best in
the country. Among the speakers
will be H. K. Wright, State Dairy
Commissioner, of Des Moines, B. D.
White, Chief of Dairy Manufacturing
investigations at Washington, D. C.,
Prof. H. G. Van Pelt, Dairy Expert
from Waterloo, Iowa, R. K. Bliss, of
the Iowa State College at Ames, and
other noted dairy experts. They will
talk on dairying and other subjects
of interest to the farmer.
These lectures will not be deliv
ered with the purpose of furthering
the interest of any particular person
or corporation, but will be handled
'm a broad comprehensive manner,
with the sole idea of aiding the
farmer to obtain better results from
the work he is now doing. The
interest of the Burlington road, of
course, is only in getting a larger
production of the various commod
ities that the farmer raises hence
their benefit would be from increased
traffic only. The railroad company
co-operating with the government
and state officials have gone to a big
expanse in running this special dairy
train over Iowa, and it is to be
hoped that the opera house will be
crowded with farmers to hear the
lectures. There will be no charge
for attending the lectures, and no
collection will be taken up. It is
all free and all that is asked of the
farmers is that they will take the
time to attend the lectures. The
farmers of Iowa know what great
results were obtained as the result
of the Beed corn and oats specials
and the dairy special is another en
terprise of similar character. Don't
think you will not be interested in
the lectures because you are not sell
ing cream. The time is coming and
that soon, when the dairy products of
Decatur county will amount to more
than the corn crop. Get in on the
ground floor. You may never have
another such opportunity to hear the
dairy business discussed by leading
experts in the United States. Make
up your mind right now that you are
going to attend, and bring your wife
with you. ..There will be much to
interest the ladies also.
Remember the date, Thursday, of
next week, Nov. 4th, at 2 o'clock, at
Van,Werden's opera house. This will
be the only place in Decatur county
where the lectures will be given.
Capt. Gooding's bale Dates.
4
v-
October 28, Pete Beasley, Leason-
ville Iowft
Oct. 59. Forbes & Collins, Bea
consfield.
Nov. 2. Claud Harsh, Mt. Ayr.
Nov. 3. H. C. Boyle, Mt. Ayr.
Nov. 4. Cris Salzman, Leason
ville.
November 5, Buchanan ft Son, La
moni, Iowa.
November- 9, W. B. Fletcher, De
catur City, Iowa.
Nov. 16. John Blubaker, Ting
ley.
Nov. 17. Will Stevens, Beacons
fie.w
November 24, John Duffield, Kel
lerton, Iowa.
November 25, Holiday.
Novebmer 26, A. Noble, Kellerton,
Iowa.
December 1, J. S. Terrell, Mt. Ayr,
Iowa.
Dec. 2. A. M. Waters, Tingley.
Dec. 9. JohA Moser, Caledonia.
December lSvJoun Scott, Black
moore, Iowa.
J. D. Pearce, a former freight
clerk at the depot in this city, is now
permanently located as Burlington
station agent at Rockport, Mo.
We have on hand at all times a
nice line of fancy fruit, peaches,
cranberries, black grapes in baskets
*and a fresh keg of Almena grapes,
Bradfield & Gardner.
I have located a saw mill on Lit
tle River and am prepared to saw out
.your native lumber any dimension.
J. B. Dobson.
Farquhar & Sons have the best
line of heating stoves and ranges ever
shown in Leon. Read their adv. in
tfc ik issue.
j. Park Hotel is serving a spec
ial Sunday dinner. Try them once
an ou will become a regular cus
to
"me little daughter was born to
iMr. and Mrs. George Redman, of
northwest of Leon, last Friday.
tiler & Pryor are offering a big
,lii of trimmed hats this week at
3312.00 for your choice.
W Teale has Just received a
si of new Reo cars. Call and
exa ine them.
.For Sale—A few choice Wyan
dotte chickens. Must go now. Ralph
SMcGlnnis.
GOING OUT OF BUSINESS.
Leon Clothing Co. Have Decided to
Close Out Their Store in Leon.
A Big Sale is Now On.
It is with regret that we announce
that the Leon Clothing Co. have de
cided to retire from business, in Leon.
Jhey came here last February and
opened a swell clothing store in the
Warner room on the west side of the
square, and since they opened for
business they have enjoyed a splen
did trade, much better than they
anticipated, but conditions are such
that they have decided to close out
their store in this city. As will be
seen by the page advertisement in
this issue of The Reporter they are
putting on a big final closing out sale
and are making prices which will
prove of interest to buyers of cloth
ing and. furnishing goods. The
Leon Clothing Co. have one of the
biggest and best stocks of goods to
be found in southern Iowa. The
goods are all new and of the very
highest quality in every department.
Rather than move the goods from
this city they are offering them at
prices which cannot fail to appeal
to the buying public. Here is an
opportunity to buy your winter's
clothing at less price than ever of
fered in this city. Their store is
closed until it opens Saturday morn
ing for their big final sale, and if
you want to buy anything in the
clothing line at a bargain, it will pay
you to attend their final Bale.
Christian Church Convention.
Your attention is called to the Bi
County Convention of the churches of
Christ in Decatur and Clarke counties
that will be held in the Christian
church at Grand River Oct. 28 to 30,
1909.
Thursday Evening.
7:30—Devotional, W. R. Matsler,
pastor.
8:00—Sermon, J. H. Ragan, Des
Moines.
Friday Morning.
9:00—Devotional, Leroy Shields,
Hopeville.
9:30—I. C. C. hour, B. S. Denny,
State Secretary.
10:30—C. E. session, J. D. Corbitt,
Weldon.
Our Endeavors and Evange
lism, Miss Ethel Key,
Sharpsburg.
11:30—Appointment of committees.
Friday Afternoon.
1:30—Devotional, J. H. Ragan,
Des Moines.
,1:45—President's Address, Rev.
Chas,, -Arthur Coakwell,
Leon.
2:00—Report of Churches.
3:00—Bible School Conference, W.
T. Fisher,State Bible School
Superintendent.
Friday Evening.
7:30—Devotional, T. R. Hodkinson,
Woodburn.
8:00—Address, W. T. Fisher. State
B. S. Superintendent.
Saturday Morning.
9:00—Devotional, Chas. Arthur
Coakwell. Leon.
:30—Sermon, G. E. Roberts,
Osceola.
10:30—Business hon'*.
A Grand Old Man.
Many of the old citizens of Mount
Ayr and vicinity have been made glad
by meeting once more Rev. F. Ed
wards, of Osceola. He has been at
tending the meetings of the Murray
Baptist church. Mr. Edwards has in
the past spent much time and labor
in planting and watering ihe Baptist
churches of Ringgold county and in
doing so did a good work and made
many friends and formed the kind of
friendship that endures. He con
firmed the churches. His presence
and counsel at the association were
appreciated by all. He has passed
his "three score years and ten" and
yet is preaching the word both in
and out of season. He has retired
to a home in Osceola and goes still
to preach where the Master calls
him. He is a busy man and is mak
ing full proof of his_ ministry.—
Mount Ayr Reoord-News.
Good Prices for Horses.
Good prices ranged at the J. S.
Beavers public sale in Woodland
township, on Tuesday of last week
for Mr. Beavers has the reputation
of raising as fine horses as can be
found in this part of the state. One
span of brood mares brought 1542.50,
beine boue.bt by George Mosher, of
Cambria, and another pair bought by
J. E. Coontz and Hardy Lentz
brought $460, a two year old colt
brought |176 and two others $166
each, suckling colts brought up to
$100. A span of four and five year
old mules sold for $437.00.
Quail Law is on Nov. 1st.
Local hunters, while enjoing to
the limit their expeditions for ducks,
geese, squirrel and other game, are
anxiously looking forward to the first
of November, when they will be priv
ileged to shoot quail for six weeks,
or until the 15th day of December.
The law prohibiting the shooting of
quail on public highways will be en
forced more rigidly than ever this
year, it is understood. Quail are
plentiful in all sections of Decatur
county, but no hunter shall kill more
than 25 birds of a particular specie
in any one day, or'he will be guilty
of a misdemeanor.
Notice—I have moved my black
smith shop one door north of the old
location on the east side of the
square and have a larger and better
shop, with improved machinery to do
all kinds of work. Come and see
me-
David Shaw.
The quality of goods carried by
the Leon Clothing Co. is unsurpassed
considering the price.
A HOME TALENT PLAY
'The Coonty Fair" will be Present
ed by a Home Talent Company
on Friday Evening, Nov. 5.
evening Nov 5th Wherever
Til an and nlot
monstrous ears o? bellow corn red
app"« and anv and ev^y ^tind o^
fruitandvegetables rlisld bv the
W1" al"«
space.
While the displays above described
are always looked for at the "County
Fair" yet the real interest of this
particular "County Fair" is in the
dialogue of the visitors at the fair
and in the musical numbers. As the
scene opens the loud mouth fakirs,
lemonade man, side show man, bal
loon man and others will almost
deafen you with their mighty yells.
Then follows a quick succession of
farmers, old maids, school boys,
jockeys, preachers, bride and groom,
gold brick men, city visitors, and all
characters one can possibly imagine
at a county fair, each with an appro
priate dialogue and conversation.
All these dialogues are of the most
humorous nature and have a life and
spirit to them that convulses and
amuses even the most staid audience.
But, after all, no amateur enter
tainment at this day and age can be
a success without plenty of good live
ly up-to-date music, and we shall
have it in "The County Fair." One
of the big musical features is a Teddy
Bear chorus by forty little girls be
tween the ages of three and nine. It's
one of the prettiest and cutest ever.
There will be another children's
chorus and six young men and young
ladies' choruseB. All of these are
the latest, catchiest song productions
and are presented in a beautiful and
attractive manner.
The Christian Endeavors have de-'
cided to. produce this entertainfheht
at the opera house on Friday evening,
Nov. 5th. The committees have been
appointed for the various depart
ments of the preliminary work. The
best talent of the city will he invited
and there can be no doubt of the fair
being a rousing success, as our talent,
we believe, is Tather superior to that
ot the average town. The play will
be presented under the direction and
personal supervision of Miss Chloe
Dysart, of Fairfield, who has recently
giyen home talent productions at
Chariton, Altoia and other cities, and
her work is highly spoken of wher
ever she has been.
New Court Cases.
Emma Bogue vs. Isaac A. Bogue.
Plaintiff wants a divorce on the
grounds of desertion. They were
married in Michigan Oct. 14, 1883,
and lived together until Oct. 14,
1907, when plaintiff alleges that her
husband deserted her. She also asks
for the custody of their minor daugh
ter. B. M. Russell attorney for
plaintiff.
N. H. Case vs. O. D. Rosseau et al.
Suit is brought to foreclose a real
estate mortgage given to secure the
payment of a note for $1,545. S.
Varga attorney for plaintiff.
G. E. Davis vs. B.
wife.
Pi&inHff
to purchase a piece of property in
f0r
?.250'
LEON, IOWA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2*. 1909.
The Christian Endeavor of the .the
this
play hi's been eiven it has been an
immense success as it will no doubt
be?n L^on
The
but
fltrUi«rh?«?T,JT 5fyinf
alleges de-
Crippled by a Corn Binder.
to
eet
i! a
hop^1-B.n
in a
of
11
elevator caught his third on
the left hand and lacerated it in such
a manner that amputation was
necessary at the middle joint. The
nail on his little finger was also torn
off. Mr. Hazlet came to Leon and
had the injured hand attended to by
physicians and he is getting along
very nicely.
E 3 S 2
ifinger
7
Christian Church.
Sunday morning theme, "God's
Means of Grace Through Prayer," ning, November 3rd.
KemP-
the Bi-County Fellowship will be Frank Lewis and Aaron Goodman's
Johnso°
moved to
£etm
See F. L. Jenkins for brick
deep WELL8
Rnnirnmoirf Rmurf rw,n TO olio
Government Expert Says Deep Wells
in Southern Iowa will not Fur
ish Good Water.
In view of the fact that Leon will
shortly again vote on the question of
waterworks, the following item taken
from Bedford Times-Republican
t.he
Christian church of Leon will present L,f. 1 T*ter
home t&lfint nioy "Thp Pountv will be interesting* Bedford h&8
Fair at the onera house on Friday
been
Bedford Times-Republican
tryin*
to flnd a
8"PPly
deeP we»-
2700 feet for water
flnd 11 the
thP nlav
ven' simple-—iujthinjr but
in
d°niestic
a
county
of
water
government expert says it
wU1 not be flt for u8e in
use. Experience of
cities ln thiB
fair scene with all manner of p£pl« Remonstrate that the only feasible the present survey makes the correc
coming to the fair, with" displays in- !™*r
numerable of rich, yellow pumpkins, .} wells thirty or forty
biK Dotatoes immense sauashes ?eet
deep
in
and sixteen to twenty feet
diameter,
8ame kind of water found
private
well»
now ,n
use-
farmers of Decatur countv made the mistake of building a reser- Plained of. This switch will go south
Not only will there be disnlavs of
voir and ln last
week's
paper the
these fatm woducts but the noedle- foment is made that the reservoir street and we understand that the
work machinery and handfwork of
is fl,llng up wlth
LlttlXfe to heS o«'or water
Deep wells in this part of the
state have too great a supply of min
erals to permit the water to be of use
either in boilers or for domestic pur
poses," said Mr. Meinzer when asked
with reference to the situation, and
upon inquiry as to what might be ac
complished by going deeper, he indi
cated that he knew of no hope that
could be held out in that direction.
Methodist Notes.
that defenrfant^^hihe eourts and ask Thomas T. Johnston, Grand River 49
Another victim of the terrible but
useful machine, the corn binder. ?nd
er^h^' f»^OP*rjltiI1BKa
th®
Preaching next Sunday morning by
the pastor. In the evening Miss Cor
bin, field worker of the W. H. M. S.
a wiI1
make
Plaintiff claims to have made vices at th# usual hn„,All
a written contract with defendants
an address. other ser- rises on
USUal
hour'
Marriage Licenses.
fendants now refuse to make him a Everett Reynolds, Leon 24 demonstration of the Majestic range
deed. He has deposited the $250 Laura Pryor, Garden Grove 20
a
Last Thursday while James Hazlet, 'owing day. All are cordially in
one of the popular farmers of Eden
ted-
COrn,
iue tzov vioiucu vxruve zv will be held. On Tuesday the Majes-
him the property W Hnfr^n Mrs. Iowa M. Sipherd, Grand River 42 Majestic air-tight oven, in the morn
uiui me property, t. w. Hoffman ine. In the aftomnnn nhnut s-sa
attorney for plaintiff.
serve their annual chicken pie supper
in the basement of the Christian
uoocuicui ui tuts uurisuaii
churcl1 on
Tuesday evening, Nov. 9,
a New
England dinner the fol-
bind 0ne of the moBt
machine clogged, in the Leon Clothing Co.'s Final Sale
notable features
advertisement is "Honesty our pol-
a a
a
and strictly one price." They have
followed this method which has
been the stronghold of their success.
John Ledgerwood, of this city, has
been appointed by Governor Carroll
as one of the delegates from the state
of Iowa to the National Farmers'
Congress to be held at Chicago on
November 16
th.
xw. oa
rl I" Sunday evening theme, ance'is requested. Business o' 1m
The Castaway The bible study on portance. W. C. Stempel, H.
rhlirflflftV
ovan n« mtlf l. _i
Regular meeting of Leon Chapter
No. 33, R. A. M. on Wednesday eve
».t
Remember that Lost—Between the residence of
A Iull attencj_
4
Thursday evening will"
be "in^'arge r- ed with a packedhouse. It is slid it been ou'ffor sfJwe^eks "having
held on Thursday, Friday and Satur- a lady's hand bag containing a purse years. They will remain during
day, at Grand River. Try and go and pair of gloves. Finder please week. They present each even
if possible. leave at The Reporter office
Grand River. I The Clark Millinery Co. are this ©nces. mo
r»- nr. j. 1—I" week offering a line of trimmed hats Prices and are making good.
Dr. Wards next dates at Grand at $2.00 and closing out all their1
Kiver are Nov. 8 to 13. street hats at $1.00 each
and bats whIch
will occupy the cozy new home she ing this week at $2.00 each. ^V
has Just completed east of the Bap- The Journal office Is this week ln
tlst church. Lost—A set of lady's furs. The stalling a linotype machine Just like
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THE LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Interesting Items of Local Interest
Picked Up by The Reporter
Daring the Present Week.
Trouble Over Coal Switch at Cains
ville.
tionB here Wednesday. He iB giving very short time, probably in the next
particular attention now to the water ten days.
underlying this part of the state, co- Both the coal company and con
operating with others in making a tractors who will sink the shaft are
enmnlpfo fiiirvor ATlTHIIlfl tft hPCiA wnrt hut nonnnf /Irk
complete survey.
While the government representa
tive in this work is not particularly
interested in the troubles of the
various communities with which he
comes in contact, further than the
information they gave him, his in
formation being gathered for govern
ment statistics and surveys, he ex
pressed the opinion that Bedford's
relief would probably have to come
from a supply similar to that now
afforded, except that the Bcheme
should be more elaborate and effec
tive.
Johnston—Siplierd.
|fr. T- T. Johnston, a prominent
merchant of Grand Ttiver, and Mrs.
Iowa W. Sipherd, of the same town,
were quietly married in this city on
last Wednesday evening, the cere
mony being performed at the M. E.
parsonage by Rev. J. L. Boyd. Mr.
Johnston is one of the popular busi
nessmen of Grand River, and the
bride is a sister of Mrs. V. R. Mc
Ginnis, of this city. Both of the con
tracting parties have a host of friends
who wish them every happiness in
their new relation.
Kendall—Still.
Mr. E. Frank Kendall, of Garden
Grove, and MiBS Arletha Still, of
Woodland, were married at the M.
E. parsonage in this city last Wed
nesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. They
were accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
C. W. Kendall, brother of the groom
and sister of the bride. These young
people are well and favorably known
by a large circle of acquaintances
who extend their heartiest congratu
lations. They will leave soon for
Texas, where they will make their
home and the best wishes of a large
circle of friends will follow them.
A party of railroad surveyors were
having drilled about here again the first of the week
and even if they correcting the survey for switches to
the site
several
Part
of
the
state
seems
the curves were too sharp, and
tion.
The old survey left the main line
south of the depot near the stock
yards, while this survey begins north
which will afford the yards, while this survey begins north
the of the depot 100 yards or more thus
Osceola eliminating the sharp curves com-
very
Fire Company Benefit.
The Henderson Stock Co. have
generously offered to give the Leon
fire department a benefit perform
ance on Thursday evening of this
week. The company will pay all ex
penses and give the fire boys one-half
of the gross receipts. The fire boys
work whenever called upon without
compensation and have been trying
to build up the fire equipment. They
need some money and here is where
you can give the boys a lift. Buy
tickets for the theatre Thursday
night, even if you can't attend. You
will be helping along a worthy
cause. There should not be a single
vacant seat in the opera house
Thursday night when the curtain
The Vendetta."
There is going to be something do
ing at Wm. Crichton & Son's store in
Leon next week, when the special
wceB.,
tis
The ladies of the M. E. church will o'clock twenty-five ladies will stand
The box supper at High Brier last
Saturday night was well attended
considering the bad roads, the pro
ceeds amounting to $9.65. As
someone who was not there has re
ported the order as being something
terrible we would like to make one
remark that considering everything
the order was good in the house,
and not so bad out doors as one
might expect of a crowd composed
simply of young people with no older
heads to oversee.
The Henderson Stock Co. opened
a week's engagement at the opera
house Monday night, and were greet
ed with a packed house. It is said it
ls.th®
best
fho W.11- I who have annenrori in T.anr, r» uji mm iucuuittiiaui. rtaipn says
he has been saving money, for he has
not been shaved since he was con
fined to the house and now sports
quite a foxy beard.
nsu»»uu«l lUtti uobnocu uie rvBiucuce OI —o
who
a
number
You can
of High Point See that line of artistic trimmed of the street hats for $1.00 this week
Keller & Pryor are offer- at the Clark Millinery Co.
wi vi iau/ lure. in© uuwv/jio uiacumu just xiK©
finder is. requested to return to The the one which was installed in The
Reporter office. Reporter office two months ago.
I*sbbksR}V0L.
of the coal shaft made some
boilers or for jtime ago. The objection of the rail-
road officials to the other survey, was
{that
close to the west line of Locust
and will not "Pace between this switch and the
main line will be filled- with other
switches as occasion require.
umie uu|i« neia out ior a water It is said on good authority that
supply from a deep well in Bedford the differences between the coal
by O. E. Meinzer, who is working on company and the railroad company
the government survey in southern have practically been arranged and
Iowa, and was investigating condi-
we
may
expect grading to begin in a
anxious to begin, work, but cannot do
so until the switch is built. We un
derstand that the contractors have a
train of lumber, heavy timbers and
machinery to be used at the shaft
ready for shipment, and awaiting the
completion of the switch. The delay
ln beginning work on the shaft was
caused by the railroad officials who
are taking a good deal of valuable
time in which to do, a small amount
of work.
This last survey will doubtless be
satisfactory to the railroad people
and it is expected that the grading
will soon begin.—Cainsville News.
Leon is going to lose another of
her very best families, we are very
sorry to say. Mr. Harry J. Vogt has
accepted a position as traveling sales
man for the Cownie Glove Co.,of Des
Moines, and will leave next Monday
to assume his duties. He will sell
the celebrated line of Cownie gloves
and fur overcoats and will have the
Btate of Kansas as territory. His
territory will require that he leave
Leon and they will make their home
probably at Tojfeka*T./For many
years Harry Vogt has been one of
Leon's foremost citizens and busi
nessmen. At the head of every public
enterprise he has been progressive
and aggresive, and his removal from
this city is a serious loss to the com
munity. Leon never had a more
popular citizen than Harry Vogt and
his departure will leave a vacancy
which it will be hard to fill. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Vogt have a host of
friends not only in Leon but in all
Decatur county who will learn with
regret that they are going to leave
Leon. They will be sadly missed.
Grogan.
Gardner.
McGinnis.
Weisley.
R. Akes.
wuen me special
talking cake will be baked in a
I a a 3 3 0
on two 12-foot planks placed on the
cake, and crush it flat. In five min
utes it will rise to its natural height,
when it will be cut and served to all
present. Drop in at the store any
day next week and have a cup of
coffee and biscuits free. It's an ex
hibition worth seing.
WTi
XXXV NO. lO.
SCHOOL NOTES.
Fnitnrk Raymond Jenkins
Editors Mlnnle
Harris.
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again,
The eternal years of God are hers, rj
a
And dies amo the worshippers.
"The ttattle Field."—Bryant.
Exercises were held in the high'
room Friday morning. Miss Freda
Teale gave a good instrumental solo,
and Miss Nina Sell a very interesting
essay On "The Crusades."
Nearly all of the students have
been out with the mumps. We hope
they will all be back by next Monday,
so they can return to their school
work again.
Norborne Crowell, of Mt. Ayr, vis-,
ited our school Monday morning.
Mr. Gueber, an ex-county superin
tendent, now a salesman for the M.M.
Welch Co., visited the high school
Friday morning and gave a very in
teresting talk.
Miss Hazlet, the 3rd grade teacher
in the north building, has recovered
from her recent illness and is baek
again at work.
The state teachers' meeting will
be held in Des Moines next week,
Nov. 4, 5 and 6.
The lecture by Gilbert McCIurg,
as advertised in last week's issue, is
postponed for some time for Mr. Mc
CIurg wired that the time of trains
has been changed which makes it
impossible for him to be here on Nov.
6th.
A telephone was put in the super
intendent's office Monday morning.
This is very convenient in case of an
emergency.
The eighth grade under Miss
Moore have organized a class to study
current topics, and have subscribed
for thirty copies of the weekly paper
"Current Events."
In studying "Movements of the
Atmosphere" the physical geography
class is making good use of the daily
weather maps sent out by the U. S.
Weather Bureau, of Des Moines.
Leon High School opened the foot
ball season at home by a glorious 5
to 0 victory over the chesty Mt. Ayr
boys. The home boys took the vis
itors by surprise and showed them
how football should be played. Mt.
Ayr was confident of winning by a
large score and therefore they re
turned home a dejected and hopeless
looking group. We must give Mt.
Ayr credit for putting up a splendid
battle but they were outclassed in
all departments of the game. Leon
sever put up a greater fight. The
attack was fast and brilliant at all
times and our wonderful line simply
wiped the earth with their opponents
while the speedy back field walked
over the ends. The playing of our
diminutive end, Hale, was a revela
tion. Boord and Akes were always
ready to open the folding doors for
Dale's rushes through the line.
Grogan and Pullen enjoyed merry
romps through the lfne whenever
needed. Gardner showed great im
provement over the preceding game.
Keep it up Lester! In the back field
McGinnis, Akes and Dale were the
stars and always tore through the
line for long gains. McGinnis was
the star for defense and almost made
a touchdown on a recovered punt,
but he turned and fell. Big Bob was
almost unstopable on end runs,
while Dale simply shot through the
lines. Team work and individual
playing combined won for Leon High
School. Following is the line up:
Hale r. Teale
Boord r. Tender
E. Akes r. Wright
Fulton Tally
Pullen 1. Willey
Ep®
ii?
Smith, Snedaker
.1. t. McAnich
1. e. .Hanks, Willey
Smith
Touchdown—Weisley.
Head linesman—Lorey.
Referee—Grimes.
Wilson
r. h. Norris
1. h. Spurrier
Hanks
Dale f. b.
Crowen,Willey.s^a.u
:wa-
Time of halves 25 and 20 min.
The very disagreeable weather in
fered with the band concert and box
supper given by the K. P. band at the
K. P. hall last Friday night, yet there
was a good crowd present consider
ing the weather. The band rendered
a program of excellent music and the
sale of the boxes was quite lively,
one young man paying $4.75 for a
jbox and then found that it did not
belong to the young lady he thought
it did. The concert was followed by
a dance, the music being furnished
by the Leon orchestra, and those
present enjoyed a pleasant evening,
I Joe W. Mullin will sell at public
sale at his farm, 5 miles east of
Leon on Thursday, Nov. 4th, 10 head
of horses, 8 head of cows and calveis,
25 head of hogs, 25 head of Shrop
shire ewes, and a lot of farm imple
ments. He intended to have a sale
adv. in this paper, but reached the
office too late.
I
company, barring none, laid up with rheumatism
"ave appeared in Leon for sev-
of specialties which
are up-to-date and please their audi
They are playing at popular
Set your choice of a big
line of trimmed hats for $2.00, and
R. A. Sigler came up town Monday
IidI
savs
The usual sale put on by a mer
chant is to dispose of old undesira
able goods, this not being the case
with the Leon Clothing Co.'s Final
Sale. They have no old out of date
goods, everything being new this
year, and they are positively going
out of business.
Attend the opening of the Estes
Cafe on Friday night of this week.
Music by the K. Pr fcjuid.