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frpF* Ik $ GET TO KNOW THE CLOTHIER THE DETROIT COMBINATION GAS MACHINE provides the home, school, college, church, store or other buildings with a satisfactory gas supply Gas to light with—Gas to cook with—Gas for heating rooms—Gas to heat water for the bath, laundry and all other uses com mon to city coal gas at no greater cost. On the market over 46 years. Over 30,000 in daily use. Absolutely safe. Entered in (Class A) National Fire Underwriter*. Not a drop of gasoline brought into the building. Ask today for estimate and copy of catalog—No obligation. C. G. CLIXE, HEATING AND PLUMBING y/ *vw !.• Carburettor under ground 1,1 Machine in basement "Mamma! I'm Hungry' When Johnny comes marching home from school he tramps right up to you, says "Mamma—I'm hungry!" and you say "You poor little mite, I'll just get you something hot in a minute or two." But Can You Do It? A woman's time is so taken up with housework, the hours fly by so fast—that before she knows it it's meal time again! How to prepare nice, hot, tasty meals on time and with out getting all fussed and worn out doing it surely is a prob lem. And it's to tell you about an oil cookstove that goes a long way towards solving this problem that we've written this advertisement. The New Perfection Oil Cook Stoves that you will find pictured and described are especially designed for the busy woman with three meals a day to prepare for her family. The New Perfection, like a gas stove, provides abundant jjeat—each burner reaches full heat in a moment from the time you set a match to the wick. It is the Oil Stove of steady habits. It is always ready. The New Perfection Cook Stove is a blessing to thous ands upon thousands of busy housewives all over the world. On busy wash day Or, after a hard morning's cleaning— Or, after a long afternoon's shopping— Or, when friends drop in unexpected— At all times when minutes are precious and there are healthy appetites to be satisfied quickly— Then you'll appreciate your quick-action New Perfection then you'll be able to smile instead of sigh when you hear those old familiar words, "Mamma, I'm hungry!" Wm. Crichton & Son •A Try The Reporter for Job Printing '4 E* 1st Door East Journal Office Phone 83 \i The rural districts have stood prac ticaally still in the matter of popula tion in the last five years, leaving the cities responsible for whatever in crease the final figures may disclose. A number of the larger cities have shown a marked increase, including Des Moines, Sioux City, Davenport, and Mason City. The last named town is credited with the most rapid growth of any community in the state, the figures showing an increase of 53 per cent in five years. Returns from various sections are yet incomplete in form and the estV mate made by the director is based on comparisons made in a few coun ties. These are sufficiently represen tative, however, to make the estimate seem fairly accurate. It will prob ably be months before the statistics are ready for the printer, with all the data there is to work into shape for the report. All of the reports are to be checked, also, with thousands of reports to check back and incomplete returns to trace. Following the completion of the census, Director Swan will compile a card index record for every county in the state which will contain the name of every citizen of every county in alphabetical order, together with the information included in the cen sus report. Farm Hands Under Compensation Act. Des Moines, June 23.—Farm hands may recover compensation un der the workmen's compensation act, according to a ruling of Industrial Commissioner Warren Garst today. For some time it has been contend ed that farm hands did not come un der the provisions of the act but this question was finally settled in to day's decision invblving several cases of men who had been injured by horses. Agricultural labor was held to be the same as any trade so far as the provisions of the Iowa stat utes are concerned. Considerable interest has been aroused over the state over the outcome of the present cases. Fine Point of Law, The city council of Paulina is in a quandry to know who should pay for damages caused by the throwing of a pebble by an automobile, whether it is the city which owns the pebble, or the fellow whose automobile threw it. Some time ago John Cow an was driving his car through Main street when it struck a pebble and sent it through a plate glass window. He paid for the window, but now wants the city to pay him and they don't know whether the city, as own er of the pebble, is responsible, or the fellow whose car threw it through the window. The car owner says the pebble had no right on the street.—Blairsburg Enterprise. Fred Cox, who recently returned from Iowa City where he went for an operation, reports himself very much improved. Fred had been in bad shape for sometime and his friends will be pleased to learn of his being on the mend. Fred says that Capt. J. L. Gooding, who is at the hospital at Iowa City was getting along fine when he left. He has made many friends there by his sunny disposition and willingness to help those in dis tress. According to Fred's statement Cap has made the acquaintance of everyone there and every time he makes an acquaintance he makes a friend.—Kellerton Globe. Word has been received the past week by Mrs. Shirley that Mrs. R. M. Black, who recently went to the Ro chester, Minn., hospital, had passed a successful operation, and was re covering nicely.-—Davis City News. JS&i THE LEON REPORTER, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1915. The "Minute Men" ol 1776 and 1915 It was the "Minute Men'' who played such an important part in finishing what was started on July 4th, 1776. Today most all men are "minute men" when it comes to clothes—they don't need to be anything else. They can step into our store, choose the suit they want, and be fit ted on the spot, all in the space of a few minutes. They find here Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes They're ready for you too in the latest styles, newest fabrics, and the smartest patterns you will see anywhere. Because of the perfect tailoring and unusually high quality, it is economy to insist on such clothes. pAitiAGl1 PIagag Tiwlxr 'A 1 Now is the time to get busy. Every effort counts in your favor. There are but a few days left. ^tJUlCal. \j1Ujcj cPllljr tl 1 Don't lose a chance. It may mean your success. Now is the Time for Straw Hats and Low Skoes Gr. B. PRICE3 The Home of Hart ScKaffrver & Marx Clothes THE POPULATION OF IOWA. Only Slight Gain in Last Five Years Is Recorded. Iowa's population will not show an increase in excess of 5 per cent over the government returns of 1910, when the compilation of reports from over the state is completed, accord ing to an estimate made by Census Director A. U. Swan. •a''''*!r"$f*b'iM, :•s---:.^'^-^ .'i .-.•,:-'--i*^i'"^,,'"i'-.'^'vj^o^-V^'^v ??':',.. '"'Cy ./'I 'i.''. ':.|V* A SPECTACLE FAKIR. Represented Himself as Son of P. F. Hradley, the Leon Optician. We have received word from a re liable source that a spectacle fakir, representing himself to be a son of P. F. Bradley, a well known optician of Leon, has been in the east part of the county recently plying his trade qf separating his victims from their money, and gave his customers a positive guarantee that they will be satisfied or get their money back. Some of his customers let him have their lenses to be exchanged, and some of them gave him the whole works, frames and lenses also. One of the victims parted with his glass es and $4.00 in cash for a new(?) pair. He represented to some that his father was sick, and could not practice any more, while to others he said his father, Dr. Bradley, had gone to the Exposition and would fix them up right when he returned if they were not satisfied. Replying to an inquiry of one of the interested parties, Dr. Bradley writes under date of June loth, as follows: "That, man representing himself S3 my son, is a fraud, as I have only one son, and he is a doctor and is with the Alexian Bros. Hospital in St. Louis. I would be glad if the people would phone around and nuike this known, as I do not want my customers to be deceived. He should be arrested and prosecuted." However, we presume the warn ing will be of no avail with some people whose mania for trading vith strangers is too strong to be resisted. P. T. Barnum once said that the American people liked to be humbugged, and it must be true, or there traveling fakirs would not find so many victims.—Princeton Tele giaph. \o Excuses Accepted. The state highway commission will accept no excuse for neglect of road dragging and it advises the public to insist that township trustees and boards of supervisors see to it that the roads are dragged. The commis sion states in its service bulletin for June that: "There can be no excuse in Iowa for Iowa roads being undragged. The township trustees have a drag fund levied for this and no other purpose which is sufficient to pay for the drag ing of all necessary township roads. The law directs the county board of supervisors to keep the county road system dragged to a smooth condition at all times. The share of the auto mobile tax which comes to every county will go a long ways toward paying this expense. The automobil ists who pay this tax are entitled to have the money spent for this work rather than any other. There are times and seasons when it is hard to get any one to do the work. This fact however, is no excuse for neglecting to have it done. The law says it shall be done and provides the money and places the responsibility for doing it. The people of every community are entitled to have it done. If it is ne glected, they have the law back of thein to force the proper officials to get it done. The roads should be dragged and there is no valid excuse for ignoring the law or neglecting the work." Cards are out announcing the ap proaching marriage of Miss Alta Jeanette Severe and Mr. William Louis Schmidt, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Severe, in this city, on Wednesday, July 7th, 1915. At home in Parkers burg, after July 14th.—Davis City News. Ollie Hull prints in his 16 page is sue. of The Leon Reporter a picture of the Leon high school building that looks so much like Winterset's that it takes a second look to see where they differ. There are nine teachers in the faculty of the Leon High School.—Winterset News. Don't forget the Saturday after noon matinee, at the Idle Hoar theatre at and 3 o'clock. AdmiMion 5 10 centa. Special Jar caps per doz. ii ii ii Rouit: r.'' ,.ii'v^6„vvv V-J? r^Wffp-:,'.'1 V':'|",' THE PRICE FIGHTER FOR DECATUR COUNTY ii K&d VictorRecords For July Just Out. Come in and Hear Them F. S. STEWART THE BIG FURNITURE AND RUG STORE First Door North of Hans ell's E. L. HUTCHINSON North Side Grocer. Dried Peaches Buy your Fruit Jars Here. Pints per doz. Quarts per doz. -48c One-half gallon per doz. All kinds of Dried and Canned Fruits. E. L. Hutchinson. North Side Square. Phone 315 H-H The Route That Offers Most to Exposition Tourists It's an investment that means a lot—your trip to the Californa Exposi tions. You should buy the ticket that will pay the biggest diTidendbi in scenic enjoyment, in attractive and interesting points reached—in luxuri ous, smoothly handled train service. The Burlington is offering a Grand Circle Tour for expositions visitors that comprises the biggest "Seeing America First" value ever offered. If you have made a Pacific Coast tour before you will realize this. If not, ask your friends who are familiar with the west—who knows what's what. Just get the facts about this Grand Circle Tour, then compare it with any other that you know about, and Judge for yourself. Stop-overs allowed at any point. Ninety days to make the trip. Step in and get your copy of our California Exposition folder, next time you are going by. Sji- Jl lb. 5c I 38c 0. M. KETCHAM, Agent, O., S. ft Qa fia R. "7= Got Your Homestead Yet?JUiI Don't delay too long! The good land is going fast and will soon be gone.. You have nothing to gain and something to lose by waiting. Can't you arrange to go out on a homeseekers' excursion after your summer worfer is done, and look the ground over? In what locality are you most inter ested? S.. B. Howard* .Immigration Agt.,,1004 Fdrntun St., Omaha. Nebw„ 63c 18c r, .y-'... JPjfe 1*'