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IK BOW IN DECATUR COUNTY.
A former Decatur county resident,
liow living in Des Moines, said yester
that he had just returned from
I?'that county, and had found it a hot
lied of political excitement. He said
lift I the federal judgeship is being used
lasa club to drive supp'ort to Gear.
lWhen Representative Eiker announced
lumuelf for .Cummins and Eaton, the
people in the district were ai
jiarfdYSseil for the time betas.
^Pi^ijed desperately to work
fteSheir member's course, if pos
'They l»aye finally struck on the
^|Kj^.^iug Judge Towner's popu
:Jhe standard around which
i^Ttpvritliy their assault on Dr. Eiker.
tl^hey are demanding that Eiker sup-
Brt ISowtsn and Gear, in order that
i'ge Towner may be federal judge.
FiiU 'contest is being openly made.
It is. represented that Judge Towner
itanttol have a chance at the appoint
ment if his own judicial district is to
[desert Gear but if the district will
stand tiritily by Gear, Towner's chances
Iwili le excellent, Both Ringgold and
HVcaUir are in Towner's district, but
["the effort to rally the Gear forces
[around Towner has bten thus far
confined to Decatur county.
i)r. Eiker arrived in Des Moines yes
I-terday, ard will remain till the opening
Lof the session. He declined to talk
labout the political situation in Deca
|tur,:u further than to say there was a
Kreat deal of interest in the senatorial
Lnd |udgeship contests, and that senti
QCbt is very mnch divided.—DesMoines
Jer.-/' a®
PR. EIKER OF
tie most striking features oi
fatorial campaign is the wav:
have belied the predictions of
^managers. y-gtfr
-ftfiey cittkfied the solid sighth
icV." Then it was "the eighth
Sitrict solid except Dr. l'rentis." Now
|t:ia "the eighth district solid except
prentis and Eiker." And other excep
tions are to follow. Their claims seem
p* be like market quotations—subject to
correction. Dr. Eiker is to be
congratulated on making an independ
|nt .choice and bravely running up hia
Iklbrs. He is a young man, just enter
|g upon a political career. So he can
B'oirif to place himself under the ban of
machine, confident that in the long
[future he will command the respect of
jje people! It is the people's confi
jenpe ai\d goo4 will that the' man who
kjtpireg to he bopoyable and useful in
public service musi place his trust,
believe that Decatur county will
Ipdoree the decision of its representa
Uve Mt. Ayr News.
{•^-the.valuableplained
DSCMuaries, building lftth aye
kfgqinents.
ESTABLISHED 1854. LEON, IOWA,
IOWA
DECATUR.
wa •emocrat.
VT,
['AN OVERLOAD OF PROSPERITY.
I1
prosperity is becominj? a scapegoat for
ll sort of sins of omission. The Chicago
ribtine of Dec. 20. liuds comfort in the
|tjrvble price of building lath. It is the I
)emand for laths, and "the demand for
tile sticks is ex by the prosperity
'of the masses" This suggestion is followed
information that "Lath
loused chiefly in frame dwellings, espec
11 the smaller dwelling houses-such as
built by the working mftn and others
tQoderate means. The price of lath
tbei^fore indicates that the vuiilding
diew hounes by the masses N upon
large scale. "To expand the same idea
the increased price of coal, bW, salt
and other necessities indicates
llfjjji^'the prosperity of the masseB will
soon: give them an apoplexy, woik
en build houses out of their surolusl
ages, and when there is no surf
^ft§r payjng thp increased
childish
lastthe "financiers" and their dupes
^aate this prediction in their hats, if
ookresii shall pass the gold standard
ill 3nd it is signed by the president,
s,effect will be very much like that
tihe grea| ."sound-money victory" in
Business of all kinds will feel a
ious set back, and next summer the
ihIleans will be declaimiRK that the
"of confi'i^Bp an(} hard times are
to tear of Bryant electian. Jn fact
effect of the passage of the bill is
ady apparent in the east.—Grand
pi.'s Democrat.
•.
I^the similarity of the editorials in the
publican papers of this couuty, the
iJournal, Garden Grove l?xpress
^ija-jHOpi Phroiide, laid week on Dr.
er\announcing himself for Cummins,
itheknowing ones.to smile. Evi
iey ^ere all three, prepared by
aanhe (iear boss.
dp not think the "war taxes'
here to stay, just keep an eye on
CQngreEsional appropriations and
,jnp tli^ added milliopg nw*98®ry
ABSOUHEEVPURE
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
THE MARKET SLUMP CONTINUES..
Prices of all stock securities continue
to decline, showing how seriously theii
nancial- pressure is affecting the situa
tion. The banks continue to discrimi
nate against industrial securities hut the
Whole list moves downward in sympa
thy with the terrible scarce into which
England has been thrown over the re
verses in South Africa. Europe has al
ready beguu to pull back the gold which
has been flowing toward the United
States for the past two years. The fear
of a general war is causing every nation
in Europe to strengthen its finances in
everv possible direction. The old idea
that a panic will merely Hftect Wall
Street is exploded. Cotton has gofae
down 5 cent a pound. The great pro
vision staples show signs of stiffening
because the United States will have to
feed the combatants, but everything
else is unfavorably affected.
Of course while the gold was coming
in and prices were booming the McKin
ley administration did it all, hut now
that the republicans can spel 1"prosper
ity" with a small "p" and prices are
tumbling all along the line, there is a
growing disposition 011 the part of ad
ministration organs to admit that nat
ural causes have something to do with
business matters. In this case natural
causes are being aided, producing de
pression by conditions which are a le
sult of republican legislation and repub
lican policy.
The National (tanks are cutting down
their loans on trust stocks because the
latter are invariably based on inflated
values and their dangerous power to
rob the public. This is an uncertain as
set. Consequently the trusts are doing
exactly what the Standard Oil Company
has been doinc they are organizing,
buving up and otherwise securing con
trol of bonding institutions of their own.
ia the old story of the Dig-sharks eat
tug the little ones. Biit^tlfa result is
bigger sharks than ever, fewer but more
dangerous and when the big sharks
combine, God help the country!—Ottum-
MOVAL BAKINQ raWMN 00.. NEW YORK.
Hartford Times: Prior to the year
1890 the government of the United
States cost the people less than $250,
000,000. As a result of the extrava
gancies entered upon by the republicans
in that year, Uncle Sam's yearly house
keeping bill was carried above $325,
000,000—then regarded as an enormous
sum. The secretary of the treasury has
sent to congress his annual statement
today, and the figures are worth
thinking about. It will only take
$031,081,994 to enable the benevolent
assimilation policy to be carried on Sh
another year by President McKinl^y.
iiHvevou!
Heard
l«n?i
o^.
You may have heard
about SCOTT'S EMULSION
and have a vague notion
that it is cod-liver oil with
its bad taste and smell and
all its other repulsive fea-
I* 's cod-liver oil, th«
purest and th« best In the
world, but made so palata*
ble that almost everybody
can take it. Nearly all
children like it and asK for
lore.
i\ SCOTT'S
'MULSION
5^5? ft ,w.
vrnsuifl My of
child or adult
cream or any
in existence, ft]
the same rela
better
other A
bears
r,^m
1
tion to othefemulsions that
cream does tomU|. |f yHI
tove had ipyVexperience
with other so-calM "just as
tfood" preparations/ you
will Hnd %^t tbliKi feci
WWW
MdttiOMl to I
tone op. the wtrypg
kiiimmmrntrnm
HOW HUNTER WORKS IT.
The people do not. know that at the
close of every legislatf^sessron'ES warii
H. -Hunter, for several years the chair
man of the democratic state committee,
and now one of the G«)ar managers,
makes out a complete: report of the
standing of evey member of the
legislature and sends copieB to all of the
railway attorneys, to the managers and
chiefs of the legal department^ of the
railways, to chief officers of express,
telegraph and insurance compauies jand
others having kindred interests. If the
record is not satisfactory, the legislator
is -spotted, lie may be favorable to
some interests, but he must be satis
factory to all. By this system of
reporting, every candidate for a state
office is usually rated as accurrtelyas ,i
the merchant by the commercial agencies
and oftea{Aetter, for the candidate
cannot hide ibis liabilities or misrepre
sent his iolitfcal assets. When a man
is spotted, he is never able to meet his
opposition on U& merits. He is always
opposed ou some false issue. The
people are easily misled and are brought
in to oppesition to the men who are
their friends and led to support the
men who are not. Thus this man, Ed
Hunter, the Gear manager is the I Wheat.....
custodian of the political future of more Barley
men than any person in fowa. Just 1 o^ts
now he i« engaged in trying to elect a Corn
speaker of the Iowa house of representa
tivea-wluL.cull. control all the commit
tees, and through "tliem prneUuall^jdl
legislation for the state. Nice stale of
affairs, is it not, to have an ex chairman
of the democratic state committee deter
mining who shall be speaker of the
house of representatives as well as who
shall be senator from the state of Iowa?
—Clinton Herald.
UNITED STATES SENATOR
Journal because of the announcement
of Dr. Biker's intention to vote for A.
B. Cummins for United States senator
might be taken seriously were it not for
the well known fact that its editor was
one of the prime movers in starting the
crystalization of Cummins sentimenl
in Decatur county. In the face of the
well known views entertained by Uncle
Millard last spring it is very doubtful
whether he is acting in good faith in
bis pretended support of Gear at this
time. If he is rpally for Gear why the
change of preference? Last spring he
was an ardent Cummins man going to
-the extent of citing Mr. Cummins to
men ip whose hands his interests would
bej^iTe. These are not idle statements
can and will lie verified by
davits, if necessary. We doubt Uncle
Millards sincerity ih his support ol Geai
for the reason that he wanted to do
his work in his behalf before it was too
late, the question now being beyond
his power to influence. It is a waste
time for a lawyer to argue to a jury after
the verdict is rendered, and Uncle
Millard had better devote his time to
the annual consideration of a resolve
to sell out. Poor old Millard! Poor old
Journal! The statement in the last issue
of the Journal could only have been
PROSPERITY FOII THE TRUSTS
As shown by the price list'at Milwau
kee November 13, 1898 a
13,^59.
Wheat, No. 3j Spring, bii.f .04
Barley,,No. 2, bu:... .^8
vporn, bh:
2 inch Iron Pipe,:foot 3?
Sucker Rods)'foot
Hope ahd Twine, lb..........
Nails,'100 pounds
-WS-WUSN*
Lumber, 1000 feet..^i^. l2.00
prices of farm produce .^re taken
from.the market report of 't^L Milwau1
kee Sentinel, of Noyember 14ji8§9, the
rest' are obtained* from bnSniess- men.
They may vary somewhat ijp-rtiflerent
stores and di 'erent Focalities, but they
area tair average.
MR. FARMER FH4URES IT OUT.
When you wanted 100 pounds of nails
a year ago you could buj^ Ihem with
three bushels 01 wheat, nOj| you uiust
give five and a half bushels to get
them.
A year ago, you could buy' 100 pounds
of nails for less than four bushels of
barley, this year
seven bushels.
The affecteiF grief displayed by the I passed that day,cthe j|l|itociiitic
press of the nation would have been
roaring with rage, and a secretary of
the treasury who should dump $30,
1000,000 into New York to stay the
panic, as Gage promises to do| would
have been bitterly accused of robbing
the people to cover up a crime
Millard is known by bis acquaintances
to be. A. B. Cummins was a good
enough republican in 1892 to-be the
candidate of his party for elector at
large on the Harrison and Reed ticket,
receiving more votes than any other
man on the ticket and this in the. very
year in which Uncle Millard says be I
came back to the party- He was a|
good enough republican to be unani
mously selected bv his delegation in
1896 as Iowa's member of the Republi
can Rational Committee.
If. Uncle Millard is really honest in I
his support of Senator Gear why thai
change from his well known position]
last spring? If it were of any import
ance one way or the. other the answer |i
to th.e question would be easy, but
Uncle Millard's course in recent years
has been so vacillating a% that the poor!
old Journal has eeaaed to be a factor
either for good or evil in Decatur county
P9Utios,
While it is not our fight yet we)
believe in justice and fro the best
information at hand we do not h^l^eve
Dr. Eiker could represent hia constitu
ents and do -otherwise than vote for!
Cummins as the showing made for him
wan much greater than for Gear. The
demand of Uncle Millard that Dr. Eikerl
publish the list is another evidence oft
childishness. No oq« ever heard oi
such a suggf«tian betore and no one but
Vncle Millard would display his im
becility by suggesting such a thing. I
We would suggest the poor old Journal
that it drop the Senatorial question 1
and devqte lts time to sucking wind]
through it« missing tooth and lauding
Coe College. KJCPCBLICAJI.
aned native lumber* p^iamlj
for TI. GA*B**|,*
The Atchison Globe is a republican
paper which blurts ont the truth ooca
sionally. ft bluntly adtfrits that the
necessities ot life have advanced in cost
(80 per cent, and labor 2 per cent. This
is a sample of the Mark Hanna brand
of prosperity. J"1?
rail
^l^competitbrs
,1:
%&•: -Z,
JANUARY 4,19GO.
&
1898
you iwgp$ pay over
Or you could buy the
bushels of oats a year ago,
have to give nearly fonrt
Last year you could buy
and three fourths
this year the trust makes you pay over
ten bushels for the same, weight of
nails.
with seven
you will
bushels.
'm lor five
bushela ^»f corn, but
The farmer in need of lumber, paid
for a 1000 feet
Last Year
20 bus.'
..25 bust
LEON
9\
This Year.
30 bus,
40 bus.
T3 bus.
56 bus.
..... .48 bnii
37 bus
How do you like it Mr. I' i'rmer? And
don't you know that yourWote did it?
Don^t you know that yotf voted pros
perity—Koik 'til THirSTST":4-'
KOHKRT Scniu.iNO,
$ Hljll!! Milwaukee, Wis.'
The day the republican currency bill
passed the house of representatives call
money loaned in Wall street at 186 per
cent, premium and two grea(_ bankB
failed. If it had been a straight free
silver: *t 16 to 1 meafnr^ tliat had
We wish all a happy
Try
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21b can blackberries Be.
The Big
Cash Stoi
our
$
•m
*"7$ a
~:SL
to
to
to
lip
We bought an immense stock of
Choice California prunes per pound 6c.
Fancy California dried peaches per pound 10c.
I pound package cleaned currants 10c.
1 pound package seeded raisins 10c.
feEPORTER SERIES VOL.
PHONE 59 OPERA HOUSE BLOCK.
QUEENSWARE
S We want to tlfonk the people of LeoivAjf
JL and Decatur county for the business If
that they helped us do during thej#
year of 1899, and hope by honoca:^
bledealing and our low prices, tnat
pr
1-2 Sacks
'Phone 59. Opera House Block.
THE BIG CASH LOW PRICED STORE.
Dried Fruits for Gash!
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'a^uudeIH EVery farmer and citizen in Decatur county will get the benefit of our buying before
IH -the advance in the price on all these goods. Here's where we hit our would-n^
raf?than anybody, but Quote the''real thing'' in black and white. And make the
3 pound can pie plant per can 10 cents,
3 pound can California peahes per can 15c..
3 pound can California apricots per can 15c.
1 gallon can California peaches per can 40c.
l^gallon can California Apricots per can 40c.
l^lld^ caa pieplant per can 25c.
1 gallon can pitted Oregon plums per can 40c.J
3 pound can blackberries 2 cans for 25c.
3 pound can raspberries 2 cans 25c.
Pint jars of Jams and Preserves 2 cans 25c^,
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FRUITS, NUTS, VEGETABLES, CANDIES. OYSTERS. DRESSED POULTRY.
Year! I
se you at ourfstorecTuring w?
1900. All this month we
we will see
the year
will make special prices on all fancy
and Lamps!
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Stock is Complete
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All of our $1.00 Fancy Lamps,this wet-k
SalidBowlH worth 85c rliin week
Beet can corn 2 cans
Green Gage Plums, fine, per can
A gopd canned Peach per can
10 bars Something Good Soap
2 packages Boston Boiled Oats
A-goodi Jirnoni....y-
Packagi. Raisins, all new per.j)aokngp"!.\
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iBest
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TIME
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Hassenger....7:00a.m. I PassenMr.,
Freight l":ao a. VrigtS'....
Passenger..11:5Ta.m ITreifeht.
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Passengw il :45a.m, Prelgl
Freight 4:60p.m. passe.
No. 17vStocJ( express going
only. DueT:l5a m.
No.
19. FretRht oii Wedoesd
m, Takbs the place of No, 13,
Coupon HokeU on sale to.
for them and have baggage
nation,
OBiqiNAL
th the district-court ot
catuf Cbunty. Janu
Eiisw
of the.,
sum or Five
Dollars, asmoi
Interest lhereoi
1st day of Octobi
on three promlssoi
UOMB. Foster,' Jol
Smi th. Jeremiah N.
ber 37ih. 1SH8, one for
and L. E. Jones payab
for (83.82 to Hontpelll
Trust Co. one for S82JKT'fa]ra11
ier Savings Bank jHSif Trust Co.
cent, injenest, praying for tht.
of a^tfrtaln. morigago given to sic
mwit of said notca on the ""til"'
and west half of the north east
section four, township sixly-sevcnl
twentv-tivc Decatur county, Iowa,
costs includ .n attorney's fees, and
hat the defendants, H. A. Thomas anl
Davis and Home Savings and Trust t'f
have or claim to have some lien upoa
terest said premises 'which is ltifal
plaintills. No' personal judgment 1/
against H. A. Thomas, O. P. Davis as
Savings and-Trust ('o. For full and
statement of plaintiff's c^Me of
petition.
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'with a natura.l" We do not say that we sell goods
OWING .™ DOWN PRICES
in pic plant per can 10 cents. -v
Whife lead
talking about strict
no matter how bf
stuff is, "it's strictly }»|ji
Somebody gets a cber
analysis, usually to
other feliow'ff
jtly pure.
)r strict]
re. Tl)
sa
If anvbod,
fault to find will
it good at our ex]
garantee results."
got the paint, and
make that guaranty
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NotthSide Druggists.
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