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THE LEON REPORTER
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O. E. HULL,
Editor.
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Leon, Iowa, Poatofflce
A GREAT NATIONAL PROBLEM.
Hill's
One need not share J.
gloomy view that "the high cost of
Jiving is beginning to decline to
agree with him that it is now and
here in America a great and grave
national issue.
There is no question as to tne
facts. Bradstreet's "index figure
of commodity prices show an aver
age rise of 56 per cent in thirteen
years in the price of the necessaries
of life. Rent has in many cases risen
in even greater ratio. Wages have
generally risen not nearly so much.
We must wait for the 1910 census
to show how the working man now
shares in the division of his product,
but already in 1909 the wage fund in
manufacture was shown to be grow
ing only half as fast as capital and
only one-third as fast as miscellane
ous expenses. In 1896 the working
man, clerk or professional toiler,
could buy more food, shelter, cloth
ing and other necessities and com
forts with his wages, salary or fees
than at any time since the civil war
Today the man of moderate means
can buy less with his income than in
1896. For him the wheels of pro
gress have turned backward, and he
is deeply dissatisfied. He is ready
to "wreck political vengeance upon
whatever or whoever is responsible
What is doing the country this ill
turn? Some say the trust it is a
coincidence that the tendency began
about the time the trusts did. Some
say the tariff. Some say the middle
men. Some blame the increased pro
duction of gold since the invention of
the cyanide process and the end of
the Boer war. Some say living costs
more because we have reached the
end of our free homestead land
though Mr. Hill and his railroad
friends are right in urging that bet
ter farming would double our yearly
yield.
The cause and cure, whatever they
may be, it behooves statesmen and
leaders of thought to discover. The
condition of which Mr. Hill speaks
and which are known of all men,
cannot continue without the
far-reaching social consequences and
political upheavals in what Ameri-1
cans have long been proud to call the
best country on earth for the aver
age man.—New York World.
G. O. P. WOES.
A MASTKII OF SARCASM.
The late Congressman De Aruiond
was a master of sarcasm when occa
sion arose. The Washington corre
spondent of the St. Louis Republic
cites an instance of this as follows:
"On a certain occasion Mr. De Ar
mond referred to J. Sterling Morton,
who was secretary of agricultural un
der Cleveland as a man who—
"has a pecularity of always talk
ing when he is not writing, and al
ways doing both when he is not
thinking."
"The speech was in criticism of
the order df Secretary Morton which
stopped congressional seed distribu
tion for a time. He closed his
speech 'by quoting from what I
know is a favorite poem with you
all.' The poem proved to be a para
phrase of Gray's Eulogy. It follows:
'"Full many a whim of purest ray
serene,
The dark, u'hfathomed screech of
Morton bear.
Full many a wheel is formed to whir
unseen,
And waste Its fieetness 'neath J.
Sterling's hair.'
"This paraphrase, original with
Mr: De Armond, is said to be the ori
gin of the slang term 'wheels in the
head."'
By the death of David A. De Ar
mond the democratic party loses one
of its most prominent and greatest
members. He was a gentleman, a
scholar, probably the best parliamen
tarian In the country—a true man of
natural democratic faith and prac
tice, not in a merely partisan sense.
Though heroic, his death was un
timely and thft people mourn.
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The great growth in the numbers
of the federal office holding class in
the United States is a thing that
should be given careful consideration
by thoughtful voters. It has become
the fashion of recent years for the
federal powers that be to appoint
commissions and to create clerks
and messengers and sub-clerks and
sub-messengers and auditors and
sub-auditors and secretaries and sub
secretaries and so on ad infinitum.
To such an extent has the number
of federal employes increased of late
that it is now 370,065. Two years
ago the number was 306,141. This
js au increase of about 64,000, or
twenty per cent, in two years. If
this increase was occasioned by
necessity one could view it with more
or less equanimity, but when it is
known of all men that a large per
centage of the increase is merely to
give place to politicians of the minor
varieties it is a fact that should be
viewed with displeaure. It is a state
of affairs that should be remedied.
Probably one-third of the present
federal employes could be dismissed
without damage to the business of
carrying on the government and also
without compelling the remaining
two-thirds to do more than a fair
amount of work to keep government
al affairs running smoothly. It is
an open secret that a large propor
tion of governmental jobs are sin
ecures, requiring little or no exertion
on the part of the holders. Every
one of these jobs, though, costs the
people just so much—and the sup
porting people keep right on paying
for these useless "vermiform ap
pendices" without a protest. How
long, how long, O Lord, is it to con
tinue.—Ft. Madison Democrat.
NO MORE A CANDIDATE.
According to ft recent declaration
of William J. Bryan, he never ex
pects to again be a candidate for any
political or public office. This
declaration applies, he says, to both
national and state offices. In con
clusion, Mr. Bryan says:
"The only objection is that this
statement does not include the dec
laration that I will not under any
circumstances be a candidate. But
I have said all that could be reason
ably required and as much as any
friend or well wisher would ask. I
refuse to attempt to decide questions
in advance, but nobody who credits
me with good faith will ask more
than I have said. I desire to com
plete my life's work without ass.um
most ing the burdens and responsibilities
0
any office
THE G.-D.'S AWFVL FALL,
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat and
other republican newspapers prate
long and loud about the fearful ger
rymander in Missouri, but are care-
There's going to be a hot time in' ful not to hold up republican Illinois
the old town of Washington this as an example. Illinois is the worst
winter. That's as certain as today is gerrymander state in the American
Thanksgiving day. President Taft Union. There are over half a million
has formed an alliance with Speaker
Cannon and Senator Aldrich, which
means that Congressman Victor Mur
dock in the houBe and Cummins, Dol
liver and LaFollette in the senate
and their following will encounter
an opposition not to be sneered at.
Py the aid of the regulars the new
triumvirate will probably be able to
control legislation, but the margin
will be so close that every wire must
be pulled to win the day and much
bitterness will ensue. How great the
opposition is to Speaker Cannon is a
problem. Progressive papers like
the Chicago Tribune state that it is
assuming real proportions and that
the insurgents with the aid of the
minority will be able to thwart much
Of the legislation on the speaker's
program. On the other hand, the de
feat of Barnes by Moxley in the Sixth
Illinois district last Tuesday indi
cates that Cannon and the standpat
ters are still in the ring with a ven
geance. Whatever, the outcome
is in Washington this winter, it spells
more woe for the republican party.
Never in its history has it faced so
XQtich factional strife.
democrats in that state, and they
have very little representation in
either the state senate or congress.—
Montgomery Standard.
We have received the first copy of
the National Democrat, the new
democratic weekly which has been
established in Des Moines. For some
time there has been a demand for a
state democratic paper and the Na
tional Democrat will attempt to fill
the want. It is neatly printed and
well edited and should receive the
hearty support of the democrats of
the state. The subscription price is
$1.00 per year, and we will be
pleased to forward subscriptions for
any one in Decatur
county
wants the new paper.
who
One hundred and fifty-three bush
els and fifty-five pounds of corn were
raised this year upon one acre by
John Sundberg, of Whiting, Iowa,
president of the Iowa Corn Growers'
association, says the Register and
Leader. It took seven years to get
The Gazette is inclined to believe the ground worked up to the right
th&t Taft, Aldrich and Cannon by point and to perfect the seed corn to
the aid of patronage, plums and prac- bring this result.
tical politics will be able to hold on
to their doubtful power. It reiter-:
ates the oft repeated assertion that "Congressman Dawson, of the
the insurgents' place, ii they desire Second district, can see the way the
to smash Cannon and Cannonism and wind is blowing, all right," says the
are in real earnest for the democratic Davenport Democrat. "He says the
policies which they have adopted, is issues of the coming campaign will
in the democratic ranks. There a be Cannonism, and that he will be
victory awaits their cause.—, found on the right side. Which
great
Burlington Gazette. means that he will now be classed
as a democrat by Uncle Joe."
"No wonder the teachers are find
ing hard work to revive the old
fashioned spelling schools," sayB the
Iowa Falls Sentinel. "Nine-tenths
of the men of this generation, who
think themselves well educated,
would be much humiliated if they
had to Bpell a dozen common words
would get most of them wrong."
Mr. Joe Kridlebaugh, of Charlton,
private secretary for Congressman
Jameison, was in the city yesterday
When asked about that press tele
gram going the rounds to the effect
that Jamieson would not be a candi
date for re-election, he said it was
one of Lafe Young's jokes.—Creston
American.
"If some men would spend
FFJAJRS PELLAGRA HAS A FOOT
HOLD IN IOWA.
L. A Thomas of State Board Thinks
Case at Oakdale not the Only
One.
Oakdale is not the only state insti
tution in which there is probably
pellagra, according to Dr. L. A.
Thomas, secretary of the state board
of health. While Secretary Tholo&s
does not specifically charge that
there are cases of the dread disease
in other state Institutions, he does
say that he has no doubt that a
thorough inspection of the other in
stitutions will reveal cases of the
dread affliction is other parts of
Iowa.
as
much time looking after: their own
business as they do looking after
politics and work as faithfully they
would be financially fore-handed."
asserts the Scranton Journal.
The bankers colony at the Leaven
worth penitentiary was increased by
five new recruits Thursday.
Scrub yourself daily, you are not
clean inside. This means clean stom
ach, bowels, blood, liver, clean,
healthy tissue in every organ. Moral,
Take Hollister's Rocky Mountain
Tea, a thoreugh cleanser. Try it
tonight. W. C. Stempel & Co.
If you continually knock and wield
hammer, yon are going to hit your
thumb sooner of later.
It is recalled that when Dr. B. L.
Eiker returned from the national
pellagra conference he recommended
that a thorough inspection be made
of the state institutions in order to
determine whether the disease ex
isted there. The examination at
Oakdale revealed that a woman who
had been there for three weeks had
a well developed case. In view of
the fact that certain grades of corn
are said to cause the disease, the
health authorities feel that there is
probably some of the disease at the
other state institutions.
"The commercial importance of
determining at once whether or not
there is pellagra at the other state
institutions can not be over esti
mated." said Dr. Thomas when dis
cusing the outbreak at Oakdale,
"Iowa is a great corn producing
state and it is of the greatest import
ance to know whether or not the
corn used in Iowa is producing thle
disease which is common among the
peasantry of southern Europe."
The authorities are planning a
thorough inspection of every state
institution so that if the disease is
discovered anywhere else it can be
speedily eradicated
After exposure, and when you feel
a cold coming on, take Foley's Hon*
ey and Tar, the great throat and
lung remedy. It stops the cough,
relieves the congestion, and expels
the cold from your system. It is
mildly laxative. Bell & Robnson.
J. 0. WOODMANSEE
Osteopathic
physician. Oonmittuoii
examination fret. Offlo* »t
Woodmanaw
BOOM one block north of square. Phone 6. Offiot
hours 9 to 12
a.
n. and 1 to 4 p,
THE MORNING AMERICAN.
The Only Democratic Dally in Iowa
West of the Mississippi River.
The Morning American. Creston,
la., is the only democratic daily pub
lished In Iowa west of the Mississip
pi river. It reaches every section of
southern Iowa the same day it is
issued. It has a splendid market re
port, a good telegraph service and it
is identified with the people as
againBt the monopolistic interests.
A Special Offer.
In order to extend the circulation
and get a better acquaintance with
the people of southwestern Iowa, the
Daily American (G days in the
week) will be sent from now until
July 1, 1910, (7 months) for 11.25.
Send money direct to the Ameri
can office, Creston, la.
Council Proceedings.
Leon, Iowa, Dec. 2, 1809.
Council met in reglar session with
Mayor Gates presiding and council
men Evans, Bell, Foxworthy, Craig,
Akes and Conrey present.
The following claims were al
lowed:
W. J. Bennett, hauling saud $
G. C. Jennings, cleaning
crossings
Roy Phillips, killing dog...
Allbaugh & Son, hauling fire
engine
A. B. Hague, dragging the
streets
P. Cruikshank, work on
sidewalks
Leon Electric Co.. lights and
water
P. Cruikshank, marshal's
salary
Riley Clark, nlghtwatch's
salary
Wm. Pettis, labor
D. G. Gammon,labor
Editorial which appeared in the
UNTIL NEW -AREAS- HERE
RUBBER CAtf-BE SUCCESSFULLY
CULTIVATE!?: ARE BROUGHT IW-.
TO USE, THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE
TO PAY MORE FOR ITS WATER
PROOF FOOTWEAR. On Sept. 2i0,
an advance of 6 per cent, net, was
made by the manufacturers in the
price of rubbers and overshoes. This
followed a similar advance on May 1,
making 12% per cent increase since
the last rubber shoe wearing season
closed. AND UNLESS SOME BREAK
IN THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET
COMES IN THE MEANTIME,
WHOLESALERS SAY THAT AN
OTHER ADVANCE WILL BE NEC
ESSARY BY JANUARY 1st. Th,e
retailers, as these increased prices
distribute- themselves through the
trade, are likely to make the change
felt by the so-called "ultimate con
sumer." He may be consoled, how
ever, by the reflection that the ad
vances are moderate in view of the
changed prices of raw material. IT
IS NOW QUOTED AT ?2.10 A
POUND, WHEREAS ITS NORMAL
VALUE IN VERY RECENT YEARS
HAS BEEN LESS THAN HALF OF
THAT. Tnis is the tail end of the
season and that quotation marks
something of an emergency value.
The manufacturer who now goes out
after any crude rubber virtually has
to hunt for it.
Boston Transcript Oct. 10,1909.
RUBBER FOOTWEAR ADVANCING.
While the automobile tire chiefly
accounts for the present scarcity of
rubber, it is doubtful if the in
crease in retail prices there will be
so marked as in the simpler goods of
which rubber is the main ingredient.
Prices of tires were originally estab
lished on so liberal a basis that sub
sequent advances in raw material
have come largely out of the manu
facturer. Increasing competition has
thus steadily "taken up" much of the
movement in the price of the raw
material. But the producers of ar
ticles of apparel and mechanics, of
which rubber is the main ingredient,
if sold on a competitive basis, must
refer all advances in raw material to
the consumer.
The rubber problem is one of the
most serious with which the indus
trial world has to deal. Scores of
substitutes have been proposed. Ex*
periments in this line have been al
most numberless. The Patent Office
is loaded with projects and yet for
certain uses nothing seems to take
the place of the real article. The
Bradley-Wasson
Leon,
Dec, 7,1909.
greatest encouragement ia the pres
ent situation comes from the culti
vated rubber of Ceylon, which is re
fined with an extremely small per
centage of loss and is decidedly
promising so far as it goes. Experi
ments in other quarters of the world,
as many investors of this locality
found reason to know, have proved
less successful. Some people have
believed the search for cultivated
rubber impracticable, but the Ceylon
experiment fortunately discredits
that view., and the widening area of
successful rubber cultivation .prom
ises in time to break the deadlock
which the extraordinary demand for
this commodity has produced.
So recently as 1904, Government
statistics showed that half of Amer
ica's immense volume of rubber used
in manufacture went into footwear.
The rest was distributed among arti
cles too diverse to be readily classi
fied. Since then the use of rubber in
tires, not only for automobiles and
bicycles, but for carriages, has in
creased so rapidly as to change ma
terially these proportions. But the
whole use of rubber is comparatively
new. The mothers of ante-bellum
days rubbed the leather boots of
their boys in tallow as each snow
storm arrived. In 1862, the United
States imported little more than two
per cent of the amount of rubber
whicii it today consumes. Europe,
us well as our own backyards, is now
ransacked for the cast-off goods
from which rubber may be "reclaim
ed" and used in combination with
fresh supplies, so pressing is the uni
versal uemand.
Few articles seem more strangely
named than "India-rubber." It gets
the "rubber" from the firet use to
which it was put, that of erasing
pencil marks by rubbing. Ner is the
"India" much more exact. The tree
was first mentioned by an explorer
among the Mexican Indians three
centuries ago. The first account of
the: substance appears in the narra
tive of Columbus' visit to Hayti on
his second voyage. Supposing the
land he had discovered to be India
he called this "India-rubber," a title
which serves to perpetuate his mis
take. The modern colloquial verb
"to rubber," and "rubberneck," and
Speaker Cannon's "rubber currency'
are all strange linguistic develop
ments of this original application, of
the old verb.
We have at present a large supply of overshoes and
rubbers on hand bought before the first advance. Made
by the Mishawaka, Ind., people known as the famous "Ball
Brand," which we are selling at the old price. After the
present stock is exhausted we will of course be compelled
to advance the price of rubber goods, which we trust will
not be before next spring.
WHY SALVES FAIL
ECZEMA.
2.10
5.60
1.00
2.00
3.06
2.80
124.10
35.00
30.00
96
2.00
On motion the council
mended that the taxes on property
owned by Anna McGpYern, Mrs. Ira
Wallace and Mrs. Thoma^on be re
mitted.
recom-
No further business appearing
council adjourned.
Cleanliness is the first law of
'health, inside as well as outside. Let
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea be
your internal cleanser, then your
organs will be pure and clean, your
health good, your system right. Start
tonight. W. C. Stempel & Co.
REPORTER FOR SALE BILLS.
TO CURE
They Clog the Pores—Only a Liquid
Can Reach the Inner Skin.
Since the oid fashioned theory of
curing eczema through the blood has
been given up by scientists, many
different salves have been tried for
skin diseases. But it has been found
tnat these Balves only clog the pores
and cannot penetrate to the inner
skin below the epidermis where the
eczema germs are lodged.
This—the quality of penetrating
—probably explains the tremendous
success of -the only standard liquid
eczema cure, oil of wintergreen, as
compounded in D. D. D. Prescription.
After ten years of cure after cure, the
world's leading skin specialists have
accepted this as the true eczema
cure.
We ourselves do not hesitate to
recommend D. D. D. Prescription at
$1.00 a bottle, but for the benefit of
those who have never tried the pre
scription, we arranged with the D.
D. D. Laboratories of Chicago for a
special large trial bottle at 25 cents
on a special offer now. This first
bottle ought to convince any sufferer,
and, at any rate, it will surely take
away the itch at once. L. P. Van
Werden, Leon, Iowa.
It is not so much the outside qual
ity that counts. It is that within
which makes the man.
Don't let the baby suffer from
eczema, sores or any itching of the
skin. Doan's Ointment gives instant
relief, cures quickly. Perfectly safe
for children. All druggistB sell it.
The man who does not think he
Is the luckllest man around in secur
ing the wife he has is not worthy of
her.
To The Citizens
of Leon
Bell &. Robinson, Druggists
handle Gilhooley's Irish Liniment,
and they baok it up with what
u»ight be called a Government
bond. In fact a guarantee certifi
cate goes with every bottle, to
the extent that if Gilhooley's
Irish Liniment does not cure Ec
zema, Rheumatism, in any form,
Bait Rheuoi, Lumbago or any skin
ailment, you are out nothing, as
the druggist you bought it from
will give back your money and
take the certificate for his pay.
The matter is entirely in your
hands. Gllhooley Irish Liahaeitt Co.
ST. PAUL, MINN.
52-26t
XMAS
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Merc. Co.
The Black Jack??**
BOB
In
Will make the season of
rgog at the feed yard one
block north of the Leon pub
lic square. He is good size
and good bone and a good
breeder.
TERMS—$8.00 to insure.
MULLIN & HULL, Keepers.
G. C. SEARS
Real Estate, Live Stock' |and
Merchandise
....Auctioneer....
Decatur City Iowa
I make a specialty of pure bred
stock. Terms 1 per cent. Satis
faction guaranteed. Write or
phone at my expense for dates.
Notice
Just received a car load
of feed stuffs, about all
kinds.
Choice German Millet and
Amber Cane Seed.
Prices always right. Come
and see.
TALBOTT GRAIN CO.
W. N. Hall, Mgr.
PHYSICIANdrof
AppIes==Get Them Now
A New Country Sorghum, made at New Orleans
X. per gallon.
Men's, Ladies', Boys' and Children's
Reference
Rosenbaum Bros.
Leon, Iowa
H. R. LAYTON
AND SURGEON. Ofllo« #r«r A1m
•nd*r'( (tore. Phone 7.
Ben Davis per bu. .50c
Genitain per bu... 60c
Roman Stem, bu. 60c
Eureka per bu 65c
Gano per bu—. .75c
Black Walnuts, bu.50c
Hickorynuts, quart.5c
Hazelnuts, quart,. .7c
Popcorn, pound 3c
Maple and Cane Syrup, qt 50c, half gal.......75c
Get them now at Low Prices.
j. R.. Conrey & Son
TH0S. H. BROWN
SUCCESSOR TO
BROWN BROS. & BALLINGER.
[Live Stock Commission Merchant
& Co.
75c
Overshoes.
U/?e North Side Grocers &
$
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Rooms I. K. & Exchange Ballding St
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