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f) |i :i THE LEON REPORTER Sit! jr IKON, O. t. HULL,Kdltor. IOWA SUBSCRIPTION RATES year.. ..$1.60 .. .75 .. .40 Blx months Three months flittred at second clou matter at the bson, Iowa, Poatofflce "IiAPK" YOUNG SAYS ME WILL BE A CANDIDATE. Announces Himself as Aspirant For Office Made Vacant by Death of Senator Dolliver. "Lafe" Young has announced him self as a candidate for the office of United States Senator to succeed the late Senator J. P. Dolliver. The announcement of Mr. Young follows: To the republican members of the thirty-fourth general assembly of Iowa: In this public manner I desire to announce that I am a candidate for United States senator to succeed the late Senator Dolliver. In other words, I ask the general assembly which meets In January to ratify the appointment made by Governor B. P. Carroll. The Dolliver term will expire March 4, 1913. I am un der no pledge to Governor Carroll or to anyone else in regard to m/ candidacy for the Dolliver succes sion, or for the term beginning March 4, 1913. If chosen by the votes of the general assembly as senator, I pledge myself to the ser ivice of the people in honesty and sincerity. Every good cause shall have my 'assistance. Every good measure shall hare my vote. As I have here tofore announced, I shall attempt to lie a builder rather than a critic or destroyer. Some of the best re forms can be effected by the con structive rather thara by destructive work. In judging the quality of a measure, I shall not inquire its source. It will not be my purpose to distract the republican party, whose success in 1912 should be the aim of every republican. The republican party has demonstrated its capacity to do big and wise things. The party should be sus tained. It should be made ready for the great contest two years ahead. The democratic party has never been able to satisfy the country of its fitness to rule. It is considered unsafe by a majority of the people. I invite all of my friends through out the state, without further delay, to use their influence in my behalf. Respectfully, LAFAYETTE YOUNG. WHEN IOWA LOSES ONE CON. GRESSMAN. If Appointment Is Cut Legislature This Winter Must Act and Plans Are Devised. That Iowa will have but ten con gressmen Instead of eleven after March 4, 1913, is regarded as very probable. That the legislature which meets next January will have to redistrict the state congressionally, follows: The best posted public men be lieve that the official census reports will be ready for congress when it convenes in December and it is thought to be certain that congress will immediately fix the appointment on the basis of which members of qbngress thereafter are to be elected. I Practically all of the states have been reported and a fair estimate of a population of 90,000,000 has been made. If the present ratio of about 190,000 to the district were contin ued it would add thirty or forty members to the house of represen tatives. The opinion prevails that congress will not permit the mem bership of the house to exceed 400. And in order to keep it down to. that figure it will be necessary to'fix an apportionment of about 225,000. Under the last census Iowa has a population of 2,224,771. If con gress fixed the ratio at 225,000, as expected, Iowa would be entitled to ten congressmen. And this is the number which it is believed Iowa will have after the next congress. The Thirty-fourth general assem bly will have to act, although no serious effort toward redistricting has been attempted by the legisla ture of Iowa in. twenty-five years, despite the existence of serious dis proportion among the districts. For instance, for several years the popu lation of the Eleventh district and '•t the Tenth has been about 250, 000, while that of the First nas been about 165,000. But as long as Iowa was .given eleven congressmen no. .legislature had the courage to un dertake the business of trying to redistrict. With the number of con gressmen allotted to this state cut to ten it is necessary that the as sembly remake the congressional districts. Politicians do not apprehend great "^difficulty will attend the solution of I "(he problem in view of the fact that one of the eleven congressmen from Iowa is a democrat and a republi can legislature probably can devise districts which will carefully ellmin ate him without injuring the repub lican members of the delegation ex cept insofar as readjustment of their districts will discommode their polit ioal machines. Three plans have been proposed already by one of the leading repub lioans of Iowa for making ten con t* rgiroaSional districts in Iowa. & fla jrhat may be termed plan No. .... l. MuBcatine county, in which I. S. I* Pepper, the democratic congressman elect, resides, is added to the First district, together with Wapello coun ty from the Sitxh district. Computations disclose the fact -that these plans give the districts [, aa nearly the average population of 216,000 as it is possible to make. The following is a list of the coun ties in the proposed district of plan No. 1. First district—Dee Moines (Con gressman Kennedy), Henry, Jeffer fu, Lmt Louisa, Muscatine (Con* Pepper), Van Buren, Wap ello, Washington. i- Second district—Cedar, Clinton Jackson, Jones, Linn (Congressman Good), Scott. Third district—Black Hawk(Con gressman Pickett), Buchanan, But* ler, Delaware, Dubuque, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin, Wright. Fourth district—Allamakee, Breim er, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay ton, Fayette, Floyd, Hancock, How ard, Mitchell, Winnebago, Wlnne sheik,Worth (Congressman Haugen). Fifth district—Iowa, Jasper, John son, Keokuk, Lucas, Marion, Ma haska, Monroe (Congressman Ken dall), Poweshiek, Warren. Sixth district—Benton, Marshall, Polk, (Congressman Prouty) .Story, Tama. Seventh district—Adams boldt, Kossuth, Palo, Alto, Poca hontas, Sac, Webster. Tenth district—Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Plymouth, Osceola, Sioux, Woodbury (Congressman Hubbard.) Population By Counties. Under plan No. 1 the districts would have population as follows: First district—Des Moines, 36, 146 Henry, 18,640 Jefferson, 15, 951 Lee, 36,702 Louisa, 12,856 Muscatine, 29,505 Van Buren, 15, 020 Wapello, 37,743 Washington, 19,925. Total, 222,486. Second district—3edar, 17,765 Clinton, 45,394 Jackson, 21,259 Jones, 19,050 Linn, 60,720 Scott, 56,000. Total, 220,188. Third district—Black Hawk, 44, 856 Buchanan, 19,748 Butler, 17, 090 Delaware, 17,888 Dubuque, 57,450 Franklin, 14,780 Grundy, 13,574 Hardin, 20,921 Wright, 17, 951. Total, 224,258. Fourth district—Allamakee, 17, 328 Bremer, 15,843 Cerro Gordo, 25,011 Chickasaw, 15,371 Clayton, 25,567 Fayette, 27,919 Floyd, 17, 111 Hancock, 12,731 Howard, 12, 920 Mitchell, 13,435 Winnebago, 11,914 Winneshiek, 21,729 Worth, 9,950. Total, 226,829. Fifth district—Iowa, 18,409 Jas per, 27,034 Johnson, 25,914 Keo kuk, 21,160 Lucas, 13,462 Marion, 22,995 Mahaska, 29,860 Monroe, 25,429 Powieshiek, 19,589 War ren, 18,194. Total, 22,046. Sixth district—Benton, 23,156 Marshall, 30,274 Polk, 110,438 Story, 24,083 Tama, 22,156. Total, 210,107. Seventh district—Adams, 10,998 Appanoose, 28,701 Clarke, 10,736 Davis, 13,315 Decatur, 16,347 Fre mont, 15,632 Madison, 15,621 Mills, 15,811 Montgomery, 16,604 Page, 24,002 Ringgold, 12,904 Taylor, 16,312 Union, 16,616 Wayne. 16,184. Total, 229,774. Eighth district—Adair, 14,470 Audubon, 12,671 Cass, 19,047 Crawford. 20,011 Dallas, 23,628 Guthrie, 17,374 Harrison, 23,162 Monona, 16,633 Pottawattamie, 55,822 Shelby. 16,552. Total, 219, 400. Ninth district—Boone, 27,626 Calhoun, 17,119 Carroll, 20,117 Emmet, 9,816 Greene, 16,023 Hamilton, 19,242 Humboldt, 12, 182 Kossuth, 21,971 Palo Alto, 13,845 Pocahontas, 14,804 Sac, 16.555 Webster, 34,629. Total, 223,929. Tenth district—Buena Vista, 15, 981 Cherokee, 16,741 Clay, 12, 766 Dickinson. 8,137 Ida, 11,296 Lyon, 14,624 O'Brien, 17,262 Ply mouth, 23,129 Osceola, 8,956 Sioux, 25,248 Woodbury, 67,616 Total. 221.756. •TAMA JIM" ON 1912. In Doubt As to Whether G. O. P. Has Been Licked Hard Enough. Secretary Wilson was asked re cently what would be the effect of the democratic victory on republi cans with respect to 1912,and whoth: er republicans could get together for the 1912 campaign. He did not know whether the republicans had been beaten badly enough to drive them together. He said: "Wheth er the republicans get together for the presidential campaign -depends on whether they have be$n licked hard enough. I do not know wheth er they have got a hard enough licking to induce them to drop this internecine werfare, this factional strife. If the same differences are going to continue, then we may be in for another and worse licking." We are glad we did not stop the Leon Reporter because last week we found an item in it that is worth a year's subscription. It was that Tom Maxwell of Corning had been elected judge by a majority of 8 votes. That is skating on mighty thin ice but it is enough. We have known of Tom Maxwell for many years and no doubt our lawyers know him. We know Henry Eicher does, and he knows that Maxwell is a good lawyer and we are so glad that he is elected that we are going right up to John Lemley's grocery and if we can get a glass of sweet cider we shall drink it.—Washing ton Democrat. HAD NOT A WORD TO SAY. Friends of President Taft ap proach that gentleman the morn ing after the election and asked for a statement. The President replied he had nothing to say. And even the lion hunter had nothing to say. This is perhaps the first time in years the man Vho wieldeu the "big stick" has been silent on any sub* ject.—Memphis Democrat. The old order changeth all right, all right, and seems to keep right on changing. The Democratic majority in the nest house is now figured at 4, gressman Towner), Appanoose, countries. Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Fremont, Second Because the United Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, States is being undersold by oth%r Ringgold, Taylor, Union, Wayne. countries in the great wheat markets Eighth district—Adair, Audubon, of the world. Cass, Crawford, Dallas, Guthrie, As conditions exist at the present Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie time, the United StateB is unable to (Congressman Smith), Shelby. jsell any great amount of its bread- Ninth district—Boone, Calhoun, stuffs on account of competing coun Carroll, Emmet (Congressman tries. These countries are selling Woods), Greene, Hamilton, Hum- improve.ment b6f°re THE LION EXPORTER, THURSDAY, DECEMBER CORN AND WHEAT FALLING. A very serious condition as regards wheat and corn exists in the United States at the present time. In the past two months there has been a loss of nearly 22 cents a bushel in wheat, while corn, one of the coun try's great staple crops, has declined nearly 23 cents a bushel. To add to the seriousness of the condition, there seems to be good reasons for believing that there will be further decline in the prices of both wheat and corn. Why these tremendous declines? There are reasons: First—Because the United States today is fully 5 cents per bushel Con- out of line with other wheat-export- their wheat at prices that the United States cannot meet. in the wheat-producing countries as a consequence have forced the United States out of the running. Farmers of the United States have been receiving abnormally high prices for their grains for a long period. Now the American farmer is allowing rival exporting countries It must be remembered that land in these countries is cheaper than land in the United States that la bor is cheaper and thus the Ameri can farmer is placed at another dis advantage when it comes to prices. These countries are also able to market their grain in Liverpool and France cheaper than the United States can market its product in the same cities. The visible supply of wheat in the United States is double what, it was a year ago. The visible supply in creased over 2,000,000 bushels dur ing the past week. It is now 40, 120,000 bushels, as compared with 27,000,000 bushels fa year ago. Chi cago alone has 12,000,000 bushels of wheat of all descriptions. The trade in flour never before has been so dull for a period of six months as it has been this year. Local millers, as well as millers in the northwest, have sold enormous quantities of flour for future de livery, but they, as one. man say that it is impossible to secure ship ping directions from the 'men who have made the purchase. This re flects a lack of demand for flour. Flour as well as wheat is out of line from an exporting standpoint. Mills are idle and the marke.t is al-. most at a standstill. The decline in the price of corn results from the fact that the largest corn crop in the history of Amerloa has been raised this year. The crop is estimated at the enormous. total of 3,100,000,000 bushels, as against! 2,772,000,000 bushelB last year. To complicate matters, the corn! crop in the Argentine Republic that comes into direct competition with! our corn has also been exceptionally large. The cycle of high prices must be followed by a cycle of low prices. A big corn crop means lower priced hogB and cattle and sheep. Never in the history of the United States have so many cattle and sheep been -sent to the feed lots as this ytear. More are going. A large percentage of the corn will come out in the shape of meat in stead of grain, and there is some consolation in this fact. Meats will be lower as a result of existing con ditions.—St. Joe Observer. The latest report of the depart ment of agriculture shows that the poultry products of Iowa alone amounted last year to $25,85^,673. It will be difficult to make the man who buys eggs twelve months In the year believe these figures are not under-estimated. "Iowa has fallen off slightly la population, but it has grown rich and furnished money to make other ttnTlH •tatea rich," says the Oiaga News. Z,ih Gf consequence have forced the scattered to fill up importing countries at .r .. ... lower prices than he will accept. We are out of line on our export .i business and there will have to be a The Argontine republic has not the wheat elevators that we have neither has the country the storage facilities. Wheat there is piled on the ground or is shoveled into bins in the open air. Thus the grain is forced into the market at once. The exporters surplus of wheat in the Argentine republic is estimated at from 80,000,000 to 120,000,000 bushels. The very fact that there is much grain to be sent to other coun' tries will spur the countries that have j! wheat for export to sell their grain— and without delay. Again, corn conditions in other wheat exporting countries were never better and come near being ideal. The dry spell was broken by heavy rains at just the right time and the wheat is reported as better than the average in quantity and quality. he feeds condltion8 W,!I The world's supply of breadstuffs is much larger now than at the same time last year. The harvesting of the wheat crop in the Argentine re public will soon begin. Wheat cut ting in the northern section of that country begins about November 10, and by December 15 the cutting of wheat will be general. By January 1 the movement of Argentine wheat to importing wheat countries will be well under way. I. H. J. P. an^ntin^ReDubiVc^11 a ust^ralias~rus- are not protected from the elements. In this way you lose say one-tenth sia and India. These big'cropB the A city business conducted that way would fail. Every farmer should have his own hav press and bale his own hay, whether It or sells the benefit in eitner case. C. Loans and bond It. rilS pOCKCtDOOK Hay Presses Exchange National Bank Leon* Iowa Capital and Surplus $42,500.00 HAMILTON, S. G. I At the present time, too, there are 38,700,000 bushels of wl\£at j* afloat on the oceans. I These facts explain why the wheat situation in the United States is so much out of line, why there has been the decline in prices, and why the outlook for the future is not con sidered by good judges of conditions to be bright. MITCHELL, Not Sisters Now and again you see two women pass in! down the street who look like listers. Yon are astonished to learn that they are mother and daughter, and you realize that a woman at forty or forty-five ought to be at her finest and fairest. Why isn't it so? The general health of woman is so in timately. associated with the local health of the essentially feminine organs that there can be no red cheeks and round form where there is female weakness. Here is a grim outpost of old-fashioned waste. gets are reasonable in LOOK FOR RESOURCE^ securities $233,425.89 United States bonds and premiums Banking house, furniture and fix tures Other real estate Cash and exchange Total .1357,518.24 President. A. L. ACKERLY, Cashier. Asst. Cash. CARL MONROE, Asst. Cash. Women who hare suffered from this trouble hare found prompt r»B»f and eure in the-userof Dr. Heroe'e Favorite Prescription. It gives vigor and 'ikalHj to of womanhood. It No alcohol, or habit-forming drags is Any siek woman, may eonsult Dr. Pierce by letter, free. hsld as sacredly obnfidential, and answered in a plain envelope. Address I World's Dispensary Medical Assoeiatiou, Dr. R.V. Pierce, Pres., Bofalo, N.Y. Be many of the Ills of women are due to habitual constipation, probably be cause of their false modesty on the sub ject, that their attention cannot be too strongly called to the Importance of keep ing the bowela open. It IS always Impor tant to do that regardless of the sex, but It Is espseially important In women. From the time the girl begins to men struate until menstruation eeases she has always vastly bettsr'prospects of coming through hsalthy if she watches her bowel its. If you find yourself constl brsath, pimply complex gas and other ef failffsUQB and constipation, dees of Dr. Caldwell's It la a woman's MILD, GENTLE LAXATIVE FOR WOMEN GIVEN FREE -*. ... Every haystack in this country has an outside coating of hay rotted and rusted by exposure to sun and rain and dew. Even the inside layers the value of your hay before it is put into the barn. After it is stored* deterioration of Quality Still gOeS OU. Total ...... \000»000000i+90000000000*0000m00000!00000!00000000*00000M*00000000000*0a»0**00000m Some people think that a large deposit and a big footing makes a strong bank. The strength of a bank is measured by a comparison of its capital with the amount of its deposits. If you wiJl divide the deposits of these strong. NATIONAL BANKS by the amount of their capital and surplus and then make a similar com parison of other banks, you will find we are giving our depositors about double the security offered by most banks. Why not deposit with us and you can deposit in either bank by mail. Five per cent interest paid for 12 months' time deposits. in "Favorite Prsseription.'* Every letter is are entirely unsulted to woman's require ments. Mrs. Katherlne H&berstroh of McKees Rocks, Pa., and Mrs. A. E. Herrlck of Wheeler, Mich., who was almost para lysed In her stomach and bowels, are now cured by the use of this remedy. A free 8ampie bottle can be obtained by address ing Dr. Caldwell, and after you are con vinced of Its merits buy It of jr6ur drug glA at fifty cents and one dollar a bottlo. Dr. Caldwell does not feel that the purchase of his remedy ends his obli gation. He has speclallaed In stomach, liver and bowel dlaeases for over forty years and will be pleased to give the reader any advice on the subject free of charge. All are welcome to write whether for the medical advice the free HI.- price. They are made on a sound, practical principle—direct pull power—proved best after years of tests. They are known to be the best in the world—and every farmer is entitled to that full measure of value. The waste hay in a few haystacks will pay for one. A dealer everywhere. THIS MARK International Harvester Company of America Chicago, U. S. A. .* COMBINED CONDENSED STATEMENT OF THE I Exchange National Bank of Leon and the First National Bank of Grand River, Comptrollers' Call, Nov. 10,1910. LIABILl'l'lKS. and profits .. Capital, surplus Circulation Bills payable Call deposits Time deposits 56,445.70 8,500.00 6,000.00 53,146.65 First National Bank Grand River, Iowa Capital $25,000.00 A. L. ACKERLY, J. C. BROTHERS, AWYER. fc ,- Wfr $68,324.36 55,000.00 6,116.67 91,485.02 136,591.60 $228,077.22 .$367,518.24 President. PATRICK GRIFFIN, ••£08 mi* N Vice Pres." Cashier. J. E. FIERCE, Asst. Cashier. R.MceihNIS LSea* Suoosmot toOurry a McGinn!*. Of- ill Ray block. Laxacold A axative^ Cure for Lagrippe. Colds. Headache and Neuralgia. Acts qniekly and ia tasteless. Quick! Things are moving faster today than ever before. People de mand it. Likewise, they demand aaedlclne that will act quickly. This fact was recognised la mnking Nynl's Laxacold. It cures colds la the shortest posslbl# time, laxacold contains BO qninine therefore, the unpleasant .effect of this drag nre never produced by it. Laxacold Increases the excreting fnnctloa of the skin, rpllfvm pain, !md geniflyan^he bowels, No one objects to tak [Jag Laxacold. SS doses for'MB cents. W.C.STEMPELft CO. towa VI •S»' '.'v.