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with strong probability OF Nebraska
unless State pride is extremely strong
joining them. 1t is hoped to make up this
loss by carrying Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio. Any one who knows Illinois poll
ties realizes that it is naturally Repub-
lican State, and has gone Democratic
only once in forty years, and that when
the business elements were favorable to
the Democratic candidates.
The same is TO be said Of Ohio, with
the added statement that it has never
given it's electoral vote TO n Democratic
candidate for the Presidency since the
war. Indiana is the only close State, and
those who know it best believe that the
Democrats will not win there. In both
Illinois and Indiana. exceptionally strong
men have been named as Democratic can
didates for Governor, and to an extent
they will aid Mr.. Bryan, but not enough
TO overcome the sentiment held every
where against him by conservative and
thoughtful people. All this apparent
prospect OF success over Mr.. Bryan ought
not to cause n lessening of the struggle
against him. 1t will not do in this contest
to simply prevent his having a majority
in the Electoral College by giving Presi-
dent Mckinley barely enough to win.
DECISIVE DEFEAT FOR BRYAN.
What ought TO he accomplished is the
decisive defeat of Organism as a disturb
ing factor in the politics of this country.
The country cannot afford with each re-
curing four years to be upset from one
end to the other by the danger of man
of such vagaries as he entertains obtain
ing control Of the nations affairs. The
plea that is put forth by some men OF
ability that he can be rendered harmless
before election by the enactment OF new
laws is hardly craftsmanship. Why place
a man in the Presidency whom you must
virtually put under bonds to Keep the
peace2
Mr.. Bryan has so grievously wronged
the Democratic party that no Democrat
who really wishes to see the party get
back into public confidence ought TO aid
and abet him at this time. He would de-
stroy the country's currency system il he
could by substituting the silver standard.
Why give him Endorsement in that deter
mination? He would abrogate the right
OF private contract, overturn the tradi-
tions, practices, and high position OF the
Supreme Court, and make impossible the
quick and effective maintenance OF public
order In times Of excitement and stress.
Why make it possible for him TO even
undertake so much that is revolutionary,
even though he fail in 1t all?
No Time for Experiments.
hardly think the thoughtful judgment
OF any citizen will say that the possibili
~ that Mr.. Bryan may do better in the
Philippines than President Mckinley Is
doing justifes an experiment fraught
with so much danger 20 the stability OF
things at home. The question may be
very properly raised whether man who
Is wrong on every important problem
which Affects fhe citizens OF the United
States at home can adjust and administer
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1t will be seen 10y an examination OF
the tables that in every article Of farm
production named there has been an in
crease in price ranging with single ex-
ception) from 80 per cent to 6S per cent,
or an average increase in the entire Sc
ries of articles of AS per cent.
In the list of the articles of farm con-
sumption there is reduction in price
in two of the articles named, while the
increase in the other articles ranges much
lower than that of the farm products,
the average increase for the entire series
of articles Of farm consumption being
10 per cent.
Thus we see that in ten representative
articles Of farm consumption, the aver
age increase has been 10 per cent, while
in the ten equally representative articles
of farm production, the increase has been
.45.S per cent.
Now to take the single item of farm
production upon which the fault-inders
base their arguments and by which they
measure all articles of farm consump-
ton, namely, wheat. How do you sup
pose it happened that they have selected
this particular article wheat" by which
to measure everything else? There is
corn; its acreage in the United States
in 1899 was practically double that OF
wheat, its production four times as many
Compiled from official report
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BUYANlSM IN WEST.
CROKERISM IN EAST"
Reasons Why James II. EckeIs
Will Vote for Mckinley.
CleveIand's Comptroller Of the Currency
Urges All TO Unite and Give Bryan
ism lis DeathbOw as a Dis.
turbing Factor.

The political outlook in the West is, |
believe generally satisfactory TO those
who are opposed TO Mr.. Bryan and the
things for which he stands in public life.
In the extreme West his most ardent
friends are ready to concede that he has
lost much ground since the campaign of
1896, and unless he can recoup himself in
the Middle West and East, his defeat will
become matter of certainty. The Pacific
States, the Dakotas, Wyoming, and Kan
sas will all be found to- be against him,
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Farm Products Advance More than the
Goods that Farmers Have to Buy
at the Stores.
EVIDENT CAUSE OF MORTGAGE CANCELING
Since Mckinley Has Been at the Helm Farm Products Have
Advanced As Per Cent. While Articles Bought by
Farmers Increased Only 10 Per Cent.

and which has been widely discussed in
the study of national economic questions
OF late years. Why not measure by thisf
A glance at the table which shows the
relative prices of articles in 1896 and
1900 will answer this question. 1t hap
pens that the percentage of increase in
the price OF wheat is less than that Of
any other article OF farm production,
since wheat is more directly affected by
the production in other parts of the world
where crops have been generally good
during the last two seasons.
Wheat has only advanced 30 per cent
from 1896 TO 1900. while corn advanced
4S per cent, mess pork go per cent, lard
6S per cent and wool 6S per cent. Now
il is easy to see why the Democrats
happened to select this particular item
"wheat" by which to measure everything
else, simply because it shows a smaller
increase in price than almost any other
article in the list
Yet they are gravcly marching through
the agricultural regions of this country
stating to the farmer that "a bushel OF
wheat in 1900 will buy less OF the articles
which you consume than q bushel OF
wheat would buy of those same articles
in 1896" Let MS accept the challenge.
Mr.. Bryan's first nomination occurred
on July 10, 1896, and his second nominal
ton on July ;, 1900. The records Of the
bureau of statistics show that the high
est price of mo. 2 red winter wheat"
Il standard grade by which all others may
of Farm Production in New York
at and necond no Tina lions, sh wing
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The Democratic fault-fnders base their
efforts TO create discomfort among the
farmers in 1900 upon a different plane
from that of 1896. Then their complaint
was that the prices OF farm products
were too low Now they complain that
the farmers nre too prosperous and the
prices OF their products are too high.
Mr.. Bryan was nominated In Chicago
on July 10. 1896, and again at Kansas
City on July 3. 1900. Let us take the
quotations of the first week in July,
1896, and July, 1900, the respective dates
are brought as nearly as practicable to
the dates of his respective nominations.
Nobody will question the fairness of
selecting wheat, corn, oats, lard, pork
beef, cotton, wool, hay and butter as
ten representative articles OF farm pro-
duction, nor will anybody question the
fairness OF selecting sugar, tea, coffee,
rice, petroleum, leather, cotton cloth, tin
plate, sisal from which binder Irvine is
made) and Bessemer pig iron (the basis
of all agricultural requirements in iron
and steel as ten representative articles
OF farm consumption.
The tables which follow show the
prices OF the ten articles OF farm produc
tion and Of an equal number OF articles
Of farm consumption at the dates named
and the percentage of increase in each
article, also the average increase, at the
date of Mr. Bryan's second nomination
rs compared with the prices at the date
of his first nomination:
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Ne bureau of statistics.)
ARTICLES.

Averag
b Ayerag price during Gallons.
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These statements are all Official and
may be verified from the public records
OF the bureau Of statistics available in
any standard library. The figures and
prices in every case are given, and every
man can determine whether the asscr-
lions Of the Democratic fault-fnders and
prophets OF evil'' in 1900 are any more
reliable than they were in 1896.
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bushels and its actual value, as estimated
by the Department OF Agriculture, nearly
double that Of wheat. WHY did they
not adopt corn as standard Of measure
ment7
Again, there is the item OF provisions,
of which we arc the worlds greatest pro-
Queer. Why not measure by that?
Then there is wool, In the production
of which the farmer Is greatly interested
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We must know just what other people
want before we can supply their wants
We must understand exactly how to
reach them with least expense IL we
would enter into the most advantageous
business relations with them. William
Mckinley.
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be measured, was, on July 0, 1896, in
the New York market, G4Hc per bushel,
and on July >, 1900, was SSc per bushel.
Now let us follow the same general
plan adopted in the other comparisons
and by selecting ten principal articles of
farm consumption, obtain their relative
prices i'm the New York market i'm 1896
and 1900, at the dates nearest Mr.. Bry-
ans nomination, and thus find out what
quantity of each bushel Of wheat, at the
prices named at these two dates, would
have bought. The articles of farm con-
sumption selected for this comparison are
equally representative with those Of farm
production above named, namely, sugar,
coffee, petroleum, rice, salt, leather, cot
ton cloths, starch, mackerel and cut nails.
The authority for the prices is the same
as that already utilized-the bureau of
statistics.
In every case the quantity Of these
representative articles OF farm con-
sumption which a busheI OF wheat
would buy in 1000 is greater than a
busheI of wheat could have bought
i'm 1906.
Purchasing power OF one bushel of
wheat at the date OF Mr.. Bryan's first
and second nominations, respectively, in
ten different articles of ordinary farm
consumption, basing the price of each
article upon that quoted in the New York
market at the respective dates:
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1899:
7,655,414

N we are defeated In this
campaign, there Is nothing be-
fore the people but four years
more OF hard times and greater
agitation.
DO you think we have drained
the cup of sorrow To its dregs?
No, my friends, you cannot set
n limit TO the present hard
times.
Business men complain that
business conditions are bad. 4
warn them that these condi-
tions cannot be improved by
following up the policies of
the Republican party.
The Republican party pro-
duces a policy that makes hard
times. All those who love hard
times ought to vote for the
Republican ticket, and all
those who are tired of hard
times have got To vote the
Democratic ticket, if they
would expect any relief.
These are hard times There
Will be harder times IL the gold
standard continues.
you ask how the gold STAN
dard Affects the farmer, we
tell you that the gold standard
lowers the price of products of
him who sells without lower
ing his taxes or debts. II You
ask how the gold standard af-
fects the laboring men. we re-
ply that 10 destroys the oppor-
tunity for labor. multipIIes the
number of idle men, and fills
our streets with those anxious
for work, who cannot find the
opportunity. The gold stan
dard. by increasing idieness,
brings poverty to those who
ought to have enough and to
spare.
1he gold standard means q
dearer dollar and falling
prices. and falling prices mean
hard times.
II we have a gold standard.
prices are as certain to fall as
a stone which II thrown into
the air.
An American dollar will buy
two Mexican dollars and also
about two bushels OF wheat ut
the same time. There was a
time when an American dollar
would buy only one Mexican
dollar, and then an American
dollar would buy only one
bushel of wheat. IL the time
ever comes when an American
dollar will buy three Mexican
dollars, then IL Will buy three
bushels of wheat.
You know that with the
slightest prospect of foreign
war we wouId suspend gold
payments, and go either TO a
silver or TO a paper basis at
once.
UntH you have bimetalIism
millhands will stand on the
corner and wonder when the
gold standard will bring them
good times.
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victory and valor.

tAir Marching Through Geo,Yia.l
Keep the fruits of victory stainless ever
more.
Keep our banners flying on Manila's dis
tant shore;
Keep our noble President within the,
White House door,
Bringing prosperity and glory!
CHORUS.
Hurrah! Hurrahl In honor We are,
bound.
Hurrahl Hurrahl Our money all r.
sound;
Honest golden dollars ringing all the,
world around.
Bringing prosperity and gloryl
Cherish deeds of valor wreathed in mem-s
cries sublime.
Cherish grand achievements wrought In
Oriental cline;
Cherish honest duty calling; now's the
golden time,
Bringing prosperity and glory!
CHORUS.
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tofn in Is0a:
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Proof of the Pudding
In the Eating Thereof.

INSTEAD,
WE HAVE
HAD four
YEARS OF
UNPRECE-
DENIED
PROSPERITY.
THERE
HAVE Been
NO DRECS
IN The
CUP.
GOLD
STANDARD.
GOOD
TIMES
and ALL
that
Mr.. BRYAN /;
PROMISED
THAT We
SHOULD
NOT HAVE,
WE HAVE
ENJOYED.
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Average increase........... ...............'
'Import price, does not include war tax.
tExport price.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-11
Mortgage Sale.


WHEREAS default has been made in
the payment of the money secured by a
mortgage dated the 18th day of August,
in the year one thousand eight hundred
and ninety executed by Frank s.
Burgess. and Anna Burgess, his wife,
both of Grayling. Michigan, to Dora
Bossbach, of Sterling, Michigan. which
said mortgage was recorded in the Of
flee of the Register of Deeds of the
county of Crawford, in Liber Z OF mort
cages, on pages 1913 and 100. on the
eighteenth day of August, "A ID. 1899 at
ten o'clock a. m. And whereas the said
Dora Bossbach has and hereby does ex
ercise the option granted her in and by
said mortgage. and declares the whole
amount provided for in and by said
mortgage due aud payable Immediately.
And whereas the amount claimed to be
due on said mortgage at the date of this
notice is the sum of Five Hundred aud
Twenty-Five Dollars and eighty five
cents 1889, S5) of principal and interest,
aud the further sum of Fifteen Dollars
as an attorney fee, as provided by law,
and which is the whole amount claimed
to be unpaid on said mortgage, and no
suit or proceeding having been institut-
naming secured by said mortgage, or
any part thereof, whereby the power of
sale contained in said mortgage has be-
come operative.
Now THEREFORE, notice is hereby
given that by virtue of the said power of
sale and in pursuance of the statute in
such case made and provided. the said
mortgage will be toreclosed by sale of
the premises therein described, at pub
lie auction, to the highest bidder at the
front door of the Court Hopse in Gray
ling village. in said county, on the
twentieth day of January next, at ten
o'clock in the forenoon of that day,
which said premises are described in
said mortgage as follows, to wit. The
southerly forty feet of Lot number ten,
of Block number sixteen, of the original
plat of the village of Grayling, as re-
corded in the Office of the Register of
Deeds for the County of Crawford, State
of Michigan; this instrument covers
forty feet front on Cedar street, and
running easterly one hundred and
twenty five feet.
Dated October 25th $780,
DORA BOSSBACH,
MORTGAGEE.
GEO. l.. ALEXANDER, Atty. oc26-13w
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-11
Notice of Tax Sale.
To SANBURN e. HILL.

III DANbChN ~ hill.
TAKE NOTICE, that sale has been law
fully made of the following described
land for unpaid taxes thereon, and that
the undersigned has title thereto under
tax deed issued therefore, and that you
are entitled to re-conveyance tn ereof
at any time within six months after serv-
ice upon you of this notice, after spay-
ment to the undersigned of all sums paid
upon such purchase, together with one
hundred per cent additional thereto, and
the fees of the Sheriff for the service of
this notice, to be computed as upon per-
sonal service of declaration as COM
mencement of suit, and the further sum
of five dollars for each description, with
out other additional costs or charges
If payment as aforesaid is not made, the
undersigned will institute proceedings
for the possession of the land, which is
described as follows:
S.W. IA of n e. Ia, Section 2, Town
%, North Range West.
Amount paid $20722, taxes for the
years 1887, 1883, 1899; 1890, 1901, 1892,
1893, 1894. 1895, 1896, 1897 and 1898.
JOHN c. FAILING,
Grayling, Crawford Co., Mich.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-11
Notice of Tax Sale.
To MORGAN & LEWIS,
n.-~- 7

To MORGAN & LEWIS,
Oswego, New York.
TAKE NOTICE, that sale has been law
fully made of the hereinafter described
land for unpaid taxes thereon, and that
the undersigned has title thereto under
tax deed issued therefor, and that you
are entitled to re-conveyance thereof
at any time within six months after
service upon you of this notice. upon
pawn snt to the undersigned of all sums
paid upon such purchase, together with
one hundred per cent additional thereto
and the fees of the Sheriff for the serv-
ice OF thu notice, to be computed as
upon personal service of declaration
as commencement of suit, and the
further sum of five dollars for each des-
cription, without other additional costs
or charges. II payment as aforesaid is
not made. the undersigned will insti-
tt,ie proceedings for possession of said
land which Is described as follows
Lot 2, Section %, Town 20, North r.
West.
Amount paid 81 .33. tax for year 1895.
III. ZIERES,
dec2f-7w Grayling. Mich.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-11
Our Gift to You

II you will renew your subscription
or become a new subscriber to The
AVALANCHE, and send or call at this
office and pay $1.00, the price of The
AVALANCHE, and % cents additional
then we will present you with years
subscription to The Household. This
is an opportunity never before Offer
ed, and cannot be continued indef-
initely. The price of The Household
alone is $1.00. The price OF THE Av-
ALANcHE is 81. Thus the price Of
both to you is only $1.25. You can
see sample copies Of the household
at my Office.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-11

The following pupils were late last
week:
High School : Oscar Hanson,
Claude Martin.
Grades 8 and Anna Johnson,
Maud Wilcox, Jerry Lamont.
Grade ELMER Rasmussen.
Grade 3-Anna Rasmussen (twice),
Lulu Patterson.
Grade Pearl Wilcox, Emm a
Knight (twice).
Grade Ransom Burgess.
This weeks report shows by far
the least number OF tardy marks of
any this year, only fifteen 10 the en-
tire school. Almost every one Of
these II due TO- sheer carelessness
aud are conHued TO about halfa dos-
en- families.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-11

County sheriffs have had ruling
on mail questions from Washington,
and hereafter prisoners in county
jails will not be required to show the
Jail officers letters to friends and rel
atives. Neither will the sheriff II open
letters and other mail addressed to
prisoners before turning it over to
them. Hereafter, however. II the
sheriff thinks correspondence should
not be turned over to prisoners he
will hold it with the seal unbroken
until the prisoner is released from
custody.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-11
His Wife Saved Him.

My wife's good advice saved my life
writes F.M. Ross Of Winfield, Tenn. ,
for / had such bad cough i could
hardly breathe, steadily grew worse
under doctors treatment, but my
wife urged me to use DR.. Kings New
Discovery for consumption, which
completely cured me-" Coughs. colds,
bronchitis, la grippe, pneumonia, as
thma, hay fever and all maladies of
chest, throat and lungs are positively
cured by this marvellous medicine.
soc. and 81. 90. Every bottle guaran-
teed. Trial bottles free at l.. Four
nier's drug store.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-11
Old People Made Young.

J. G. Sherman, the veteran editor
of the Vermontville (Mich.) Echo,
has discovered the remarkable secret
OF keeping old people young For years
he has avoided nervousness, sleepless-
ness, indigestion, heart trouble, con,
stipation and rheumatism, by using
Electric Bitters, and he writes: 1T
can't be praised too highly. 1t gently
stimulates the kidneys, tones the
stomach, aids digestion, and gives a
splendid appetite. Ithas worked won
ders for my wife and me. It's mar
velous remedy for old peoples com
plants" Only soc. at l.. Fournier's
drug store.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-11
For sale by l.. FOURNIER.



NOTICE Is hereby given that petition has
l\been filed with the clerk of the circuit
court for the county OF Crawford, state OF
Michigan, praying for the vacation OF all that
part OF the plat OF the village of Orayling, in
said county, described as follows, TO wit. All
OF block three [31 except lots eleven iii and
twelve [12l, and blocks four [4, five l5l six [6l,
seven la. eight Isl. ten [l0]. eleven III and
twelve [t2l and lots three ~. four I4, five l5I.
OF block III; all Of lots one III two III,
three Isl, four IA, FIVE l5l, six [el seven 90 and
eight (S) of block one % of Hadley's third adj
dition to the village OF Grayling. according to
the recorded plat thereof, andthat an appli-
catipn founded upon the said petition Will be
made to said Court. on the 10th day OF jan
uary next, at the Courthouse I'm Grayling, In
said county. for an order vacating that por-
ton of said plat hereinbefore described at
which time and place any person owning any
part OF the said village immed ateiy adjoin-
Ing hat part thereof which IL is proposed 10
vacate. may appear and oppose the same.
EMMA HADLEY.
Dated November 10Th 1899. nov;sD-5w
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-11

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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-01-11

Those who grumble at the price Of
stove-wood, can console themselves
that they do not live In the Klondike
country. A correspondent writes
that in October the price of wood
there was $12 to Sl5 per cord, with a
prospect OF s24 per cord when the
coolest weather arrived.