The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-11-28
AT THE STATE CAPITAL
Des Moines, Nov. 90. 100,


that the little that is sold will be
resold within the state or shipped
west. The short crop resulting from
the drouth, and the necessity of put
ting cattle on corn feed early in the
tall because of the burning up of
The pastures, has developed condi-
ZION almost unprecedented in this
section of the country, and grain
men say that it is almost the first
time in the history of the middle
west that every indication pointed to
either the entire consumption of
the corn crop at home by feeders or
the shipment of the small surplus
west, instead of east. Already a
number of commission orders have
been placed with Des Moines dealers
Tor shipments to Kansas City, Omaha
and to points beyond, and in the
drouth district to the southwest
where the hot winds worked even
greater injury to the crops than in
this state.
Captain Scott of the local recruit
ing station has opened recruiting
stations recently at Davenport, Cres-
ton, Burlington, Sioux City and OF
tumwa, and another will soon be
opened at Keokuk. The recruits at
the local station and throughout the
state have very materially increased
under the new call by the govern
ment for volunteers for the Philip
pines. The government is also So
liciting APPLICANTS for service in the
hospital corps, which is one of the
best paid departments in the SER
vice.
Governor Shaw has named as dele
gates to the international live stock
exhibition in Chicago, December j,
the following three delegates at
large, including Prof. Charles +. Cur
tiss, of the Iowa State college at
Ames; Arastus A. Harris, of Mar
shalltown, and 1. G. Heaps, of the
Farmers Tribune, Des Moines. The
three alternates include Albert Cool-
ey, of Osceola; II. F. French, of In
dependence, and C. i. Dolk, of Kiron.
Crawford county.
81 have not decided to bequeath my
biennial election resolution to any
particular member of til, legisla-
ture," said Senator G. M. Titus III an
interview here, "but 1 hope to see it
introduced and passed through in
correct form. 1 introduced the prop
,osition because I felt that we should
have biennial elections, AMI 1 believe
that the people voted for it because
they agreed that biennial elections
re better than annual. In Musca-
le county the political campaigns
of personal abuse, largely.
They cost vast sums of money, also"
No member of the incoming assembly
has yet signified his intention Of talk
ing up the biesnial elections resolu-
ton. 1t is believed, however, that it
will be introduced at some time dur
ing the session and will be passed
through without dissent.
In the United States court Max
hrosllopf, formerly deputy postmas-
ter at Marshalltown, and who was
indicted on charge of failure to de-
post postal funds, entered plea OF
guilty as charged. The case was con-
tinued for judgment until the next
term and the defendant released on
bond of 5000, signing his own bond.
canvassed the vote on supreme judge,
state superintendent and railroad
commissioner and announced the re-
suit officially. The pluralities for the
republican ticket follow: Cummins,
s3,1s4; Herriott, s3,s61; Weaver. So
900; Barrett, S3.24O; Brown, 80, 422
The legislature will canvass the vote
on governor and lieutenant governor
Adjutant General Byers has shipped
20 the Tama Indian reservation, near
Toledo, two large national guard
hospital tents and a number of cots
with which an improved hospital for
the care of the smallpox patients on
the reservation is to be erected. The
shipment was made as the result of
Investigations made by DR.. A. M.
Linn, member of the state board of
health, and upon the order of Gov
ernor Shaw. DR.. Linn filed with DR..
j. Il. Kennedy, secretary of the state
board of health, his report, type
written document of three pages. DR..
Linn says that help has come to the
Indians at very late date, but that
he believes some lives can be saved.
The worst problem before the state
board of health, he says, is how to
go about the renovation of the
reservation. After conference with
Governor Shaw it was decided that
the state board had no right to burn
the blankets and belongings of the
Indians without taking the matter
up with the department of the inter-
Tor and getting authority from them,
SO that the Indians might be sup
piled with clean blankets and cloth
ing, thus preventing the further
spread of the disease.
A fruit tree in Bristol, Penn, bears
two different kinds of apples and four
different varieties of pears, namely,
the Bartlett, the Duchesse, the Cuth-
arine and the Seckel.
Message Read to the Cabinet
Washington, Nov. 2S.-President
Roosevelt finished the reading of his
message to congress to the cabinet
members at their regular session YES