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, 1901-10-04

LOST-A pair of gold trimmed nose
glasses. Leave at this office. 46tf
, 1901-10-04

FOR .SALE-Fifty or se~venty-fve
head of cows and calves. Prices right;
come out and look at the stock. Near
town. Hardin & Hartman. 7t2-42t12
, 1901-10-04

You can telephone
lSA or send the chill
dren to Graham's
market and get just
what you want
Their stock is always
complete, prices, right
and service prompt.
Trial orders solicited.
, 1901-10-04

Mothers everywhere praise One Min
ute Cough Cure for the sufferings IL
has relieved and the lives it has saved.
Strikes at the roo of the trouble and
draws out the Observation-Disclosures
Drug company.
, 1901-10-04

Towson Bros a
ket is, as usual. loaded
down with everything
that is in season.
Meats of all kinds,
Oysters, Fish. Fresh
Fruits and Vegetables.
If you wish to see the
%cleanest and best-kept
market in the state,
take a look at the Pa
cific.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
POTATO PRICES.

Potatoes are now about as costly as
peaches, but this relation will probably
not continue long, and wage earners
may look forward to drop in the price
OF tubers.
The maintenance of the present exces.
siyely high price Of this vegetable,
sghiat Ia m ebsolute neae tyssin tha;
Smajority ot She homes of the country,
would greatly increase expenses during
the coming winter and make serious in
roads upon small weekly stipends
There is really no potato famine at
hand, and none in prospect at this
writing. True, there is shortage in
the ready supply, due to drouth. but
there has been no drouth in Ohio, Mich
igan and many other states. Ohio
n ,wspapers say that the bottom will
soon d:op out of the potato boom, and
that the states crop will be large. In
the big potato producing sections Of
Pennsylvania rains have been abund-
ant and the potato crop will be big.
1t must be remembered that there are
two crops of potatoes, early and late,
in many places. Even if the early po-
tatoes had yielded an abundant crop we
could not depend upon them for win
ter's food, for they do not keep until
cold weather comes. 1t is upon the
late potatoes that We depend for our
winters supply. They will not be har-
vested for weeks yet, and. Of course,
nobody has an idea now what the yield
will be.
Timely rains may yet help the yield
greatly. At any rate local conditions
no longer govern prices. If Ohio,
Michigan and other states have large
crops, the price will drop, however the
product may be in Iowa, but even here,
in the potato sections, the yield prom :
ises very WE'LL.
Consumers have no occasion to get
into stew over this matter yet. There
will be time enough when the actual
situation of the crop in general becomes
known,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

The. protective duties that Germany
PROPOSES TO levy are 30 heavy on food
prodncts that thsT new policy se.S ii il threat
ening to affect seriously that nations
industrial and commercial prosperity.
The scale Of duties indicates an average
minimum increase in the duties on
grains of about 60 per cent and upon
meats aud food animals Of from 800 to
400 per cent. This of course seriously
affects the wage earners and manufact-
urers, but it is supposed to be benefit
to the land owners and farmers. The
effect of Dingleyism in this country is
different. Here the wage earners and
manufacturers are supposed to profit by
protection while the farmer suffers in
enhanced prices for what he must pur-
chase from those protected. Germany,
Russia and Austria are all formulating
tariffs which, what ever the home effect,
will prove Instructive to those of our
people who champion policy of com
mercial exclusion on the part Of this
nation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
THE DEs MONIES CONVENTION.

A distinguishing feature of the Des
Moines convention was the absence of
the bitter animosity heretofore exising
between the two wings of the party.
Although the contention over the
platform pro and con, was earnestly
and stubbornly maintained, yet it lack
ed almost entirely that element of bit
terness which has characterized the
party councils of late years.
A spirit of moderation prevailed and
the disposition and desire to meet and
act as democrats upon common ground
was plainly apparent.
1t is true there were few extremists
who made there presence conspicuous
by incorporate talk and expressions,
but this class was small minority.
There were many telicitous meetings,
hand.shakings and pleasant words
spoken between men who had not met
since the late unpleasantness began, old
time political friends could be seen on
every hand hob-nobbing together and
talking of the political battles when the
democracy was united and victorious.
And when it became apparent that an
agreement would not be reached the
demeanor of all these men indicated
palmer than words could express the
sadness which filled their hearts. Ex-
ultation was not in evidence at any
stage of the proceedings.
There was but little, if any, argument
bearing on the questions which have
divided the party, the whole contention,
having to do with what was generally
termed consistency, regularity, ETC.,
even Walt. Butler, when making his
eloquent plea for the adoption of the
substitute, reaffirming the Kansas City
platform, spoke entirely on those lines.
There was not word spoken on the
floor or from the rostrum which did not
breath the warmest fraternal sentiments
and eloquently pleaded for reunited
democracy. All these presages good
for the future, an omen that better
day is close at hand.-Burlington Ca
Zette,
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
WOOL GROWERS CURED.

Even the wool growers are now ready
to stand on their own foundations and
let the so-called tariff prop be removed.
They are disappointed lot. They ex.
pected great prices from the Dingley
tariff, but the facts are against them.
Other commodities have gone up and
kept up, but wool has declined right
straight along. According to the New
| York Chamber of Commerce's annual
review of the wool trade prices now are
almost as low as those of 1898. On jan
uary l., 1900, Ohio fleece sold at 35 cents
pound, but on January l, 1901. it was
n cents. Foreign woods fell less than
our domestic wool showing that the
tariff by excluding woods needed to mix
with domestic wool, serves to depress
the price of the latter. Australian wool
fell but S cents pound-trom 40 cents
to 30 cents-during the twelve months
of 1900, whereas Ohio wool fell s cents.
Cape wool fell cents and Montevido
wool fell cents. This leads the Cham
Der of Commerce to make the comment
that" extravagant duties on foreign wool
do not seem in the long run to benefit
our wool growers. If they were m odi.
fed or abolished t1uctation of prices
would be less frequent and speculation
less rampant. Consumption of staple
would increase, as the use of adulterants
would be discouraged"
Shoddy and cotton used in so.called
"woolen" goods are believed to exceed
in quantity the entire wool clip of this
country. The fact is that high duties
restrict the consumption and so tend
to depress the price of wool. With low
duties wooden manufacturers would
buy more and people would get better
clothes for the same money. And to
these conditions growers have at last
been driven by the stubborn truth of
trade quotations. The wool has been
pulled from there eyes by the losses of
a, sad experience.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
a Most Liberal offer.

All our farmer readers should take ad.
vantage of this unprecedented clubbing
offer we this year make, which includes
with THE REPORTER, The Iowa Home.
stead, its special Farmers Institute
Editions and the Poultry Farmer. These
three publications are the best of their
class and should be in every farm home
To them we add, for local. county and
general news, our own paper, and make
the price of the four one year only 81 10,
Never before was so much superior read
ing matter offered for so small an
amount of money. The three papers
named. which we club with our own, are
we'll known throughout the west and
commend themselves to the readers
favorable attention upon mere mention.
The Iowa Homestead is the great agri-
cultural and live stock paper of the west; /;
The Poultry Farmer is the most practi-
cal poultry paper for the farmer, while
The Special Farmers Institute Editions
are the most practical publications for
the promotion Of good forming ever pub
lished. Take advantage of this great
offer, as it will hold good for short
time only. Samples of these papers may
be examined by calling at this office.
o. +. Hull,
Publisher Leon REPORTER.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

1.7
Mr.. Abrams, the president OF the
state anti.saloon league, says he does
not see show any temperance ma n
could do anything else than support
Cummins, inaslnuch as the democrats
had adopted plank demanding the re-
peal of mulct law and the enactment
of high license law" 1t was not the
license plank in the democratic platform
which turned Mr.. Abrams to Cummins
but the statement made by Mr.. Cum
Minis that he was in favor of every fes-
ture of the mulct law and opposed to
the modification or repeal of any part
of it. The plank in the democratic
platform could not influence Abrams
in the least.-Clinton Age.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.

The democratic party was founded
on the constitution, animated by the
Declaration of Independence and train.
ed by the teachings of Jefferson and
Jackson. 1t has always been the party
Of the people and never the party of
class. Freedom personal. religious and
industrial has always been its vital
principle. 4 81
glas saAal "a n seeye "a Eesstsd e a.
speechg free press, a Tree c0ihage, free
trade and free men and it has most
fcarefully guarded the liberties not only
ofits own people, but has protected.
when in power, the threatened liberties
of other countries.
The Monroe Doctrine has been the
preservation of liberty in both the
Americas.
Democracy recognizes no class and
the absolute equality of all men is q
vital principle. So far the principles Of
right, liberty, freedom and equality
have always been carefully lived up to.
The democratic party has never betray.
ed its trust.
When factions arose in it and obtain.
ed temporary control and attempted to
put aside any Of these principles the
party has always punished them even
at the cost of victory over the common
enemy. A rich faction in 1896 and
1900 tried to make the party abandon
its principle Of free coinage of silver,
but it would not and true to its faith il
went to honorable defeat at the polls
rather than to a dishonorable victory.
The democratic party is the bulwark
OF Amerlca's liberties and the people
who have been deceived by tine so call.
ed republican party realize it.
If the democratic party should aban
don these principles 1t could no Longer
bear its name and its theories and prin
ciples would be taken up by the people
and used to form another party which
would be trium phant.
The noble old party will not desert {
single principle even though thousands
of its people leave it by mistaken ideas
The democratic party to-day is the
only protection the people have against
the aggression of the power Of the party
of aristocrats and trusts falsely calling
itself the republican party.
Democracy means freedom in every
sense Of the word, it means government
of, for and by the people, it meanl
equality. The party is honest becaus,
it refuses to be led by dishonest men
1t is glorious because of its record. 1t il
the party of the people and it mus
triumph or aristocracy will rule ant
liberty be lost.-Ft. Madison Dem ocrat
! Z IT, 3 " K Y ...s " . e
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

b. E ID
Kentucky has long been the target
for jokes about liquor drinking because
of ITS immense production Of whiskey;
but, according to the Cleveland Plain
Dealer these jokes are entirely unwar-
ra nted. "It is fact" states the Plain
Dealer. that Of ninety.four counties in
Kentucky only four permit the sale of
liquor except on physicians prescrip-
tions. The big state of Texas which has
wide open reputation in the north,
has l2O prohibition counties. Georgia
leads all of her sister states Of tile south b
with 1872, Mississippi has "a, Tennessee
20, North Carolina SO, Virginia So, Ala,
;bama SO. Arkansas SO. West Virginia 40
Florida 30.''
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Publisher Leon REPORTER

1t has been fully demonstrated that
Ely's Cream Balm is q specific for
Nasal Catarrh and cold in the head.
This distinction has been achieved only
as the result Of continued successful
use. Alnorbid condition Of the men,
brane in the nasal passages can be cured
by this purifying and healing treatment.
soldby druggists or it will be matted for
30 cents by Ely Brothers, 56 Warren
Street, New York, 1t spreads over the
membrane, is absorbed and relief is
Immediate, ss I;
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

The leather aud shoe men are again
agitating for the repeal Of the Is per
cent duty on raw hides. They have
formed free hide league with head.
quarters at Chicago and will doubtless
make a}}strong showing before congress
u hllt the Dlngley tariff is thing whose
character will not easily be un.
d. European combination to
sds American products to high
duties will prove most efficacious.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

Read the Declaration of Independ-
ence and the Constitution of the Unit
ed States. They are old docum. nts
and somewhat out of style at present
but will grove interesting reading.
After you have thought awhile over
what they say then think whether
you should cast your vote with the
aristocracy or the democracy at the
next election.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

A During his sincumbency Mckinley has
granted pardons to thirty-fve bank
robbers and still keeps Maclay, the
slanderer of schley, in government en-
ploy. He may be afraid Maclay will
write history of the administration
but why he should he SO partial to bank
robbers is mystery.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

According to the official statement
made dy Governor Shaw the assessment
of farm lands in Iowa has increased in
he last thirteen years more than 55
per cent. and in the same period the
assessment of the railroad property has
decreased Is per cent. since 1874. The
farmers Of Iowa will be heard from at
the polls this fall.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

The What Cheer Reporter calls L. H.
Boydston, of the Montezuma Democrat
..I.eptocephalus Honeycomb Boydston"
Well haye to organize branch school
of the journalistic ethics on the Keokuk
Poweshiek county line. Knoxville Elk.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
o. f. HULL, Publisher.
Advertising Rates.

Yearly advertisers cents per inch per issue
Occasional advertisers IL cents per inch per
Issue.
Locals s cents per line each insertion.
Locals set in black face type 10 cents per
line each insertion.
Legal advertising at legal rates.
Church and other notices where an admis
sion fee is charged, will be chan ged for at the
r te of cents per line.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
Cash.
CASH.
CASH
Observation-Disclosures

We have bought cars Of canned goods and
Do not expect to buy these without cash - = nro.
duce we can can turn them off at wholesale
prices for 20 per cent more than we will sell to
not ask.
LOWER PRICES THAN ANY STORE IN leon!
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.

We, the democrats of Iowa, in con.
vention assembled, hereby affirm the
principles lot the democratic national
platform adopted at Kansas City, July
3, 1900, and without surrendering our
convictions or abating our loyalty to
our national politics. we believe this
campaign to be particularly oae that
should be confined to state issues.
Resolved, That the fundamental
fiple Of demesFacy, equal rights to
I'D special p.9ileges to none,' ap-
in full force to the subject Of taxa
The democratic party believes
@ j lens 81 ri y, 4 ion should be
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

pledge onrs members Of the general as
!, senbty to formulate and urge the adop..
tion Of such law as will compel the
rdens of taxation to rest upon cor.
rate and individual property alike
thout favor to or exemption of any
erests.'
sWe demand economy in the admin
ration of state affairs, the repeal of
Tue mulct law, the enactment of local
4 option law, the abolition of the office of
state printer and state binder and the
contracting Of supplies for tn estate with
the lowest possible bidder
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
You Must
Try Our Soda!


We can't tell you how de-
licl0us our soda water Is;
you must try it for yourself.
But It is just as good as we
know how to make it-or as
anybody else knows how to
make 1t. We have studied
the soda question thoroughly
and have put into practice all
that we have learned. One
of the most important soda
truths that we fully appre-
Ciate Is that the making of
perfect soda requires perfect
materials nothing less than
the very best. This reduces
profit, of course, but profit Is
not everything.
w. E. MYERS.
Druggist.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
Democratic State Ticket.

For Governor,
HON. T. ). PHILLIPS,
of Wapello county.
For Lieutenant Governor,
q. T.. FERGUSON,
of Harrison county.
For Supreme Judge,
JOHN SHORrLEY,
of Dallas county.
For Railroad Commissioner,
A. G. BRICE,
of Taylor county.
For Superintendent of Schools,
w. P. JOHNSON,
of Carroll county.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

Shall the taxpayers and voters run
country on constitutional lines Or
the taxeaters and trusts be per.
ted 70 run it on the imperial planf
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
/ oW o
Gain F Iesh

Persons have been known to
gain a pound q dayby taking
an ounce Of SCOTT'S EMUL-
SION. It is strange. but it often
happens.
Somehow the ounce produces
the pound; II seems to start the
digestive machinery going prop
erly, so that the patient is able
to digest and absorb his ordinary
food. which he could not do be-
fore, and that is the way the gain
IS made.
A certain amount Of flesh is
necessary for health; if you have
not got It you can get it BY
taking
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

It's funny that republican newspa-
pers indulge in so much worriment over
"the future of the democratic pa,ty''
when they contend that it has no future.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

Express trains in Russia do not run
faster than twenty-five miles an hour.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05
ITEMS Of INTEREST.

England's rainfall is equal to 5000
tons on the acre each year.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

| 1t is announced that NJ. Labori has
promised to lecture in America this
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

Potted on tongue large can .lOc&
Potted ham can SC
Potted ham large can .......... 1Oc
Potted turkey can ....lOc
Potted turkey large can. n....15c
Salmon can .......l0c, 15c, 25c.
Succatosh per can. ..............1Oc&
Bib sweet potatoes can. .1Ocs
Bib baked beans can 1Oc
Bib Strawberries can ...1Oc
Bib hominy caA .lOc
Bib bacon and greens can. .lOc E
Bib sour kraut can. ........... 1Oc
Bib buffers and iells can ...... .1Oc
Bib black cherries can ......15c
Bib table peaches can. 49,. lOc
Bib yellow table peaches in
extra heavy syrup can...l5c
Bib pie peaches 3 cans .........25c
Bib pie rlant 1Oc
Jams, preserves and jells, all
put up in glass jars ...........1Oc
Our special Dig leader, l gal
Ion cans Michigan pie
peaches n...................25c
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

Mount Lowe observatory, California,
reports that Encke's periodic comet
was well seen Wednesday, morning at
; hours As minutes. It's position was
sight ascension hours SO minutes,
north declination 30 degrees "a min
utes. The ovite is large but faint.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

Last year the markets of New York
paid as revenue into the cit ystreasury
SS5s,0o0 from rents. exclusive Of $4s,-
BOO collected from stalls and privileges
in Wallabout Market, Brooklyn and
$4,000 from market cellar rents total
of more than 100000.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1901-09-05

If the Duke of Portland's horse had
been little quicker ait his last Derby
his owner would have won three of
these races. or fore than any living.
owner can claim. AS it was, the
Duke and Lord Rosebery have alone
won twice in succession.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1901-12-19
rose Hill.

ID. A. Long, postmaster at Ruelton,
Kansas, is visiting his sister, Mrs. A.
q. Hawley.
DR.. w. O. Tanner, OF Stuart, Ia
was down on Monday to see his
father and mother.
J. w. Troy & Bros. have shipped
out six Of their fine Chester White
hogs in the last week. They have
some very fine stock left.
Mrs. W. @. Rhinehart was an over
Sunday visitor at the A. W. Van
Nostrand home in Oskaloosa, return
ing Monday morning.
William Brown Jr. and Paul Bass
went to Chicago on Tuesday, this
week, with stock of their own feed
ing, Brown had cattle, Bass had
sheep.
O. b Rowland received some very
fine Galloway cattle last week, which
he bought in Chicago during the fat
stock show. These are for the herd
of A. Rowland & Son.
]. w. Garden, our grain man, sue
cessor to w. H. Smith, has bought
Lu6 gram Durrb III bn0 I66u null anu
is fully prepared to furnish all kinds
of feed on short notice.
Postmaster Doak thinks it would
be we'll for the patrons of the rural
free delivery routes to set their posts
now, preparatory to receiving their
mail boxes, as it is a small job to set
post now as compared to setting
one after it freezes two feet deep, as
may be by Feb. 1, the time the SER
vice starts. These posts should be
set so as to be convenient for the
carrier to reach without alightiug
from his wagon, four end bali feet
above the ground. The patrons OF
both routes have adopted the Bond
Steel Post Co.'S. box and some 500 of
the patrons on the routes have sent
in their order for boxes 90 as to have
them lettered and ready by the time
the service begins. All the patrons
along the routes who expectto have
their mail delivered and who do net
receive their mail at the Rose Hill
office should order it changed to
Rose Hill by Feb. 1, 1902.
1918. MASSEY"