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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-12-04

n. c-ser s,rsnres with the Niece 81 DT; .ae, hs
sgbre to handle her famous uheic 49,
Throat and Lung Cure
0rhe best family safeguard is reliable reliable
household medicinv that will cure otonp,
cougis. colds. chilly sensations, tuii,i'H tl,,i,Hl
e,.cs aud nose, sore throat and br9neiilla .,'i,..
affections will keep the chiiui0H
moot against an contagious diseases.
Csrch a medicine Is Boschees D-illisa Dll \.
syrup. which has a record Of So yeaiSS M
the curc of consumption, catarrh anu .i
lung and bronchial troubles.
nTfc fame Of German syrup as = Syn ,,l
srmptiyc cure, since its purchase Dy ~ ~
Green from the niece OF thc lannon's ~ ~.
Busrhcc. has extended 10 ah pait- "i .'''
earth. II las big sales every W
CTwo sizes. 25c and 75c' All utuee's'
Sold IN Salem by 8. G. Stone.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-12-04
Tho Newest in out Glass.

The China Store, state street, shows
uofno Zoe PREsCUT glass. fts just
The right price FOR Chrisimas-not too
high.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-12-04

When tho groeeFs are Increasing
their orders FOR wild Rose Flour there
must be a reason. DO YOU know whyi
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-12-04
BOOSTING
WESTERN
OREGON
Farmers and7ShipperS' Cen
greSS at WOOdbuTn
Dec. 18th

Woodburn, Or, Dec. 2.--Elaborate
arrangements are being made by the
citizens Of Woodburn and vicinity to
receive and entertain the farmers and
shippero' congress, under tho auspices
Of the willamette Valley Development
leagu,. to meet in this city on Decem-
Der 16. Nothing win be left undone
in the way Of hospitality and a large
concourse Of people and a successful
congress are looked for At meet
ing this evening the following commit
tees were appointed.
Arrangements - Walter L. Tooze,
Herbert L. Gil, II. d. Brown, Grant
Corby. J. w. Cook.
Transportation-J A. Levesquc.
Reccption-D II. Lcech. y. NJ. Poor
man. y. II. settlemicr Walter L. Tooze.
J. J. Hall, 8. T. johnson, Jacob Ycor.
Lccs. p. L. Kcnady, W. r. Townsend,
viii scollard Francis Fcller, Henry
a. Snyder Of Aurora, w. J. Clarke Of
Gervais. a. W. Knight Of Hubbard,
Henry l.. Bcnts, Of Butteviiie; John
scollard. Of Champoog; John Mckay,
Of 81. Paul; George Cussitcr, OF Silver.
ton, and Fred o. Bcndson, Of NE Angel
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-12-04
The Best
Insurance

William Boyd OF the Curtis Publish
ing company addressed the Manufae
tnrers' Advertising club al the Hotel
Euclid, says the Cleveland (OJ Plain
Dealer. on "Ihe Preparations Neoes
sary 10 Successful Advertising Cam
paign.- Mr., Boyd opened with the
statement that unless a business or
ganization Is responsive 20 changing
trade conditions Ii cannot be success
ful. lie cited the growth OF advertls
Ing 20 show Il one OF the new business
conditions which .eVery concern must
meet.
Trial advertisements are a vvaSto 81
aonsy, aeeordihg - mF. Boyd, ana
he iiksnsa she trial aavsFtfseF 90 che
tEsaesnan who ssnda out tFAvsIfnE
saiesnaen ones and thea dfseharres
ahsms ezDsctihg that FessIts from
the atnEls snoFt wfm warrant sn-
gageneat % other aalsanasn for =
iilzs singts trip.
AR. Boyd likened advertising 10 a
business Insurance II an adyertisar's
place o. business burns down. even
though be has DO IRE insunsnoa. b can
az Onoo rebuild ana continue % DO
profitable business because hs has al.
vsrused. thereby creating q demand Fog
his gOOds
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-12-04

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ehAe youE ga shS~1a - a. ths pfEha
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eoIauana.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-12-04

A number Of prominent orcgonians
and public men Of great ability have
promised 20 take part in The program.
Mayor Water Of Salem will speak
on development Of western Oregon by
electric railroads.
Hon. y. p Jones Of Toledo viii
spcok FOR Yaquina bay and a railroad
60 tho silc,z.
A. y. Graham, president of the o.
Q. r. Co, win speak on an open river
and free lociu 90 Oregon City.
Hon. George 9. Browucll has eonl
scntcd 90 become ono of the orators of
tho congress of farmers and shippers.
Governor Chamberlain viii b. AZ tho
congress and deliver an address on
tho development Of Oregon.
Or withycombo. who is always wei.
coined % a farmers aud shippcfs'
congress may also attend and mako one
Of bis ringing talks on better mar.
kots
Hon. l.. J. simpson Of Coos bay has
promised 10 bo present with a dolcga.
tion and speak for that wonderful see.
tiou.
There arc many other localities 20
he represented. Champions Of Roae.
burg, Eugene, Albany and Salem will
claim for those cities tho commercial,
social and metropolitan inland pro
miership of Western Oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-12-04

Pm Out This cOuDOn-Man it TO-
oay with your rsmittanee-and be
sure OF getting the greatest maya
.iHe combination that was ever Of.
fsEsd--sA opportunity Of years and
one II is safe to say win never BE-
made again.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
The Coming Battle.

EDITOR REPORTERS: My attention
was called by friend to Rev. Elmores
article in your last issue. | had never
read the account of the discussion re-
ferred to by Bro. Elmore, but suppose
by his writing that it was written
by a free thinker. In reply as touching
myself, will say shall be glad to meet
him in discussion at Leon as he propos-
ed providing he waves the conditions OF
discussion in private letter exacted
to me. Though | feel sure l could
comply with him if the discussion was
held in my own neighborhood, but not
at Leon. This he probably will do. Also
provided the people of Leon furnish the
building in which the debate is to be
held. | am willing to affirm evolution
in the same words | did in the previous
discussion being exactly as l believe it,
In my Judgment two or three nights
should be suffice for the evolution
question Guerrilla warfare" and all in
light of the fact that evolution is held
as true by every living naturalist, and
is no more considered debatable
question in scientific circles. My con-
tidenee in my ability to meet so
distinguished debater as Bro. Elmore
in discussion lays chiefly in the fact
that ! accept nothing but the natural,
while he affirms the supernatural, which
| understand is but name for un-
natural, for the false or for supersti-
tion. Very truly,
Snow
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
To Select 1906 Jury Lists.

Grand and petit jury lists for 1906
will be made up this year by method
different from that which has hitherto
been in vogue. Instead of names being
returned by election boards of the
various townships throughout the
county, the Board of Supervisors will
perform the function of selecting them
on the first Monday in December. This
change is necessary, since no election
was to be held this fall, and therefore
election boards will not sit.
The names are to be taken from the
polling books of each voting precinct
in proportion to the whole number of
electors residing in the various subdi-
visions OF the county and city.
In making up the lists for 1906, none
of those who were chosen for jury ser
vice during this year will be eligible.
No changes of residence from one
township to another will be taken into
account, and if a voter who has moved
should be chosen he will credited to
the precinct where the polling lists
show he voted in 1904.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
Matt Hunter in the Hospital.

Matt Hunter, the slayer of Homer
Holland at Mt. Ayr, is now in the
prison hospital at Ft.Madison, and is re-
ported that he is very ill and is thought
that his mind as we'll as his body has
been broken by his long solitary
confinement. Ever since Hunter was
returned to prison nearly three years
ago, to serve a sentence of twenty-one
years for his crime, he has steadily
refused to work, and has UNDER
gone more punishment in the way of
solitary confinement and the loss of all
privileges or communication with the
outer world, than any convict ever
confined in Iowa prisons. The officials
tried every expedient to make Hunter
work, but finally gave it up as a bad
job, and he has been doing solitary
CONTINENT in dark cell, 6xS feet,
being permitted to see no one and fed
bread and water, his orly companion
being bible which he scornfuly refus-
ed to read, and invariably made the
same answer that he never had worked
and never would. A few days ago it
was discovered that Hunter was very
sick and he was removed from his cell
to the hospital, and his condition is
considered very critical by the attending
physician.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
A Simultaneous Movement.

At a meeting Of the ministers Monday
a ministerial association was organized
and a plan for an evangelical campaign
adopted as follows:
There will be a simultaneous move
ment among the four churches; Method
ist, Christian, Presbyterian and Baptist,
beginning next Sunday, Nov. 19, with
a union prayer meeting in the M. E.
church led by Rev. j. A. Armstrong of
the Baptist church, at 2:30 IN. The
plan is to hold a union prayer meeting
each afternoon at 2:30 and each evening
there will be service in each church
led by its own pastor.
The plan is to make this harmonious
effort, all the churches working in
unison for the upbuilding of the King
dom of Christ in saving the lost.
1t is hoped that every christian in
town will give heart and hand to this
work, and will earnestly pray for Gods S
blessing upon it. Every person in town
is earnestly invited to find place in
these meetings in the church where he
may feel most at home.
w. A. MONTGOMERY. Sec.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
DECATUR COUNTY CORN CONTEST.
The State Savings Bank Doing Some
Valuable Educational Work.

Editor James Atkinson, of the Iowa
Homestead, has consented to Judge the
corn entered by the farmers of Decatur
County for The State Savings Banks
contest of Grand River on the 9th inst,
and will deliver lecture in which he
will give his reasons for his decisions
and discuss the general principles of
the selection of seed corn and other
grains. Mr.. Atkinson is in great
demand for such lectures and Grand
River is to be congratulated on the fact
that the wide awake State Savings
Bank has secured such an attraction.
1t is estimated that fully thousand
farmers from every part of Decatur
County, will be here to see the contest
and enjoy the lecture.
The prizes offered by The State
Savings Bank for this contest are en-
ceedingy liberal, being as follows.
An elegant 100-piece dinner set for
the best twelve ears of yellow corn.
A good 47-piece dinner set for the
second best twelve ears Of yellow corn.
A beautiful parlor lamp the third
best twelve ears of white corn.
A beautiful parlor lamp for the second
best twelve ears of white corn.
A rose decorated ever and basin for
the third best twelve ears of white
corn.
$500 in cash for the best single ear
OF corn any color.
Corn can be entered for the contest
up to 10:3O a. m. on the day of contest.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
WAS LOST BY so VOTES
The Official Canvass Shows that
New Court House was Beaten
by only a Small Majority.

The board of supervisors met Monday
to canvass the returns of the special
election on the court house question,
and there was considerable surprise
when the result became known and it
was found that the new court house was
defeated by just so votes. 1t was
close call and change of few votes
in each township would have carried
the proposition. There were several
minor changes in the vote as published
last week, but the big change which
changed the majority from 25l to exact
ly so was found in the returns from
Fayette township. The unofficial re-
turns had reported the vote in Fayette
as 81 for and 172 against the court
house, but when the board examined the
official returns they found the vote was
certified by the judges and clerks OF
that township as 81 against and 172 for
a new court house. 1t is shame that
the proposition was lost by such a small
margin, and if the election was to be
held over again next week the new
court house would have nice majority.
The following is the official canvass of
the vote:
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
Balance of Month to be Stormy

Hicks, the st. Louis weather prophet,
makes the following predictions for the
balance Of November: Is
The third storm period is central on
the 18th, covering the 10Th to the 10th.
During this period it will be wise to
expect some very decided autumna!
storms and gales. A November cold
wave will follow this period, covering
the north and etfecting materially
weather conditions quite into the south.
The fourth storm period is central on
the 22nd and 23rd. The disturbances
of this period will begin as early as the
21st with falling barometer and threat
ening weather. On and about the 22nd
and 23rd general storms will Re in
progress from west to east, with indica-
tions good for a continued spell of very
stormy weather for the balance of the
month.
The fifth storm period is precipitated
by the existing causes, so that it will
begin as early as the 18th and 10Th. A
marked change to warmer, with low
and falling barometer, will be advanc-
ing from the west by the 26th General
autumnal rains will quickly follow and
march eastward over the country during
the last four to five days of the month.
Rains will turn to snow and sleet-look
for heavy sleet northward-an almost
a genuine November Blizzard over much
Of the country will come with high
barometer sure to press close behind
the last stages of the storms.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
Van Vert

Mr.. and Mrs. James Storey returned
Wednesday from Humeston where
they had been visiting relatives.
MIR. and Mrs. Jennings, of Grand
River, were iii this city Wednesday be-
tween trains.
Ora Machlan went to Grand River
Wednesday for visit with relatives.
Chas. Lane, Lyman Sigler and Rev.
Sutherlin, of Leon, attended the Sunday
school convention in this city Wednes-
day and Thursday.
Mrs. Bobbitt came Wednesday from
Leon for visit with her daughter Mrs.
r. r. Porter.
Media Thompson visited over Sunday
with her cousins Bessie and Millie
Thompson at Good Hope.
Ada Murray returned Wednesday
from Des Moines where she had been
visiting the past few days w tn Mrs.
Carl Coon.
Anise Kane was an Osceola visitor
Wednesday.
Earl Lamoree returned Thursday
from Ames for visit with his parents
before entering school again.
Wise Mccullough, of Leon, was in
this city Saturday OH business.
Mrs. A. l.. Belding went to Des
Moines Saturday for visit with rela-
tives.
Pete McVay, of Weldon, was in this
city Saturday between trains.
frankie Harper went to Osceola Sat-
urday for visit with her sister Mrs.
Frank Dutton.
Mr.. Adkin, of Osceola, was in this
city Saturday on business.
Ed kierneff visited relatives at
Leslie Saturday.
Agnes Shell and Eta Briggs spent
Sunday at J. t. Thompson's.
Myrtle Edwards, of Grand River, was
in this city Saturday.
Rev. Samson preached at the M. E.
church Sunday evening. He expects to
leave in few days for Des Moines to
make his home with his daughter Mrs.
Mary Thompson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
POOR SCHOOL REPORTS
State Superintendent Riggs After
Rural School Treasurers Whose
Reports Don't Balance.

Superintendent Riggs has stirred up
a frightful commotion among the school
district officers OF the state by insist
ance upon replies to his inquiries re-
specting the business of the different
districts and upon the contention that
the funds shall balance.
In one county, Hamilton, he has sent
back torty-six out of forty-nine district
reports to secure the information which
he believes to be essential. Ii the an
swers to the inquiries of the STATE
superintendent had been correctly re,
turned in the first place, the biennial
report Of the department. would now b.
accessible. 1t is being delayed by the
corrections which it has been found
necessary to secure from Hamilton and
other counties.
This year the school officers have been
asked to separate the funds they re-
ceive from tuition paid by nonresident
pupils from other finds with which this
was consolidated. The secretaries ijuf
the various boards We're asked to report
the number of nonresident pupils at
tending school in the district and this
same question was also put to the var
ious school princi pals. 1t will readily
ported by the secretaries and the prin-
cipals should be the same in each dis
trict and that the funds in the hands of
the treasurer for tuitions should equal
the sum which would be collected from
the number of persons reported by both
the secretary and the principal. In
other words, the reports of these officers
should correspond in each district.
In insisting on balances Mr.. Riggs
has asked some questions which may
trouble some of the officers to answer.
For instance, in some cases the princi-
pal and the secretary have reported
more pupils than corresponds with the
amount returned in this fund by the
treasurer. This puts the latter official
on the spit. In others the treasurer
has reported more money in the fund
than corresponds with the numbersof
pupils returned by the former two Off
cials. Then they are all on the rack, for
the superintendent wants to know
where the treasurer got the money and
if he came by it rightly, where the
pupils are who paid it. And again 10
other instances the figures of no two or
three officers correspond. In some
cases considerable sums are involved.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
County Sunday School Conven.
ton.

The Decatur County Sunday School
convention was held at Van Vert last
Wednesday and Thursday, and most
interesting and instructive meeting
was held. Several of the speakers
on the regular program were unable to
be present, but others were supplied.
State worker B. f. Mitchell was present
at both sessions and plans were laid to
prepare for better Sunday School work
in this county. 1t was decided by the
executive committee to divide the town
ship into five districts, with a supcrin-
tendent for each district, the following
being chosen:
Dist. No. Is. H. Amos. Garden Grove.
Dist. No. "A. E. Price, Van Vert.
Dist. No. 3--Prof. J. M. Pierce, Leon.
Dist. No. 4-F. o. Spurrier, Lamont.
Dist. No. ID. B. Bennett, Pleasanton.
The following county officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President l.. P. Sigler, Leon.
Vice President--A. e. Price, Van
Vert.
Secretary and Treasurer Rev. Sadie
A.. Gibbons, Leon.
Asst. secy. Miss Mayme Elliott,
Leon.
II. D. Secy.-C. T. Crew, Weldon.
Normal Secretary-Mrs. M. Macey,
Pleasanton.
H. to H. Wis. Secretary B. Officer,
Leon.
Temperance Secretary Mrs. Z. j.
Blair, Van Vert.
Missionary secretary-Mrs. Carrie
Stearns, Van Vert.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
Burr Oak Ridge.

Mrs. Joe Warren and Mrs. OF johnson
and two children, of Ell Reno, Okla, are
visiting their many friends and relatives
in Decatur county. They were Sunday
visitors at w. II. McCalla's.
Mrs. Sarah Chastain visited over Sun
day at Lide Chastain's.
w. ii. Frost had the misfortune to get
his leg broken Friday. A number of
people called to see him Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. McCalla, Harris Gam
mon and Mary Thompson attended the
funeral of Miss Liza Robinson last week.
e. A. Adams and wife, of Van Vert,
were visiting Saturday and Sunday with
relatives on Eden Prairie.
Elmer Kimport Mamie and Elma Kim
port and Cora Fulton were callers at
w. FL. McCalla's Saturday night.
Gideon Broline had business on Elk
Creek last week.
Ralph and Mary Edgington visited in
Leon Monday night with their uncle,
Arthur Forbes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
FairvieW

Joe L. Warner and wife made busi-
ness trip to Lineville one day last
week and on their return visited at
Joe Dobson's over night and returned to
Leon the next day.
The Watkins medicine man has been
in this vicinity supplying the people
with medicine.
# Ray Ellis, of Leon, was down in these
parts and visited with Bert Dobson.
We understand school will commence
next Monday after a vacation of two
weeks, Blanche Merrick as teacher.
Jene Teller has had quite seige of
tonsilitis but is better at this writing.
c. w. Hoffman and V. r. McGinnis
made business trip to Lineville one
day last week.
Oliver Bright has been on the sick
list.
Elmer Oiler was Lineville caller last
Friday.
Kern Bright sold q head of four year
old steers and delivered them at Pleas
anton one day last week.
Tom Duncan came home and visited
over Sunday with his family, he has
been working over east of Lineville.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
r. F. D. No. 3.

The election is over, it was interest
ing to hear some of the arguments
against the court house tax. One
would think we lived back in colonial
times when there was no tax, and
tobacco, furs, beeswax and rattlesnake
buttons were used as money.
j. M. Barlean and Mamie Trent were
pleasant callers Saturday night at the
home of Ed Antrim.
l. P. Stanford. the veteran trapper,
caught an otter on Little River recent
ly. This animal is almost extinct in
this country.
John Gibbs has bought the Lee Craig
farm and moved.
Mr.. Adkins was an over Sunday visit
or at the home Of Gil vanderpooi.
George Cox and family were over
Sunday visitors at the home of George
Stephens at Blockley.
Dennis Daughton and Mr.. McGrady
from Oklahoma were in these parts
buying mules.
T. N. Truitt has just finished cement
cave for Henry Keller.
E Odie Vanderpool is staying at Mart
Stills and going to school this winter.
Mr.. Mart's sale was we'll attended and
everything brought good prices.
The wrestling match between Fred
Jones and Walter Honn was won by
Honn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-11-16
Grand River.

We learn that W. G. Ward, of Kansas
City, has purchased DR.. Gufy's inter-
terests at Kellerton and will make
regular visit to Grand River. Special
extraction under somnoform the new
anesthettc. His next visit being Nov.
20 to %, 1905.
Allie Palmer was home over Sunday
from his work.
A. l.. Ackerly will move his stock of
goods from B C IN fl I'd here
this week. he has rented H. G. Jennings
new store building which is one of the
finest in the county.
Miss Anna Kline and grandma Boeger
came Saturday to visit R.W. Boeger and
family.
The Misses Edwards were home from
their schools over Sunday.
j. Fl. Davis and family are home from
Colorado where they have been visiting
the past month.
S. H. Covington is visiting in
Nebraska this week.
A. l.. Bezold is kept busy putting
in windmills and pumps and repairing
them.
George Lee had the misfortune to
break one OF the plate glass as he was
setting it in Snyders new barber shop
it breaking the full length. 1t is too
bad as it is a great loss and will delay
the work some.
Mrs. W. B. Day visited her parents
last week.
7. B. Sloan and wife entertained old
friends last week.
Cole Young has been laid up with a
carbuncle but is out again now.
Attorneys McGinnis and Hoffman had
legal business here last week.
Treasurer Young was shaking hands
with his friends here last week.
J.. H. Boydston representing the
Register and Leader was here solicit
ing last week.
f. A. Greenland is home again shak-
| ing hands with his friends. He will not
buy stock for a while but will help fix
up his Long Creek farm.
j. H. Schmitt and wife are visiting
the last two weeks in Ohio among
friends and relatives.
Mccarthy our painter is home from
Des Moines.
7. P. Taylor is painting at Mrs. e.
Young's.
j. N. Andrews was in town Monday
OH business.
]. G. Brothers has purchased Jack
Edwards house and lot in the west part
of town. w. G. Overholtzer purchased
six lots north of them and will build
fine house and will move to town his
business having increased so takes most
of his time here.
Dock Cole was doing busincsss here
Monday.