The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1905-01-12
The Annual Printing Contest.

/ The Annual Printing Contest.
Last Friday was the day set by the
board of supervisors for the selection
of the official county papers for the
year 1905, and the auditors office looked
like an editorial association was in ses-
sion for there were more newspapers
men gathered there than have been
together in this county for some time.
When the hour Of 8 o'clock arrived, be
ing the time set by the board the first of
the week for filing of the sworn lists Of
subscribers by the various contestants
for the appointments, The Decatur
County Republican, by it's attorney G..
w. Hoffman, appeared and asked that
the board extend the time for filing the
sworn lists until the following Monday,
but after some talk finally changed this
motion and asked that they be given
until 3. o'clock that afternoon t. file
their list, alleging that they were I'M
able to file their entire list on account
of the sheriff being in possession of a
part of the office, Deputy Sheriff Ira
Wallace having levied on the mailing
list and subscription ledger the previous
evening to satisfy a judgment against
the editor r. w. Bruce, which was OBJ
tanned in the district court about a
year ago by a folder company at Sidney,
Ohio, who sued for something like 5000
due them on notes given by Mr., Bruce
for folder purchased by him while he
was publishing the Herald at Charlton.
The continuance was vigorously con-
tested by the Journal of Leon, who were
represented by Marion +. stookey and
Judge j. w. Harvey. The talk between
the parties became SO warm that finally
the board ordered that all partiesI ex-
cept the board and county auditor re-
tire while the board decided what to do
in the matter. After discussing the
matter for over an hour the board de-
cided that the time for filing closed at
/ o'clock.
The lists were then opened by
Auditor Scott, there being four contes-
4 ttisssafsS TssR ,Haaes RapenvrR, Leon Iourn-
ats.,--1Gsavis City Lariat and the Lamont
Chronicle. The sworn list of each paper
showed the following number of sub
scribers residing in Decatur county:
LEON REisoRTER 17O6.
Leon Journal 1903.
| Davis City Lariat 1914.
Lamont Chronicle I'll.
There being no contest against THE
REPORTER and Journal they were named
as two of the official county papers for
the appointment of the third paper
which must be located outside of sLeon
was between the Davis City Lariat and
Lamont Chronicle. The Lariat was rep
resented by it's editor Gus finch and
his attorney Geo. w. Baker, and the
Chronicle by its publishers John Scott
and J.F. Carver and their attorney J.W.
Harvey. Each paper filed objections to
the lists Of the other paper and the
hearing was continued until that after
noon to make their formal objections.
This was done during the day and the
board set Tuesday, Jan. oath, as the day
to submit their evidence, each paper
claiming that large number of the
names appearing as subscribers were
not bona-fide.
| 1t has been conceded for some time
that there could be no contest so far,as
The REPORTER was concerned, it having a
clear field over all the other papers but
it was expected there would be merry
| fight between the two republican papers
in Leon, the Republican having been
making a desperate effort to down sthe
Journalism for some time they have
been selling the paper and receipting
for it a whole year for 25 cents. There
are all kinds of rmnors floating as to the
| final outcome of the fight between the
two republican organs which has been a
bitter one, and several damage cases
are threatened as aekesult of the levy
which was made on the mailing list, it
being claimed it was done for the sole
purpose of preventing the Republican
from beating the Journal in the contest
for appointment as one of the official
papers.
Boy Wanted.