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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

The great growth in the numbers
of the federal Office holding class in
the United States is a thing that
should be given careful consideration
by thoughtful voters. 1t has become
the fashion of recent years for the
federal powers that be to appoint
commissions and to create clerks
and messengers and sub-clerks and
and auditors and
sub-auditors and secretaries and sub
secretaries and so on ad infinitum.
To such an extent has the number
of federal employees increased OF late
that it is now S70,065. Two years
ago the number was $685. Al. This
is an increase Of about $4,000, or
twenty per cent. in two years. II
this increase was occasioned by
necessity one could view it with more
or less equanimity, but when 1t Is
known of all men that large per-
centage Of the increase is merely to
give place to politicians Of the minor
varieties it is a fact that should be
viewed with displeaure. 1t is state
of affairs that should be remedied.
Probably one-third of the present
federal employees could be dismissed
without damage to the business OF
carrying on the government and also
without compelling the remaining
two-thirds to do more than a fair
amount of work to keep government
al affairs running smoothly. 1t is
an open secret that large proper
ton of governmental jobs are sim
.ecures, requiring little or no exertion
on the part of the holders. Every
one of these jobs, though, costs the
people just so much-and the sup
porting people keep right on paying
for these useless "vermiform ap-
pendices' without protest. How
long, how long, o Lord, is it to con-
tinue.-Ft. Madison Democrat.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
A MASTER OF SARCASM.

The late Congressman De Almond
was master of sarcasm when occa-
sion arose. The Washington CORE
spOndent Of the st. Louis Republic
cites an instance of this as follows:
ION a certain occasion Mr.. De Ar
mond referred to j. Sterling Morton,
who was secretary of agricultural I'M
der Cleveland as a man who
has a regularity OF always talk
ing when he Is not writing, and al
ways doing both when he Is not
thinking"
".The speech was in criticism of
the order Of Secretary Morton which
stopped congressional seed distribu-
ton for a time. He closed his
speech by quoting from what l
know is a favorite poem with you
an The poem proved to be para
phrase of Gray's Eulogy. 1t follows:
Full many whim of purest ray
serene,
The dark. unfathomed screech of
Morton bear.
Full many wheel is formed to whir
unseen,
And waste Its fleetness meath J.
Sterling's hair
This paraphrase, original with
Mr.. De Almond, Is said to be the ORR
gin of the slang term wheels in the
head
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
G. o. P. WOES.

There's going to be a hot time in
the old town of Washington this
winter. That's as certain as today is
Thanksgiving day. President Taft
has formed an alliance with Speaker
Cannon and Senator Aldrich. which
means that Congressman Victor Muir
dock in the house and Cummins, Dol
liver and LaFollette in the senate
and their following will encounter
an opposition not to be sneered at.
Ply the aid of the regulars the new
ftriumvirate will probably be able to
control legislation, but the margin
will be so close that every wire must
be pulled to win the day and much
bitterness will ensue. How great the
opposition is to Speaker Cannon is a
problem. Progressive papers like
the Chicago Tribune state that it is
assuming real proportions and that
the insurgents with the aid of the
minority will be able to thwart much
of the legislation on the speakers
program. On the other hand, the de-
feat of Barnes by Moxley in the Sixth
Illinois district last Tuesday indi-
Gates that Cannon and the standpat-
tiers are still in the ring with a ven
geance. Whatever, the outcome
is in Washington this winter, it spells
more woe for the republican party.
Never in its history has it faced so
much fractional strife.
The Gazette is inclined to believe
that Taft, Aldrich and Cannon by
the aid Of patronage, plums and prac-
teal politics will be able to hold on
to their doubtful power. 1t reiter-
ates the oft repeated assertion that
the insurgents place, il they desire
to smash Cannon and Cannonism and
are in real earnest for the democratic
policies which they have adopted, is
in the democratic ranks. There a
great victory awaits their cause
Burlington Gazette.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
FEARS PELLAGRA HAS A FOOT
HOLD IN IOWA.
l.. A Thomas of State Board Thinks
Case ut OakdaIe not the Only
One.

Oakdale is not the only state insti-
tuition in which there is probably
pellagra, according to DR.. L. A.
Thomas, secretary of the state board
of health. While Secretary Thomas
does not specifically charge that
there are cases of the dread disease
in other state institutions, he does
say that he has no doubt that a
thorough inspection of the other in
situations will reveal cases of the
dread affection in other parts of
Iowa.
1t is recalled that when DR.. B. l..
Eiker returned from the national
pellagra conference he recommended
that a thorough inspection be made
of the state institutions in order to
determine whether the disease ex-
listed there. The examination at
Oakdale revealed that a woman who
had been there for three weeks had
we'll developed case. In view of
the fact that certain grades of corn
are said to cause the disease, the
health authorities feel that there is
probably some of the disease at the
other state institutions.
1.-THE commercial Importance of
determining at once whether or not
there is pellagra at the other state
| institutions can not be over esti-
mated" said DR.. Thomas when dis
cusing the outbreak at Oakdale,
Iowa is great corn producing
state and it is of the greatest import
ance to know whether or not the
corn used in Iowa is producing the
disease which is common among the
naasantrv of southern EurODa I"
| The authorities are planning a
Thorough inspection of every state
institution so that if the disease is
discovered anywhere else it can be
speedily eradicated
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
!. GREAT NATIONAL PROBLEM

One need not share j. j. Hills
gloomy view that "the high cost OF
living is beginning to decline TO
agree with him that it is now ana
here in America a great and grave
national issue. ~
There is no question as to the
facts. Bradstreet's Index figure
pf commodity prices show an aver
age rise of Sc per cent in thirteen
wears in the price of the necessarles
of life. Rent has in many cases risen
in even greater ratio. Wages nave
generally risen not nearly SO much.
We must wait for the 1910 census
TO show how the working man now
shares in the division of his product
but already in 1909 the wage funo IN
manufacture was shown to be grow.
ing only half as fast as capital ana
only one-third as fast as mlsceliane-
o,,s expenses. In 1896 the working
man. clerk or professional toller'
could buy more food, shelter, cloth
ing and other necessities and com
forts with his wages, salary or ices
than at any time since the civil war.
Today the man of moderate means
can buy less with his income than IN
1896. For him the wheels OF pro-
gress have turned backward, ana ne
is deeply dissatisfied. He is ready
to wreck political vengeance upon
whatever or whoever is responsible;
What is doing the country this III
turn? Some say the trust; it is a
coincidence that the tendency began
about the time the trusts did. Some
say the tariff. Some say the middle
men. Some blame the increased pro,
4 duction of gold since the invention OF
the cyanide process and the end OF
the Boer war. Some say living costs
more because we have reached the
end of our free homestead land
though Mr.. Hill and his railroad
friends are right in urging that bet
ter farming would double our yearly
yield.
The cause and cure, whatever they
may be, it behooves statesmen ano
leaders of thought to discover. The
condition of which Mr.. Hill speaks
and which are known of all men
cannot continue without the mos
far-reaching social consequences ane
political upheayals in what Ameri
cans have long been proud to call the
best country on earth for the aver
age man.-New York World.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
NO MORE A CANDIDATE.

According to a recent declaration
of William j. Bryan, he never ex-
poets to again be candidate for any
political or public office. This
declaration applies, he says, to both
national and state offices. In con-
clusion, Mr.. Bryan says:
1.-The only objection is that this
statement does not include the dec
laration that l will not under any
circumstances be a candidate. But
l have said all that could be reason
ably required and as much as any
friend or we'll wisher would ask.
refuse to attempt to decide questions
in advance, but nobody who credits
me with good faith will ask more
than ! have said. l desire to COM
plete my life's work without assum-
ing the burdens and responsibilities
of any Office.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
THE MORNING AMERICAN.
The Only Democratic Daily In Iowa
West of the Mississippi River.

The Morning American. Creston,
Ia, is the only democratic daily pub
lished in Iowa west of the MISSISSIPPI
pi river. 1t reaches every section of
southern Iowa the same day it is
issued. 1t has splendid market re-
port, a good telegraph service and it
is identified with the people as
against the monopolistic interests.
A Special Offer.
In order to extend the circulation
and get a better acquaintance with
the people of southwestern Iowa, the
Daily American C days in the
week. will be sent from now until
July 1, 1910, q months) for $1.25.
Send money direct to the Ameri-
can office, Creston, Ia.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

We have received the first copy of
the National Democrat. the new
democratic weekly which has been
established in Des Moines. For some
time there has been a demand for a
state democratic paper and the Ma
tional Democrat will attempt to fill
the want 1t is neatly printed and
we'll edited and should receive the
hearty support of the democrats of
the state. The subscription price is
$100 per year, and we will be
pleased to forward subscriptions for
any one in Decatur county who
wants the new paper.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
WHY sALVES FAIL TO CURE
ECZEMA.
They Clog the Pores-Only Liquid
Can Reach the Inner Skin.

Since the old fashioned theory of
curing eczema through the blood has
been given up by scientists, many
different salves have been tried for
skin diseases. But it has been found
that these salyes only clog the pores
land cannot penetrate to the inner
skin below the epidermis where the
eczema germs are lodged.
Thistle quality of penetrating
probably explains the tremendous
success of the only standard liquid
eczema cure, oil of wintergreen, as
compounded in d. D. D. Prescription.
After ten years of cure after cure, the
worlds leading skin specialists have
accepted this as the true eczema
cure.
We ourselves do not hesitate to
recommend D. D. D. Prescription at
$1.00 bottle, but for the benefit Of
those who have never tried the pre-
|scription, we arranged with the D.
D. D. Laboratories of Chicago for a
special large trial bottle at rs cents
on a special offer now. This first
bottle ought to convince any sufferer,
and, at any rate, it will surely take
away the itch at once. l.. P. Van
Werden, Leon, Iowa.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

BY the death of David A. De Ar
mond the democratic party loses one
of its most prominent and greatest
members. He was a gentleman, a
scholar. probably the best parliament
tartan In the country true man of
natural democratic faith and prac-
tice, not In merely partisan sense.
Though heroic, his death was UNI
timely and the people mourn.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
THE G.-D.'S AWFUL FALL.

The st. Louis Globe-Democrat and
other republican newspapers prate
long and loud about the fearful ger
rymander in Missouri, but are care
full not to hold up republican Illinois
as an example Illinois is the worst
gerrymander state in the American
Union. There are over half a million
democrats in that state, and they
have very little representation in
either the state senate or congress-
Montgomery Standard.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

One hundred and fifty-three bush
els and fifty-fiye pounds of corn were
raised this year upon one acre by
John Sundberg, of Whiting, Iowa,
president of the Iowa Corn Growers
association, says the Register and
Leader. 1t took seven years to get
the ground worked up to the right
point and to perfect the seed corn to
bring this result.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

Congressman Dawson, of the
Second district. can see the way the
wind is blowing. all right" says the
Davenport Democrat. "He says the
issues of the coming campaign will
be Cannonism, and that he will be
found on the right side. Which
means that he will now be classed
as democrat by Uncle joe
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

MIR. Joe Kridlebaugh. of Charlton,
private secretary for Congressman
Jameson. was In the city yesterday.
When asked about that press tele-
gram going the rounds to the effect
that Jameson would not be a candi-
date for reelection. he said 1t was
one of LATE Young's jokes.-Creston
American.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
s.No wonder the teachers ar

''No wonder the teachers are find
ing hard work to revive the old
fashioned spelling schools" says the
Iowa Falls Sentinel. "Nine-tenths
of the men of this generation, who
think themselves we'll educated,
would be much humiliated If they
had to spell dozen common words
would get most of them wrong"
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

Scrub yourself daily. you are not
clean inside. This means clean stom-
ach, bowels, blood. liver, clean,
healthy tissue in every organ. Moral,
Take HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea, thorough cleanser. Try 1t
tonight. w. C.. Stempel & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

IF some men would spend as
much time looking after: their own
business as they do looking after
politics and work as faithfully they
would be financially fore-handed.
asserts the Scranton Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

After exposure, and when you feel
a cold coming on, take Foley's Hon
ey and Tar, the great throat and
lung remedy. 1t stops the cough,
relieves the congestion, and expels
the cold from your system. It is
mildly laxative. Bell & Robinson.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
which appeared i'm the
Boston Transcript Oct. 10, 1909.
RUBBER FOOTWEAR ADVANCING.

UNTIL NEW AREAS \, HERE
RUBBER CAN BE SUCCESSFULLY
CULTIVATEDt ARE BROUGHT IN.
TO USE. THE PUBLIC WILL HAVE
TO PAY MORE FOR ITS WATER
PROOF FOOTWEAR. On Sept. 20,
an advance of 61s per cent, net, was
made by the manufacturers in the
price of rubbers and oyershoes. This
followed similar advance on May 1,
making - " per cent increase since
the last rubber shoe wearing season
closed. AND UNLESS SOME BREAK
IN THE CRUDE RUBBER MARKET
COMES IN THE MEANTIME,
Wholesalers SAY THAT AN
OTHER ADVANCE WILL BE MEG
ESSARY BY JANUARY list. The
retailers, as these increased prices
distribute, themselves through the
trade, are likely to make the change
felt by. the so-called ultimate con-
sumer." He may be consoled, how
ever, by the reflection that the adj
vances are moderate in view of the
changed prices of raw material. 1T
is NOW QUOTED AT $40 A
POUND, WHEREAS ITS NORMAL
VALUE IN VERY RECENT YEARS
HAS BEEN LESS THAN HALF OF
THAT. This is the tail end of the
season and that quotation marks
something of an emergency value.
The manufacturer who now goes out
after any crude rubber virtually has
to hunt for 1t.
While the automobile tire chiefly
accounts for the present scarcity of
rubber, 1t is doubtful If the in
crease in retail prices there will be
so marked as in the simpler goods Of
which rubber is the main ingredient.
Prices of tires were originally estab-
lished on 80 liberal a basis that sub
sequent advances in raw material
have come largely out of the manu-
facturer. Increasing competition has
thus steadily taken up" much of the
| movement in the price of the raw
material But the producers of ar
ticles Of apparel and mechanics, OF
which rubber is the main ingredient,
if sold on competitive basis must
refer all advances in raw material to
the consumer
The rubber problem Is one OF the
most serious with which the indus
trial world has to deal. Scores OF
substitutes have been proposed. Eek.
periments In this line have been al.
most numberless. The Patent Office
is loaded with projects; and yet fol
certain uses nothing seems to take
the place Of the real article. The
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

Cleanliness is the first law of
health, inside as we'll as outside. Let
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea be
your internal cleanser, then your
organs will be pure and clean. your
health good, your system right. Start
tonight. w. G. Stempel & Co.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

II you continually knock and WELD
a hammer, you are going to hit your
thumb sooner or later.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

1t is not so much the outside quail
ity that counts. 1t is that within
which makes the man.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

Don't let the baby suffer from
eczema, sores or any itching of the
skin. Doan's Ointment gives instant
relief, cures quickly. Perfectly safe
for children. All druggists sell it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
To The Citizens
of Leon
of Leon
Bell & Robinson, Druggists

Bell & Robinson, Druggists
handle Gilhooley's Irish Liniment,
and they back it up with what
might be called Government
bond. In fact guarantee certifi-
cate goes with every bottle, to
the extent that if Gilhooley's
Irish Liniment does not cure Ec-
zema, Rheumatism, in any form,
Salt Rheum, Lumbago or any skin
ailment. you are out nothing, as
the druggist you bought it from
will give back your money and
take the certificate for his pay.
The matter is entirely in your
hands. GlIhooIey Irish Llaiment Co.
ST. PAUL, MIMI.
52-26t
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

The bankers colony at the Leaven-
worth penitentiary was increased by
Ave new recruits Thursday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

The man who does not think he
is the luckliest man around in secur-
ing the wife he has is not worthy Of
her.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

greatest encouragement in the pres
ent situation comes from the cult
waited rubber of Ceylon. which Is re-
fined with an extremely small per-
centage of loss and is decidedly
promising so far as it goes. Expert
ments in other quarters of the world.
as many investors of this locality
found reason to know, have proved
less successful. Some people have
believed the search for cultivated
rubber impracticabie, but the Ceylon
experiment fortunately discredits
that view, and the widening area Of
successful rubber cultivation prom
Uses in time to break the deadlock
which the extraordinary demand for
this commodity has produced.
So recently as 1904, Government
statistics showed that half of Amer
ica's immense volume of rubber used
in manufacture went into footwear.
The rest was distributed among arti-
cles too diverse to be readily CLASH
fled. Since then the use of rubber in
tires, not only for automobiles and
bicycles, but for carriages, has in
creased SO rapidly as to change ma
terially these proportions. But the
whole use of rubber is comparatively
new. The mothers OF ante-bellum
days rubbed the leather boots of
their boys in tallow as each snow
storm arrived. In 1862, the United
States imported little more than two
per cent of the amount of rubber
which it today consumes. Europe,
as well as our own backwards, is now
ransacked for the cast-off goods
from which rubber may be reclaim
ed and used in combination with
fresh supplies, SO pressing is the uni
versal uemand.
Few articles seem more strangely
named than "India-rubber." 1t gets
the rubber" from the first use to
which it was put, that of erasing
pencil marks by rubbing. Nor is the
India" much more exact. The tree
was FIRST mentioned by an explorer
among the Mexican Indians three
centuries ago. The first account of
the substance appears in the nara
tive Of Columbus visit to Hayti on
his second voyage. Supposing the
land he had discovered to be India
he called this "India-rubber," title
which serves to perpetuate his mis-,
take. The modern colloquial verb
ito rubber" and "rubberneck." and
Speaker Cannon's rubber currency
are all strange linguistic develop
ments Of this original application, Of
the old verb.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09
Council Proceedings.

Leon, Iowa, Dec. 2, 1909.
Council met in reglar session with
Mayor Gates presiding and council
men Evans, Bell, Foxworthy Craig,
Axes and Conrey present.
The following claims were al
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

We have at present large supply of overshoes and
rubbers on hand bought before the first advance Made
by the Mshawaka Ind people known as the famous Bali
Brand which we are selling the old price After the
present stock is exhausted we will of be compelled
to advance the price of rubber goods which trust will
not be before next spring.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1909-12-09

On motion the council recon-
mended that the taxes on property
owned by Anna McGovern, Mrs. Ira
Wallace and Mrs. Thomson be re-
mitted.
No further business appearing
council adjourned.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1909-01-09
Weather Notes.

Galveston, Tex, Jan. THE north
ern cold wave has spread eastward to
the Atlantic coast, the greatest fall in
temperature occurring in north Allan
tic states where it is from 80 to 40
degrees colder. In south Texas, Gulf
and south Atlantic states the fall has
been less marked II has moderated
throughout the northwest, but it is
still intensely cold there. and the tenn
perature has continued below zero
from the Rocky mountains eastward
to the lake region and southwark to
central Kansas. Snow has fallen in
all districts from the north Pacific
coast to New England. In Texas the
temperature has fallen from s de-
grees to II degrees in the southern
half of the state and has risen slight
ly in the northwestern The danger
of freeze on the coast appears to be
over. AT time of report the tempera-
ture ranged from s degrees at Amman
lilo to IS degrees at Brownsville, and
there was much cloudiness over east
Texas.