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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-01
THE COMING REPRIsALS

When the republican national con-
vention, in 1908, solemnly declared
in favor of lower tariff duties, to
counteract the high cost of living, it
practically insured return to power
on the strength of pledge.
The downward revision" plank
in the republican platform of 1908
was the party's chief campaign am
munition. 1t fired the hopes of the
struggling west, and the people de-
cided to give the grand old party
one more trial as their governmental
agent of reform.
The republicans swept back into
power, and revised the tariff up
instead of down. The tariff proved
beyond cavil, that it's taskmasters
the trust barons, had the power and
influence to make great party scorr
it's tariff pledge.
In short, the republican party is
to be judged in this campaign by
what it did not do rather than by
what it did do. 1t is to be Judged as
pledge-breaker, a sacrificer of the
peoples interests at the call of east
ern mill bosses.
If the republican party spent it.
entire present term of office in other
wise admirable legislation, and fail
ed to lift tariff burdens from the
peoples backs, as it pledged to do
it would be entitled to defeat
The power and usefulness of /;
political party can only be judged
by it's ability and willingness to keel
faith with the people.
And the tariff is the big issue
1t hits at the income of every wag'
Garner of America. 1t is helping tt
make the mere problem of existence
a serious matter for heads of famil
les with meager incomes.
That is why an outraged people
reprisals against a faithless part.
are due.-Chicago Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-01
CONGRESSIONAL.

The feeling all around is that this
is to be good year for Democrats,
in Iowa as well as in other states.
The signs point to the fact that the
Democrats will surely control the
next House at Washington. The
signs all point that way. Here Il
Iowa the Democrats can and will
make gains. In Iowa in years past
the democratic party has car
ried the First, Second, Fourth.
carried the First, Second, Fourun,
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh Eighth and
Ninth congressional districts. How
many will they carry this year? The
Republicans are divided and fighting
each other, while the Democrats are
united and encouraged. Now is tn.
time to make Democratic gains,
Iowa Democrats should do their part
in the redemption of congress.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-01

Nineteen democratic senators, con-
shutting majority of the Colorado
senate, have agreed upon the terms
of the initiative and referendum bill
to be placed before the senate. An
Associated press dispatch describes
the measure in this way: "The bill
provides that legislation may be in
stated by the people upon a petition
signed by not less than fifteen per
cent of the total vote for governor
at the last election. This fifteen
per cent must come from at least
two-thirds of the counties of the
state, each county being represented
on the petition by not less than
fifteen per cent of the total vote cast
for governor by that county. The
same percentage and the same re-
strictions figure in the referendum,
fifteen per cent of the vote cast for
governor must figure in the ballot
ing and majority of fifty-one per
cent will carry or defeat the legis-
lation at ISSUE
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-01
OFF YEAR UNCERTAINTIES.

We have frequently ventured the
prediction that under the extremely
mixed political situation which is
confined to no particular state or
section but which seems to charac-
terize our entire national field the
next national House would probably
have democratic majority. In
proof that such an occurrence would
attention to the following table COM
piled by the New York Times, show
ing how the party in power lost,
with one exception, the house of rep
resentatives in several "off years. /:
1S74-Republican majority of 1O2
changed to democratic ma
jority of 81.
1876-Presidentia election disputed.
1882-Republican majority of 8
changed to democratic ma
jority of "a.
18S4-Cleveland, democrat, elected
18S6-Democratic majority of "a
reduced to Is.
1888-Harrison, republican, elected
1S9O-Republican majority of 2
changed to democratic ma
jority of148.
Cleveland, democrat, elected
1894-Democratic majority of "a
changed to republican major
ity of 142. 81
1S96-McKinley, republican, elected
191O-1f the republicans lose the
house of representatives?
If the students of our current pol
itics will make few comparisons
between the campaigns of the past
and the one upon which we are now
entering it will not take long to de-
termine whether there is a reason
able basis for the prophecy in which
we have been moved to indulge
Des Moines Capital.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-01

The Illinois state railroad and
warehouse commission is preparing
to investigate the express companies
in that state with view to reducing
express rates. Every other state in
the Union should join in the work
contemplated by the Illinois commits
sion and not only work for reduced
state rates, but interstate rates
as well. And look in at the tele-
graph companies Would not be out OF
place.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-01
STATE or ONO. CRY OF roInpo, |

LUCAS COUNTY.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he Is senior
partner of r. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the
city of Toledo county and state aforesaid and that
said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case OF Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the of Halls Catarrh Cure
FRANK j. CHENEY
Sworn to before and subscribed in my presence
this 9Th day of December A. d. 1885.
A. w. GLEASON,
(sRAL)
NOTARY PUBLIC
Halls Catarh Care is taken internally, and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials free
Ell. CHENEY u CO., TOLEDO, o.
Bold by all druggists. Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-01

Mr.. Taft joins the democrats in
demanding that the revision shall
be revised. Now if he would only
join in the demand for turning the
rascals out, he would almost be eli
gible to vote democratic ticket
this fall.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-01

Taft now says that Uncle Joe Cam
non must be eliminated The coun-
try has said that for over a year, and
will see that it is done.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-01

Don't depend on
your neighbours press
buy your own and
have it when you need
it-get your hay out of
the way. before the rain
rots it and the wind
wastes it.
No farm is ever a
good farm until it has
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-01

all the implements
which increase it's
profits and reduce its
losses.
The l. H. C. hay
press is the strongest
and the simplest of all.
Direct pull power.
Can't get out of order
and so lasts longer.
A dealer everywhere.
d D.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1910-09-01
Baled hay is ready for
any market-loose hay
must be sold near home.

Many a time many a man has
wanted to turn a stack of hay into
stack of money, but couldn't because it
wasn't baled and it couldn't be shipped
loose.
Aside from its convenient form and
the little room it occupies in the barn.
baledhay holdsits strength and freshness
and thereby commands higher price.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
RUSSIANS LIKE u. s.

of emigration which is flowing Amer
icaward cannot be stopped and he cal
culates that it will soon consist of
half million persons yearly from
Russia alone. AS he also calculates
that the British, German, Italian and
Austrian emigration to America will
shortly fall to insignificant figures, 1t
is probable that this great wave of
Slavonic immigration will be the last
great billow of the kind that will
strike the United Statse. 1t would be
interesting, therefore, to speculate on
the effect which this addition Of Slav
blood will have on the ultimate Amer
lean type. 1t will probably make that
type more dreamy, philosophical and
artistic. and consequently improve It.
but Mr.. Nelidoff does not deal with
this aspect of the question.
He sticks to hard facts and these
show him that while the emigration
from Russia formerly consisted chief
ly of Jews, Firms, Germans and Let's,
pure Russians now take the first place,
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Delicate Seismographic instrument
Shows That Buildings Salute
Twice Each Day.

London.-As a result of a series OF
experiments recently carried out by
Professor Milne, the pioneer of mod
ern seismology, it is now known that
twice each day at high tide the build
ings along opposite sides Of tidal ba-
sins salute each other.
The experiments were carried out
at Bidston observatory, near Liverpool,
one and a half miles from the sea,
with a modified form of seismograph
designed to record tidal effects and
the more minute movements which
other seismographs would not or not
often record. The instrument re-
corded photographically, a tilt on the
pillar supporting it causing a definite
DETECTION on the film.
From the very first the instrument
gave very clear and definite records
of the strange effect of the tides.
Twice a day the recording needle
the steepness of the hillside on which
it rested was increasing.
At high tide the be dof the Irish sea
became depressed from an increased
load, and the effect Of this was to pull
the shores together. The amount OF
this change was not very great, al
though much greater than might have
been expected. At Bidston the amount
of DETECTION was about equal to one
inch in sixteen miles.
In thus securing a measurement OF
the detection caused by the tide Pro
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Emigrants Favor This Country in
Preference to Siberia.
Problem Engages Attention OF Able
Muscovite Writers and Econo-
mists, Who Advise Authori-
tie to Check Outflow.

st. Petersburg.-On the question OF
cradle change has come over the
world during the last forty years, new
countries being more careful about the
sort of immigrants they receive and
old countries being more concerned
about the sort of emigrants they part
with. Forty years ago the British
government looked on emigration
much as the doctors Of those days
looked on blood-letting. Now it looks
on emigration, even from Ireland, as
the doctors of these days look on
blood-letting. Russia Is now beginning
to do the same, judging from series
of articles entitled 1.-THE Future Of
Russian Emigration to America"
which has been appearing in the
Nevoe Vremya of St. Petersburg. from
the pen of Julius Nelidoff Mr.. Nell
doff, who has personally investigated
this problem for many years in Amer
lea, thinks that the Russian govern
ment should do all in its power to get
it's stream of immigration directed
toward Siberia instead of toward
New York, and that il a section OF
the Russian immigrants insist on go
ing to America in any case the Rus
sian authorities should do all in their
power to make that section consist OF
men who will come back and in due
time enrich their fatherland with the
experience, the money, the knowledge
of agriculture and of industry which
they have picked up abroad.
He fears, however, that the stream
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
She Lives In Rlnuxille.

A south Missouri paper is carrying
this ad.: Attractive woman, not a day
over thirty, would be pleased to CORE
spond with eligible man. Not abso-
lutely necessary that he should be
young. Would prefer one with prop
erty, but one with good paying posi-
ton would be satisfactory. The young
lady is of medium height, has brown
hair and gray eyes, not fat. although.
most decidedly, she is not skinny.
Her friends say she is fine looking
woman. Object natrimony. Reason
for this advertisement, the young
woman lives in little dinky town,
where the best catches are the boys
behind the counters in the dry goods
and clothing stores, and every one OF
them Is spoken for by the time he
Is out of his short pants. Address
Hazel Eyes, Box %. Bingville. Mo-
Kansas City Star.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Cut Pacific Coast Forests

100000. 1t Is estimated that fully two
thirds, or $66.0OO,00O represents the
amount of money paid to labor.
According to the latest statistics,
Washington leads in the production Of
lumber, and during 1909 shipped AS
900 cars of shingles and $4,000 cars Of
lumber. The lumber and shingles to-
tailed 1,800,000,000 feet. Over 1,200,-
100000 feet Of lumber was sent to for
eign parts and to coast towns, and
this, added to the home consumption,
or 1000, 1000, 900, makes the annual pro-
duction of lumber by the sawmills Of
the state total over 6.000,000,000 feet.
One-half the area of the state of 35,-
900 square miles is timbered. The
timber of the state would make a
plank road three inches thick and 500
feet wide around the earth. 1t would
load 100000 cars of 100000 feet
each As feet long, equal to 1927
miles of trains. These cars would
reach nearly three and one-half times
around the world.
A Six or eight-rOom house Tor nve
people each requires about 10000 feet
Of lumber. The timber of this state
would build 100000 such houses.
which would be sufficient to house
one-third of the population Of the
United States.
The density of the forests Of Wash
ington Is unequaled in any other Sec
ton of the world. In Clallam and
Chehalis counties, according to Off
cial estimates, the entire timbered
area runs 100000 to the square
mile. The stand on smaller areas is
phenomenal. In Clallam county one
acre was recently found to have 300.-
900 feet of standing timber.
A Pacific county mill cut 100000
feet of logs from little less than
two acres. The logs average from
$4,000 to $4,000 feet each, and would
present serious problem to the mill
equipment of the timbered section of
the upper Mississippi region.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
WOMAN FIGHTS BIG SNAKE
Uses Buggy Whip in Battle to Save
SQUAD From the Rep
tile,

Petersburg, lnd.-Mrs. Yves Brenton,
living three miles east of here, fought
with big snake measuring over four
feet long. and finally killed it. She
went to the barn with Miss Edish
Vance to look at some squads and
found the big snake in pigeons nest
The reptile hao swallowed one squad
VIII lie and another partly.
Mrs. Brenton grabbed buggy whip
and struck at the snake, which showed
fight She continued to ply the whip
and sent Miss Vance to the house for
a gun, with which she shot the snake
twice On cutting open the snake
the last pigeon swallowed was found
to be alive. and it is being kept as a
relic.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
New York Attorney Who Would Not
Accept "No" for Answer, FL
nally Wins Bride.

Wellston, O.-Ar.er a courtship OF
eight years, through six of which he
was repeatedly rebuffed, Attorney
Thomas G. Riley, of New York. form
erly of New Metamoras, O., has mar
ried Miss May Sellers, daughter of a
capitalist of Wellston.
Eight years ago Miss Sellers was a
student in Denison university. While
there she met Riley. She told her
friends she didn't like him, but he
could not be turned away. Finally she
left Denison and went to Wooster uni
versity. He followed her.
She left there and went to Oberlin
college. Again he followed her. She
told her friends she was not going to
run away from him any more and
openly asked him to let her alone.
She finished her college work and
graduated from Oberlin.
Riley returned to Denison, then
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
HARD TO PLEASE
Regarding tho Morning Cup.

"Oh how hard it was to part with
coffee, but the continued trouble with
constipation and belching was such
that finally brought myself to leave
1t off,
Then the question was, what should
we use for the morning drink? Tea
was worse for us than coffee; choco-
late and cocoa were soon tired of;
milk was not liked very well, and hot
water we could not endure.
About two years ago we struck
upon Postum and have never been
without 1t since.
I'VE have seven children. Our baby
now eighteen months old would not
take milk. so we tried Postum and
found she liked it and it agreed with
her perfectly. She is today, and has
been, one of the healthiest babies in
the State.
~ use about two-thirds Postum and
one-third milk and a teaspoon of sugar
and put 1t into her bottle. If you could
have seen her eyes sparkle and hear
her say good" today when I gave 1t
to her, you would believe me that
she likes it.
eff / was matron of an Infants
home, every child would be raised on
Postum. Many of nay friends say,
You are looking SO well! reply,
am well: drink Postum. have no
more trouble with constipation, and
know that I owe my good health to
God and Postum.
81 am writing this letter because |
want to tell you how much good
Postum has done us, but If you knew
how / shrink from publicity, you
would not publish this letter. at least
not over my name.
Read the little book, "The Road to
WellviIle, in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. me nev.
are genuine, true. and full Of hunas
interest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Doc Saves Tots From Bear.

Altoona, Pa.-Defending its masters
three young children against an In
furiated bear, whose cubs the children
had found in the woods, small pet
dog was torn into ribbons near the
home of S. B. Waite, who lives on the
mountain near Tyrone. The three
children, the eldest only nine years
old. while on their way along a noun
tain trai; to visit an aunt, stumbled
upon the cubs in the brush and picked
one up to play with it. A moment
later the mother bear came crashing
through the brush. Seeing the danger
to his young charges. the little dog
gave battle, while the children ran
home in fright. Mr.. Waite and his
neighbors at once went to the spot,
hoping to find the dog still alive, but
found his body ripped to pieces by the
bears claws. The faithful animal was
buried, his grave surmounted by
marker reading: He was only dog.
but he died for his little friends"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
The Stomach Hold.

Col H. N. Renouf, at the "Old
Guard" banquet at Delmonico's, en-
phasized the Importance to an army
of good commissariat.
you have perhaps heard" he said,
"of the company of privates that a
patriotic lady entertained one Me-
mortal day to dinner.
''It was good dinner, and at its
end pretty maid servant entered
with a superb dessert.
Dessert, sergeant? she said to
the stalwart young soldier at the
heac of the table.
"Desert?' the sergeant answered.
Wien l can get eats like this for
Eothin'? Mike! Not mel"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
NAB ENGLISH THIEF
HOW THE POLICE RECOGNIZED
OLD CROOK.
wits When His Picture Is Taken
From the Rogue's GaIIery-Has
Committed Many Thefts.

New York.-"Demme, sir, I'm the
right man." said William H. Jarvis
when confronted in police headouar-
tiers with picture of himself taken
by the Scotland Yard authorities.
Jarvis is the distinguished looking
Englishman arrested at the Gilsey
house, charged with unlawfully enter.
ing a room.
You will pardon me, Mr.. Jarvis, for
, submitting you to this ordeal, but it
is rule of the department" said In
spector McCafferty apologetically. as
he paraded the prisoner before the
| masked detectives.
Say. boss. don't apologize to that
old guy" interrupted Lieut.. William
Brown. His picture is in the gallery
and he has served several bits
Jarvis's indignations gave forth a
Vesuvius blast. He was an English
gentleman, he declared. He would
have the embassy down on the police.
His protest was so severe even In
spector McCafferty was inclined to go
slow.
Here's his very mug" said Brown.
producing Jarvis's picture.
AT police headquarters. when they
know they are right, they make pris-
| oners stand out and deliver. Inspec-
tor McCafferty says the picture made
Jarvis wilt
We'll, demme, sir, Pm the right
| man," he finally said. twirling his fine
| mustacle.
Ispector McCafferty became jubilant.
for in Jarvis they had captured the
| most versatile and picturesque thief
of two continents.
Jarvis's real name is Walter, and
| not William. In 1899 he won interna-
tinoal fame through his arrest in the
Hotel Cecil, London. He was caught
in the room of Brooklyn man. When
taken to the police station JARVIS said,
Il went to the hotel to visit lady,
Mrs. Sadler Jackson"
The police found Mrs. Sadler Jack
son at the hotel. She admitted that
Jarvis had visited her there frequent
| ly, although she was a married WON
an.
The scandal aroused all England.
The country divided itself-some de-
| Tending Mrs. Jackson for sacrificing
| herself to save Jarvis, and the many
| condemning Jarvis for duplicating a
| woman There was a sensation when
it was disclosed that Mrs. Jackson was
Jarvis's sister.
Twelve years before that Jarvis had
been arrested and sentenced to four
months Imprisonment in Cork, Ire
land. His father disowned and disin.
herited him, and upon his death left
| 100000 to Mrs. Sadler on condition
that she reassume the family name OF
Jackson.
Jarvis was given three months
sentence for the Hotel Cecil act. Then
he disappeared. 1t is said he served
in the Boer war.
A year ago Jarvis appeared in New
York. He went to live at 217 West
One Hundred and Twe1ty-second
street, in the home of Ivers Bachelor.
He was introduced to the latter as a
rich Englishman.
Miss Laura Fegley, who lives at the
Hotel Gilsey heard some one enter
the room of O. l.. Sherer next to hers,
| and, knowing Mr.. Sherer was not
hcme, opened the door and confronted
Jarvis and another man.
Jarvis and the young man hurried
down the corridor and disappeared.
Miss Fegley gave the alarm, and Jar
Wis was caught downstairs but his
companion escaped.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Tidal Effects on the Land

lessor Milne has succeeded where
others have failed. Many years ago
he showed that our ordinary, appar-
emily stable English valleys opened
when the sun fell upon them and con-
tracted during the night. He also
showed that apparently the whole Of
the Isle of Wight tits up at high wa
ter owing TO the greater weight of the
water in the English channel as COM
pared with that in the Solent
His latest work is the complement
of earlier research and tends to show
that the earth is great deal more
elastic and responsive to pulls and
strains than Is commonly appreciated.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Hunt for Dinosaur.

New York.--Barnum Brown of the
American Museum of Natural History
has left town with two associates
bound on a hunting trip for game
100000 years old. Their quarry is to
be the dinosaur, of the cretaceous pc
riod, or all that is left of him, and es-
pecially and particularly the great
horn dinosaur, whose skull, seven feet
long. Mr.. Brown brought home two
years ago.
To find the other bones of this man.
moth creature and set them up with
the skull in the hall of dinosaurs is
the primary object of the present trip.
The destination of the present ex-
petition is GLASGOW. Mont. Thence
they will work their way down into
the Bad Lands some 40 miles south
along the tributaries of the Missouri
river.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1910-08-04
Casts Real Pearls to Swine.

st. Louisa second valuable pearl
found around Hardin, Calhoun county.
Ill, was discovered by James Ontis
in his hog pen. 1t is what is called
high-button pearl and weighed 64
grains.
Mr.. Ontis sold it for 5000 in Hardin
to s. L.. Fits, pearl buyer, who two
weeks ago purchased for $1,000 a
pearl from two shelters which was
found near Hardin.
Ontis, who is engaged in Smelling on
the Illinois river, near Hardin. feeds
the clans to his hogs. The pearl had
evidently been thrown with the CLAIMS
into the hog. trough. a