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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31
SOME PRICES IN 1889.

The Republicans are playing their
only argument-hardt times and low
prices-to a finish just now, so near
election time, in the hope of fright
ening otherwise intelligent and SEN
sible voters into voting for their dis
\ credited candidate, Taft. Let us
look back at some Republican prices
that cannot be disputed, and see
how much better they were than
prices in Democratic times that are
SO loudly bawled out just now;
+ We find in the files of our paper
Of March 29th, 1889, when Harrison
was president, that one of the best
grain firms in one of the best farm
towns of Iowa, paid the following
prices: Hogs, $4.1O; wheat, 50 to
Csc; oats Is to los; barley ~ to
Csc; corn, 23 to Csc.
Then take it few months later,
after Harrison and the Republicans
had got to footing the national treas
ury and when the hard times OF
1890 were getting started in this
country. We find the prices quoted
Sept. 20, 1889, were: Wheat 81 to
CSC; oats, 10 to 15c; barley IS to
zoe; hogs, 1885 to $40. Corn,
not quoted.
But in November of 1889, when
the Republicans had again lined the
country up for their high tariff prop
osition, we find the market quota
lions were as follows:
Wheat, SO to 64c; oats, IS to 15c;
corn, zoe; hogs, $40.
Prices were thus going. down ev-
cry month from the time Harrison
became president and the country
was being prepared for the panic
that started under the Republican
administration in 1892. Why don
these Taft calamity howlers tell the
whole truth about prices in the
years twenty years back, instead OF
picking out prices under the Cleve-
land administration which were ev-
en- better than under Harrison, the
Republican,.
The reason is that they are trying
to fool the people into voting for
Taft, the greatest presidential fail
ure this country ever saw.-Denison
Bulletin.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31
ROOSEVELT NOT A PROGRESS
~ = : +. - .;SIVE. -. -

Senator, .LaFollette declares that
Mr.. Roosevelt Is not a progressive,
never was a progressive, and has
only the haziest idea what progress
sive principles means. 80.
: Mr., Roosevelt, when he became
president, abandoned Mckinley
progressive ideas on the tariff.
Mr.. Roosevelt, throughout his
two terms in the presidency, was the
enemy Of. all insurgency, and the
friend Of all standpatism.
Mr.. Roosevelt's friends in the
presidency were Matt Quay, Aldrich,
Lodge, Root, Odell and Cannon
Mr.. Roosevelt kept the tariff mi
guilty from even coming up for dis
cussiOn throughout his two terms in
the white house, ". HI.
Mr.. Roosevelt directed vigorous
prosecution against one trust-the
one. which had failed to contribute
as much to his campaign fund as he
thought it could afford.
During Mr.. Roosevelt's term of
Office, more trusts were established
than in all the time before and
since
The steel trust was permitted by
VAA ASOooOSOAC W VI Cdh IuC Ia " cdAu
absorb its chief competitor.
The sugar trust was permitted by
Mr.. Roosevelt to steal millions Of
dollars from the government.
The railroad trust was permitted
by Mr.. Roosevelt to stop the reduc-
ton of rates which had been in pro-
gress for years, and even to secure
a small advance.
Mr.. Roosevelt has denounced
every progressive policy until it be-
came popular. Then he has claimed
it as his own.
If Roosevelt is progressive, then
Cannon is progressive, Matt Quay
was a progressive, Aldrich is pro-
gressive.
The only original progressiveness
to the credit of Mr.. Roosevelt is the
progress of his delusion that he is
the only man on earth fit to occupy
the white house. That idea is all
his own; it came to him early, and it
has progressed" steadily.
Those who agree with Mr.. Roose-
welt on this matter should vote for
him. Those who disagree, should
vote against him in the most effec-
tive manner possible, which is by
voting for Gov. Wilson. Chicago
Journal.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31

"The prosperity cry is being made
hard and loud by the Taft bunch,
said working man in Leon the
other day, but have had all their
kind of prosperity 1 want. Why, a
five dollar bill at the store now
looks like fifty cents used to, and
/ can carry all the eatables in will
buy, home in my hand. The pay a
man gets is a little better when he
gets it, but when he fails to hook up
with his regular days pay these
prosperity expenses don't let up a
bit. That is why I am going to vote
against Taft, and don't care who
knows it.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31
From New York World

power, American character. He is
at once tactful and courageous, as
far from the truculent rashness of a
Roosevelt as from the timid indecls-
ion of Taft.
Will the conservatives give him
their support? Or would they pre-
fer to put off the inevitable reckon
ing until time Of unreasoning pop
ular indignation when the strength
of orderly and temperate reform
shall be forgotten by the mob that
cheers a Man on Horseback?-St.
Louis Republic.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31

No democrat worthy of the name
will 60 back ON Gov. Wilson as the
democratic candidate this year. He
represents the highest ideals Of gov
eminent and of party leadership. He
is safe, sane and able. He is sure
Of election, and for a democrat to
now vote against him is to throw
away his vote.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31

Mrs. Voter: If you object to pay
ing one and six-tenths cents a pound
on the sugar you use, to the sugar
trust, ask you husband to vote the
democratic presidential ticket on
November S. You ought to be get
ting "a to 26 pounds of sugar now
for 81 instead of Is to II pounds
as you -and the difference goes
to the sugar trust, not Ito 1.-The fed
eral government.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31
Grundy Center, Iowa, Oct. 21.
Editor Davenport Democrat, Daven

Grundy Center, Iowa, Oct 21.
Editor Davenport Democrat, Daven-
port, Iowa.
Dear Sir:-Your letter is this mo-
ment received. The view of my ar
ticle expressed in the Inter-Ocean is
mistake. Mr.. Taft is not my choice
for president. In politics l am a
democrat and see no reason why I
should not at this time support the
candidates of my party.
But over and above my politics is
my devotion to the institutions of
my country and these I firmly be-
lieve would be needlessly. almost
criminally, imperiled by the election
of any one living man, now or here
after, to third term as president of
these United States.
1t was from the standpoint of a
citizen instead of a politician that
my article was written and hence
suppose the mistake in the Inter-
Ocean. x Respectfully yours,
HORACE BOIES.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31

8 Get out the full democratic vote,
and there will be no doubt about
Wilson and Marshall and Dunn car
rying Iowa. It is not year for any
voter to stay at home on election
day. This Is the time when you can
make your vote count for good gov
eminent. Progressive measures are
sure to triumph u . full poll 10 OBJ
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31

Even at this late hour Pres. Taft
says he believes he will be reelected
which demonstrates one Of three
things; he is either very obvious to
the signs of the times, or is
whistling to keep up his courage or
INDUCING in one OF his jokes.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
For President,
WOODROW WILSON,.
For Vice President,
THOMAS r. MARSHALL.
STATE TICKET.
For Governor

STATE TICKET.
For Governor.
E. G.. DUNN
of Cerro Gordo County.
For Lieutenant Governor
G. A. KENDERDINE
of Johnson County.
For Secretary of State
C. B. MURTAGH
of kossuth County.
For Auditor of State
J. A. SINCLAIR
of Wayne County.
For Treasurer of State
G. L. CASWELL
of Crawford County.
For Attorney General
c. E. WALTERS
of Tama County.
For Supt. of Public Instruction
r. E. RIENOW
of Clayton County.
For Railroad Commissioner
S. w. MERCER
of Johnson County.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31

puts shape to make rich INC NVer
kidneys to expel the poisons from body The weak
ous rundown, debitated condition which 50 many people
experience this time of the usually the effect OF
appearing skim face becomes tnyou feel blue
"More than q week ago was suffering With an awful
JAMES kent Of "a l. Street s. E. washington a B.
by friend to try bottle your Golden Medical Dscov
ery tried bottle and it did me 80 much good that feel
safe in saving the best medicine that
ever took My health much better than It was before
using your medicine. 1t does all you claim for 1t and Is
satisfactory
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31

A vote for the democratic ticket
is a vote to reduce the high cost Of
living. ssssi
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31
NATURES Wav Is The Best.

Buried n boodoo
Pierce made ss extract s ihI has Den avo0y known 0
pudes the blood and the o%aoa and the entire
from hard cold NO matter how strong the
ded for the stomach the laboratory for the constant
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31
DISTRICT TICKET.

DISTRICT TICKET.
For Congressman Eighth District
V. R. McGINNIS
of Decatur County.
For State Senator
H. G. BEARD
of Ringgold County.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31
GOV. BOIES WILL VOTE FOR
WILSON,

The Decatur County Journal last
week published the misleading letter
of Ex-Governor Boies which the re-
| publican papers have been using as
| a campaign document and the asser-
ton that Mr.. Boies will vote for
Taft for president. These papers
have put an entirely different con-
struction on the letter from what
Mr.. Boies Intended, and they failed
| to print his denial that he would
vote for Taft. Here is what he
| wrote in regard to the matter. He
states positively that he will vote
for the democratic nominee, Wood
row Wilson, for president:
Davenport Democrat: Ex-Gover-
nor Horace Boies of Iowa, in a re-
cent letter published in the Demo-
crat. came out strong against Theo-
dore Roosevelt for president on the
ground especially that his election
this fall would overthrow the wise
precedent that has denied third
term to every president from the
time that Washington refused one
until Grant was denied one.
In the course of his letter Cover
nor Boies also referred to the
shameful treatment which President
Taft has received from the leaders
of the new party, and declared him
the most cruelty abused man in the
United States
This led the Chicago Inter-Ocean
to declare editorially that Iowa's
only democratic ex-governor had
come out for the reelection of Presi-
dent Taft, and this has since been
echoed by a number of other papers.
The following exchange of letters on
the subject will show plainly where
the ex-governor stands, and it is to
be hoped that Misrepresentation of
his position will cease:
Davenport, Iowa, Oct. IS.
Hon. Horace Boies, Waterloo, Iowa:
Dear Strive notice that the
Chicago Inter-Ocean has interpreted
your recent letter to the Democrat
as declaration that you are for the
reelection of President Taft Will
you kindly inform us if this conclu-
sion is justified? Yours very truly,
RALPH w. CRAM,
= Editor.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-10-31
COUNTY TICKET.

COUNTY TICKET.
For Representative
M F. Thompson.
! For Auditor
R. E. MCLAUGHLIN.
For Treasurer
w. c. COZAD.
For Clerk of the District Court
E. E. BECK.
a. For Sheriff
CHAS. R. PERCY.
For Recorder
P. E. SHIRLEY.
For County Attorney
:; GEO. w. BAKER.
For County superintendent
o.. MABEL HORNER.
For Coroner,
@'a& ss<, DR.. M. CAMP, "
For Members Board of Supervisors
Term commencing Jan. i, 1913,
~ y" w. H. SNYDER.
Term commencing Jan. /, 1914,
r.. PATRICK GRIFFIN.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27
LONGITUDE by Wireless.

Several determinations of longitude
have Of late been made by means Of
wireless messages, but the most am
bilious attempt Of this nature has just
taken place between Paris and Tunis
wireless signals connecting two clocks.
one ut the Eiffel tower and the other
at Bizerta. Tunis. the comparison of
which decided the longitude. The sig
nails travelled the whole distance in
OO7 second. which works out at nearly
100000 miles a second. When Sir
George Airy, astronomer royal. de-
termined the longitude of Valentia. the
little island off the coast of Kerry,
where the Atlantic cables enter the
sea, he had no fewer than thirty chro-
nometers carried backward and for
ward between Valentia and Green
wich observatory twenty-five times be-
fore he was satisfied. - Westminster
Gazette
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27
Three Miles a Minute by Rail.

Foremost among the countries con-
stantly engaged in railroad improve
ment which have high speed for their
object is Germany. Connecting Zossen
with Marienfeld Is military railroad
fourteen and one-half miles in length
and as straight as a rule. and on this
line the worlds highest speed records
have been made. The cars are about
seventy-two feet long and weigh nine
ty tons each. Each car is fitted with
four electric motors. two at each end.
developing 1000 horsepower in all
Day by day the speed was increased
until the velocity Of 1870 miles per hour
was reached. 1t was the opinion of
conservative engineers that $50 miles
per hour could be had. Less conserva,
tive engineers placed the limit at 200
miles per hour-Leslie's.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27

pains at monthly periods, bilious spells,
and was getting worse all the time. !
would hardly get over one spell when l
would be sick again. No tongue can tell
what l suffered from cramps, and at
times could hardly walk. The doctors
said l might die at one of those times,
but took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound and got better right away.
Your valuable medicine is worth more
than mountains Of gold to suffering wo.
men. Mrs. BERTHA MUFF, SOB N. 4th
Street, Louisiana, Mo.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and herbs,
contains no narcotic or harmful drugs,
and to-day holds the record of being the
most successful remedy for female ills we
know of, and thousands of voluntary
testimonials on file in the Pinkham
laboratory at Lynn, Mass, seem to prove
this fact.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Conf.
dentiaD Lynn, Mass. Your letter will
be opened, read and answered by q
woman and held in strict confidence.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27
A RELIC OF LAFAYETTE.
Armchair a Recent Acquisition Of the
National Museum.

National muSounI'
The United States National museum
has in it's historical collection the arm
chair of Marquis de Lafayette in
which he is said to have sat on the
day of his death. The chair Is re-
cent acquisition. presented to the mu-
scum by the Marquise Arconati WIS.,
cont Of Paris. and it was through the
interest of Professor Franz Curmont
of Brussels that the presentation was
brought about.
The chair is in excellent condition.
Its frame. of simple design. is con-
structed Of plain. unpublished mahog-
any pieces about two inches square.
While it is a comparatively low chair.
the seat being only little more than
twelve inches from the floor. the curved
back stands more than three feet high.
The slightly rounded front legs sup
port horizontal arms and at the juno
ton are surmounted with carved figures
representing the heads OF sphinxes.
These constitute the only decoration
on the chair. The seat and back as
we'll as the sides under the arms are
upholstered in green silk worsted cloth.
interviewer with floral design resem-
bling tulips.
After the marquis died in 1884 the
chair became the property of his grand
son. Edmond de Lafayette. who In
turn transmitted it to the donor. Mar
Quise ArcOnati Visconti
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27
A MINING STOCK STORY.
Senator Borah Says II Shows What
Good State Idaho Is.

1OOO 0Cdt0 tudTO tS.
United States Senator Borah claims
that his state Of Idaho is so good that
even the people who get cheated with
in it's smiling domain make money by
the transaction. On his way from
Washington after the adjournment OF
the last session of congress he was in
troduced to an eastern woman, who
Immediately began to tell long, sad
story about the robber-like practices Of
western people in general and Idaho
men in particular.
"My husband was travelling man"
she explained in lachrymose voice.
land one night in Boise City some of
your people gave him too much to
drink, so much in fact that he didn't
know what he was doing. The next
morning he woke up and discovered
that he had bought $1,4OO worth of
mining stock at cents share. Think
Of that! The greatest outrage l ever
heard Of! have never even looked
up the mine in which the stock was
sold. but the experience has taught
me that western promoters are merely
burglars. My poor. dear husband was
robbed as surely as II those men had
held him up at the point Of gun"
Mr.. Borah asked the name Of the
mine, and she told him. Without say
ing word he picked up a newspaper
and pointed to the stock quotations.
Right there that Niobe-like woman got
the shock Of her life. The stock was
shown to be worth $4,000 that day
Popular Magazine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27
london's Watercress Queen.

Mrs. James is said to have amassed
a fortune of 100000 by selling water.
cress at Covent Garden market, Lon
don. Mrs. James has been selling wa.
tercress ever since she was five years
old, beginning with two small basket.
fuls. Hard work is the secret of sue.
cess" Mrs. James declares. II stand
out In the open every morning from 8
o'clock till 10. and after that have to
look after the fresh cut watercress,
which arrives from my farm by every
passenger train. Study your custom
ers, never disappoint them. give them
the best and you must succeed" Mrs.
James has handsome i,.re IN Lon
don, house in the country. II water
cress farm and keeps motoy launch.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27
Sand Paint as a Preservative.

A system Of sand spraying" steel or
iron to prevent corrosion is now used
A thin coating of fine silver sand is
sprayed on to the paint while the lat
ter is still wet. The paint is allowed
to dry. another coat is applied. and this
also sprayed with sand. and finally Il
third coat is put on. but the sand is
not sprayed on to this. When the whole
with the paint and forms a hard shell,
which is very much better able to re.
sist the inroads of the rust producing
agents.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27
Most Extensive Book,

The most expensive book is not the
Gutenberg Bible. which was sold in a
New York auction room some time
ago for $4,000. but the "NIssale Spe
ciale," church service book for the
diocese Of Constance. in the possession
of l.. Rosenthal of Munich. 1t Is the
only copy known. is printed in red and
black on vellum and is supposed to
have been produced by Faust and
Schoeffer at Mayence about 400. It
originally contained 100 leaves. but
fourteen are missing. The price asked
is $4,000. or about $500 leaf.-Cax
ton Magazine.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27
STRUNK A SPEEDY BOY.
Athletics Utility Outfielder Ono Of
Fastest Men In American lsaoue,

Amos Strunk, who played left field
for the Athletics during Bris Lord s
absence, is one Of the fastest men in
the league.
Mack has been carrying TIL. young-
ster for several years. and lie has
gradually improved to such an extent
that it is possible he may become the
regular left fielder before the season
Is half over.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27
SUICIDE IN JAPAN.
Jumping Into . Volcano or Before
Train Popular Now.

The Japanese are now busily debat-
ing the ethics Of suicide. The case ont
of which the controversy has arisen is
that Of the station master at MoJi WI"
because Of mishap to the Imperial
train which made 1t necessary for tht
emperor to adjourn for half an hour t.
waiting room showed his Repentance
by throwing himself under the wheels
of the express.
The station masters devotion having
evoked wave o: popular admiration
which took shape in a proposal I" erect
monument to his memory. the nation
has been rebuked by the president oi
the Kyushu university for thus glorify
ing an act of self destruction. and the
latter. finding himself ont of tune will
public opinion. has resigned his posi-
ton.
1t is q singular thing that among q
people so cheerful as the Japanese sui
eide should be so common. Ten thou
sand destroy themselves every year n
japan. and the figures cannot be said
to he diminishing. But harakiri n
such is out Of date.
The modern victims Of the suicidal
mania. when they do not throw them
selves in front Of train. jump into
the crater of an active volcano. Asa
ma. in central Japan. and Asosan. in
KyuShu. have both acquired sinister
reputation in this respect.
1t is. however. a disquieting sign of
the times to find the student class re-
sorting so largely to suicide, especially
of the spectacular sort. and this n"
doubt Is DR.. Yamakawa's motive IN
protesting against the eXaltatiOn OF an
act which the Christian world regards
as q grievous sin.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27
BASEBALL EXPENSES.
Cost 70 The Major Lacquer Clubs For
Balls, Bats, Uniforms, Etc.

Between 1900 and 1900 baseballs
are used by the sixteen major league
clubs every season. About half Of
these are worn out In actual service
The rest are batted into stands and az
propriated by the fans" The cost to
the two big leagues for balls every sen
son runs up to $17.2SO. and when 1t is
considered that $4,000 or $4,000 worth
are stolen by the spectators it is small
wonder that the games are delayed and
the players cooperate with the owners
to retrieve the lost property.
Sixty dozen or 700 baseballs are used
by each team during a season. at ?
cost Of 81 $50. which forms by far the
biggest expense in equipping a club for
makes up nearly half Of the total cost
Of all the paraphernalia. including uni
forms. bats. bases and mu!titudes Of
other things
AT the beginning Of each season
every club owner is forced to pay ou'
nearly $500 to buy the implements Of
the national pastime. Aside from the
sixty dozen baseballs. each of the
twenty-five players must have two uni
forms. white one to wear while play
ing at home and a colored one to use
abroad. These cost in the neighbOr-
hood Of $G25. Then come twenty-five
sweaters at 81 apiece. costing $lI5
for all Of them; 800 or ten dozen
bats at $500. twenty-five sliding pads
at $G25O. movable batting cage
which costs modest $50. two chest
protectors at $40. three catchers' masks
at S. each. two pairs Of shin guards
at So. six canvas bases at $50. The
much needed home plate commands a
price of $50. while the plate in the
pitchers box can be purchased for a
five dollar bill
There are many other incidental ex-
penses at the start of the season. and
much of the equipment has to be re-
newed before the campaign is over. so
that the total expense for season Is
somewhere around $4,000. making the
cost to the sixteen clubs for athletic
goods annually reach $4S,OOO.-New
York Tribune.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-05-27
Swiss Boy Scouts.

Switzerland is to have it's boy scouts,
based on English lines. An influen-
tial committee. consisting of several
professors and the heads of various
sporting organizations. has been form
ed in Geneva to organize the corps,
not only in that town. but all over
Switzerland. with branches in the chief
cities. and the Swiss Alpine club will
also cooperate. This movement, it is
thought. will No great success in
Switzerland. whore every healthy boy
must eventually become a soldier.