Editors Who Flourish in Southwestern Iowa r UK nuwspnpcr men havu alwa)B played an Iniportuiil purl Iti thu public affairs of southwestern lowii. No MCCtloll (if tlio UtflL has u iiioru ItivltltiK Hold for good ncwa papor woik on thu iiirul press, for llio people uru Intelligent, appreciative und well-to-do, Tim nuwupupcr inc-ii liuvo ap preciated their opportunity ami their pupora fittingly represent thu progress. In telligent ami public Hplrlt of thu thriving lowiiB. riiu suggestion that only four slates iti thu union havo muru nowspapcrs than lowu may emphasize thu Important relation which thu weekly paper bears to llawki ycilum. Now York, I'ciinsylvuulu, Illinois anil Ohio ate thu four states that I unci Iowa and each hau from two to tin oo tllnu.) thu pcpulatlun of this atuto. In paying this llttlu tribute to thu nowu papur men , whoso work dues ho much to mould vlowu, opinions and tauten of south went lowu, It In fair to begin with thoso of CicbIoii, thu busts of thu picscul gather in A town of 10,000 Crculou hau three lively ilallleu, all edited by men of statu wldii iiroinlnenco, l'aul Maclean, owner and odl.or of thu Cazultc, ieiuhlleau, lu thu mout hrllllanl and caustic polemical wrltur in Iowa, 'I'll In may seem high praise, hut thosu who havu folluwud his work, lu Ii la own paper or relleeled lu thu press, will hardly illusuut. Allan Dawson of thu l)eu Molneu Loader hau dubbed him thu "Hurry Hotspur of Iowa Journalism" and tho char acterization lu excellent. No man lu Iowa cau rumovu thu hldu from an opponent with ho deft, clever anil withal polite a touch. Ho Iti postiiMutor of Crestou and always a faclur lu statu political gatherings. S A. lliuwuter of thu Crustou Advertiser lu an uncompi utilising democrat, n student of economic problems, a strong writer and ouu "of thu most duvoted friends of Mr. Ilryiiu lu thu ktntu. Uu Is an excellent all round newspaper worker, fur above thu uvuragu lu business ability. Uu has been u candidate fur coiigrcsu on thu democratic Hcket lu thu Eighth dlutrlct, uu has also W. II Itobli, edltur of thu Cicston American, populist. Mr. Itobli lu unu of thu promt in nt pupullBtu of thu country and like Ills two competitor. lu a lighter. In fact thero Isn't u town In thu state where a livelier article of uewspapur war rare can Lu sup plied on demand than Is to be had In Oioslon. I. lift- Voiiiik'n Life Wurl.. And whllu thu Houtbwestern eil Iters are UL'Ocr dlsctiBslon, no man lu butter en titled to place among them tbati Lufo Young, thu elovur editor ami owner of the Dra Moines Capltul. Mr. Young for yearB umlucted tho Atlantic Telegraph, and, despite- the llinltatlons of thu Held for a lally, made hl'iiBulf a power. When hr went to the Htntti auiiatu from tho district that then included Ciibh and Union coun ties hu was thu youngest member of thu uppir house. I In made a placu at oncu au orator and publicist. Uu afterward went to Des .Molneu and bought thu Capital when It seemed a hupelcsu pruposltlun. The ruvidutlou lu thu paper lu thu best ovl ileni'u of lib; abilities. ills lung autt Is after-dinner oratory, lu which ho Is con cedud thu iircmlciulilp of Iowa, In or out of nuw'Hpaperdiim. Hu was for years presi dent of thu Iowa Statu Editorial associa tion, now extinct, or at least moribund; no gathering of loun editors la considered in good standing unless the Depew of Iowa lu on thu bill of fare. I.afu always duett criminal things. He went to Cuba to re port thu Spanish war for Mis paper, and IiIh lecture, after he wit home, on thu cap ture of Santiago wiih ouu of I bo most beau tiful win lis of Imagination ever dished up from a platform, Thu Ited Oak Express would havu to be put In a Hut of the half dozen boat nil 'round weeklies In Iowa. T. I). Murphy lu now nt tlm head of thu paper, which la a third of u century old, and In connection with which Iiiih grown up the calendar and art printing business, whose contribu tion to lied Oak's fame hau been second only to that made by llalhinl tho Hard. Mr. Murphy conducts a Btrlctly repub lican paper. Six years ago a Junior party paper was put In, the Republican, by Mont gomery Shcffer, which la a worthy com potltor of Its lonKcr established rlvul. The Sun, democratic, by Hull & Clark, la u quarter of a century old. All tho lied Oak nowspnpora arc In the hands of thorough nowspaper men and their contribution haa douo much to glo Hid Oak tho ptomlnonco In stato politics Indicated by tho fact that It Is tho home of United States Judge Mc I'hcraon, who recently resigned from con gress to go on the hunch, Supreme JubIIco Iloraco E. Doemcr, Senator J. M. Junkln and other men of almost equal note. On. ,,t in, i:iliiilri,, I'limii), I'll ill S. Junkln, editor of tho Corning Unlon-Itcpubllcnn, Is entitled by Inherit ance nnd by his own servlco as well to rank ns a plonoor. Ho la one of thu Juuklns of Fnlrlluld, u family that has produced more nowspapor nieti than nny other In Iowa and nil good ones. W. V. Junkln, tho patriarch, has been over half n century nt tho hend of tho Fairfield Ledger, his sorv Ico with ono paper being tho longest over credited to nny mnn In tho atnto. His son, C. M. Junkln. now actively conducts the paper; another son Is editor of tho Ilock Rapids Uoportcr nnd l'aul S. Junkln of Corning Is thu third. Ilia la ono of four pnpera In Adams county the least nuinbor of papers In nny Iowa county and Is ex cellent In proportion to tho field, having one of tho largest weekly circulations In tho state. Tho Free PreSB (democrat) nnd the Onzotto (republican) by W. H. Hoxlo are tho other Corning papers. Mr. Hoxlo Is one of tlifi oldest southwest Iowa editors. His paper was started In 1SG7 and hu has con ducted It most of thu time. Hownrd Tedford of Mount Ayr, stnto hinder nnd ono of tho rising young men of Iowa nowspnperdom, Is associated with hla father. J. II. Tedford, In tho ownership and conduct of tho Mount Ayr Record. This Is another landmark of southwestern Jour nalism, dating from 1SC5. Father Tedford wrltou the, page of strong editorial, which always occupies tho entire first page, and inakea It one of tho most popular weeklies. Hownrd Tedford has douo newspaper work In Wiiahliigtun, before ho becamo stnto binder, of a quality that attracted much attention. NlllMTNN I'01). on .Merit. Among tho notable newspaper successes la the Mount Ayr Twlco-A-W'euk News, by Wnltur II. lluall. Though not yet 30 years old, Mr. lleall has built up much tho largest circulation lu bis county by making a news pa tier that Is entitled to rank among tho best. It Is n weekly paper run on dally principles. Tho Mount Ayr Journal, by J. 8. Shepherd und son, la tho democratic paper of Ringgold's capital and has high rank In the county. Ringgold, Indeed, U a county of newspapers. H. K Perkins Kollerton Olnbo, tho Sentinel at Knowlton by 1'. II. Wilson; tho Vindicator at Ting ley, by I)r. I). W. Watsabaugh. Bert M rlek'u nlllteratlvo Ueddlng Hustler, and Clmrlea Wroughton's Dlngonal Progress nro all muni papers with district circula tions It Is claimed on behalf of Ringgold county that It has more weekly newspa per circulation thnu any other In the Eighth district. J. Knox Hall tins made In the Stur EntorprUu at Aftou a paper that Is In many ways remarkable Typographically and in Its iiuwh nnd literary qualities It ranks very high. Afton was formerly county scat of Union county, bofore Creston won nway that distinction, and Mr. Hnll has prollted by thu rivalry between the two towns. Ills papor lu uf tho Independent democratic ciiBt. Tho Afton Tribune, by W. B. Adair, Is a recent venture nnd has mndo a cred ttablo showing. In a town of 3.000 John J. Clnrk has made a slgnnl success of tho conduct of n dnlly The- Iledford Republican Is n bright' llttlu evening paper, thu weekly edition of which Is the Tlmes-Republlcnn, Mr Clnrk lu postmaster nt Iledford nnd Is possessed of that square of qualities which tnUBt he represented in a man who can succeed as ho has done. Ho Is n politician, a busi ness man, an editor, n good reporter, and, nlthough only n young mnn, has been emi nently successful. Tho Iledford Free Press, by H, E, Moores, Is democratic and, whllo making no such ambitious effort as tho conduct of a dally, Is an excellent weekly. Mr. Moores devotes himself especially to tho promotion of his news Interests petition interesting since they stnttcd In business. They run a republican paper, with considerable leanings to Independence. Tho Clarlndn Democrat Is A. II. Robinson's paper and serves the party with a good ntticle of political doctrine, as well as a good newspaper. Shenandoah, however, Is entitled to rate ns the best nowspaper town in southwest Iowa. Tho Sentinel, twice a week, has tho largest circulation credited to n weekly In this section. C. N. Marvin, Its proprietor LAFAYETTE VOUNO, EDITOR Photo by Dostwlclc. thrcughout tbe rounty, having airnectlons well represented HTIIII of lll? lallilll. The weekly paper that gets above 2,000 circulation In an Iowa county Is something of a wonder, yet there are two of them in Clarlnda, the Herald, by C. A. Mule, ono of the veterans of thlB section. Tho parer Is over forty years old and has made Mr. Lisle considerably more than well-to-do, Hu Is postmaster which contains tho assurance that ho Is a republican and Is ono of the strong men of tho Eighth district In politics, his paper is the homo representative of Congressman Hepburn and has done good party sorvlco In that not always easy position, Tho Clarlnda Journal, J. P. Konnea and Kd C. Lane, Is tho youngest paper In thu town and a hustler. Its editors nre young men, who know their business and have made com- and editor, has a capacity for making poo plo want his newspaper that would make a success In any place on enrth. Shenan doah Is on tho line botween Pago and Fre mont counties nnd Mr. Mnrvln makes a paper for both counties, Drown Uros. have taken advantage of tho same condi tions In building up their Shenandoah World, also a aeml-weekly, with a big circulation and business. Tho Post at Shenandoah Is conducted by Den Clare and calls Itself Independent, which his friends say means that It would bo demo cratic If democracy woro moro popular. Mr. Claro runs a thoroughly good paper, the best testimony to which fact Is that ho makes money In so well ploughed a Held as that of Pago county. (ieorgo McCormlck at College Springs runs n high-class collego town weekly In the Current Press; at Coin, W. A. Adair cuuduets tlio republican (lazette, and to his credit be It said that lie keeps the Held to himself, despite that Coin iu the seal of ono of tho most enthusiastic colonies of free sllvcrltcs on earth. Nuu .Miller's Essex In dependent la properly named, and Its editor mnkoi a good paper In a town of 700. Win-re I'lilltlen I'lourlnli. Accurate statistics Indicate thnt there Is moro politics to the square loot In Fremoir county tlian In any other place on earth otltsldo of Ohio. Freu silver (sentiment run riot lu this county when that movement was nt its holgbt, and thu newspaper men of both parties proved themselves cnpablu ad vocates. At Sidney Is the democratli Herald, by 0. M. Waterman. Mr. Waterman claims thu largest circulation accorded to any democratic paper In tho southwest, ntid whllo ho geta uu argument occasionally no body denies him u position In tho front row Tho Sidney Sun, by Randall & McKeo, H republican nnd u good paper. At Hamburg. Fremont county, Miller & Campbell conduct tho Democrat, and they give Waterman a strong light for the lead lu circulation. i'Iio Reporter of Fremont lu the republican paper; It is conducted by a stock company. O. II. Tlbbetts' Hamburg Sunbeam .'a a sil ver republican paper, and Tlbbetts' 1C to 1 arguments have been quite famous lu his section of tho stnto. At Uiverton, where tho free silver enthusiasts of Fremont county hold nunuul picnics for four or live days and have national speakers, Joint de bates and a regular camp meeting, salva-tlon-ls-frco Jollification, II. II. Crenshaw runs tho Independent, nnd without sacrlllc Ing his claim that his title Is descriptive tho paper keeps on excellent terms with tho silver picnics when they come to town, Tho Mills County Tribune Is conducted by N. C. Field at Olei .vjod. It rchYcu tho domocratlc opinions of Iti owner, who last full waB his party's candidate for state aenato In tho district composed of Mills ami Montgomery, nnd made ,i nood run In a hopelessly republican district against Sena tor Junkln, one uf the strongest men m tho state. Tho Opinion Is tho republican paper at Olenwocd, and Is conducted by Wllllnm F. Uroadlleld. It Is a good paper, with a circulation covering tho entire county. Edward llrown'a Malvern Leader, republican, and tho Southwest lowan, demo cratic, by C. M. Rico, nre n pnlr of excel lent papers at Malvern. Klvnlr)' llelim ,miie. At Vllllsca, Montgomery county, E. o. Gardner conducts the Letter, democratic, and tho Review, republican, Is edited by C. K. Kennedy. They have u good Held, which they 1111 well. Vllllsca la a rival of Red Oak iu Montgomery county, nnd tho east sldo papers nt Vllllsca conduct a coastunt crusade to maintain tho political nnd com mercial Independence of thulr part of thu county. Tho rlvulry helps the Vllllsca papers, which In times of especially strained relations humiliate the county seat by alluding to It ns "Redoak" and "Ballnrd F. L. Cuchcs' success with the Oscrola, (Clarke county) Sentinel, Is to bo found an Illustration of what hustling will accom plish. Mr. Ouches got tho paper when It was badly run dowa. He has mado himself, It lu said, Independently rich. He Is cur rently credited with being worth J30.000, ho owns houses In town nnd lands lu the country; his papor Is full of business and tubscrlbers, nnd Mr. Ouches Is llttlu past 30 years of ago. Ho runs an excellent county paper, filled with tho boat quality of local news and corrcapondenco. Tho Clip per, by II. W. Robinson, Is tho Junior re publican paper; tho Democrnt, by Sherman & Richards, represents Its paper at the county sent. They nro both breezy and Interesting aboets. Millard Stookoy's Leon Journal Is the leading republican paper of Decatur county. Mr. Stookey Is Leon's postmnster, nnd one of tho most prominent factors In Its poli tics. Ho Is credited with running tho best line of county news to bo found In nny (Continued on Eighth Pago.) MEETING OF SOUTHWESTERN IOWA PRESS ASSOCIATION, CRESTON, In.-Flnsh light by Louis R, nostwlck, i