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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
PLENTY OF PROOF
From People You know-From Mad
son Citizens.

The greatest skeptic can hardly
fail to be convinced by evident like
this from Mr.. Fitzpatrick. 1t is i'm
possible to produce better proof of
merit than the testimony of residents
of Madison. of people who can be
seen at any time. Read the following
case of James Fitzpatrick. retired
farmer, S07 Josephine avenue N.
He says: For some time | was an
noyed by my kidneys not acting
right. My back began to pain Sc
yerely. | knew my kidneys needed
attention and | was looking for a
good kidney medicine when told
about Doan's Kidney Pills. One box
rid me of the trouble and | have had
no return attack"
Price SO cents at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Fitzpatrick had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
|. ". WIS START
ATTEMPT MADE TO BURN MIL
WAUKEE FREIGHT TRAIN
NEAR MURDO.

Mitchell. July 14.-Activities of
alleged /. w. w. vandals spread to
South Dakota when an attempt was
made to burn a Milwaukee freight
train near Murdo. Several members
of the order are alleged to have set
fire to an empty car in which they
were riding from Rapid City TO
Murdo, Leaving the car just as the
train was pulling into Murdo.
Two members of the /. w. w.
party were rounded up by Murdo of
ficials and placed in Jail. The box
car was destroyed, the flames being
discovered in time to prevent de-
struction OF other cars.
Earlier this week the Milwaukee
oil house al Scotland Junction was
burned. 1t is believed to have been
the work Of l. w. w. members. Ac-
cording 10 local railroad officials
strict orders have been issued to
watch and guard against depreda-
tions by the transient members of
the order.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
TWENTY YEARS
AGO TO-DAY
Items Taken from the Daily
Leader Files.

Mrs. G. A. Kelley and children re
turned from a six weeks visit TO
friends i'm Illinois and elsewhere.
John NJ. Scanlon proved up today
on his homestead entry, the Sc Il of
section %4-107-53, and Ira l.. Dobson
on his timber culture entry, lots ]
and 2, section ~19-105-53. Clarno.
County superintendent Daugherty
has a class of ten boys and girls from
different parts of the county taking
examinations today for certificates of
graduation in the common school
course.
Mrs. NJ. j.. Brennan and children,
Mrs. l.. G.. Ochsenreiter, of Webster.
and Miss Mollie Brennan, of Lake
Preston. left today for their old home
at Madison. Wis, and to also enjoy
the Catholic summer school and
ehautauqua at that place for a few
weeks.
ID. Nj. Finnie brought to town to-
day a handful of wheat pulled at
random from the field of Torkel
Hanson, which shows a very severe
instance of blight. The grain is alb
solutely worthless. there being no
kernels in the head. The straw looks
fine. is tall and has been vigorous,
but is now turning soft and heads be
coming white.
The families of James Shaw and
j. w. Goff drove to Mitchell yesterday
by team to be present today at the
wedding of Lewis j. Shaw and Miss
Dora Noble. Both were graduates of
the Normal school here in the class
of 90, and have many interested
friends in the city.
Matheney's wholesale bakery is
consuming in bread alone a barrel of
flour per day. This bakery furnished
1885 pounds of bread in three days
for the militia encampment at Bry-
ant. besides the chautauqua and reg
ular trade at home, with a steadily
increasing business.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
CLAIM HUGE
SUM FROM GOVERNMENT
Three Pacific Coast Tribes, Revivins
Old Treaty, Ask $~t2.oo0,0o0.

Marshfeld, Ore.-On the spot where
the treaty OF Empire was signed Aug.
30. 1855, between the United States
government and the coast Indians. in
GLIDING the Coos. Umpqua and Siuslaw
tribes, the remnants of those aborigines
met ut Empire and sat I'm council to
consider the settlement Of their claims
against the United States government.
The council was called To provide a
chief for the Indians of the tribes men
toned, the last recognized chief. Bob
Burns, who was Il Coos. having died
five or six years ago Until the at
tempt by George WATSON. a Coos de-
scendant and a graduate of Carlisle.
to secure for the coastal tribes a set
Element OF their claims, there has been
no apparent reason for a chief, for the
remnants OF the tribes were scattered
and without concentration.
When the treaty of Empire was dug
from the dusty tones OF the Congress
sional library and department of the
interior, congressman who were fair
minded toward Indian claims ordered
an Investigation. which. to be present
ed In legal form. demanded the cleo
ton OF a chief aud credentials for the
three tribes who were signatories TO
the treaty.
The government after twenty years
sent a special agent to their last gov
eminent corral at Yachats TO sign
another treaty. but the Indians are In
sisting upon their rights under the
original treaty. The claims set up by
the three tribes represent something
over S12,O00.0o0. They believe that
they can effect a settlement within the
next two years.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
STATE FINANCES
LARGE SUM IN TREASURY AT
END OF FISCAL YEAR.

Pierre, July 1.-THE financial
showing OF the state at the end of
the fiscal year carries a larger
amount in the general fund than for
any other fiscal year end since the
beginning of statehood, with $415,-
246 in the state general fund. the
total amount on hand in all funds be-
ing $1,S70,540. A large amount of
this is included in the income for
ommo schools which will be dis
tributed in September, and which at
the present time shows sS4S.363 on
hand. Other funds show Irvine plant
fund. SASH; game fund. $4S,276;
motor vehicle. $1S,569, and in the
fund for distribution of fire tax
among the different towns of the
state, $29,749. The insurance de
partment receipts were in excess of
the expenses of the office for the fis-
cal year and $4,000 of the receipts
of that department were turned into
the general fund.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14

ritory, with headquarters at Sioux
City.
Mr.. Barkman calls attention of
harvest workers to the fact that the
small grain crop outlook in this ter
ritory Is the best in years. He points
out that the scale of wages is $40 to
$50 a month, with board. The wheat
harvest will start about July 20, Mr..
Barkman states.
Farm laborers coming to the
northwestern harvest fields have
been directed to visit the Sioux City
office of the federal labor depart
ment. which will be located at 407
Douglas street.
Director Barkman also has sent
blanks to postmasters in the Sioux
City farming territory to be filled out
by the farmers. The blanks ask for
data on the number of lei that will
be needed in each county.
Mr.. Barkman will return to Sioux
City Monday to open the federal bu-
reau. A branch also will be main
tanned at Huron, S.. ID.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
LONG SENTENCE
FRANK MCBRIDE AND LOUIS
MILES PLEAD GUILTY TO
HOLD UP CHARGE.

Aberdeen, July 14.-Frank Nc
Bride and Louis Miles, the two young
men who attempted to rob the bank
at Condo on the afternoon of July g.,
and were captured by a posse headed
by G. A. Foster, deputy sheriff and
editor of the Condo News, have been
sentenced in state circuit court at
Redfield to Is years each in the state
penitentiary at Sioux Falls. Nc
Bride, who was twice wounded In the
fight with the posse, was carried into
court on a cot. The court cut off
two years on the maximum sentence
of 30 years that the statutes pre-
scribe for this crime, because the
young men, the eldest of whom is but
%, entered pleas of guilty, and the
state was put to no expense in pros
ecuting them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
STATE NEWS.

Pierce. A. Burkhart, member
of the house from Gregory county,
has accepted a temporary position on
the field force of the state land de-
partment which Is put or each sum
mer to look after field work Tor the
department.
Pierre-The matter of service or
lack of service on the Faith branch
of the Milwaukee system west OF the
Missouri Is again up for inyestlga-
ton by the state railway commission
a hearing on complaints being set for
Dupree july IS.
Aberdeen-Ada McQuillan. Is
year-old daughter of A. +. McQuill-
an. superintendent of the Aberdeen
street railway, attempted TO open a
window. The window stuck and she
took a knife to force il open, when
the knife slipped from her hand and
struck her left eye. The sight was
destroyed, but physicians hope TO
avoid removing the eye.
Pierre-While it is some time un-
til the next primary campaign, some
of the possible candidates for legis-
lative nominations are making their
desires known this early in the game.
J.. g. Rounds, representative from
Jackson county letting his friends
know early in the game hat he wants
to again represent that county in the
next session.
Pierre-The state and federal gov
eminent working together will again
handle the labor movement for the
state during harvest from an office
at Huron. Such an office was main
tanned last year and helped material
~ In getting laborers and those want
ing help into Communication. The
office this year is in charge of A. L.
Stowell, and Is looking after the To-
cation of the first harvest workers
who are beginning to be wanted in
the southeastern part of the state.
Vermillion-South Dakota school
teachers are learning the highland
fling at the University of South Da-
kota this summer. The dancing Ii
taught i'm a class in educational meth
DDS and is part of the work dealing
with dancing instruction for primary
pupils. Folk dances are taught. and
the music by which the members oil
the class perform the %evolutions
comes from a talking machine. Mrs
Edith Beaumont has charge of the
class. Dancing in the public schools
is receiving far more attention thar
it did a few years ago. and ii Is to
enable school teachers to equip them
selves to give better instruction IL
dances for school children that the
class this summer is spending con
siderable time with folk dances.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14

The readers of this paper Will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages. and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
stitutional treatment. Halls Callrrh
Cure is taken internally. acting directly
upo the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. thereby destroying the
foundation or the disease. and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in do
ing its work. The proprietors have SO
much faith in It's curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case that IL falls to cure. Send for list
of testimonials. Address: f. j. Cheney
Y Co, Toledo. o. Sold by all drugg1sta
f6c. Take Hail. Family Pills for rom
HfinaffOn=AnN
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
CENSUS FACTS SACRED.
Detectives, Collectors and Relatives
Turned Away Disappointed.

New York.-Ever since the an
nouncement was made that registra-
ton under the state military census
law was practically complete the Of
fees Of the city director Of census and
the tabulating division have been the
objective points for private detectives,
bill collectors and relatives looking for
missing persons.
No single item of information was
given out nor will be, for the state
officials say that all facts gathered by
the census takers are sacred and be
yond the reach of subpoenas.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
HARVESTERS CALLED
GOVERNMENT AGENT APPEALS
TO MEN IN SOUTH TO
COME NORTH.

Sioux City, July 14.-Bulletins
calling attention to the need of men
in the harvest fields of Iowa, South
and North Dakota and Nebraska yes
terday were sem out to postmasters
in the southwest, where the grain
harvest now is being completed, by
A. l.. Barkman, director of employ
ment of the United States department
of labor, who will be in charge of
distribution of farm labor in this ter
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
MUSCLE SORENESS BELIEVED.

Unusual work. bending and lifting or
exercise is a strain on the
muscles, they become sore and stiff, you
are crippled and in pain. Sloan's Lini-
ment brings you quick relief. easy to
apply, 1T penetrates without rubbing and
drives out the soreness. A clear. liquid
cleaner than mussy plastcrs or ONT
ments, Ii does not stain the skin or clog
the pores. Always have a bottle handy
for the pains aches of rheumatism. govt.
lumbago, grippe, bruises, Stiffness
backache and all external pain. At your
druggist. Is cents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
WORKS HANDICAP Youn CHILD

Worms drain the strength and vitality
of children, making them dull and list.
less. Their power to resist more Sc
rious diseases is reduced and energy and
interest in play is lacking. Kickapoo
Worm Killer IL a mildly axative rem
edy in candy tablet form that children
like to take. 1t kills and removes the
worms and let's your child grow strong
and healthy like other children. Don't
let your child be dragged down by
worms. Full directions on the box. A
ell druggists, Is cents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14

Bowe' regularity is the secret of good
health, bflght Eyes clear compilations
and DIT. hing S New Life Pills are n mild
and gentle laxative that regulates the
bowels and relieves the accumulated
wastes without gripping. Take a pill be
fore retiring and that heavy head, that
dull spring fever feeling disappears.
Get DIR. Kings New Life Pills at your
druggist, rs cents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14

brought here and put up a hard strug-
gle before being landed.
The shark was taken to a Chinese
restaurant In Bank street, where Ii
was utilized for food.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14

Makes Hard Fight, but Goes to Chinese
Cafe For Food,

New London. Conn. - Sharks, that
terrorized bathers along the Atlantic
coast last summer. have reappeared
this season.
into this harbor by the fishing smack
Ellen. The big fish was caught IN the
TRAVELLING nets a short way out In Long
Island sound. 1t IA alive when
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip. enclose with &c to Foley 4 Co.,
1885 Sheffield avenue, Chicago. Ill,
writing your name and address clearly.
You will receive in return a trial pack
z containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound for coughs. colds and croup:
Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic
Tablets. Sold everywhere.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
GERMANY'S AIRSHlP
MOTORS UNCERTAIN

= Paris.-Owing TO the lack Of
, material Germany's newest,
> highest powered aeroplanes are
D less reliable than the older ones,
/. being equipped with smaller mo-
. tors, because iron has been sub
. stituted for brass. This infor-
. nation comes from an aviator
I. prisoner who was flying I'm a re-
I. paired English machine which
> had fallen behind the German
/. lines.
I. a. o. "a a. %
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-14
FARMERS, ATTENTION!

Scrap iron market better. We pay
S12 per ton for mixed scrap IRON
Madison Iron & Metal company,
Phone 2159.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-08-23
Bushue sens store % Wienss-

J. A. Bushue, through the b. j.
Fike real estate agency, Of Nez-
perez, sold the buildings and gen
eral merchandise stock to Ernst
Wienss, of Nezperee, Monday. The
buyer recently purchased the
hardware store and stock of the
Haener Bros. The deal is prae-
tieally a cash consideration, with
the exception that Mr.. Bushue ac-
eepts in part payment a business
lot IN Spokane, valued at $500.
Mr.. Bushue has been In business
here for a number of years and
has worked up a fine trade and
would perhaps not have consider
ed sale, but for the fact that his
wife s health has been on the wane
for some time, and they think
of climate may result in
good. He also has become the
DOssessOr Of considerable farm
and near Joseph, Oregon, where
ne expects to locate as soon as he |
settles up his business affairs here.
Inventory of the stock viii be |
aiken at once and the new man
vii assume control perhaps as
.arly as the first of the coming
month. We get it upon pretty |
rood authority, that johnny Gil
,ert viii be placed In charge Of
he general store.
We much regret the removal Of
be Bushues from Ferdinand, but
Wish them every success in their
CIV home. The new owner, as we
ave said before, is live wire
nd we predict VIII detraet not a
hit from this popular general
merchandising establishments
erdinand Enterprise.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-08-23
a VrY serions Thinr

Last year forty eight percent
Of the young men, who offered
themselves for military service
were disqualified for such service
on account of the use Of booze.
cigarettes and other vices" This
is what we read about two weeks
ago somewhere in the Nezperce
Herald.
Not to make our write-up too
long, let us admit without any ex-
plantations or restrictions. that
booze and tobacco are doing their
amount Of harm, especially among
the young and also to others. If
they use them immOderatelv
About the moderate and reason
able use Of these things. "dispu-
tatur inter auetores, as the phil
osopher would say. e.. there is
a dissension among good authori-
ties. But the chief cause Of de-
generaey and disqualification Of
our young people lies rather in
the other vices, which are not fur
ther specified'i In that article Of the
Nezperee Herald. Or rather II lies
IN one particular vice, that springs
from lack Of control Of a passion
hat IS the strongest passion in
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-08-23

servers; at another time the crew
praeticed launching the life boats
and went through the fire drill.
A newspaper was printed ON
board Snip which told all the ship
news and the wireless news Of the
world. A copy was stuek under
our Stater0om door each morning
before the "get up" bugle sound
ed. The captain 5 dinner, which is
served the last night at sea, aTas a
very gala event, the food was ex-
eellent, speeches were made, each
and everyone got a present, and
all threw confetti and streamers.
just as we were getting aeeus-
toned to ship life at sea the Island
of Molokai (the leper island) hove
in sight ON our left and soon Oahu,
the island upon which Honolulu is
situated, appeared on our right
and in a couple of hours more we
dropped anchor outside Honolulu
harbor while the government doe
tor gave us the "Onee over" be-
fore we locked.
As we came near the pier native
boys in countless numbers swan
out 10 meet us. The passengers
threw pieces of money into the
water and the boys would dive af-
ter them and they never missed
any. If solomon had had a thOuS-
and dollars in niekels | think he
would have thrown them all in as
il was he separated the family |
from all its loose change. When
the boys get the money they put |
il IN their mouths. Some of the
most aggressive would have their
so full that their cheeks
stuck out like gophers. At last the
boat swung along side the pier
and our journey was ended. We
we're seven days at sea.
Yours truly,
DIR. o. A. Jeffrcys
ct is pleasing = note that the
Doctor win continue this series
With further letters on experience
5 Of his party in their new home,
which viii be awaited with inter
st by Herald readers.-Ed.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-08-23
American Lake Cantonment.

In order that our readers may
realize the immensely of the gov
eminent S undertaking In install
ing the different eantOnments in
the T. s., we print the following
letter, written by Frank Fogg to
Atty Chas. Nugent, Of this place .
American Lake, Wash, Aug. II.
Dear Nugent: Jay and / are
working here IN the government
camps. We tried to get into both
the army and navy but were re-
jeeted at both places. viii work
here until the first of next month.
then | believe | can get in. This
is sure big job here. Everything
IS going up at once They are
putting IN a water system, sewer.
telephone, electric lights. paved
streets and buildings all at once.
There are from eight to ten thous-
and workmen here, besides the
regular soldiers who are stationed |
here.
If you have any back numbers
Of The Nezperee Herald since the
first of August / would ike to get
them to look over and see what is
going on there, and to see when /
am up for draft. We are both
getting along fine.
Our address is American Lake,
Wash, Pacific Commissary Co,
No. 6.
Tra,,I- E7ooo.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-08-23

human nature, from lack Of dis
cipline in regard TO an instinct, of
which some say that il is stronger
than even self preservation. Ii Is
the vice of lust, with its evil con-
sequences, the venereal diseases
called venereal, because Venus was
in ancient times considered the
goddess of lust. This vice of lust
is the necessary outcome of the
materialism and irreligion of our
age. Without fear of the Lord
and respect for His law, man is
inevitably delivered over into the
slavery or servitude of his pas
SiOns. No wonder, therefore, that
in our days sex problems are the
fashion. They are discussed in
novels and enacted upon the stage.
They are wildly portrayed for
moving picture audiences IN a
thousand cities, and are skillfully
set forth, from the devils clever
point of view, IN learned works OF
sociology" and sciences of 9TH
er names.
Their object isnot to lift up ell
Their man or woman, but to drag
down together. SubiectS,whieh the
Scriptures tell us, Should not so
much as be named among Chris
tians, are treated IN the daily /
press and infinitely set forth in
popular journals for eallOw youths
and unblushing maidens. Moth
ing is sacred, and secular maya
zines of the highest reputation for
conservatism, do not hesitate to
burn their lamp before the shrine
# pagan Venus.
Dances which were considered
shocking can no longer produce
wen a mild sensation. Recourse
5 had 10 half barbarOus peoples
md 70 deeadent ancient ciyiliza-
ions Of the past for new innOva-
ions. / recall here what the Nez-
perez Herald had two weeks ago
rom the sermon an Indian
preacher on Camas Prairie, re-
sarding the painting Of the faces
II our girls and women and their
lanees-
The falling birth rate over all
he world is the sureSt thermome-
er to indicate the moral atmos-
,here. Yet it wa sthis sin of i'm
purity, which in times past,
brought destruction upon the ma
ions of the earth. In conjunction
With that gOdlessness, from which
t sprang, it opened the flOOdgates
4 heaven upon a world, where all
lesh had corrupted its ways 1t
aused the ruin of the mightiest
utilization that history has ever
nOwn. and dragged down into
he dust alike the art of Greece
nd the strength of Rome.
Amid the impure revelries In
he palace of the BabylOnie kings,
ne hand appeared, which wrote
he fateful words upon the wall
Name, Thekel, Phares- Is that I
and visible in our day, and is it
-riting plain2
Might but this deluge of blood :
least purge clean the earthl =
Father A. W. Rompe. II