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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-09

May /. BY balance ... S.132.72
The following bills were read ana
on motion were allowed, Mayor Was
key voting yes. #. A. Johnson yes.
j. A. Johnson yes:
Geo. H.. Waskey. mayor.
salary ...............S 1900
T. A. Johnson, commission
er, salary ...-..... $3.50
j. A. Johnson, commission
er, salary ......... $3.50
Grant Winesburg, police,
salary 1900
Pete Nerdahl, police, salary $500
A. Green. police. salary $500
VIM. Rae. auditor. salary
for quarter ......... 1850
G. J.. Porter. attorney. sal
airy for quarter ..... 10000
J.. w. Walden. treasurer.
salary for quarter $500
j. NJ. Duff. health officer.
salary for quarter 5000
A. T.. Fuller. fire warden.
salary for quarter $500
JAS. Robertson. fire chief.
salary for quarter 6.25
Fred Mitchell. street com
missioner, salary 5000
c. A. Trimmer. grades and
lines, blocks 1S. Orig
inal. 7 and 3. summit. 24.00
c. A. Trimmer. lines and
stakes paving on Second
street NE .......... 400
C. 4. Trimmer. plans and
specifications > bridges. 147.72
Jas. Conley, dragging
streets ........~.. 1900
Cuisine & Waskey. road
pillow and bar ..... 21.5O
Pioneer Bridge Co. con
sultation on bridges 5000
c. L. Colman Lumber Co.
lumber for streets ... 24.40
Geo. Peterson, work on
streets 2.40
c., NJ. a. St. II. Co., audit
or's correction on pipe. ass
n. G. Mueller. dragging
streets l5t5O
Otto Proehl. Sc hours work
on street with team $500
Madison Dray Line. freight
and drayage ......... 9.21
Bert Cooper, unloading
coal ..,... AT
C., NJ. & st. p. Co., freight
on car of coal ........ 1851
Wells Fargo. express on
valves 10
f. r. L~eteher, typing regis
tration lists ......... 500
Geo. H. Waskey. registra-
ton board .......... 600
j. w. Walden, registration
board .............. 600
VIM. Rae, registration
a 500
+. l.. Mease, printing bal
lots and proceedings 92.93
j. f. Stahl. printing bal
lots and proceedings 1855
Joseph Vixen. making files
for assessor .......... $50
Oscar Olson, recording va
cation of street $4,000. 10.
Election board. IL judges
and 8 clerks ...... 5000
John Swenson. use of room
for election ......... 800
Coffey Bros. use of room
for election ....... 800
VIM. Rae, postage for year 500
Rest room $500
Nj. Nerdahl. refund on pop
corn license ....... AT
viii A. Beach, election
supplies 1888
j. c. Schultz, cash book,
pencils and acid ...... 3.55
c. H. Reese Co, police
supplies SIP
Grant W~inesberg. boarding
prisoners ............ $50
E. A. Rafferty,, superin-
tendent, salary ....... 1900
John Bake, engineer, sal
airy .................. 1900
Aug. Schaldack, engineer,
salary ............... $500
Fred Arnold, fireman, sal
airy ............... $500
B. Nielsen, fireman, salary. $500
Jas. Bake, engineer, sal
airy to May 4 ........ $500
John Hanks, lineman -. 1880
Jos. WEIGH, work on line. 1900
Electric Supply Co., lamps
and cord ............ 25.22
Fred Kundert, collecting 900
c. l.. Colman Lumber Co,
roofing for nlanf QQol
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The Following bills were read ana
on motion were allowed, Mayor Was
key voting yes. #. A. Johnson yes,
J. A.. Johnson yes:
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04
PAYS ALL Of HIS
MENWH0 ENLIST

Vincent Aston has notified the sew
erai hundred building superintend-
ents, janitors, porters and utility
men required to manage and keep
In order his great estate in New
York that they will not suffer fl.
nancially by existing in the naval
or military service of the country.
Every employe has received a circu-
lar letter in the last few days from
Samuel 3. Thorn of the Aston office
explaining that Mr.. Astor wishes it
understood that if anyone desires
to enlist he will continue to pay
him or anyone depending on him
the difference between the govern
ment pay and the salary which he
had been receiving from the Astor
estate.
Those who do not enlist will be
welded into a great army of citizens
which will defend the city in the
absence of the army Every en-
ploye will be furnished with a
police whistle, with instructions to
carry it at all times and when to
use it.
Every member of the working force.
even to the scrub women in the
Aston houses, has subscribed for a
$50 Liberty bond. Mr. Astor at
first planned to give each man and
woman in his employ a bond as a
gift, but in accordance with the re-
quest of President Wilson to make
the issue popular one he decided
to make it possible for every one
of his employees to buy a bond on
the easy payment plan.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04
TROOPS ATTACK
IN SINGLE FILE

In the course of the present war
all the warning nations have learned
their lessons. Many months ago, a
French officer writes, the French
army reconstructed the battle field
attack methods which had been en-
ployed earlier in the war. The
change of system was the result of
experience in earlier battles, notably
in the campaign in Champagne.
The present attack formation was
adopted after a series of experiments
at camps in the rear. From the very
outset of its being its success has
been of the greatest value 1t was
first employed on the occasion of
General Petain's and Neville's coun-
ter offensive attacks at Verdun with
highly satisfactory results
Like the Italians in last years
drive at the Isonzo moving forward
in files, so the French infantry has
adopted the method of advancing to
carry out an attack The columns
move forward in files, or in long
drawn out strings of men in lines
with intervals. at right angles to the
enemy Through such movement the
target becomes smaller and the ca
suaities fewer. Victory is of all the
greater value when it is not bought
at too high a price; this we found
out in our later attacks at the Yer
dun front.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04

mlllar references to comets are found
in great numbers in all early records,
and it is estimated that about 400 diff
ferent comets are mentioned in records
before real modern astronomy began
with, the invention of the telescope
(about 1900 Since then approximately
an equal number has been added. most
of which are telescope comets, whose
discovery was possible only by the use
of the instrument.
Comet Families
The attempting to classify comets we
find that groupings can be made in two
distinct ways. In the first place there
is a large number of comets which rO-
tate about the sun in an orbit and fur
thermore have the popularity that ne
points of their respective orbits which
lie furthest from the sun (the 'aphelion'
points in astronomical language) are
all very close to the orbit of Jupiter.
for example. From this it is argued
that Jupiter played a great part in the
determination of the comets orbits
around the sun. These comets are
therefore called Jupiter's family OF
comets. All of the outlying planets of
the system have such families; Jupi-
ter's is by far the most numerous, con-
tanning about thirty. Neptune, Uranus
and Saturn have six, three and two re-
spectively. The second kind of group
ing is of families in each or which the
different members have entered the
system Of the sun along the same orbit.
The most famous of these families is
one of which all the members came
from the direction of Sirius.
The Comets Tails
In some ways the most interesting
single thing about the comet is its tail,
if it has one. This consists of the most
tenuous of matter and sticks out from
the head a distance of many Millions of
mileS-sometimes as much as a hun
bred million. When comet is first dis
covered it is usually far from the sun
and without TAIL but as it approaches
| the sun the tail seems to be formed and
TO grow larger.
Another very curious phenomenon is
that the tail does not merely lag behind
the head of the comet in it's flight
through space, but always points in a
direction away from the sun, even pre-
| ceding the comet when necessary. This
acts just as if some repulsive force
! emanated from the sun and pushed
! away the tiny particles of which the
tail is composed, overcoming even the
attractive force of gravltation. Astron-
| omers sought for such force as the
simplest explanation of the tails ac-
lions, and many suggested electric
| force, for it is known that bodies
charged with like kinds positive OF
negative) of electricity strongly repei
! one another
| A more probable source of the repu/-
sion is found in the pressure exerteo
by light when it falls upon a materia
body. OF course, with ordinary mean,
it is impossible to sense this minute
repulsive force of light, but il has beer
shown to exist by experiments with tn.
most delicate kind of apparatus. Tit
existence of this light pressure hat
been shown theoretically before thes,
experiments were made. 1t seems tina
in the case of such very minute par
ticles as compose the tail of the come
the light pressure is greater than tn
gravitational pull by the sun. and thes
, are forced out of the comets head neve
to return.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04

western woman, coming from Wash
ingtOn, which gives women the priv
ilege of equal rights with men, and
she has served her state in many pub
lie capacities. For her, therefore, it
was no new thing to be called upon to
take ar important position upon a
national board.
The position which Mrs Axtell was
called to fill this year is that of Unit
ed States employees conmepsation
commissioner, and the commission,
which has it's headquar- ers in Wash
ln%ton. he"an active work this year
Mrs. Axtell brings trained expert
ence to her new federal post. She has
sat in state legislature and served on
state boards for the last ten years.
AS a member of the Washington state
legislature in 1910 she was conspic-
uous for efforts which resulted in the
massage Of a law establishing mini
mum wage for women in that state.
Under the law the government es-
tablished a commission to investigate
what was the lowest wage on which
it was possible for woman to live.
Appointed a member of that commits
sion, Mrs. Axtell Investigated the con-
ditions of employees of hundreds of
mercantile establishments, and her re-
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04

Comet B 1916, discovered by DR.. Max
Wolf, now easily discernible.
BY C. S. Branin of the Columbia Uni
versity Observatory Staff
The summer sky of 1917 is greatly
enriched by the presence of the tenn
porarv ornament, Comet b 1916 tWoifJ
1t does not happen very often during
one mans lifetime that a comet OF
brilliancy great enough to make 1t a
marked object for naked-eye observa-
ton appears in the heavens We were
exceptionally fortunate in having one
such comet not many years ago, Hal
ley's famous comet which visited us in
1910. This years comet was discovered
by DR. Max Wolf of the Heidelberg OBJ
servatory toward the end of April 1916.
Hence its designation; for 3 1916 means
that it was the second comet discovered
in the year 1916. It had then come jusr
inside of Jupiter's orbit, and, because OF
this great distance at the time of dis
covery, il was even then expected to
become a very bright object upon closer
approach to the sun and earth. 1t seems
to be justifying this hope, for at the
time of writing it is very brilliant, in
deed It's closet approach to the sun
was about June 16. The calculated po-
sitions for July place it approximately,
as shown on the map, JUST We. OF the
great square of Pegasus. which at the
time OF the map is just beginning 70
show above the horizon. During the
month il Will move slowly eastward
into the area occupied by the square.
We should have no difficulty in pick
ing it out from the stars, and even an
opera glass will soon settle any doubts
as to the objects nature.
What Is a Comet?
The thing which distinguishes comets
at once from other heavenly bodies is
the difference in appearance. A typical
comet has head more or less spherical
in form which looks fuzzy, and tail.
IL is this indistinctness of outline of the
head which made the ancients say that
the star looked hairy, and the name
comet is derived from the Latin word
coma. meaning hair. Very often the
center of the coma, or head, shows a
distinct, very bright condensation and
is called the nucleus. The tail is not an
absolutely necessary adjunct but is GER
tainly a usual thing. Neither is the
nucleus always present. Sometimes
both are absent; but the larger naked
eye comets possess both.
The portion of space occupied by the
material forming the comet is often
may be as great as a million miles, i. e.
twice the diameter of the moons orbit
about the earth. Yet, in spite of this
vast bulk, the actual amount of ma
terial which makes up the comet is
very small, for even the comparatively
close approach of the comet to one OF
the bodies of the solar system seems It
produce no gravitationai disturbance
or perturbation, as the astronomers
call it, on the other hand it is the orbi
of the comet itself which is entirely
changed by the effect of the planet:
graVitational attraction.
The Number of Comets
Comets have been objects of admi
ration. fear and worship since loni
before the written history of man be
gan; we can easily imagine the effec
upon our historic ancestor of tn
appearance in the heavens of such
brilliant, flaming object among tn
stars, whose CONGREGATIONS We're ia
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04

The successful preservation of food
stuffs of all kinds is part of the public
health problem at all times, and in the
present crisis it is an economic prob
lem of the greatest magnitude as we'll
OF all the methods of preserving eggs
the most approved is the use of water
glass. a commercial chemical that is
for sale at all drug stores. The New
York State College of Agriculture at
Cornell University, New York, pub
fishes an exhaustive bulletin on the
subject which is distracted as fol-
lows:
Eggs should be preserved when the
production is greatest and the price is
lowest. The commercial water glass
solution may be obtained from any
drug store, or the powder can be dis
solved in a definite quantity of water,
as stated in the directions on the pack
age.
If the commercial water glass solu-
ton is used, mix Y quarts with IS
quarts of pure water; water that has
been boiled is preferable. Stir the mix
ture until the ingredients are thor
oughly mixed A stone jar is the most
suitable vessel for the mixture. Two
S-gallon jars are sufficient for 80 doz-
en- eggs with the amount of solution
just prescribed After the water glass
is thoroughly mixed. pour it into the
vessels to be used being sure that the
vessels are absolutely clean. sPlace the
eggs in the water glass, see that those
at the top are submerged under at
least inches of the liquid, and cover
the jars in order to prevent evapora-
ton. Put the jars in a cool place
where they will be undisturbed during
the year.
If there is any doubt as to the fresh
ness of the eggs, candle them, or see
whether they sink when placed in a
dish of fresh water. If an egg sinks. it
is reasonably fresh.
Do not preserve dirty eggs or eggs
that have been washed. Washed eggs
will not keep because the protective
gelatinous coating has been removed by
the washing; and dirty eggs will be-
come tainted in flavor. If ii is de-
sired to boil eggs preserved in water
glass. prick a small hole through the
| large end of the shell before placing
| them in the water. The pores of shell
| have been sealed by the water glass So
! luton. and without the pinhole the ex-
| banding air within the shell would
, burst it.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04
A|RPLANES WERE
FORETOLD IN BIBLE

Charles A Dana, whose hrilliancy as
it's editor made the New York Sun
shine for ALL visited Jerusalem. He
wrote afterward of the extraordinary
material fulfillment of biblical proph-
ecy wherein it was foretod that man
should some day come up to the Holy
City behind q swaying furnace
The little Baldwin locomotive upon
its crooked track gave a good imita
ton of a "swaying furnace that
bright February day | assembled from
Jaffa to Zion.
But that has nothing to do with
airplanes, which is what | meant to
write about. There are fifty thousand
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04

airplanes lowering over the armies in
Europe and the United States may
send over that many more.
Now turn to your Bible and read
how old jeremiah foresaw these flocka
of winged men.
Behold, he shall fly as an eagle
and spread his wings" So said Jere
miah.
Hosea also took a mental photo
graph centuries upon Centuries ago OF
this human bird: "He shall come like
an eagle against the house of the
Lord
Zachariah, too, had similar vision.
and he beheld two women, and the
wind was in their wings"
But is was grand old Isaiah who
pictured accurately what the Wright
brothers were going to do thousands
of years before they did it:
The stretching out of his wings
shall fill the breadth of thy land. I'M
manuel"
Can you picture upon canvas a
more graphic picture of those fiftE
thousand airmen over the battle field
than did Isaiah: ITO the land that is
shadowing dark with wings"
Is it any wonder that the old
prophet inquired: who are these who
fly as a cloud 2"
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04
TRAP5HO0TERS
PLAN BENEFIT
AID RED GROSS

One of the novel events planned
for the Sourth of July is a Patriotic
Shoot given by the Phoenix Gun
club this afternoon at 80 O'CLOCK.
The shoot is to be for the bene-
fit of the Red Cross, the total re-
ceipts from it going to that orga-
niZation.
There are to be five events of 20
birds each. No entrance fee will be
charged, but there will be a regular
charge of cents for each bird and
the total sum thus secured goes
10 the Red Cross.
This patriotic Shoot in Phoenix
is a part of the national shoot to
be conducted by units of the Trap
shooters of America. The OBJ
ject is to raise a large ambulance
fund for the Red Cross. 1t is be-
lieved that the combined receipts
from all the hundreds of shoots which
will be conducted viii be in excess
of $4,000 and in this way the Red
Cross will be materially aided in the
work it is doing. 1t is the trap
shooters way of doing their bit for
America.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04
ANOTHER WOMAN
To FEDERAL JOB

Twice within the past year the pub
lie has had cause to open its eyes
wide by seeing woman quietly and
calmly walk into a position at the
national capital heretofore supposed
to belong exclusively to man, and,
strange to say, when the deed is done
the public seems to take it as a mat
ter of course.
The first woman to invade mans
realm was Miss jeanette Rankin, con-
gresswoman from Montana. who has
smilingly taken her seat among the
national lawmakers in the lower house
of congress. The second woman is
Mrs. Frances C. Axtell, who, January
1, was appointed by the president to
serve upon an executive commission
the first woman to be chosen for
such a post.
Like Miss Rankin. Mrs. Axtell is a
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04
RUSHF0RLAND
%0' +
UNDER NEW LAW

Following the passage of the amend
ment to the homestead law by congress
last December, emitting entries on
tracts of $40 acres of government land,
there has been a rush for such land
in the state of Arizona.
According to information given out
by the local land office, there have been
1921 filings under this act, known as
the homestead stock raising law. This
means that within the last six months
more than 540,230 acres of land have
been claimed by stock raisers in Ari-
IONA But in spite of this great rush
there are still a large number of ranges
to be taken up.
Under this law the usual require
ments for cultivation are waived, and a
stipulation for $500 worth of improve
ments has been substituted.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04

is charged with representing to Dill
that the proceeds would benefit the
company 1t is alleged that all
stock sold by Fulton was handled
in the same manner.
Mark Dunbar, of the corporation
commission, testified that Fulton had
never made application for a per-
nit.
The defendants counsel moved for
dismissal after Dunbars testimony
contending that the action did not
come within. the scope of invest
'ment company law. After arguments
on this point the court continued
the case Until later in the week.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04
UNUSUAL CASE
IS BEING HEARD

Action brought by the corporation
commission against A. H. Fulton,
charged with selling stock without q
license, advanced a step Monday,
when the preliminary examination
was begun before Justice Frank De
Souza. The hearing was not COM
pleted and the matter was continued
until 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Fulton is alleged to have sold 1000
shares of mining stock at 800 d
share to Martin Dill. While the
stock certificate showed it was Full
tons own stock, issued by the com
pany and transferred to Dill, Fulton
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04
FIFTY THOUSAND SHORT
TRepubIican A. p. Leased Wire1

WASHINGTON, July 3.-Recruiting
for the regular army reached
its climax on the concluding day, Sat
urday when more than 1000 men were
accepted, but the army still is $4,000
men short of full war strength. Of
ficialsc are not discouraged. The cam
paign for recruits will be pressed
steadily Brigadier General Mccain,
adjutant general of the army and in
charge of recruiting, said today he
hoped there would be no necessity to
resort to the selective draft to fill up.
Do not wait tin tomorrow-phone
that WANT AID. to The Republican
CFfice now, and get your wish fulfilled
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04
The Health of the Soldier

TIC TIcditn OF the 0OiQteF
AT the recent meeting of the Amer
lean Medical Association in New York
the following preambles and resolu-
lions were adopted by the Section on
Preventive Medicine and Public Health
and transmitted to the house of dele
gates for their adoption, which was
added to that of the section The res
olutions stand as the practically unan-
imous opinion of the medical profess
sion of this country, $4,000 physicians
being represented in this association.
The resolutions are as follows:
Whereas, Venereal infections are
among the most serious and disablin
diseases to which the soldier and sailor
are LIABLE and
Whereas. They constitute a grave
menace to the civil population; and
Whereas. The Congress of the United
States has authorized the president
and has empowered and directed the
secretary of war to control prostitution
ana alcohol within effective zones sur
rounding all military places; and
Whereas The Council of National
Defense has adopted resolutions outlin-
ing a general policy for the combating
of venereal diseases; and
Whereas, A grave responsibility rests
on the civil population, and particularly
the medical profession, for participa-
ton in making effective these and 9TH
err measures for the eradication of We
nereal diseases; therefore, be it
Resolved. That the American Medical
Association endorses the actions of
Congress and the Council of National
Defense and commends the following
as the basis for program of civil ac-
tivities:
l. That sexual confluence is COM
patible with health and is the best pre-
vention of venereal infections.
2. That steps be taken toward the
prevention of venereal infections
| through the prevention of prostitution.
and by the provision of suitable recre-
ational facilities, the control of alco-
,, holic drinks. and other effective con-
! structive measures.
3. That plans be. adopted for CEN
! tralized control of venereal infections
through special divisions of the proper
health and medical services.
4. That the hospitals and dispenser
les be encouraged to increase their ia
cilities for early treatment and follow
up service for venereal diseases as a
measure of national efficiency.
| 8. That the members of the medical
profession be urged to make every eff.
fort to promote public opinion in SUP.
| port of measures instituted in accord
ance with these principles of action il
the control of venereal diseases.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04

port was largely responsible for the
passage of the act setting the mini
mum wage for women.
Arizona republican., 1917-07-04
Department of Public Health

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