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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-20
stroy property and was sentenced to
a term of six months in jail.

stroy property and was sentenced to
a term Of six months in jail.
Pierre-The cattle sales conducted
In this place the past few days, ag-
gregating $4,000 or more, have
shown what fine specimens are rails
ed in this state, a bull having been
sold at the Tyler sale for $4,000,
brought $500 and a heifer $50.
Elk Point-While Francis Smythe,
wife and children were returning to
their home In Akron after spending
the day here with relatives, their car
turned over into a deep ditch neal
Richland. Mr.. Smythe's ear was
nearly torn off, and Mrs. Smythe
sustained a broken arm and her right
side is practically paralyzed.
Pierre--It has been a long time
since buffalo ranged east of the Mis-
souri, river in this state, but 1t Is re-
ported that two from the Philip herd
west of the river swan to this side
and are ranging along the river a
short distance from this city. Per-
sons walking acros the country have
been compelled, 1t Is said, to take to
the brush to keep out of the way of
the strays.
Canton-A number of important
cases are to be tried during q term
OF circuit court for Lincoln county.
which will In this city next
week. Otto Sundstrom will make ap-
plicatiOn during the term for read
mission as q citizen OF the United
States. Some years ago he moved to
northwestern Canada and took up .
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-20
STATE NEWS.

Pierre-The state treasurer has
made q call for warrants amounting
to about 100000. which are out
standing at the present time.
Bridgewater-At the Paul Tschet-
ter farm sale held near here recent
", = milk COW sold for $155 and q
year-old heifers from 500 to $125.
a 7-months-old bull calf brought
3e7.
Alexandria-F. ID. Peckham, of the
First National bank. well known as
= breeder Of pure bred stock. this
week added to his large herd by the
purchase of 50 head Of Shorthorns at
! Registered stock sale held at Te-
cuinneh. Neb.
Webster-In the circuit court here
PoEor Corr, On the advice or the at
toRnoy who WAS appointed to defend
hin. entered = plea OF guilty to the
ekoFee " running amuck and at
toMnptino 10 injure persons and de-
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-20
TURKISH TOWELS

government. Dawn's duties were to
travel over the country and spot"
elevators that could be burned or
blown up handily. he testified. 9th
er members of the gang followed up
his reports with the actual work of
destruction.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-20

homestead, becoming a British sub
ject. He now has returned to Lin
coin county and in order to again be-
come a citizen of the United States
will have to take out new naturaliz-
alton papers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-11-20
MAKES coon N rxE Mo1rx.

A cough remedy must be good to give
satisfaction in a northern states vari-
able weather. Bertram Bros. Green
Bay. Wis., write: I'VE have used Foo
ley's Honey and Tar and recommend II
to anyone who needs . good. reliable
cough and cold remedy" Relieves
croup, opens air passages. eases strang-
ling fight for breath. Sold everywhere.
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Don't miss this. Cut out this slip, en-
close with s cents to Foley & Co.. 1886
Sheffield Ave-. Chicago. ILL.,, writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return a trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound for coughs, colds and Group; Fo-
ley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic
Tablets. Sold everywhere.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

John f. Scott, who Is now acting as
recorder and circuit clerk OF this
county, in settling UP the estate OF
the late William G.. Hooker, found
among the effects Of Judge Hooker,
an old book case, or. pigeon hole
desk. which had been IN tho posses
sion OF Judge Hooker for many years,
he having acquired the same from
the late Judge George Edmunds. who
in turn had acquired this piece OF
furniture from Judge BidamOn, who
was a son-in-law OF the original
Joseph Smith, who prior to the year
1874 was the owner Of the aforesaid
desk. Mr.. Scott acting as the Rd-
ministrator Of the estate Of Judge
Hooker, on Thursday shipped this
I old relic to the Mormon church at
Salt Lake City, where 1t will be pre-
served as a special memento In con-
nection with the early history OF the
Mormon settlement in Hancock
county, and the tragic ending OF
their leader, Joseph Smith. who was
assassinated at the old jail at Garth
age. which is still standing, and 10
now the property OF the Mormon
i church at Salt Lake City
Dr.. and Mrs II. J. Elsea and
guests. Miss Maude Witt OF Mt.
Sterling and Miss Ruth Murphy OF
Abingdon, spent Sunday in LaHarpe
with DR.. and Mrs. J. s. Barker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lowell Cline returned
Friday to their home in Quincy after
visiting the lady's mother Mrs. Ellen
Darlington.
Franklin Hartzell who attends
school in Chicago. visited over sun
day with his parents Hon. and Mrs.
VIM. H. Hartzell.
Mrs. ]. p. BeckmAn visited last
week with friends at Clayton. and
also with Mrs. N. r. Baker at
Augusta.
Mrs. Alice Miller returned FrtdaJ
to her home in Dixon. after visiting
her mother Mrs. Henry Bfery, ana
sister Mrs. F. J. Goodrich.
Miss Alta Elder departed Friday
for Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she
will have charge of the ready-made
costumes department Of one OF the
leading stores.
Mrs. Mabel Emmertt Of Colusa
visited Thursday with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Shankle. Miss
Mary Shankle spent Sunday with her
sister at Colusa.
Mrs. G. F. Mcclure, daughter Mary.
and son Morris, OF Eureka. arrived
Thursday evening to visit her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. w IL. Paris.
Miss Myrtle Rams departed Tsurs-
day morning for Tina. Mo-. to visit
Mrs. s. H. Lyon; Kansas City, to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. Rams, and
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23
'Tisn't the years of man IS life that mat
ter, but the manner of living them. The
length of the thread is no part Of our labor
only the spinning of it-Eden Phillpotts.
GET USED TO THE IDEA.

The chief difference between the universal
training plans of the senate committee on mill
tary affairs and of the army general staff is in
the degree of training; the compulsion feature
is identical in both programs. The senate COM
mittee recommends six months training the
staff proposes a year. But, six months or a
year, universal military training for the Ameri-
can youth is coming more and more into favor
in the public mind and it is more and more in
sistently demanded by the military men upon
whom rests the responsibility for national de-
tense.
For the present, the war department pro-
fesses to have great confidence in the militia
So far as the department holds that the border
mobilization was not war test, it can be agreed
with; further than that, there is no reason to
believe that the militia is or can be under the
present law an efficient first-line fighting force
Compulsory universal training is regarded
by President Wilson and his associates as
measure of desperation, to be adopted only as
last resort AS the time of last resort ap-
proaches, however, the measure loses much of
its terror. The show of pious opposition in con-
gress is by no means genuine. Yet, short Of
war, the signs indicate that there will be no
compulsory training law passed this year. The
public does well, nevertheless, to accustom it.
self to the idea.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23
THE DREAM FARM OF THE CITY MAN

There is money in poultry, but the
average city man ana 9 great many
countrymen don't know now to get
IL out. 1t took Charles Weeks, OF
Palo Alto, Cal. one OF the most sue
cessful pouluymen on the coast, five
long, hard years to make start In
the game. Nine out Of ten city men
would have given up in that time
and gone back to their desks. But
not Weeks. He was Dull-dOggedly
determined to find out Just why he.
had failed and just how he might
succeed. He studied the hen and
he made very striking discovery
which was no discovery at all, but
merely the well-known fact that more
eggs are laid in the spring than at
any other time OF year. Why? Be
cause It is then that they have green
feed. So Weeks began to make 1t
spring-time all the year around ON
his ranch. He fed his hens green
kale, green barley. green rape. green
chard- gren everything-from April
to December and all through the
winter. Result-plenty or eggs and
good bank account.
Weeks is now telling people that
in going into the chicken business
they must not think chickens at first,
but rich soil and plenty OF water and
big crops Of green's. II those failing
city poultry fanciers had started this
way-the one right way-tney would
not have failed and they would not
have returned to their desks, embit-
tered, railing against the ranch.
This is Just one little illustration.
r,h GRO ara thousands of others There
is right way to start and there are
millions Of wrong ways in every line
OF farming industry.
Mr.. Cityman, that dream farm OF
yours can be a real one and sue
cessful one, il you will but study the
ways Of the prosperous farmer.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23
QUICK Relief FROM
C0NSTPA1U
Get Dr.. Edwards Olive Tables

That Is the joyful cry of thou.s.A
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive IT.
lets. the substitute for calomel
DR.. Edwards, a practicing physics
for II years and calomers old-time d
envy, discovered the formula for Oh
Tablets while treating patients
chronic constipation and torpid livers
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do q
contain calomel, but healing, SCOT
ing vegetable laxative.
+ No gripping is the keynote" Of tha
little sugar-coated, olive-colored tabld
They cause the bowels and liver to
normally. They fever force them \
unnatural action. n
If you have clark brown mout5
now and then-a bad breath-a du
tired feeling-sick headache -torpl!
liver and are constipated, you'll ~ 2
quick, sure and only pleasant fesus]
from one or two little DR.. Edward
Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take one or two sve]
night Just to keep right. Try tne
iOc and Csc per box. All druggists
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23
POTATOES UNNECESSARY.
They Are Not Essential ~ Food
Don't Buy Them at Present
foL FA.sA

Louisville Courier-J ournal: Yester-
day We called 'em spude. They were
free. universally, with each meat or
der In restaurant. They were the
Ieverpresent reliance In the house
hold. Farmers hauled 'em to town
and sold 'em from 80 cents barrel
upward. Today potatoes are retail
ling in Louisville stores at cents a
pound. Selected potatoes for baking
sell for and cents each.
Potatoes once were the mainstay
Of the poor.
Nowadays only the well-to-do can af-
ford potatoes.
Restaurants, which abandoned a
couple OF years ago the time-honored
custom of serving bread and butter
free with each order struck the free
potatoes OF the meat order. Nobody
can blame them for 30 doing. Can
Ianyone afford to give away scent po-
tatoes?
But try to be not utterly disconso-
late. Potato planting soon will be be-
gun. Before the frest IS out of the
ground, or at least as soon as 1t is out
sufficiently for. land to be tillabIe 10
tato growers will begin-those of them
who can raise the price of seed pota-
toes--to plant crop that will be har-
vested in July. II the crop IL good
one not all the spectators horses and
all the SPECTATORS men can keep the
price Of a ibushel OF potatoes Zip to the
present price of a peck.
The potato is IS per cent. water.
! Water Is one OF the few commodities
that remains cheap. In potato skin
| 1t costs very nearly 1 cents a pound.
J Rather high-priced water! Eighteen
!, per cent OF the potato is starch Some
persons need starch in their diet.
Many should avoid IL. Whether you
need potatoes for the starch they con.
tain depends upon you physical condi-
/ ton and powers Of assimilation. The
! potato contains % per cent protein
and / per cent ash. 1t contains only
one-tenth Of per cent fat.
| When potatoes are SO cheap that
they are hardly worth hauling to mar
ket 1t does not pay to feed them to
! hogs. There Is not enough protein,
ash or fat in them. When they are
as high as they now are, does it pay to
eat them? Very probably 1t does not.
The potato Is at present. seemingly
selling at prices wholly out Of proper
ton to It's food value, but II 1t Is the
/ fact is poor argument against the
allurements Of potatoes au gratin, or
lyonnaise, or French friend, German
fried, cottage fried, or just fried, or
boiled, or baked, or treated in any one
!, of fifty other ways.
The fact that potatoes promise to
be plentiful In July, and promise to be
cheap. does not make the steak look
the same without the usual trimmin g
or the roast seem like the real thing
{, without potatoes Drowned in the
| gravy.
There ts hope always. Hope springs
eternal In the human breast. But is
there at present, balm In Gilead? Are
there potatoes?
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23
TODAY,s BIT OF VERSE
ON SOME GREEN. SUNNY sLoPe

ON SOME GREEN SUNNY SLOPE.
When, at the end the long night comes,
And lie down to my last sleep,
could not rest contentedly
In some vast, crowded City Of the Dead
Where massive monuments of stone
And marble weigh so heavily;
And cast dull shadows down
On close clipped grass.
There women come to weep; and children
Stand awestruck and helpless.
Instead, I'd sleep on some green, sunny slope.
Where winds sweep wild and free.
Where, in the spring, the grass
Is inlaid with blue yiolets.
And in the fall, the asters,
(Which 'twould seem, are made exclusively
Where, in the evening, just before
The moon appears, the fireflies show
Their tiny lights: perhaps
To help some lone, belated wanderer
OF their own kind find its way home.
To such place on some bright day,
A little girl, in quest Of flowers,
Might wander unmolested; her tender feet,
Unused to tangled grass, might grow
Weary, and she might seek
The low, green mound meath which lie
To rest awhile. And,
In the spirit of sweet innocence.
She cen might singer laugh.
TITS then, In my pale dreams, perhaps I'd stir
And smile; then. unutterably content
Sink deeper into sleep.
Carrie Hunt Latta, in Book News Monthly.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

Bailey Willard, Editor Of Orchard
when the dream farm Of the city
man is more fondly dreamed OF than
ever. Thousands of city people de-
YOUR agricultural papers and SEED
catalogs. During the first warm days
of the tail end OF winter In these
parts they love to look at the color
plates OF peaches, plums, pears. req
sliced watermelons, green peas ana
the big golden sQuashes. They love
to picture themselves in brown over
alls, hoeing in the garden or picking
grapes or aprfcots.
/ Nothing is quite SO alluring TO
them as chicken ranch. They fancy
themselves gathering baskets fuil OF
eggs and sending them to market at
something near the prices they have
been paying for the oval nuggets.
They talk about getting back to the
soil and they talk about the freedom
of farm life. And there Is freedom
on the farm and competence II they
but knew how to proceed to secure
them.
Now, the reason why 80 many city
people have dream farms and not
real ones is that they fear the adj
venture of leaving the worse adven-
ture of the bright lights. They fear
70 take of their coats and take on
a coat of tan. And really, unless
they approach farming in the right
way. their fear is wholesome one
Even to grow beans or potatoes sue
cessfully requires study of right
methods.
AS to chicken raising, the brightest
of all dreams of the city man OF
small means who is looking land-
ward, anybody can tell you how easy
1t is to buy couple acres Of ground.
a lot OF fancy eggs. an incubator and
a few bags of grain and begin to
make your fortune out OF poultry.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23
BETTER GO SLOW.

Prohibitionists are rejoicing at the majority
committee report to the national house of rep
resentatives in favor Of the Webb resolution
proposing amendment to the federal consti-
tuition. No less prophet than Majority Lead
er Kitchin predicts that the resolution will
pass the house by the necessary two-thirds
majority. So far, the prohibitionists have
great cause for rejoicing. However, the same
Mr. Kitchin forsees hold-up in the senate and
no possible chance of action by that body be-
fore March four. Thus may national prohibi-
ton be cast aside for the present.
The same story. recording even less prog
ress, may be told of the suffrage amendment
Pressed by the workers of the National associa-
ton, the house might be willing to act upon the
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23
( CARTHAGE, Ill. FEB. g.

Wichita. Kas.. to visit Mrs
Brown. y
Mrs. M. d. Ewen and s,..a.
]. w. Talbot OF Gildner, Neb =.
guests Monday at the chas o,,s
home In Adrian. Mr.. and Mrs n.
bot; and Mrs. Eweli departed ~ z
day for Bushnell and Prairie r,. .us
visit relatives. From there NJ
Mrs. Talbot will depart for c;i,s 9
Mrs. ]. !. Hendricks, Mrs \
Coombs and Mrs. Ellen scofield ~
in Macomb this week, ATTENDING !.
Presbyterian school of missions
Mrs. A. c. Garard and son N.
leigh OF UJTsa, were guests the =.
week Of Mrs. Garad's sister NJ, -
F. Munsell, Mrs. Laura Plum -
Mrs. Cora Law.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. e. Hartford
Moline who have been VISITING !,
daughter Mrs. Geo. Hoover. densrt.
Friday for Jacksonville, to visit ~.
son J. o. Hartford.
DR.. Edith Hagg Of Atchison Il.
was q guest last week at the han
Of her uncle Rev. J. M. Jones' M
Dorothy Jones accompanied he.
Macomb and Jacksonville over su
day.
John Gent who, attends school
Atchison. Kas., has been spendin,
few days in the city.
Miss Kitty Flynn Of Rockford
visiting her sister Miss Grace
! Mrs. e. Mcclure and Mrs, lam
Bruce were in Chicago the past M
buying spring goods.
Miss Sue Marie Carroll visited oy,
Sunday with her sister Miss Efs
beth. at Quincy.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

New York City's board Of chD|
welfare reports gratifying result
from its policy of aiding widows }
support their offspring at home B
preference to sending them to staa
institutions. The cost is one.thi1
less, besides home surroundings an|
mother attention are more desirabl
than institutional care. The cityi
appropriation for widows pension
this year Ii $1,250,000.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

Chicago Evening Post: There Is
not much to be added to the sum-
mary OF the general maritime situa.
ton unconsciously offered by the
skipper OF the last American vessel
torpedoed, when he wired his home
office: Law destroyed"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

One of the most important problems of mu-
nicipal government, the regulation Of street
traffic, is dealt with in bulletin ''The Use of
Traffic Signs just issued by the engineering
extension department of Iowa State college. I'm
til recently only the larger cities were con-
fronted with this problem; but with the in
creasng use of motor vehicles, even the small
est towns are finding it necessary to give this
matter some attention.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

10 only poor Of happiness that could ever come
by carina very much about own pleasures. We can
only highest happiness such along with
being a great man, by having wide thoughts and much
feeling for tho Of the world well az Ourselves
George Eliot.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

The engine Of civic progress in Keokuk IS
being tagged by coterie Of mossbacks, tight
wads and nonresident taxpayers who resent
any movement on the part of the city commits
sioners which has for its object a betterment or
Identification Of this municipality. Streets i'm
provement, the opening Of new thoroughfares,
the laying of additional sewer pipes (the lat
ter with view to public health CONSERVATORY
all have their opponents, few in numbers it is
good to realize but who raise their voices to
concert pitch while they close their eyes to
benefits that will accrue as result Of casting
upon the waters of Keokuk the bread of enter
prise. It is different at Fort Madison.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

Susan B, Anthony amendment Then, having
killed that measure or received assurance tnat
it will be killed higher up, congress and the
administration could sit back with an ar OF
duty well done and defy the suffragists for
few years longer. The administration reasons
that since there is no democratic party demand
for woman suffrage, there can be no suffrage
amendment Congress is believed to be pre-
pairing to yindicate the administration g reason
ing. @ sss
Forcing either the prohibition amendment
or the suffrage amendment is poor politics:
Each is making rapid progress without the ald
Of a congressional vote, and congressional de-
feat would be a grave setback. Suffrage, par
ticularly. needs to gather it's full strength be-
fore it calls for the Judgment Of congress. me
support of President Wilson-hitherto denied
by series of flatterfng excuses-is necessary
before congress can be expected to vote for the
amendment Prohi bition might come IN one
sweep as an emergency measure, but suffrage
has no such chance. To meet success IN their
fight for the ballot, the women should turn
their attention to campaign confined to tue
states They probably will meet success there
long before congress wakes up to the situation
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

Senator La Follette's proposed s.peace''
legislation shows that his idea of battle is
fight for his election to office
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23
Fishing for Bio Game,

Washington Star: Spreading nets
for submarines represents about the
most colossal fisheries enterprise
that has developed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

Women want to be classed people but
they are still usually regarded in terms of
population.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

Our Unfinished Job.
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader: II Il be
true. as reported, that villa now has
$4,000 men. we shall have to go back
to Mexico some day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

One difficulty is that we have been producing
motor cars faster than box cars
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

Cedar Rapids Gazette: It is the
duty of the men and women now liv-
ing to be photographed in the act
of dining on SO potatoes. Such evi-
dence of wealth handed down In the
family might be the very thing that
would gain a welcome in exclusive
society for their great-great grand
children.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-02-23

The British army consumes &c, 900
tons OF potatoes every month.