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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
Enemy Crops Are a Failure
Germany Is IN . Very Bad Plight for Grain. Fruit
and Vegetables This Year.

Nature Is conducting a starvation drive" against Germany and Austria.
While the crops of America and her allies promise this year tic break all
records for size. those Of Germany and her allies will be smaller than at any
time since the war began.
Widespread drought enveoped the central empires during April, May
and June, which, combined with intense heat and an unreasonable frost during
the hrsth five days of june stopped the development of all the vegetables and
roots 30 urgently needed by the Teutons.
The frost destroyed onethird If the potato crop, especially in the north
ern part of the country. Peas and beans alo were seriously damaged. Al
the sam time the heat and drought increased the ravages of all kinds OF
pestferous insects, so the crop of apples and peas win be Insignificant. II
also delayed the wheat crp and with the failure of Roumania and the
Ukraine to deliver the expected wheat, Germany is in a bad way.
On the other hand. Americas wheat crop will exceed S00OOOO0 bushels
III doesn't reach the bnlonbushel mark predicted earlier in the season. The
corn crop forecasted will be 3160000O00 bushels, breaking all records The
ot crop also viii be a bumper one.
Canadian crop estimates differ, owing 20 the fact that the wheat country
Is sc vast and enjoys varying weather, but indications are for a record crop
for u northern ally ALSO
English crop experts report favorably on the prospects for this year, and
good crops in the uninvaded portions of France, with IN average yield in
Holland and Spain, ire predicted.
Italy, 1t is anticipated. Will produce 1G4000OO0 bushels of wheat as
against 140O00000 bushels last year. An abundance of wheat is promised
from India, Australia and Argentina. The question with those countries is
one of tonnage and not of the size of the crop.
The restrictions o. the useo of flour probably will be modified to a great degree
by the food administration.
But the Germans will tighten their belts another notch and wait hungrny
for the victorious peace their rulers have promised them.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
SIOUX CITY LIVE STOCK MARKET

Sioux City, Aug. S.-Cattle re-
ceipts at leading market centers for
the middle day of the week were of
moderate volume, and this tended to
check the declining tendency to prices
though on the local market there APP
peared to be soft places in the COW
and heifer trade. while outlet for
steers and stockers and feeders held
steady.
Run of cattle at the local yards
vas estimated at 1900 as against
1,549 a week ago and $40 the cor
responding day a year ago.
Hog supplies here were compare
lively liberal, but outside centers re-
ceived only small supplies. Trade
continued to show mild u~nevenness
but the general outlet was quoted as
steady. Tops reached 1910, while
there was a sprinkling of sales from
$500 a 1900.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
Castor OH Is Soon to Be
of the Market, According
TO Druggists Prediction

Castor oil. the public's one unfail.
ing remedy for all Ills, is about tc
30 on the market. At least this is
the prediction Of Indianapolis whole.
sale druggists. who say that 1t is
only q matter Of a few months until
the oil will be dropped from druggists
price lists.
Again the war is to blame. The
oil Is made from the castor bean,
which for years has been imported by
the United States from the East In.
dies by the thousands of pounds. Now
the war not only has curtailed the i'm
portation Of the bean enormously, but
has created a demand for the oil de.
rived from 1t that would have taxed
the capacity OF manufacturers had
they been able to secure the normal
supply Of the raw product.
The government has found, drug
dealers say, that no other oil is as
perfect a lubricant for the type OF
engines used Ia the country's air
planes as castor oil. Consequently
orders have gone forth from Wash.
inGton diverting the present supply
- castor oil In drug warehouses from
civilian to federal use.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
American Red Cross Gives
Every Soldier Comfort Kit.

Every American soldier now enter
ing the trenches carries an American
Red Cross comfort kit, containing
towel, shirt, writing paper, pencil.
soap, handkerchief, socks, mirror and
tobacco. The number of kits cannot
be stated but the fact that every soldier
has n means that the work done by
the American women is a big comfort
70 the soldiers now on the firing line.
This fact should be a solace to Ameri-
can women who have made them as
well as to the soldiers. This statement
Is made on the authority of Maj. James
II. Perkins, American Red Cross COM
missioner to Europe. It is added that
more socks and tobacco are needed.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08

my homework. My baby when seven
months old weighed 10 pounds and | feel
better than / have for a long time. 1
never had any medicine do me so
much good."-Mrs. PEARL MoNYHAN,
Mitchell, Ind.
Good health during maternity is a
most important factor to both mother
and child, and many letters have been
received by the Lydia Z. Pinkham
Medicine CO., Lynn, Mass, telling of
health restored during this trying period
by the use of Lydia L. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
ST. U. S. CASUALTIES
ia Soldiers and Marines Die in
Action.
Six Hundred and Forty Receive
Wounds In Fighting and Over
100 Missing.

Washington, Aug. Slight hundred
and seyenty-one names were an
nounced by the War department in six
casualty lists. the latest from the
Franco-AmeTican drive.
These lists brought the total losses
thus far announced from the drive up
to 2,544.
Five hundred and seventy-nine were
army casualties and 292 marine losses.
The army list was divided as follows:
Killed In action, GO; died of wounds.
z; died of disease, /; died of airplane
accident, /; died of accident and other
causes, 1; wounded severely, 1888;
wounded, degree undetermined, So;
missing In action, 1913.
Fifty-One Marines Killed.
The marine list was divided as fol-
lows:
Killed in action, 81; died of wounds,
2; wounded severely, 33; wounded, de-
gree undetermined, FOG.
On the lists above mentioned the
only northwest name appearing was
that of Private j. l.. Boekenoogen,
Aitkin, Mimi.
Additional Names.
Additional northwest names are re-
ported as follows:
Killed in action: Privates Arthur
G. Close, Chippewa Falls, Wis; Vastel
Sadoski, Armstrong Greek, Wis. Died
of wounds, Private Vernon J. Staples,
Plainfield, Wis. Wounded severely,
Privates Andrew Bruins, Manitowoc,
Wis; Walter Burzenski, Duluth,
Mimi Benedict M. Gloudeman. Phlox,
Wis. Wounded in action (degree un-
determined), Sergeant Oscar w. Peter
son, jamestown. N. ID. Corporal Geo.
j. Brown, Minneapolis, Mimi. Pri-
Yates Leon ]. Bartlein, Menasha,
Wis; Peder Dahl, Northwood, N. D.;
Edwin p. Goldberg, Fargo, N. D.; John
+. Hammond, Bantry, N. D.; Walter A.
Huelsbeck, Menasha, Wis; John l..
Leonard, New Rockford, N. d.; Ever
EFT Marsh, Amboy, Mimi; Elmer A.
Petermann, Bonduel, Wis; Erich r.
Pluedeman, Mayville, Wis; Edward J.
Thomson, st. Paul, Mimi; James ID.
Van Horrsen, Wilmot, Mimi; Paul A..
Sanger, Soldiers Grove, Wis; Charles
III. Savage. Bowman, N. D.; Otto j
Wilke, Split Rock, Wis.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
Butter, Eggs and Poultry.

Minneapolis, Aug. 8.-Butter -
Creamery extras, per ID, 43c; extra
hrsts, 42c; flrsts, Ale; seconds, 40c;
dairy, SIC; packing stock, 33c.
Eggs-Fresh prime firsts, new cases,
S8c; current receipts, new cases, rots
out, $1,000; old cases, rots out, $1,000;
checks and seconds, doz, 25c; dirties,
clude cases.
Live Poultry--Turkeys, fat, 10 lbs
and over, 25c; thin, small. 10@12c;
~crippleJ and culls, unstable; roosters,
old and young, 19c; ducks, 14c;
geese. l3c; hens. 31a lbs and over,
25c; hers, under 81 lbs, 22c; broilers.
all weights, Id, 29c.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
Short and Snappy.

Any man can take himself se-
riously, but success is getting
others to take him that way.
It's hard to convince a lazy
man that the sunrise Is a sight
worth getting up to see.
Just bear in mind that when
your conversation Is worth lss-
tening to you win always have
an audience.
The man who can't see that by
sticking to his lathe and turning
out as many pieces of needed
machinery as possible he is help
ing the soldiers overseas to win
the war, has mighty little i'm
agination.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
Somewhere.


Mrs. Flatbush-So your husband is
somewhere In France?"
Mrs. Bensonhurst-So / believe.
Mrs. Flatbush-But don't you know
where?
Mrs. Bensonhurst-No.
Mrs. Flatbush-Don't you feel some.
what concerned?
Mr.. Bensonhurst-Why, no. When
ne was here / knew he was some
where In America, but half of the time
/ didn't know where.-Yonkers States
man.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08

$1s15@19.90; light, $1s.50@19.s5;
packing, s1S@19; rough, s17.75@1S;
bulk of sales, $1S.25@19.85; pigs and
good choice, $17.75Q18.50. Cattle
Receipts, 5000; very dull, no quotable
change from yesterday; calves, steady
900; fully steady; supply late in get
ting in; choice native lambs sold at
$3.50.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08

curing the time i
was lookingforward
to the coming of my
little one that | am
recommending it to
other e X p g C t a t
mothers. Be fore
taking it, some days
/ suffered with neu-
ralgia so badly that
/ thought / could
not live, but after
taking three bottles
of Lydia E. in k
hams V e G table
Compound / was en-
tirely relieved of
neuralgia, l had
gained in strength
and was able to go
around and do all
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
Population Center Changes.

When the census was taken In 1910
the center Of population was in the
Of Bloomington, Ind. When the
first census was taken in 1900 the cen
ter Of population was % miles east Of
Baltimore, Nd.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08

"That actor is
very pompous. He
says he has ar
rived"
"He has," re-
piled the mana
ger '"Phls is
where he gets
or"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
Frank Schultz Comes Back
After He Was Counted Down
and Out as a Ball Player

Some ball players are often count
ed as down and out, but refuse to quit.
Frank Schultz is one of these. He
was regarded as a has-been in the Ma
tional league and was finally cast
adrift. He declined to 60 to the mi
nors and sought a position In the
American league. Clark Griffith of
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
Sells SUPPORTING.

"Of course you
read up on ag-
riculture."
"Yep," replied
Farmer Corntos-
sci. Il expect to
make enough Off
the farm this year
to buy books to
teach me how to
run it."
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
South ST. Paul Live Stock.

South st. Paul. Aug. ESTIMATED
receipts at the Union Stockyards: Cat
tie, 2.200; calves, 1900; hogs, 5000;
sheep, 300; cars. 156. Steers, $40
14.75; cows, SQS; calves, $1,000
1926; hogs, $1S.s0@19; sheep and
lambs, $13@16.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
Chicago Grain.

Chicago, Aug. s.-Corn, August,
$1.59h; September, s1.63; October,
$1.60%. Oats. August, 69%c; Septem.
Der, 69Ac; October, 70hc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
How to Can
Without Sugar
Fruits VIII Keep Perfectly When
Properly Canned in Water

Keep canning, sugar or M sugar"
should be the motto of housewives
throughout the country this fall. If
you can't get enough sugar for home
canning put up your fruit without 1t,
advises the United States department
of agriculture. The products will
keep perfectly until a time when
more sugar Is available or until a
sugar substitute program has been
worked out. Fruits put up In this
way r excellent for pie-hlling and
salads and may be used In desserts,
buildings, ices and punches.
In canning fruit without sugar. can
the product the day Ii is picked. Gull,
stem, seed, and clean fruit by plac-
ing in strainer and pouring cold wa
ter over Ii. Pack the product care
fully in hot glass Jars or tin cans
until full. Use a tablespoon. wood
en- ladle, or table knife for packing
purposes. Pour boiling hot water
over the product In the hot jar. Place
rubbers and caps in position, not tight.
II using tin cans, seal completely.
Place in the sterilizer vat, or GAMER,
and sterilize for the length of time
given below according to the particu-
Lar type of outfit used:
Minutes.
Hot water bath, homemade or COM
mcftidi ~
Water seal, 214 degreeg................ 20
5 pounds steam pressure. ............ IL
70 pounds steam, pressure.............. 10
After sterilizlng remove the filed
containers. Seal Jars; invert to cool
and test the joints. Wrap In paper
to prevent bleaching and store In a
dry, cool place. If tin cans are used
1t will be found advantageous to
plunge them into cold water immedi-
ately after sterilization to cool them
quickly.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
CHICAGO Live Stock.

Chicago, Aug. 8.-(U. s. Bureau of
Markets).-Hogs, receipts 1000; mar
ket mostly 10000 higher; big pack
ers buying sparingly, and trade very
glow In common grades butchers.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08

"Dustin Stax must have been mighty
smart to earn such a vast fortune"
"Yes," commented the expert ac.
countant blandly; shut not smart
enough to figure out his own income
tax"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08

Zones made a very lame speech
on the subject under discussion"
mo wonder. when his argument
hadn't a leg to stand on"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
N TIERS
TO B {
Read Mrs. Monyhan's
Letter Published by
Her Permission.

Mitchell, Ind.-"Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound helped me SO much
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08
DAILY MARKET REPORT.
Minneapolis Grain.


Minneapolis, Aug. S.-Oats. Septem.
Der, 66Ac; rye, September, SLIGO.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08

Washington picked him up and Is not
sorry for 1t. AS Schultz has been hit
ting better for the Senators than he
did In the National league for several
seasons. He has proved a valuable
man In the pinches and has made II
possible for Grifith's club to win many
games with his long drives. Reports
have It that he is also playing splen
didly In the outfield.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-08-08

Duluth, Aug. S.-Flaxseed, Septem-
Der, $4.36; October, $4.35.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
AROUND THE PEACE TABLE.

President Wsan is well on his way to France where he will take seat at the peace table to aid in the settlement the estate of the Great War. He goes there as the representative of the American people in the words of acting minority leader the floor of National House of Representatives, the ideal spokesman of the American people," In many respects his mission is important as that which took Gen. Pershing the He goes to give voice to aAmericas hearts desire that Pershing's pilgrimage may not have been in vain.
 In dying every bequeaths to the peace table an inheritance of difficult problems It makes no will but it's estate devolves by the memorable law of upon who survive it's horrors. All other have left that hard to settle, but none so hard as thls the delegates of that ference will require wisdom that needs to be all but superhuman, for while they must be wise as serpents, they must be gentle doves, and just.
 Consider the problem to what shall be done with authors of this infamy! It is easy enough fer loud-mouthed orators upon the corners, irresponsible cacker by the freside, to demand a bloody death eternal exile but for those faced around the peace table, upon whose minds and hearts and conscience the actual responsibilities rest the question will be hard enough. We shall that judgment will to solemn grips with mercy in the bosoms of those who have suffered most
 Consider the problem to what punishment must be imposed upon the guilty nations Will it be easy decide what be laid upon them without crushing their spirit and rendering them incapable of payment?
 Consider the problem Of setling the boundary lines of the new states which are being formed and the lations they must sustain to another and the world. All shifting at like the fragments of glass in 3 revolving kaleidoscope Their claims will be in conflict Their demands will be unreason- able and often impossible There will be riddles hard, puzzling, the Sphinx knots difficult unite the Gordon It is easy enough to resolve a ray light into the seven elemental colors with prism. But where is the prism which will resolve that hodge-podge of nations into it's original racial clements?
 Consider the terrible economic problems-the rights trade between these of jealous and greedy peoples
 Consider the political problems. What kind of au- istic Governments be acknowledged? Shall Bolshe- wiki regimes be accredited? If not shall the Allies undertake destroy them by force of arms?
 Consider the difficulties of the formation League of Nations. Who shall be admitted? Germany? What shall be the natue of that leagues authority? By what methods can 1t eNecute its will?
 The conflict of opinions of judgment, of preju- dices, of ambitions. of ideals around that council table will be bloody visible, sensational as those of the battlefield but to the of imagn- ation, of sight of comprehenson; they will not be less dramatic To sit in gallery and watch that in the arguments of those men, would be fascn- ating have watched the battles of the Marne, Verdun, of Ypres of St. Mhiel.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Our Joe Miller Contest

Torn. Thompson claims that the oldest joke is the one about the doc tor who was called to the home oi an old Negro. When the negro s wife opened the door the doctor said Whats the matter now, Mandy
 "Oh, doctah, Mose is powerful sick,
 replied Mandy What happened to him?" asked the doctor We'll re- rlied Mandy, it was this away. doc tah. Nose works in a livery sta ble an one of them mules got sick, an. de boss phoned for veterinary and the veterinary sent soth. ca thrtic powdah oveah an told Nose
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

", she begins to look like the deco tion is over.
 Lots of married men who have too much sense to blow out the gas or pull the trigger when they are looking into the muZzle of an unload ed gun, will tempt fate by letting their wives take in a gent boarder.
 A woman is smarter than man. She will adapt her age to her clothes, not her clothes to her age.
 When a man is injured in an ac- cident he goes to a physician and then to lawyer for the same pur- pose-to recover.
 If time drags slowly and you want to make it fly just borrow S1o0 for thirty days. The note will be due day after tomorrow
 If Father comes home late to dinner for 29 straight nights, that is all right. But if he comes home to dinner on time the thirtieth night and finds that dinner isn't ready yet, he wants a divorce.
 The only trouble with the short skirted girl with Corn Fed legs is that when she wears white stockings she looks like she is half undressed
 And wife's idea of a Good Con versationalist is a husband who will let her do all the talking.
 Isn't it funny how observing a man is when you short-change him,
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

and how lacking in observation he is when he short-changes you?
 A Bride would be highly insulted if you offered her a washboard for a wedding present But six months later she would thank you for your thOughtfulness.
 A man is smart enough in some ways, but he is seldom smart enough to play safety first by selecting an Affinity who has hair the same color as that of his wife's.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
LET THE FACTS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.

If the oob-Ditspatch, creator of the fictitious Alaska Defense society and the submarine cam paign against Senaorelect Britt. extract any solaton the status of the election returns its attitude toward the Democratic organization in this Territory it is welcome to it.
 Notwithstanding that the Democratic organization Alaska called upon to purge itself of frauds and mountebanks. and did so, thereby casting out into the Wickersham -grouch crowd a considerable number of votes; notwithstanding that the Territory had been decreasing population and prosperity for
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

to put the powdah in the tube an open the mules mouth an blow the powdah down the mules throat" Well" said the doctor, what hap pened?" What happened?" replied Mandy. "Enuff happened. The dog gone mule blowed first"
 Things To Worry About You can make an apple tree bare by picking off the leaves.
 Names Is Names
 Iva Kamera lives in Oakdale, Cal.
 Our Daily Special
 If You Want To Cultivate A Man, Don't Harrow His Feelings.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

Frankie Burns, the Jersey City bantam. having disposed of Johnny Ertle, Is now anxious to fight for the title. Frankie has been in the ring l0ng time and now thinks he Is fit to grab the championship. It was quite an upset for the talent when Burns gave Ertle his quietus in their re- cent engagement
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Juggling with Oil Lands.
(Cordova Times. )

All kinds of reasons have been given for delay in passing legislation which would permit development great areas of lands in the united States now withdrawn from entry tied up in litigation with the Government
 Think of it, playing politics with industry which the very life of the nation depends. It inconceiyable but industry and the safety of the nation apparently placed second political ann biton.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07

two whole years, and thereby became natural breeding ground for grouches notwithstanding that Judge Wickersham devoted than four whole months to a campaign, cultivating every grouch' magnifying every fanced injury to any one no mat ter whence it originated what it about play ing faction against faction, individual against ndl- vidual and section against section notwithstanding that the attitude of the aboring men of Gastfneau channel toward Delegate Sulzer outrageously mls- that Delegate Suzers attitude toward the fisheries ouestion was likewise scandaousy misrepresented and the fishermen deceived and tricked out of their votes notwithstanding that 150 Socialist votes were cast for Wickersbam instead for their own candl- date in the First Division alone; notwithstanding there into two factions of which voted for Wickersham: notwithstanding all these, Delegate Slzer carried three the four Divisions in the Ter ritory and is leading in the Territory at large; notwithstanding all these the Democrats elected all the Territorial Senators, defeating two Wickersham editors while about it. elected three Representa-
 ives in each of the Territorial Divisions to one in each Division for the oppositon-and at least
 three of the four Republicans elected were not Wick ershamtes.
 All the candidates nominated by the Dispatch s hand-picked First Division convention were ignom- inously defeated-includng the owner of the Dis patch, himself.
 Let the facts say who caught with marked cards"
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-12-07
Oh. SpIudqe!

Oh, Spudge!
 We do not often print magazine poetry, but we can't resist this gem from the pen of Violet Leigh, the Sweet Singer of Eau Claire, Wis: o snow that falls on what5s and
 walls,
 o snow that silvers field and river, o snow that piles in drifts for miles, A song for you, generous giver!