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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
Growing Drugs a New Industry
Production Of Herbs Necessary in Industrial Arts and Med
icine is Daily Increasing.

That the growing OF herbs. necessary in the industrial .artsa and in medicine
Is increasing by leaps and bounds In the United States is the opinion OF mem.
beers OF the American Pharmaceutical association. The "a furnished the
necessary stimulus when the most important drugs became otherwise unobtain-
able.
Not all that is being done IA be published, but rumor has 1t that plants
used In gas warfare are now being grown somewhere In America" The air.
plane industry, too, accounts for the high cost Of castoro oil, which is valuable
since II does not gum. Castor beans are being extensively grown In Florida,
Texas and southern California.
Japan, among the foreign countries, has mostr rapidly taken u this plant
cultivation. according to Clare O. Ewing. acting pharmacognocist Of the bureau
OF Chemistry. Nippon now exports a huge amount of insect powder, besides
furnishing the United States with castor beans mustard seed and valerian.
The plant industry is not primarily a commercial game as 1t is too expen.
sNe. for tn most part to be profitable, say the growers. Much experimenting
Is being done today by the federal and state governments, by botanical
gardens connected with the universities and colleges, by drug houses and
individuals In the case of certain drugs they have succeeded In producing the
best quality and at a profit
Doctor Rusby, dean Of the College of Pharmacy, Columbia college. New
York, and scientific director Of the New York botanical gardens, said: "Suc.
cess is possible, but is bound to be limited. Inexperienced and ignorant people
will meet with failure Special knowledge is needed to row drugs. A good
farmer is not enough. The man must be a trained botanist as well. Each
separate drug must be studied and the methods of growing it be experimental
with. Again, only a relatively small number of drugs can be grown In one
region"
The most important drugs now being produced In this country are:
Digtahs the weu-known heart tonic, which was found to be growing wild N
the Western coast and lis now collected. The University Of Minnesota cultL
Yates dgitais for the government
Beladonna, which was difficult to obtain but which is grown OF a large
scale today.
Henbane leaf which is still being experimental with by man 1t is diff
cult to get, but It's valuable I'm both medicine and the Industrial arts.
OF the less important plants which are being cultivated, there are: Colder
seal, a rare and expensive drug difficult to grow. Twenty-Five years ago 1t sold
at is cents q pound. Today til s. and So a pound. Sage, peppermint. burdocL
root and Indian hemp. a narcotic.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
SACRIFICE THE THING WHAT |. l. BONDS d
yIord Is True Definition Of Patri-
otism
Assertion Of Sergeant Davis, Speaker
In Ninth District Fourth Lib
erty Bond Campaign.

Sergeant Leslie w. Davis, who halls
from Kentucky, and Is a veteran of the
Philippines and Cuba and OF the
trenches In France and who is q
speaker on the war exhibit trains
touring the Ninth Federal District, Is
q reticent man In private life but once
he starts talking war he brings the
Liberty Loan money out of hiding
places In a golden stream.
Davis answered the call to the
Colors in August. 1917, and went to
France In December with Co. e, Il
Engineers and saw active service all
along the line. but gas and shellshock
temporarily wound up his fighting ca
reer and he was shipped home to
talk for Liberty Loans.
When he landed In Ninth District
headquarters, Minneapolis, he did not
act like IA speaker for he simply gave
his name and credentials and said he
was ready for service. An effort was
made to get him to talk but nobody
could get a rise out OF him. Finally
he was asked point blank:
Davis, what do you say to a man
who could afford to buy a Liberty
bond and doesn'tf"
The fire leaped to his eyes, his hair
seemed to bristle, he bounded out of
his chair and launched into an extern
poraneous grafton which trilled every.
one In district headquarters. When
Davis was through the tears were
running down his checks, he was shak.
ing like a leaf, and 1t "a necessary
to lead him to a chair. No one re
members all he said but they al
remember his last sentence:
THE true definition Of patriotism
Is sacrifice"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
INFLUENZA AT MINI. W
Expected to Cause Delay In
Opening.
sixteen Cases Among Nurses at Hospl.
tal-Prompt Action by War De-
partment Seen - Cadets III.

Minneapolis, Sept. 30.-Indehnire
postponement OF the opening of the
University OF Minnesota, which was
scheduled for next Tuesday. was ex
pected to be ordered by the war de
Epartment upon notification that IL
cases OF Spanish influenza have been
discovered at the University hospital
It was announced by e. B. Pierce, reg
istrar.
A message from Washington order
Ing the postponement OF opening will
doubtless be received. he said.
Discovery OF the Is cases among
nurses at the hospital led to the clos.
Ing OF that hospital to new patients
and visitors and the placing OF all the
cases under observation.
Cases Among Cadets.
DR.. H. M. Guilford, city health com
missioner, said he is investigating the
report that a number OF cases of in
1duenxa have been discovered among
student cadets at the University OF
Minnesota.
Physicians at the University hospi.
tai said that an effort Is being made to
isolate the influenza germs. The
symptoms In all the cases are practf-
cally identical with those of persons
known to be suffering with the dis.
ease, they said. DIR, j. p. Sedgwick OF
the University medical school has been
placed In charge OF all suspected cases.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
They Give American Soldiers Best
OF Everything
People Back Government Freely So
That Soldiers Lack Nothing
That Money Can Buy.

Is the money you are putting into
Liberty bonds doing active service?
Capt. Robert L. Finch, n of the
thirteen captains turned loose by the
Red Cross In the American sector In
France to ascertain how our soldier
boys are faring answers that ques-
ton for people OF the Ninth Federal
Reserve District. Capt. Finch is one
of the speakers on the war exhibit
trains touring the Ninth District.
II have talked to our soldiers in
France from the boys in the front
line trenches within sight of the Ger
man helmets way back along the lines
of communication and transportation
to the boys at the terminals at the
French seaports," said Capt. Finch.
Sin a way 1t might be said that | was
looking for trouble but / could not
find any. / found our boys enduring
hardships, encountering and overcom-
ing tremendous obstacles, fighting all
manners of inconvenience, but | did
not find an American soldier in France
who was shy Of anything that Amer
lean money could buy. / new heard
a complaint of the character or variety
of the food, a complaint regarding the
clothing. rifles, guns, ammunition, hos
pital equipment, or medical service.
"You people over here have backed
your Government freely and o may
have the satisfaction OF knowing that
our Army in France lacks nothing
that money can buy, though of course
as the Army increases, so the expense
increases, and o have got to keeI
up the good work. That means buy
Fourth Liberty Loan bonds"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
DON'T DELAY
Some Madison People Have Learned
That Neglect Is Dangerous.

The slightest symptom OF kidney
trouble is far too serious to be over
looked. It's the small, neglected
troubles that so often lead to serious
kidney ailments. That pain in the
small" of your back; that urinary
irregularity; those headaches and
dizzy spells; that weak. weary, worn
out feeling. may be natures warning
of kidney weakness. Why risk your
life by neglecting these symptoms?
Reach the cause Of the trouble while
there yet Is ti~me-begin treating
your kidneys at once with a tried and
proven kidney remedy. No need to
experiment - Doan's Kidney Pills
have been successfully used in thou
sands of cases of kidney trouble for
over 90 years. Doan's Kidney oils
are used and recommended through
out the civilized world. Endorsed at
home. Read Madison testimony:
Mrs. J. p. Newman. 126 Seventh
street NV. says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills have been used in my family
for years. I have taken them when
my kidneys have been out of order
and always with good results"
Price, so cents, at all dealers.
Don't simply ask for q kidney rem
edy--get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
same that Mrs. Newman had. Foster
Milburn Co., Mfgrs.. Buffalo. N. Y.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
Two Executions DELAYED

Winnipeg, Sept. 30.-Execution of
Frank Sullivan and Philip Johnson for
the alleged murder last April of Con.
stable Snowden was set over until
next Wednesday because Hangman
Ellis of Quebec was unable to come
here, The men were to have been
hanged Friday morning. John Edward
Stoke, also sentenced to be hanged,
was granted a reprieve and sentenced
to prison for life. Hangmah Ellis
wired from Quebec he would be unable
10 leave for Winnipeg until Monday
because of pressure OF business"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
Stray She'll Creates Panic.

New York, Sept. 2S.-A six-pound
she'll fired across Long Island Sound
from Fort Totten over the bows of a
steamer bound east struck a residence
on City Island and demolished part
Of its foundation wall. No one was
injured, but the 300 inhabitants of the
island rushed out of their homes in
a panic. City Island is on the north
side of the town just within the city
limits. The identity of the vessel and
the reason for turning her back was
disclosed to the police.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
III KILLED IN ACTION
Number of Soldiers From North
west on Days Casualty List.
War Department Report Brings Total
Of American Army's Losses to
34,s6s--f1e Die Of Wounds.

Washington, d. c., Sept. 2S.-The
latest casualty list issued by the war
department contains the names OF GOA
Americans distributed as follows:
Killed in action. III; died OF wounds.
11e: died Of disease, 81; died OF ac-
otdent and other causes, 10; wounded
n action. 154: missing in action. 126.
Marines are rot included In this list,
which brings the total of army casual
Hes 20 34.s6S.
The names of the following men
from the Northwest appear In the
list: Killed IN action: Private Thorn
~ r. Thompson. Montevideo. Mimi;
died OF wounds. Sergeant Axel N.
Howalts Duluth, Mimi: Privates. Ed.
ward J. Chirhart. Hoidingford, Mimi;
Gilmore l. Foss. Caledonia, N. d.;
william Pieper. Luverne. MINI; Olaf
4. Anderson, Albert Lea, Mimi; Arthur
Bernard johnson, Little Falls. Mimi;
Anton M0rganthaler. lie Sueur. Mimi.
died Of disease. Corporal Albert v. Err
win. Corsica, s. D.; Private Truls A.
Read. New Ellington. 8. D.; missing
IA action, Private Roy M. Gingrey,
Hope. N. D.: wounded severely, Pri'
nate Samuel e. Busz, Amboy, Mimi.
Private Harvey ]. vanhorn, Donnelly,
Mimi; Private Axel O. Holmberg,
Minneapolis. MINI.
Canadian casualties: w. X. Luck,
olenwood, MINI.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
WILL FINANCE CAMPAIGN
Patriotic Act Of Americans Of German
Birth In Rice County.

Rice county, Minnesota, Americans
of German birth or descent have taken
a positive method Of showing their
love for their adopted country.
Ilson Blodgett of F~aribault, Rice
county liberty loan chairman, received
q communication from some Faribault
Americans who recited that they were
all of German birth or descent and
that It was their desire to donate to
the Rice County Fourth Liberty Loan
committee sufficient funds to defray
all the expenses Of the committee In
this liberty loan campaign.
The Rice county committee accepted
this offer and adopted a resolution
expressing its appreciation Of this 10y
sl action.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30

Chicago, Sept. 30.-Hogs, receipts,
10000; market averaged 15 to Csc high.
er than yesterday. Butchers, $19.35
$4,000; light, 19.60@19.95; packing,
$1S.50@19.25; rough, $1S.00@1S.40;
pigs, good to choice, $1S.00019.50.
Cattle = Receipts, 5000; nothing
choice here. Trade slow on all classes
around yesterdays bottom price;
calves, soc lower. Beef cattle, good |:
choice and prime, 15.50@19.60; com.
mon and medium. So q butch
er stock cows and heifers, $500
1875; Gamers and c~utteres, $500
500; stockers and feederes, good,
choice and fancy, $10.50@13.75; in
%ferior, common and medium, $1,000
1850; veal calves, good and choice,
$17.75@1S.50.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; market de.
moralized; one string of Idaho lambs
closely sorted at $17.75; good West
ems sold at 1855: top natives, $3.50:
Fat bulky kinds largely $14.50Q15.2 5;
lambs, choice and prime, $16.50@17.75;
medium and good. $14.50Q16.50; culls,
S5.00Q12.00; ewes, choice and prime
$11.0 0 W12.50: medium and good, $3.50
G11.00; culls. $3.5047.50.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30

bottles and am now entirely well-so /
do all my work and not a trace of
my old trouble. | have told many of
my friends what wonderful results they
will get from its use. Mrs. S. j.
SEMLER, 1850 5th Ave-, Troy, N. Y.
Women who are in Mrs. Semler's
condition should not give up hope or
submit to such an ordeal until they have
given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound a trial.
For suggestions in regard to your
condition write Lydia E. Pinkham Med
icine Co, Lynn, Mass. Theresultof their
40 years experience is at your service.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
NEED NO RUM sTlMvLAN1
American Soldiers Go Over the Top on
Their Own Courage.

American soldiers 60 v the top
on their own courage and do not need
a rum stimulant before they start"
So says @. H. Langford of the 102nd
Regiment OF u. 8. Field Artillery In
valided home from France with q
hole In his left leg and shell-shock to
talk Liberty Loan In the United
States.
1T is quite the custom In the Euro
pean armies" said Private Langford,
ito serve out some sort Of stimulani
In the gray Of the morning before the
over the top call. This Is not true OF
our Army. No rum Is served and our
boys do not want It. They 60 over
with Q cheer and q smile.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
.. S. LOSSES NOW 35,345
List 81 2s7 Casualties cabied by Gen.
srai ]. J. Pershlno.

srai J. J. Pershing.
Washington, Sept. 3~O.-General ]. j.
Pershing has cabled q list of 3S7 cas-
ualties In the American Expeditionary
Forces to the war department.
The Hat brought Americas war
ioosos to 36,345.
Names Of 1O4 Americans slain in
nctiQp Were carried on the list. Other
Casualties were: Died Of wounds, "a;
died ~ disease. 23; died from accident
and other causes, 8; wounded, TIA:
missing n action. %.
The following names OF men from
tho northwest appear on the list:
Killed In action, Corporal Fredolph
Hn6huldt, Dassel, Mimi; died OF
wounds. Private George ]. Lucking,
11notiugs. Mimi; died OF disease, Pri.
vate Anton Deutsch. Eden, s. D.;
wounded severely. Corporal Edmund
Dlelo5esh, Foley, MINI; Corporal Pc
tor Fl. Knudsen, Albert Lea, MINI. !;
private Clyde Bloom. Doland, s. d.;
iPrtvate Allen r. Johnson, Weiner
ps: Private Oliver M. Winkelman
&3nfchinson, Mimi; missing in action
;II1xnte Werner e. Wholstrom, Candy
11lnnk: returned to duty. previously
poportod missing. Levi r. Richmond
0qeot, Mimi; wounded In action
1roYlously reported killed In action
s1vato OLE Swanson. Box Elder. s. D
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
BRITISH TAKE sTRUMITzA
Occupy important Bulgarian City and
Capture 30 Guns.

London, Sept. 80. = The British
forces on the Macedonian front nave
captured the Bulgarian city of Strum,
itsa. Announcement Of the capture
was officially made. The text of the
statement reads:
British troops. preceded by yeoman,
~. entered Strumitza while Anglo
Greek troops stormed the heights OF
the B~elaschnitza mountains north OF
Lake Dorian. The British have taken
more than 80 guns and much ammu
milton.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
STORM SINKS TWO VESSELS
Crews Are Later Picked Up BY Pass
inn Steamers.

San Diego. Sept. 2S.-In q terrific
hurricane that ragged of Lower Cali.
fornia and the northwest coast OF Mex.
leo Tuesday, Sept. IL, two United
States Shipping board vessels on their
maiden trips wers sunk. a feet of
other craft was badly battered: the
Lower California town OF La Par was
nearly destroyed and the floating
equipment of the United States Naval
Coal depot at Pichilinque was dams
aged. News Of the havoc wrought by
the storm was brought here by q long
overdue fishing launch.
Several residents of La Paz were
reported killed. The crews of the yes
sells were rescued by passing steam.
ers after being adrift three days In
open boats.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30

and three doctors
told me / would
have to have an
operation. l had
dragging down
pains, k a C
and headaches and
could not do my
homework. My sis
ter who had been
helped by Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound
asked me to try it. |
ho.n <nlyo- aa-4~nl
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
PERsHING CABLES REPORT
Yankees Take Twelve Towns and
Over 5000 Germans.

Washington, Sept. 2S~.-Attacking
over a front of 20 miles west of Yer.
dun In cooperation with the French,
the American first army advanced to
an average depth of seven miles and
captured IL towns and more than
5000 prisoners.
Four of the towns were carried by
storm by Pennsylvania. Kansas and
Missouri troops of Major General Lig.
gett's corps, General Pershing said In
his official statement on the battle
received at the War department. The
enemy offered stubborn resistance.
Troops OF other corps forced their
way across the FORCES brook, took the
Bots de FORCES and wrested eight
towns from the enemv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
BULGARIAN DEFENSE BROKEN

Washington, Sept. 30.-Military men
here say the capture of the Bulgarian
city of Strumitsa by Allied forces on
the Macedonian front breaks the
strongest link in the Bulgarian de-
tense and leaves no serious obstacle
to the Allied march into the country
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
DAILY MARKET REPORT
Grain

Minneapolis. Sept. 30.-Oats, Oct.
7O& @69h; Nov, 71% 970&. Rye
Oct. $1.5591.52A; Nov, s1.57Rd
1.54h.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
TO CARRY THREE BLANKETS
Equipment for Men Going Overseas
Is Increased,

Washington, Sept. 30.-Three blan-
kets instead of one hereafter will be
issued to each American soldier going
overseas, the War department an
nounced. Members of the tank corps
will get heavy mackinaws instead of
the ordinary army overcoat.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
CHICAGO Grain.

Chicago. Sept. 3O.-Corn, Oct, $1.4G
0$l.42A: Nov, $1.43Q1.40A; oats
Sept, 73$c@72Ac; Oct, 73%cG72A;
Nov, 74Bc@73Ac.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
Duluth Flax,

Duluth, Sept. 30.-F1axseed,. Sept.
s4.05@4.00A Oct, s3.96@3.s2h; Nov.
s3.93@3.89h; Dec, SO. 90@3.S6h.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
Butter, Eaqs and Poultry.

Minneapolis, Sept. 30.-Butter-Ex
tras. 5Sc; extra firsts, Soc; firsts, 55c;
seconds, SAC; packing stock, soc.
E~ggs-Fresh prime firsts, new cases
free from rots, small. dirties and
checks out, per dozen, 45c; current re
ceipts, rots out, $3.50: checks and
seconds. dozen, soc; dirties, candled,
dozen, 35c; quotations on eggs include
cases.
Live Poultry-Turkeys, fat, 10 lbs
and over, soc; thin, small, 10@12c;
cripples and culls, unsuitable; roos
tiers, old and young, 19c; ducks. zoe;
geese, pound. 15c; hens. 4 pounds and
over, etc: hens. under 4 pounds. 24c
springs, all weights. 25c.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-09-30
This WOMAN
ESCAPED AN
OPERATION
By Taking Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Com
pound. Many Others
Have Done the Same.

Troy, N. Y.-"I suffered for more
than seven months from a displacement
The Washington times., 1918-05-27
FLYER LANDS BURNING
ARPLANE ON POTOMAC

Falling from the skies to the
water in a blazing hydropIane. En-
sign Hurd Hutchins, a Norfolk avia-
tor, after having successfully fought
the flames which destroyed the wings
Of the airplane, was adrift in the
Potomac for hours yesterday morn
ing before being rescued.
Ensign Hutchins left Norfolk for
Washington Saturday. The wings Of
his plane caught fire from a dcfec-
tive motor valve. The naval aviator
fought the flames and though slight
" burned himself and his machine
almost incontrollable. made n success
full landing on the Potomac forty
miles below Washington. Darkness
had fallen when Hutchins made the
forced landing on the water.
During the night he endeaored to
summon aid. The aviator escaped
death by drowning several times
only by a narrow margin. a passing
steamer towed him into the navy
yard early yesterday morning An
Investigation into the cause OF engine
trouble is under way today.
The Washington times., 1918-05-27
U-BOATS EXTEND
RANGE, BUT FAIL
TO CROSS OCEAN

German submarines are operating
much farther out from their bases
than heretofore. but still- on the
other side Of the Atlantic. according
10 Navy Department advices today
These messages indicated that the
U-boats are taking a new course
seeking to get ships traversinE other
than the usual lanes.
Incidentally. the navy today nm
ished checking up on last weeks
feverish rumors OF raiders and sub
marines on the Atlantic coast and
found them to be entirely unfounded
One OF these reports not hitherto
published was a wireless from a mer-
chantman at sea saying she was be-
ing chased by a submarine. This has
been checked up and proven false
The day was misty and the navy is
fully convinced that the master was
nervous at the sight OF some unusual
object. which. however, was not
U-boat.
Another report OF U-boat in the
Florida straits was disproved. The
navy now is convinced that what was
sighted there was a sail FISH" whose
I'm projects above the water much
like a periscope.
The Washington times., 1918-05-27
WILL BUILD ZOO
COAL BARGES TO
AID NEW ENGLAND

The United States Shipping Board
has entered upon . new program OF
water transportation which should
give valuable aid in aVertinE a worse
fuel famine next winter than last.
Two hundred wooden seagoing
barges OF an aggregate tonnage OF
100000 will be built IN the quickest
possible time and will be employed TO
carry coal to New England. The first
Of these barges WILDE delivered to
the shipping board in August or Sep
tember, and all deliveries will pc made
before December 1. BY the time the
barges are completed, powerful tow
boats. now being built. will be ready
for service, and the transportation of
coal for New England consumption by
barges will begin with the first de-
livery and will be increased as other
barges and tugs are turned out OF the
yards and placed in commission by
the shipping board.
Water transportation OF fuel 10
New England will do much to relieve
the rail congestion and car shortage
which Is the greatest menace IN the
threatened fuel famine, and espe-
cially will permit a greater rail move
ment Of coal for New York City and
other eastern points south OF the
New England States.
One hundred concrete capsule
barges will be built to bring oil from
the Tampico fields to the United
States. This feet Will have an ag-
gregate tonnage OF 15O, 1000. or about
1900 tonnage for each barge II Is
the present plan to bring the oil
across the Gulf OF Mexico to gulf
ports. The effect OF this phase of
fuel shipping will be to avert the
cutting on OF the fuel oil supply to
some OF the Industries which use oil
as fuel. and It should AFFORD a plenti-
full supply Of refined oil and gasoline
for the normal consumption.