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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
RAISE MORE SHEEP
Necessary for Sake of Economic
Welfare and independence.
Steady Decline Is Shown In the In
dustry In United States in Re-
cent Years.

Washington.-The sheep industry in
the United States must either adjust
itself to the changed economic con-
ditions of this day or continue the
decline which has been its portion in
years past. Such is the conclusion
reached in a report issued by the sheep
and wool industry by the committee
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States.
The principal remedies suggested in
the report to arrest the present steady
decline in our production of sheep
are, first, the use for sheep grazing of
the agriculturally worthless and cheap
cut-Over timber lands of the North,
Northwest and South; second, the
more general and systematic raising
of sheep on farms, where sheep rails
Ing has been hitherto neglected large
ly because of frontier competition;
and third, continued use of the great
ranges of the West to their full capac-
ity. 1t can be done. 1t is q question
of education.
In 1900 we had in the United States
80 sheep per capita. In 1917, the fig
ure dropped to .46 per capita. In 1890
we produced 400 pounds of wool per
capita. In 1917 only 2.72 pounds per
capita.
We import now so per cent of our
wool consumption. We ought to pro-
duce that at home ;sand we can If we
will.
Sheep increase rapidly-frOm 80 to
100 per cent annually as compared
with the number of ewes.
There is every reason, in the Opin-
ion of the committees, why, for the
sake of our economic welfare and in
dependence, we should act on the fact
that we can raise enough sheep If we
will, and reap advantage and profit
in so doing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
"13' IN ACTS OF PRESIDENT
Part in Transactions Of Chief
Executive.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. reason has
been discovered for the eerie air of
mystery that always cloaks the num-
ber 13.
In the latest report of the attorney
general concerning pardons granted
federal prisoners by the president
the fateful figures predominant. For
instance, "a persons were granted per-
mission, upon serving their sentences,
to enjoy civil rights again. The COM
bination of 8 and makes 13. The
president also restored the rights of
citizenship to 13 deserters from the
army and navy. The total number of
pardon applications granted by him
was 32S, and these numbers IL taken
separately and added combine into
the old and gloomy 13.
Now then, If one still has doubts
concerning the fatalistic features Of
the number, it might be added that
the president denied 81 applications.
Reverse that-and what have you?
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
MAKE PEANUT FLOUR BREAD
Florida Baker Expects to Market IL
at Price Below That Of
Wheat Flour.

Washington.-Pean flour bread
has been put on the market In wide
distribution by baking company In
Gainesville, Fla, working In co-opern-
tion with B. f. Williamson, chemist
of that city, the food administration
reports.
The peanut flour used is made from
peanut cake left after oil extraction.
1t is said to contain a satisfactory
percentage of fat and to have almost
twice the nitrogenous food value OF
dried beef, In the ratio of A to rs.
The loaf is made Of one-fifth peanut
flour to four-fifths wheat -four, which
produces balanced ration, supplying
both bread and meat ingredients.
Peanut flour is said to be readily
digestible, wholesome and palatable,
and the Florida company expects to
be able to market 1t at a price below
that of wheat -four.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
INACTIVE ON
THE west front
ENEMY DRIVE is COMPLETELY
HALTED BY THE ALLIES.

London, June 17.-Checked in
their plunge gaainst the French po-
sitions from Montdidier to the Disc.
the Germans have not resumed their
offensive on the western front. There
have been patrol encounters at vari-
Gus points with the allies improving
their positions, notably in the Villers-
Cotterets region, southwest of Sois-
sons.
The inactivity of the infantry, how
ever, has given place to heavy bonn
bardments along the front. In this
work the American forces have had a
part. Angered by a gas attack
against them by the Germans, the
Americans launched thousands of
gas shells against the enemy. The
Americans on the Marne and Picardy
fronts have also given the Germans
no rest from patrol incursions.,
1t is believed in Paris and London
that not many days will elapse before
the Germans begin new assault.
Opinion is divided as to the point
against which the blow will be struck
Paris believing that the Germans will
continue their thrust toward the cap
ital either by continuation of the
fighting west of the Disc or new
assault further south toward the
Marne.
London, however, believes that the
German drives along the Aisne. and
east of Montdidier were for the pur-
pose of drawing the allied reserves to
those theaters of war and hurling the
decisive blow either at Amiens or
against the Flanders salient in the
hope of reaching the channel ports
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
GIRLS I'M STAMP MILL
Operating Paying Mine Near Ju-
neau, Alaska.

At Pearl Harbor, 40 miles from Ju-
neau, Alaska, two young women, just
out of their teens, have for the past
four years operated a paying mine.
Their sole assistant has been their
mother. They operate a two-stamp
mill and their present ambition is to
install five-stamp equipment.
The girls are the daughters of the
late John G. Peterson, a pioneer who,
with Mrs. Peterson, acquired an in
terest in some mining properties 25
years ago I'm the Pearl Harbor district.
The girls names are Irene and Mar
garet. Both were born in juneau.
There is nothing In the mining line
that the two young women are not
capable of doing, from sharpening q
steel to shoeing q mule. These things
are everyday affairs with them-a part
of the days work. They built neat
four-room cottage, in which they live,
getting the timber out Of the forest
themselves.
An inspection of their library shows
works on geology, mineralogy, petro-
logy, mining and milling and mine
management by the best authorities.
A number of standard magazines come
to them. The girls occasionally take
trips. One of these excursions took
on the proportions of tour to Europe.
Juneau, the town of their nativity,
frankly is proud of them. So is Alas
ka.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
BLOW STRUCK
ON ITALIAN FRONT
INFANTRY ATTACK ON A FRONT
OF rs TO 100 MILES.

London, June II. - The long
awaited Austrian offensive against
the Italians has begun. On the
Italian front for a distance of from
rs to 100 miles Austrian troops and
heavy artillery are endeavoring to
break down the resistance of Italians,
who are aided by French and British
forces.
The Italian ambassador, Vittorio
Orlando, announced in the chamber
of deputies that the Italian troops
were everywhere resisting 'magnifi-
Gently"
The last great Austro-German of
fensive, begun in October, 1917, roll
ed back Gen. Cadorna's line from the
IsonZo front and along the Venetian
plains. More than 100000 enemy
troops participated in this operation,
and it was not for many weeks that
the Italians were able to stay the ad-
vance.
About the middle of November the
Piave battle began along a 90-mile
front in northern Italy, and French
and British troops were hurried to
reinforce the shaken Italian army.
The crisis was passde about the 1st
of December, and since that time
there has been heavy fighting, in
which the Italians and their allies
carried out many successful counter
attacks
There have been insistent cries
from Germany for Austrian action
aolng the Italian front to coordinate
with the German offensive in the
western zone, and for months past
the Italians have been preparing for
just such blow as apparently is now
being struck. The Italian army has
been re-equipped and Gen. Diaz has
succeeded Gen. Cadorna as the com
mander in chief.
The present battle line extends
from Asiago to the sea.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
1000 MILES FOR FAREWELL
Aoed Father Travels From Calgary,
Canada, to Camp Taylor, to Bid
Boys Good-By.

Louisville, Ky.-After travelling p
600 miles, Clinton Vance, eighty-two
years old, is here to visit his two sol
der sons, now at Camp Zachary Tay-
lor.
Mr.. Vance left his home near CAL
gary, Canada, some time ago, after re-
ceiving letter from his sons saying
they expected soon to leave for "over
there"
He and his sons moved to Canada
three years ago from Orleans. Ind,
and at the outbreak of the war both
Of the young men returned home to
enlist. Mr.. Vance Is a farmer near
Calgary, and said both of his sons
own large farms in Canada.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
HER0INES IN BATTLE
Young Women of Red Cross
Make Fine Record.
Render Invaluable Service In Opening
of German Offensive In
France.

Washington.-Young women Of a
Red Cross front line unit made a fine
record In the opening German offen-
sive In France. At Roye they took
over the direction of military traffic.
One girl In uniform standing at the
four corners directed columns of guns,
cavalry, supply wagons and troops,
thus preventing traffic jam.
These women were the last to leave
several towns before the Germans en-
tered. They aided hundreds Of refu-
gees and established temporary kitch-
ems, where, among others, $50 British
soldiers who had not eaten for many
hours were fed.
The girls also established an infor-
nation bureau at Montdidier until this
town was captured by the Germans.
They picked up wounded when they
were unable to make their way to
dressing stations, and brought food to
canteens and kitchens to keep them
going.
At times the girls were only one day
ahead of the advancing Germans and
once crossed a bridge only few mo-
ments before it was blown up. For
eight days they worked without remov-
ing their clothes, sleeping on straw In
barns when they could sleep, and eat
ing irregularly.
All in all, the conduct of American
girls and women back of the lines Is
calculated to inspire our soldiers to the
highest courage and exertions.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
GAS WELL AFLAME
Was Subdued After Burning Eighteen
Months.

Out In the sagebush-covered wastes
Of eastern Washington there has just
been tanned big gas well, and devel-
opment work On the property Is now
under way.
The flow Of gas was discovered three
years ago, when a misguided settler
drilled for water and had a four-inch
pipe blown out of the ground. A year
later passerby threw lighted match
into the gas and for eighteen months
the well burned day and night, bea-
con visible for miles around. Three
months ago the old well was. capped,
the gas used to provide fuel for a mod
ern drilling engine, and an 1S-inch pipe
has just been sunk into the gas reser'
voir.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17

man. This time 1t is you. Picture
yourself standing there in the crowd,
looking down upon the unfamiliar
face, and saying to yourself: "Why,
that is me. That battered, ugly thing
is me. Those people are looking at
me. This figure ! am putting into the
picture is not the other man. All those
bodies strewn about the place are the
other mcn--but this one Is me-"
Keep your eyes closed, your arms
folded, and draw this picture of your
self. See yourself as others see you,
as you have seen others. 1t is the pic
ture no artist can paint.
And as you draw, let your mind re-
call the face and form of the man who
worked beside yOu-as friend, a
comrade-but who, just before the ex-
plosion occurred, skulked away, empty
handed, and left you and all the others
In serene ignorance of what he was
about to do to you'll Call to mind the
face of the man you had known and
trusted and helped in the place where
you worked with him. A kindly, open,
dependable face was his-up to the
very moment he seized upon to strike
you and all the others In the back. Get
him into your picture. Do not leave
him out of 1t. He is the man you
trusted and did not find out until 1t
was too late to alter the picture you
have drawn.
He is the man who worked beside
you, and slew you, and went about his
business. He is your friend, the enc
my!
And now that you have completed
this picture of yourself, open your eyes,
unfold your arms, and lift your head
from the back OF your easy, comfort
able chair.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17

One of the most responsible and i'm
portant duties in the British service
is that of the British sea scouts who
guard the coasts of England. The sea
scout movement was an outgrowth of
the boy scout movement and 1t is in
creasing in numbers rapidly. The
members must be boys of great respon-
sibility and resourcefulness, as at
many stations they are i'm sole charge.
Photo shows two of them firing a
rocket signal to warn a lifeboat crew
of q vessel in distress.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
Jail War Garden.

Bartlesville, Okla.-The Bartlesville
county Jail is to have war garden.
The taller, under sheriff and deputy
sheriff have arranged for the garden.
They will take their turns In tending
the garden, which will furnish peas,
beans, radishes, onions and other vege-
tables for the prison table.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
Farmers Become Miners.

Many farmers in Allegheny county,
Pa, are burrowing instead of harrow
ing this season because 1t is more
profitable. As a result a number OF
small coal mines are being opened up
and farming Is being abandoned.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-06-17
"WOUNDED 13 TIMES. BUT
DON'T WORRY" He SAYS

Freeport, L. 1T have been
hit by shrapnel and got thirteen
wounds-the head, both arms,
body and right leg. Outside of
that I am o. X, so don't worry"
Such Is the word received here
from Corp. Arthur c. Trayer Of
Company ID, One Hundred and
Sixty-fifth infantry, Rainbow di-
vision, by his father.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
HIGH SPOTS IN THE CAN.
TORMENT NEWS

Camp Dodge, Dos Moincs, la If all
the boys in the United States were as
anxious to help Uncle Sam win the
war as Delbert Carter. aged IT, of
Minneapolis. Germany would soon be
praying Tor peace. according TO Ma.
Jor General f, II. Plummcr, command.
or here. He received the foll0win-
letter from the little fellow: Il am
only II years old and ! can't fight OF
do much to help. have carrier
pigeon which would like to give to
the army. though ! see they arc 40
ing to use carrier pigeons to carry
messages y General Plummer has
written the youth thanking him or
the offer but explaining the bird waa
TOO old, as they must be trained IT.
their infancy for the army carrier
work.
Camp Logan Houston Tex Sen.
tries on duty here are displaying IA
great deal OF pep and ginger, fellow.
ms ieprmands to several OF them for
Il lack Of snap and soldierlinesl IN
order has been issued with view of
establishing more strict discipline
IN this respect 1t makes the Man
walk faster on post and makes them
considerably more alert to things 20
ing on about them The sentries
duties should be thought just as i'm
portanl here as abroad in order tC
lnculcate The spirit OF war more firm
~ in the soldiers an officer said IN
discussing the new rule.
Camp Grant. Rockford The frs
presidential order releasing a selec
man for more patriotic duty at HON,
has been issued here to Thomas Fan
rel. OF GAINESVILLE Wis. of the 1911
Engineers. He claimed exemption
on the ground OF having a dependen
family and being more valuable d
home as an expert railroad operating
man, but was sent to the camp by hi
local exemption board. Preslden
Wilson justified the release and order
ed him sent home,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
HOW TO VOTE.

In states where woman have been
lately franchised schools are being
held and lectures given instructing the
women how to vote The New York
World remarks:
"0f all the duties pertaining to citl-
zenship, voting itself is the simplest.
BY means of emblems kindly State
has made it possible for the illiterate
to put his mark exactly where he
wants it, and even the blind are as
sisted by sworn officers How to vote
is one thing, and for whom to vote is
another.
This is only too true. Those who
believe that women in politics will
swiftly purity" that messy and
chaotic field of human endeavor will
be swiftly disillusioned.
But il women. during the first few
years of their suffrage experience
will stick to voting for the things they
know abOut-that is to say. the i'm
provement of the affairs of women
children, homes and that outreach of
home activities known as municipal
housekeeping, there will be a very
great strengthening out of the legis.
laton and execution in these depart.
ments. And just as though the known
work the women will reach out step
by step to the larger field of the
unknown, so will men who once
thought politics entirely separate from
the home begin to find out that these
things started by women are funda-
mental. They contain the principles
on which all politics is based
Evil intent does little harm in poll.
ties or any other field because the pro
portion of evil.intending people is so
small Ignorance is the real male
factor Evil intent cannot work
against intelligence. Ii there is to
be any Improvement in conditions 1t
must come through the thinking of
the individual voter People who cast
votes without thinking ere responsi.
Bile for nearly all the Ills of the com.
monweath
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
NEXT FOURTH.

The next Fourth of July should be
the most notable Fourth we have had
In half century. Whether we cele-
brate 1t joyfully or sad will depend
very largely on how the war happens
to be going at the time; but that we
will want to celebrate it in some big.
significant way, to distinguish it above
ordinary Fourths, there is no doubt.
Just how to go about 1t IL a pro.
blem. II might seem appropriate, In
war time, to have fireworks displays.
suggestive of the battle front. But
there is practical and patriotic ar
gument against such exhibitions. The
army needs all the explosives we can
produce. 1t wouldn't seem right to
waste them In a mere spectacle.
President Wilson, in a letter to a
congressman who asked him for his
view on the subject takes this stand.
He would be very sorry he saws, to
see Fourth of July celebrations omit.
ted this year of all years, but he
thinks they should take the sim.
plest and most dignihed form" and
that 1T would be in public interest, as
well as in eminently good taste, to
make them as inexpensive as posi-.
BILE"
II is quite feasible to celebrate our
Independence Day in fine, impress.
siye manner without resorting to la.
wish expenditure of money or am.
munitlon. Good oratory, good music.
stately professions and other outward
manifestations of patriotism are
within the reach Of every community,
II the people will set about the mat.
ter in time. with the right purpose
1t should be made a Fourth long 10
be rememberer, celebrated not as a
narrow national festival of our own
but as a World Independence Day
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
at Sure Does the Work."

Changeable weather and wet feet
make March dangerous month for
coughs. cold Group and whooping
cough. BE prepared to get prompt re-.
lief Don't let cold run into serious
sickness. Mrs. w. II Thornton, 1923
W 10th st., Little Rock. Ark. writes:
MY little boy had a severe attack OF
Group and honestly believe he would
have died il Il had not been for Foley's
Honey and Tar. Two doses relieved
him. would not be without It at any
price, For sale by w. d. Duncan.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
NATURE SUPPLIES ICE.

Trinidad. Colo, March although
farmers of the plateau section OF
southern Las Antmas County, Col.
orado. store no ice for summer use,
they are never without it during the
hot months. Dame Nature supplies
a free ice house big enough for the
entire community. In Winter months
a gale sweeps continuously across a
broad plateau to mountain gap,
drifting snow into a great pile which
alternately melts and freezes, BY the
end Of Winter the gap invariably Is
choked by massive cake Of ice that
does not disappear until late Fall.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
EXPERT WlNooW-cLEANERS
BUY TOO MANY BUCKETS

New York. March Sealskin
coats by night and window-cleaners
Overalls by daytime proved such 4
contrast as To result in the und0ing
of TWO clever New York thieves who
are being held on the charge OF lew
elry rObberies amounting To approx.
mately 10000.
The men gained easy access 10 ex.
elusive window-cleanerS They bought
too many pairs OF overallS and too
many buckets from the same dealers.
And. according To the history of
windOwcleaners. they dressed too
we'll and spent too much money on
much for window-cleaners.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
SEEKS DIVORCE BECAUSE
WIFE DlSlIkES UNIFORM

San Francisco. March because
his wife refused to meet him CARRIED
IN the uniform of the United States
Navy, Alvin Quasdorf. naval wire
less operator, is asking divorce in
the Superior Court here.
AT the outbreak OF the war Quas-
dorf promptly offered his services 10
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
OFFER HENS AND
EGGS FOR RENT

Lincoln, March One doesn't
need cash TO rent a farm north of
here, Hens and eggs will do
When farmers raised the rental to
some OF the farmers, they objected
and offered one hen a week and an
egg a day, for the excess rent.
The landowners accepted.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
,SWIFT'S S0N-IN-lAW
MAY BE INTERNED

Washington, Mar. Count James
Minotto, son.in law of Louis f. Swift
the Chicago millionaire packer, who
is charged with German intrigue. will
not be deported
Whether or not he will be informed
for the period Of the war is now in
the hands Of Attorney General Gres.
ory TO whom that phase OF the case
was referred today by Assistant See.
Rotary OF Labor Post
II was ruled that the evidence did
not create sufficient grounds for do.
portation
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
PUTS UP GAME FIGHT.

BlucIeld, w Va, March .. A cata
mount which measured four feet ten
inches was killed in the mountains
near here recently by Robert Ruble
The animal, after being wounded by
Ruble, whipped seven of his hounds
ana cut the throat of one of them so
severely that 1t died.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02

his country, and just as promptly
Lust his wife lie says that she has
declined absolutely to have anything
10 do with him while he wears
uniform and that the rules of the
service do not permit him to appear
publicly in citizens dress.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
For Highway Commissioner.

Michael Kerrigan authorizes the
Free Trader-Journal to announce his
candidacy for the nomination for
Highway Commissioner for the town
OF Ottawa subject to the decision OF
the democratic town primary.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
For Highway Commissioner.

Robert Heth authorizes the Free
Trader.Journal TO announce his can.
ddacy for the nomination for High.
way Commissioner, subject to the &C.
ton of the voters of South Ottawa
township.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
For Highway Commissioner

Dan j. O'Connor authorizes the
Free Trader.Journal to announce that
he is an independent candidate for
commissioner Of highways. subject to
the result of the Ottawa township
election, April 2, 1918.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02

The value OF a whales blowhole is n
more perfect structure than it is pos.
sible to imagine. Day and night, asleep
or awake, the whale works his breath.
Ing apparatus In such a manner that
not drop Of water ever gets down
into Its lungs.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-02
For Commissioner Of Highways.

Otto J. Mass authorizes the Free
Trader.Journal to announce his can.
didacy for the nomination for Com.
missioner of Highways. subject to the
action of the South Ottawa voters.