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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
TAFT EXPLAINS LEAGUE
States Basic Purpose in First OF
Series of Six Short
Articles.
BY Ex-PREsipENT WIN. n. TAFT.

BY Ex-PREslDENT WIN. n. TAFT.
The chief purpose of the League of
Nations Is to keep the world In state
of peace. Another way Of expressing
1t is to say that the League is de-
signed to prevent wars.
We have just finished the greatest.
which Is to say the most horrible, OF
all conflicts between nations. We
have won a glorious victory. But that
victory will be wasted unless this war
has made the nations ready to put
aside their differences and cooperate
to end war forever.
1t is not enough, however, to provide
for the prevention of wars and the
settlement of disputes after they have
arisen We must foresee causes of
trouble and remove them before they
have reached an acute stage. Hence,
there must be provision for frequent
consultations of members of the
League for exchange of information,
for agreement on common policies and
for the gradual formation of rules of
international law which at present are
uncertain and incomplete.
The representatives Of the great free
nations which won the war have met
at Paris and, after long consultation,
have drawn an agreement which they
believe will accomplish these ends. At
the very least 1t will set In motion
great changes which will result In uni
versal benefit to all mankind. This
agreement Is called the Covenant OF
the League Of Nations and 1t Is part
of the peace treaty.
There will be no League worth talk
ing about, however, unless the United
States is a member The decision as
to whether the United States shall join
rests with our Senate. The Senator's
chosen by the people, will in the end
vote as the people desire. For this
reason the people themselves will de
eide whether or not the United States
will join the League. In this question
every citizen should have a voice. Ht
or she can express opinion either b.
writing direct to Senator's, by Letters
to the newspapers, by speeches In hii
lodge or local union or In conversation
/ with friends.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
Tent City in South
Dakota Oil Field

Mitchell, Aug. 25.-South Dakota's
oil strike is getting bigger. A tent
city, populated by oil'men, engineers,
farmers, ranchers, land men and pros
pectors has sprung up at Bixby, s. D.,
following the discovery OF tract ~
miles long, which oil men declare Is
continuation of the famous oil fields
of Wyoming.
Hard Montgomery, of Bixby, father
Of the oil boom, started out to organ
ize a company with $4,000 capital.
Inside of eight hours he had the
$4,000 raised Reports received
here say that men are flocking in
from all parts of the state. Land
values have gone sky high, with the
owners refusing fabulous prices. Men
who own automobiles are making as
much as 500 day carrying invest
ors here and there through the fields.
The oil struck by Montgomery was
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
Returned Soldier
Admits a Murder

Dubuque, Ia, Aug. 23.--Jas. Town
send, 20, returned soldier, confessed
that he had murdered his stepfather,
F. Trees, and had thrown his body in
the Mississippi river, according to the
police The body was found Monday
afternoon. Both legs and the right
arm were bound, and a 100-pound
rock was tied around the meow.
Mrs. Trees, in a statement to the
authorities, declared her husband was
insane and that Townsend killed him
when, she said, he made an attempt
to assault her two daughters.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
WRESTLING PARs0N IN ARMY
Soldiers Thrown by Chaplain currie
OF Second Division Promise 70
Go to Church.

With the American Forces in Ger
Chaplain q. s. Currie Of the
Second division has become known
among the American forces on the
Rhine as "the wrestling parson" In
his go-to-church campaign, which he
inaugurated recently among the SOL
diers.
Chaplain Currie has been putting on
an exhibition In Leutesdorf every
night the last few weeks, and each
man he throws promises to induce
five other soldiers to accompany him
to church the Sunday following the
wrestling match.
The contests have been held In the
Leutesdorf playhouse. Chaplain Cur
rie has been taking on different men
from the Third battalion Of the Sixth
marines each night. Reports to the
chaplain's Office of the Second d.
vision say that Chaplain Currie has
been winning about IS per cent Of
the matches.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
Man Found With
Skull Fractured

Aberdeen, Aug. 25.-At late
hour this afternoon stranger was
found lying unconscious in park on
the outskirts of town. His skull was
crushed. A blood stained club was
found naer by. Papers on the man
indicate his name is Charles Peter.
81 years old, Milwaukee section
employee, but do not show where he
lived. There was loaded automatic
revolver in his pocket. Physicians
say he will die. Robbery is believed
to be the motive for the attack
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
LOCATING COAL
Mine Big TASK
SUPPLY PLENTIFUL, BUT COM
MISSION HAS JOB SELECT
ING SITE

Pierre, Aug. 25.-While the report
of Prof O'Hara, of the state school
of mines shows that the coal supply
of the northwest part of this state is
over a billion tons, the state commits
sion selected to secure a site 10 de-
velop coal on the part of the state Is
not finding it an easy task to get a
location that could be worked with
profit. They find that practically all
the locations that can be worked with
profit and which are within practical
distance of railway transportation,
have been located and opened up by
private operators before the state de-
velopment was started, but they have
men out testing different locations
with the view of finding the kind OF
location which they can use practi-
cally. There are prospects with veins
heavy enough to work profitably in
several locations in the northwest Sec
ton of the state, but they are so far
from railway facilities that there
would be no profit in working them
The mines with lighter veins of coal
would not be profitable to work, un-
less the coal lies near enough to the
surface to make the vein what Is
known as steam shovel PROPOSE
ton" one which would allow the
earth over the coal to be stripped OH
and the coal loaded on cars with the
same shovel equipment as used in the
stripping operation. The Legislature
appropriated s150,000 for this work
and it is believed that a location car
bc secured and opened up for mucf
less than this sum.
While the thicker veins OF coal II
North Dakota are being operated ant
shipments to the market are beinl
l made from many mines in that sec
ton. the demand for their coal grow
ing every year, there has been iitti
commercial development OF the Goa
beds of this state yet. There are
few local mines, but none on whicl
i the coal can be loaded on cars 10
j shipment direct from the mine.
few small plants are operating bu
/ these have to haul their coal to tn
railway by team and load it on tn
cars for shipment, and this makes tn
operation of such mines too expensiv
10 allow them to compete with tn
North Dakota product for outsid
markets. Most of the operators II
this state are merely attempting I
4 fill local supply of those who com
to the mines and haul away tn
amount they want for domestic con
sumption.
The work of prospecting is contir
uing in the northwest section OF tn
: tsate wherever it is. considered tina
anything might be developed tha
within distance of railway line I
assure transportation, and 1t is e.
pected that coal will De taken out ft
shipment this fall, yet in some of tn
places which make the most promi
ing showings up to date, several b.
ing tentatively located and the ma
!, ter of development is not being q
lowed to drag. vi
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
RECAPTURE eighteen
GERMAN SAILORS
INTERNED GERMANS ESCAPE
FROM CAMP SHERMAN DUR
ING ELECTRICAL STORM

Chillicothe, O., Aug. 25.-Eighteen
of the estimated 90 interned German
sailors who escaped from the bar
racks at Camp Sherman during the
severe electrical storm last night have
been recaptured, the camp authorities
said today.
The sailors crawled through a tun'
nel from the barracks cellat to com
pany street, thirty feet away, official:
said.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
WILSON TO CONSIDER
DEMANDS OF SHOPMEN
CANCELS ALL ENGAGEMENTS In
ORDER TO DEVOTE TIME TO
LABOR SITUATION

Washington, ID. c., Aug. 25.-Pres-
ident Wilson today cancelled all en-
gagements except one to give his
whole attention to the railroad labor
situation, which he will take up al
2:15p. m. at conference with Direc-
tor Hines and officials of the rail.
road shopmen's union.
An answer to the demand for wage
increases averaging twenty-five pei
cent put forward by 100000 shop
men is expected to be made at thu
conference.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
GERMANS EXECUTE
CHRISTIAN SILESIANS
DISTURBANCES SPREADING AND
BECOMING MORE
VIOLENT

London, Aug. 25.-Disturbances in
Silesia are spreading and have be-
come more violent, according to dis
patches from that district received
from Berlin.
Thirty persons with arms in their
possession have been shot at Byton
and nine at Bubrowiiz, under orders
of the German commissary.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
MEXICAN BANDIT HUNT /.
BY u. S. TROOPS ENDS.
AMERICAN FORCES WITHDRAWN
FROM MEXICO SUNDAY
NIGHT

Ell Paso, Tex, Aug. 25.-The ban
dit schase in Mexico by American
cavalrymen and aviators is at an end.
The forces of the United States are
back at their camps on this side of
the border today. The withdrawal
was effected Sunday might, when
further search for the bandits seem
ed futile.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
KOlchak's Forces
Evacuating Omsk

London, Aug. 25.-Admiral Kol-
chak's forces are evacuating Omsk,
official wireless reports from Bolshe-
vik headquarters at Moscow an
nounced today. Vladivostock is re-
ported to be surrounded by insur-
gents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
Would Force Nations
to Abolish Conscription

Washington, d. c., Aug. 25.-
The withdrawal of the United States
from the League of Nations two years
after ratification of the peace treaty
unless all nations abolish conscrip-
-tion within taht time, is provided for
in a bill introduced today by Senator
Jones, of Washington, republican.
The bill was referred to the foreign
relations committee.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25

Frank Winesberg, is soon to erect
a new residence just across the street
from the Madison hospital. The work
of excavation has already been done.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
No Peace for Peace Dove.

London There II no peace for the
peace dove hanging outside the lord
mayor Of London's mansion house.
Although only stuffed, It Ii being
picked to death by pigeons and slowly
it's feathers and vitals are disappear
Ing.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-25
American Transport
Sherman Aground

Honolulu, Aug. 25.-An American
transport, possibly the Sherman, is
aground off Mathure island and tugs
are trying to float her, according to
Nagasaki dispatch received here.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-23
BoscHEE's SYRUP.

In these days of unsettled weather
look out for colds. Take every pre-
caution against the dreaded influenza
and at the first sneeze remember that
Boschee's Syrup has been used Tor
fifty-three years In all parts Of the
United States for coughs, bronchitis
and colds, throat irritation and espe-
cially for lung troubles, giving the
patient a good nights rest. free from
coughing. with easy expectoration In
the morning. Mnde In America and
kept as a household panacea in the
homes of thousands Of families all
over the civilized world. Try one bottle
and accept no substitutes.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-23
Huekst.r. s.Iv.one Damaged Potatoes Freight Yard.

and bracing cars of potatoes, cabbage,
and the less perishable fruits and
vegetables is necessary to prevent
damage in ordinary freight cars, 1t is
far more necessary for highly perish
able products that move to market in
refrigerator cars, such as strawber-
ries, peaches. pears. grapes, lertuce.
and celery. Such products. even with
the best Of care, may arrive at city
terminals in damaged condition caused
by delay in transportation, Overripe-
ness. or disease developed In transit
because temperatures were not under
control while the cars were en- route.
Disease In Shipped Products.
In the case Of plant diseases de-
veioped In transit, there may not have
been any indication that the disease
was present when the car was loaded.
and perhaps the shipper thought that
his crop was free from disease. Prop
er refrigeration-plenty Of ice and
air circulation-holds diseases in
check and unless long delays in tran
sit occur such perishable produce
might arrive in good condition. Such
shipments. however. often deteriorate
rapidly after being unloaded and must
be handled quickly and consumed be-
fore rot develops.
Through the food products inspec-
tion service Of the department Of agri-
culture, the facts concerning losses
through plant diseases developed In
transit are being studied and labora-
tories have been established at New
York and Chicago to work on these
diseases. Plant pathologists now re-
port on shipments that develop dis
ease and this information is made
available to producers and shippers
where the fruit and vegetables were
grown. in order that prevention may
begin in the field and packing house.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-23
8zkRakRR6A4Hes

The wise use Of cover crops win
conserve the fertility Of the sofl and
better its physical condition in many
cases.
In purchasing commercial fertilizers
consider the cost Of the crop to be
grown a. well ~ the price Of the fer
tilizef.
A good dog 10 like . good son-he
stays at home at night. Kept In good
habits, he IL a guardian rather than .
murderer Of sheep.
Few animals like rye as . steady
diet as they do oats or corn. When
rye Is crushed and mixed with ground
oats or corn 1t makes good horse feed.
Drain tile set over each celery
plant blanches 1t nicely. Paper or
boards may be used in cool weather.
but are apt to decay the plants In
warm weather. %
Clover will contain the proper
amount OF Ofy matter 10 MAKE kOOu
silage II allowed to stand until some
what more than one-half OF the bios
SONS are brown. i--'- i
1t is said that exposure TO weather
causes greater destruction to farm Inn
plements than using them. Avoid this
loss by storing all machinery and tools
Droperlv under shelter before wiute.
sets in.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-23

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Cars Of fruit and vegetables are
often dumped at large market termi-
nails but persons who witness this pro-
ceeding should not conclude that this
practice Is unecOnOmic or done to
keep up prices, according to men in
the bureau of markets. United States
department Of agriculture. The whole
sale dealer is not in a position to re-
sort and repack damaged produce and
often enough decay is present to rem
der the produce unstable In its orig
inal container or bulk shipment.
Sometimes hucksters do go over the
damaged cars and salvage II limited
amount Of food. More often. however,
the labor cost Of such salvage work is
greater than the value of the products
saved.
Losses May start on Farm.
There are many causes for loss Of
perishable foods between the farm
field and the market. Some of these
causes go back to the time crops are
harvested. Take potatoes. for instance.
which are injured in digging. Unless
these injured potatoes are sorted out
and not packed with the good potn-
toes. rot may develop in the shipment
and spread rapidly to other potatoes,
especially II the temperature in the
car is favorable for rot to develop.
Another source Of great loss In per-
ishables ia found in lack Of care in
loading. The packages must be spaced
to permit air circulation and also
braced to prevent shifting. Tempera-
ture can not be controlled in loads
packed solid without any air spaces
between the containers. while bracing
must be carefully done or packages
arrive containing only part Of their
original contents.
Although care in packing. loading
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-23
SLAMS ROYAL ELEPHANT HUNT
Kings Order for Roundup 10 Signal
for .outpouring Of Natives to
See Big Show.

When king OF Siam finds that the
stock of tnme elephants IN the gov
ernment stables is getting low. he
sends out an edict that royal ele-
phant hunt will take plnce. This or
der is received joyfully throughout
Siam, for royal elephant hunt Is
enough of spectacle to induce peO-
pie from all over Siam to come to
Ayutha. where the animals are to b
brought when captured.
Days, sometimes weeks. are required
to locate and surround the herds to
be captured. Then they are skIllfully
driven In the direction of Ayutha. So
slowly do the great beasts travel that
four or five miles is sometimes the
daily rate OF advance. When Ayutha
is reached the herd is driven into a
corral, which ia large walleti-in court,
and here 1t is kept until the desirable
beasts are selected. The rest are then
allowed to wander back to their Jungle
allowed to wander back to their Jungle
home.
The tanning Of the animals retained
takes several days and In the climax
to the spectacle. Crowds gnther to
hear the untnmed elephants trumpet
their anger at being caught and to
watch their clumsy struggle sGainst
mastery by the native traiDerM-De-
troit News.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-23
CHIEF
cREETS KING
KING ALBERT OF THE sELoiANs
MEETS INDIAN CHIEF
AT GALLUP.
THEY EXCHANGE GIFTS
INDIANS DO WAR DANCE FOR
ROYAL PARTY IN NEW
MEXICO.
western Newspaper Union New. service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Albuquerque, N. NJ, Oct. 2O.-The
pale-faced chief of the Belgians greet
ed somber-vlsaged, gray-haired,
swarthy chief of the NayajOs at Camp
Gallup. They shook hands gravely
and each showed his respect for the
other. The aged Indian bore himself
with a dignity equal to that Of the
king. There WIS no cOndescension In
Albert's manner and no humility in
that OF the Redskin.
The sun had not yet banished the
chill OF dawn when the royal special
stopped In the New Mexican village of
Gallup, but crowd OF several hundred
was at the station. Many of them had
ridden score of miles to greet the
Belgians. AS the train stopped, the
band of st. Michael's Indian school
swung into the strains of the Belgian
national anthem and then that of the
United States.
A little band OF braves, mounted on
mustangs, sat waiting and watching,
their faces expressionless, as the king,
queen and prince descended from their
car. After one war dance. his majesty
expressed II desire to meet some of the
Indians, and several of them were
presented to him and his consort.
Then Chief Si1nRotio, tribal Judge.
better known as Pete Price, stepped
forward with the gift OF the tribe, a
handsome Navajo blanket, which he
gravely handed to Albert, who In turn
pinned upon the old warriors breast
silver medals of his house.
The grizzled Indian might have been
thinking, rs he stood proudly before
the ruler OF the Belgians, OF the day
when he. too, was the chief OF many
fighting men.
He was the last to surrender to the
regulars at Fort Defiance In the days
when Kit Carson was guide, and II.
was defiant to the end. But once his
| parole wns given he kept 1t.
There was no lack Of color in the
scene which greeted the Belgians
Braves In shirts of the gaudiest hue,
and squaws wrapped in blankets OF
many tolOrs were grouped In mn Opei
space near the station. Some of the
women carried papOOses. The dnugh'
ter of the chief was mounted on q
mustang.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-23
TRACTOR WON'T JUMP FENCES
Some OF the Arguments In Favor Of
Its More General Use-WiiI Not
Bite, eaIk, or Run Away.

Some Of the many arguments in IA
vor. of the tractor nre given as follows
in Farm Life:
1t will not bite. baIk or run away.
1t will not shy Mt a loose scrap of pa
per in the road. 1t will not kick the
stall at night and keep the tired farm
er and his wife awake. 1t will not
crib the manger.
1t will not break out OF the barn at
night. jump the fence and eat your
neighbOr's cabhages.
1t will not lie down in particularly
moist spot in the barnynrd. roll over
on its back aud elevate its four feet
into the mir.
1t does not have to be curried.
sponged of or treated with horse lini-
ment.
1t is not addicted to collie. cough.
heaves. SPAWN or wind-Sail.
1t will not snort in your ear or whisk
its tail In your face.
It will not "haw" when you tell 1t
to "gee" or vice-yersa.
You do not have to pull on the lines
and hOller your head of when you
want 1t to stop.
1t does not "up and die" just as the
spring work is coming on.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-23
Pan Officials on Trial.

nesses the trial OF s. c. Pandoife.
head Of the Pan Motor Company of
st. Cloud, Mimi, md twelve other Of
ficials N the company, on charge of
conspiracy to use the mails In
schemt to defraud, has opened In
Federal Judge Landis' court. Sale of
stock in the company forms the basis
of the charges. In tho indictments,
which were returned several months
ago, 1t IL alleged by the government
that more than 10000 persons bought
stock.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1919-10-23
SECURING LABOR IS
DIFFICULT PROBLEM
Maintenance Of Steady Supply
Worries Stock Farmer.
He 10 Compelled 10 Use Temporary
Help at Harvest Time Which, In
Many Cases. 10 Unreliable and
quito Expsnsive.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment OF Agriculture.)
One Of the most serious phases Of
the farm labor problem Is the main
tenance Of steady supply of labor
and the interest Of the laborer in farm
operations. In both Of these matters
the farmer who has little or no live
stock has a much more difiicult prob
lem to solve than the one who main
tains the maximum amount Of live
stock consistent with his farm opera
tions. For example, the farmer who
devotes his entire effort to grain pro-
duction or cotton production Is con-
fronted with a keen demand for labor
at the most critical period in the crop
year. He has the rush during the
planting season, which shortly Is fol-
lowed by the tremendous demands Of
harvest. Between times. especially
during the winter. this demand is not
30 urgent and he Is, therefore, COM
PEELED to use temporary help (espe-
cially at harvest time), which, in many
cases, IL unreliable and expensive.
The farmer whose operations make
possible the distribution Of the maxi
mum amount Of labor throughout the
year is in a much stronger position
from every standpoint than the one
who Is compelled to call in large num-
bers Of temporary helpers at critical
times.
Live stock production Ii . year
round proposition and therefore makes
possible such 4 distribution Of labor.
Furthermore, live stock are interest
ing to nearly all human beings. There
is much more to interest the average
man in watching the growth Of the
young animals or the fattening Of feed
ers, and much less drudgery. even in
feeding operations. than there is in the
tilling Of the soil and the cultivation
Of the crops. Beautiful as growing
crops unquestionably are, and neces-
sary as they are to the maintenance Of
live stock. the farm which only has
growing crops lacks for most people
the vital thing which Is necessary to
make country life attractive.
Many farmers recognize the appeal
which animals have for the average
man and cater to this in handling their
employees. For example, there are
cases where the farm owner gives the
Iaborer a share In the animal produce
of the farm. such. for example. as ev-
cry tenth pig, which becomes the prop
srty Of the man who takes care Of ~