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3 1 iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii: TELLS ITALIANS) 'TIGHTEN BELTS' lo Hope of Better Foot! Sftll* tion Seen by Food Con frolier at Rome. TILL EATING WAR BREAD jMkM and Riots Ar« Bred by StMd tfy Increasing Cost of Everythim —Causing Deep Anxiety to Government i.—Italy's food sltnatlos tl one now than it has been since the rmlstlce and almost as bad as It •s during the dark days of the war. ho feeling that all Is not well has i Blfhed upon housekeepers for weeks, hen life's prime necessities grew jrer and dearer. But now the coun JT has been told the bitter truth by *d Controller Murlaldl in a speech tfore the chamber of deputies. This year's harvest of grain has Wded 200,000,000 hundredweight than last year the government Mt Import 250,000,000 hundred* •tfht for bread, which is sold at 20 Hits for a two-pound loaf, and means 100.000,000 on hard grain alone on ft grain the loss equals another 1001000,000 on olive oil the state IMS several hundred million dollars. Italy Is the only allied country hose Inhabitants must still eat war f«ad. Its price, the government says, tost shortly be raised 5 or 10 cents ir a two-pound loaf, because the •dget cannot stand the loss of $800, 10,000 a year on grain alone. The Bbllc most bear part of the burden i dearer bread. Bice is scarce, too this year's har •st shows s shortage of half a mil MB hundredweight the oil harvest I so poor the public has less than M-thlrd the quantity doled out last mr. Tliers Is less than half the uantity of cheese, lard, butter and iflk of last year there Is a serious agar shortage too. No Prospect of Relief, the food controller has no ledy to suggest. The public blames Uin and his food ministry. He 4ames the food ministry too, say ag that such chaos reigned when he ook It over last summer that he has Men unable to straighten things out tad will resign as soon as possible. 9te told an astonished chamber that found his ministry buying cheese tl CO cents a pound, to resell to irholesale dealers, who doled it out to the public at $1.60 a pound. He tided that one great trouble is the lack of food experts to advise the lovernment in buying foods, es pecially perishable kinds. And be Mid he saw no hope for a better food Situation in the near future unless people eat less and pull their belts tighter over empty stomachs. The perpetual upward flight of food prices In Italy causes deep anxiety t+ those responsible for the country's lood order. Recent strikes and civil Strife were almost wholly due to discontent caused by the still in creasing cost of life's prime neces sities snd more trouble is yet to com* pal HIT the upward trend is curbed. Sample Increases. Offtton goods cost 800 per cent than they did In 1916, woolen 2 THS UN ISCtR S AllCAH Ford Cars and Trucks Have Begun to Arrive In Greater Quantities Believ$ we will be able to make fairly prompt delivery from now on. Give us your order immediately. Get in on our list. We fill orders in rotation as received. PLEASE NOTE NEW PRICES AS FOLLOWS Touring, with Starter $650.00 F. 0. B. Factory Runabout, with Starter ...! $625.00 F. O. B. Factory Jrfick, Solid Tires, without Starter $600.00 F. O. B. Factory Truck, Pneumatic Tires, without Starter $640.00 F. O. B. Factory Sedan, with Starter and Demountable Rims $975.00 F. O. B. Factory Coupe, with Starter and Demountable Rims $850.00 F. O. B. Factory Tractor 1850.00 F. O. B. Factory PARKER AUTO CO. MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA Insist on Genuine Ford Parts ALL ARE TALLER LYING DOWN Fact Which at First Seems Peculiar la Easily Susceptible of Scien tific i iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinniiiiiiiiiii!::::::::: i!iiii.'!:'iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiui: Illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll I Illlllllllll Illlllllllllllll I Nil lllllllllllllflllU 200 per c#it, shoddy clothes 250 per cent, glass goods 3G0 per cent. Home- i grown produce has Increased more than foods imported from America, For Instance, are now 55 per cent dearer than three years ago, po tatoes 450 per cent dearer, beans 426 per cent, fresh pork 370 per cent, 1 Italian lard 280 per cent, beef 311 per cent, butter 279 per cent, cheese 250 per cent, milk 300 per cent, wine 525 per cent. The food control office reports that wine growers made such big profits this last year that they paid for the land their wines are grown on from the one year's gain alone. The ever-£rowlil§ cost of living In Italy, once the cheapest country in Europe, the paradise of the poor ipan, seems to be In a vicious circle. Dear food and discontent go hand-in hand, breeding strikes, riots, blood shed. They again react on local pro duction and cause prices to rise higher than before. Then follow fresh strikes and disorders the screw Is turned yet again and the vicious circle must be rounded once more. Proof. How many people are aware that we are shorter when standing than when lying, and taller In the morning than In the evening? An Englishman was the first to dis cover this, but afterward Doctor The joints of tills part of our bod ies are separated and yet joined by particular bony substances, every one of which has a springy resilience. These are capable of yielding on all sides without bending the backbone or spine Itself. Of course, thegjlifferenee Is scarcely perceptible In *one Joint alone, but the combined effect is ap preciable. Naturally, when the spine Is supporting the weight of the head It Is liable to contract, and we are tall er after lying down for some time than after we have been walking about all day with our bodies in an upright position, with the spine sup porting the weight of the head. At night time, when we He down in a more or less horizontal position, these top parts do not weigh so heav ily, and the springy muscles being ex panded, our spines consequently be come longer. Another proof of this is to be found In the Increase of height sometimes experienced by Invalids who have spent a Ion? ttane in bed and also In (he fact tlmt the more rest a young child has. the taller he wjlj grow,—London Tlt-Blta, Unneeeeswy Wet*. The other day when the secoud grade teacher announced the singing lesson she noticed that Russell was rending a story book. v •Tut away your book, oear. while ,w are learning to sing." she said. •-But I don't really need to learn i, v IO *:!!£." be calmly protested. •y,m see. we have a phonograph at our house." NOAH, NOT ADAM, ATE THE APPLE Delver in Ancient Lore Finds Evi dence Older Than the Bible. NO MENTION OF AMY EVE Records in University of Pennsylvania Provide Apparent History of Hu man Race Back to 14,000 Years Before Chrlet Philadelphia, Pa.—What the discov erer clnims to be evidence older than the Bible by two or three thousand years, that woman had nothing to do with the downfall of the human race, was produced by the museum of the University of Pennsylvania in the form of a new set of translations by Dr. Stephen Herbert Langdoo. Doctor Langdon is now professor of Assyriology at Oxford university, Eng land. He was for three years curator of the Babylonian section at the uni versity museum, and while there stud led and translated thousands of an cient clay tablets from the ruins of Nippur, In ancient Babylonia. "Noah Ate the Apple." i Marand of the Royal academy of France made several experiments to prove the theory. He found after a year's trial that usually In the night he gained almost three-eighths of an inch, and lost almost as much during the day. The cause of this is to be found in the different state or condl tion of the cartilage* which go to make up the spine. The new book is the fotrrtti lh a series depicting the religious life of the Sumerians, a mysterious race, the origin of which is unknown, which was finally swallow^] up by the later Sera Itlcs. According to one of the flood sto ries In the collection Noah ate the forbidden fruit after he had been saved from the deluge. This salvation was accomplished, ac cording to the Sumerian version, by a woman deity. There Is no mention of any Eve In the story. Clay tablets from which this and other stories are taken are said to be at least one thou sand years older than Babylonian tab lets/ 14,000 Years Before Christ. After the Sumerians had been ex tinguished in their political power, ac cording to Doctor Langdon, the Baby lonians retained the language for ec clesiastical purposes for many centu ries, Just as Latin Is now used in the Roman Catholic church. The Sumerian records at the unlver slty provide an apparent history of mankind back to 14,000 years before i Christ, but this is not considered ab solutely authentic, because many of the reigns of kings are collateral. The Sumerians believed that the patrl archs, corresponding to those of the Old Testament, ruled before the flood for 360,000 years. According to their story it was 35,000 years after the del uge when Cyrus of Persia conquered Babylonia. Secretary Baker a "Bartender." "I might have a chance to get a Job after March 4, 1921," said Secretary of War Baker the other day, "if It had not been for the prohibition business. "Once when I was mayor of Cleve land I had a hand In settling a labor row. When It was all over one of the men asked me If I carried a union card. I replied that I did not, but would be very glad to have the chance to do so. In the next day's mall I got a card entitling me to life member ship In the bartenders' union. "I carry the card to this day, but now I am afrqld it will not do me Much good."—New York Sp* SLOW DEATH Aches, pains, nervousness, diff culty in urinating, often mean serious disorders. The world*! standard remedy for kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid troubles— COLD MEDAL briny quick relief and often ward 10 deadly diseases. Known as the nationd remedy of Holland for more than 200 years. All druggists, in three sicefc Look for tk* Ban* Gold Medal on mry fe*B tad tcctpl DO MR. AND MRS. A* G. HALLENBECK Undertakers PHONES: House 3153 Office 23It AUTO HEARSE SERVICE Over Geo. Beck's Furniture Stow MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA CoL C. S. PRICE AUCTIONEER KO SALE TOO LARGE, TOO SMALL OR TOO FAR AWAY Telephone or see me at HOIDAI/S GARAGE Teleptiohe 2170 Madison, fl. D. OLE HIGHLAND FURNITURE AND RUGS I Buy and Sell New and Second Hand Furniture ll li rt il u li ii ii ffl ii imitation and Stoves E. W. HICHAM & SON COAL Kentucky Lump Egg Hard Splint Lump Coke Large and Small Briquets PRIMARIES MARCH 23 ii K ii ii ii W ii 11H it ii Madison Electric Co. WIRING, FIXTURES, MOTORS! and SUPPLIES 106 E*:an Ave. S. PHOXB 2889 A Man to Man Policy that Wins TFrom In its The HE Standard Oil Company was a pioneer in the petroleum industry.. the day of rts organization to the present moment the Company has put forth every effort to make and sell goods of the highest quality and always has been satisfied to work on a small profit. It has made money for its 4711 stockholders by reason of the volume of business done. dealings spirit Phon#» 2IT*2 CHAS. A. TRIMMER CONSULTING ENGINEER Land Drainage, Surveys and Municipal Engineering MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA with the men and women who make up its working organization, the Standard Oil Company (Indiana) has maintained a policy of fairness and liber ality which has held its men and inspired them with the high ideals of service which have been the key to its prosperity. Today the 22,000 employees are working as one man to increase production and decrease the cost of manufacture and distribution, for they know that their every effort is appreciated 4a terms which are substantial. The working and living conditions of ths men dbd women employed by the Com^ pany always have been matters of majof interest to those in authority. Under the plan now in process of organization, ths employees will be given an ever-increasing voice in the management of their affairs. of fairness Standard Oil Company (Indim*) 910 S. Michigan ISSI r| |i which animate! both the Company and its employees, their relations with one another, again proved that all that is needed increase production and insure industrial peace is to make it possible for the employer and employee to sit down and discuss all phases of their problems man to man. LEONARD WOOD for PRESIDENT WOOD. I in has to .v Ave., Chicago hare not had a finer oThftiUlon of good citizenship than that given by the American Legion on the new West Coast when some of its members were killed and others wounded. It did not resort to violence. It gathered those scoun drels in, aided in their being jailed, and then pro tected the jail against the mob. There is self restraint and respect for law and order that is worth noting. Never mind how trying these alien and destructive forces may be—let us deal with them always within the law." LEONARD STATESMAN PATRIOT:: ADMINISTRATOR AUCTION I will sell at Public Auction at my premises 4 miles south and one mile east of Madison, miles west and 3 mites north of Chester, FRIDAY, MAR. 19,1920 The following described property: 18) rnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 7 HEAD HORSES 'pi Two marcs, 10 years old, weight 2400 bay TTiaTP, 5 i years old, weight 1200 bay mare, coming 3 years old, weight 1100 bay gelding, coming 5 years old, weight 1200 black |j gelding, coming 3 years old yearling colt. 1 19 HEAD CATTLE Four heifers, coming 2 years old 7 steers, coming 2 years old 5 yearlings 2 spring calves Short Horn roan |H bull, coming 3 years old. 1 MACHINERY, ETC. ffgfen-ft. Bwrlng binder 22-disc Van Brtmt driB row Rock Island corn plow Big "4" Deering grass mower John Deere gang plow 20-ft. iron drag drag cart disc corn plow walking com plow Fuller and Johnson pulverizer Black Hawk corn planter, 160 rods wire Deering hay rake jsj Kemp manure spreader two truck wagons with hay racks II, sled with box two scoop boards 20-ft. Dempster wind mill feed grinder galvanized steel tank 1200-lb. scale two slat & cribs 50-gal. gas tank 30-gal. oil tank 2 h. p. John Deere gas engine, Maytag washer, new Stewart cook stove 6 dining room chairs Old Trusty incubator, 150-egg 12 gal. churn about 4 tons wild hay about 10 bushels seed corn. Other articles too numerous to mention. Free Lunch at Nooa Sale Will Begin at 1 O'clock TERMS As usual, $20, due November 1,1920, at 8 per cent. I CHARLES HIDENSHIELD, Owner COL. C. S. PRICE, Auctioneer M. H. COLGROVE, Clerk K'xjw' K «,* K K. lttttiX K K W K K. LAUGMLIN'S GARAGE Having installed a complete line of machinery for repairing and recharging Storage Batteries, we are ready to give the public satisfactory service, not only to batteries, but all electrical parts of the automobile in general. We also handle the Luthy Battery, guar anteed for two years, with Free Inspection Service. We also do all general repair work and overhaul ing. We aim to give the public prompt and satisfactory service. Try us and be convinced. M. G. LAUGHUN, Prop. PHONES AMERICA FIRST" mmt) *r mmmmmmmmmmmmmm——— 2183- 3846 BEESLEY DRAY LINE Does all kinds of hauling, moving household goods, etc. Ssad, gravel and Mack dirt for ssle. Delivered'oa short notice. ROY BEESLEY A v i y 3772 V*' -".y .'1 \V-v tr s ''^4. rJS -H \l '1 I1 i,' tS jt .. -j ,fy»' .. ,•. .• V stf -0