The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1893-07-27
Boiling Water During the Summer.

A medical friend Of the Listener
writes him to do something to arouse
public sentiment betimes to the duty of
filtering and boiling drinking water this
summer. He thinks that. in view Of the
possibility of cholera, people should &C.
quire the water boiling habit as soon as
possible. No doubt this is quite true.
And, cholera OF no cholera, there are no
end of germs in the ordinary water Of
Boston and the towns about. 1t il real
ly extraordinary how our people have
kept up SO long the practice of drinking
water without fltering Or boiling it.
and still more extraordinary, no doubt,
that we should cool our water by put
ting ice into it. when it can be cooled
just as effectively by putting a large
bottle of it corked into . refrigerator or
otherwise into contact with ice.
A good way out of the difficulty, IL
one thinks he does not like boiled water.
la to drink no water at all. There are
plenty OF other things to drink. From
all accounts. cholera can be taken only
through the stomach, and there is moth
ing SO d~iscouraging to q microbe Of any
sort as q temperature Of 212 degrees
Boston Transcript.
ARGUMENTS CONCLUDED.
Famous "Section Thirty" Case Before
Land mmissioner Lamoreaux.
WASHINGTON, July 26. The oral ar
gument in the famous Section Thirty
case was concluded before Commission
er Lamoreaux during the afternoon.
Thirty days will he allowed the attor-
neys in which to file briefs. and then
the matter will be taken mp and decided
by the commissioner. The land in con-
test 10 located near Ely, and is supposed
to contain the most valuable iron mine
In the United States. So far the valua-
ton that has been placed upon IL il
speculative. but it is either worth mil
lions or a very small amount. 1t was
first located with Sioux half-breed
scrip. in June, 1883, by F. w. Eaton.
In October. 1884, Thomas w. Hyde and
Angus Mcdonald contested this entry.
This contest reached the secretary OF
the interior in 1889, and on Feb. Is,
Secretary Villas
Rejected the Application
OF Hyde and Mcdonald at the same
time that he ruled ont the Sioux scrip
entry declaring that the land was again
open to settlement. This decision de.
prived Hyde and Mcdonald Of their
preferred right to enter the land. This
was because Of q contract with their at
torneys- Hyde and Mcdonald promptly
made an application for q rehearing
which was finally granted by Secretary
Noble In 1891.
Meantime as soon as the decision OF
Secretary Villas was made known there
was = wild rush at tho Duluth Office by
g OF parties, among them Emil
Hartman, the Bishot Iron company and
several others. OF these Hartman
seems to be rather ahead. However,
before the decision of Secretary Villa,
had been made known to the Duluth
officials and
Before the Land Was Open
on the books there an entry was Offered
by Alden and James, the representa-
tlves of ths Minnesota Iron compan
and 1t was in their favor that RegisteI
Nichols rendered his decision at th,
close OF the rehearing ordering in 1891
and which ended in March, 1852. Tn
evidence sent on by Register Nichol
flls 5000 pages and contains charge
and countercharges of forgery, an
crooked work enough to send a hal
dozen TO the penitentiary. r. w. Ma,
bic Of Duluth. and John Brennan 3
West Superior, were the only North
western attorneys present