The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1912-12-04


in Sully county, there were plenty Of
cattle buyers In the bidding, ard
yearlings were taken at from $40 to
sac, with COWS being bid in anywhere
FROM $50 to $40, according to quality.
Desdwood-The farmers aud grocers
of the district lying in the eastern
foothill country of the Black Hills, at
a meeting recently held at Sturgis.
discussed plans for taking action
against the -four millers of Rapid
City, Sturgis, Whitewood and Belle
Fourche, under the Sherman anti
trust law, claiming that there exists
a combination in restraint of trade
Aberdeen-The newly elected II
tors and representatives of Day county
have called a meeting of their constitu-
ents, to be held at Webster, on De
cember G, for the purpose Of having a
friendly talk" concerning what the
electors expect of their representatives,
to the state legislature at the coming
session..
Bowdle-The members of the Bowdle
Commercial club held a smoker and
planned to secure new members and 10
carry on a booster campaign for next
year. Seven new members were add
mitted at the meeting.
Arlington Shane Bros. q Wilson
have purchased the big Touring mill
here, which has been idle for some
time. The mill has been eqlipped
| with new machinery, and l.. II. Wahl.
of st. Cloud, Mimi, has been placed
in charge as manager. The mill will
require from 1000 to 1900 burhels of
wheat every "a hours, and is expected
to prove a potent factor in keeping
up the price of wheat in the Airing
ton neighborhood.
Custer-Pringle, a small village
near this city, has taken a sudden
boom during the past month, owing 10
the fact that two large quarries have
been opened near this place for the
lime rock used by the Nebraska sugar
retineries. The Pringle rock is of a
veiy fine quality and is shipped to
the beet sugar refining plants located
at SCOTS Bluff, Neb. OF the two the
Kirk quarry, nearer Pringle. has the
larger number of men at work and this
rock is deemed TO be the better quality.
Pierre-The senatorial situation is
causing more OF less speculation, and
a number of persons have been men.
toned. Among them are Senator
Gamble and E. E. Wagner The
friends of Thomas Sterling refuse to
ret excited over the situation. as they
lain that they have pledges from
Eighty out of the 146 members of the
| Joint session, and that these pledges
| will hold good. IL their claims are
made good by the vote. the balance of
the membership will be twenty one
democrats, and 6fty-five republicans
not pledged TO Sterling, and whatever
ombination they might make would
not worry the Sterling forces.
Pierre-The Fairmont & Yeblen
Railroad company has applied to the
railroad commissioners for permission
to run a new railroad from veblsn, S.
D, through Marshall aud Roberts
| counties to Fairmont, N. ID. There is
statute which makes it necessary for
the railroad commissioners to pass upon
all railroads building in the state as to
parallel lines. The road is to pc built
| by the farmers aud for their benefit.
They have been assisted by J Rosholt.
If Eau Claire, Wis, and other promo
.ers. AS there are no other roads near
the route. the commissioners will i'm
~nediately grant permission for this
building.