The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-02-17

James of the college of education of
the University of Minnesota, and
superintendent T. A. Harmon of the
Yankton city schools.
The mild weather is melting tho ice
at the lakes and the ice harvest is
not yet completed. Chas. Simpson
has loaded and shipped eighty. seven
cais and has a number of orders to be
filled. About two inches of water is on
the surface Of the lakes, and until the
advent of a freeze ice cutting is sus-
pended.
Capt. Burlingame of company ID.
South Dakota National Guards states
that at the annual inspection of the
company, First Lieut.. Calvin p. Titus,
u. s. A, inspecting officer. stated
that company ID would compare favor
ably with other national guard COM
panies throughout the state. While
perhaps some Things could be improved
he was on the whole very we'll pleased
with the showing of the company.
Sergeant March Horner has been pro-
NOTED to be first sergeant and Corporals
q. f. Sears and Ray Phifer have been
promoted TO be sergeants. Company d
has room for about twenty new mem
bers who will receive a training which
is OF benefit to any young man, besides
a ten days vacation each summer with
pay and all expenses paid. This year
the eDcampment will be held at Fort
Meade in fba PIonE HILL
Temperatures throughout the coun-
try the present week will be near the
seasonal average, and rains or SHOWS
will be below the noimal over most
of the states, the Washington weather
bureaus weekly forecast announced
last night. Rains will be frequent,
however, in the north Pacific states
and the weather will be unsettled
with local snow along the northern
border from Minnesota eastward. Over
the southern half of the country the
week will be one of generally fair
weather. A disturbance of moderate
Intensity will appear in the far west
Tuesday, advance eastward over the
middle west Wednesday or Thursday
and the eastern states about Friday;
this disturbance will be preceded by
moderate temperatures and be attended
by local SHOWS in the northern states
east of the Rocky mountains and be
followed by colder weather.
Mental telepathy is so frequently
demonstrated that we become accus-
fovnad 20 ~ 20 the axtanA ~ @h..hE.u -
it as of natural consequence, but coca
sionally an example of it il remark
able. NJ. d. McGilliyray, county
auditor elect. who will take charge
of his office March 1. las for some
time been contemplating buy ing for
his use a tin box such as is used for
private papers, but had been putting
it off from day to day. Imagine his
surprise TO receive from his aged
mother residing at Winfred a letter
enclosing a sum of money with the
that he buy the identical tin
box that he had in mind and accept
il from her as a belated Christmas
present. 1t is needless to say that Mr..
McGillivray lost little time in making
the purchase, and will prize the gift
highly in view of the fact that ii
was in the minds of both his mother
and himself without other commuDi-
cation than mental ttlepathy.
Pierre dispatch: The printing in
vestigating committee held its last
meeting for the examination of wit
nesses and will compile its mass of tes-
timony into a report as rapidly as pos
sible 20 submit the same to the mem
bers of the legislature. In that same
relation the early part Of tie session
was filled with resolutions to investi-
gate practically every thing in the
state. and the printing and peniten-
tiary Investigations resulted from the
movement. but from that time on
the different resolutions have been al
lowed to sleep undisturbed, and the
end of the session lie now so near that
it is hardly likely that there will be
any attempt to carry any others of them
any farther than they have gone, as it
would be practically a physical impos-
sibility fol- any committee to investi-
gate with any degree of thoroughness
between now and the end of the SEES