The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-17

The funeral of Raymond Davis was
held from st. Thomas church at 10
O'Clock this morning. Deceased came
to the city recently and has been at
the home of his father in law, J. J..
McGrath, west of the city.
Notice. To l. o. o. +. members.
Special train will leave Madison at
$3.50 p. IN. Tuesday, March 18th, 70
Oldham, to participate in celebration
and degree work. You are invited
Per Committee.
The death of Leslie Hull, a former
resident of Madison, occurred at Camp
Douglas, Wis. The remains will be
brought to Madison for burial, arriv-
ing here Tuesday. The cause of
death was consumption.
Sioux Falls Press: Frank NJ. Hal
stead of Minneapolis is in Sioux Falls
and has accepted a position with the
Frank Hyde Jewelry Co. Mr.. Hal.
stead is a musician and was at the head
Of the First South Dakota regimental
band of sioux Falls in the Philippines
during the Spanish american war.
He is we'll known among musicians in
Sioux Falls.
An announcement that should prove
of unusual interest to theatre patrons
is the early presentation here of George
Barr McCutcheon's charming romantic
play Beverly, a superb oIamatiza-
tion of his most successful novel Beyer-
ly of Graustark, which for the psst
two seasons has been ~delighTing the
patrons of the first class theatres for
long engagements in New York, Chi
csgo, an all of the other principal
cities.
Reports of the storm which prevailed
tbr Jughout the northwest. beginning
last Friday. indicate that it was the
most severe that has occurred for sever
al years. At Pierre business was at a
standstill and all train service was
abandoned. West of the river the
storm was severe on new settlers and
much suffering was the result. In the
Black Hills there was a three feet
snowfall, but fortunately the wind
was less severe in that section.
With its usual enterprise, the First
National bank has received the first
consignment Of new nickels to be re-
ceived in Madison. The coin il strict
ly American, containing the head Of
an Indian on the front side and a
buffalo on the reverse side. With the
word Liberty and 1919 on the
front. Omitted States of America, L
Pluribus Unum, Five Cents" on the
reverse side. The new coin has attract
ed much attention today, many people
calling at the bank TO examine the
newcomer when it was learned that
Madison had been brought up to date
by the First National bank in the mat
ter of the new circulating medium.
The Western Underwater, a weekly
insurance reporting paper of estab-
Ilished national reputation, and well
known in insurance circles for its
painstaKing efforts to give facts to the
public concerning insurance matters,
comments at length in Its issue of
February 9th concerning the record of
the Northwestern National Life for
1912. This is a record to be proud of.
Their record year by year is open for
Investigation to all without fear of IN.
favorable comment. Notice the large
payments made to living policyholders.
This is true life insurance. Let Us
show what their policies will return
in the future-a future which is un.
excelled in prospect, according tC
"those who know" See our adv. to.
lday.-F. q. Ball and Son.
Looking to the approaching election
to determine the issuance of saloon Ii,
censes for Madison after a year OF
dry" the following circular has been
issued to business men by members OF
the prohibition party: How does the
volume of your business in the months
from July /, 1912, to date compare
with the average of recent wears
Have your collections in these months
compared with collections in preceding
IyearsI Has there been any change in
the number of bad debtsf If so in what
wayf Do you believe that absence Of
saloons Injuries business conditions
If so, in what way The information
above given will be considered conf,
Dental in the sense that no names OF
those furnishing it will be given"
The state basketball championship
will be decided at Huron today wher
the high school teams representing
Montrose, Aberdeen and Miller will
meet. Huron was eliminated at the
hands of the Salem quintet which de-
Ifeated Sioux Falls Friday morning and
Salem dropped out of the running when
Aberdeen defeated it 35 to "a. Mont
rose defeated Watertown 6 to % but
in the final game WATERFOWL pulled
out the victor. Miller sprung a sur
prise by defeating Arlington 3S to 32.
Madison and Lake Preston, both FL
Eliminated before. played an exhibition
game which was lost to Lake Preston
% to. is. 1t is generally conceded
Il at the pennant will be fought for by
Aberdeen and Miller.
Minneapolis Journal: The quail
otherwise known as the "'Bob White
will become the state bird of Minnesots
and a perpetual closed season estab
lished if a bill introduced by Senator