The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-10-23

Miller--The highest prices known
here for common ows were paid by
farmers at two Gales recently. One
COW with calf two weeks old fetched
sos and two other cows without calves
were bid off at 500 aud 500.
Pierre-Local newspapers of the
state are cautioning hog owners to look
out for 'sserum grsfters' who are
visiting the farms where hog cholera
prevails, and offering serum for sale
which is absolutely worthless and will
be of no benefit TO the animals even If
it Is used.
Pierre State Veterinarian Barber
reports that he discovered several cases
of CHAMBERS while on a trip in the
southern part of the state investigating
such complaints, and that nine head
of horses were destroyed on account
of this disease. Five of these be-
longed to one man in Gregory county
and the others were ia Charles Mix
county.
Washington Sioux Indians from the
Crow Greek reservation are making
their annual pills rimage to the farming
community nea here. where they are
engaged In gathering such grain as
was spilled on the ground during
threshing operations on the various
farms. The Indians each year derive
a great deal of pin money from thus
gathering wasted grain,
Scotland-As the result of an auto
mobile accident near Scotland, j. Fl.
Jensen. a we'll driller OF W~oonsocket,
was badly hurt, amcng his injuries
being a broken leg and a d~islocated
collarbone. He was taken to his home
at Woonsocket on a stretcher. The
automobile driven by Jensen collided
with u calf and rolled over an en-
bankment and lighted itself after
turning over three times. Jensen was
found lying helpless beside the machine.
Webster-Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig
Block, farmers residing near here,
have just celebrated their Goth wed
ding anniversary. MI. Block is %
years of age. his wife being fifteen
years mis- junior.
Harrisbnrg-Henry Ellens and
Arnold Paulson were passing along a
highway in this vicinity known rs the
fatal four miles when the explosion
of one of the tires of their automo.
bile caused the car to overturn. pin.
ming Ellens beneath it. Paulson, Who
was thrown clear of the car, eased the
weight of the machine until help ar
rived to release the captive. One or
twa men already have been killed in
accidents on the same stretch of high
way.
dettys burg : "A Gettysburg man sug-
gests that he finds it profitable to throw
a furrow around a fat piece of ground
every fall, and pump it full Of water.
in which he makes a good and safe
skating place for his children. and
covers the surface with several inches
Of ice. which thoroughly soaks his
garden plot for the next year, and helps
keep things growing regardless Of the
normal amount of rainfall which
comes along, and finds that the method
brings both pleasure and profit to the
FAMILY.
Lennox-Mrs. H. Hyronimus, the
aged woman whose dead body was
found in . corn field near her home,
nine miles southwest of here Monday
morning, had started to walk away
from the house and was overcome by
cold, in the opinion of neighbors and
friends. She had not been Seen since
she left the house Saturday evening
and an examination of the field where
she was found reveals marks indicat-
ing that the unfortunate woman had