The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-06

evening between the State Normals
and the State University teams was n
of the very best of the season and
was witnessed by a large crowd. The
score resulting 80 to 20sin favor of the
visitors. but honors were about even
The visitors won the game in the first
half, the Normals outclassing them
in the second half but not enough to
gain a victory.
Aberdeen dispatch: The ministers
of the city have adopted resolutions,
asking the city commissioners to install
a receiving vault in the cemetery here
in order that bodies of persons dying
in the winter may be kept until spring
for interment. The resol ution points
out that frequently persons attending
funerals in winter have their health
endangered by standing about the
grave during the process of inter
ment.
Howard dispatch: At least a ma.
jority of the voters of Ho ward are
highly elated over the result of the
special election. "Shall the city of
Howard have a sewer system2" was
tue question voted on. The PROPOSE
tion carried by a vote of SO to SO. The
cost is estimated at So, 500. A large
septic tank will be located some dis
tance south Of town on the Vermillion
river. An excellent system of water
works and electric lighting are among
the public improvements at the pres
ent time.
Farmers in the city report that they
are making preparations for the spring
seeding which is at hand. 1t seems to
be u general purpose to plant a large
acreage of corn. The acreage uf pota-
toes is likely to be smaller this year on
account of the immense crop raised in
Lake county last year and the conse-
quent low prices. For several years
potatoes have been a bonanza crop,
but a slump in prices occurred last
fall and has continued during the
winter. The onion crop last year was
also immense. pounding the price down
to the lowest price that has prevailed
for years.
A number of business men congratu
lated The Daily Leader today on its
news of a congressional appropriation
for a public building in Madison, pub
lished last evening. There is a gen
eral appreciation of the handsome ad.
dition il will make to the city.
Madison is already we'll supplied with
public buildings, including the mag
nficent State Normal school buildings
provided by the state, four in mum
Der, Carnegie library, ten church
edifces, four city school buildings, court
house, city hall, aud a large number
of handsome business blocks. And in
addition to this the fine residences of
the city makes of Madison one of the
substantial towns of the state.
The International operate Company
is billed to appear at Normal AuditoIi-
um on Friday evening of this week
under the auspices of the Entertain
ment Committee. OF the company the
Mandan. N. D., Pioneer says: "The
international operate Company gave
a very delightful entertainment at the
opera house on Wednesday evening,
this being one of the lecture course
numbers. 1t was by far the best mum
Der on the course thus far. A very at
trsctive program was presented, the
soloists being exceptionally good. A
most enjoyable feature of the entertain
ment was the presentation of the sec
ond act of Flotow's opera Martha. -
The only regret expressed was that the
company could not have presented the
entire orera with chorus support, for
the leading parts were certainly all
that could be desired"