The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-07-01

hooiucu OH Il government lana Claim
Lear Baker tie past three years.
A Washington dispatch states that
President Wilson conferred with Sena.
tors Crawford and Sterling about
South Dakota appointments. He took
up with them the names of Robert
Stewart for district attorney and form
Ell Congressman Kelly for registrar at
Pierre. The president has in mind the
appointment of both nen.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. A. Dobson who
have been in the city a day or two
were passengers departing by the south
train this morning. Mr.. Dobson visit
ed Howard last night to bid on sewer
contract but all bids were rejected by
the city officials. The firm of Meeker
& Dobson. who put in the Madison
sewer, are constructing ewers this
summer at Sibley and Manning, Iowa.
New York statisticians have Just
completed counting the nickles that
have been spent the last year to see
the movie" shows. The grand total,
said to be the 6rst official count ever
prepared in this country is 6, $50, 600, :
600 nickles OF 1913. 600, 600. paid by 3d.
600, 600, 600, spectators. II Is also
shown that over $50, 900, 900 is invested
in the moving picture industry. that
more than 200. 900 persons are employed
and that 100, 900, feet of picture films
is produced weekly.
The weekly bulletin of the Washing
tho weather bureau states that an end
is in sight to the hot wave that has
held sway ove the central states for
the past several days. The bureau
predicts that the hot wave will be
broken today and a cool wave will
move slowly eastward. Over the
Rocky mountain region and on the
Pacific slope the temperature will
average below the normal. The rain
fall during the week will be generally
light and local.
Gen. Beadle and Charlie Milliner of
the Lake Park spent yesterday AFTER
noon driving leisurelv in the country
viewing the crops. Gen. Beadle states
that on the whole the crops are fine.
An occasional field of barley was oil :
served that was not quite up 10
standard, and also an occasional field
of corn was seen that showed lack of
cultivation and was behind in growth
compared with neighboring fields.
Oats is generally in prime condition,
and Lake county gives promise of an
abundant harvest of all kinds of
crops.
At the weekly meeting of the city
commission last evening. Grant Wines
burg was appointed to succeed E. b.
Davis as chief of police and Ed. Syl-
vester was appointed patrolman to sue
coed Mr.. Winesburg. The change was
made today. Mr.. Davis will engage
in the -four and feed business, buying
ont the A. q. Gray establishment in
East Fourth street, taking possession
today. MIR. Davis has occupied the
position of chief of police successive
ly for the past seven years aud re-
tires with a fine record or %eficier cy.
Mr.. Winesburg has been on the police
force a number OF years and Mr.. Syl-
vester has also served as patrolman SO
that the department Is in the hands
of experienced men.
DIR. w. E. Daniels, Rev. M. Ander-
son, l.. I. Love, Henry RohIer and
A. j. Garner were morning passengers
for Sioux Falls. The purpose of their
visit is 10 defend a suit against the
Madison Enforcement League by the
Midwest Detective agency of Sioux
Falls for 1915 for alleged services.
The gentlemen named are the directors
of the league, and the compsny's de
tectives have teen employed 10 Madi
son at times during the past year to
| gather evidence of any violation of the
liquor laws. The suit will come up
for hearing today before Judge Orr of
the municipal court of Sioux Falls.
City Attorney Fl. HI. Holdridge accom-
pauied the party and will appear in
court for the defense.
Pierre dispatch: That the state funds
are scattered in banks all over the
state is shown by the records 10 the
state treasures department. which
gives 1876 banks in the list holding state
funds. These are located In all the
counties of the state east OF the Mis-
souri, river except six and in fourteen
counties west of the Missouri. The
greatest number of depositaries in any
one county is shown 10 be twelve in
Minnehaha. Lake and Hughes
each have seven in the list: Beadle,
~Codington, Deuel., Hutchinson, Kings
bury, Lincoln. McCook. Potter, Spiuk,
Stanley and Walworth each have five
depositaries. At the beginning of
June these banks were carrying ST..
453. 567 40 of state money but in the
past week alone the treasurer has dis
bnrsed $500. 900 of this fund ON account
Of the distribution of the income fund
to the common schools and different
educational institutions in the state.