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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-27
LIFE TERMER
In State Penitentiary Was Par.
doned on Christmas
Day

Sioux Falls, Dec. 27~.-probably no
one in the world appreciates his Christ
mas gift as much as Fl. r. Landers, a
life termer at the state penitentiary
in this city, who was made a free
man by the pardon board and set at
liberty Christmas afternoon. The
pardon was granted by Governor
Byrne as a Christmas present to
LandeIs.
When the prisoner learned of his
exceptional gift he went to the Office
to the warden and with tears in his
eyes said, We'll it is a pretty nice
Christmas present isn't It'll"
l-anders was serving a life term,
sentenced by Judge Frank Smith in
the Dawson county circuit court in
1906 for aiding in the murder of an
unknown man ut Mitchell. Together
with Herman f. Vey, LandeIs held
up an unknown crippled man. Vey
ordered the unknown man to throw
up his hands and when he refused
Vey shot twice into the air and then
shot him through the neck killing him
instantly. Lander's part in the crime
was to hold another man and prevent
him from interfering. He was caught
near Mitchell and confessed.
Landers' home is at Bakersfield,
CAL, where his parents live and he
left over the Omaha for that place.
He was a deserter from the United
States army in 1905 and became a
tramp. He fell into bad company and
featured in a robbery at Mitchell of a
fruit warehouse during his stay of two
days there. He was 81 years old and
was a model prisoner. he was head
baker Of the state penitentiary bak-
ing department.
de was given $40 worth of clothes.
transportation 10 Mitchell and IS in
cash as provided by law. He had
saved about $40 and with this he an
nounced he would go directly to bis
bone where he will start over again
rs he announced
The news of his pardon was taken
tc him while he was at work and he
acted rs though he didn't understand
When the truth came to him he al
most wept for JOY.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-27
MILO WEATHER
Has Been of Great Benefit to
Stock Men West Of
River

Chamberlain. Dec. 81. The recent
mild open weather. the coolest morn
ing till Christmas eve being 4 degrees
above zero. ia making all stockmer
this way happy. No feeding has vel
been done except to those on full feed
being fattened for market. All othe,
classes of stock are on the range and
corr stalk fields. and We never saw
stock in finer condition. A large sur
plus of hay has been put up and
quite a number Of our farmers have
silos, which are filled, the feed from
which will be used during the early
spring months. By the way. the silc
has come to this part to stay. each
year showing a good increase in the
number of new ones being put MP.
Stock cattle nave all been marketed.
There lie quite a falling OF in the
number of cattle being ccrn fed 70.
the spring market, ovei former years
although our farmers and stockme1
were never better stocked up than Al
this time. The shipment Of hog
keeps up the supply of which is more
than the average Of former years. A
few localities have been affected By
cholera. Quite q little corn. which il
all Of good quality. is still being mar
keted at railroad stations at so cents
per bushel, which 10 all being shipped
to points west OF the river. There
are quite . few good we'll improved
farms and stock ranches not yet leased
for the coming pear.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-27
STATE NEWS

Pierre The state banking depart
bank of Chelsea, which has been com
;ai!c.: 50 arer ant IN account of the
two years of crop failure in that sec
ton, aud it's inability to realize upon
the loans which have been made.
The paper showing of the institution
is. approximately, liabilities Of $2S.
900 and assets of $50, 900.
Sp~ringield--In a special election
on Monday, SIC, 900 bonds were voted
for the purpose of Installing a munich
pal light and power plant. This
action of the voters. in y sense, re-
pudiates the recent vote Of the city
council to extend the electric light
franchise of j. L. Turner q Son for
30 years.
Parker -Those who have kept in
touch with the building situation de.
clare that mere building bad been
done in Parker aud vicinity this year
than during IN former year in the
history of the city. More business
houses and more residences are de-
man led, and it is expected the COM
ing year will Le unusually active in
the bnilding line.
Ipswich-Miss Mabel Perry and
John Matney, both teachers in tbs
Ipswich high school, were married ut
the home of TIE brides grandmother at
Worthwhile before a small company of
friends and relatives, the ceremony
being performed by Rec. G. W. Tay-
lor of Aberdeen. The young couple
will continue their school work here
until spring when they will go east to
take up postgraduate work.
Tyndall-Circuit court for Bon
Homme county has adj burned until
Jan. IA, when the case of +. b. Morse,
charged with shooting a Tyndall bust
ness nan with intent to kill, will be
called for trial. Seventy-f jurors
will be drawn for this case in the
hope that twelve men can be secured
from among them to try the case.
An attempt was made by the defend
ant to secure a change Of venue to
some other county. but this was de-
MED by Judge Trip. who ruled that
there wal not sufficient prejudice
against the defendant in this county
to prevent his having a fair trial.
Hazel Charged with having made
threats to kill the members of his
family and burn bis home, John
Schaefer, a farmer living near here.
was arrested and taken before q local
Justice for . preliminary hearing.
THE resulted in the defendant being
held under bonds of 81. 900 for trial
III thu state circuit court Of Hamliu
cJunty. Il Il alleged that for some
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-27
SHORT CHANGE
Swindler Takes Fright at Fulton
and Leaves Town

Fulton, Dec. 27.-A short change
s%windler, who utilized q powerful
racing automobile in his operations,
victimizing a number of the business
men and other residents of this place
and Emery and other towns in this
part of the state. When he first ap-
peared in Fulton he went to the post
Office and purchased u 25.cent book OF
stamps, rendering in payment a folded
$40 bill. Postmaster Webb stated he
could not change the bill. The
stranger returned the stamps and took
back his bill.
Some Of the citizens gathered about
his automobile and the rumor was cir.
culated that he was the short change
man who had victimized residents of
surrounding towns. One man took the
number of the automobile. Noticing
the special display of interest, the
stranger opened up his engine and
went at high speed out Of town.
Sheriff Gordon was notified and start
ed in pursuit. By aid of rural tele.
phone lines the officer was able tC
trace the big racing Car and chased
it as far as Epiphany, where all trace
of the auto was lost. the only infor-
nation secured being to the effec,
that when last seen it was heading
northward at high speed.
Sheriff Gordo1 is said to have ascer.
tanned from the number of the car that
its owner is a resident of Sioux City
but the identity of the owner has NJ,
been made public. 1t ia believed the
car had been stolen from the Sioux
City owner, and that the short change
artist is a man other than the owner.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-27
AUTO TRAVEL
Mobridge Party Makes a Sue.
cessful Trip to Florida

Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Writ
ing from .Daytons, Fla, F. M. Good
man, special correspondent of the
Argus Leader at Mobiidge. s. d., tells
OF an interesting Automobile trip which
a party Of South Dskotans have just
completed from Mobridge to Daytona,
Fla. in which they covered more than
3. 900 miles on an average of about 1856
miles a day. He writes ss follows:
A parry of FIVE left Mobridge the lat
ter part of November for Daytona,
Fla, and were Joined at French Lick,
Ind, by two more in the large touring
car of A. ii. Brown of Mobridge. The
party consisted of A. III. Brown, Mr..
and Mrs. F. M. Goodman, Miss Meta
Hellrigel and II. E. Schin. all of Mo
bridge. and Arthur A Brown and Mrs.
A. G. Dishei of French Lick.
A. II. Brown and F. nj. Goodman
went by train. the rest of the party by
auto. The registered distance from
Mobridge to 81. Augustine. was 2.6sl
miles, not including side trips amount
ing to 529 miles. The trip was made
over the Yellowstone trail to Mime.
apolis, then through Galesburg and
Bloomington. H., and G~reencastle,
Ind, to French Lick, where the car
was u over to the factory at Rich
mond, Ind, to be o~verhauled.
On December IL the auto party left
French Lick for Daytona. The first
stop was made at Bardstown. Ky. A
half day wal spent seeing Mammoth
Cave. Then on to Nashville. Tenn:
from Nashville to Chattanooga, Chat
tanooga to Atlanta: Atlanta to Macon,
Ga: from Macon to Valdosta, Ga. /;
near the Florida border; then to Lake
City. Fla: to Jacksonville; then on
to st. Augustine, and Daytona. in
eight days travel from French Lick,
Ind. We crossed the Cumberland
mountains after night. the roads were
good and a moonlight night. In fact
the roads were excellent during the
first four DAYS of the journey As the
proposed National highway wss fol
lowed.
When We struck the sand in Florida
we had several punctures and blow
outs.
We crossed the Tennessee river by
ferry at l p. IN. In the mountains OF
Tennessee, we passed through several
toll gates. The average speed until
leachir Chattanooga vas 1875 miles per
day. Part Of the pike roads we run at
a speed of fifty three miles an hour.
On n sandy road going into Val.
dosts, Ga. it took six hours to run
eighteen miles.
The roads in general around the re-
sorts in Florida cannot be beat. They
are made ont of pulverized oy ster
shells. The greatest auto road for
twenty miles is along Dsytona beach
whore all the worlds record have been
made. There will be big auto races
here in February.
A great many tourists are expected
here this seascn.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-27

Wanted. 1000 guineas e Kelley
q Son.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-27

Guarding Against Group. The best
safeguard against Group is a bottle OF
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in
the house. P. q. CHM, Middleton.
Ga, writes: my children are very
susceptible to Group, ea,ily catch
cold. | give them Foley's Honey and
Tar COMPOUND and in every instance
they get prompt relief and are soor
cured. We keep it at home and pre-
vent Group" For sale by all drug
gists. ADV.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-27
Stomach Troubles Disappear

Stomach. liver and kidney troubles,
wear nerves, lame back and female
ills disappear when Electric Bitters are
used. Thousands of I'M would not
be without u bottle in their home.
Eliza Pool of Depew, OKLA. writes:
Electric Ritters raised me from a
bed Of sickness and suffering and has
done NE q world of good. l wish
every suffering womsn could use this
excellent remedy and find out, as
did, just how good it is" As it has
helped thousands of others. it surely
will do the same for you. Every
bottle guaranteed, soc and 81. AT
all druggists. H. E. Bucklen & Co.
Philadelphia or st. Louis. ADV.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-27
The Man Who Neglects Himself.

When HE condition points to kidney
trouble takes an unwise risk. Back
ache. pain and oreness over the kid.
neys, nervous or dizzy spells, poor
sleep, are all symptoms that will dis
appear with the regular use of Fo
ley's Kidney Pills. They put the
kidneys and bladder in a clean,
strong and healthy condition. Fol
sale by all druggists. ADV.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-27
Coughs That Prevent Sleep.

These coughs are wearing and if they
"nang on" III run one down physi-
cally and lower the vital resistance to
disease. Mr.. Bob Ferguson. $40 Pine
ST., Green Bay. Wis, writes: II was
greatly troubled with a bad cough
that kept me awake nights. Two
small bottles Of Foley's Honey and Tar
Comp ound completely cured me. Fol-
sale by all druggists. ADV.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-27
For County Treasurer

l hereby myself as candi.
date for the Office of county treasurer
subject to the approval of the January
republican proposal committee. Ed
win Hyland.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-12-27
ASSESSORS BLANKS
State Tax Commission Complies
New Blanks for Listing
Taxable Property

nisSion, uHucl the provisions or the
act granting them powers. has framed
a new listing blank for the assessors
of the state, in which they eliminate
some of the provisions of the old list,
and add a new class to each the
horse and cattle schedules, and re.
arrange other property into different
classes tnan under the old statutory
listing. This new list was framed
after securing the views Of all of the
county auditors of the state who
cared to express themselves, and by
selections from the lists of other
states. 1t is the list which each tax
payer of the state will be especially
interested in for the next year, and
Is:
/. Horses and mules, / year old.
2. Horses and mules, 2 years old.
3. Horses and mules, 3 years old
and over.
A. Stations and jacks kept for ser
vice.
5. Cattle, yearlings.
8. Cattle. 2 year olds.
Z. Cows
8. All other cattle, 3 years old and
over.
8. Sheep, all ages.
10. Hogs, all ages.
IL. Wagons, carriages and sleighs.
IL. Steam or gas traction engines.
ID. 1%hreshing machine separators.
ID. Automobiles.
10. Motorcycles.
16. Pianos, pianolas and player
pianos of all kinds.
u. Grain of all kinds, either stored
or on hand.
IS. Agricultural implements. tools,
machinery and harness.
10. Household furniture and FRO
visions Excluding musical instruments)
90. Furniture and fixtures of hotels,
lodging and eating houses.
81. Office furniture and fixtures,
including libraries and instruments.
%. Gold and silver plate, china.
cut glass and all musical instruments
not listed under item 1e.
%. Watches, ~jswelry, diamonds
and other precious stones.
1 II oUous duu m6rCnauulBS luCluu-
ing fixtures.
%. Materials and manufactured
articles.
26. Tools and machinery Of mann
facturers, not part of real estate.
81. Stocks. furniture and fixtures
of saloons. billiard and pool balls
and bowling alleys.
%. Personal property of street rail
way, light, power, water and gas
con panies and franchises.
29. Moneys.
30. Credits.
81. Bank stock.
80. Shares of capital stock of com
panies and associations not incorporat-
ed under the laws OF South Dakota.
33. Capital stock of insurance com.
panies organized under the laws of
South Dakota.
81. Elevators, warehouses, mills,
and coal sheds and all property therein
and other improvements on lands. the
title to which is vested in any railroad
company.
35. All improvements except plow-
ing on lands held under the laws of the
United States, end upon which final
proof has not been made and accept
cd.
SO. Power boats and water craft of
all kinds.
81. All other items of personal
property. not listed in the preceding
thirty. six items. including poultry.
While the act providing for annual
meetings of the county auditors was
repealed, a meeting of these officers
will be called for some date in March
and attendance secured of as many as
possible.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-12
BAD COLD /? YOUR
HEAD STUFFED 2
One Dose Pape's Cold Compound
Gives Relief From Colds
and Grippe - No
Quinine Used

You will distinctly feel your cold
breaking and all me Grippe symptoms
leaving after taking the ve-y first
dose.
II is a positive fact that Pape's
CO Id Compound. taken every two
hvUIs. until three cons- cutiye doses
Gre taken, will end tie Grippe and
Lr'ak up the mos sevc colo, either
in the head. ches.. barn. stomach or
limbs
II promptly relieves the m st mis-.
etable headache. du!lncss. heeG and
nose stuffed up .everlshness sneez.
me, sore throat, unnict OF the nose,
mucous catarrha, discharges core
aess, stiffness and rhe, matte twirges.
Get 25-cent pacKaSc OF Pape's
Cod Compound" fron, your druggist
and take II with the knowledg that Il
vii positively ami proWatly cure your
cold and end all the ,Tippe Misery;
without any assistance or ba after
Effects and that IL contains no qui-
rlpe-don't accept screening alec said
10 be just as COOL Tostes nice--acts
Gently.-Adv.
The Detroit times., 1913-02-12

lzntlon. warmth. friends, glory, chill
dren and wife! And then-across TINS
DriAht horizon OF hope and longing
just across the lowest corner, the shad-
ow % defeat. indeed, perhaps DEATH /,
appeared IL was horrible. and, or
course. brave spirit like that OF
SCOTS would not for second tolerate
the presence OF such "a vision. lie was
used 10 hard things and he brushed
this aside as he had brushed other
encroaching perils aside many times
before. But the black shadow kept
sweeping up over that bright horizon
ahCs a.
First OF all. as | picture IL, scurvy-
that most horrible OF all diseases be-
San 10 attack the returning victors.
Ihey had been cutting down on food
adequate supplies In the first place.
owing TO the fact that they themselves
were dragging the loaded sledges This
lack OF sufficient nourishment. coupled
with the expected hardships OF trekk-
ms through an e-bound land. re-
duced their resistance and quite natur-
ally the scurvy followed suggest
thus because Captain Evans. OF the
Terra Nova party was attacked by
the scurvy few days after his return.
This showed that the germs were pres
ent. Starved constitutions were all
that were necessary TO give these
Roadway
The scurvy. the MOTTO be conceived
% cold. and low provisions began their
deadly work The scurvy slackened
the circulation. The blood. heavy with
potGon. did not do it's work and the
cold penetrated right through. one OF
the men finally fell, exhausted There
were no dogs TO pull him on the now
nearly emptied sledges. The other
four men. themselves all suffering ter
r!blY from disease, from cold and from
hunger. attempted to save their com
.panion bN drawing him across the
snow. The burden was almost too
much but they were brave men. and
they staggered on They must 0ch
their provision depot. There they
would find food. rfiment--fuOuCh and
10 spare and they would pitch their
tents end regain their strength And
thcr--HOME'
on and on sick freezing and starv.
ing they staggered over the binding
Looking ALWAYS looking for that pro-
vgicn dcpot-that llfes7ver But II
never came At last the truth must
have flashed across fhenl.-
THEY HAD MISSED IT.
Rut still thew went on All now,
perhaps were being consumed hv the
scurvy. and were absolutely without
food Parts ~ their bodies were al
most continuously frozen The suffer-
tragedy that has ever taken place IN
r, gion who're tragedies are almost
commonplace
And then one day whom II seemed
help must come great hliZZa rd
came The most terrible blizzard that
Scott 10 whom hlzyards aS q general
thing were little more than verpal
Tephvrs. had ever encountered II was
too much for these tempesttossed,
The Detroit times., 1913-02-12
CHAPTER XIV.
Continued

Here. damn you let go!' painted
Montgomery.
He felt Langham's hot breath on his
cheek. he read murder by the wolflsh
light In his eyes. He wrenched him
self free OF the others desperate
clutch, but as he did SO his foot
caught against one OF the rails and
he slipped and fell to his knees, In
the intervals OF his own laborec
breathing, he heard the flow OF the
river. a dull ceaseless roar. and saw
the flashing silver OF the moons rays
as they touched the waters turgid sur
face. Langham no longer sought "a
force him from the bridge, but bent
every effort to thrust him down be
tween the ties to a swift and certain
death.
You want to kill me. too" painted
Montgomery, as by a mighty EFFORT
that brought the veins on neck and
forehead 10 the point OF bursting, he
regained his footing on the ties.
But his antagonist was grimly silent,
and Joe, reused TO action by fear, and
by a sullen rage at what he deemed
the lawyers perfidy. turned and Crap
pied with him. Once he mashed his
great fist full into Langham's face.
and though the blow sent the lawyer
staggering across the bridge, he re-
covered himself quickly ind rushed
back to renew the fight Montgomery
greeted him with an oath, and they
grappled again.
Langham had known in his calmer
moments when e planned Joe's death,
that his only hope OF success lay in
the suddenness OF his attack Now as
they swayed on the very edge OF the
bridge the handy-man put forpth all his
strength and lifted the lawyer clear
OF the ties. Their with mighty heave
OF his great shoulders he tossed him
out into space.
There was scarcely audible splash
and Joe, looking fearfully down, saw
the muddy drops turn limpid into soft
white light = moment later some
dark object came to the surface and
white face seemed TO look up into his,
but only for a second, and then the
restless food bore II swiftly away
The Detroit times., 1913-02-12

Art and ingenuity are the hand
maids OF st. Valentine. The proof OF
| this statement is dotted over win.
dows aud heaped on great counters
all over the town.
The supply OF 1913 is even larger
and more varied than that OF previous
years. Anything and everything in
valentines at any price you want 70
pay
But you don't really need 10 buy
valentines. on can make them your
| self at home, and not only save mon
| ey, but give your missive a personal
touch that the store valentines lack
Here are some suggestions
A valentine calendar Is an artis
tic 1913 Offering Outside Il looks
| Just like a hand-painted date calen-
dar. But below, where the calendar
proper is supposed TO be fastened. is
the little love calendar instead. The
figures 1918 are on the cover
Inside. on the first page where fig
ures ordinarily are. Is written the
phrase, &c q. G.. when |" On the
second leaf are the words think OF, ="
and so on until whole love sentence
is spelled outp This message may be
anything one likes TO suit the occa.
sion and the Individual 10 whom II is
sent
Make the calendar from heavy wa.
ter color paper in oblong or other
shape desired. Put a bow OF ribbon
at the top in center as for calen-
dar. Decorate with a pen and ink
sketch or water-color painting Cut
your small calendar pad from ordl-
nary writing paper and scrawl the
love message in big letters and in
crooked lines.
A valentine sachet Is a dainty re-
membrance for one girl to send 10 ar.
other. or for a girl to send 10 her
mother. IL can be made readily and
inevnensively. Cut a sheet OF light
weight water color paper into 4x5
inch sections or any other size you
wish. Make an envelope out OF each
by folding and pasting. Drop some
sachet powder onto cotton batting
put Il into the envelope and seal
Decorate the envelope with water
colors--a single violet, a cupid carry
inc an envelope or a string Of hearts
would be pretty. Several OF these
might be made
A valentine book mark v useful as