The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-10

udy 10 ASSIST IN IOfJy nOurS DEVOTION
services. He will rsturn Wednesday
morning.
Mrs. VIM. Wright of Wentworth was
a guest at the home of her relatives,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Petheram, over
Sunday, returning home this morning.
The sophsmores entertained the
teachers Of the high school Saturday
evening at Central building. A three
course luncheon was served in which
the freshmen assisted at table.
Eugene Vidal, student of the state
university, spent Sunday with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Vidal,
returning to Vermillion by the morn
ing train.
The state tournament of high school
basketball teams will be held at Huron
Friday and Saturday of this week.
Eighteen teams have been entered for
the tournament.
Ernest Jones OF the state public ex-
aminer's Office at Mitchell, was a
guest of his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Jones, over Sunday, departing
for Sioux Falls by the morning train.
Two extra coaches attached to the
northbound passenger this evening were
|looaded with workingmen enIoute to
Aberdeen. They will be employed in
the work of double tracking the H.
& ID. division
Temperature marked thirty four de-
grees above zero at z O'Clock this morn.
ing, the wsrmest of the season at that
hour, rising to above fifty during the
afternoon, partly cloudy with wind
shifting from the northwest to the
southwest.
A fine congregation assembled at
Grace Episcopal church yesterday
morning, the occasion being the FIRST
visitation of Bishop Biller of Sioux
Falls. A class of FIVE was confirmed
The Bishops sermon was pleasing, and
at the close of the service be was intro
duced to members of the congregation
oy Rev. (. Wilson. The morning ser
vice throughout was pleasing, the choir
selections being especially fine. In
the afternoon Bishop Biller and Rev.
E. Wilson went TO Howard by auto
mobile where evening service was held,
the clergymen returning by the morn
ing train, Bishop Biller proceeding to
Sioux Falls. At Howard a class of
eighteen was confirmed.
Pierre dispatch: According to the
language of the official report filed
Thursday night by the Legislative in
vestigating committee, none of the
present or former employees of 4. f.
Blinker's Office are shown TO have been
implicated IN any of the Irregular
ties revealed in that office. This
would include Frank G~lsssner, now
secretary of state, and N. II. Hanson,
~reappointed as deputy commissioner.
This part of the report reads: "your
committee has been unable, by reason
of lack of time, to make a thorough
and complete investigation of this de
partment, but in justice to others
now or in the past connected with
the department, we report that so far
as our investigation has proceeded
they are in no Implicated in
any of the irregular titles revealed by
our research"
The fall and winter drowth which
has prevailed in this section the past
five or six months during which time
there has been almost a complete ab.
sence of snow or rain. was broken last
night by gentle rainfall coming from
the southeast, setting in about 10: 80
and continuing three or four hours.
Finally wind changed to the northwest,
rain turning to snow and the ground
was covered this morning with soft
snow which soon disappeared after day
light. Discussing weather and crop
conditions today, Gen. Beadle, a resi-
dent of this portion of South Dakota
for more than forty years, remarked
that this is ideal weather for seeding
wheat. 1t has been his observation
tnat early sown wheat with proper
weather conditions is invariably a sue
cess in fruition, ripening in time to
escape rust and other draw backs Incl
dent to hot weather. Wheat is q
hardy plant and especially adapted to
early spring seeding, has been his OBJ
seratjon.
Our Sprinp Millinary Openinps will