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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-01
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Mrs. f. A. Fuller, mother of Omar
Fuller, went to Villas this evening to
visit friends.
Jacob Sheridan departed for Da-
kota City, Neb., today to visit friends
for a month on his way home.
Mrs. NJ. T. DeWoody, daughter of
ID. d. Holdridge. Esq. and children
arrived from Aberdeen today on a
visit.
A girl arrived at Spencer Westa-
by's this morning which is an oc-
casion for rejoicing in the family.
The other six children are boys.
Miss Minnie Walter, niece of Peter
Marquart, took the afternoon passen-
ger for Trip, to viist a short time
and then return here before going
home to Fairmont, MINI.
Chas. Robeck finished harvesting
his grain yesterday and i'm cleaning
out his headers and boxes found
twenty-one bushels of very fine wheat
threshed and clean.
The cooperative colony with head
quarters in the Grand View at Lake
Madison consists of N. NJ. Stott and
wife, c.. III. Wood and wife. Geo. ID,
Winter and wife and Mrs. A. Frizzell.
A four-year-old child of Nels Rand,
four miles north of town, fell down
stairs last evening and broke its
shoulder blade. DR.. Daniels relieved
the little one very materially by put
ting the fracture in a fair way to
mend.
The Norwegian people held a very
largely attended and successful So
cable in the Brorby building last
evening. The Nordraak singing was
especially enjoyable and the returns
from the viands served made the af-
fair financially profitable to the la.
dies society.
Supt. Wright was very agreeably
surprised this afternoon when the in
structors and teachers attending the
institute ceased from their labors and
called him to account for past serv'
ices. Miss Stella Regain in a neal
little speech, recounted the superin
tendent's many kindness and virtues
as a superintendent. and as a mark Of
their appreciation, in behalf of those
present at the institute, presented
him with an elegent, easy. ~upholster
ed chair and bible stand. Mr.. Wright
was considerably disconnected a
first, but finally rallied himself anc
made appropriate acknowledgements
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-01
Crime WAVE
KANSAS CITY EXPERIENCING
MURDERS, HOLD-UPS AND
BURGLARIES.

Kansas City, Aug. l. When
BLACK Louie" Sardo shot and killed
Larkin Oliphant and VIM. O'Moore
in the saloon of "Dago Frank" one
recent day, all Kansas City was
shocked. And when Jerome e. Dyer
in his auto on the Cliff drive was shot
to death by a bandit, talk OF organic
ing a citizens committee of public
safety began. Twelve men have been
shot, six of them killed. since July 1,
.forty-eight men have been held up on
the streets and robbed, seventy-four
burglaries have been committed.
There is no police record in this
city that shows anything in the least
degree comparable to the appalling
succession of crimes that have been
committed in July. j. M. Ryan was
shot dead at Fourth and Delaware
streets, in the city's center, only a
few blocks from police headquarters.
Carl MCGUIRE, a fireman, was shot
and killed by T. J. Mclaughlin.
Michael Shaw and Miss Mamie Mar
tinoni were shot by Harry Miley,
Bryant Tate was shot by an unknown
man and Pablo Munos, a Mexican,
was shot to death in the same local
ity, Fourth and Delaware streets,
where Ryan was killed.
C. III. Williams, a street car con
ductor on the Prospect street line,
hesitating to give over his money to
a negro bandit, was shot and serious
ly wounded. c.. p. Strom, another
street car conductor, running on the
Twelfth street line, was stabbed by a
negro passenger and died from the
wound. L. A. McDermott and his
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-01
LIVELY HARN -
Timber Lake Business Men Help Out
the Farmers.

Timber Lake, Aug. THE farm
ers' institute billed for this place was
off by the business men at the
last moment, for the reason that the
farmers of the Timber Lake basin
were too busy caring for a bumper
crop of grain, which is considered of
first importance.
A hurry up meeting of the COM
mercial club was called and in re-
Spouse to the appeals of the farmers
for help Ii was unanimously decided
that the best interests of the COM
munity could be better served by
closing up shop for the day and go
ing to the rescue of those in need of
help.
Men with automobiles, motorcycles
and teams spread out in different di-
rections where help was needed.
Many of the farmers are running
their harvesters night and day, and
the demand for shoekers is far in
excess of the supply.
The hum of the thrasher is heard
and the yield is, in most instances,
beyond the estimates of the farmers,
The weather is ideal for the growing
corn and other fodder stuff, and silos
and barns will be well filled this fall.
August 81 and % Timber Lake
will hold an annual birthday party
and harvest festival in honor of the
fourth anniversary and the bountifuI
crop which is now assured. Com
mittees are working day and might
making preparations ample to enter
tain hundreds of visitors from neigh
boring states who will be able t.
travel to Timber Lake way at the
low rate of / cent a mile.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-01
STATE NEWS

Tyndall-That fruit can be sue
cessfully raised in South Dakota Is
shown by the results obtained by w.
G.. G~retschmann who has just finish
ed the shipment of his 1914 crop OF
cherries. During the a he has
sold more than $500 worth of this
fruit alone raised on a small plot OF
ground in his orchards.
Morristown-A ruling recently re-
ceived here from the general land of
flee will be OF great interest to young
people either now homesteading
claims or contemplating filing. with
a view to matrimonial combination.
The ruling holds that where two
homesteaders are married before
making proof on the land, they may
prove up on both claims and are only
required to complete their residence
on one of them. This will save los
ing n of the homesteads, as The
case has been in the past.
Mitchell - Polo championship
matches are not confined to the effete
east. Dawson county farmers are
preparing to stage a polo game at
their picnic, to be held nea Ethan
on August 7. Two teams have been
organized and fitted out with pony
mounts for the coming game. The
players are all farmers living in the
county. The plans for the picnic will
make 1t one Of the largest ever held
In this part OF the state.
Wall-Although this section has
experienced a three weeks dry spell,
it did not seem to do any damage to
some OF the intensive" farmers In
this immediate vicinity. w. s. Bah
cock, the Wall hotel man, threshed
his crop of winter wheat and rye last
week. The wheat went fourteen and
q half bushels per acre and the rye
about thirteen bushels.
Aberdeen-Ge0rge Logothetes, a
Greek laborer employed at the Mil
waukee roundhouse. died as the re-
suit Of injuries received while al
work In which Logothetes, who was
about 40 years of age. leaves a wife
and family In Greece.
Centerville-A record price for
South Dakota land was established
BY the sale OF $177 per acre OF the
Anderson farm. lei here. The sale
was at auction, and the bidding
which began at 500. was spirited
attracting q large crowd of those
curious to see who would get the
place and how high the figure would
20. Oscar SundstrOm bid in the land
but 1t IL understood that he vas bid
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-01

Many New Wells Cause Reduction i'm
Price of Gasoline.

Sioux City, Aug. Sinking of
hundreds of new oil wells and ire
mendous increase in the output of
the midcontinent field has forced an
other drop in the price of gasoline.
According to representatives of oil
companies doing business in Sioux
City, the cut has amounted to be-
tween 2 cents and 3 cents in the last
week.
Wholesale price of motor gasoline
now is 11.6 cents a gallon for super
Tor test product. Many AUTOMOBILE
lists, il is stated, buy in wholesale
quantities. A reduction in retail
prices is expected to come as a result
of the wholesale drop.
Gasoline prices have declined since
the price war started last fall. The
price then was Is cents in Sioux City
Development in the western field and
the phenomenal increase in the out
put of Kansas and Oklahoma came
and prices began to go down.
The fall was dizzy. Last May il
hit Is cents. June Is the price sank
to 1873 and now gasoline of inferior
test is quoted at 11.6 cents. Dealers
will not predict a future price.
Kansas and Oklahoma produce Sc
per cent of the high grade oil used
by the nation; 80 per cent of al
grades used and 20 per cent of the
worlds output. Figures show thai
more than 800 wells a month arr
being drilled in the midcontinen'
field and that pipe lines are made
quate to take care of the output.
Dealers who bought several car
loads of gasoline before the latest
decline will suffer considerable loss
IL Is stated.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-01

niece, Miss Mildred McDermott, were
held UP and robbed on the same night
that Jerome Dyer was killed.
An accompaniment of minor Of
lenses that mounts to big figures,
following the wake of the crime wave
has spread terror through many resi-
Dental districts. Five women la
their purses snatched from their
hands. Two such incidents occurred
down town in broad daylight. There
were sixteen victims of pickpockets.
Everybody in Kansas City is ask
ing everybody else what has caused
the crime increase. w. w. Knight
of the board of police commissioners
saws there are not enough policemen.
others deplore the presence in Kan
sas City at this time of thousands OF
"hoaters," men who wander aimless-
ly through the streets. But the Kan
sas call for ~harvesters is out, Kan
sas City is the great southwest sup
ply source for rough labor and their
presence is an economic necessity.
Meanwhile July is closing with
such a crime record as no month ever
| before piled up in Kansas City. There
is even talk of organizing a citizens
committee of public safety and this
! probably will be done If the crime
| wave does not subside.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-01

ding for Eric Soderstrom The sale
was conducted by the heirs of the
late #. =. Anderson estate.
Pierre-An advanced idea i'm rural
school affairs Is under consideration
In a consolidated district in Aurora
county. The district has purchased
from the state, through Land Com
missioner Nepperle, a forty acre tract
of ground, on which new buildings
for this district will be erected. In
addition the tract of land will be
worked into a regular experimental
farm for the school, with special at
t~ention devoted to agricultural
topics.
Clear Lake-Modern inventions
including the automobile have placed
#. O. Carlson of this place in the
championship class among bee
butchers of South Dakota. With his
| car provided with a large carrying
box at the rear that will easily hold
the largest beef, he loads his tool:
into the auto and drives to a farm
| where there is an animal to be killed
| With a patent derrick and special
1 OubHl tue peer IL hllleu anu uI6SSeu
on the spot. and within thirty min
| utes, according to Carlson's record
claims. the quarters are hanging in
the ice box of his market place.
Sioux Falls-A hank of hair en-
tangled in the whirling wheels of a
dental engine caused yells of agony
to issue from a woman patron of DIR.
Il. X. Fields, a local dentist, and for
a time threatened to need a riot call
to quiet the crowds of excited people
who gathered In the corridors and out
side the Boyce-Greeley building here
yesterday under the impression tina,
a murder was being committed
When scream after scream rent the
air. as In the popular pa~per-coveret
magazines, stenographers poured oui
of offices into the Railways of The
building, inquiring in terror the
cause of the yells that came from thu
lips of a woman in seeming morta
agony. Investigation developed tina
| the hair of the dentists client haC
caught in the swiftly moving appara
tus and, before the power could BIZ
| shut off. a considerable quantity o.
the said hair had been yanked from
her scalp.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-01

by local applications. as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
is only one way to cure deafness.
and thai is by constitutional remedies.
is caused by en- nfamed condi-
ton of the mucous lining of the Eu-
tachian Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have a rumbling M or
imperfect hearing. and when 1T is en-
tirely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless tn Inflammation can be taken out
and this tubs restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will De destroyed for
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by Catarrh. which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous sur
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness tcaused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Cure. Send for circulars free.
+. ]. Cheney & Co, Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by Druggists. 75c. Take Halls
Family Pills for constipation.-Adv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-01

Sick Headache. bad breath, sour stom-
ach, furred tongue and Indigestion. mean
liver and bowel clogged. Clean up to-
night. Get a 25c bottle of DIR. Kings
New Life Pills today and empty the
stomach and bowels of fermenting, gas
ment gives q satisfied, thankful feeling
makes you feel fine. Effective. yet
mild. Don't grippe. Csc at your drug
gist.
Bucklen Arnica Salves for burns
Adv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-01
II Kidneys and bladder Bother, Then
xoleysU Kidney Pils

Oyerworked kidneys will break down
IL not helped. When they can no longer
protect the blood and the body from the
poisons that come to them, the look out
for Bright's disease. serious kidney trou-
BILE and bladder Foley Kid
ney Pills are YOU best protection. your
best medicine for weak, sore, over
worked kidney and bladder weaknesses.
For sale by all druggists.-Adv.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-08-01
C,tro,.x-o4v, = 70 tns children

Finest physic in the world for chill
dren. They love to take tit tastes
like lemonade. 1t Is mild-and suits
their sensitive organs 1t Is thorough
and keeps their systems ~cleansed. sweet
and wholesome. 1t does the same for
too. An ideal laxative. For
sale by ali druggists.--Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-01
Housekeepers' BLESSINGS.

Does the woman Of today-that is
the housekeeping woman-fully appre-
ciate her conveniences?
Touch q match to the gas burner or
the oven pilot Highland presto, how
easily the kettle sings and the bread
toasts. Or perhaps it is only neces-
sary to turn the electric button on the
table toaster or coffee machine. And
the coal dust is all kept down cellar.
Perhaps the old-fashioned fireplace
with an oven set in front, or even the
individual stoves. which baked one
side of a person while the window
cracks let the breczes play upon the
other side, were more healthy than
steam heat But how many women
want to try them nowadays?
Besides how many people in the
times referred to ever thought of
sleeping outdoors, or even with win
dow open for fear of letting in the
cold air?" Perhaps, after all, we can
teach the 'ancients'' little something
about fresh air
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-01

his lot unless he had a comfortable
home to offer her.
"Ill put aside the dream impossible
and plug away at business" he told
himself, and added aloud briskly to his
visitor: "Now then, sir what can |
show you?"
81 want you to pick me out the neat
est, most convenient house you have
on your list" was the reply.
There were many, all new houses
to see. The customer insisted on Ar
mold expressing his preference ana
judgment Finally the stranger said:
'I'll take that house-it's a little
palace"
CAS- to the terms" began Arnold
as they proceeded back to the office
81 want no terms-all cash. OBJ
served the stranger. How soon can
they were seated in the office.
First thing in the morning. What
name in the deed, please?" inquired
Arnold, taking up pen.
Arnold White"
"What?" exclaimed Arnold. why,
that's my name!"
Il know it is" bowed the stranger
coolly." / am following out my in
structions explicitly"
But ! don't understand"
You soon will. I am an attorney
from Montana, representing Ernest
Drake"
What. my old friend whom | have
not heard from for two years?"
THE same, and the man you loaned
5000 to. Well, he went west and got
in Jail. Stayed there for two years,
stubbornly fighting for valuable land
entry he had made. There was a
technically and he stood by his guns.
/ helped him. We beat the land sharks
and he is rich today. There is the
money you loaned him with interest"
! and the stranger handed the aston
ished Arnold a check, land as soon
as that deed is made out the money
is ready to pay for that house and
lot"
Arnold was stupefied. Then his first
thought was Of Leila. He was indie
pendent now, and wave Of gratitude
to the far away friend he had started
in life, TO be richly rewarded, warmed
his heart
"By the way, Mr.. White" said the
stranger about this young lady Mr..
Daniels told me about?"
Arnold flushed up. He resented this
intrusion upon his personal affairs,
but his companion smiled
Ernest Drake would think of your
happiness ahead of anything else," he
said. las his representative, | give
you this news, reliably acquired: Miss
Morton is only waiting for you to ask
her company to that theater party.
You will ask her and she will go. At
the theater party pop the question
and she will accept YOU"
And Leila did.
Copyright, 1918, by W. G. Chapman.l
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-01
Sir Robert Ball.

In the death of Sir Robert Ball at
the age of seventy-three science loses
one of those rare interpreters who
bring her wonders within the compre-
hension Of the multitude. Like the
late Lord Ave5ury tSir John Lub-
beck, Sir Robert Ball had a faculty
for simple writing which he employ
ed in the production of such works
as The Story of the Heavens" Star
land In Starry Realms and I'm
the High Heavens" These books prob
ably did more than any others of the
kind to stimulate the study of astron-
omy and make it popular. The people
Of this generation owe a large debt
to Sir Robert Bail. The debt was
freely acknowledged in his own coun-
try, where he received substantial rec
ognition from the government, from
scientific societies, from schools and
universities 1t has been less freely
but still sufficiently acknowledged in
this country, where his books have
sold well, and where he was most
welcome and appret lated guest on
more than one occasion. --Brookayn
Eagle.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-01
Reverend Gentleman Has Faith in tee
Famous Vision of Nsehu-
chadnezzar.

Before a great audience In Phila-
delphia, the Rev. DIR. C.. /. Schofieid
of New York announced that the emo
of the world is at hand. and at any
time we might expect that interesting
event. He predicted the destruction
of the planets in q mighty catastro-
phe, and, horrible to relate, the crash
might come in the lifetime of ma
jority of his hearers.
Upon looking to see on what fact
he built this gloomy apprehension,
we note it is the visioE of Nebuchad-
nezzar, as Interpreted by the proph ct
Daniel. This prophecy involves the
Interpretation of many historical
events, which has been done a good
many times, but in every case the uni
verse survived. So we expect it viii
be so again. We never did have much
faith in old Nebuchadnezzar, anyhow.
and If the good Lord ever communi-
Gated the information of when and
how the universe would be destroyed.
he would have communicated it to
st. Paul or St. Luke !o1 some hero OF
the faith.
We shall expect that the planets
will continue to roll in their respec-
tive orbits, and this dear old earth
will maintain its beautiful destiny
long after mankind has disappeared
from its arid and indurated sphere,
and gone off to that happy region
where the spirit forever dwells.-Ohio
State journal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-01
COMBINED TO % NOTHING
Southern Statesman Tells Good Story
Of Two Darkies Who Met at
Henhouse Door.

A southern representative who lives
in small village says that one night
not long ago, hearing a noise some
where in the neighborhOod Of his hen
house he arose and, under cover of a
board fence, crept to the place. He
could presently make out a dark form
apparently trying to force the hen
house door. Just then another dusky
shape rounded the corner and there
was CONSERVATION.
who dat?" one demanded In q
frightened voice.
me. Who dat?" was the trembling
reply"
me What yo' don hangin' roun
Toms hen'ous dis time oh night?"
Muffin Muffin tail. Whit yo' do
in'?"
Muffin All amt dom muffin,
neider."
well, den, les do hit togedder?'
was the compromising suggestion.
And / have always been sorry that
1 felt called upon to interfere in so
interesting a thing as dom muffin to-
gedder,' the representative concluded
with smile
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1914-01-01
COULDN'T CORNER THE QUACK
Very Evident He Was Used to Getting
Into and Squirmina Out Of EM-
ceedingIy Tight Places.

A correspondent of the Lancet tell
of a man who. when he went to a
"quack" and complained Of Il sharE
pain in the loins after sitting or damp
grass for some hours, ding Th;c'
he frequently sucked the r~i-lt Of III
lead pencil with which he was writ
ing, was told that he Was suffering
from "plumhism," and given some
pills. The next day he returned to
the "quack' and said:
you told me had pluubism,
which is Lad poisoning, and / now
find there is no lead II lead pencils,
only graphite Of Dlu' bago."
"Oh," repllr.l u "quack,' airily
did l say r)lmr IN is the cause OF
your Mmbis a? meant to have said
plumbago is { cause Of your lum.
bago."
oh said the man, "but anyhow
;c';r pills ere only bread"
"0f course" replied the "quack.
Don't you know that bread is the old
est and finest thing to remove pencil
marks within"