The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-11-11

manager of the institution shows re-
sources of $7,141.6S and liabilities of
$~1,835.7S, leaving a net surplus of
~$5,305.90 for the city.
A delegation of Madison Shriners
went to Sioux Falls by the morning
train to attend the ~semiannual Shrine
meeting which will be held in that
city this evening. Among the number
were VIM. McBain, VIM. Mclean,
Stearns, VIM. Curtis. Geo. H. Waskey
F. c. Smith, C. F. Seid, ]. F. Blewitt,
Kenneth Cornelysen, M. Peters, VIM.
Torbert, VIM. Metcalf, DR.. w. E. Kin
ney, VIM. Rae, Jas. Robertson. A
party of Howard Shriners Joined the
local party here.
Chas. Glatz & Sons have completed
a set Of concrete buildings on the
northeast corner of the Chas. B. Ken
nedy ranch, near Winfred. The build
ings comprise residence 27x30, two
stories, barn 40x44, hog house 24x40,
granary 24x36 and a concrete water
ing tank. This is the first complete
set of farm buildings to be construct
ed of concrete in Lake county and
perhaps in this portion of the state.
Mr.. Kennedy has divided his ranch in
two portions, having a set of build
ings on the west portion.
A summary of the legislative men,
bers selected for the next session
shows a larger number of democrats
than have been seated for many
xyaapC tn faot nnnhnh1y n nrnafnr
number than for any former session
in South Dakota. The house list
shows nineteen selected, with a tie
between a democrat and a republican
in Miner county to be settled, making
another possible. The senate shows
ten, giving them a total of thirty
members in the two houses. The re-
turn of p. j. Tscharner, as the only
republican candidate who pulled
through in Perkins county mean a
warm contest for the speakership
between C. A. Christopherson of Min
nehaha and Mr.. Tscharner, who was
speaker at the last session.
A report was current in the city
this morning that the foot and mouth
cattle disease had developed at RAJ
mona-but such is not the case. The
circumstances are that a carload of
young stock was shipped from the
Sioux City stockyards to Ramona,
consigned to Avery Williams, for
sale in that vicinity. The stock sam
itary board of this state learning of
the shipment, notified DR.. Austin of
this city to proceed to Ramona and
quarantine the stock. There is M
disease among the carload of stock,
but as a precautionary the
sanitary board ordered the quaran-
tine of this particular carload of
stock which will be continued four
teen days, which is the limit of the
development of the disease.
ID. Ward King. noted good roads
lecturer, is announced to deliver a
lecture on good roads at the Madison
opera house Friday, Nov. 20, at 3 p.
m. ID. Ward King is in a class by
himself, no man before him ever
treated the road problem as he does.
The road laws of six states have been
changed to conform to Mr.. Kings
ideas of proper road construction and
road repair and maintenance. A
pamphlet on road making, written by
Mr.. King, for the state of Missouri,
has gone to its fifth edition. A later
booklet, prepared at the request of
the United States office of public
roads and published by the govern
ment, has passed it's third edition, a
total of 100000. Eight states have
paid Mr.. King public funds to explain
his ideas to their people and five i'm.
portant railways have employed him
at a handsome salary and carried him
from city to city in a private car to
deliver his message.