The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-03-02
STATE NEWS

Clark Sheriff Dunlap has just de-
stroyed the slot machines and card
tables which he seized during Il recent
raid on a pool hall in the village of FL
rod. The pool tn ples will be- turned
them upon payment of costs, and she
will be given u reasonable time TO
dispose of the tables, but must not
again conduct a place of this char
acter in Clark county.
Mitchell-The cause of charity and
of sport will be served in q monster
rabbit hunt which is being planned
by the hunters of this city for this
week. All OF the sportsmen Of the city
will be divided into two groups. Every
jack rabbit bagged by the nimrods will
be scored Is points and every cottontail
win count for 10 points. The rabbits
viii. be sold at the conclusion of the
hunt and the money turned over to the
Associated Charities bureau.
Washington Springs Admission Of
a billiard hall to this city, the seat
of the Free Methodist denomination
in the state. is a subject Of burning
interest in Washington Springs, the
largest city in South Dakota without
a saloon. billiard paTior or pool ball.
The matter has been introduced by
the fling of a petition requesting the
council to pass an ordinance granting
a license to a billiard hall. No goods
will be sold in the place. declared the
petitioner, who stated further that he
would run the place on the same moral
plane as a Sunday school picnic.
Spearfsh- Having completed prepar
atoms for another plunge into the
Willis of central AfIlcs, William Nc
Vey and Fred Johnston. whoa month
or two ago returned to their homes
here after "A s~ojourn of two years In
central Africa in the interests of a
Belgian company, will depart during
the coming week for another s~ojourn
in the dark continent. They have just
entered into a new two-year contract
with the same company which sent
them on the prior trip in search of new
gold 'diggings On their former
trip they had unusual success in deal
ing with the wild tribes of the Congo
region, and for a time acted in the
capacity of joint kings Of one of the
widest tribes of the region.
Pierre-To secure county aid under
The act to that effect, the attorney
general holds on inquiry from Gregory
county. that an agricultural associa-
ton must be organized under the pro-
visions of article 35, chapter 3, civil
code. The inquiry comes on applica-
ton of an association incorporated
under the general incorporation laws
of the state with general powers oil
buying aud selling stocks and bonds,
and real estate, and any other powers
granted to a body corporate under the
laws of the state. The attorney gen
eral holding that such association
even under the name of a county fair
association, does not come within the
scope of such associations which may
be assisted by a county. Such associa
tions must be purely mutual and moi
created for profit.
Dead wood-Inquiries are being made
regarding the deposits of anthony
bearing ore ia the Silver City district
on Rapid creek. following the an.
noun.ement of the discovery by a
French metalluIgist of a method for
extracting the metal, much more
economically than has bsen done ip
the past. This com bined with the re-
cent increased demand for the metal
because of its extensive use in the
mannfr cture Of automobiles and In
making those matches which must be