The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-07-13

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1929, West Philadelphia, Pa.
The Madison Bottling Works have
arranged to bottle and sell the Col
fax Grand Mineral Water, which is
recommended by all who use it to be
the best preventive and remedy for
hot weather ailments. Phone 22S
red.
Eat at Jacks.
Mrs. L. w. Unzelman had the mis-
fortune Saturday to break her left
arm above the wrist. She was car
rying a basket of clothes and as she
was about to enter the house she fell
on the cement sidewalk and sustained
the injury which is quite painful.
A. M. McCallister and wife and
Milton McCallister were morning de-
partures for AyOca, Wis, their for
mer home, to attend a Homecoming
celebration where they expect to
meet boyhood friends and enjoy life
to the limit.
Presbyterians of South Dakota will
hold their annual synod in Mitchell
on October 6 to IL. In addition to
the synod, the Women's Missionary
society and the synodical Sunday
school conference will hold sessions.
Evangelism will be the theme of the
coming synod.
The first of the summer open air
services was held last evening in the
library park. There was a good at
tendance of people and good atten-
ton was given to the address by Rev.
Brown. These Sunday evening union
services will be continued until the
end of August.
An alarm of fire about 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon brought the de
partment to the small cottage in rear
of the Mellon building, West Sixth
street, occupied by II. G.. Baker. The
fire originated in a bedroom from
some unknown cause and little dam
age was done other than scorching
the bed and clothing in the o
The county commissioners in SEES
sion are sitting as a board of tax
equalization. The work is progress
ing much more rapidly than last year
when the new system of equalization
took effect. The board will remain
in session at least a couple of weeks
longer, the work of examining the
books of the several county officer!
coming on when the tax equalization
is completed.
A bunch of about 100 harves
hands arrived in Madison by the
south freight this morning. The,
made their beds on the grass in from
of the depot, appearing like a mill
tary encampment, although thei
suits did not match very uniformly
They were either a non-drinkinj
bunch or did not have the price, a
only a few of them visited the sa
looms. Most of them left the cit
: during the day, going west and mort.
by the outgoing freight trains.
|, Ed Westby returned from an in
/, spection of his farm near Timbe
Lake. He reports crop conditions e1
cellent in that section, all kinds c
small grain, corn and alfalfa indicat
ing an immense yield. Considerabl
winter wheat is growing, but this
not quite as heavy in the fields a
spring wheat owing to a lack of sno'
last Wlntbis MI NtGlDy says ht sd
a farmer near his place feeding
bunch of forty hogs with corn raise
/ on his farm last year, which is tn
S best evidence that the region in tn
;. vicinity of Timber Lake is enterin
I upon an era of prosperity.
/ Washington dispatch: Glass rate
!, on freight from Minneapolis and S
Paul to points as far as 500 mile
a distant in transcontinental line of til
: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Pal
n railway in North and South Dakoti
were pronounced unjust and unrei
sonable by the interstate commerC
= commission. The railroad was orde
!. ed to cease charging the condemne
rates and to put in effect before Sc
TENDER /, a new schedule which W
U not be greater than the rates name
by the commission.
The automobile excursion fro
- Madison to Brookings is schedule
- to leave Egan avenue at 1880 tomo
row morning, and with favorab