The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-03-17
TUESDAY, MARCH II, 1914


Hu1on-The conference officers Of
the Seventh Day Adventists of South
Dakota have selected Huron as the
| place for holding their annual camp
meeting in 1914, the gathering to take
place during the latter part of June.
the exact date to be announced later.
Aberdeen-A committee of the A BET
deem school board is engaged in look
ing over tracts OF ground in different
parts of the city, close to the school
houses as possible, which is proposed
TO purchase for playing grounds.
Each playground will be equipped with
swings and other paraphernalia, and
will be under the direction of a
playground director at all times.
Ipswich-Ths local temperance
people have been aroused uy the re-
port that an effort may be made by the
saloon license element to have the
license question submitted to the voters
at the annual city election in April.
| At present the town is without saloons
and the temperance element will wage
a not fight with the object of keep
ing it dry" IL possible.
Washington, ID CA large delega-
tion of Indi ans, including those from
the Yankton Sioux. Omaha, Kiowa,
! Chippewa and Commanche tribes
shook hands with President Wilson
today. Chief Antelope of the Yank
ton Sioux was among them. The In
dians are here to take up various 10
terror department matters for their
tribes.
Mitchell-Supt. r. N. Holsaple, Of
the South Dakota An isaloon League,
has announced that ths organization
would make an aggressive attempt e
defeat the licensing of saloons at the
annual election on April 81. For the
past ten years the liquor question has
been the subject OF bitter strife in
Mitchell. The temperance forces were
victors six ears ago by a narrow mar.
gin, but since that lime the ''wets''
have won with majcrities of $50 to
900 votes.
Washington, ID. C.-The house com
mittee on public lands has decided tc
report favorably the hill urged by
Senator Sterling to allow miners tc
make entries as homes,eaders. Senator
STERLING recently urged the bill before
the house committee. III. l.. Candy
CT Rapid City, receiver of the land
Office. is in Washington comforting
with Senator Sterling.
Aberdeen-The body of Frank NJ
Fisher, formerly n popular Aberdeen
travelling man, who died at Menom.
inee, Wis. has reached Aberdeen
where it will be taken 10 the Masonic
temple and buried with Masonic rites
The body was accompanied by Miss
Helen Fisher al 18-year- old daughter
The situation of the young girl i,
peculiarly sad, inssmuch as her mother
was burned TO death, as a result Of
an accident only last April. I'm
mediatsly thereafter, Mr.. Fisher ant
bis daughter moved to Wisconsin, bu,
the tragedy Of bis wife's death preyet
upon bis health, which soon began t.
fail.
Bijou Hills-By the merest chance,
Daniel Rough escaped instant death,
and Joseph Roethler seriors iniury
when both were saving wood on tn,
Rough place here last week. The jol
WAS practically completed when Roeth
Ter took y stick and put it in the
proper positioa and Rough placed an
other on the opposite eide. No sooner
had the stick touched the saw thar
1t was hurled across the table, strik
ing Roethler across the head and face,