The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1914-02-26
STATE NEWS

Castiewood AT the annual business
meeting of the members of the local
Commercial club the old officers were
reelected for the coming year az fol-
lows: President, A. l.. Curtis; vice
president, G. M. Cunningham; score
tary, w. b. Boswell; treasurer, W.
b. Sour.
have concluded preparations for a
weeks short course in farming, which
will OPEN here March . and continue
throughout the week. Only 10 other
towns in the state will have such a
course. Men prominent In every
branch of scientific farming will be
present to make addresses ald demon
s.rations.
Wilmot-An interesting iRht is be.
ing carried on by two candidates fer
appointment to the position of post
master here. The candidates are Nj. f.
Cummins and ID. s. Cable, both lead
ing democrats of this part of the
state. Both now are engaged in cir
culuting petitions among the patrons
of the office and it is expected the
one who secures the greatest number
of signatures will capture the plum.
Belle ~Fourche-The recent gold dis
covery Just across the line flom Belle
Fourche in Wyoming has caused a
rush OF gold prospectors and investors
equal almost to the famous Black Hills
rush of rs. There were 100 claims
staked out in one day last week around
the Brownfeld claim, where a shaft is
now being sunk.
Bridgewater-H A. W~eeldreyer. and
Y. j. Weiland, two McCook county
farmers and stock breeders report sales
of fancy bred hogs. The former dis
posing OF fifty head at an average price
of $75. so each. Top price at the sale
for N animal, $3.50. The latter sold
forty head at ~, $50. or an average of
S177, each. One hog bringing 500.
which establishes a new high mark in
this locality. A large proportion of
the offerings were taken by local bny-
ers.
Pierre The snowfall of the storm
the last of the week, while bringing
cold weathei to the central and west
ern parts of the state, also brought a
welcome blanket of enow from 9 to 10
inches over a large part of the Missouri
valley counties and those west. This
snow blanket assures the early starting
of grass on the prairie, as 1t lies in a
close blanket, which means that the
prairie will be well soaked when j,
melts While the snow will mean
feeding for a few days fol- stockmen,
the open winter left them plenty o!
hay to meet the conditions caused by
the present heavy snow blanket.
Pierre-Seyeral yeais ago com
plants OF incompetency on the par
of special age ITS of the land Office il
their work among the homesteader
became SO strong that it resulted il
an investigation. and the complaint
ceased. Now the same complaint
are coming from the sections of tn,
state where desert" entries are made
One case is reported wnere an entry
man had made his home on the trac
for years and had gone far beyond tn,
requirements of the government fo
such entries, only to be notified tina
his entry had been Cancelled, and b,
was required to go to a heavy expens'
to show that there we're no grounds TO
any such report. 1t is claimed tina
the only justification advanced wa
that the agent had mixed bis nam,
with another entry in which the VOL
was not sufficient.
Wash ice delivered to any part o
hs..citn -0s0 Parker, phone u main