The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-30

VIM. Fintzel, an old time resident,
was an arrival by the north train this
morning. Mr.. Fintzel is engaged in
the insurance business and his family
is temporarily located in Minneapolis.
For Sale. At a bargain, a 22-
horsepower, two cylinder Jackson
five passenger automobile, Bosch
high tension magnetic installed; in
first class shape.-Burt Stacy.
Buy your Wearever rubber goods
at Porter's. We carry the stock,
water bottles, fountain syringes, ice
caps, breast pumps, nipples, rubber
gloves and bathing caps. Wearever
stands for the best in rubber.-Por-
ter Drug & Jewelry House.
Contractor Marquart, with a force
of men, is employed putting in a re-
inforced concrete base for a fish
screen at the outlet of Lake Madison.
State Game Warden Hedrick spent
the day at the lake supervising the
work.
April 80. at 8 o'clock, at court
house, question, Resolved that social
ism is preferable to our present So
Cldl anu DOlitltdl oidtl. DtDdltIS.
Affirmative, Ingman M. Iverson, Sgd
ney Sollitt; negative, c. r. Westaby,
j.. f. Blewitt. Chairman, Prof. F. A.
Beuchel. Admission Is cents.
Residents of the north part of the
city have notified the police that they
are being annoyed by children who
ring door bells and when the door is
opened they throw dirt into the
houses and otherwise make them
selves obnoxious. The police are on
the lookout for the bunch and if
caught the youngsters are in danger
of spending a night in the city Jail.
A socialist debate will be held at
the courthouse this evening. Social
ism will be upheld by Ingman NJ.
Iverson and Sidney Sollitt against
John f. Blewitt and C. r. Westaby.
Judges, C. f. Olstad, Judge ID. d.
Holdridge, r. j. Lyons, A. l.. Minick.
with a fifth judge to be appointed at
the meeting. The debate will begin
at s o'clock. Admission, L cents.
Chester dispatch: The Lake Mad
ison Veterans association will hold
their encampment at Chester, begin
ming June 8 and closing June IL.
Especial interest attaches to the en-
campment, for the European war will
be an absorbing topic during the en-
tire encampment. Speakers of prom
inence have been engaged to address
the old soldiers each day of the as
sembly. Chester will attempt to do
herself proud in ner first attempt to
entertain the old veterans and i'm adj
dition to a program and plenty Of
entertainment in the way of both in
strumental and vocal music. there
will be ample accommodations and
provisions for all.
f. G.. Ball. insurance agent, was
recently called to a point -four miles
west of Forestburg to adjust a loss
by a peculiar freak of the wind. A
farm house in course of construction.
complete except plastering, was pick
ed up by a whirlwind and carried a
distance of sixty feet and set down
upon a wire fence, a post penetrating
the floor of the house without being
broken off. The roof of the house
was torn off. part being deposited on
the ground east Of the house and the
DdIdnCt OH tnc west Slut. n Siildll
pond of water neal by was completely
emptied of its contents, the water be
ing carried into the air. No other
mark of the sudden cyclonic disturb
ance vas observed in the vicinity.
Scudder Bros. are installing an
electric motor for use in their meat
market. Supt. Rafferty, states that
there is a demand for electric motors
and a large number are now in use
in the city. He is also extending
electric lines for lighting purposes
and many new residences are being
wired. Looking north in Egan av-
enue this morning Supt. Rafferty, re-
marked that the time is not far dis
tant when electric poles will be re-
moved from Egan venue and a fine
system of street lights installed from
the depot to the State Normal school
buildings. And then" continued
the superintendent, this 100-foot
wide street will be one of the hand
honest in this state or anywhere
else" With new. machinery which
has been contracted for and which
will be installed in the plant during
the summer, Supt. Rafferty, will di-
vide the city into districts with
switches SO hat repairs may be made
without a general shutting down as
|. is now the case.