The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-11
STATE NEWS.

lrtl NEWS
Pierre-The State Red Cross as
ISOLATION has been ~reorganized by
the appointment of the following Of
ficers President, Gov. Byrne; treas
urer, o. l.. Branson, Mitchell; sec
rotary. q. X. Sellers. Pierre
Pierre-The South Dakota Cen
trail Poultry association will have
their annual show at the city audi
forum here January 1928. The of
fcers of the association are : ID.
Dexheimer, president: Jan. Inii. sec
rotary; Chas. McCaffree. superin-
tendent.
Pierre The seventh biennial
meeting Of the State Historical So
ciety. which meets at the capitol OF
the evening of January 20. will be
devoted TO pioneer "reminiscences.
Gov. Byrne, Lieut.. Gov. Norbeck,
Senators Amsden, Odland. Lincoln.
Whitlock. Hale, Ericsson and Ziebach
and Representatives Withee. Roberts
and Thompson are among those who
have agreed to prepare and read
brief papers. each reciting succinctiy
some story illustrating pioneer con
ditions.
Sturais-Returning from the barn
to her home, where she had left her
2-year-old baby alone for a few min
utes, Mrs. Joe Briscoe, wife of n
farmer at Brayton, Perkins county,
found the child trying frantically to
open the closed door, her long hair
in flames. Through the efforts OF
the mother, the child was saved. al
though seriously burned. but the
house and all its contents were de
stroyed. Briscoe is mail carrier from
Brayton TO Coal Springs and was
away on his route at the time.
Armour-Petitions were circulat-
ed this week and filed with City Au-
ditor G. j. Parkinson, praying that
the city council call a special election
within twenty days after the reading
OF the petitions, TO vote upon the
question: Shall Armour be placed
under the commission form of gov
ernment?" If carried the selection
of mayor and commissioners win
come up at the regular election 10 be
held in April.
Deadwood-In the death In Den
yer of Edward Y. Kidd. this section
loses another pioneer of 1876. Kidd
who was a native OF Cuba, 60 years
old, was a builder and contractor in
Denver before coming here, having
erected the first building of the Colo
RADIO State university at Boulder. He
resided here until failing health a
few years & caused his removal TO
Arizona and later to Denver.
Yankton-The city board of edu-
cation, in response TO a citizens pc
tition of nearly 1000 names, called
a special election to be held January
80, to vote on a 500, 900 bond issue
for a new schoolhouse. The school
board volunteered to act as judges
of the election and the teachers to
act as clerks, without pay. For the
first time in the history of Yankton
ladies will vote at the election. and
the campaign will be a lively one.
Bridgewater-A reform movement
is under way here. Supt. Newton
w. Specie of the public schools has
warned "a number of local dealers
against the sale of tobacco and Gig
aret markings" to minors and has
also served notice upon the proprie-
tors of billiard parlors that boys un-
uti TIC dBC vi lo grdAss Go piCS1i Aptd
by city ordinance, must not be allow
ed to frequent these places. The use
of tobacco and the ~frequenting of
pool halls among the high school stu
dents and others together with the
keeping of late hours and consequent
loss of sleep, has interfered with the
progress of school work to some ex-
tent.
Belle Fourche-William and John
Uren, William Mern and Arthur Cuff
fly were arrested at their homes near
Vale and brought to Belle Fourche
for trial on a change of from
justice court at Newell. The four
young men were charged with lar
ceny of three pigs from the ranch of
Day Glover, near Vale. on the night
of December 80. At the preliminary
hearing Tuesday afternoon. before
Justice Kirkham. William and John
Uren were bound over to the circuit
court under a bond of $500 each.
Mern and Guffy were discharged, as
no evidence was introduced to war
rant holding them in connection with
the charge. The warrant on which
the arrests were made was sworn TO
by a committee of three appointed by
the recently organized Farmers Pro
tective association of Vale.
500 Reward. 500
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