The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-01-04
STATE NEWS.

ltiif" nt state VdiuOH UOdAu
has recommended clemency TO James
Darlington. sem from Minnehaha
county for murder; and for Roy
vanChaach, sent from Brule county
for five years on a burglary charge.
Pierre-The Croker State bank. a
small concern, and the Hughes eoun-
~ bank at Blunt, were put in the
hands of the state banking depart
ment The Hughes county bank has
more than s100,0 600 in deposits.
Pierre-Another initiative petition
is being circulated in the state for
the full crew bill" which railroad
men are asking for. by which they
can be ready to secure a vote of the
people In case the legislature refuses
10 enact the measure.
Pierre-Chairman Lockhart Of
the republican state committee has
called a meeting OF the committee TO
be held in this city January 6. The
main purpose of the meeting will be
to take steps toward framing a new
primary law for the state.
Pierre-The various counties of
South Dakota levied over $1,000, 900
for road and bridge improvement in
the state for the year 1914. The
combined road levies of all the eoun-
ties were s579,94S; and the eombin-
ed bridge levies of all counties were
S7l6,558. Lawrence county Is far
in the lead on road levies with $780,
600, but is not SC strong for bridges.
Minnehaha county levied $50, 1000 for
bridges and $4,000 for roads.
Whitewood-This town claims the
record In the state for having the
couple who have been married longer
than anyone in South Dakota. They
are Mr.. and Mrs. j. c. Phillips, who
are SIS and SO years old respectively
and have been married just sixty
three years. Still another couple
here has been married over sixty
years and Grandma" Van Wart of
this place. who is 81, is the second
oldest person in the Black Hills.
Armour-The corn stalk disease in
this. Douglas county. and the adjoin-
ing county of Charles Mix, is depict
ing the horse herds of the counties.
Ii is estimated by conservative per-
son who are conversant with the
state of affairs that fully 500 horses
have died from the disease. All eff
forts to check the disease when once
an animal is attacked are u~nayailing.
The heaviest individual losers are d..
NJ. Woods, eleven head of horses; III.
b. Freeman, twelve head of cattle
and a Shetland pony.
Rapid City-While a bunch of
horses were being put in a corral on
the ranch of Lawrence Melvin of Ca
puta, the little son of Mr.. Melvin was
kicked in the head by one of the ami
mails and his skull was badly ~fraetur-
ed. He was brought to the hospital
in this city and an operation per
formed. The operation was success
full and it is predicted the little fell
low will recover
Sturgis-Troop L. Twelfth cavalry,
stationed in the Colorado strike zone
since last March. will return to Fort
Meade, near Sturgis, tomorrow after
noon. The men will arrive here
about 5 o'clock if the train is on
time. Other troops of the same regi-
ment will follow.
Armour-A branch of the Farmers
Educational Cooperative Union of
America was organized at the Larson
schoolhouse in Walnut Grove town
ship, Douglas county, last week. The
following officers were elected:
William Borman, president; William
Hartman. vice president; N. j. Lar
son, secretary and treasurer. J.. M.
Burdick of Creighton, Neb., was the
organizer. The headquarters of the
union is at Fort Worth, Tex.
MISUNDERSTANDING to a re-
port given out by County Auditor A.
f.. Ecklein, the average price per
quarter of McCook county farm lands
in 1904, as ascertained from the rec
ords, was $4,000, while in 1914 1t
had advanced to $4,000 per quar-
ter; thus trebling in value during the
past decade. The record further dis