The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-03-16

iors with paint and tinting, which Is
a good indication that the springtime
is at hand.
f.. G.. Hewling, who was in Dell
Rapids calling on his father, who is
i'll, returned by the midnight train.
His little daughter, Leonora, remain
ed with her grandparents and will at
tend school in Dell Rapids.
Under the Wear-U-Well factory to
does not have TO help pay the other
fellows bills. No dead beat losses
are figured in Wear-U-Well prices
Regan. the tailor.
Take the watch to Osborn's and
get it fixed right. Fifteen years ex-
perience. can repair and put in good
order any watch made, foreign or
American, repeaters. horse timers.
stop watches. English. Swiss. Ger
nan or American.
Mrs. Potter. grand worthy m~atron.
O.. L. s.. was a through passenger
this morning IN a tour of inspection
of the Eastern Star orders in this vi
cinity. Mrs. Potter will visit Mad
ison chapter Saturday evening of this
week.
A large number of farmers from
different portions of the county con-
gregated at Auditor McGillivray's of
flee today for the purpose of leasing
school lands. The land for hay only
leased at prices ranging from go
cents to $3.50 per acre per year with
the privilege of two years. All of
the lands offered were taken.
Mrs. A. c. Weber of North Egan
avenue has a needle with only the
point gone which she has been treas
uring for over thirty-five years. 1t
entered her hand when she was a girl
holding down a claim with her broth
er. p. II. O'Brien. Sunday her foot
caused her pain and Don the needle
so long hidden came to light.
Nineteen high schools have entered
teams for the fourth annual high
school basket ball tournament to be
held in Huron March 10 and 20.
This tournament promises to be the
largest eve held in the state. The
following teams have entered: Abb
erdeen, Bridgewater, Centerville.
Clear Lake, Dell Rapids, Doland, Elk
ton, Flandreau, G~roton, Hot Springs.
Huron, Lennox. Miller, Pierre, Red
field, Salem, Sioux Falls, Watertown.
Waubay.
Those attending Room 3, Wash
ington building who have not missed
a word in spelling for a period of six
weeks: Aline Johnson, fifth grade.
Those who missed but n word.
Harriet Hall, sixth grade; Edwin
Sunde. sixth grade; Florence Olsbo.
sixth grade. Those who missed but
two words: Clifford Olson, sixth
grade. Others who did very we'll:
Luella Westby, Earl WEIGH. Martin
Hoidal, Charles Mcdonald, Mark Hol-
lenbeck. LaPearl Winesburg. Cynthia
Floe and Evelyn Hoidal.
A meeting of the Madison Mer-
chants club was held in their rooms
in Dakota State bank block last even
ing which vas attended by practical
ly all of the members of the club,
this being the first meeting since or
ganization. r. b. Hickman, who will
be in charge rs secretary and who ar
rived yesterday from Aberdeen wa
introduced to the members and made
remarks along the line of the pur-
poses of the club and his duties as
secretary. Members who had not
signed the constitution and bylaws
attached their names last evening,
and membership fee and dues three
months in advance were generally
paid. The club starts out under the
most favorable auspices and its bene-
fits to the business interests of the
! city will be apparent when the work
of the club is fully in hand.
The Misleading Lady is billed to
appear at the Madison opera house
Friday evening, March 10. The piece
is one of the distinct comedy sue
cesses of the past year in New York,
where ii played the entire aso to
capacity houses at the Fulton theater
following which it played an engage
Colonial theater. Boston. The Mis-
leading Lady is a farce comedy in
three acts by Paul Dickey and Chas.
w. Goddard and principally concerns
a beautiful young girl with flirting
tendencies and a practical young
business man whom she succeeded in
making propose to her In order to
win a wager. While the situations
are extremely funny. eliciting almost
continuous laughter. the play is full
OF thrills and is, at times, almost
| mAlodramatic.