The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-04-13

WI. dhu NIS. ~. r. AdGkdl were
homecoming passengers by the south
train this afternoon.
Wanted. Girl for general house
work. Address Mrs. G.. /. Wilkin-
son, Box 1926.
St. katherine's Guild will meet al
the guild room tomorrow afternoon
at 2:30. Work to finish. Please be
prompt.
Thursday. April Is. is the date for
the o. +. 5. dance. Wethe's full or
chestra will furnish the music and il
promises to be the social event OF
the season.
The county commissioners i'm April
session adjourned Saturday evening
and will meet the latter part of the
month for the purpose of viewing
roads.
The Catholic ladies will serve a
delicious Is cent lunch in st. Thomas
hall commencing at 3 O'Clock Thurs
day afternoon. The public is invited
The state board OF health assem-
bled in Madison today and the meet
ing is presided owe by DR.. w. T..
Daniels. president. The board spent
the greater part of the day inspect
ing the sanitary conditions of the
State Normal school buildings.
A district convention of Rebekahs
will be held al Howard this evening
and a delegation of local Rebekahs
went west by the afternoon train to
be present. Among the number
we're Mrs. F. G. Ball. state vice pres
ident. Mrs. Hattie Borland, state sec
retaory, Mrs. Geo. Matthews. Mrs.
DeGood, Mrs. Elfert. Mrs. Walter
Marquart, Mrs. j. c. Palmer. Mrs. +.
l.. Burnett.
A delegation of local Shriners went
10 Sioux Falls by the morning train
to attend the Shrine meeting in that
city this evening. Among the num-
Der were W. H. Boyd. Hans Hanson.
f. f. Emanuel, F. C. Smith. c. r.
Seid, M. Peters. j. X. Co~rnelysen,
Guy E. Hanson, J.. c. Schultz, VIM.
Curtis, Geo. H. Waskey, DIR. II. II.
Frudenfeld. w. H. Buck. Elmer Far
mer, Bert Clapper of Ramona. Will
George of Oldham. A number of
Shriners from Howard Joined the
delegation here.
The city board of registration was
in session at the city council cham
Der in West Fifth street all day today
and will continue in session until Z
o'clock this evening. At the close of
the registration hour a week ago to-
la,r tInva nov ono - A.
list. At noon today the list contain
ed about $50 names and the board
expected to increase the list to 1000
at closing time this evening. Voters
have been active in registering and
also making corrections when they
have moved from one ward to an
other.
That harmless" whooping cough
took a death toll equal to that of the
combined dread diseases of scarlet
fever. diphtheria and measles in
South Dakota. for the year 1914, is
the showing of the figures of the
state vital statistical department.
The deaths from whooping numbered
"a, and those of the other three dis
eases were ulputHeTld 10, scarlet
fever IL and measles Z. The measles
toll was reduced from 3S in 1913 to
Z in 1914. typhoid fever deaths went
down from So to AZ, and deaths from
pneumonia from 40 to 35. Tuber-
culosis deaths increased from 275 to
289, and the total number of deaths
from all causes was 4,48S, a decrease
of 240 from those reported for 1913.
Pierre dispatch: Deposits in
South Dakota banks, as indicated by
results of the annual call of condi-
tons on March A., have gained So
~506,531.37 since the previous call on
December 81. The loans and dis
cunts show a decrease of $780,
277.16, and the expenses show a de-
crease of $1,346.342.37, or a drop
from $1,95,006.5 to $649,664.13
The total deposits show an increase
from $54,S88,S10.87 at the time of
the December call to $57,495.342.24,
and the reserves of the banks have
gone up from 27.14 per cent to 1926
per cen between the dates of the
two calls. There was a reduction OF
five in the number of banks operat-
ing in the state, the total number for
the March call being SCI.