The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-11-08

in national parks and forest pre-
serves in Colorado.
Col. j. w. Reedy, land a~uctioneer
of B%eresford, spent yesterday in the
city, a guest at the home Of his
brother-in-law, John Murphy. Col.
Reedy came from Oldham, where he
had conducted a sale. He will trans
act business in Yankton before re-
turning home.
A circuit convention of the Synod
Lutheran church will be held at Hills,
Mimi, this week. Rev. Alfred Nell
son and Martin Olson of the Madi-
sol church were passenger for Hills
by the morning train as delegates.
Mrs. NJ. Olstad and Mrs. G.. c..
Fleischer, mother and sister respect
lively, Of G. +. Olstad, president of
the First National bank, arrived this
morning from Sioux Falls, and are
guests at the Olstad home, West
Sixth street.
Petitions for their second citizen
ship papers were filed in the office
of the circuit court clerk last Satur-
dav afternoon by Oscar Minnaert
and Octave M%innaert, both of Madi-
SON. The Minnaerts are natives of
Belgium.
o. j. Straw. the popular printers
supplies salesman, headquarters in
Sioux Falls, was a through passenger
this morning, returning from a hunt
ing excursion i'm the vicinity Of Woon-
socket. He had a fine bag of game
and was happy in ~recounting the en-
joyment of his outing.
The Elgin watch which was consid-
erably smashed up when ii vas drop
ped last Saturday from the top of
the Guy Hanson jewelry store build
ing onto the cement walk, has been
repaired by Mr.. Hanson and is again
ticking off the seconds. The watch
is on display in the store window.
5. X. Leen, formerly engaged in
the moving picture business in Mad
ison. now in the same line at New
Ulm, Mimi. arrived in the city yes
terday and will remain during the
week, looking after business and call
ing on friends.
A marriage license was issued to-
DAY by Circuit Court Clerk +. l..
Burnett TO ole Bredeson. 32 years
old, and Ingeborg Fuskerud, aged "a
years, both of Wentworth. A mar
rage license was issued last Satur-
day afternoon to William III. Shaef-
fer. 2s years. of Ramona. and Miss
Evelyn stephens. &c years, also OF
Ramona.
Work is to be commenced next
spring by Miner county in h con
struction of a 12-mile drainage ditch
i'm the southwest corner of Miner
county. Preliminary survey work for
the project has already been complet-
ed by C. A. Trimmer, civil engineer.
The ditch will drain close TO 5000
acres of land, it is estimated, just
south of the village of Fedora. A
Lake county project under way is a
half mile of graded road south OF
Wentworth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Otterstrom.
who have been guests at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Franklin, West
Seventh street, since Thursday, de-
parted for their home in Austin,
Mimi. this morning. Mrs. Otter
strom is a daughter of the late Glenn
ent Ellingson, the former well known
locomotive engineer, and they were
here looking after business matters
pertaining to his estate.
Sioux Falls Press: With $l,775
deposited in Minnehaha National
bank at 9 O'Clock Saturday night n
with several workers yet TO report
their receipts, the children's home
tag day committee with it's band OF
faithful assistants concluded the
most successful tag day that has ever
been conducted in the interest OF the
South Dakota Children's home.
A large number of Madison Shrin-
ers will attend the ceremonies when
omen in Sioux Falls tomorrow. Inc
sioux Falls Press says. With I'M
perial Potentate j.. Putnam Stevens
coming to Sioux Falls Tuesday for
the fall ceremonial meeting or Ill
Rad Temple of the Mystic Shrine,
one of the biggest meetings in the
history of the local temple is predict
ed. The coming of the Imperial 70
tentate will make twice tina Sioux
Falls has been honored within the
wear by a visit from the highest OF
fetal in shrinedom. Imperial Poten-
tate Stevens will arrive over the I'LL
nois Central Tuesday morning, com
ing through direct from Portland
Maine"