The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-10-26
CLUB WILL help
AUTOS FOR ENDURANCE RUN
TO ENTERTAIN LEGISLATORS
NEW DIRECTORS
ELECTED.

Citizens of Madison will assist in
carrying messages over the Meridian
road. from the lieutenant governor of
Manitoba and the mayor of Winni-
peg to the governor of Texas and the
mayor of Galveston, Tex, which are
to be sent across the country in auto
mobiles at a rate which will deliver
them at their destination within sixty
hours from the time they are handed
to a messenger in the Canadian city.
At the annual meeting of the Com
mercial club held last night it was
decided to appoint a committee of
three to arrange for conveying the
messages from Madison to Salem, a
distance of about twenty-eight miles.
Those behind the message carrying
movement requested that two auto
mobiles, with drivers and messenger
make the trip over the Madison sec
ton of the route. A second automo-
bile is asked as a precaution in case
of accident to one machine. To keep
up with the schedule mapped out, 1t
will be necessary to carry the mes
sages over the entire route at a rate
of about twenty-five miles an hour,
day and night, and regardless of
weather conditions. The messages
will be carried over the section north
of Madison by automobiles from Ar
lington, and the Arlington messen-
gers will be met a couple of miles or
so north of the city by the Madison
messengers. The messages will be
transferred from one machine to an
other while the autos are under way.
1t is planned to make the u during
the first week in November.
The Commercial club also voted to
appoint a committee of five to ar
range for a reception to be given
| state legislators, county school super
intendents and other educators of the
state upon the occasion of the dedi-
eating of the new training school at
the State Normal school, possibly on
the night of December 20. The re-
l%ception. which will probably include
a program and dinner, will be given
with a view TO advertising the school
and TO acquaint the Legislators and
others with the possibilities. achieve
ments and requirements of the insti-
tuition. The legislature convenes at
Pierre on Tuesday, January 2, and il
is planned to have as many members
as car come make the trip TO the
capital by the way of Madison.
1t was pointed out by members of
the club that the Commercial club at
Aberdeen annually gives legislators
and educators a reception there. by
way of boosting the Aberdeen Nor
L mol CnhnnI aud that DwnllrSnu . nna.
a step farther by paying the travel
ing expenses of those who annually
attend receptions at the State college
in that city.
Five of the ten directors, who will
form the executive body for the COM
ing year, were elected at last nights
meeting. The new directors are Dun
can Ferguson, +. l.. Burnett, A. w.
SponholZ, w. B. Soule and Nick
Bjornstad. Directors are elected for
two years. Those who continue on
the directorate until next year are
f. l.. Mease, DR.. III. III. Frudenfeld,
r. b. Fitzgerald. III. III. Holdridge
and Martin Berther.
The election of president and sec
rotary will probably be held at tn
next meeting of the board of direc-
tors.
That the Commercial club is I'm a
healthy condition financially was evil
denced by the report of Secretary j.
M. Munson. 1t was shown that the
club has a membership of about 100,
and that the balance of cash on hand
is 1922. The fact that the balance on
hand when Mr.. Munson took office
last April was about $50 more than
it is at present was explained by the
fact thai the club during the summer
made several substantial donations,
two of which were for road improve
ments.
The secretary's report was adopt
ed and ordered referred to an audit