The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-07
STATE NEWS.

Esmond-The farmers OF TINS Vi
cinity, as the result OF a meeting held
here, have organized a club, and Will
hold meetings at intervals, at which
various improved methods of farm
ing will be discussed. The following
officers were elected President,
Rollo ~Clendenning; vice president. l..
II. Baird; secretary. Miss Esther Mar
tin; treasurer, f.. II. Grotta.
Belle Fourche-That the local po-
litical pot will boil to overlooking
during the coming campaign is indi-
Gated by the rumor that seven prom
inent citizens of this county will
throw their hats in the ring for the
office OF sheriff.. The present state
attorney, j. w. Malyin, has already
filed his petition for recognition at
the coming primaries. Other petit
tions have been filed for the various
offices and indications are that each
office will have many contenders.
Osceola-William Engle was Sc
riously injured and had a narrow es-
cape from being crushed TO death
when his wagon tipped over while he
was driving the team attached to ii
over a large snow drift. Engle was
thrown to the ground i'm such a man
ner that his body vas caught between
the wagon and a small building and
seriously crushed.
Yankton-Members of the state
railroad commission were here Fri
day to hear an application TO build
railroad from Platte through BiJou
Hills and Bison, TO Pukwana. The
road is to be known as the South Da'
kota and Western. The promoters
were represented by +. A.. Bruce anC
w. l.. Bruce, of Yankton, and c. w
FELTON,, of Sioux City. The state
board now has the project under ad
visement, and will decide shortly
Under the state law no roads can b'
built without the sanction OF th'
board.
Rapid City-Petitions have beer
sent from Rapid City and vicinity {
Congressman Candy at Washington
asking that a bin be introduced IL
setting apart a section o
the Rapid canon at the mouth o
Dark canon, as a national park t
perpetuate the memory of the Indial
chiefs who presided over the Siou'
nation in the Black Hills and yicinit.
for a period of more than 100 years
The petitions are signed by all In
children of the city schools and pupil
of the government Indian school nea
Rapid City. The proposed park vii
be 40 acres in area and contain
~ann.pnapt nf on Indian chief
Manchester-Alfred Anderson, ru
raj mail carrier on a route runnini
out of this place, had a series of eX
%periences as the result of his horse
running away, and had a narrow es
cape from serious injury. During tn
mixup the mail wagon caught fir
and it required hard work to save
and the mail which it contained fror
destruction. The runaway horse
finally broke away from the ma
wagon and ran a mile and a hail
Anderson went for his horses, an
during his absence flames were con
munieated from his footwarmer {
the mail wagon. He returned just
time to prevent the complete destruC
ton of the wagon and mail.
Lennox-A stranger died at tn
general hospital in Lennox Wednes
day, who gave the mann OF John Al
derson. He was brought in Sunda
from the Howard farm sufferin
from paralysis and pneumonia. Notl
ing could be learned of his people Q
history. He was of medium heigh
age about 40 years. gray hair, a ta'
too of the American flag was on n
right arm below the elbow. His nf
tionality was Norwegian. He is sal
to have relatives at Cambridge an
Shildahl, la. None could be foun'
He was buried in the Lennox Gem
terry.