The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-12-07

Regain. with his wear-U-Well
shoes. beats the catalog prices.
!. j. Stonier, who had operated a
popcorn wagon at the p~ostoffice cor
ner for a year or more, having sold
out, with his family departed this
morning for Des Moines, Ia, where
they will reside.
Annual introduction sale on Cos
1ard corsets and b~rassieres. This
gives every woman and miss the
pleasure to get a health, comfort and
style corset at a big reduction in
price.-Mrs. X. Knoeri, Millinery and
Ladies' Furnishings.
We are selling shoes far below the
present wholesale prices now. Be
wise and put in a good supply before
the sharp advances come and they
are coming very soon.-Nick Bjorn-
stad.
At the annual meeting of Ever
green lodge, No. II, A. F. & A. M.
held in the Masonic temple last night,
the following officers were elected
Prof. B. M. Lawrence. w. M; Hans
Hanson. s. W.; G.. A. Berg. j. W.;
John Munson. treasurer; A. w Clark,
secretary
All rubber red 4-buckle overshoes,
only $2.9S at Regan's.
State Senator Hans Urdahl this
morning went to Sioux Falls, where
today he will be a dinner guest of the
Sioux Falls Rotary club. 1t is said
that a number of newly elected and
reelected members of the legislature
have been invited to the dinner.
Neighbors quenched an i~ncipient
blaze which at about 5 o'clock this
morning threatened to destroy the
little house in the southeast part of
the city occupied by John Feather
stone. The fire, which was caused
by an overheated chimney, started in
the roof of the building. Neighbors
who saw the flame obtained a ladder
and With a pail threw water on the
roof. When they arrived, Feather
stone had removed his belongings
from the place. The occupant of the
house had started to cook breakfast.
We are not giving any prizes this
year nor doing much advertising.
Prices of nearly everything have been
raised by the manufacturers, but our
prices are about the same as in the
past. We do not dare to raise our
prices to correspond with the raise in
price to us. because people will not
purchase. 1t seems to be a question
of selling at a much closer margin or
not doing business.-Osborn's Drug
and Jewelry Store.
E. l.. Bandy has resigned his po-
sition with the C. A.. Trimmer engi-
neering staff to enter the service of
the United States navy department at
Washington. Mr.. Bandy will be en-
gagged in ship drafting. Notice that
he had successfully passed a civil
service examination, taken more than
a year ago, has just been received by
Mr.. Bandy. Mr.. Bandy came here
about n ear ago. He will probably
leave for Washington tomorrow.
BY the proverbial hair" the gov
eminent weather bureau made good
on its weather prediction for this dis
trict. The forecasted rain or snow
arrived in the form of a snow furry
which was scarcely noticeable, and
which did not completely the
ground here. That the fall of snow
was heavier north and west OF Mad
ison, was evidenced by the appear
ance of incoming morning passenger
trains. Coaches were coated with
snow. The crew on the train arriv-
ing from the north said ii showed
quite heavily at Bristol during the
night, but that it had stopped snow.
ing when the train left there at about
o'clock. They said there was
scarcely any snow noticeable south
Of Ramona. Trainmen from the
west reported that snow fell heavier
at Washington Springs than 1t die
here, but for only a short period.