The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-02-12
STATE NEWS.

Winner-E. II. Johnson, living ten
miles northwest of this city, disposed
of 100 bushels Of wheat at the local
market, for which he received $1.02.
Mr.. johnson raised oyer 5000 bush
els of wheat on his farm the past year
and expects to dispose Of 1t within
the next few weeks at the local mar
ket.
Parkston-The weight and count
record OF the rural carriers from this
office for the month of January, 1915
showed the following count and
weight: Total number of pieces col
lected, 2,764; total number Of pounds
collected, 1913, 10 ounces; total mum
Der of piecese delivered, 28,552; to-
tai number of pounds delivered. A.
981, s ounces.
Scotland-The hardware store of
#. S. Birkinbrine was broken into
and SAC In cash and about SIS worth
of razors, knives and revolvers taken.
The outer door of the safe was not
locked. The inner door was drilled
through by the robbers and the lock
pried off and broken. The cash reg
lister also had two holes drilled in the
drawer and then pried open with a
crowbar and badly wrecked.
Pierre-The department of history
has completed its file OF almanacs
back TO the year of 1878. and this is
perhaps the most complete file any
where to be found-and has only
been secured after some time of
watching second hand lists, etc. The
almanacs contain many citations OF
events, of those years, etc. which are
constantly asked for in reference IL
braries, etc, and so are found very
useful in making replies.
Pierre-Representative X. O. Tel
gen, OF Grenville, has presented the
department OF history with a collec-
ton OF stone relies which he unearth-
ed last summer while upon a trip 20
central Norway. The curious feature
OF the matter is that the thumb
scrapers and some other pieces found
are exactly like the Rec Indian relies
found in this region, not only in
shapes, but In quality.
Armour-The people of Armour
and the towns west of here were de
prived of their mail facilities Tues
day. owing to a wreck on the c., NJ.
a. st. +. railroad about half way be-
tween here and belmont. The east
bound freight Tuesday evening left
the track, owing to spreading rails
and not until late yesterday was the
wreckage cleared to allow the trains
to pass. Fortunately no one was in
jured by the accident.
Lemmon-There is so much sur
plus feed in this section of the state
this year that the Dakota Livestock
& Investment company, of which J.
II. Lennon is treasurer. has shipped
i'm 800 head of heifers during the last
two weeks. These cattle are OF the
beef variety and are sold on time 10
any farmer who has the feed TO care
for them. The company is intending
to ship in several carloads more be
fore spring, as unless something Is
done with the excess feed II will un-
d%oubtedly go to waste.
Pierre-Immigration Commission
er McCaffree has returned from the
national farm labor exchange meet
ing, and he was again chosen presi-
dent of this national organization.
The assistant secretary OF labor, Post.
and Caminetti, commissioner general
of immigration, We're present at the
meeting and plans were discussed for
the better regulation of harvest hands
next year., i'm order to properly handle
the crop at the psychological moment
Great difficulty is experienced every
year with lack of labor at some times
and an overrush OF it other weeks o.
the harvest season.