The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-17

DlolHeI, Inward, JOlneQ the navy
some months ago.
Marriage license was issued today
to Ivan X. Foster. of Minneapolis.
and Elizabeth McAllister, of Madison.
by Clerk of Courts F. l.. Burnett.
Howard Democrat; Suspicious
characters of the Il Won't Work.
class were noticed out in Henden
township last week and were not re-
ceived by the faTmers there with
open arms. Friday night on the
farm of Ole Jukam fire was discov-
cred in the wheat field. but was ex-
tinguished after three or four shocks
of grain was burned.
Beginning Monday, Martin Ber-
Their. of the Lake County National
bank, is taking his annual three
weeks vacation. Unlike many who
have but this short a time away from
the cares OF business. Mr.. Berther in
tends to spend the whole time in
Madison. He is taking the siesta for
just what it is intended-to rest.
Progress on the new creamery and
bottling house of Rogness Bros. is
approaching completion. The roof
ing has been completed for some
time. and now the cement floors are
being laid. The workmanship Of
these floors should be noticed. The
surface is almost as smooth as file.
the levels are nearly perfect. The
owners will not move into the new
quarters before cold weather.
The Adventists will have services
as follows. August 17-s: Preaching
at Adventist church, 8 p. m. August
It. Elder Charles Thompson. of
Minneapolis. Saturday. August Is.
at Methodist church. Sabbath school
convention, il a. m. Preaching at
3 .. m. THE Need of the Hour"
Elder Charles Thompson. Sunday.
August 10, at Adventist church.
Preaching at 8 p. m. present Day
Conditions a Fulfillment Of Prophetic
Word" Elder f. T. Russell. Every
body cordially invited to attend.
County Commissioner NJ. C~osgroye.
whose judgment as a farmer is good,
estimates that the Lake county corn
crop is going to be up to standard
this year. The cool. wet spring re
tarded planting. and later dry wealth
or interefered with growth. but with
plentiful rain and hot weather Of
late corn is making rapid progress.
Mr.. Cosgrove estimates hat with q
month Of growing weather the corn
crop Will be practically up 10 stand1
ard.
A. p. Ryger. of BrOokings. state
dairy expert, was in the city today
OF a tour OF inspection of Madison's
milk interests. He visited the vii
kinson milk depot. Egan avenue N.
the creamery and two or three farms
from which milk is sold for family
use. He found everything in salts
factory condition and only had a few
suggestions to make for better han
ding of milk. He looks upon the
system used by Mr.. Wilkinson as the
only system, and states that upon
each visit to Madison he finds i'm
proyement in serving the public with
pure milk. Milk sold from the VII
kinson depot tested ? per cent in but
ter fat above statute requirement.
As an example of the everlasting
kind of walk. the one under construc
ton at the east side Of the govern
ment building might be held mp as
an example. First. the ground was
exoaYated to the depth of about a
foot. Then there We're clean stones
of the size of a baseball or larger
dumped i'm 10 a depth of nearly 10
inches. Supt. Zimmerman said this
morning that ii was optional whether
they threw clean sand on this stone
and washed ii into the voids with
water, or whether they poured ce-
ment of liquid consistency over them
to bind them into a firm agglomera-
ton. The britk work of the outside
walls of the building itself Is near.
ing the heighth of the first story. and
considerable timber for floor joists
and such construction is being un-
loaded and fitted on the ground.
Pedestrians noticed last night thai
the lamps on the city streets Were
Oakland on the first night that the
soldiers had their new o. DIS, too
Though ii was reported on the street
that there would be no light during
the process of putting in the walk eX-
tension and moving out of the lamI
posts, hal is not true. The lights OF
one block. and one side of the stree
will be moved onto the cement base.
provided for them at a time. This
will allow of bridging around the
lights in process of moving, and in
no case will there be more than one
side of the street for one block be
dark at any one night. The ron con.
duits will be laid in the cement just
inside OF the curb for the lighting
cables.
Sheriff T.. A. Keller ambled about
the streets today with the appearance
of a mar with a secret sorrow
When a Daily Leader man expressed
anxiety as to his state of health, the
officer explained that Will Mason
colored, who had been working OF
the street in payment of a small hos
pital and board bill, had disappeared
yesterday wearing a pal rof $50
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