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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19
new Superintendent
\. =. THURBER NOW BIG BOSS
OF :. VI. DIVISION.

We have a new superintendent for
the S. M. division, N. p. Thurber,
who comes here from the Prairie Du
Chen division, where he acted as
assistant superintendent for that
strip of the c., NJ. & st. p. Mr..
Thurber began his duties last Thurs
day. He is a long experienced rail-
road man. having spent most of his
working life in the service of the
Milwaukee.
e. G. Atkins, former superintend-
ent, has been promoted and sent to
the Chicago-Milwaukee division, one
of the most important stretches of
track along the entire line. His all
around efficiency In South Dakota
led the officials to believe he would
be the mar for the job between the
two big towns of the old line and he
assumed his duties there Monday,
with headquarters in Milwaukee.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR THE LATE MRS. RODE
BROWN WERE HELD THIS
AFTERNOON.

Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Rode Brown, who died at the home
of her daughter. Mrs. Ais Brown,
Saturday afternoon. were held this
afternoon at 1880 from her daugh-
ter's home, the Rev. Toner. OF Ches-
ter, officiating. The cause of her
death was pneumonia. with heart
trouble as a contributory. Inter
ment took place at Prospect Gene
terry.
Mrs. Brown was a widow, her hus-
band, a pioneer settler, dying some
years ago. She leaves ten children:
Mrs. G. l.. Forney, Curtis Roper. En-
campment, Wyo Chas. Roper. Lone
Pine, Colo; Albert Roper. Ohowa,
Neb.; Arthur Roper, Hebry. Neb. !;
Theo. Roper, Belvidere, Neb.; Mrs.
Pearl Wyatt, jewell City, Kan; Mrs.
Ais Brown and Vernon Roper, Mad
ison.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19
SUCCESSFUL DEVICE
ROADMASTER W. IL. GRADES
USES "DITCHER" FOR RAILS
ING TRACK ON NJ. II Ii.

"The Employees Magazine" for
February, published by the Milwau-
kee railway system, contains the fol-
lowing article concerning a device for
raising track which is the work of
Roadmaster w. II. Crabs, of this
city:
The accompanying pictures 1--WE
cannot produce them-see the maya
zine) show the "ditcher' raising
track on the S. M. division. These
machines have been used for almost
any kind of work, but this seems to
be the first time that any attempt
has been made to raise track with
them. and the efforts have been sue
cessful.
with several miles of ballast dis
tributed oven the Madison and Bris-
tol line, cold weather coming on and
no men available to put ii under, the
prospect of making good the prom
Use to complete the job before a
freeze came was dubious. Then
Roadmaster Crabs conceived the
idea of using a steam .'ditcher" TAX
ing off the dipper and fastening two
chains to the dipper bracket with a
rail clamp on the end of each chain.
1t proved an easy matter TO raise on
an average of a little more than
5000 feet per day and 10 ballast the
same with from ten to sixteen men.
Altogether about eleven miles Of
track were raised and ballasted be
fore it froze up.
"Roadmaster Crabs entered the
service of this company on the c. b.
la. division in 1889, and after TWEEN
ty-two years of service as foreman
and roadmaster on that division, he
went to the S. NJ. west. where for
the past six years he has proved to
be one of the most reliable and eff
cient men on the division.
The clamps used by Mr.. Crabbs
on the end of the chains were his
own invention. and it can be readily
seen that with the aid of the ditcher
and the clamps the tedious work OF
lacking up" track is greatly helped,
and the labor of approximately fifty
men done away with.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19

Big bowling tournament IN Madl-
son March 5, 6, 7 and 8.
Eat at Jacks.
Big csc meal at Rays.
Baled hay for sale.-J. S Thomp-
son. Phone 1857 or 1892.
Eat at Jacks.
Stop at Rays for a bowl of genu-
inc Mexican chile. We make 1t.
Eat at Jacks.
Broken Lenses accurately dupli-
Gated while you wait. Eyes exam
nee and frames fitted.-Yaeger's
optical Parlor.
Wash ice delivered promptly &c
any part of the city.-Geo. Parker
Phone 3843.
Did il pay him?" See our ad
today.-F. G. Ball g. Son.
BICYCLES and motorcycles repaired
at j. b. Rowland's plumbing shop
Frank Johnson.
South Dakota State Bowling asso'
citation bowling tournalnent az Mau'
ison March 5, 6, Z and 3.
For Rent. Good farm. plowine
done, grain, hay, equipment for sale
Inquire at this office.
Grimm alfalfa for sale; can tur'
nish affidavit. Price, 40 cents
pound.-John j. Richter, Madison
s. ID.
Veronica Squires is on the sick us
with pneumonia.
The Madison Choral society vii
not meet until next Monday night.
A marriage license was issued 10
day to August Froehlich ana Me'i
Abraham, both of Madison.
Albert Raschdorf, formerly a ma
tive of Russia, took out his first nat
uralization papers at the courthouse
today.
Regular meeting Madison chaptal
O. f. s., Tuesday evening, Februar'
90. Work in the degrees.-Goidl'
Schmidt, W. M.
Special meeting of st. Katherine
guild tomorrow afternoon at TN
home of Mrs. O. w. Hanson. Busi
ness of importance will be discussed
Friends in the city have received
announcement of the birth OF a So
to Mr.. and Mrs. Milo q. Drake a
their farm home near 81. Hllalre
MINI.
Married, at l o'clock this AFTER
noon, at the piano store, by Dr. Mi
terling, Mr.. Carlyle f. Bruneau AM
Miss Lillian M. Nelson, both OF Slou'
City, La.
Lost. About February /, from tn
Tom Smith farm south OF Lake MAD
ison, black and white English settle
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19

dog. Reward will be paid for in
return TO the Lake Park hotel, Mad
ison.
William Schrepel was discharged
from the city hospital yesterday and
returned to his home, but still re-
quires the services of a trained nurse.
Miss Susan Moss is now attending
him.
Geo. Johnson, a former Madison
boy, employed in local drug stores in
the early days, is in the city. Mr..
Johnson o resides in Brookings
and is employed as a travelling sales
man.
The breaking of two bolts on the
engine of the south train before 1t
pulled out of Bristol this morning
caused the missing of connections at
Madison and the non-arrival of the
train until 1880 this afternoon.
Mrs. Henry Oily died at the fam
lily home in Chester Friday afternoon
and the remains were taken yester-
day morning to Iowa Falls, Ia, for
burial. The family is among the
pioneer residents of Lake county.
Rev. j. L. Booth, of Ramona, spent
the day in the city. Rev. Mr.. Booth
brought to the city something of a
curiosity which is on exhibition at
j. c. Schutz's drug store. consisting
of a collection of fifteen pearls found
I'm an oyster by Mrs. Booth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Willard and
daughter returned from a visit at the
farm home of their son, Edison Mil
lard, three miles southeast of Went
worth. Mr.. Willard has recently
evening enjoyed a housewarming at
which sixty-five of his n~eighbors
were present.
Miss Margreat Funston, of this
city, and Bernard N. Brake, former
ly employed in Madison, but now a
resident of Oelwein, Ia, were mar
ried in Sioux Falls Saturday morn
ing, February IT. For the present
Mrs. Brake will remain here to fin
ish her course at the Normal. while
her husband is in Oelwein. Their
future plans are indefinite.
A recent issue of the Petersburg,
Ia, Eclipse, received by Roy Hamil-
ton, OF this city, says: Rev. Dali
man continues in very poor health.
He is nearly blind and his hearing Is
becoming affected Rev. Dallman
will be remembered by Madison peo-
pie as pastor of the German Baptist
church, of this city, for a time. His
friends will regret to learn of his
misfortune.
Prof. w. G. Billings, of the Bach
Pianoforte School, Boston, Mass.
spent last Saturday at the Mitterline
Piano House demonstrating their
teachers instruction music for which
arrangement has been made to han
die the music for this section of the
state. Music teachers will find this
music the very best for teaching and
should call to examine it soon as the
stock will arrive.
Geo. r. Farmer returned from
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19

Chicago, where he was called on ac-
count of the illness of his daughter,
Miss Carrie Farmer, student in
Northwestern university. She was
improved when Mr.. Farmer left for
home and is expected to speedily re-
cover. Illness was caused by infec-
ton from i'll fitting shoes and Mr.,
Farmer says there were several SIM
liar cases among young lady students
of the university. There are similar
cases, 1t is said, among young ladies
of Madison.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19

Substitutions-Crow for Powers,
Voyen for Rowe, Pulver for Leavitt.
Field Baskets-Elfert, 6; Tonne
raason, A.; Ellefson, 2; Stanley, 2;
Brinker; Flynn. Free Throws-El-
fert, A in s attempts; Hockestad, 2
in 3; Ellefson, ! in Z. Referee
Wagner. Time of halves-20 min
utes.
In the curtain raiser the Madison
girls team set an example to their
more stalwart brethren by decisively
trimming the Canton misses, 10 to
6. The superior team work of Mad
ison girls which was aided and abet-
ted by accurate basket tossing within
eight minutes after the start, gave
them a lead their rival sisters could
not reduce. although they fought gal
lantly until the end.
Weight, usually a telling factor,
was no asset to Canton as the lighter
Madison team slipped away and
around their heavier opponents and
outplayed them with ease. The
great work Of the Misses Bjornstad
and Koepp comes in for especial
commentator. Miss Koepp threw
six field goals for her contribution
to the sum total.
The line up:
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19

stallation OF such a system. Indian
apolis, Ind, is just arriving at the
automatic stage and there are several
other large cities contemplating the
change.
Complaints are almost unknown at
the local office these days, according
to Wire Chief A. M. Brill. Under
the old system there would be fifty
or more a month. Now the average
is less than ore a day, and such con-
ditions promote a less waste of time
and energy. 1t is no less economical
in the expense Of the upkeep than
the old, but in the matter of time
saved it is away ahead.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19
LOCAL NEWS.

Big bowling tournament in Madi
son March 5, 6, 7 and s.
Eat at Jacks.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19
LINGERING COUGHS ARE
DANGEROUS

Get rid of that tickling cough tina
keeps you awake at night and drains
your vitality and energy. DIR. Kings
New Discovery is a pleasant balsam
remedy, antiseptic. laxative, and prompt
ly effective. 1t soothes the irritated
membrane and kills the cold germs;
cough is soon relieved. Delay is
dangerous-get DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry at once. Fol nearly fifty years 1t
has been the favorite remedy for grippe.
Group. coughs and colds. Get a bottle
to-day at your Druggist. soc.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19

Field Baskets-Koepp, 6; Bjorn-
stad, 8, Larson. q. Free Throws
Koepp. / In l attempt; Thurston, 2
in 3. Referee-Harvey Time of
halves, Is minutes.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19
FOR GROUP, COUGHS AND COLDS

A. Baxter, Wheeler. Wise, says; Fol
ten years we have used Foley's Honey
and Tar I'm our family and consider II
the best cough medicine on the market
especially for children, as they likt &c
a it," Contains no opiates; safe fol
babies; effective for adults. Checks
Group; stops coughs; relieves colds: Sole
everywhere.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-19

Partly cloudy tonight and Tues
day: much colder tonight, becoming
unsettled again west portion Tues
day.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-04
First Public
School Meeting

Only fair-sized audience turned
out at the meeting called by the
school board for last Friday night.
This was due in measure to in
sufficient notice. A detailed state
ment of the financial condition of
the district was made by School
Clerk w. j. Kincaid and the only
other important question discussed
was whether this district should
maintain highschool or whether
better results could be accom-
plished by transporting the high
school students to Hanfopd. The
two questions involved were the
expense and the welfare of the stu
dent, the latter being the one
those present seemed to consider
the more important. The final
sense of the meeting was to leave
both questions to the board to de-
eide as they thought hest. The
school board, however, would be
pleased to hear from any patron
who has an opinion on the ques-
ton.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-04
Trouble Stirred
Up in Gas Field

The following news item from
Spokane, dated April 20, will be of
interest to local people interested
in the gas company:
Trouble has been stirred up in
the recently opened gas fields of
Benton county and it came to a
head yesterday in suit filed in the
local superior court.
'The action is one brought by
the Walla Walla Oil, Gas and Pipe
line company against j. B. Valen-
tine, J. d. O'Brien and the Spok-
ane-Wyoming Oil & Gas company
to gain possession Of leased proper
ty in the Benton district, which it
says is being unlawfully withheld
from it.
1.-The complaint sets forth that
the company engaged Herbert G.
Harris to secure number of leas-
es, which he did in his own name.
He then refused to convey them to
the Walla Walla company The
Walla Walla company then secured
the services of j. B. Valentine to
secure the leases from Harris, the
complaint says, upon his represen-
tation that he would Immediately
convey them over upon securing
them.
Z" He shook hands with Henry
D. James, treasurer, and Daniel w.
Zimmerman, secretary, of the Wal
la Walla company, as solemn
pledge that he would convey the
leases when they were secured,
reads the complaint. He brought
in lodge affiliations as evidence of
his good faith He did secure the
leases from Harris and then fatty
refused to convey them, the COM
plant states further.
Superior Judge Hurn set a hear
ing on the show cause order for
April 26."
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-04
Put Farm Loans
At $20,000,O0O

George C. Jewett, secretary of
the farua aoan bank at Spokane, re-
ports that the total number of local
associations is over 500, with addi-
tional applications being filed daily.
While the minimum loans to one
association must total $40, 600, it is
estimated that the average of those
on file will run approximately $780,
600. With 500 associations organ
lied, the loans for which applica-
tions have been made, on;that basis,
would aggregate about 500, 900, 600.
Mr.. Jewett reports that an order
has just been placed for 10000 ad-
ditional application blanks, bring
ing the total issued to date up to
$4,000. Broadly speaking, each
blank issued represents the applica-
tion for a loan of one farmer. In
practice, however, there are some
losses and MIR. Jewett makes the
estimate that 80 per cent of them
will actually be filled out by indi-
vidual farmers who are anxious to
borrow through the bank. On that
basis 10000 farmers already plan
t.. make use of land bank funds.
Funds will be placed at the dis
posal of the associations as soon as
the appraisers have completed their
work with the charter members of
one association. Turner Oliver, at
torney and fiscal agent of the bank,
then passes on title. All mort
cages will be in his custody and
will be the security of the bond is
sues, which will begin as soon as
$50. 900 has been loaned.
The local organization will hold
a meeting at the school house next
Monday evening. The final papers
of the association will be signed up
then and everyone who desires to
make a loan through the federal
bank should be present at this
meeting.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-04
Is There a Record
of Your Birth?

The slogan of this week-better
babies, better homes, better nation.
This is baby week, recognized
throughout the United States as
time set aside for lettering the
conditions of the health Of our ba-
bies and young children.
Mothers clubs and the great
Federation of women's clubs are
giving, this question a deeper and
more thorough study than ever be-
fore. They are being aided by
health officers, health committees
and state boards of health in every
community of every state.
For the protection of the rights
and privileges of our children, let
us see that the birth of each child
has been carefully and accurately
recorded. This is matter of
great Importance. Many of the
answers to the most vital questions
that may hereafter come to your
child will depend upon this record.
Many children and adults have been
deprived Of heritage because their
parents failed to have their birth
recorded. Prompt payment of life
insurance policies frequently de-
ponds upon a properly recorded
birth certificate. Passports from
one nation to another depend upon
the birth certificate, as are impor-
tant positions often dependent upon
proof of age and nationality.
Let us, as good citizens, do what
we can for our children, and as
good fathers and mothers see that
this all important matter has re-
ceived attention.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-04
Fruit Buds Hurt
by Cut Worms

Just at this time the cut worms
in different localities are doing a
lot Of damage to the fruit buds.
There are three ways to detect this
trouble. First: The trees will be
slow in putting out their foliage.
Second: A little close observation
will show that the buds will have
holes eaten in the ends of them.
Third: By digging around under
the trees the worms can be found
during the day. They do their
damage during the night. Go out
after night to a tree where you
think they are working and lay a
cloth under the tree, and then
pound on the tree. The worms
will Immediately drop to the cloth
and hunt for hiding place.
CONTROL Paris green, one part
to 40 parts Of bran. To this add
the juice and ground-up rind of
two oranges and enough syrup and
water to make a mash. Place
little of this each evening around
the base Of the plant being attack
ed by the worms. 1t is only eff
fective the first night, as the worms
will not eat it after it dries.
Paris green, one part to shorts
40 parts. Add little sugar and
mix thoroughly. This sprinkled
around the base of the tree will be
effective as long as it lasts, but is
easily blown away by the wind.
Cotton: Take some cotton bat
ting and tie around the tree with a
string at the lower edge of the bat
ting. Then fold it over from above,
so that the worms will have to
crawl up under and then around
over the edge of the cotton to get
to the tree. If put on carefully, it
is very effective.
Tree tanyle-foot This is kind
of paste purchased in pals. Tack
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-04
Much Agitation
on Food Supply

The past few weeks there has
been much needed agitation in re-
gard to increasing the supply of
food products, on account of the
war.
The most practical ways that it
can be increased in Benton county
is by inter-cropping and double
cropping. There is great deal of
area between fruit trees that could
and under present conditions
should be growing produce. Part
of the land has been clean cultivat-
ed and is probably too impover-
ished to grow anything bat BEANS,
but beans will do we'll, even on or
cflard land that has been clean cul-
tivated. They are one of the most
profitable and most needed crops
at the present time. The beans
being a legume. will improve, rath-
err than deplete such SOIL. In re-
gard to spraying the trees where
beans are growing between them,
it will only require only a little
more careful driving and handling
of the, hose than is ordinarily the
case.
Most orchards are growing cover
crops. 1t will imSrove the phys
ical condition of TIE soil to pillow
the cover crop under and grow a
cultivated crop one year. Most of
the fertility that the cultivated
crop takes out can be very easily
replaced by re-seeding to cover
crop. The land that has had cover
crops in will be excellent for any
cultivated crop.
In tie case of growing corn be-
tween the fruit trees, it would
probably be necessary to use only
every other row for cultivated
crops, on account of the spraying.
In regard to double cropping,
any land that is growing a crop
which will be taken off by the mid
die of June to the 1st of July, can
be plowed and re-seeded to corn,
late potatoes, beardiess barley or
Sudan grass. Any land that can
be cleared of it's first crop by the
middle of July to the LIST of Au-
gust, can be seeded to turnips. The
market for this crop is, of course,
limited under normal conditions,
but under such conditions as we
now face, of great shortage Of
stock and food supply, the turnips
will make very good substitute
for good per cent of stock food
and some human food.
Detailed information on the
preparation of ground, seeding, ir-
rigation, ETC., of any Of these crops
will be furnished upon request, by
the County Agricultural office.
LEE M. LAMPSON
County Agricultural Agent
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1917-05-04

w. M. Sherwood arrived from
Seattle the first of the week and
has moved on to the j. V. Boyd
tract, better known as the Moen
splace, which he has leased for the
summer.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-23
Two Killed, Two Hurt
in Smash of Automobile

York, July 2S.-whlle enroute to At
lantic City yesterday; Wilton P. Helm
del, twenty years old, and Jacob E.
Ehrhart, twenty two years old, of Red
Lion, this county, were killed. and
Percy Minnich, nineteen years old, and
Walter B. Hermann, twenty years old,
of the same town, were injured when
the auto in which they were riding
crashed through a rail of a bridge
over the Pennsylvania Railroad at
Leaman Place, near Lancaster.
The four men were catapulted out
of their seats when the auto hit the
rail and was hurled down a thirty five
foot embankment. Hendel and Ehr-
hart landed on the track and suffered
fractured skulls, the former dying in
stantly and the latter several hours
later in the Lancaster General Hos
pital The other two men struck the
bank and rolled down. Minnich suf-
fering fractured ribs. His condition
is critical. Hermann's injuries con-
sist of cuts and bruises and are not
Near the scene of the accident the
Lincoln Highway. tn which the auto
was travelling. runs parallel with-the
railroad track. 1t then makes a
sharp turn at Leaman Place. and in
the curve and kept straight ahead,
the car crashing against the bridge
rail. The car remained suspended on
the rail.
In the car following We're members
of the same party, George Hose. Wal
ter Kaltreider Arthur Meads. Stanley
Kohler and Harvey Quickel. They as
sisted in caring for the injured men
and had them taken to the hospital.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-07-23
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL NEWS
Party For Little Boy
on His First Birthday

Mr.. and Mrs. Stewart Beshore
gave a birthday party in honor OF
their son, Charles Theodore, on his
first birthday anniversary. at their
home, SIS Clinton street, Friday
evening.
Master Charles received many
beautiful gifts. and the little tots
spent the evening pleasantly.
Refreshments were served to the
following guests: The Misses Evelyn
Tomlinsin, Elizabeth Tomlinson,
Dorothy Forney, Ruth Kise, Char
lotte Beshore, Masters Harry Rod
dey, John Wachtman, George
Wachtman, Charles Beshore and
Nelson Beshore, Miss .Delma Be-
shore, Miss Jennie Snyder, Mrs,
Earl Roddey, Mrs. Theodore Be-
shore, Mrs. Harry Tomlinson. Mr.,
and Mrs. Charles Tomlinson and Mr..
and Mrs. Stewart Beshore.