The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-08

ment worker, is ready for the sea
sons work and will take contracts
Tor anything in the line of cement
work Sidewalks a speciality. Phone
1857.
Members Of the school board. r.
b. Fitzgerald. Geo. r. Farmer and
Or. F~rudenfeld We're viewing the
grounds about the high school build
ing today. with the intention of seed
ing for grass.
p. j. Hoidal Sunday piloted a mo
tor party from Madison to Sherman
and return. the trip being greatly en-
joyed under the skillful handling Of
the car by Mr.. Hoidal. The party
was made up of Mr.. and Mrs. Ole
Edmons and Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Hal
seth.
Ray Willard, stationed temporarily
in the recruiting service at Sioux
Falls, who has been in the city. was
called to the home office yesterday
afternoon by a telegram. and left
this morning. His work in Madison
had only just begun when he was
called away. and he had several re
cruits in prospect.
EnIistments last night bring the
total strength of the Madison con
tingent of Company l. up to so, the
names Of Edwin r. Skrade and Lush
Gilman being added. No word has
yet come for the company to go for
ward. Lieut.. Walden returned this
afternoon from Sioux City, and dates
for drill depend ON his decision.
The local committee in charge of
the entertainment of the bankers OF
groups ] and ?, who convene i'm Mad
ison May IS, that there
will be a grand ball in the gymna-
sium of the Normal school on We'd
nesday evening. to which the public
is cordially invited. A banquet is
to be given in the cafeteria at the
lake. after which, at 9 o'clock, the
ball will be opened in the hall.
r. J. Halseth, the barber. will
greet his customers in a shack" ad-
joining the sidewalk south of the
First National bank during the en-
suing several days. His rooms in the
basement of the bank are being made
first class by installing a tile floor
and otherwise made modern for his
accommodation. When completed
Mr.. Halseth will have n of the fin
est tonsorial parlors anywhere in
this section.
County Auditor Hartwich was
sending notices today TO property
owners who have land described in
the records by metes and bounds, ad-
vising them that 80 days would b.
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land surveyed and plated in such
lots as would allow of legal descrip-
ton. Failure to comply with the or
der which is supported by state law.
will entail the expense OF having the
work done by the county and eharg-
ed against the property in the tax
lists.
Dingman & Sylvester are open
ing a large sand and gravel pit at the
south end of Harth avenue, 200 by
400 feet in area. They are placing
a large gasoline engine to furnish
water from the creek to wash sand
and gravel for street and building
construction work. The engine viii
run a centrifugal pump of 3-inch de-
livery capacity. The company has a
contract for furnishing 1900 yards
of washed sand for the street con
struction and about LOCO yards of
sand and gravel for the new postof-
flee. Teams are being used with
scrapers to strip the soil from above
the sand.
The fund for the relief Of the Bel
gian orphans continues TO grow
amaze Lake county has not its full
amount raised yet, but the commit
tee expresses itself as being better
pleased with results Of the past few
days than heretofore, though other
towns of the county are not yer fully
organized. The fund is augmented
by Rutland school, $3.50; Ed FIX
lund. $12; c. w. Doherty. 50: =.
MeKinnon q Co, $12; A Friend,
800; VIM. Rowland. 80. and sitter
$12. The contributions listed
today. together with those previous
ly published make a total of $686.50