The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-01
COMPLETE WINTER
FOR THE WELL KNOWN KING
WINTER-HE'S STILL RUN
MING THE TOWN TODAY.

Arctic weather today resulted in
the closing of the Normal school and
two of the grammar schools, the Lin
coin and the Washington. The Gar
field school opened in the afternoon,
but only one room was in use and
but n teacher on duty. She re
ported the building as having a tenn
p%erature of 80 and the children per
fcctly comfortable.
Miss June Emry, principal of the
high school stated that the attend
ance fell off only a third and con
sidered it as very good considering
the weather conditions. A telephone
message received from the basket
ball boys at Howard stated that they
were comfortable at the hotel. They
won from Howard high school Tues
day night. So to IL. They were be
coming so accustomed to Howard
they said. that they were thinking of
starting in TO school there, as the
prospects for getting back to their
own school seemed pretty dim. None,
however, seemed unhappy, but were
very anxious to get back to Madison
again eve if they were being we'll
treated at Howard. At least they
want to be here in time to play Yer
million high Saturday night.
There were no classes held at the
Normal yesterday afternoon in the
regular departments. but there were
a few children present in the train
ing school, and these were sent home
early. Many of the students in the
regular departments as well as the
training school children. live a con
siderable distance away from the
school and 1t was thought advisable
for them not to run any risk.
A few young women started for
way there, and those who reached the
building were assured there would
be no school for the day. Most of
the teachers, however, remained on
duty, as most good soldiers are wont
TO do.
And it was cold today. Frost bit
ten fingers, noses and toes were com
mon complaints and the streets have
been practically deserted all day
Hardly a soul has ventured out unless
the move was extremely necessary.
Those who had TO brave the cold for
any distance were nearly frozen be-
fore they reached their destination.
Temperature reports vary from 33
to SO degrees below zero at Z o'clock
this morning, the average tempera-
ture probably being closer to 33 than
any other figure. At 3 o'clock this
afternoon, the thermometer at the
Lake County National bank register
ed Is below. The wind, however, cut
through the pedestrian like a knife
and made him feel much colder than
he really was.
There were no arrivals or de
partures of trains and at a late hour
this afternoon it was stated there
would be one today. The report
that a rotary snowplow came into
Madison this morning from the north
was Only work trains
were out.
Old timers pronounced the day as
being one of the coolest since the
great blizzard of 1883, both for rail
road men and for everyone else.
Some stated that they could not re
member a blizzard as bad as the one
of the past two days, or weather as
cold as it has been today.
Everyone who had an excuse to
stay home did 20 and business was
about as lively as a graveyard. Those
who had any buying to do did 1T
quick and set sail for home. Loafers
were few and far between, and the
corners they are accustomed to hold
down must have risen an inch or two
as a result of the released pressure.
Passengers bound for points out of
Madison have been marooned here
for two days and many of them were
haunting the station all day. with the
vain hope that there would be a train
moving for their town before night
fall. Some were bound for Lake
Preston and other stations nearby,
but were told emphatically their
chances for moving but were slim.
0ENTLE, BUT SUR1.