The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-24

MT. ana mrs. e. M. klotZbach, lis
VanEps avenue S, returned to kim
brae, Mimi, by a morning train.
w. j. Armstrong, owner of the
Wood hotel property in Winfred,
transacted business in Madison to-
day. Mr.. Armstrong has been man
aging the hotel, but recently leased
the property and will engage in the
mercantile business in Winfred.
Anton Westby has bought a house
OF Lovers Lane, and will move into
it soon. Another house il the same
neighborhood has been purchased by
John Hannum, who intends to move
into it Tuesday of-next week.
Whilst conveying twelve girls to
Wentworth in a wagon to take a
train north yesterday, Earl Maloney
drove upon a deep drift, which, when
the wagon was fairly balanced at the
top, cut through, oyerturning the
whole bunch Unfortunately. No
body hurt.
w. /. Thompson and JOS. Henkin
disposed of their ranch near Wasta,
consisting of 1000 acres yesterday,
receiving as part consideration the
400-acre Lake Herman ranch former
ly owned by f.. b. Kelley. The new
owners will turn it into an improved
stock farm.
The auction bridge club is enter
tanned at the Lake Park hotel tonight
by Mr.. and Mrs. G.. S. Ashton. Din
ner will be served for ten couples,
after which the regular biweekly
entertainment of the evening will be
taken up.
At noon today Herbert Wesley. in
FAINT son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Kirchberg. living on Second street
SW. died at the age of 8 years. the
cause Of death being hamilton. The
funeral will be held at the house
Monday afternoon.
The creek in the north end of town
began flowing last night, and today
is nearly bank full Where the banks
are high there is no overflow, but in
the east part of town there are
houses which are isolated by sur
rounding water.
Miss Clara Rigby, of Everett,
Wash, who has been a guest of her
relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. H. P. Hart
and Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Ball, de-
parted by IA morning train TO visit
relatives al points in Iowa. She was
accompanied as far as Sioux FAILS by
Mrs. Hart.
The Normal girls beat the high
school girls in their game OF basket
BAH at the Normal gym last night
with a score Of % to g.. The second
team OF BOYS of the Normal beat the
second team Of the high school with
a score Of q to II. Neither was
very spectacular. and owing TO the
many attractions in town that e
ing. the attendance was but FAIR.
4 w. Sponholz is moving today
into what has heretofore been the
rear room of his office, and will oc-
cupy that and the room between II
and the former Schmidt q Roebeck
office Mr.. Schmidt will occupy
wha was formerly the Sponholz OIL
flee for the continuance OF his land
business.
Leslie Daniels is erecting a pole
on the roof of the Nreyens-Danlels
block today. preparatory TO running
a giant aerial from it to the one ne
has already placed on his parents
PREMISES. nearly two blocks away.
lie does not intend TO put in a send
inc apparatus Of very great RADIUS
but will pay attention TO the reeelV-
ing part. hoping TO be able To get
signals from Arlington, Va.
The men of the Grace Episcopal
church met yesterday in the rooms
of the Commercial club to discuss
plans for building a guild nail TOT
nse OF the societies and meetings OF
the church. Plans of remodeling the
church structure 10 make room Tor
one were discussed, also plans TOT
building A committee composed oil
pr F%rudenfeld. Willis White, Ed
Reeve. l.. T. Gwynn and VIM. Rae
were a%uthroized 10 look into the mat
ter OF costs. and are to report Tues-
day.
Wentworth Enterprise There -
talk of reviving the Commercial cluD
and arrangements are being mace lof
"doings" some evening next week
Hans Urdahl. of Madison, has been
secured to come down and give a
talk on the recent legislature, and a
feed is being planned. kather
than reorganize the Commercial cluo
the Enterprise would suggest that a
boosters club" be formed, have a
standing good roads committee APP
pointed. and take up more work 0
directly concerning the business IN
terests of the city.