The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-02-10
WILL SUPPORT FAIR
BY CLOSING Stores
ASSOCIATION VOTES TO SHUT
DOWN THREE AFT
ERNOONS.
ALL FOR A BETTER CITY
TO DISCUSS PAVING PROJECT
WITH COMMISSION AT
NEXT MEETING.

Members of the Madison Mer-
chants association decided, at the
meeting held in the association
county fair this September by closing
their places of business from 1:30 to
4:30 on the afternoons of Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday of fair
week to give themselves and their
employees an opportunity to attend as
we'll as to boost the fair.
To afford the farmers ample time
TO complete their days trading and
at the same time get home at a rea-
sonable hour, the different houses
! will remain open until 8 o'clock on
each of the three evenings named.
This determination was arrived al
only after much pro and con discus
sion that finally resulted in a unani-
nous vote for afternoon closing.
over thirty were in attendance and
the gathering abounded with the
spirit of being useful to their city
and themselves as well as for backing
every worthy project launched either
in the city or in Lake county that de-
served and needed the support of the
association.
Members who are property owners
on Egan avenue as well as all who
are interested in Madison street i'm
provement voted to attend the meet
ing of the commission Monday night,
as the commission has requested, to
give their opinion on and to decide
upon what kind of paving will be
used.
On the matter of community de.
velopment there was considerable
discussion and it was decided to per
NIT the secretary, William Rowland
10 get the feature started as soon as
1t is practicable to do so. The idea
is to get the city and the agriculture
interests together and to revive thG
old fashioned get together" spirit
that made South Dakota a great
commonwealth out of a prairie waste
and made cities. towns and prosper
Gus farming communities where
nothing had existed before.
In other words real and active co
operation for the betterment of Mad
sion, Lake county and South Dakota
To reiterate-the making of Madison
and Lake county "a better place Il
live" 1T is not the size of a towI
that makes it a city. but the spirit o
the people in 1t and in it's immediate
territory" said n business man thit
morning. And he said something.
Working together will accomplish
wonders. Working independent!
brings disintegration. That oil
American adage. United we stand
divided we fall" works out exactl!
the same in the case of munieipalitiei
and their immediate territories as /
does with nations. for the principl'
involved is exactly the same.
The secretary's annual report 70.
191 was read and approved by tn
organization. II shows the enroll
ment of sixty-three members, and in
dicates the results of the work of tn
organization in promoting "a create
and better Madison" Since the or
ganization of the body, it has shown
its progress by the number of i'm
%provements 1t has brought about di
reetly, or indirectly.
There has been more cooperation
in regard to the betterment and sup
port of the city's different institu
tions and in the different city i'm
provements already made and l.
those contemplated in the city an
the county, such as street lighting
paving and the movement for goo
roads.
The object of the association is t
make for a better community. A
live in it, and what interests one, in
terests all and is for the bettermen
of all, is the associations belief. TIL
whole city and county "a be mao
better is the associations though
by all striving together. Good thing
} do not come at once, but are a slo'
growth. They can, however, reac
their objective by all pulling on tn
oars instead of one or two.
: Madison is a good town and the a
ISOLATION plans to make it a bette
one. But 1t cannot do the good wor
alone. Everyone must help. Th
} association is willing to do its shar
and more too if it is given the bacl
|, ing it deserves. The city demand
|, "a greater and better Madison.
Action and cooperation will bring i
---O-