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vacant Aner the trul1us relsn OF
Ifal lhe Terrible HfaE uI.r came
Into poser and gradually else dynasty
vas deihr1ued Is reyra lnuilge COM
ference ~ lno people wss called and
PLACED 1n the o.. 0l Michael Roman
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nnf0rc the raiea ~ fHr H0mlu0ff
dynasty Russia bad boa nisIuna three
capitals Fret Great N11rd Hsr
Lake linen. 100 miles south 0f Petrl-
grad was 'he center 10 power Whom
40 lts height Nosgorod bad 100000
people hui noW has some .I0H
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iablished 0n the r0lga ls commercial
republicE under ihe forms OF p-Inc
pa.iue Moscow was rapidly rising
40 administrative aud commercial cen
tor The three rorue-al Fight bo
tween tie rrinei1liites N0fror.d
and Moscow Was extremely Nerfs
buiir Grand Prince 90 al iho Ru
alas came 20 great power DO Mos
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cos teaWe ono of tbc most noted
cltIa OF The world
Peter The Great
Succeeding Michael R1man1ii
Peter the Groat ode Russia a world
power Peter bplf hI. capital 90 The
Ncsa and named 20 after himself !.
called n "the &iudow through which
Dos people could look into Europe
one generation sfter Peters death
another of tle greatest manarohs
came 90 tae THRONE Catherine u
ruled .hirt -four years and wa8 very
popular mite Of her German birth
5be wl5 followed iy Alexander whom
Napoleon dread I'd and whose memory
Russia has immo '1Iilpl .H Toe mag
uitlcicnt monument 90 rUfarrad
The very name Russia Hls caused
strange mental picture q. come De-
fore The tourist pair0sul always
seems so FAR dAiant that 'rw globe
trotters care to undertake o Journey
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
COUNTY bitches
OTHER SIDE OF DITCH Cash
TRIED THIS WEEk-BOARD
MEETS SATURDAY.

The county commissioners were in
session this morning and went out
into the country TO view bridges and
sites where county bridges viii be
needed. They adjourned this after
noon, and tomorrow go to F~landreau,
to appear i'm the trial as witnesses i'm
circuit court, i'm the case of joint
ditch No. J..
Last week the case of those land
owners who sued for more damages
was settled in that court This week
appear four landowners. G. II. Weig-
mann. f. s. Rudd, S. Johnson and
Fred Noelcker, who are appealing
from the decision of the joint board
of commissioners as to the amount
of benefits assessed them. 1t is their
claim that their land is not benefited
10 the extent of the amounts assessed
against them.
Upon the settlement of the case,
which may be tried as one including
all the appellants, or separately for
each one. depending upon stipulation
the proposition will be submitted for
bids.
Next Saturday the board will con
vene again. and act as a ditch board
for the consideration of some of the
county drainage projects.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
ACRES OF BEANS
SOUTH DAKOTA PENITENTIARA
MAKING EFFORT TO SOLVE
HIGH COST OF LIVING.

Sioux Falls, May , Twenty acres
viii be planted to navy beans by
Warden Redfield on the South Da-
kota -penitentiary lands this spring
according TO a statement made by
the warden today. The warden plans
TO put i'm 80 acres Of potatoes. 10 Of
which have been already planted.
In addition TO this. the garden plot
Will cover 80 acres. which viii be put
into sweet corn, beets. beans. onions
and general garden stuff. A small
canning outfit has been ordered and
every ounce of food will be can
ned that is possible. If it is found
impossible to ecure the tins, which
now appears likely. Mason jars Will
be used. The high cost of living Is
hitting the state institutions hard. as
the maintenance appropriations are
not materially increased, while in
some cases the prices of supplies
have more than doubled, and they
are doing all they can to solve the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02

remain a week or two at the home
of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ].
Dahl
Mrs NJ. J.. Brennan. of North Me
Oregon, Ia, a former Madison resi-
dent, was a through passenger this
morning, returning to her home from
a visit with relatives at Lake Pres
ton.
Our 35 cents per pound tea equals
what you formerly paid so cents for.
Direct from the plantation TO the
cup.-Madison Coffe House.
All members of the w. r. c. and
comrades of the G. A. r. are request
ed to attend the patriotic meeting al
the high school on Friday evening al
s o'clock, May president of w.
r. c..
Just arrived, complete shipment of
teas; nothing sold in packages. you
buy from the chest and save money.
Madison Coffee House.
Henry Kroh. who has been an
ployed i'm the d. McKinnon & Co.
store, departed BY a morning train
on a visit with homefolk at Girard,
Ill. Mr.. kroh is a member of the
Madison company recently enlisted
and is Wishing relatives before going
to the front.
The largest shipment of chest tea
ever received in Madison, direct from
the importer; no middleman profit.
Come i'm and get prices Mad
ison Coffee House.
T. j.. Lannon arrived last night
from Los Angeles, Cal, to spend sew
eral weeks in this city and vicinity.
looking after property interests.
Mrs. Lannon remained in Los An
geles. Mr.. Lannon reports the Mad
isou colony in the land Of climate all
in excellent health and enjoying life.
Porter J.. Lowry returned yester-
day from a visit with his parents att
Nermillion. Recent adyices from the
war department told him that his
commission might reach him soon,
and that his call to report at Fortress
Monroe. Va, might follow soon after
that. Mr.. Lowry cannot interpret
that word soon" and does not know
whether it means three days or three
months. Anyway. he believed i'm
preparedness and visited his parents
while y the visiting was good.
TIL city and county commissioners
have adjusted the matter of bridge
bids opened at a joint meeting held
Monday night. Among the five bid
ders Andrew Peterson. of Tyler,
Mimi. the lowest bidder, made an
error In his estimate which was not
discovered until after the bids We're
opened. his bid being &t.2S0. the
the next lowest. ". G. Marquart. of
Madison. being S5.77G. Mr.. Peter
son was allowed to correct his bid.
making ii 1880. which was finally
accepted bv the commissioners.
Work on the bridges. Egan avenue
$ and Lee avenue n, Will be com
menCed ait nee
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
ARMY TRAINING CAMP
MADISON YOUNG MEN TO TAKE
THE EXAMINATION.

To Join the United States reserve
army training camp at Fort Smelling,
Mimi. three Madison young men
went to Sioux Falls by "a morning
train to take the preliminary exam
nation. The young men are Thomas
Walden. Francis Fitzgerald and ELS
worth Putney. They filed their ap-
Dlication with the commanding gen
i'm Chicago several days ago and
received instructions to undergo pre-
liminary examination and report ac-
cordingly. The training camp VIII
omen May -. The purpose rs to
train the Young men for official po-
sitions i'm the service. such as com
manders and other duties outside the
ranks. The aim has been to secure
Young men having collegiate eduea-
ton. twenty-five young men from
the South Dakota state university
have been listed for the training
camp. and other educational instltu-
tions have been appealed TO 10 list
picked young men.
should the Madison young men
fulfill the necessary requirements
and secure their acceptance this city
will be we'll represented All have
had training in higher education anu
are exemplary young men OF charac-
ter and standing i'm this commuhit!
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
Ignite BRIQUETING
J. W. PARNILEY SAYS 1T IL THE
BIGGEST THING THAT EVER
HAPPENED FOR SOUTH
DAKOTA"

Aberdeen. May 2.-J. w. Parm-
ley. president of the South Dakota
Development league. is in the city on
his return from Scranton, N. D..
where nc has been for some days
watching the briquettinE Of Ignite
coal with its n binder He says
that ID is Il success i'm every particular
and pronounce ii the biggest thing
Of the generation" The process is
The result Of years of study, labor
and disappointment. but is finally a
success. The Ignite comes from the
mine fun Of moisture and in 30 min
utes is a solid |briquette resisting tho
action of air and water. III is ceal
aged millions OF years in a form cas-
lily handled and du-tless. II burns
with a blue flame. leaving only a
very small quantity OF white ash.
Mr.. Parmley SAYS that when the
vast quantities of Ignite i'm South
and North Dakota are considered n
cannot but conclude that by this
method Of making il a clean fuel
rich i'm heat units. the great problem
of the northwest IL solved. and pre-
diets that i'll Will supplant other fuel
as rapidly as machinery can be in
stalled.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
SOLDIERS BANQUET
EVENT OF PATRIOTISM AND
GOOD FELLOW SHIP NENI
TUESDAY EVENING.

At a meeting of the Commercial
club at their rooms last evening. Il
was decided TO give a soldiers ban
auet next Tuesday evening, May !.
The festivities will be held in Inc
high school gymnasium and The
guests will comprise soldiers only
no civilians invited. Those eligible
to invitation are soldiers of the civil
war. of the Spanish-American war
and the newly enlisted members OF
the Madison company.
The banquet will be provided by
the domestic science class Of the high
school, assisted by the ladies Of the
Relief corps.
The program Of toasts will be IN
der the direction Of a committee con
sisting of d. d. Holdridge, s. T. MAY
and Vincent Walden. Toasts will be
responded TO by soldiers only.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
PATRIOTIC RALLY
LAKE COUNTY CITIZENS Will
SH0M THEIR LOVE OF
COUNTRY.

In keeping With the patriotic spirit
prevalent throughout the country.
Madison and Lake county people viii
show their love of country by a pa
triotic rally 10 Toe held i'm the audito-
rium of the high school Friday even
ing, May A.
The rally will be presided over BY
Or. J.. w Heston. president Of the
state Normal school. Among the
speakers viii be Judge ID. y. Hold
ridge. Mgr. I. 4. Flynn and Hon.
Geo. r. Farmer. Other features Of
the program will be music by the
band. patriotic songs by children Of
the training department of the State
Normal school. flag drills by chill
dren of the public schools. tableauX
and patriotic songs by a double male
quartet. Prof. Molloy will also rem
der a violin selection.
Comrades of Cen. Shields Post. @.
A. r.. Spanish American war vet
Grams and the young soldiers recent
~ enlisted in the new local company
are expected to be in attendance.
thus adding a real military aspect TO
the rally.
A most cordial invitation is eX-
tended TO all the citizens Of Lake
county 10 attend the rally and make
Of it a patriotic expression of the
people of the entire county. The eX-
ercises will begin at 8 o'clock p. m.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02

by the increased EOS of everything
pertaining to the production and dis
tribution or dairy products. We are
compelled TO pay TO the producer l
cent per quart more at this time than
we would have under normal condi-
tons. Without this increase. the
farmer can make more money by
selling butter fat al so cents per
pound and feed the skinned milk to
SIS hogs. AS 10 the reliability of
this statement. we win refer you To
the following farmers of whom we
purchase milk and cream Messrs.
Wilkinson. Brown. Sunde, Fisher.
Gross, WELDON. Steir and others.
We wish to assure the public that
i'm entering into this enterprise it
was with the intention of lettering
existing conditions instead of MAX
ing them worse. Our new modern
plant Will stand the closest of inspec-
ton. No money has been spared TO
make same strictly up TO date in
every respect. We have been work
ing somewhat under difficulties. first
owing to delay in the arrival Of our
machinery. second, on account Of the
unuHAdllE Ddu NOAtuAAiOM vi the iOd0@t
which makes it rather a task to de
liver milk at the right time. How
ever, we are now organized and hope
to be able to render the very best of
service to the community. We eX-
pect to begin pasteurizing most of
u milk within a few days. This
will assure absolute purity of our
products.
We are open for any criticism and
we are here ready and willing to cor
rect any reasonable complaints as to
service and quality of our products.
Soliciting your business and assuring
you that we are here to do our very
best, we remain.
Yours truly.
Madison Dairy Co.
Jos. Henkin, Prop.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
FURTHER ENLISTMENT
COMPANY BEING BROUGHT TO
FULL STRENGTH-DAILN
COMPANY DRILLS.

The names of Arthur X. Thomas
and Clarence Holman were added TO
the roll of enlistments for Company
4 of Howard and Madison last night.
DR.. Frudenfeld conducting the phys
ical examinations.
The company now numbers AZ
men in Madison. Howard has 30.
and an effort will be made at once
to raise the number needed TO make
the company complete with 100 men.
Lieutenants Walden and Wethe will
undertake the campaign at once, and
work in the towns surrounding Mad
ison in Lake county.
Drills are being conducted daily
by either or both Of the two local
officers. and the boys will be brought
under discipline as soon as possible.
Squads may be seen in the firemen's
hall at almost any hour of the day
or evening going through the rudi-
mentaTy drills.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
LOCAL NEWS.
Eat at Jack S.

Tat dl JAIN =.
Lawn mowers sharpened. IS cents
and 81, at Johnson's Repair shop.
The Twins are here. They are
beauties. Come and see them
Geo. Beck. Furniture.
For Sale. Baled hay. s
Thompson, Phone 1857.
Furnished rooms for rent.-Mrs
NJ. sullivan. 500 First street W.
Rooms for rent. partly furnished.
Inquire at this office.
Eat at Jacks.
For Rent. Six room house. Sec
ond street SW.-Albert Budde.
Eat at Jacks.
Ten pounds of sugar. 10 cents:
read our ad Wednesday.-Earle l..
Kelley.
Remember for a few days only.
tea at wholesale prices Madison
Coffee House.
Wanted. Scrap iron. Market
good.-Madison Iron and Metal com
pany. Phone 1859.
So in cash to any person bringing
to my store a standard make watch
| cannot repair.-Guy f. Hanson.
1t will pay you to read our ad
Wednesday and Thursday; it's a cash
proposition.-Earl l.. Kelley.
For Sale or Trade. Nine-passen-
ger launch, full equipment, in good
running order.-Guy +. Hanson.
: Broken Lenses accurately dupli-
Gated while you wait. Eyes exam
ined and frames fitted.-Yaeger's
Optical Parlor.
Another shot at the combine and
the high cost of living, tea and coffee
at wholesale prices at the Madison
Coffee House.
Chicken feed by bulk or hundred
weight; also highest grade oil for
%incubators and lamps.-Earle l.. kel-
ley, Phone 2140.
Wanted. To buy a house; cash
payment.-703 Lee avenue.
For Sale. Seed corn, the kind hat
gets ripe, $3.50 per bushel. DIR. w.
Z. Kinney.
f. l.. Kingsley, city assessor, is
making his rounds, listing for taxa
ton the possessions of Madison peo-
pie.
New advertisements today: Guy
r. Hanson, j. Chris Schultz, Belgian
Relief Fund commission, Earle l.,
Kelley.
Miss Emma Dahl arrived this
morning from Minneapolis and will
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02

Wanted. Team work of all kinds.
blowing gardens. gravel for sale de
livered, digging cellars a speciality.
-Rumrill & Larson. Phone 3745.
Cisterns built or repaired. small
jobs plastering. chimneys retopped.
painting and paper hanging. See
Clarence Spawn, Phone 3692.
For Sale. July or early kherson
and Canadian seed oats, medium red
and alsike clover. We also have tim
othy and clover mixed at $2.25 per
bushel-Union Grain & Sc q COM
pany.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
LAKE PLATFORM
MILWAUKEE COMPANY WILL
PROVIDE PASSENGER AC-
COMMODATIONS AT LAKE.

There was a directors meeting OF
the Commercial club last evening
preceding the regular meeting at
which I'll. II. Holdridge reported ON
improvement in railroad facilities
taken up several weeks ago. Mr..
Holdridge had been assigned to cor
respond with railroad officials in re
gard to reinstating the freight train
from the south which formerly ar
rived here at 6 a. m, but now ar
rives late in the night. Also TO Sc
cure. if possible, a continuation OF
sleeping a service from Sioux Falls
to Madison. And. again, to secure
the building Of a platform for the
accommodation of passengers, TO be
located at Lake Madison, with trains
stopping as they passed the lake.
This for the benefit of the chautau-
qua, picnic parties and fishing
parties.
Mr.. Holdridge reported that he
had been informed that a change in
the freight train schedule could not
be made. lie was assured that the
matter Of sleeping car facilities
would be taken up and granted II
possible.
In regard TO the passenger plat
form at the lake he had better luck
and reported that Supt. Beardsley
and Asst. Supt. Richards. of the
south branch passing the lake, had
assured him that a platform would
be built and trains both going and
coming would stop at the platform.
This is a concession that will be ap-
preciated by Madison people and also
by people from all over the state who
visit Lake Madison for pleasure and
recreation.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02

Bowel regularity is the secret of good
health, bright eyes. clear compilations
and DR.. Kings New Life Pills are a mild
and gentle laxative that regulates the
bowels and relieves the accumulated
wastes without gripping. Take a pill be-
dun spring fever feeling disappears.
Get DR.. Kings New Life Pills at your
druggist, 25 cents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
THE CITY.


Partly cloudy tonight. prob
ably rain or snow south por-
ton tonight. Thursday, rain
east and central portions, rain
or snow west portion. cooler
north portion.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02

problem by growing as much of the
supplies as possible.
Two litters of pigs for this season
will be the rule at the state institu-
ton.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
NOTICE TO

The state deputy veterinarian is
again in the city and ready to test
the COWS of anyone desiring his serv-
ices.-J, NJ. Duff. City Health Of
fieer.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
TO THE PUBLIC.

We feel that an explanation is due
to the public in regard to the ad-
vance of / cent per quart after May
/. The advance was forced on me
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02

Five hundred per cent OF more on
an investment is a good thing. Lit
tie wants ads in The Daily Leader
will bring these results.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02
MUSCLE SORENESS RELIEVED.

Unusual work, bending and lifting or
strenuous exercise is a strain on the
muscles, they become sore and stiff, YOU
are crippled and in pain. Sloan's Linz
ment brings you quick relief. easy to
apply. it penetrates without rubbing and
drives out the soreness. a clear, liquid,
cleaner than mussy plastcrs or ONT
ments, it does not stain the skin or clog
the pores. Always have a bottle handy
for the pains aches of rheumatism, govt,
lumbago, grippe, bruises. stiffness,
backache and all external pain. At your
druggist, rs cents.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-05-02

For anything in advertising or
printing call Phone 2143.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-01
CONTEST WINNERS
6owles 4 Billings Announce Winners
of the Local Guessing Contest-Ton
Of ..Red Hot Block" Coal First Prize
Sack Of "Occident" Flour Second.

The winners of the Bowles & Bill
inss coal weight guessing contest are
as follows. Fred w. Mcdonald. Route
3. first prize. the ton of Red Hot
Block" coal: his guess was $500
pounds: T.. Simrnis, llS North Second
street, second. a 4S-pound sack of "oc-
cident' -four. and five others win third
prizes. with each guess of 5000
pounds They viii he sent a twenty
four pound sack OF the best flour miIla
ed .Occident.'' The five are Harry
Mcbride .sp5 Seath second street; Guy
H. Cornell. Cos North Second avenue;
IS. ". Males. zoo North Third street:
Air. Farmer clio Nest Boone. and Airs
IF. c. Schcid,ng. 1ol East Main.
There we've geverai hundred guessers.
ali Of whom appeared at our office 800
Market street, IN person and had their
guess recorded The correct weight OF
the three loads of coal guessed on was
%. $50 pounds Tire first prize Was won
by coming within ten pounds. the sec
ond guess WAS within twenty ponndS
OF the correct weight The third prize
winnings came within ninety pounds
OF the correct weight. rs
We certainly appreciate the interest
shown III this contest and also appre-
ciate the friends we have who have
been giving US ALI or part OF their coal
and feed trade. Sincerely, BoWles X
Billings sos Market street. F
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-01

"ARCHIE" CLEMENS DEAD.
Old Resident Of County Sueeumbs to
illness Of Nearly Four Weeks.

Archibald Clemens. resident or TINS
county since 1864, died at IL o'clock
Wednesday night at his home. e64
North Fourth street. OF exhaustion fol-.
lowing the passing of the crisis in a
siege OF pneumonia. Mr.. Clemens was
taken i'll Jan. 10. and developed almost.
immediately meningeal complication
that made the disease hard TO COM
bat. The crisistin the pneumonia was
pass four days ago. and since then
the patient had failed rapidly.
Mr. Clemens was a son of the late
Archibald-snd I-avina Smith Clemens,
and was born near Greensburg. Ind.
Aug. 13. 1858. His parents came over
land from Indiana to this county in
1864. and settled on a farm two miles
northeas, Of fms city, known for years
AZ the old -s.archie" Clemens home
stead. now the farm of Henry Merrill,
and tenanted by Charles H. Hicks.
At Williams. Ore. March i6, 1854.
MIR. Clemens was united in marriage
with Miss Clara .Shoemake. and Went
to live on o farm in Vienna town
ship. two and one half miles southwest
OF Beaman Mr.. and Mrs Clemens
lived there until Dec. IS, 1896, when
they moved to this city.
Surviving Mr.. Clemens are his widow
and four children--Mrs. a. G. Aurin-
ger. of Hampton: Homer Clemens. a
mechanical engineer with the Erie
railroad at Mesdyille. Pa; and Leora
| and Elnyra, who are at home The
| son snd daughter from a distance were
here at the time Of their fathers death.
| One son. Clarence. died July 20, 1895.
There also survive two brothers and
one sister, in the persons of John Glenn
ems. Of Conrad: II. +. Clemens, OF TINS
city; and Mrs. i. f. Pesg, four miles
northeast Of this city. Another broth
e.. william Clemens, died FEB. ~,
1916.
| Funeral services will be held from
| the residence al O'Clock Friday after
noon. Burial viii follow in the Vienna
cemetery, De and ,one-half miles south
OF Beaman.