The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-16

nedy, returns TO her home in Sioux
City.
Ed Sponholz just finished thresh-
ing and marketing 80 acres OF barley
which yielded AZ bushels to the acre.
and sold at S1.31 a bushel, from his
farm a mile and a half west of Mad
ison. Beyond that We are speechless.
AT Sioux Falls on September 6 will
be held examinations by the civil
service for positions in customs serv-
ice, and in the internal evenue serv-
ice in various positions. The exam
nations of July 20 did not provide
enough from the applicants, and this
examination will take the place of
the regular November examinations
if enough are secured.
ID. McKinnon d company are max
ing preparations for invoicing stock
and taking two additional members
into the firm. These gentlemen are
II. f. Griffin and Chas. Raasch. for
merly engaged i'm the mercantile
business at Oldham and recently lost
their stock at that place by fire. The
new firm will be incorporated under
the name of The Home Supply com
pany.
Frank Krug and family were to
have started this morning on a trip
to their parents home at Lomira.
Wis, but were somewhat delayed by
the rain of last night. They had in
tended to get to Sioux Falls on the
way for breakfast. but deferred their
start until later in the day. They
will visit their parents and relatives
and attend a convention Of the Ger
man Evangelical church.
Indecision and inaction i'm the mat
ter of arranging for conduit for the
electric light cable resulted i'm the
work of sidewalks and paving being
ready before the disposition OF this
problem could be effected. The city
hastily ordered galvanized iron con
Quits, which, it is thought. will be
incased in the cement of the walks
and along the curb. 1t had been pro
posed to place this cable in fibre con
Quits such as was used by the tele-
phone company for their cables.
John Foley. mother and sisters and
Mrs. Frank Winesburg returned by
automobile this forenoon from Dell
Rapids. where they had been to call
on Mrs. John O'Brien. of this city
i'll at the home of her daughter. Mrs.
Halvorson. in Dell Rapids. Mr.. Foley
states that the condition of Mrs.
O'Brien is serious, with little hope
OF recovery. Express Agent Claude
Kenney. grandson, of this city. has
been at the bedside of his grand
mother several days.
Carl Porter returned home by a
morning train from the officers re-
serve training camp at Fort Sheri-
dan, Ill. where he has been in train
ing. At the conclusion of the first
series of training, of the class ina
which Carl was listed, 20 received
commissions. about an equal number
I were discharged and nine We're held
for further training of so days i'm
the second series. Carl being among
this number.
Coffey Bros. this morning complet-
ed a trade Of property involving 4
value of $40 1000. trading ll6 acres
of land valued at $500 an acre in tho
south part of the county. their livery
barn, and the agency of the Chevrolet
car to Messrs. Avery Williams and
Hicks for a half section farm in Ba-
dus township known as the Dykens
farm. and other consideration. viii
Jams q Hicks will take possession OF
their newly acquired property next
March.
Sioux Falls Argus-Leader There
has been much discussion in local
sporting circles as to when the hunt
ing season would open. There was a
difference of three days between the
federal and state laws-the former
providing for the season on game
birds 10 open September z. and the
latter for September /. At the meet
ing of the legislature last winter. the
South Dakota game laws Were
amended so that they conform to the
federal laws and hunters may now
make their arrangements to 20 into
the field for both ducks and chickens
on September Z.
VIM. Rowland wired the govern
ment employment bureau At Sioux
City Tuesday for % laborers for har-
vest work. 1t was learned that that
office had been abandoned. and that
the message was forwarded to Kan
sas City. Mr.. Rowland says that
there are many places in which he
could put men. but has not the men
only one la arriving today. The
demand for wages has risen as a re
suit of the threshers' convention at
Sioux Falls, at which it was decided
to pay 35 cents for wagon men and
40 cents an hour for machine men.
Operations on the street We're
brought to nearly a standstill today.
on account of the soft ground as a
result of the rain of last night.
Gravel could not be hauled from the
washing plant, nor crushed rock
from the railway yards. There be
ing little supplied ahead of the mix
ing machine, they did not start work
this morning. The steam shovel was
tied up this morning on account OF
the generator ~aDDparing before the