The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-04-28

club rooms Monday evening. April
80, at $50 o'clock.
All those who want to have Me
mortal day exercises this year are re
quested 10 meet in the Commercial
club rooms Monday evening. April
80. at $50 o'clock.
The ladies committee of the Gem
etery association are requested to
meet at Secretary Burnett's office iu
the courthouse Monday evening.
April 30. ait 7,30.-Mrs. F. c. Smith.
Chairman.
On account of the hospital bene-
fit recital and May day dance at the
Normal gymnasium coming on the
same evening, recital Will start at
8 o'clock sharp. The dance will be-
gin at 9:45, so it will permit YOU TO
attend both affairs.
Nick B~jornstad returned this
morning from a visit at Bruce and
Brookings, having been gone since
Tuesday. At the former place he
visited his sister, Mrs. O. Erickson,
and at the latter place he spent some
time with a friend. Il. S. Hanson.
Mrs. w. b. Soule was hostess to
the Inter Sc club on Thursday aft
ernoon. A delightful time was spent
visiting over needleWork and at B
o'clock a delicious two course lunch
was served. Mrs. C%olgrOve, MIS-.
Tyrrell and Mrs. Biederstaedt We're
guests of the club.
The commissioners are i'm session
today. considering the extension of
ditch No. 8 to include nearly forty
acres more of land i'm the system of
drainage. The engineers estimate
of costs amounts to $1.775. which
assessment will be borne wholly by
the land lately entered for the lower
end of the drainage system.
A letter received by VIM. Rae am
nounces that the public accountant
who is expected to audit the city
books in response 10 a resolution re
Gently passed by the council. cannot
be i'm Madison for some little time.
AIS he has other work ahead of this
Just who the man will be who does
the actual work is not known, but
the writer Of the letter is ]. f.. IIuln.
John w. Walden received a letter
recently from Mrs. Gina Smith Camp
bell. stating hat the third draft Of
$4,000 had been sent to the central
committee. Funk q Wagnalls at New
York, for the fund for Belgian re-
lief. This makes the total sent from
this state $4,000. The territory eff
the local committee has not made
returns I'D accord with expectations
In the supreme court at Pierre
Monday arguments I'm the case III e..
O. Reek against the e.. NJ. a St p.
Railway company Will be heard
The attorneys for the respondent
Mr.. Beck. are A. W Sponholz ahi
C.. +. Porter. of Madison. and fer the
appellants are Porter a Grantham
and Geo. Il. Farmer. None of the
resident counsel so TO argue. briefs
Of The case having been filed. and
which contain all the arguments tor
the ease.
south Dakota land is moving. ac-
cording to reports of local real esq
tate firms. The Madison Land COM
panv. within the past ten days has ~
AAH
feeted the sale of the farm belonging
TO Bert Rogers. of DeadWood. for
merly known as the Andrews farm.
ito j. II. Whitman, of Sioux Falls.
The place has $50 feet OF lake front
on Lake Madison. They also made
the exchange of IA farm at Artesiaa
belonging to G.. II. Parr for a ranch
at Wasta. and traded 500 acres a
Mentor for a 320-acre piece OF land
in Morton county, North Dakota
Work was commenced today stof-
ing old records in the large douDie
ivault i'm the basement beneath the
vaults now i'm use by the auditor n
treasurer. Records of five years ago
{or more viii be placed therein. The
vault was formerly used as a place
of storage for a limited amount o.
old matter. but the papers moulded
SO badly that they We're removed
This spring the commissioner au
thorized the lighting and ventilatins
of the place. making il possible "
keen the damp from spelling the
contents. and placed large and com
modious shelves throughout the two
Joined rooms.