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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20
EMERGENCY AGENT
AGRICULTURAL EMERGENCY
DEMONSTRATION AGENT
HERE-BEGINS WORK,

/. j. Bibby, agricultural emergency
demonstration agent for Lake coun-
ty, arrived lately and opened offices
for business in the courthouse yes
terday. He has no furniture or
equipment yet, but started right in
doing business, arranging for farm
ers' institutes and getting informa-
ton of the supplies of seed corn. He
will occupy the northwest room of
the upper floor of the courthouse, if
present arrangements are carried
out.
The acquisition of this form of adj
visor for the farmer is a result of the
provision of congress for this emer-
gency. 1t provides that a county may
get a county agent, whose office is
temporary and whose pay is furnish
ed by the government, provided the
county pays his office expenses. He
acts as kind of a business manager
for such supplies as the farmer needs
and furnishes information where
they may be found-a sort of clear
ing house. 1t is understood that
there have many farmers of the coun-
ty taken out memberships in the as
ISOLATION. 1t terminates with the end
of the war, but not before July 1.
Mr.. Bibby is from Wisconsin, but
has been in the employ of the gov
eminent for some years in the de-
partment of animal husbandry, and
teaching in Penn university. He
comes well recommended, and is
deeply interested in the work. He
was making arrangements today fol-
holding farmers Institutes in various
parts of the county, and had a tenta'
tive schedule arranged. but which
may be amended.
Mr.. Bibby has moved his family tc
Madison, and is occupying rooms In
the A. M. McAllister house at 12C
Washington enu S.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20
OBITUARY.

Leneta Barlow was born February
%, 1880, at Emmetsburg, La. In
1892 her parents moved to Ruthven,
Ia, where she grew to womanhood.
Here at the age of IA she accepted
Christ as her savior, was baptized
and joined the Seventh Day Adventist
church, of which she "a an active
member until her death.
In 1896, on November 26 she unit
ed in marriage with William Page,
and to this happy union were born
two children. About eight years ago
the family moved to Dakota, living
in the vicinity of Madison, and for
the last two years resided in this
city where on February IA, after a
serious surgical operation she fell
asleep to awake at the call OF her
savior.
She Leaves her husband. William
Page, her daughter, Mrs. Gladys
Winesburg, her SON, voloros. her only
sister, Mrs. Amos Hanson of Ruth
ven, Ia, and her aged parents. Henry
and Anna Barlow, of Logan, Utah,
with many friends and relatives to
mourn her death.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20
lie ROY TOWNSHIP
RED CROSS BASKET SOCIAL AN.
NOUNCED AT CROW
SCHOOLHOUSE.

Leroy, Feb. 20.-Special: The
Downs school taught by Miss Emma
Serck and the Crow school taught by
Miss Marie Parker, will give an en-
tertainment followed by a basket So
cial for the benefit of the Red Cross
Thursday evening, February 81. at
the Grow schoolhouse. Plenty of
room for all. Come prepared to
both sell and buy a basket.
The 2-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. William Lang is sick with
pneumonia.
Caromi Betz has recovered from an
attack of smallpox and the family ex-
-pect the quarantine to be raised Don
Jens Juhl is still visiting at the
home of his brother-in-law, Jens
Thusen, but expects to be called for
army service at any time.
One of the Hegdahl boys had the
misfortune to lose a front wheel of
his car Monday. No further damage
except a walk home.
How about your mail man who
faces the cold every day to deliver
your mail. Show your appreciation
by a few oats for his horses OF a
piece of that fresh meat you just
butchered. You both will feel bet
ter.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20

stomach, and at times complained of
v pains in the head. This was
following a call for a physician to
where he was attending school at the
model class of the Normal training
department, when he suffered what
vas understood as a fit. This was on
February z. He was detained at
home thereafter, where the above
symptoms were noted. 1t has since
developed that he sustained a severe
blow on the head some days previous
to the first calling of the physician.
On Monday morning his condition
became worse, and the doctor was
again called. The trouble was not
thoroughly understood, but it was
known that there was some brain
pressure. From that time until dis
solution he alternated between coma
and consciousness.
The boy is the third child, there
being a son and daughter older, and
a son younger. The parents have the
sympathy of the community.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20
PLATING GROUND
SOME LAND Is MISSING AND
SOME OWNERS DO NOT
SHOW UP.

Because of the unwieldiness OF the
description of lands and subdivisions
by metes and bounds, county officers.
this winter invoked the law provided
some years ago in plating these odd
descriptions, and having them filed
and recorded with the register of
deeds. County and City Surveyor c..
A. Trimmer and his men have been
engaged at this work during the win
ter, and now have the work nearly
completed. There will be about is
of these plats to record, which must
be drawn by the engineers office,
submitted to the deputy state engi-
neer, and offered for copying and fill
ing to the register of deeds. The
register must copy the plat and affi-
davits in a book provided for that
purpose. Article 10, Political Code
of 1903 provides specifically for the
plotting of the parcels, making it OBJ
ligatory on the owner to do this, or
officers will do it and charge it in
the taxes for the year.
Mr.. Trimmer said this morning
that there were few n of land
who employed him directly to draw
the plats. Some made inquiries with
that in view, but they were advised
that it would be cheaper for them TIC
let the county do 1T, and have IL
charged to them. This is the case
-. .haro ono eavarol Mats I'm q
complete parcel of land, and instead
of each having to bear the expense
the total expense of one plat would be-
pro rated. There were several o
these irregular shaped tracts in the
county, and their description on thu
tax books occupy a large space on The
books, in two instances shown taking
up a whole page of leaps AM
bounds" description. This plating
avoids all this, making it possible t.
get the description on a single lin'
of the books.
The plating Of some Of these
tracts leaves parcels of ground with
out owners, Mr.. Trimmer said. Ii
one instance there were i've acres
without an owner of record. The!
finally found owners for half of that
But there still remains tracts thu
deeds for which have not been filed
and some internally isolated tract
left by the variance of measuremen
from the two opposite o
course these grounds have owners
but in some cases the owners hav'
not filed the deeds, and until the,
do their title will not be evident.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20
SCHOOLBOY DIES
HARRY MATHEMATICS DIES
THIS MORNING-INDIRECT
RESULT OF ACCIDENT.

At the home OF his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. Walkenhauer, 304
Seventh street NV, at 6 o'clock this
morning occurred the death of Harry
Walkenhauer, of an abscess of the
brain. at the age of IL years. The
funeral will be held Friday afternoon
at $3.50 at the Norwegian Lutheran
church, Rev. Alfred Nelson having
charge. Burial will be in Graceland
cemetery.
The boy had been sick for some
days, though the cause of his ailment
was not known, physicians say. He
suffered a severe disturbance of the
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20
JOHN WHITMORE DEAD
OLD RESIDENT OF LAKE COUNTY
DIED YESTERDAY-WELL
KNOWN HERE.

OF a complication of diseases after
long illness John Whitmore died at
his home nine miles northwest of
Madison yesterday at 4 o'clock in the
afternoon, at the age of 60 years.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed, pending news of relatives
living at a distance, but it is intended
that the services will be at the Meth
odist church, in charge of Rev. H.. w.
Minish. A. G.. Hallenbeck has the
direction of the funeral.
Mr.. Whitmore is survived by his
wife and six living children. The
eldest daughter is Mrs. George Stan
ford. Frank Whitmore, the oldest
son, is in the army. There are two
daughters attending school at the
Normal, and a son of IL years living
at home. Mrs. ID. McKinnon and
Mrs. C. Terwilliger, of Madison, and
Mrs. Cole, of Fort Wayne, Ind, are
sisters.
The family are long time residents
of Lake county, and are well known.
Mr.. Whitmore came to Lake county
while his father was yet living here,
nearly 80 years ago. He has resided
on the place at which he died for
more than 20 years. His first wife
met death four years ago under trag-
ic circumstances of burning, and he
remarked. The community suffers
a distinct loss in his demise, and the
relatives have the sympathy of all.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20
LOCAL NEWS.
Eat at Jacks.


Girl wanted at the Sugar Bowl.
Farm for Rent. Choice, well i'm
proved half section of land Torrent.
Inquire at First National Bank.
For Sale. House and lot, close in,
also light dray business. Call at this
office.
Eat at Jacks.
Fort Rent. Seven room house
Chas Martin. Phone $3.50.
Eat at Jacks.
For Sale or Rent. My place on
Egan avenue.-Mrs. Hattie B. Bor-
land.
Take your next meal at Rays Res
taurant, 35 cents.
Broken Lenses accurately dupli-
Gated while you wait. Eyes exam
ined and frames fitted.-Yaeger's
Optical Parlor.
Seed corn for sale. Sample OF
1916 crop on exhibition at Z. l..
Kingsley's office.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20
ANNOUNCEMENT.

I hereby announce myself as a can
didate for nomination to the office
of register of deeds for Lake county
on the republican ticket. subject to
the voters of the county at the May
primary election.-Martin Nerdahl.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20
FOR COUNTY TREASURER.

We. the employees of The Smith
Auto Co., hereby submit to the voters
of Lake county the name of our book
keeper, C. HI. Roberts, as a desirable
candidate for the office of county
treasurer. and pledge him u sup
port.-A. d. Parker, w. D. Trip. A.
F. Budde, H. w. Edminster. e. G.
Danuser, T. j. Bliss, G. H. Sollitt.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20
SEED CORN FOR SALE.

Pure bred Minnesota ID, some OF
our own raising. This corn was care
fully selected, sacked and fire dried.
Same kind we have sold for four
years.-Union Grain & Seed Co.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20

The Daily Leader contains the gen.
eral news of the day besides local
and county news. 1t IL the best for
the subscriber.
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We handle the Maxwell Art. Wall
papers exclusively. We have done
SO for many years because when you
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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20
THE CITY.

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Fair tonight and not quite so
cold in west portion; Thursday
fair with rising temperature.
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The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1918-12-19

For the completion Of It's war work
and for the institution Of its peace pro-
gram, the Red Cross Is fortunately in
healthy financial condition. Album.
dant occasion for the use of large
funds of money and great quantities OF
garments and other supplies will con.
tinue to arise, but 1t is believed that
there will be no further need for inten.
sive campaigns for funds. The work
OF experimenting governmental activi.
ties which the Red Cross will be called
upon to do in all parts of the world
Will be upon great scale, but 1t will
call for human service rather than for
large expenditures.
What the American Red Cross
needs now Is not 80 much contribu-
lions Of money as the continued devo-
ton and loyalty Of its members This
Is peculiarly true at this moment Of
transition from war to peace. Annual
membership involves the payment Of
only one dollar. The money thus re.
ceived not only will defray all the ad-
ministrative expenses of the organiza.
ton, but will leave it substantial bal.
ance which, together with all funds
subscribed directly for relief. Is de-
voted solely to that purpose.
THE roll call Of the nation is thus
to be called at Christmas time, that
through enrolment in their Red Cross
The American people may send mes
sage to our soldiers still overseas and
TO the people of the world that we are
not merely content with seeing our
arms united with our allies in victory,
but that our abiding purpose Is that
The love. the sympathy and the intelli-
gence of all America shall be rededi.
Gated to the permanent service Of
mankind"
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1918-12-19

possible the plans of this their ma
tlonal humanitarian society.
Since the armistice was signed
have had an opportunity to confer in
Paris with the heads OF all American
Red Cross commissions in Europe. and
later, in Washington, with the Presi-
dent of the United States, the War
CuHncl of tie Red Cross. the man.
ayers OF the II Red Cross divisions of
the United States and with the heads
Of our departments at national head
quarters. am, therefore, able to
speak now with knowledge and assur.
ance in saying that the beneficent
work of the American Red Cross 10 to
30 forward on great scale-not
alone. as heretofore. for purposes of
relief of war. but as an agency of peace
and permanent human service.
Since Americas entry into war the
purpose of our Red Cross has been pri
marily to aid our army and navy in the
care Of our own men under arms, and,
secondly, to extend relief to the sol
diers, sailors and civilians of those
"Hi'h "tAc Jul
ties along with their own. With the
funds which have been 30 generously
contributed by the American people
this war work OF The Red Cross will
continue and be complete with all pos,
sible sympathy and energy.
Wherever our soldiers and sailors
may be. the Red Cross will stay with
them until they are demobilized. Moth
ing which We may do will be left un,
done. either. For the men In the war
zone, for those returning, for those in
the camps and hospitals or for their
families at home the Red Cross will
continue its ministrations. In this lat
ter effort $4,000 trained Red Cross
workers are now engaged at $500 diff
ferent places throughout the land
THE problems OF reconstruction, In.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1918-12-19
CHAPTERS AND BRANCHES WILL
BE cENTERs IN EACH COM.
MUNlTY FOR GIVING A o TO
oI0TREesED HUMANITY.
ACTIVITIES NOT CuRTAILED
MsnbsrshIp Campaign Each Christ
mas VIII 30 Means Of Calling
Americans Together to
Show Spirit Of Love,

Henry p. Dawson. Chairman OF the
War Council of the Red Cross. has is.
sued to the 1854 chapters and the
22.000.000 members Of the American
Red Cross the following statement
outlining the future policy of the
American Red Cross:
"Ths whole American people will be
invited In the week preceding Christ
mas to enroll ~ members Of the Red
Cross. II 10 confidently believed
there will be no further campaigns for
Red Cross funds. blu. instead the an
nusl roll call will constitute the foun-
dalton Of the Red Cross. The people
should therefore know as definitely as
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1918-12-19

for and picking the feathers that tn geese had drop
ped gathering the wool from the bushes where the sheep had
scratched, meanwhile building castles in the air.
And when summer each year and the birds mated
again. John in the tryng place asked Dora when the day
should be- and for ten Dora sad No yet;
not ready But at last in the midst of the loneliness Of
Valley World Shut-Out roof and then little
later in the dusk of midsummer evening, when the whip
poor-w singing, by the light of midsummer and
the gmmer of myrad of frees Dora and John down
the HILL through the path that shaded by trees, and the
light cleaned the valley and made it's lOnel
ness flee away.
John chopped the that made the beams and built
the huge brick chimney and placed the glass in the little
dragged from the ledge stone for the doorway
Dora had filled the shelves Of the cupboard with linen and wool
and the beds with feathers gathered in She had
planted ferns and flowers around the doorway and trained
growing woodbne the little porch John had fashion
ed many piece of homely made furniture, cherry table,
chair gnarled trunks chest and settle for the fire.
place. a single scoop for dipping meal from the bin, and
wooden spoon for Dora's And when they began their
life together pair of built in the doorway
where the woodbne grew.
For short they lived with the spirits of love and
content in happy Valley World ShutOu; but when the
and shadows of that short had passed. in the midst of the
budding of the leaves and the flowers and the mating of the
that waking, and John ro,mcd alone WIDER
VALLEY.
The latch-string pulled in the Desolate
Cottage, and the wrens flew away never to return
The thrushes still sing of love in the forest the whppoor
will still calls by the rver the clouds float the valley the
waters tell their story but only the winds from the mountain
side rock the cradle in Desolae Cottage of Valley World
Shut-Out.
The Hayti herald. (Hayti, Mo.) 1908-1922, 1918-12-19

George w. Simmons, manager for
the Southwestern Division of the
American Red Cross, in a statement
given out today said that he hoped the
Southwestern Division would continue
to set the pace in Red Cross activities
In the past We have compelled the
other Red Cross divisions to follow US
and hope We will be able 10 say that
we have an unbroken record as the
leading division Of the country when
The calling of the roll Is completed"
said Mr.. Simmons.
The people Of Kansas. Missouri,
Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma have
in the past nobly responded to all the
calls Of the Red Cross. and in this
membership campaign to be held dur
ing the week of Dec. 1923 hope the
response will be similar to that in the
past.
will 1t not be a great achievement
if every resident Of the division joins
the organization? 1t will mean that
for all time we can point to the five
states as being 100 per cent loyal to
its promises and p!2d..,s in both war
and peace.
The Red Cross must continue to
Give comfort and choer to the soldier.
and sailors overseas and those In the
camps in America.
While the Red Cross will continue
to aid the stricken of Europe, we must
not neglect preparation for the care OF
our own people should an emergency
arise.
THE women Of the five states have
given their time to making surgical
dressings. refugee garments and to
knitting thousands of articles given
soldiers and sailors and the poor OF
Europe by the organization. and TO fail
TO answer the roll call at this time
would reflect on their generous efforts.
1T does not appear necessary for
me. as manager of this great institu.
tion in this great division. to appeal to
the people in this division to Join, be-
cause / feel convinced they will re-
spond. l merely ask that the loyal
supporters of the organi2ation-the
men. women and children who have
made the work of the Red Cross posi-,
bis-set forth the facts to their
frisads. so that whom the membership
oampaiHn period Up over We can call to
the .RttSntion Of the world that every
tSstdSAf Of Missouri, Kansas. Texas,
kknts4a I'D Oklahoma is q member
~ aD<ytnn1 iNRAituii2n"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16

South of the Mason and Dixon line
there are a number Of streams whose
names are hardly known in the north
which can develop 100.0 horsepower
southern Appalachian range has a
water foundation for large manufac-
turing Industries.
The water powers Of New England
are not half developed. Some years
ago a consulting engineer of the Cen
eral Electric Company made the
statement that more water power goes
to waste annually in Massachusetts,.
alone, than could be developed by the
falls of Niagara, and this is SO not
withstanding the census shows that
New England ranks very high in its
water power development. By the last
census there were little more than
$1,000 water powers in the United
States, and only 500 which had a ca
pacity of 1000 or more. OF these, the
six New England states had 800, and
from these was generated almost one
At that time New York headed the
states in its water power develop
ment, due largely to the big plants at
Niagara Falls. California came sec
ond with total of almost half mill
lion NJ epo"s lowing o e. more
third. with $4,000 horseno er o er
about 1000 wheels. After Maine came
Massachusetts,. and then New Hamp-
shire, Connecticut and Vermont
Today Maine is said to have water
falls that will yield something like
$500 600 horsepower, or almost as
much as the falls of Niagara. The
amount developed is less than 400, 900.
Much Of this comes from the many
/ ', ut rf' i'n' t'dev ter,
the streams from them to the sea hav-
ing numerous falls. The state has
son Ia
+ 1t . I'D. o orgin Il. nnebec,
Penobscot and other rivers which
tumble through many falls down to
the sea, feeding power plants here
and there along their banks.
AS to the other New England states,
the Merrimac and Connecticut rivers
are perhaps the most important. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16
The 24-H0ur Clock.

TT HE twenty-four-hour clock is to
u be introduced into Switzerland
after the war, according to Vice
Consul Frank Bohr, who reports from
Zurich:
date of April 10, 1913, has decreed
that the Swiss transportation sys-
TENS, the management Of the tele-
graph systems, the customs service
the federal government works and
the remaining institutions under fedS
eral management shall, upon return
to normal conditions. but not before
May 1. 1919. establish the twenty
fsur-hour day. numbering the hours
from 1 to "a, beginning at midnight"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-06-16

Merrimac is said to turn more spindles
than any other river on the face Of
the globe. It drains a total area Of
a little less than 5000 square miles
and one-half feet to the mile, but the
greater part of the drop occurs at
short distances apart, and at these
places are some of the biggest fac
tories and mills of the country, lying
chiefly in the short distance between
Manchester, New Hampshire and
Lowell and Lawrence. Mass.
!. X
There is a great deal Of undeveloped
horsepower along the Mississippi
river and it's tributaries. According
to Prof. Leighton, the minimum avail
able from these sources is more than
six and one-half million horsepower
while the maximum is almost double
that amount. The minimum is just
about equal to the power lost at Mag
ara.
The great developed water power
of the Mississippi river is that of the
big dam at Keokuk. Iowa. The cleo
trio plant there has cost something
TALLY Of $4,000 horsepower. 1t is
now delivering upward of 10000
horsepower to st. Louis, SO that the
street cars of that city are run by
the falling waters Of the Mississippi,
100 miles away. Moreover, the ma
chinery is SO delicately managed, the
flowing water being automatically ad-
mitted only as is needed. that it is
said when the street cars stop in st.
Louis the change in the power used
can be felt at Keokuk.
have been in the penstocks of the
great turbine plants at Niagara; and
have seen also the vast turbine room
Of this plant at Keokuk. The sights
are among the wonders of the world
The turbines have the most delicate
machinery. which work with the ac-
curacy Of Swiss watch. At Keokuk
1 saw machines Weighing more than
one-half million pounds resting on u
single bearing, and above them were