The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-08-30
STATE NEWS.

business and Professional men of Gar
retson a commercial club was organ
lied with Mayor Gus M. Oldre, as
president, and Anton G. Halls, as sec
rotary.
Mitchell-The tax assessment of
Mitchell will be raised in only a few
instances, according to a statement of
III. G. Preston, member of the state
tax commission, who has completed
a survey of the work of the city as
SCISSOR.
Artesian "A branch of the Ameri-
can Legion has been organized here.
The post will be known as Jackson
post, named In honor of Carol Jack
son, who vas killed overseas. The
state organization already has APP
proved the application for a charter.
Kimball-A brickiayer employed
the new Kimbali Commercial bank
building on Main street was serious
ly injured when the derrick which he
has just assembled to the top, fell over
Ati o0o thC wv, VI otoihS ~ qultS
badly and breaking a number of ribs.
Elkton-The Elkton authorities
have been unable to find the thieves
who entered the Hoch store a few
nights ago ans escaped with $1,000
worth of bolt silk, a quantity of silk
gloves and considerable jewelry. II
Is thought the robbers were expert
silk thieves and that they were pro-
vided with q high-powered automo-
bile, in which they entered the city
during the darkest part of the night
and in which they carried away their
loot.
Hot Springs-Col. Banks, one OF
the senior surgeons of the United
States public health service, was in
Hot Springs for a day looking over
the branch of the National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Battle
Mountain sanitarium, in relation to
its accommodations for returning sol
diers.
There are now about $50 soldiers
in this institution. The greater part
of these are tubercular or suspected
tubercular cases. Information from
several authorities is to the effecr
that Battle Mountain sanitarium viii
not be made a tubercular institution
Mitchell-Fred L.. Shaw, state
superintendent opened the largest
conference in vitalized agriculture
ever put on in any state when Prof
p. G. Holden and his corps of assist.
ants began giving their intensive
work in this new plan to a class Of
$50 teachers especially selected fol
the work by the county superinten.
dents of twenty counties in the south
ern and southwestern parts of th'
state. The conference will continue
through the week and will close Fri
day night.
Huron-With the exception OF tn,
theft of several automobiles. nearl.
all of which, however, have been re
covered, Huron has been absolutel.
Tree Vi Ciiulc tniS year. Inc tiSud
number of /. w. w. and other unde
sirables who come here with tn,
opening of harvest, either failed t.
make their appearance at all Or, |
they did come, behaved so well tina
they did not come in contact with tn,
police. Police officials are preparing
now to cope with any undesirabl,
characters which may drift int
Huron for the state fair which open
September 2.
Yankton-An investigation Of tn
erosions of the Missouri river at tn
mouth of the Jim river, a few mile
east of here, has been undertaken b.
G.. III. Durand, vice president of tn
Yankton college, and Prof. A. p. Lar
rabee, of the biological and geolog
ical departments. They have pitche,
camp at the junction of the two river
and will spend a couple of weeks il
their study. The Missouri in thi
section has washed heavily along tn
east bank here in the last year, |
many places cutting back farthe
than at any time since white me
came to the northwest, and they an
ticipate many interesting discoveries