The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1919-03-26

ming over 500. The appeal through
the big dailies is opening many a gem
erous purse.
I. J.. Bibby will attend a county
agent conference at Sioux Falls to-
morrow. Moody, Lake, Minnehaha
Miner and McCook counties will be
represented and the program for the
spring and summer will be under
consideration.
The bedding, supplies, ETC., that
were loaned the emergency hospital
and have not been returned are now
in Miss wilkins office. Please call
and claim your property by April 1.
After that all remaining supplies will
be disposed of among families of the
city that need such help.
S. A. Winslow, who has been in
the city the past two days conducting
a membership drive for the local
Yeomen, departed yesterday for 9TH
er points, leaving Mrs. G. P. Cogdal
in charge of the work here. Mr..
Winslow is the district manager for
Yeomen lodges.
A special matinee will be given at
the Imperial on Saturday afternoon
at the regular hour, the entire pro-
ceeds of which will go into the bene-
fit fund for Miss Florence Lincoln.
An unusually high class production
will be presented, entitled, GAS the
Sun Went Down" Undoubtedly this
will draw a large crowd since all of
our citizen sare interested in Miss
Lincoln.
The county commissioners went in
to full session yesterday owe the bids
Submitted for different phases of the
work and material for ditch No. Is.
In all, 16 bids were submitted, but
no action was taken toward award
ing contracts, but is pending await
ing the investigation by Engineer c..
A. Trimmer of the products of a con
Germ at Webster City, Ia, who manu-
features a special sectional tile that
is being considered for the ditch. Mr..
Trimmer will soon hand in a report
on this matter and contracts will be
decided upon and assigned.
Next Saturday night when Madison
people go to bed they will turn their
clocks ahead one hour and rise Sun
day morning upon the summer sched-
ule of the daylight saving law. On
millions of clocks all through the
country the same thing will be done
ND the NOM finn will hn IN fpraa ~
til the last Sunday in October when
the clocks will be turned back the
one hour. Efforts to repeal this law
during the last session of congress
failed for it was believed that the
simple change had justified itself in
the added daylight for outdoor en-
iCyment.
Miss Eleanor Hunter, of the chill
dren's bureau, U. S. department of
labor, will speak on the Back to
School drive at 3 p m, Saturday,
March 20, in the high school audito-
rum. Miss Hunter has just complet-
ed a our of Arkansas, where she has
been talking in the interests of the
Back to School drive, which is being
conducted by the children's bureau
and the local council of national de-
tense. Miss Hunter is a woman of
wide educational experience along
certain most interesting lines and she
will be certain to command the in
terest and appreciation of both teach
ers and parents Everybody is well
come.
Several days ago Miss Edna Bixler
lost in the city a butterfly breastpin
set with pearls and rubies. The pin
was especially priced by Miss Bixler
as she had received it from France
the evening before the loss, wearing
il down town for the first time. The
loss was advertised exclusively in The
Daily Leader. The pin was found by
Fred Schneider, who reported it TO
this office yesterday. The jewel was
considerably damaged by having
been stepped upon. Mr.. Schneider
who was in town the day of the loss,
was employed on the Frank Molumby
farm in Orland township, where he
read the advertisement in The Daily
Leader and being in town again yes
terday he reported his find to this
office.