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Tonight and Wednesday An w iV f£ Ci -"A Splendid Hazard" A slory so unti.sual us to be truly startling. You'll see some great acting In this brilliant production. Characters so real they Btep right out of a book into life. Also the Original Katzenjammer Kids Showing this week at Garrlck Theater, Minneapolis, all seats 35 cents. At the Lyric, Mad Iron, Tuesday Mini VVi*1im'sIji3 I ,"»• A' iO Thursday and Friday Dorothy Gish IN "Remodeling Her Husband" They My she did an excellent piece of work. A too AI 8t. John Comedy "(LK.\MN(j UP" A Racing Riot that Would Make a Horae Laugh. AdmlHMlon 10c and 85c THE CITY. WEA TIIK K FORECAST Partly cloudy and somewhat un settled tonight and Wednesday slightly warmer tonight ia northwest portion. NOTICK TO OWNKKS AND OCCU PANTS TO I YV t: KDS. Notice is hereby given Mrs. Chas. Monroe, of this city was operated on yesterday at the local hospital. Every lady attending the ball game Friday will be a booster for the new hospital. Boost! Boost!! Boost!!! The Mission Circle of the First Baptist church will meet on Wednes day afternoon with MrB. B. M. Law rence. Norwegian divine services will be held in Lake Madison Lutheran church next Sunday at S p. m.—C. K. Solberg, pastor. Wanted. Five hundred ladies at the ball game between the east and west side business men's teams July 23. Miss Evelyn Olson returned last evening from Flandreau, where she was the guest of an aunt, Mrs. Reh feld, for several days. Miss Hilda Marquart, of Canova, submitted to an operation for re moval of appendix, at the Madison hospital this morning. Mrs. Paul Heitman departed last evening for Pipestone to assist In car ing for her sister, Mrs. M. Phillips, who is seriously ill from a recent op eration. Miss Frances Johnson and Miss Helen Callan, who were the guests of Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Nolan, have returned to their home at Hawarden Iowa. Mrs. James McKittrick of Sioux Falls was entertained tor several days by her aunt, Mrs. Paul Heitman. Mrs. McKittrick departed for homo yesterday. Mrs. W. S. Dam u th and son "Billy" arte now at Spirit Lake, Iowa, the guests of Mrs. Damuth's uncle, Mr. H. O. Dean. They return at the end of the week. Mr. and Mrt. C. A. Sheridan, the recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. Atherton, started today by auto on their return home to New Sharon, Iowa. They are driving back by way of Vilas. C. E. Doty vu in the elty yester day transacting business. Mr. Doty resides near Junius and states that he has corn that is tasselling out. He reports a good crop of oats. The bar ley fields are about ready for cut ting. Mrs. Minnie Stake arrived from San Diego, Cal., a few days ago and is now visiting her brother, J. M. McNeil, on Union avenue S. Mrs. Stake's son, P. E. Stake, a traveling man from Huron, Is also a guest of the McNeils. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Runchey took passage from Liverpool Saturday on the Cunard liner Aquitania outward bound for the United States. Mr. and Mrs. Runchey have been visiting relatives in England for the past five months. Madison visitors today: From Ju nta®, Mrs. W. W. Goto from Bryant, yaw nr .y^pwa» Allan Dunn Product Ion. tp all occu pants and owners of lots in the city of Madison, to cut and remove weeds and noxious vegetation from lots and adjoining streets und alleys, Failure to do this subjects such person to a fine of $10.— By order of City Com miMloners. o LOCAL NEWS and Mrs. A. J. Fazendln from Canova, Rev. F. W. Spieler. Mr. anl Mrs. Will Marquart, Mr and Mis Henry Marquart and daughter Hilda, Mrs. Carl Potratz. Rev. W. S. Argow, Rev. C. A. Gruhn, Herman Richter and Herman Kruger drove to Wessington Springs Sunday to assist in the dedication of a new $4 ,500 frame church building that had been previously accepted by the trustees of the German Baptist society. The Hallenbeck family, except Mr. Hallenbeck and son, Mark left by auto today on an extended trip to Wisconsin points, to be gone for a month, while visiting relatives at La Crossf, at Corbin has sold to the battery com pany his large stock of auto acces sories, but has arranged for using a part of the leased building as a sales room for his line of standard cars George Beck, secretary of the Commercial club, was in receipt of a communication tottay from the secre tary of the South Dakota Develop ment association, asking him to see that Ihe club name a representative to attend a meeting in Huron on July 29. Co-operation of all commercial clubs in the state is requested in for mulating plans for more extensive highway legislation. Mr. Beck staled that this request will be considered this evening when the club will be in session on baseball matters. It is requested that the east side business men go to the ball park at 6:30 to 7 o'clock this evening for a workout on the diamond preparatory to meeting the west siders in a game of ball Friday evening. The follow ing Is the list of east side availables: Ira Newenhuls, Leon Sterns, E. Schoeffer, Fred Schultz, Tudle John son, Carl Johnson, Den Porter, Ira Blewitt, Dr. B. L. Sheldon, Henry Stanley, Ed. Corbin, J. L. Snyder. Win. Killlon, R. E. Scudder, Hay Kiner, A. E. Keller, Ben Thomas, Ray Wetik, Guy Hanson, C. C. Wagner, Fred Prochnow, B. J. Smith. M. H. Colgrove. MRS. ARTHUR IJTTLK WHO SHOT AND KILLKD AltMI K. MAY I'LKAD INSANITY. Wagner. July 90.—Mrs. Arthur Little, who last week mm Reedsburg, Trempleau and Hillshoro. The latter place Is Mrs Iiallenbeck's former home. A party of Sioux City people, in cluding MisseB Rlsav Ella and Rather Evers, Alma Frohow, Harold Packer son and Harry Frohow, arrived by auto yesterday IT BE INSANE Bhot MADISON Lake Madison and are occupying cottage No. 17. They plan on spending two weeks In this Ticinity. Fangmeyer ft Perkins, proprietors of the Madison Storage Battery com- hpany, have leased the building now occupied by the Lake County Auto motive company and are now in pos session of same. They were former ly located on Van Epps Ave. S. Mr. and killed Walter Stafford, a neighboring farm er, has been in the county jail at Lake Andes since being taken into custody soon after the shooting. The coroner's Jury returned a ver dict finding Stafford came to his death through a gunshot wound in flicted by Mrs. Little. The woman is the daughter of a Methodist minister and has been con sidered extremely erratic. It is an ticipated her plea when brought to trial will be insanity. The body of the murdered man was laken to Meckling, S. D., his old home, for burial. The slaying of Stafford was the culmination of a feud between the Little and Stafford families. Some time ago it Is alleged Stafford "beat up" Little, husband of the woman, and this is supposed to have preyed on her mind to such an extent that she decided to be revenged. Stafford was shot through the head with a rifle, indicating that the woman would have qualified in the sharpshooters' class. —o Lignite Rate Not Disturbed Pierre, July 20.—Attorney Sweet, of the state railway commission, has just returned from Omaha, where he appeared as an intervenor on com plaint of the Roundup Coay company of Montana, on the lignite rates from North Dakota mines to South Dakota points. The complaint alleged discrimina tion in favor of The North Dakota mines, but before the heading had proceeded far the Roundup people withdrew their part of the complaint, which alleged discrimination on lig nite rates, but continued an applica tion for better rates on Roundup coal to South Dakota points. The South Dakota commission se cured a low lignite rate after con siderable effort, and did notleel like letting this privilege go without a protest and stepped into the Mon tana case and won out, allowing the present low lignite rate to Btand. o ALLOW BILLS FOR LABOR AND Oa.NSIDKK PETITION FOR SIDEWALK*. All the members of the city com mission were present at last eve ning's session held in the city hull. Following the approval of the min utes of the preceding meeting, bills were allowed as follows: Ed. Meyers, digging and laying til** Frank Mowry, street labor. Ralph Adley, street labor. J. Clancy, street labor Fred Huff, street labor. L. Perriti, road work. .*. D. D. Bidwell, graveling $73.65 6.00 81.60 64.00 22.&0 9.(JO 1.894.40 Third street N. E Robert Molumby, bridge la bor Gilbert Larhon, bridge la bor J. E. Petheram, carpenter work on Fourth street bridge f. R. Billlngsley, furnishing materials and construct ing electric light build ing 6,000.00 Ad Larson, street work. 27.00 Adjournment was taken. r,.4o r.40 7 65 The commissioners officially rec ognized the recent election of officeis for the local fire company as legal and heard Mr. Stensland's report re lating to a petition for sidewalks on the west of the Lake Park block. Mr. Henkin made a motion to place in the hands of Mr. Stensland and the city engineer the matter of o bridge for Third St. E. Two Culverts are needed on Grant and Division Aves. and two at the approach to the ball park. By vote these are to be purchased and placed In. Commissioner Stensland reported that in his opinion it waB not feas ible to open a^street in Dingman's addition as pur the request of Mrs. Smith, because of the presence of a large ditch. The matter of ordering various weeds cut in different parts of the city was next considered. The city attorney advised that there was an existing ordinance which gave the authorities permission to clear away offensive vegetation and charge up the cost in taxes to (lie owners who neglected to cut the weeds when no tified. It was also suggested that low hanging tree limbs be given at tention and pruned away. Max Pfaender, a landscape gard ener from Yankton, was present last evening to inquire whether the city proposed doing any special work in his line in the near future. He sug gested placing dwarf shrubs in the park in oval spaces on upper Egan Ave. Mr. Pfaender is now working on landscape plans for several promi nent Madison people. Mr. Pfaender Was informed that they had nothing In that line at present. Gasoline Explosion Does Damage Gettysburg, July 20.—A disas trous fire was averted at the Gettys burg Oil company's plant following an explosion of one of'the small gas oline tanks, which had run over. When Frank Glodt, who works for the company, ran in to turn off the switch which controls the motor that operates the pump, the spark made by the switch when cut out, set fire to the gas accumulated, and instant ly the building was on fire. Glodt ran out of the building as soon as he turned off the switch but he was burned quite badly. Ev ery effort possible was made to keep the large tanks outside ironi explod ing and the efforts were successful. Had they exploded the damage done would have been much greater. As it was the company lost the build ing and the tanks, and the machin ery was damaged so that it is doubt ful whether it can be used again. It is understood the company had insurance on the plant and will re build as soon as possible. The elec tric light plant across the street sus tained some loss when the wir^s run ning in front of the oil plant were burned and all the wires had to be cut off* the pole near the plant to prevent any accident from live wires. Repairs are being made as rapidly as possible. o No Trace of Those Who Dynamited Dam Scotland, July 20.—Notwithstand ing that a reward of $500 has been offered, no trace yet has been found of unknown men who attempted to dynamite what is known as the Max well dam, situated on the former Mennonlte colony lands, near here. It now belongs to H. Statter A Co., of Sioux City. The reward is of fered by the company. The present owners of the dam plan to some day operate an electric light plant with power from the dam and provide lights for Scotland and other placts in ttflfi vlilnlty. SPEND BILLIONS FORLUXURIES Secretary of the Treasury Shows How Americans Can Save $22,700,000,000. GLEANED FROM TAX RETURNS Carpets, Furs, Autos and 8oap Classed With Gum, Candy and Rouge— $750,000,000 Spent for Perfum ery and Cotmetloe. Washington.—Cut out the chewing gum, lay off the cigarettes, pull the sweet tooth, drink only water, do with out cosmetics, perfumes, cigars, tobao co, snuff, furs, carpets aud such cloth* ing luxuries as silk shirts wash your face with yellow soap, ride the street cars Instead of the autos and depend upon yotir own cultivated or uncul tivated voice for music—and you will save $'J2,700,000.000! That, In effect, is the advice recently handed out by Secretary of the Treas ury Houston to the 110,000,000 Amer icans, In the course of an economy ar ticle. His figures for expenditures up on so-called luxuries are compiled from federal tax returns and are prob ably, for that reason, not very far from the truth. Ju.-*t how many per sons might agree with Secretary Hous ton concerning his ileflnitlon of what constitutes a luxury—for instance car» pets, tobiicco, automobiles and toilet soaps—is problematical. It Is a defi nition similar to that famous hy pothetlcal question -never answeerd— "when Is a man drunk?" Likewljs the war-time puzzle of "what Is an e* sential industry?" Here Are Our Luxury Expenditure* However, the figures sre Interesting from the standoplut of knowing ap proximately what the American peo ple do spend on things that they could do without and still go on living. The table of "luxury" expenditures ar ranged by Secretary Houston from the reports from the present Internal rev enue system, federal tax returns, and so on, follows: Chawtng (fum $ 60,000,000 Candy 1.000.000,000 Cigarettes #00,000,000 Soft drinks. Including Ice cream and aoda 150 OOO.000 Perfumery and cosmetics....... t6u.iWO.O00 Cigars $10 OOO.OOO Tobacco and anuff Furs #00.000,000 $00,000,000 Carpet* and luxurious clothing. I,t00.0u0.')00 Automobiles and parts 2,000.000,000 Toilet soaps 400,000.000 Pianos. organ* and phono graphs tW),000,000 Making Costs Still Higher. According to comment in nn editor! al in the New York Journal of Com merce, which prints Secretary Hous ton's table of figures, "few persons would deny that of those Items which have been specifically enumerated here, nearly all could be greatly re duced In amount without Inflicting suf fering or even inconvenience upon the population. "The fact that the American public is spending such sums as these for the purposes mentioned gives point to the Often repeated and often disregarded Injunction to be guided by the policy of tlirift at least to a reasonable ei trnit In both personal and business ex penditure," says the editorial. "It also throws a glaring light upon the car rent complaints concerning the cost ef living. If the nation can spend $22,- 700,000,000 upon articles which in large part are purely luxuries, it evi dently Is1 not suffering from a de pressed standard of living. the other hand, It Is obviously making things much harder for itself by draw ing off the commodities, services and capital used in the production of this great volume of consumable goods which otherwise would go to make the 'necessaries of life' more plentiful and hence cheaper." REAL KISS IN CANDY STORE Qlrl I* Given What She Asked Fir In New York, but Owner U Fined. New York.—Joseph Weiss, thtrty flve and married, who runs a candy store at 489 East One Hundred and Sixty-ninth street, was arraigned be fore Magistrate Nolan in night court on a ^iarge of disorderly conduct In having kissed eighteen-year-old Fran ces neckler when she went Into his store to buy some candy kisses. Magistrate Nolnn fined Weiss $2, which he paid. The magistrate. In fix ing the amount of the fine, said in a Judicial aside to the clerk, "Kisses are cheaper now since the boys came back from the war." Miss Heckler was In night court In state bordering on hysterics and testified that she had gone back to the counter at Weiss' Invitation to se lect what she wanted when he put his arm around her and kissed her vig orously upon the mouth 4» Dog Showering Her Mother Love on Lambs tfOQlevUle.—L. 8. Downs, re siding near Midway, has a dog that hns taken the custody of two baby iambs and is shower ing all her mother love on the wards. The 'canine's puppies were taken away from her, whereupon she Immediately took charge of the lambs and is with them almost constantly. Stricken With Heart Failure While Calling Webster, July 2u.—Mrs. H. C. Tagtmeier, a prominent Day county woman, died suddenly of heart fail ure as she was calling on a woman friend. When her husband departed for work she stated she was not feeling well, but thought she would make a few calls on friends. He suggested she had beter sttay at home and rest, but she thought the fresh air would do her good. She was stricken without warning and breather her last before a doc tor who had been summoned could reach her side. o Over Twenty-three Billion Expended Washington, July 20.—Govern ment expenditures for the fiscal year ending June 30 amounted to $23, 44 1,383,564, of which $6,403,343, 481 was in ordinary disbursements and ifl7,038,039,723 in payments on the public debt, according to a pre liminary statement issued by the treasury. The war department led in the ordinary expenditures* disburs ing $1,610,587,380, with $1,036,672, 157 charged to federal control of rail roads next, and interest on the public debt amounting to $1,020,251,622 third. The navy ranked second among departments, expending $736,021,456, and the shipping board third with $530,565,649. o Farmers Are Building Silos Brookings, July 20.—Three hun dred and sixty-three silos have been constructed In farm bureau counties of South Dakota as a result of a few campaigns to promote their use for furnishing economical feed for live stock. Granting that each silo holds 100 tons of silage, this would save 36, 300 tons of excellent succulent rough feed for cows and young stock. Without silos the major portion of this teed would have been wasted. With the silo enough feed is saved to feed 12,100 head of cattle through a whole winter. Starts Suit To End War Washington, July 20.—Harry A. McCartney, a Chicago lawyer, in his capacity as taxpayer today filed suit in the district supreme court to com pel Secretary of State Colby imme diately to promulgate the joint reso lution of congress declaring at an end the state of war with Germany. Mr. McCartney based his suit on the ground that the president has no veto power of a join! session. O N S O N S I n SUCCESSORS TO E. L. PECK UNDERTAKING C. J. GEE, Licensed Embalmer Day and Night Service PHONES 2205- 2288 DR. H. P. GULSTINE E N I S while, on Office Over Dakota State Bank! PHONE 2106 MADISON, SOUTH DAKOTA DR. A. H. NOLAN DENTIST Office in huntimer Block Phone 2291 B. L. SHELDON CHIROPRACTOR Office Hours: 9:00 to 11:30 a. m. 1:80 te 6:00 p. m. Huntemer Bldg. Madison. S. D. THsoriAfvaJlLb J^ihurvQ-JhiJli £OcuxZi- XnjL, &UZX I^CLAJUL MARSHALLS REST LOUR Sparkling Gem Bast River Sterling Kgg IT? ItlUINC CQ MARSHALL.P1INN. Distributed By SLACK & SCUDDER MADISON, S. D. THE UN 1-VEirSAi^CAa Reliable service for Ford owners can only be had where experienced Ford work men using genuine Ford parts, or mate rials, have charge of the work. This is why we urge you to The Service That Pays bring your Ford car to us when it needs "going over" and fixing up. up. Careful attention given to your car will lengthen the period of its usefulness— prove to be money well invested. We have every facility to meet your wants and we give you the benefit of standard Ford prices. PARKER AUTO CO. MADISON, S. D. copyrighted 1920, by li* Gordon C«.. Loiuiubua. Oho Soiled Again! By Those Auto Cushions" UMMQ spots of oil and grim* upon tbs auto matl And a stain«d and spotted frock) It's tha wmt old story of UD covered auto cushions—cushions with dust awd suii embedded in the creases and crevices—dirt that cannot be washed off or dusted out. Gordon Jiffy Cushion Slips $3.40 to $8.15 Per Seat Gordon Jiffy Cushion Slips, for open end enclosed cars, cover the cushions you sit on and lean against —and put an end to the trouble and annoyance ut dirty auto cushions. They are removable. They are washable. They button hole on like any simple garment. Made of durable pre-ahrunk tub materials, you can put thetn light in with the family wash —or send them to the laundry. Stock sizes ready to go oi your car without fussing of fitting. No bother. No worry for you. Many attractive light and dark patterns for either opts or enclosed cars. *AAD^ GARAGE MADISON, S. D. THE TEST OF ALL Hayes-Lucas Lumber Co. Phone 2343 H. BLAGKN, Agent OLE HIGHLAND FURNITURE AND RUGS I Buy and Sell New and Secoadj PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS Better Than Ever Take Your Next Meal With Ua O. L. McKILLIP. Prop. Office Or«r Dakota Stat* Bank HOURS: t-11 a. m., 1-6. 7-8 p. Offfc*VhoM Mtt IteFhoMtm MADISON a D. Hand Furniture and telephone 2133 Madison. S. D. AT JACK'S NEW MANAGWMZNT Fine Kindling Soft Coal Oak and Maple Wood Scranton Hard Coal Drs. Kellogg & Allison ED. GUNDERSON Tailor and Cleaner Opposite Postdlfice PHONE 2316 DR. C. H. R. HOVDR Drs. Goldman & Rogne PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS Office Phone 2393 Office Over Smith's Drug Store n. a. v.M&nuji Mko. Man