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"A oL if' & & i W tjr #V &:* \W r*t M* 1YMC THEATRE ntorahir utd Friday i •'-A-fc ••„'&• fWjlil *ad ttoday ,x. HARRY CAREY .'v' "Hearts START THE YEAR RIGHT Go To Church Somewhere SUNDAY i.f v Cast Time Toaifht ti.BILLIEBURKE "The Frisky Mrs. Johnson" Also Two-Reel Comedy AMISSION !!c»30c "Burglar Proof With BRYANT WASHBURN Mack Sennett Comedy "HOME BREW" 15c and 80c RUBY THEATRE Up" Also Comedy Admission lOcsadSSe Iron & Metal ffampiny J£&9&&£srisu iffias&sarttt™™ IBSSl an Luq- ber Tard la eld store building US. a P. GULSTINE DENTIST Office Over Dakota State Bank 8X06 DAKOTA Btoctric Co. TOTUM& MOTORS Wmm 4Mb 9k VIwm KM yy HOVbfi"' AND SURGEON, usr HH0l|H)llilimillHllllt4lllfNIH|ni|l(IUII|lfHIH|l i r»' a «i n-.% i(t-. I &• •GUTS if vje *99 r,\ mtmmrnmmmmM CITY. 'WEATHER FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Thurs day not much change In tempera Mt%, a. ••,•••• .*yu: BUSINESS LOCALS Lost. Siuall black pocket book con *§alning $10 bill. Finder kindly re turn to this office. You can at 111 got those fancy box apples of C. A. Kelley. Found, rentleman's new asocfea llovos. This office. A good blend coffee that you will like at only 30c per pound.—Holien •grocery. Phone 2140. All accounts due Runehey's Bakery tiust be paid at oner*. Start the new year economically. Trade at Kelley's and save 10 per cent on your groceries. If you don't have tun at the Le gion Stunt Dance Friday night it will be because you are too slow to come in out of the rain. You tell 'em, con fetti, you bring the showers? Black Diamond grapefruit^ for -T» cents.—Rons Kelley. I Hard and soft coal at Thompson's elevator. Phone 2335. A good blend coffee that you will I like at only 30c per pound.—Holien Grocery. Phone 2140. o THB MYSTERIOUS MAIDSDV8. A great and intriguing mystery fcovers over two of the entertainers at the Legion Stunt Dance Friday night. They are dancers and good ones, but who? A delectable prLxe awaits the correct gueBser. Pop your eyes wide open when these inysterl I ous maidens appear, and perhaps you can name them and gather in the prise. LOCAL NEWS Frank CaJacob, of Ramona, is a business caller in Madison today. John Wadden came up from Sioux Falls last evening for the transaction of business. I George Snell* Mrs. Frank Millard's 1 aged father, is reported to be very critically ill at the Millard home. 1 A fine little daughter was born yesterday to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Westendorf of Rutland township. The North End Bridge Whist club will be entertained at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Porter this eve ning. Mrs. George Hay brought her little daughter down from Lake Preston this morning for a tonaUeciomy pper ation. Ice on the two lakes has frosen to a thickness of 16 to 18 inches and DOW 106 cultin* lMlt be*un at Lake Mr. A. Marsh, a leading merchant at Ramona, had dental work attended to in this city in the Interval between trains. Dr. D. S. Baughman drove to Win fred this afternoon to prescribe for a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Williams. A baby boy came to gladden the hearts and brighten the home life of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Mefalum of Nun da last Monday. John Green and wife of Waseca, Minn., are at prosent welcome guests at the home of the letter's sister, Mrs. Guy Mitchell. Miss Louise Cook has returned to her duties at the First National bank after a pleasant visit with her mother and friends at Mankato, Minn. F. W. Schultz and family are now occupying their new residence that was erected on Second St. N. W., by the Hill Crest improvement associa tion. Isn't your wicked foot beginning to wiggle? Take it to the Legion Stunt. Dance Friday night, and it will be all ready to make a New Yea* resolu tion, at midnight. Mrs. M. Olatal and her daughter, Mrs. O. P. Running of Wuubay, are the holiday tfueets of the former's son, C. E. Obrtad, and family. Tehy will remain In the city until after New Year's. Clerk of Courts F. L. Burnett to day issued marriage license to Du ane M. t"oorhees, of Wesslngton Springs, tv&d Miss Rose A. Olson of Madison. Rev. R. c. 57 rii V **n s* i 1 if»nt ,)| i"^Jd Hfuithftr have beja oxperienoing the paH i 5i two weeks 1 gl Tfcs Court 9l Hojw, reqe#t4j» or a] tanked to supervise the scout work 2' u th« coimty, wui have its tint of- CiQarettt Can 8# Traced to the Siege of kern" "V li' tal sitting Friday at 7:30 p. m., at the Court House. The five- scout iroops of Madison are to appear be ore the court at. that time for for mal presentation and for scoiff dem onstrations. Parents and friends ©J the boys are invited to be present.?-— 3 1 F. M. Hubbell, secretary, Si The MadiHon Ice company has been Si preparing for the winter storing of S its large ice houses for .several days. Sj Yesterday the saws were set to work S| and hauling began. Not only will a great quantity be taken from the lakes for domestic consumption, but hundreds of tons will be shipped to outftUio points. The ice is of good qiiHlit}, such as is found in clear in ly nd bodies of fresh water. A large number of friends and Jfceighboru neatly surprised Mrs. Fred Uthe last, evening at their home four Oiiles southeast of town. The occa sion for this friendly intrusion was the thirty-fifth birthday of Mrs. Uthe. Mr. Uthe conspired with party members and alyly readiness for a fine lunch. The vic tim of the agreeable surprise was the recipient of many useful presents. All had a merry time at the Uthe home. At Miilard hall last evening a class of seventeen candidates were given initiation into the M. W. A. order in getting together as many good i players as can readily be picked up1 from the members of the American Legion and former high school star1 tosaers. It is thought that the fol-' lowing men on last year's team can be induced to enter the contest: George Lowe, John Harvey, Frank Welch, Claire Crow and Rudolph Rensvold. Searching for Father's Burial Place Lead, Dee. 8».--Charf« ff,: Jfayles of Minneapolis, has written to the elerk of courts of this (Lawrence) county, requesting information as to the burial place of his father, Louis Sayles, whom he was informed died! entered the Black Hills during the1 gold rush following the discovery of! gold. Efforts now are being made to find the grave of the old pioneer so the Minneapolis son can have it suitably marked i. ""I'U-ije I»i Asks Permit to 1 V Drill for 00 couie a number of applications to the state land department for permits to1 have been 23 applications filed with the state land department, most of them coming from the western part of the state, 13 out of the 23 coming from f^all Kiver county i Several permits have been granted I on applications from east of the Mis.' Blunt being based largely on such af permit. Price (hitting Sales in Chicago, Dec. 29.—Retail prices of practically all clothing reached their lowest levels since 1914 in this city! today when merchants advertised gi-' gantic clearance sales, throwing mil-: lions of dollars worth of goods on' the market. The main sales were of men's suits, blankets, women's hats,' coats and suits. Other large stocks! of goods will be thrown on the mar-' ket as the after-Christmas sales pro gress, merchants said. *.W. 'i Ballard was called to the clerk's office at 4 o'clock 1 to perform the wedding ceremony. The information has come to Mad ison friends of the marriage at Mts •Jon, Texas, of Mrs. Fred Querist's tiro daughters. Misses Esther awf Courtney Smith. Miw Gather's wed ding occurred thfi* on December SI. ii fetatln* this fiae •mmr day and hoping that the twHi er man will see fit to promise tts «t|^ tlnuance for some time. It is a «t*at te wsiii' "irr^ 9MWAMH*. flfB Tb« i JK« had things in t4lf* •r- *•?*. Turkish Artilleryrr an the First to Msks Us* of Tobacco in That Par- many efforts^ %ave *&een madfe to show that the use of tolwcco was known to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians, they have never been suc cessful. We can accept therefore that general belief that tobacco was first used by the aborigines and that Colum bus was the first v bite man to chroni cle its use. The Indians used the weed in s pipe and when the narcotic was In troduced throughout Europe and Asia it was for centuries used either in pipes of fantastic design or in the rolls known as cigars. The Venetians are credited with getting the Turks to use tobacco, for the we#*l was cultivated in Italy. Bales of the seed of the nicotine plant found their way into Turkey and soon the Turkish tobacco industry wits established. This brings us to Mehemet All, tin derpaid worker In the tobacco fields with State Deputy P. H. Wllladsenj pasha. His son Ibrahim was sent to and District. Deputy "^W. A. West as' initiation officers. Madison camp has a large membership and plans are Frenchman, at thifc sieue early In the forming for receiving another class' Nineteenth century, bad Invented :i in January. Following the ceremon-! Wwder spill, a kind of paper lamp ies last evening feature frolics were in full swing until time for refresh ments. There was a good attend ance and sustained interest ia the Initiation work A basketball game that promises to be a thriller has been arranged for tomorrow night at the high school gymnasium. Former High School Coach Garges is in the. city assisting! artillerymen some very fine Ka- vrt"H t,|ie tobacco. This they mixed with syriaii Pl®',r Bn* there in the Black Kills after 188S or be-1 «*Plosl°o a wreath of incense, and fore 1896. i thus was born the cigarette. The father of (he Minneapolis man' was among the early ploneew who I use1, greatly enjoyeil th*y th® nnrKfl,,e ni,mher mixture from a water pipe supplied with a of mouthpieces which sufficed for an entire squad when off duty. One evening as a crew was about 10 go on duty a shot from a Turkish fort smsshed the beloved narghile to smith ereens. The artillerymen coeld not leave the battery and they knew and ,,a,d, as 8tral**«lc P,ace This new style tit smoking tobaced In paper rolls gained in favor as Me fcmet All asserted his sway over Egypt I and from Cairo it Spread to the Euro-1 pean capitals through the diplomatic services of the varioiis nations. In Russia the cigarette grew in pop ular favor and in he early '40s cig _| arettes were sold in that nation which Pierre, Doe. 28.—With the' oil partly Turkish and partly made I pHONBg boom in the vicinity of Edgemoni has' of "S111 tobacco grown to tto* Dl»l- ,w1 8tate«- drill for oil on state lands. I Rupert Hughes Paid for Damage* Since the law was enacted allowing the issuance of such permits there1 th* 1 The heft,thy- .of tWe payer will b« pleased tHwn t»at there te taaet MXxe bee Men aMe te ee#e tn all l*s eta««e ud th*t to »tarr^ Osxarrt NCag greatly iaflu •aeei ey oeaeitftleaai etejaae, givtag the eoa- egtiifflt stfWh beikttag up thVeon ittMiaoa aart eaetetins aatare tn prejuisieie kave w ame* srauv* Mai prepptetew kave niwa powtri of Hail'a that th«y offer On* f^f 11 (or list t«eU- ViPSSSiX™-- y ... 4 fry*? p*** ^e,1c«£ cp* '$*•}? j- :t- "'••••.• 'Vo,d 8P,ne" has be€n taken aa last worJ in ,n llterary RttPert *ood h,s wa8 souri river, the proposed test -t|P,flIn,n« Pub,l8he,) effect but W1®8 to the rare owa8lons able- *fben ture his Brow* «enla, t" make P^P1® fl. ^A.*JBPS^ *Tl 4 of Kavalla, afterward a leader of tlu Turkish armies, w^»o left the hoe for the sword and the scepter—and the cigarette. With the bold bashi-ba zouks Mehemet eventually became t''** siege of Acre, the great Syrian stinnhold. The chief of artillery, a lighter filled with explosive grains which was thrust Into the touch holes of cannon, in place of th^old-fashionel and wasteful powder train which was laid on the piece and led into the hole These spills were made of light anl tough India or rice paper. Ibrahim Pasha was so pleased by the way the siege was conducted that he sent to i''»: i k* not Where to get another narghile. A re sourceful corporal rolling powder *pllls was struck with an inspiration. He made a number of spills in which he substituted grains of tobacco for gunpowder and then in a bantering fashion presented these little cylin ders to soldiers off doty. He then put one of the spills to his mouth, saylDg that as long as he could not smoke p, f-' i k fa!l^ o,'5-fashione0 way- Wh* story. "The Butcher's Daughter" ,B a °»««a*1,M!. tor received an the edl" Indignant letter cora- thal lt "cfcus*i1 a P«rf«rtlJr normal young wom*n to faint the price of the magazine. young woman replied that the letter "was a source of great delight, and that the most she hoped for was an autOK graphed copy of his recent book."—* From a Bulletin of Harper A Broth ers (Seed Fuel From Lignite^ The chairman of the CanadlSMi flfr n)te utilisation board has announced that the experiments of the board have resulted very satisfactorily and it is boixHi noon to make a briquet from this material which will be equal to tbe best grade of anthracite of the United States and mnch more satisfy mry for domestic use. It Is expected that this will be done at a cost of about $7.50 per tdn on board the cars. This work was conducted jointly by the Canadian goverrpMikt and two pro vlaciui governmental* a pst ot 14UU.- The Oay ef SSeft dletKes. A woman may be both ffcshionuhle and economical thin fill. The "short lothee" she Wore *4ten a^haby of six months, with s lUtle isttina ont under tbe arhia"#i# be WMwfo he just about the ssoillrt HSjlfc for street wear.-Leflle's i \U 4: 4' ,4 'V-' any more he was going to blow off his When the ma toil was applied ,,ea(1 came forth instead of a slight OId Ibrahlm wa8 when hear1 how mucl1 h* SPI1! P»P«r was being h* P0111^ to a ln the walls of Acre: "TOtrx xsoxczurs zs o. x." Mrs. Chas. Rule, New Diggins, Wis., writes: "Your medicine is O. K. I would never be without it." Foley's Itoney and Tar acts quickly, checks colds, coughs and croup, cuts the phletfin. opens air passages and allays irritation. It stops sleep-disturbing coughing at night. Sold Everywhere. —j 11 "Make a breach there and you shall have all the paper and tobacco that you need." The deed was done In two days. Contains no opiates. B. L. SHELDON CHiaOPRACTOR Office HOOTS: 9:00 to 11:30 a. m. 1:10 te 6:00 p. m. Huntemer Rdg. Madison. S. D. MR. AND MRS. Undertakers A- H. N A %T Dentist 4 Office ir Huntirfier Ptoefc Ixone 2291 CHIROPRACTOR MATHILDA HOUK. D. C. Ph. C. a practice io whlcli she Is not In the Office at Res., 416, 1st St. N. W. least addicted." An additional penalty 3 Blocks West of Lyric' Theatre, paid for Its perusiil was the doctor's Hours: 2 to 6 P. H. or by appoint fee of $3 for a night visit and his taxi menta fare of $2. Mr. Hugl»d promptly wrote ___ Phone A profound apolon.v, and Inclosed his check for $7.25, the extra sum being 22 61 Col. C. S. PRICE AUCTIONEER CONSULTING ENGINEER Land Drainage, Surreys and Municipal Engineering MADISON SOUTH DAKOTA E A V V •*%JL ™JL M. J&l .mm tm ELECTRIC STORAGf BATTBIY COMPACT "This announcement speaks for itself. At the old price the long lasting Exide was an economy. At the radical reduction of 28 per tent no motorist need go wjjthottt Exide quality, haw the light size for your car. It- Ueuse SISt Office SSC6 AUTO HEARSB SERVICB Over Geo. Stack's ParuHni Store MAJHBON SOUTH DAKOTA A A K S I Better Than Ever Take Ymt Nevt "Meat With I* O «*. WkXlUSP. Prs. PHY8I 1 ,5 |-.rwmt ,?tv: Prop & AIHrm ASUUGMOm Msgsia.aiX *.C 1 S y*- f-r. HV-- V I,* i NO SALE TOO LAKOB. TOO SMAXJL OB TOO FAR A WAT ,* telephone or aee nte at 1 HOIDAL GARAGE Mcptimn' iilT!! S. D. DR. H. VVKSTABY DENTIBT Office Over Porter On»f Co. Hoare 9 to 12: 1 Phone HIS MADISON -t- SOfTTH DAKOTA 1 jjp——«—»t CHAS. A. TRIMMER 7&W- Note—These price^o into effect immediately at our station. Opposite Lake Park Hotel V% fe'.i •"••W BATTERIES have received the following notice, of import ance to every motorist: v PHILADfLPHIA JC To Exide Distribatorft? The price of Exide Batteries for automobile starting and lighting is reduced 28 per cent effec tive January 1. -HJ This applies to aO sizes and typefc. There will be no reduction in quality. The »lphme high quality of materials, workmanship, and .service that has made Exide the accepted stand ard will be maintained. {Signed) The Electric Storage Battery Company i|iimiiii»niiiniiunuuiiiinminiiniuiiininiiiiiiininimuiiiimiiniiniiiiinnnnni| COAL COAL Large and Smafl Briquets "y Kentucky Lump Splint Lump Coke tW.KETCHAM&SON 5 PHONE 2338 A. 6. HALLENBECK niiiutii«ii»iu«Hiii«Hit«iti«iistfiii«iiiiiMftiiiiiiiiH«iiiiiis«ssiisM«iiiissittMittsmiMiiii«Ti[ PLUMBING and HEATING AU kinds of Modern Conveniences Installed* Satisfaction Guaranteed a L. BREEDLOVE Cor STPAIGWI IO IT/ LIQUII EA/E/QU ICKLY wc r, Egan Ave. and 1st st Nf ., Phone 2184. H' .Aa. S. \-fx A a :-w.i w io* STRAKHT Better a.nd morejoJe&aing than uny mild ffa.va.na. cigar Ask your dealer for your favcrrte If your dealer cant simply you—' turift us I.LEWISCICAftHFCCaNfWil Indtpendent Cj^ Pac^ 'r intht ttbrid E ABJ ortolhs*