The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-09-10

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senger this morning, returning from
Webster to Canton.
Mrs. VIM. C. Jones and son, Lyn-
don. of Chicago. are visiting Mrs. M.
G.. Northey and family, Sixth street.
Mrs. Kayzer. of New York city. is
a guest of her relative, Mrs. Felix
Vidal. She went today to Flandreau
TO spend a few days and will return
to this city.
Buy the Struble gowns and save
the middleman's profit. For sale at
my salesroom over Hackett & SUIT
ton store. Don't miss seeing the
line.-Mrs. Struble.
George. Henry and William Fleck.
enstein and wife and Miss Helen
Fleckenstein. all of Sioux City. re-
turned today after a visit at the
home of Mrs. Nora Hanson, of this
city and at the Guy Hanson cottage
at the lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Palmer and
daughter, Miss Edith, spent the week
end at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. f.
l.. Burnett, returning to their home
at Ramona today. Mrs. Palmer was
making arrangements TO place Miss
Edith in the Normal school for the
coming year.
III. Ranness and family returned to
Sacred Heart, Mimi. yesterday in
their automobile after spending a
week with r. j. Halseth. Theolyn
Oppegard. who came here with them,
will remain for some time with her
/ sister, Mrs. II. j. Halseth.
A fire caused by lightning occur
red Saturday night on the VIM.
/ Grant farm. occupied by A. A..
Tucker. Four stacks of oats were
burned. Mr.. fuckers loss is $3.50,
which is fully insured in the +. G..
Ball & Son agency.
Lloyd Love and wife, of Cherokee,
Ia. motored to Madison last week
and are spending a few days visiting
in the city. Mrs. l.. T. Love, who
has been visiting in Cherokee II
vicinity. accompanied them home.
For Sale at a Bargain. One oak
china closet, enc oak dressing table
with single mirror, n a chiffon
Ter with mirror. large dining table
lamp with oak frame, n small OAK
table and one light oak writing desk.
Call between 4 and 6 p. MFRS. w.
A. Rothschild.
Ramona Times: Edward Groce
and Miss Marie Lebahn were united
in marriage last Sunday afternoon at
2 o'clock at the German Lutheran
church west of Ramona. These
Young people are we'll known and
popuIar in their neighborhood west
OF town. The bride Is the Oldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Lee
balm and the groom is the son OF
Representative and Mrs. j. II. Groce.
The county commissioners are in
session today at the courthouse. en-
%deavoring to arrive at h levy OF
taxes for the year. They a ar
ranged a schedule covering the eX-
pected expenditures, but were in
doubt about a certain levy by the
| county on incorporated villages and
towns. and referred the matter to
Assistant States Attorney waiter
Farmer, and late this afternoon had
not rearranged their figures to con
form to his opinion.
Ed Stitzel, of Waterloo, formerly
a Madison resident, spent Sunday IN
the city. He attended the services
at the Presbyterian church last night
in with VIM. Rowland, and
they were reminded that on thai
night Just 80 years ago the two o.
them were appointed as ushers FOL
the congregation. The church was
-. e.w.~ -4r.at4rn aarnGG thE
street south of where the presen'
structure stands, and ushers were al
innovation.
Preliminary estimates by the en-
gineers of the cost of the project
ed Observation-Disclosures count!
Joint ditch No. IL make the cost o
that Improvement reach $4,000.
great portion of this cost is for haul
ing the material, Engineer Doolittl
said this morning, the site n loca
ton OF the ditch being for the mos
part remote from convenient ship
pins points or railroads. and at pres
. emf estimates will amount to $40,
900. The half mile of ditch next T.
!. North Buffalo creek, into which tn
drain is to empty, is open. Abov
y, that is 33-inch drain pipe, and Their
is a half mile or more OF 36-incl
above that, which, If made open will
save $4,000 in hauling alone. IN
main ditch is to be about five mile
long, and the project will affec
about 10 sections of land. The mat
ter is not yet submitted to hearings
and the estimates SO far made ar
only tentative, and are wholly sub
ject to subsequent changes.
There was a light frost in this poi
ton of Lake county last night, but
is thought to have done little or n
damage. even garden stuff sufferin
little from IT,. The earlier part @
the night promised a severe fros'
but clouds later came up, and Tn
cold was greatly tempered thereby
Corn is a long way from maturity,
is said by men who were after tn
wary chicken yesterday and inc
dentally satisfied their interest-in tn
i.crop by actual inspection and ties
and q considerable frost would leav