The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-25

Miss Lulu Runestrand, of Leroy,
Mimi, arrived Thursday, and will
visit at the home of A. j. Runestrand
some weeks.
Mrs. w. G. Abbott. 204 Egan ave-
u S, was a morning departure for
Dubuque and other points in eastern
Iowa on a visit with relatives. She
was accompanied by her granddaugh-
ter, Miss Dorothy Moore.
Mrs. Albert Tradup, of Omaha.
whohas been a guest at the home of
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Hundemer, 403 Lee avenue S, return
ed to her home by a morning train.
She was accompanied by her sister,
Miss Irene Hundemer.
The w. r. C. held a very interest
ing meeting on Wednesday after
noon. A good attendance of mem
bers and comrades of the G. A. r..
were present. The committee served
ice cream and cake during the social
hour. The next meeting will be held
on September IL.
VIM. Rowland, secretary of the
Merchants association, said yester-
day that he found the farmers were
pretty well supplied with help now
The rush of the harvest is over, and
while there would be a few places at
threshing machines where he could
place men, the quest for harvest help
was filled. This marks the end of
another season of the year.
Capt. Linstad received a request
this morning from Paymaster Wal
lace that he appear at WATERFOWL
Monday to receipt for the July pay
of the company stationed here. The
captain said this morning that il
would be impossible for him to be
there on the day specified, as the ac-
tivities of the company tomorrow
would demand his presence and after
that there would not be time or train
service to accommodate his trip.
Joseph Matthews assisted the com
pany in barracks yesterday with
some of the newer stuff now adopted
by the army in military instruction
and care of equipment. The instruc-
ton covered treatment Of the non
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the men, and in caring for the pack.
Especial attention was given to roll
ing the pack. There are eight com
binations in this detail of the work,
and each was taken up and thorough
ly illustrated to the non-coms for in
struction to the privates.
Lester, 6-year-old son of Walter
Marquart. coaxed his father to allow
him to fish for bass. The father
thought the young man too small TO
handle a tackle. and put him off
from time to time until the sons inn
portunities became insistent. Last
night he fixed up a light rig for the
boy. and told him to go far enough
away from where he himself was
fishing hat he be not disturbed. In
a few minutes the boy shouted that
he had a fish. 1t was true. and he
had landed a nice bass.
Clerk of Courts Burnett issued a
license late this afternoon for the
marriage of Castor Anderson and
Edna Eckley, both from Chicago.
The young woman is a sister of Mrs.
John Tibbetts, of COS First street
Sc. and is visiting at the home. The
young couples intention was to go
at once from the office of the clerk
of courts to the residence of Rev. O.
S. Reigstad for the u~npretentious
wedding ceremony. They will visit a
short time, then return to Chicago.
The steam shovel cleans mp the
last of the surplus dirt on Egan ave
nue. today north of Center street.
Most of it will be surfaced and rolled
and will probably be opened for
street traffic tomorrow. The cement
base is creeping down the street at a
rapid rate today. and is well toward
the bridge on Egan avenue The ma
chine car do a great deal of work
when the material is furnished ii in
sufficient quantities, and there is a
lot of gravel and sand on the ground
today.
Parents having boys in the army
should attend the rally at the high
school auditorium tomorrow night by
the Y. M. C. A. 1t matters not that
this organization is a side shoot OF
religious bodies, or that they require
bodily and moral cleanliness-or al
least ask the promise of it of their
members, persons of all creeds or OF
no creed at all should recognize the
good work they do among men. One
thing alone is significant of their
care and thoughtfulness of the men
in the field. They ask the men to
write home. and furnish the mate
rails with which to do the writing
They also see that the men get let
ters from home If there is any home
to get them from. Support the Y.
M. G. A., and you know that the
money expended is benefiting the