The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-17

game was close and fast throughout.
The following players went up: Alva
yelling, Thomas Cosgrove, Karl
Mundt, George Lowe, Glen Renner,
Harold Warfield and Alfred Woest-
man. A return game will be played
at Madison sometime in January.
Under the influence of southerly
winds temperature which had ranged
below zero for more than a week,
commenced rising Saturday night
and yesterday ranged above 80 de-
grees all day, reaching SO above at
10 O'Clock last evening. At z o'clock
this morning the mark was 80 and at
/ O'Clock this afternoon 40 degrees
above. Snow melted during the aft
ernoon, making the streets sloppy in
places.
The local Red Cross has secured
space in the electrical store of I. ID.
Lee for the display of Red Cross ma
terials and supplies this week. Ia
bles will be put in, and a woman will
be in charge to make such explana-
tons as may be required, and to at
tend the display. There will be sam
Piles and specifications for all knitted
goods made for the society, surgical
dressings and %bandages and such
other materials as they use. Mrs.
Thos. McGee is in charge of arrange
ments today, and is attending to the
installation.
Advocates of the idea of parking
automobiles in the center of the
street are pointing with pride to
the appearance of the thoroughfare
today, when many of the autos in
town were voluntarily placed cross
wise of the crown of the paving. The
rangement was one of spontaneous
beginning. When Fred Mitchell
crowded the cars from the curb in
order hat he might pillow the snow
out of the cutters he left them stand
ing in the middle of the street. 9th
ers, driving their cars in, saw, and
thinking there must be another new
and strange law enacted, did like
wise, with the result that there were
no cars along the curb today.
With Al of the so committees re-
porting, the women's drive for the
Red Cross yesterday resulted in OBJ
tanning 1895 memberships. The
mems IVA of the business houses
gained AL. This, with the work of
yesterday, makes a total of 1,476
members gained in Madison from the
late drive for memberships. Presi-
dent Holdridge said this afternoon
that there were some houses and
apartments missed in the combing Of
yesterday, and urges hat those
missed call and join the great ma
/ inritN FrhA rI1nnlU nf hnnnr a1,,
ran out, but they can be had by call
ing or Mr.. Holdridge.
The party accompanying the body
of Christopher Hoffman, consisting of
Mrs. Hoffman. her daughter, Mrs.
Martha LOFTS, and son, Arthur Heit-
man are leaving Omaha this after
; noon at $3.50, according to a message
| from the agent there, and hope to ar
rive in Madison tomorrow afternoon.
According to present plans the flu
neral will take place at the Metho-
dist church Immediately after the ar
rival of the train from the south.
: Rev. II. w. Minish will deliver the
sermon. 1t is purposed that the G..
A. r. and w r. C. shall have charge
of the funeral, A. G.. H%allenbeck con-
. iNuNtAhS ~ CouOI I1tItlldu, Vi
: Gregory, is coming tonight, making
all the children present at the serv-
ices. Later-No assurance being
given that the party will arrive in
/, time to hold the funeral at an earlier
date, it is announced that it will be
held Wednesday afternoon, leaving
the home of Albert Hoffman on Cen.
ter street Z at 2 o'clock and being
at the Methodist church at $3.50.
Capt. Jas. Robertson asks any one
having guns or rifles which they are
not using that they lend them to the
home guard for drill in the manual
of arms at their regular meetings OF
Tuesday evenings at the high school,
Gymnasium. Notify Capt. Robert.
son, Lieutenants Fuller or Colgrove
or C. l.. Breedlove. Mr.. Robertson
says that the home guard is the onl,
organization now left in the states
for state protection. The times arr
particularly perilous to property, and
it is necessary that there be some or.
ganization of the kind, and that they
have training and some equipment
1t is hoped that they will be able tc
get an apportionment of government
rifles later, but for immediate drill
in the use of small arms, he requests
that those having any old arm, how.
ever obsolete or in whatever state
that the guard be allowed to use
them in their training at the high
school.
Men in the training camp at CamI
Dodge are entitled to a five-day leave
of absence before New Years, provid.
ing they do not use steam transporta.
ton after this week, is the report oil
X. Costa, who is in the city from thai
camp visiting friends. He took his
leave this week in order that he
might report back to camp by De.
cember %, and still avail himself oil
railroad travel, he says. Those OF
the men Who take their vacations
during the prescribed time must
spend their vacation either in the
city lei the camp or travel by Au.
famohilo IN fhair hnmoc Mr. Cocfo