The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-12-26

No n factory has the manufacture
assembling Of this truck. The
parts are sen forward and assembled
at the place in which they are to be
used.
Two days Of Christmas rush will
clear up the work at the p~ostoffice
this year, Postmaster Lowe said to-
day. Monday there was a heavy
Christmas mail, and the force was
unable to get rid Of it all. Yester-
day 1t was not digested, and later
arrival Of mail left today another
heavy day. But 1t is only a short
time compared with the season of
heavy mail for other years, and the
mail at no time was as heavy as cor
responding days of other years. 1t
may not be all cleaned up tonight,
but today sees the last of the rush.
President Holdridge said this aft
ernoon that Lake county stands in
fifth place in the state Red Cross
membership, and sixth In percentage
of membership according to popula-
ton. The completed returns indi-
cate that there are $500 members in
the county, and the determination is
expressed that the mark of 1000 set
will be attained. Thus it may be
said that We may feel exuberant to
the point just short of being
"chesty." We are not the highest,
but right up among them. And we
are far away from the lowest in the
list. with good prospects of being
100 per cent of the announced aim.
Percy A. Scudder goes tomorrow
morning to Chicago, in response to a
notice from army headquarters, to
report for duty not later than goth,
He went some days ago to Aberdeen,
where he made application for enlist
ment in the commissary department
of the army, to put into practice his
knowledge of meat provisioning
Christmas morning, by way of a pres.
ent, he received explicit instructions
down to the street car to take, and
with transportation to Chicago. Aft.
er a few hours there he will be SEM
almost at once to Jacksonville, Fla.
where he will take the regular course
of instruction given to all who enter
the supply departments of the army
He will be in the adjutant's depart
ment, though his exact disposition i:
not yet known.
One of the favorite outdoor sport!
since the mallards left for southern
parts is that of fishing, III. w. Mitch
ell said this morning. For some
time men with hardihood enough Il
brave the keen wind have been drop
ping bats through the ice and wait
ing the wary fish. Yesterday thu
sport is reported to have been good
several large catches having been re
ported. The perch bite freely. blu
pickerel are not in the mood, suffer
ing with sore throat and deficienc.
of teeth. Those of this city who ar,
tireless of the sport and provident o
bait for its prosecution during tn
winter months have stocked thei
wives washing equipment with min
nows, and are feeding and preserving
them against the time of use. Mr.
Mitchell said that a tubfull of tn
small fish also furnish a good indie,
of the probability of a catch in tn
lake. If the minnows are active an
voracious in the tub, the larger fist
for which they are to be used a
bait will bite freely. If they ar
slow and stay at the bottom of tn
tub, their brethren in the lake will
not answer to the lure of the fisher
man, and all he will get is the pro
verbal dampness about the trou
sers and an extreme hunger.