The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-08-28

Mrs. Kane, Mrs. Harvey and other
guests. who have been at the home of
their relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. f. r.
G. Gross, of Leroy, departed by a
morning train for their home in
Philadelphia, Pa.
L. 0. Whipple, formerly of Des
Moines, has come to Madison and in
stalled ar auto livery service, with a
station at Jacks restaurant. This is
the first of the independent taxi
bnsses.
Vernon Thomas, who enlisted for
the United States navy in April, and
who for some time has been stationed
at Commonwealth Pier. Boston. has
been assigned to duty on the U. S. S.
Delaware, his father, C. NJ. Thomas,
informs us today.
Bert 1.-THE, of Chester. was in Mad
ison yesterday, and while here be-
came owner of the automobile which
DR.. f. w. Goldman recently purchas-
ed, together with all the enjoyment.
responsibility, expense and mental
anguish touching upon and apper-
tanning thereto. Also divers wrenches
and broken bolts.
The county commissioners are i'm
session today. considering bids for
ditch No. 9. and settling some mat
ters in regard to the newly formed
district in Pennington township.
There are several bidders present for
the ditch work, but the board had
not determined which was the lowest
during the early afternoon.
/. w. Dale and wife and two young
sons will leave tomorrow for Koko-
mo, Ind, where they will visit rela-
tives, and attend a reunion of the
Dale and Bond families at Frankfort.
Ind, and expect 100 representatives
of these two families to be present.
After a visit at Toledo. O.. they will
return. arriving home about Septem-
Der Is.
Capt. Linstad went today TO Aber-
deem. where he will meet PaymasteT
Wallace. and draw the pay for the
company under his care. 1t was re
quested that he meet the paymaster
at Waterfowl yesterday, but he
found il impossible to be there AT
that time, and the place was changed
in order to meet the paymaster far
Their along on his route. Capt. Lin
stad went by asto.
Yesterday in Justice Soper's court
Bernard Fenneran was fined $40 and
costs, merely because in leaving the
Ed Meacham place. at which he had
been working. he included in his own
lpF,1Vn , kfra ny anuf halnnu O N o ~
his employer. The police department
was notified, and the man located
without difficulty. A search of his
effects revealed the garment, and h
was held and treated as aforesaid.
Lieut.. Harold McKinnon went by
a morning train to Des Moines, Ia.
to enter Camp Dodge training camp.
Lieut.. McKinnon took the training
course at Fort Smelling and was of
fered assignment in either cavalry.
aviation or quartermaster service.
choosing the latter. As he is a
young business man of experience he
felt that he could do better work in
this department.
A family of father. mother and
three children, from Carthage, after
spending the day at Lake Herman
fishing were returning home lasi
night, when their car overturned IN
the neighborhood of Junius. The
father was injured about the knee
and body. and the mother sustained
a broken collar bone. One of the
children sustained superficial in.
juries too, ii is reported. 1t seems
that they were approaching a meet
ing point with another car, and thu
father. driving. looked for the horr
button. On again looking or thu
road he saw that the car was headed
for a ditch parallel with the road
Instead of allowing it TO go into tn
ditch with a probability of beinl
stalled, he whipped 1t suddenly to
ward the road, and the machine over
turned. A man assisted the fathe.
from beneath the overturned machin,
and with the help of F. w. Butts
who happened along at that time
they righted the auto. Finding tina
it would run, they got the well ant
injured in, and the father determin
ed to make Howard with his crippled
family.