The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-01-03
See the new barley flour and bread

Plazi Derungs, of Badus, was a
business visitor in Madison today.
See the bread baked with 20 per
cent of barley flour at R%unchey's.
Get fitted to a comfortable Cos
sard corset at special sale at Mrs.
Knoeri's.
The Baptist Ladies Aid society
will meet with Mrs. J. c. Palmer Fri
day afternoon.
j. j. Solicit returned by a morning
train from Mobridge, where he had
been visiting his son, Sydney, teacher
in the schools of that city.
VIM. Roche and family. of Sioux
Falls. have been spending a portion
of the holiday season with relatives
and friends in Madison.
Mrs. Helen Clemens came from
Sioux City last night. and will spend
some time at the home of her son in
Madison, G. w. Clemens and family.
The Foreign Missionary society of
the M. E. church will meet tomor-
row afternoon at 8 O'Clock with Mrs.
John Cline. Members are requested
to come prepared to pay dues.
Margaret and Agnes Carr returned
to Tolstoy, to resume their work as
teachers at that place after spending
the Christmas vacation with their
mother, Mrs. j. Carr. Also Mr.. and
Mrs. j. f. Pfeil and children. of Alb
erdeen, who were visiting here, re-
turned to their home.
The work of the legal advisory
board and the exemption board con-
tinues to keep the members busy.
The offices of all continue to be full,
men asking for help in filling out the
questionnaires and seeking advice
coming and going. Questionnaires
for men having numbers from 1916
to $50 were mailed today.
E. A. Keller and family returned
this morning from Big Stone, where
they spent part of the holidays, and
where on January l they attended
the golden wedding anniversary of
Mr.. Keller's parents. Mr.. Keller
says that while each child has been
home every year, it has been Is
years since they were all home at the
same time, this being the first in
that time.
This week is one usually designat-
ed as a week of prayer by protestant
churches, as ordered and outlined by
the central evangelical society. Mad
ison churches, however, are not gen
orally following the usual custom,
some deferring the series until later
in the year because of fuel conditions
and others from other causes. The
German Baptist church are holding
theirs this week. The Presbyterian
church will not hold theirs until later
in the season, is the understanding al
the present time. The Methods
church has not decided on the time
of their series.
If Deputy Internal Revenue Col
lector Norman continues to gain in
popularity he will have to rent larger
quarters than the small room in The
, northwest room in the second stor,
of the courthouse which he now DC
cupies. Many seeking information
as to how to figure their incomes TO
the year 1917 from which to esti
mate the itrax are quizzing him, AM
there is a large waiting crow
around all the while. He has no
received blanks yet to illustrate an,
cases, but expects them from the cen
trail office at Aberdeen at any time
However, each must see for himsel
that he provides himself with blanks
and can get them by applying to tn
collector at Aberdeen.
H. Fl. Holdridge, attorney for de
PENDANT in the case of p. M. Venue
against Peter E. Olson, said toda,
that Judge Fleeger had rendered
decision in favor of defendant, Olson
denying the injunction sought. Thi
is a drainage case, in which Olsol
constructed a tiled drain for tn
drainage of Wooley lake, through
natural depression, emptying tn
drainage into another natural waite
course on the land of Venner. Ven
ner sued Olson for damage in TIN
sum of $4,000 and asked for a per
manent injunction against the use o
the ditch. The case was tried at thu
last term of district court in Lake
county at the October term, ant
Judge l.. l.. Fleeger took it under ad
visement. 1t has reused c~onsiderabl,
interest among men interested il
drainage projects in this section o.
the country.