The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1918-02-20

sale to be held at the high school on
Friday.
Martin Nerdahl is in receipt of a
letter from his brother, Carl, ensign
on the battleship Florida, which is
engaged in patrol duty in the North
Sea. Like other letters from the
boys in service it gives little infor-
nation other than that he is we'll,
which is sufficient good news for his
relatives in Madison.
The exemption board continues to
grind today, keeping well up with
their schedule of 40 men a day. To
morrow and Friday will be the last
sessions Of this board for the week,
and there will be no session next
week on account of the term of cir
cult court. 1t is expected that more
summons will be sent out during
next week. however, calling more
men to the examinations, and that
examinations will be conducted dur
ing the week following the session
of court.
DR.. w. E. Kinney, the au%ctioneer,
in charge of the sale of Ben and Joe
Owens, near Junius yesterday, re-
ports that the Messrs. Owens donated
a calf which sold for SIS to the Red
Cross. DR.. Kinney suggests that as
an earnest of patriotism and lib
crafty it would be a nice act for at
least one article to be sold at the
auction sales taking place at the pres
ent time for the benefit of the Red
| Cross, the owner of the property to
donate the article.
While it seemed as though the
temperature of yesterday was the
coolest in the whole world, the Their
mometers stood at about zero all day
1t was the high wind that drove the
cold to where we could feel it most
Last night, with the instruments reg
istering 20 to % below, but with
less wind, it actually seemed as
though the weather were moderat
ing. Today the mercury refuses Il
show much inclination to lead n tt
think that it is warm, but the wealth
err man promises a slowly rising TEN
p~erature for tomorrow-let us hope
that it is not too slow a rise.
The sale of both live stuff and in
animate produce will be sold at the
gymnasium of the high school build
ing, for the Red Cross auction, H. II
Holdriuge said this morning. The
auction will begin at 10 o'clock IL
the forenoon, rest an hour at noon
and continue during the afternoon
and possibly into the evening. M
thought. There will be a lunch
served from a cafeteria by the ladies
of the Red Cross during the progress
of the whole event, and it is repre-
sented to be a good one. Everybod!
is requested to come to the building
and partake. 1t is to be a feature o
the entertainment. 1t is further ask
ed that the people not only give thei
material aid to the affair. but b
present in body also to make tn
thing a success
People of Lake county intereste'
in the government work of distribu
ton and sale of Liberty bonds ar
going to meet at Sioux Falls on Fri
day and Saturday of this week TO
organization purposes for the prose
cution of the next loan drive. JIG
seph Chapman, of Minneapolis
chairman of the Ninth district, an
G.. M. T. Erwin, chairman OF tn
South Dakota bureau of the Libert
loan committee will be present I
outline their plans. Other speaker
of local and national reputation wi
be present, among whom will be f.
. Premier Crawford Vaughn, of tn
cabinet, and Lieut.. Perigord. Thes
I, men, informed of conditions financii
and military on the other side, al
expected to give some interesting m;
terial for the bond statesmen. l..
Atherton and John w. Walden e'
pect to attend from Madison.